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ALADSDCHAHISSAR

Volume 2 · 121 words · 1860 Edition

a Turkish pashalic (Sandschah), part of the ancient Bulgaria, a mountainous district, in which the river Moravia rises in two branches, and runs into the Danube. It extends from Long. 21° 45' to 22° 30'. E. and from Lat. 42° 30' to 43° 20'. N. The great road from Belgrade passes through the northern part of the province. It is productive of wine, feeds much cattle, and has some rivers near Camplina. The capital, of the same name, sometimes called Kraschevarz, is the seat of a Greek bishop, and has a castle, once the residence of the predatory chief Von Serf, and wrested from him by the Sultan Murad the Second. It is near the east bank of the river Moravia.