geographical annotations to

Taylor, J.G. 'Travels in Kurdistan, with Notices of the Sources of the Eastern and Western Tigris, and Ancient Ruins in their Neighbourhood' (1865)

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Google Earth view of the extensive ruins of Arzan, 2015

Arzan can highly possibly be identified with the classical city of Tigranocerta. (see Levon Avdoyan, 'Tigranocerta: The city "Built by Tigranes"', in R.H. Hovannissian, ed, Armenian Tigranakert/Diarbekir and Urfa, 2006, p.95.

Giri Hassan : not identified

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