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Ala Dagh ('motley-coloured mountain')

آلا داغ

Ala Dagh, 'motley-coloured mountain', a Turkish name for many mountains in Turkish-speaking lands, among them one south-west of Konya and a spur of the Kara Dagh in south-east Kars, near which the Russians defeated the Turks on 16 October 1877 1.

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Ala Dagh, "mountain of various colours", is a name often given to mountains in Turkish-speaking lands. 1

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One Ala Dagh lies south-west of Konya. Another is a spur of the Kara Dagh in the south-east of Kars, near which the Russians defeated the Turks on 16 October 1877. 1

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  1. Encyclopaedia of Islam, 2nd edition (Leiden: Brill, 1954–2008), 13 volumes , vol. 1 p. 370
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