The Muttasurruflik of Moosh the four Kaïmakamliks of Bitlis Malazgerd Ikhlat and Boolanik The from being mountainous has little arable land deriving therefore its cereals Van and the two latter districts but it abounds in other vegetable particularly madder and walnuts from which latter oil is expressed in quantities which is used for dyeing. Bitlis with a total population of 4,000 families of which 1,500 are is a town of great commercial and military importance as being on the direct between Bagdad and the Black Sea and as commanding the pass leading hilly country of Armenia to the plains of Mesopotamia. Its manufacturing is very considerable particulary in cotton goods the raw material being viâ Van from Persia that when dyed as is the custom with different madder red form indispensable articles of female dress in Koordistan; 700 are employed in this industry and 120,000 pieces annually exported