1910–1911
Britannica 11th
Encyclopaedia Britannica · 11th edition
ASIR, a district in western Arabia, lying between 1 7° 30' and 21° N., and 40° 30' and 43° E.; bounded N. by Hcjaz, E. by Nejd, S. by Yemen and \V. by the Red Sea. Like Yemen, it consists of a lowland zone some 20 or 30 m. in width along the coast, and of a mountainous tract, falling steeply on the west and merging into a highland plateau which slopes gradually to the N.E. towards the Nejd steppes. Its length along the coast is about 230 m.. and its breadth from the coast to El Besha about 180. The lowland, or Teha…
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