Terki, City

1693. A geographical dictionary representing the present and ancient names by Edmund Bohun.

Terki, Terchium, the principal City of Circassia, in Asia: in a well watered Plain; about one German Mile from the Caspian Sea to the West, sixty from Astracan to the South, and thirty six from Derbent to the North-West, Long. 76. 30. Lat. 45. 05. This City being some years since put into the hands of the Duke of Moscovy, has of late been carefully fortified as a Frontier against the Persians on that side. Olearius assures us it stands in Lat. 43. 23, in a Plain which bounds the sight upon the River Temenski; which issueth out of the Lake of Bustro, and facilitates the Correspondence between the Town and the Caspian Sea. The Town is fortified with Rampiers and Bastions of Earth; and has a Garrison of two thousand Russ, paid by the Great Duke. //Paris Meridian was used in the book