Assyr.

In 1874 it reappeared also in the Assyr district, Western Arabia, and in Benghazi, Northern Africa.

It has more recently prevailed in the Assyr district, Western Arabia, and there have been rumors of its reappearances in Persian Kurdistan.

On the stones of the Kaabah, Lenormant, "Lettres Assyr."

Thus it was that the numerous hill-forts and strongholds studding the rich province of Assyr, which borders on the Holy Land of the Moslem, last poured forth their hordes to meet the invader of her fair plains, and the despoiler of her countless flocks.

Assyr. ii. 302-304, and Lehmann's Shamash-shumukin, pp. 44-53.