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Lamos River

Also known as Limonlu River

The Lamos is a river in Cilicia, in southern Turkey, now called the Limonlu, which flows into the Mediterranean west of Mersin. In the 9th and 10th centuries it marked the frontier between Byzantium and the Arab border zone of the thughur around Tarsus. Exchanges of prisoners between the empire and the Abbasid caliphate were held on its banks, recorded by Arab historians.

Lamos River
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Emirate of Tarsus

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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Lamos River. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/lamos-river
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