Note 532 — A NARRATIVE OF ITALIAN TRAVELS IN PERSIA. (continued 3)
Eugene Armand Roy translation
Tchimish Gazak, or birthplace of Zimisces; identified by the Armenians with the ancient Hierapolis, though called by its present name after the birth of Zimisces, the Byzantine Emperor; it is now a town of about five thousand inhabitants, but without any relics of the Roman period.