Everything about The Syrian Gates totally explained
The
Syrian Gates, also known as the Belen Pass, is a mountain pass located in the
Hatay Province of south-central
Turkey. The narrow pass through the
Nur Mountains, said to be 300 paces across, is the most important route from the coastal region of
Cilicia to inland
Syria.
The pass is perhaps best known as the point through which
Alexander the Great pursued the forces of
Darius III of Persia after the
Battle of Issus. Also near the western end of the pass is the Pillar of Jonah, where the prophet
Jonah was supposedly disgorged by the whale that had swallowed him.
Sources
- "Progress of the Baghdad Railway" in The Geographic Journal, Vol. 41, No. 3.
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