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 The river Gozan or of Gozan is therefore distinct from חבור (Khabur), and to be sought for in the district in which Gauzani'a, the city of Media mentioned by Ptol. (vi. 2), was situated. In all probability it is the river which is called Kisil (the red) Ozan at the present day, the Mardos of the Greeks, which takes its rise to the south-east of the Lake Urumiah and flows into the Caspian Sea, and which is supposed to have formed the northern boundary of Media. The last locality mentioned agrees with this, viz., “and in the cities of Media,” in which Thenius proposes to read הרי, mountains, after the lxx, instead of ערי, cities, though without the least necessity.