55. For the description of Amida, see d'Herbelot,
Bibliotheque Orientale, p. 108; Histoire de Timur Bec, par
Cherefeddin Ali, 1. iii- c. 41. Ahmed Arabsiades, tom. i. p.
331, c. 43; Voyages de Tavernier, tom. i. p. 301; Voyages
d'Otter, tom. ii. p. 273; and Voyages de Niebuhr, tom. ii p.
324-328. The last of these travellers, a learned and
accurate Dane, has given a plan of Amida, which illustrates
the operations of the siege.