The short-lived Arab power of Mehemet Ali, which rebelled against the Turks some eighty years ago, advanced on to the plateau only to recede at once and remain behind the taurus.
"The Ancient East"
D. G. Hogarth
We shall never find Assyrian armies, therefore, going far or staying long beyond taurus.
"The Ancient East"
D. G. Hogarth
Their leader, Dugdamme, whom the Greeks called Lygdamis, is said to have met his death on the frontier hills of taurus, which, no doubt, he failed to pass.
"The Ancient East"
D. G. Hogarth