Contarini also wrote, "The empire of Uzun-Hassan is very extensive, and is bounded by Turkey and Caramania, belonging to the Sultan, and which latter country extends to Aleppo.

The republic, which is about the size of Maryland, is bounded by the Azerbaijan and Georgian republics to the east and north, and by Turkey and Iran to the west and south.

Militants began withdrawing without incident Sunday from the border between Armenia and Nakhichevan, an Azerbaijani territory bounded by Armenia, Iran and Turkey, according to Mr. Samedugli and Armenian activist Rafael Popoyan in the Armenian capital, Yerevan.

Bounded to the north by war-torn Chechnya and Dagestan, and to the south by Turkey, but maintaining their separateness, Georgians have always preserved their identity, together with their language and script.

It is bounded on the south by Turkey.

Georgia is bounded by the Black Sea, Russia, Azerbaijan, Armenia, and Turkey.

It is bounded by Turkey, Iran, the Persian Gulf, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, and Syria.

Iran is bounded by Azerbaijan, Armenia, the Caspian Sea, Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan, the Gulf of Oman, the Persian Gulf, Iraq, and Turkey.