It is an agricultural center producing cotton and cotton textiles, silk, wheat, grapes, dried fruit, and wine.
Oil is in the area.
Archaeological finds made in the early 20th cent. include much Nestorian literature and the bulk of the extant Manichaean literature. Listing from Electric Library , a pay service. No relevant pictures or maps found. The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Copyright 2000, Columbia University Press. Copyright 2001 Infonautics Corporation .