Beilan

Beilan, a pass in the northern extremity of Syria, on the east shore of the Gulf of Scanderoon, runs across the mountain-range of Amanus. It is the common route from Cilicia into Syria, and gave a passage to Alexander the Great, and afterwards to the Crusaders, into Syria. The town of Beilan (pop. 5000) is situated near the summit-level of the pass, at an elevation of 1584 feet above the Mediterranean Sea.