Arabgheer Arabgir, or Arabkir, a town of Asia Minor, in the eyalet and 102 m. E. S. E. of Sivas, on the caravan road from Aleppo to Trebizond; pop. about 30,000, one fourth of whom are Armenians, and the rest Turks and Turcomans. The prosperity of the town is due to the caravan trade and to the cotton industry of the Armenians. Fruit trees surround the town, especially the white mulberry, whose fruit is eaten fresh and also used for making brandy and sweetmeats. Wheat is successfully cultivated, and iron ore abounds in the surrounding highlands.