Catholic Encyclopedia (1913)/Alabanda

Alabanda, a titular see of Caria in Asia Minor, supposed to be the present Arab-Hissar. A list of its bishops is known from 451 to 879. In antiquity its inhabitants were noted for their habits of luxury. It was the seat of a district court in imperial times and a very flourishing town.

Smith, Dict. of Greek and Rom. Geogr., I, 81; Lequien, Oriens Christianas (1740), I, 91.