See also:

• BRUSA, or BROUSSA (anc. Prusa)

BRUSA, or BROUSSA (anc. Prusa)  , the See also:

• CAPITAL (i.e. capital stock or fund)
• CAPITAL (Lat. caput, head)

capital of the See also:

• BRUSA, or BROUSSA (anc. Prusa)

Brusa (Khudavendikiar) vilayet of See also:

• ASIA

Asia See also:

• MINOR
• MINOR (Lat. for smaller, lesser)
• MINOR, ROBERT CRANNELL (1839-1904)

Minor, which includes parts of See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient See also:

• MYSIA

Mysia, See also:

• BITHYNIA (BtOvpta)

Bithynia, and See also:

• PHRYGIA

Phrygia, and extends in a See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south-easterly direction from See also:

• MUDANIA (anc. Apamea Myrlea)

Mudania, on the See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

Sea of See also:

• MARMORA (anc. Proconnesus)
• MARMORA, SEA OF (anc. Propontis; Turk. Mermer Denisi)

Marmora, to Afium-Kara-See also:

• HISSAR

Hissar on the See also:

• SMYRNA (Ismir)

Smyrna-See also:

• KONIA

Konia railway . The vilayet is one of the most important in See also:

• ASIATIC

Asiatic See also:

• TURKEY

Turkey, has See also:

• GREAT

great See also:

• MINERAL

mineral and agricultural See also:

• WEALTH

wealth, many mineral springs, large forests, and valuable See also:

• INDUSTRIES

industries . It exports cereals, See also:

• SILK

silk, See also:

• COTTON
• COTTON (Fr. coton; from Arab. qutun)
• COTTON, CHARLES (163o–1687)
• COTTON, GEORGE EDWARD LYNCH (1813–1866)
• COTTON, JOHN (1585–1652)
• COTTON, SIR ROBERT BRUCE

cotton, See also:

• OPIUM (Gr. amov, dim. from Orbs, juice)

opium, See also:

• TOBACCO

tobacco, See also:

• OLIVE (Olea europaea)

olive-oil, See also:

• MEERSCHAUM

meerschaum, See also:

• BORACITE

boracite, &c . The See also:

• ISMID, or ISNIKMID (anc. Nicomedia)

Ismid-See also:

• ANGORA, or ENGURI

Angora and Eskishehr-Konia See also:

• RAILWAYS

railways pass through the See also:

• PROVINCE
• PROVINCE (Lat. provincia; perhaps a contraction of providentia)

province . See also:

• POPULATION (Lat. populus, people; populare, to populate)

Population of the province„ 1,600,000 (Moslems, 1,280,000; Christians, 317,000; See also:

• JEWS
• JEWS (Heb. Y8hudi, man of Judah; Gr. 'Iovbaiot; Lat. Judaei)

Jews, 3000) . The See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city stretches along the See also:

• LOWER

lower slopes of the Mysian See also:

• OLYMPUS

Olympus or Kechish Dagh, occupying a position above the valley of the Nilufer (Odrysses) not unlike that of Great See also:

• MALVERN

Malvern above the vale of the See also:

• SEVERN
• SEVERN, JOSEPH (1793-1879)

Severn . It is divided by ravines into three quarters, and in the centre, on a bold See also:

• TERRACE (Fr. terrace, terrasse, from It. terraccia, terrazzo, Lat. terra, earth)

terrace of See also:

• ROCK
• ROCK (O.Fr. rake, Sp. rota, Ital. rocca; possibly from a Lat. form rupica, from rupes, rock)
• ROCK, DANIEL (1799–187t)

rock, stood the ancient Prusa . The See also:

• MODERN

modern See also:

• TOWN

town has clean streets and See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good roads made by Ahmed Vefyk See also:

• PASHA

Pasha when Vali, and it contains mosques and tombs of great historic and architectural See also:

• INTEREST

interest; the more important are those of the sultans See also:

• MURAD, or AMURATH

Murad I., Bayezid (Bajazet) I., Mahommed I., and Murad II., 1403-1451, and the Ulu Jami' . The mosques show traces of See also:

• BYZANTINE

Byzantine, See also:

• PERSIAN
• PERSIAN, SYRIAN, EGYPTIAN AND TURKISH

Persian and Arab See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence in their See also:

• PLAN
• PLAN (from Lat. planes, flat)

plan, See also:

• ARCHITECTURE (Lat. architectura, from the Gr. ap)(LTEKrwv, a master-builder)

architecture and decorative details . The circular See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

church of.St See also:

• ELIAS, JOHN (1774-1841)

Elias, in which the first two sultans, See also:

• OSMAN (1832-1900)
• OSMAN (`UsMAN)

Osman and Orkhan, were buried, was destroyed by See also:

• FIRE (in O. Eng. f j'r; the word is common to West German languages, cf. Dutch vuur, Ger. Feuer; the pre-Teutonic form is seen in Sanskrit pu, pavaka, and Gr. irup; the ultimate origin is usually taken to be a root meaning to purify, cf. Lat. purus)

fire and See also:

• EARTHQUAKE

earthquake, and rebuilt by Ahmed Vefyk Pasha . There are in the town an See also:

• AMERICAN

American See also:

• MISSION

mission and school,and a See also:

• BRITISH

British orphanage . Silk-See also:

• SPINNING (from O. Eng. spinnen, to spin, cf. Ger. spinnen, &c., the Teut. root is seen, to draw out, cf. span, spider)

spinning is an important See also:

• INDUSTRY (Lat. industria, from indu-, a form of the pre, position in, and either stare, to stand, or struere, to pile up)

industry, the export of silk in 1902 being valued at £620,000 .

There are also manufactories of silk stuffs, towels, bumf's, carpets, See also:

• FELT (cognate with Ger. Filz, Du. vilt, Swed. and Dan. fill; the root is unknown; the word has given Med. Lat. filtrum, " filter ")

felt See also:

• PRAYER (from Lat. precari, entreat; Ital. pregaria, Fr. priere)
• PRAYER, BOOK OF COMMON

prayer-carpets embroidered in silk and See also:

• GOLD
• GOLD [symbol Au, atomic weight 195.7(H = 1),197.2(0 =16)]

gold . The hot See also:

• IRON [symbol Fe, atomic weight 55.85 (0=16)]

iron and See also:

• SULPHUR

sulphur springs near Brusa, varying in temperature from 112° to 178° F., are still much used . The town is connected with its See also:

• PORT

port, Mudania, by a railway and a road . There is a British See also:

• VICE

vice-See also:

• CONSUL
• CONSUL (in Gr. generally ihraros,ashortened form of errpavgybs 8hraeos, i.e. praetor maximus)

consul . Pop . 75,000 (Moslems, 40,000; Christians, 33,000; Jews, 2000) . Prusa, founded, it is said, at the See also:

• SUGGESTION

suggestion of See also:

• HANNIBAL
• HANNIBAL (" mercy " or " favour of Baal ")

Hannibal, was for a See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time the seat of the Bithynian See also:

• KINGS, FIRST AND SECOND BOOKS OF

kings . It continued to flourish under the See also:

• ROMAN

Roman and Byzantine emperors till the loth See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century, when it was captured and destroyed by Saif-addaula of See also:

• ALEPPO (native Haleb)

Aleppo . Restored by the Byzantines, it was again taken in 1327 by the Ottomans after a See also:

• SIEGE (0. Fr. sege, siege, mod. siege, seat, ultimately from sedere, to sit, cf. Class. Lat. obsidium, a siege)

siege of ten years, and continued to be their capital till Murad I. removed to See also:

• ADRIANOPLE
• ADRIANOPLE (anc. Hadrianopolis; Turk. Edirne, or Edreneh; Slay. Odrin)

Adrianople . In 1402 it was pillaged by the See also:

• TATARS (the common form Tartars is less correct)

Tatars; in 1413 it resisted an attack of the Karamanians; in 1512 it See also:

• FELL
• FELL, JOHN (1625-1686)

fell into the See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power of See also:

• ALA

Ala ed-Din; and in 1607 it was burnt by the rebellious Kalenderogli . In 1883 it was occupied by the Egyptians under See also:

• IBRAHIM

Ibrahim Pasha, and from 1852–1855 afforded an See also:

• ASYLUM (from Gr. b.-, privative, arid earl, right'of seizure)
• ASYLUM, RIGHT OF (Fr. droit d'asile; Ger. Asylrecht)

asylum to Abd-el-Kader . See L.-de Laborde, Voyage de l'Asie Mineure (See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris, 1838) ; C .

Texier, Asie Mineure (Paris, 1839) .