See also:

• DERNA (anc. Darnis-Zarine)

DERNA (anc. Darnis-Zarine)  , a See also:

• TOWN

town on the See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north See also:

• COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast of See also:

• AFRICA
• AFRICA, ROMAN

Africa and See also:

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

capital of the eastern See also:

• HALF

half of the See also:

• OTTOMAN

Ottoman See also:

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

province of See also:

• BENGAZI (anc. Hesperides-Berenice)

Bengazi or See also:

• BARCA (mod. Merj)

Barca . Situated below the eastern See also:

• BUTT
• BUTT, ISAAC (1813-1879)

butt of See also:

• JEBEL (plur. jibed)

Jebel Akhdar on a small but See also:

• RICH, BARNABE (c. 1540-1617)
• RICH, CLAUDIUS JAMES (1787-1821)
• RICH, JOHN (1692-1761)
• RICH, PENELOPE, LADY (c. 1562–1607)
• RICH, RICHARD, 1ST BARON RICH (1490?-1567)

rich deltaic See also:

• PLAIN (O. Fr. plain, from Lat. plenum)

plain, watered by See also:

• FINE

fine perennial springs, it has a growing See also:

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

population and See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

trade, the latter being mainly in fruits grown in its extensive See also:

• PALM (Lat. palma, Gr. iraX6.jn )
• PALM, JOHANN PHILIPP (1768-1806)

palm gardens, and in hides and See also:

• WOOL, WORSTED AND WOOLLEN MANUFACTURES

wool brought down by the nomads from the interior . If the See also:

• PORT

port Nacre better there would be more rapid expansion . The See also:

• BAY

bay is open from N.W. See also:

• ROUND (O. Fr. rond, Lat. rotundus, the Fr. is the source also of Du. rond; Ger., Swed., Dan. and Nor. rond)

round to S.E. and often inaccessible in See also:

• WINTER, JOHN STRANGE
• WINTER, PETER (c. 1755-1825)

winter and See also:

• SPRING (from " to spring," " to leap or jump up," " burst out," O. Eng., springau, a common Teut. word, cf. Ger. springer, possibly allied to Gr. QnrFpxecOac, to move rapidly)

spring, and the steamers of the See also:

• NAY, or NEY

Nay . Gen . Italiana sometimes have to pass without calling . The population has recovered from the See also:

• GREAT

great See also:

• PLAGUE (in Gr. Xotµos; in Lat. pestis, pestilentia)

plague epidemic of 1821 and reached its former figure of about 7000 . A proportion of it is of Moorish stock, of Andalusian origin, which emigrated in 1493; the descendants preserve a fine facial type . The sheikhs of the See also:

• LOCAL

local Bedouin tribes have houses in the See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place, and a See also:

• TURKISH

Turkish See also:

• GARRISON
• GARRISON, WILLIAM LLOYD (1805-1879)

garrison of about 250 men is stationed in See also:

• BARRACKS (derived through the French from the Late Lat. barra, a bar)
• BARRACKS, CAMP

barracks . There is a lighthouse W. of the bay . A See also:

• BRITISH

British consular See also:

• AGENT (from Lat. agere, to act)

agent is See also:

• RESIDENT

resident and the Italians maintain a See also:

• VICE

vice-See also:

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

consul . The names Darnis and Zarine are philologically identical and probably refer to the same place .

No traces are See also:

• LEFT

left of the See also:

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

ancient town except some 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 tombs . Darnis continued to be of some importance in See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early Moslem times as a station on the See also:

• ALEXANDRIA
• ALEXANDRIA (Arab. Iskenderia)

Alexandria-See also:

• KAIRAWAN (KEROUAN)

Kairawan road, and has served on more than one occasion as a See also:

• BASE

base for See also:

• EGYPTIAN

Egyptian attacks on See also:

• CYRENAICA

Cyrenaica and Tripolitana . In 1805 the See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government of the See also:

• UNITED

United States, having a See also:

• QUARREL

quarrel with the See also:

• DEY (an adaptation of the Turk. dai, a maternal uncle)

dey of See also:

• TRIPOLI
• TRIPOLI (Tarabulus el-Gharb, i.e. Tripoli of the West)
• TRIPOLI, or TARABULUS (anc. Tripolis)

Tripoli on See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account of piracies committed on See also:

• AMERICAN

American See also:

• SHIPPING

shipping, landed a force to co-operate in the attack on See also:

• DERNA (anc. Darnis-Zarine)

Derna then being made by Sidi Ahmet, an See also:

• ELDER (0. Eng. ellarn; Ger. Holunder; Fr. sureau)
• ELDER (Gr. 1rpev(3iTepos)

elder See also:

• BROTHER

brother of the dey . This force, commanded by See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

William See also:

• EATON, DORMAN BRIDGMAN (1823-1899)
• EATON, MARGARET
• EATON, THEOPHILUS (c. 15go-1658)
• EATON, WILLIAM (1764-1811)
• EATON, WYATT (1849-1896)

Eaton (q.v.), built a fort, whose ruins and rusty guns are still to be seen, and began to improve the See also:

• HARBOUR (from M.E. hereberge, here, an army; cf. Ger. Heer and -beorg, protection or shelter. Other early forms in English were herberwe and haiborow, as seen in various place names, such as Market Harborough.. The French auberge, an inn, derived through

harbour; but its See also:

• WORK

work quickly came to an end with the conclusion of See also:

• PEACE
• PEACE, BREACH OF THE

peace . After 1835 Derna passed under See also:

• DIRECT

direct Ottoman See also:

• CONTROL (Fr. contrdle, older form contre rolle, from Med. Lat. contra-rotulus, a counter roll or copy of a document used to check the original; there is no instance in English of the use of " control " in this, its literal, meaning)

control, and subsequently served as the point whence the See also:

• SULTAN (an Arabic word meaning " victorious " or " a ruler," sultat, dominion)

sultan exerted a See also:

• PRECARIOUS

precarious but increasing control over eastern Cyrenaica and Marmarica . It is now in communication by wireless telegraphy with See also:

• RHODES
• RHODES, CECIL JOHN (1853-1902)
• RHODES, JAMES FORD

Rhodes and western Cyrenaica . It is the only town, or even large See also:

• VILLAGE

village, between Bengazi and Alexandria (600 m.) (D . G .