See also:

• ELISAVETPOL
• ELISAVETPOL (formerly Ganja, alternative names being KENJEH and KANGA)

ELISAVETPOL (formerly Ganja, alternative names being KENJEH and KANGA)  , a See also:

• TOWN

town of See also:

• RUSSIA
• RUSSIA (Rossiya)

Russia, See also:

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

capital of 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 same name, 118 m. by See also:

• RAIL

rail S.E. of See also:

• TIFLIS

Tiflis and 32 m. from the railway, at an See also:

• ALTITUDE (Lat. altitudo, from altus, high)

altitude of 1446 ft . Pop . (1893) 15,439; (1897) 33,090 . It is a very old town, which changed hands between Persians, See also:

• KHAZARS (known also as Chozars, as 'Aal r?'rpor or X6 apor in Byzantine writers, as Khazirs in Armenian and Khwalisses in Russian chronicles, and Ugri Bielii in Nestor)

Khazars and See also:

• ARABS

Arabs even in the 7th See also:

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

century, and later See also:

• FELL
• FELL, JOHN (1625-1686)

fell into the See also:

• POSSESSION
• POSSESSION (Lat. possessio, possidere, to possess)

possession of See also:

• MONGOLS

Mongols, Georgians, Persians and See also:

• TURKS

Turks successively, until the Russians took it in 1804, when the See also:

• CHANGE (derived through the Fr. from the Late Lat. cambium, cambiare, to barter; the ultimate derivation is probably from the root which appears in the Gr. «a urmu', to bend)

change of name was made . It is a badly built See also:

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

place, with narrow streets and See also:

• LOW, SETH (1850- )
• LOW, WILL HICOK (1853- )

low-roofed, windowless houses, and is situated in a very unhealthy locality, but has been much improved, a new See also:

• EUROPEAN

European See also:

• QUARTER (through Fr. from Lat. quartarius, fourth part)

quarter having been built on the site of the old fortress (erected by the Turks in 1712-1724) . Theinhabitants are chiefly See also:

• TATARS (the common form Tartars is less correct)

Tatars and Armenians, famed for their excellent gardening, and also for silkworm breeding . It has a beautiful See also:

• MOSQUE (through Fr. mosquie; Span. mezquila, from Arab. masjid, sajada, to adore)

mosque, built by Shah Abbas of See also:

• PERSIA

Persia in 162o; and a renowned " See also:

• GREEN, A
• GREEN, ALEXANDER HENRY (1832—1896)
• GREEN, DUFF (1791—1875)
• GREEN, JOHN RICHARD (1837—1883)
• GREEN, MATTHEW (1696-1737)
• GREEN, THOMAS HILL (1836-1882)
• GREEN, VALENTINE (1739–1813)
• GREEN, WILLIAM HENRY (.1825–1900)

Green Mosque " amidst the ruins of old Ganja, 4 m. distant . The See also:

• PERSIAN
• PERSIAN, SYRIAN, EGYPTIAN AND TURKISH

Persian poet, Shah See also:

• NIZAM

Nizam (Nizam-ed-Din), was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born here in 1141, and is said to have been buried (1203) See also:

• CLOSE
• CLOSE (from Lat. clausum, shut)
• CLOSE, MAXWELL HENRY (1822-1903)

close to the town . The Persians were defeated by the Russians under See also:

• PASKEVICH, IVAN FEDOROVICH (1782-1856)

Paskevich outside this town in 1826 .