See also:

• ISMID, or ISNIKMID (anc. Nicomedia)

ISMID, or ISNIKMID (anc. See also:

• NICOMEDIA [mod. Ismid]

Nicomedia)  , the See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief See also:

• TOWN

town of the Khoja See also:

• ILI

Ili sanjak of See also:

• CONSTANTINOPLE
• CONSTANTINOPLE, COUNCILS OF

Constantinople, in See also:

• ASIA

Asia See also:

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

Minor, situated on rising ground near the See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head of the gulf of See also:

• ISMID, or ISNIKMID (anc. Nicomedia)

Ismid . The sanjak has an See also:

• AREA

area of 4650 sq. m. and a See also:

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

population of 225,000 (Moslems 131,000) . It is an agricultural See also:

• DISTRICT

district, producing cocoons and See also:

• TOBACCO

tobacco, and there are large forests of See also:

• OAK (O. Eng., (lc)

oak, See also:

• BEECH

beech and See also:

• FIR

fir . Near Yalova there are hot See also:

• MINERAL

mineral springs, much frequented in summer . The town is connected by the lines of the Anatolian railway See also:

• COMPANY

company with Haidar See also:

• PASHA

Pasha, the western See also:

• TERMINUS

terminus, and with See also:

• ANGORA, or ENGURI

Angora, See also:

• KONIA

Konia and See also:

• SMYRNA (Ismir)

Smyrna . It contains a See also:

• FINE

fine 16th-See also:

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

century See also:

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

mosque, built by the celebrated architect Sinan . Pop . 20,000 (Moslems 9500, Christians 8000, See also:

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

Jews, 2500) . As the seat of a mutessarif, a See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek See also:

• METROPOLITAN (Lat. metropolitanus, Gr. µnrpoiroXtrns)

metropolitan and an Armenian See also:

• ARCHBISHOP (Lat. archiepiscopus, from Gr. apxceatorcoros)

archbishop, Ismid retains somewhat of its See also:

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

ancient dignity, but the material See also:

• CONDITION (Lat. condicio, from condicere, to agree upon, arrange; not connected with conditio, from condere, conditum, to put together)

condition of the town is little in keeping with its See also:

• RANK (O.Fr. rant or rent, mod. rang, generally connected with the O.E. and O.H.G. bring, a ring)

rank . The head of the gulf of Ismid is gradually silting up . The dockyard was closed in 1879, and the See also:

• PORT

port of Ismid is now at Darinje, 34 M. distant, where the Anatolian Railway Company have established their workshops and have built docks and a See also:

• QUAY
• QUAY, MATTHEW STANLEY (1833-1904)

quay .