See also:

• KARACHI, or KURRACHEE

KARACHI, or KURRACHEE  , a seaport and See also:

• DISTRICT

district of See also:

• BRITISH

British See also:

• INDIA
• INDIA, FRENCH

India, iri the See also:

• SIND

Sind See also:

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

province of Bombay . The See also:

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

city is situated at the extreme western end of the See also:

• INDUS

Indus See also:

• DELTA (from the shape of the Gr. letter A, delta, originally used of the mouth of the Nile)

delta, 500 M. by 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 from Bombay and Sao m. by See also:

• RAIL

rail from See also:

• LAHORE

Lahore, being the maritime See also:

• TERMINUS

terminus of the See also:

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

North-Western railway, and the See also:

• MAIN (from the Aryan root which appears in " may " and " might," and Lat. magnus, great)
• MAIN (Lat. Moenus)

main gateway for the 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 of the See also:

• PUNJAB

Punjab and See also:

• PART

part of central See also:

• ASIA

Asia . It is also the See also:

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

capital of the province of Sind . Pop . (1881), 73,500; (1891), 105,199; (1901), 115,407 . Before 1725 no See also:

• TOWN

town appears to have existed here; but about that 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 some little trade began to centre upon the convenient 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, and the silting up of Shahbandar, the See also:

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

ancient See also:

• PORT

port of Sind, shortly afterwards drove much of its former trade and See also:

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

population to the rising See also:

• VILLAGE

village . Under the Kalhora princes, the See also:

• KHAN (from the Turki, hence Persian and Arabic Khan)

khan of See also:

• KALAT

Kalat obtained a See also:

• GRANT (from A.-Fr. graunter, O. Fr. greanter for creanter, popular Lat. creantare, for credentare, to entrust, Lat. credere, to believe, trust)
• GRANT, ANNE (1755-1838)
• GRANT, CHARLES (1746-1823)
• GRANT, GEORGE MONRO (1835–1902)
• GRANT, JAMES (1822–1887)
• GRANT, JAMES AUGUSTUS (1827–1892)
• GRANT, ROBERT (1814-1892)
• GRANT, SIR ALEXANDER
• GRANT, SIR FRANCIS (1803-1878)
• GRANT, SIR JAMES HOPE (1808–1895)
• GRANT, SIR PATRICK (1804-1895)
• GRANT, U
• GRANT, ULYSSES SIMPSON (1822-1885)

grant of the town, but in 1795 it was captured by the Talpur Mirs, who built the fort at Manora, at the entrance to the harbour . They also made considerable efforts to increase the trade of the pert and at the time of the British acquisition of the province the town and suburbs contained a population of 14,000 . This was in 1843, from which time the importance of the See also:

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

place practically See also:

• DATES

dates . The harbour of See also:

• KARACHI, or KURRACHEE

Karachi has an extreme length and breadth of about 5 m . It is protected by the promontory of Manora 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; and the entrance is partially closed by rocks and by the See also:

• PENINSULA
• PENINSULA (Lat. paeninsula, from paene, almost, and insula, an island)

peninsula (formerly an See also:

• ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

island) of Kiamari . On Manora Head, which is fortified, are the buildings of the port See also:

• ESTABLISHMENT (0. Fr. establissement, Fr. etablissement, late Norm. Fr. establishement, from O. Fr. establir, Fr. etablir, Lat. stabilire, to make stable)

establishment, a See also:

• CANTONMENT (Fr. cantonnement, from cantonner, to quarter; Ger. Ortsunterkunft or Quartier)

cantonment, &c .

Kiamari is the landing-place for passengers and goods, and has three piers and railway connexions . The harbour improvements were begun in 1854 with the See also:

• BUILDING

building of the See also:

• NAPIER
• NAPIER, JOHN (1550-1617)
• NAPIER, SIR CHARLES (1786-1860)
• NAPIER, SIR CHARLES JAMES (1782-1853)
• NAPIER, SIR WILLIAM FRANCIS PATRICK (1785-1860)

Napier See also:

• MOLE
• MOLE, LOUIS MATHIEU, COMTE (1781—1855)
• MOLE, MATHIEU (1584—1656)

Mole or See also:

• CAUSEWAY

causeway connecting Kiamari with the main-See also:

• LAND

land . The entrance has a minimum See also:

• DEPTH

depth of 25 ft.; and a large number of improvements and extensions have been carried out by the harbour See also:

• BOARD (O. Eng. bord)

board, which was created in r88o, and transformed in 1886 into the port See also:

• TRUST

trust . The See also:

• GREAT

great See also:

• EXTENSION (Lat. ex, out ; tendere, to stretch)

extension of the See also:

• CANAL
• CANAL (from Lat. canalis, " channel " and " kennel " being doublets of the word)

canal colonies in the Punjab, entirely devoted to the cultivation of See also:

• WHEAT
• WHEAT (Triticum)

wheat, has immensely increased the export trade of Karachi . It now ranks as the third port of India, being surpassed only by See also:

• CALCUTTA

Calcutta and Bombay . The See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal articles of export, besides wheat, are oilseeds, 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:

• WOOL, WORSTED AND WOOLLEN MANUFACTURES

wool, hides and bones . The See also:

• ANNUAL

annual value of exports, including specie, amounts to about nine millions See also:

• STERLING
• STERLING, ANTOINETTE (d. 1904)
• STERLING, JOHN (1806-1844)

sterling . There are See also:

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

iron See also:

• WORKS

works and manufactures of cotton See also:

• CLOTH

cloth, See also:

• SILK

silk scarves and carpets . The See also:

• FISHERIES

fisheries and See also:

• OYSTER

oyster beds are important . Among the principal public buildings are 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 See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house, the See also:

• FRERE, JOHN HOOKHAM (1769-1846)
• FRERE, PIERRE EDOUARD (1819-1886)
• FRERE, SIR HENRY BARTLE EDWARD (1815-1884)

Frere municipal See also:

• HALL
• HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
• HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
• HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
• HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
• HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
• HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
• HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
• HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
• HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
• HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
• HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
• HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
• HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
• HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
• HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
• HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
• HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)

hall, and the Napier See also:

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

barracks . The military cantonments, stretching north-See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

east of the city, See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form the head-quarters of a See also:

• BRIGADE (Fr. and Ger. brigade, Ital. brigata, Span. brigada; the English use of the word dates from the early 17th century)

brigade in the 4th See also:

• DIVISION (from Lat. dividere, to break up into parts, separate)

division of the See also:

• SOUTHERN

southern See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army . An excellent See also:

• WATER

water See also:

• SUPPLY (through Fr. from Lat. supplere, to fill up)

supply is provided by an underground See also:

• AQUEDUCT (Lat. aqua, water, and ducere, to lead; Gr. apaymryeiov, apayeeywov, vlrovopos)

aqueduct 18 m. in length .

The See also:

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

chief educational institutions are the Dayaram Jethmal Arts See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

College, with a See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law class; five high See also:

• SCHOOLS

schools, of which two are for Europeans and one for Mahommedans; a See also:

• CONVENT (Lat. conventus, from convenire, to come together)

convent school for girls; and an See also:

• ENGINEERING

engineering class . The See also:

• AVERAGE

average rainfall for the See also:

• YEAR

year is about 5 in . The See also:

• RAINY, ROBERT (1826-1906)

rainy months are See also:

• JULY

July and See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August, but one or two heavy showers usually fall about See also:

• CHRISTMAS (i.e. the Mass of Christ)

Christmas . The end of May, beginning of See also:

• JUNE

June, and first fortnight in See also:

• OCTOBER

October are hot . See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November, See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December, See also:

• JANUARY

January, See also:

• FEBRUARY

February and See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

March are delightfully cool and dry; the remaining months are See also:

• DAMP

damp with a See also:

• CONSTANT, BENJAMIN (1845-1902)

constant cool sea See also:

• BREEZE

breeze . The DISTRICT OF KARACHI has an See also:

• AREA

area of 11,970 sq. m . Pop . (1901), 607,439, showing an increase of 6% in the See also:

• DECADE (from Gr. Oka, ten)

decade . It consists of an immense See also:

• TRACT (from Lat. tractare, to treat of a matter, through Provencal tractat and Ital. trattato)

tract of land stretching from the mouth of the Indus to the Baluch boundary . It differs in See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general See also:

• APPEARANCE (from Lat. apparere, to appear)

appearance from the See also:

• REST (O. Eng. rest, reste, bed, cognate with other Teutonic forms, e.g. Ger. Rast, Riiste, rest, and probably Gothic Rasta, league, i.e. resting or stopping place)

rest of Sind, having a rugged, mountainous region along its western border . The See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country gradually slopes away to the See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south-east, till in the extreme south the Indus delta presents a broad expanse of See also:

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

low, See also:

• FLAT (a modification of O. Eng. flet, an obsolete word of Teutonic origin, meaning the ground beneath the feet)

flat and unpicturesque See also:

• ALLUVIUM

alluvium . Besides the Indus and its mouths, the only See also:

• RIVER

river in the district is the Hab, forming the boundary between Sind and See also:

• BALUCHISTAN

Baluchistan .

The Manchhar See also:

• LAKE
• LAKE, GERARD LAKE, 1ST VISCOUNT (1744-1808)

lake in Schwan sub-division forms the only considerable See also:

• SHEET

sheet of water in Sind . The hot springs at Pir Mangho are 6 m . N. of Karachi town . The principal crops are See also:

• RICE (Greek 6p6 a, Latin oryza, French riz, Italian riso, Spanish arroz, derived from the Arabic)
• RICE, EDMUND IGNATIUS (1762-1844)
• RICE, JAMES (1843-1882)

rice, millets, oil-seeds and wheat . In addition to Karachi, there are seaports at Sirgonda and See also:

• KETI

Keti Bandar, which conduct a considerable See also:

• COASTING

coasting trade . See also:

• TATTA, or TIIATO

Tatta was the old capital of Sind . See also:

• KOTRI

Kotri is an important railway station on the Indus . The main See also:

• LINE

line of the North-Western railway runs through the district . From Kotri downwards the line has been doubled to Karachi, and at Kotri a See also:

• BRIDGE

bridge has been constructed across the Indus opposite See also:

• HYDERABAD, HAIDARABAD
• HYDERABAD, or HAIDARABAD

Hyderabad, to connect with the See also:

• RAJPUTANA

Rajputana railway See also:

• SYSTEM

system . See A . F . See also:

• BAILLIE, JOANNA (1762-1851)
• BAILLIE, LADY GRIZEL (1665-1746)
• BAILLIE, ROBERT (1602-1662)
• BAILLIE, ROBERT (d. 1684)

Baillie, Kurrachee: Past, See also:

• PRESENT

Present and Future (1890) .