See also:

• MANSION (through O. Fr. mansion, mod. maison, from Lat. mansio, dwelling-place, stage on a journey; manere, to remain)

MANSION (through O. Fr. mansion, mod. maison, from See also:

• LAT

Lat. mansio, dwelling-See also:

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

place, See also:

• STAGE (Fr. 6/age; from Lat. stare, to stand)

stage on a See also:

• JOURNEY (through O. Fr. jornee or journee, mod. Fr. journee, from med. Lat. diurnata, Lat. diurnus, of or belonging to dies, day)

journey; manere, to remain)  , a See also:

• TERM

term applied in See also:

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

early See also:

• ENGLISH

English use to the See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal 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 of the See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

lord of a See also:

• MANOR

manor . By the Settled See also:

• LAND

Land See also:

• ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

Act 189o, § 10, subsec . 2, repealing § 15 of the act of 1882, " the principal See also:

• MANSION (through O. Fr. mansion, mod. maison, from Lat. mansio, dwelling-place, stage on a journey; manere, to remain)

mansion house ... on any settled land shall not be sold or exchanged or leased by the See also:

• TENANT (from Lat. tenere, to hold)

tenant for See also:

• LIFE

life without the consent of the trustees of the See also:

• SETTLEMENT
• SETTLEMENT, ACT OF

settlement or an See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order of the See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court." The principles guiding an English court of 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 for making or refusing such an order are laid down in In re the See also:

• MARQUESS (1760-1842)
• MARQUESS, or MARQUIS (Fr. marquis, Ital. marchese; from med. Lat. marchio, marchisus, i.e. comes marchiae, " count of the March ")

Marquess of Ailesbury's Settled See also:

• ESTATE (through O. Fr. estat, mod. flat, from Lat. status, state, condition, position, stare, to stand)

Estate A See also:

• VOLUME

volume of photographs from his See also:

• WATER

water-See also:

• COLOURS, MILITARY

colours and sketches, with a memoir by J . M . See also:

• GRAY
• GRAY (or GREY), WALTER DE (d. 1255)
• GRAY, ASA (1810-1888)
• GRAY, DAVID (1838-1861)
• GRAY, ELISHA (1835-1901)
• GRAY, HENRY PETERS (1819-18/7)
• GRAY, HORACE (1828–1902)
• GRAY, JOHN DE (d. 1214)
• GRAY, JOHN EDWARD (1800–1875)
• GRAY, PATRICK GRAY, 6TH BARON (d. 1612)
• GRAY, ROBERT (1809-1872)
• GRAY, SIR THOMAS (d. c. 1369)
• GRAY, THOMAS (1716-1771)

Gray, was published in 1880 . For an See also:

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

account of See also:

• MANSON, GEORGE (1850-1876)

Manson's technical method as a See also:

• WOOD, ANTHONY A2 (1632-1695)
• WOOD, JOHN GEORGE (1827—1889)
• WOOD, MRS HENRY [ELLEN] (1814—1887)
• WOOD, SEARLES VALENTINE (1798—188o)

wood engraver see P . G . Hamer-ton's Graphic Arts, p . 311 . See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

MAN$UR (Arab . " victorious "), a surname (lagab) assumed by a large number of See also:

• MAHOMMEDAN

Mahommedan princes . The best known are: (1) See also:

• ABU

ABU JA'FAR See also:

• IBN

IBN MAHOMMED, second See also:

• CALIPH, CALIF

caliph of the Abbasid house, who reigned A.D .

754-775 (see See also:

• CALIPHATE

CALIPHATE: § C, §2); (2) ABU TAHIR ISMA'IL IBN AL-QAIM, the third Fatimite caliph of See also:

• AFRICA
• AFRICA, ROMAN

Africa (946-953) (see See also:

• FATIMITES
• FATIMITES, or FATIMIDES

FATIMITES); (3) ABU YUSUF YA 'QUB IBN YUSUF, often described as See also:

• JACOB
• JACOB, JOHN (1812-1858)

Jacob Almanzor, of the Moorish See also:

• DYNASTY (Gr. &vvaareta, sovereignty, the position of a hevnori7r, lord, ruler, from SuvaaBay to be able, Suvaµas, power)

dynasty of the See also:

• ALMOHADES (properly Muwahhadis, i.e. " Unitarians," the name being corrupted through the Spanish)

Almohades, conqueror of Alfonso III. in the See also:

• BATTLE

battle of Marcos (1195); (4) IBN ABI 'See also:

• AMIR, or AMEER (an Arabic word meaning " commander," from the root amr, " commanding ")

AMIR MAHOMMED, commonly called Almanzor by See also:

• EUROPEAN

European writers, of an See also:

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

ancient but not illustrious Arab See also:

• FAMILY

family, which had its seat at Torrox near See also:

• ALGECIRAS, or ALGEZIRAS

Algeciras . The last-named was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born A.D . 939, and began life as a lawyer at See also:

• CORDOVA (Span. C6rdoba)
• CORDOVA (Span. Cordoba; Lat. Corduba)

Cordova . In 967 he obtained a See also:

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

place at the court of Hakam II., the Andalusian caliph, and by an unusual See also:

• COMBINATION (Lat. combinare, to combine)

combination of the talents of a courtier with administrative ability rapidly See also:

• ROSE
• ROSE (Rosa)
• ROSE, GEORGE (1744-1818)
• ROSE, HUGH JAMES (1795—1838)
• ROSE, WILLIAM STEWART (1775-1843)

rose to distinction, enjoying the powerful support of Subh, the favourite of the caliph and See also:

• MOTHER

mother of his See also:

• HEIR (Lat. heres, from a root meaning to grasp, seen in heres or erus, master of a house, Gr. xeip, hand, Sans. hat ana, hand)

heir Hisham . The See also:

• DEATH

death of Hakam (976) and the See also:

• ACCESSION (from Lat. accedere, to go to, to approach)

accession of a See also:

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

minor gave fresh See also:

• SCOPE (through Ital. scopo, aim, purpose, intent, from Gr. o'KOaos, mark to shoot at, aim, o ic07reiv, to see, whence the termination in telescope, microscope, &c.)

scope to his See also:

• GENIUS (from Lat. genere, gignere)

genius, and in 978 he became See also:

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

chief See also:

• MINISTER (Lat. minister, servant)

minister . The weak See also:

• YOUNG
• YOUNG, A
• YOUNG, ARTHUR (1741-1820)
• YOUNG, BRIGHAM (1801-1877)
• YOUNG, CHARLES MAYNE (1777–1856)
• YOUNG, EDWARD (1683–1765)
• YOUNG, JAMES (1811-1883)
• YOUNG, THOMAS (1773-1829)

young caliph was absorbed in exercises of piety, but at first Mansur had to See also:

• SHARE (O. Eng. scearu, chiefly in compounds, e.g. land-scearu, a share of land, from sceran to cut; cf. " shear" )

share the See also:

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

power with his See also:

• FATHER

father-in-law Ghalib, the best See also:

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

general of See also:

• ANDALUSIA, or ANDALUCIA

Andalusia, and with the mother of Hisham: At last a rupture took place between the two ministers . Ghalib professed himself the See also:

• CHAMPION (Fr. champion, Late Lat. campio from campus; a field or open space, i.e. one " who takes the field " or fights; cf. Ger. Kampf, battle, and Kampfer, fighter)

champion of the caliph and called in the aid of the Christians of See also:

• LEON
• LEON, LUIS PONCE DE (1527-1591)
• LEON, MOSES BEN SI
• LEON, or LEON DE LAS ALDAMAS

Leon; but Mansur, anticipating the struggle, had See also:

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

long before remodelled the See also:

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

army and secured its support . Ghalib See also:

• FELL
• FELL, JOHN (1625-1686)

fell in battle (981); a victorious See also:

• CAMPAIGN

campaign chastised the Leonese; and on his return to Cordova the See also:

• VICTOR
• VICTOR, GAIUS JULIUS (4th cent. A.D.)
• VICTOR, SEXTUS AURELIUS

victor assumed his See also:

• REGAL

regal surname of al-Mansur billah, and became practically See also:

• SOVEREIGN

sovereign of Andalusia . The caliph was .a See also:

• MERE
• MERE, ADALBERT (1838-1909)

mere prisoner of See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state, and Mansur ultimately assumed the See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title as well as the prerogatives of See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king (996) . Unscrupulous in the means by which he rose to power, he wielded the See also:

• SOVEREIGNTY

sovereignty nobly . His strict See also:

• JUSTICE (Lat. justitia)

justice and enlightened See also:

• ADMINISTRATION (Lat. administrare, to serve)

administration were not less notable than the military prowess by which he is best known . His arms were the terror of the Christians, and raised the Moslem power in See also:

• SPAIN
• SPAIN (Espana)

Spain to a See also:

• PITCH
• PITCH, MUSICAL

pitch it had never before attained .

In Africa his armies were for a 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 hard pressed by the revolt of Ziri, See also:

• VICEROY (from O. Fr. viceroy, mod. viceroi, i.e. Lat. vice, in place of, and roy or roi, king)

viceroy of See also:

• MAURETANIA

Mauretania, but before his death this enemy had also fallen . Mansur died at Medinaceli on the loth of See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August 1002, and was succeeded by his son Mozaffar .