See also:

• NISH (also written NISCx and Nis)

NISH (also written NISCx and Nis)  , the See also:

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

capital of the See also:

• NISH (also written NISCx and Nis)

Nish See also:

• DEPARTMENT (Fr. departement, from departir, to separate into parts)

department of See also:

• SERVIA

Servia, lying in a See also:

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

plain among the See also:

• SOUTHERN

southern mountains, on the See also:

• LEFT

left See also:

• SHORE

shore of the Nishava, a tributary of the Morava . Pop . (1900) 24,451 . Among Servian cities, Nish is only surpassed by See also:

• BELGRADE (Servian, Biograd or Beograd, i.e. " White Castle")

Belgrade in commercial and strategic importance; for it lies at the point where several of the See also:

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

chief See also:

• BALKAN

Balkan highroads converge, and where the See also:

• BRANCH (from the Fr. branche, late Lat. branca, an animal's paw)

branch railway to See also:

• SALONICA, SALONIKA

Salonica leaves the See also:

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

main See also:

• LINE

line between Belgrade and See also:

• CONSTANTINOPLE
• CONSTANTINOPLE, COUNCILS OF

Constantinople . The See also:

• ADMINISTRATION (Lat. administrare, to serve)

administration of the Servian See also:

• RAILWAYS

railways has its factory for repairing engines and See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal See also:

• STORE (from O. Fr. estor or estoire, Late Lat. staurum or instaurum, stock, provisions, supply, from the late use of instaurare, to provide, properly to construct, renew, restore)

store of materials in the See also:

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

city, which also possesses an See also:

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

iron foundry . The 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 and 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 reside for at least three months in the See also:

• YEAR

year in Nish, where also the See also:

• NATIONAL

national See also:

• ASSEMBLY, UNLAWFUL

assembly, before the constitution of 1901, was regularly held . It is the see of a See also:

• BISHOP (A.S. bisceop, from Lat. episcopus, Gr. irio-Korros, " overlooker " or " overseer ")
• BISHOP, ISABELLA (1832-1904)
• BISHOP, SIR HENRY ROWLEY (1786-1855)

bishop, the seat of the See also:

• DISTRICT

district prefecture and a tribunal, and the headquarters of the territorial See also:

• MILITIA (Fr. milice, Ger. Miliz, from Lat. miles, soldier, militia, military service)

militia See also:

• CORPS (pronounced as in French, from which it is taken, being a late spelling of tors, from Lat. corpus, a body; cf. " corpse ")

corps, having besides a large number of See also:

• REGULAR

regular troops in See also:

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

garrison . There is a small obsolete fortress on the right See also:

• BANK

bank of the Nishava, believed to have been erected on the site of the See also:

• ROMAN

Roman Naissus . The surrounding hills (Vinik, Goritsa, Kamenitsa) were, after 1886, fortified by See also:

• MODERN

modern earthworks . After the See also:

• TURKS

Turks were driven from the city in 1878, it was in many respects modernized; but something of its former See also:

• CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character is preserved in 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:

• TURKISH

Turkish See also:

• PALACE (Lat. Palatium, the name given by Augustus to his residence on the Palatine Hill)

palace, See also:

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

mosque and See also:

• FOUNTAIN (Late Lat. fontana, from ions, a spring)

fountain, the See also:

• MAZE

maze of winding alleys and picturesque houses in the older quarters, and, on See also:

• MARKET (Lat. mercatus, trade or place of trade)

market days, by the medley of See also:

• PEASANT (O. Fr. paysant, Mod. paysan; Lat. pagensis, belonging to the pagus or country; cf. " pagan ")

peasant costumes —Bulgarian, Albanian and Rumanian, as well as Servian . The ancient Roman city Naissus was mentioned as an important See also:

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

place by See also:

• PTOLEMY (CLAUDIUS PTOLEMAEUS)

Ptolemy of See also:

• ALEXANDRIA
• ALEXANDRIA (Arab. Iskenderia)

Alexandria . Under its walls was fought in A.D .

269 the See also:

• GREAT

great See also:

• BATTLE

battle in which See also:

• EMPEROR (Fr. empereur, from the Lat. imperator)

Emperor See also:

• CLAUDIUS
• CLAUDIUS [TIBERIUS CLAUDIUS DRUSUS NERO GERMANICUS]
• CLAUDIUS, MARCUS AURELIUS
• CLAUDIUS, MATTHIAS (174o-1815)

Claudius destroyed the See also:

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

army of the Goths . It was at Naissus that See also:

• CONSTANTINE

Constantine the Great was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in A.D . 274 . Though the emperor See also:

• JULIAN (FLAVIUS CLAUDIUS JULIANUS) (331-363)

Julian improved its defences, the See also:

• TOWN

town was destroyed by the See also:

• HUNS

Huns under See also:

• ATTILA (d. 453)

Attila, in the 5th See also:

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

century, but Justinian did his best to restore it . In the 9th century the Bulgarians became masters of Naissus, but had to cede it to the Hungarians in the i i th century, from whom the See also:

• BYZANTINE

Byzantine emperor See also:

• MANUEL, EUGENE (1823–1901)
• MANUEL, JACQUES ANTOINE (1775-1827)
• MANUEL, LOUIS PIERRE (1751-1793)

Manuel I. reconquered it in 1173 . Towards the end of the 12th century the town was in the hands of the Servian See also:

• PRINCE
• PRINCE (Lat. princeps, from primus capio, " I am the first to take "; Ital. principe, Fr. prince)

prince See also:

• STEPHEN
• STEPHEN (1097?-1154)
• STEPHEN (ISTVAN) BATHORY (1533-1586)
• STEPHEN, SIR JAMES (1789-1859)
• STEPHEN, SIR JAMES FITZJAMES, BART
• STEPHEN, SIR LESLIE (1832-1904)

Stephen Nemanya, who there received hospitably the See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German emperor See also:

• FREDERIC, HAROLD (1856-1898)

Frederic See also:

• BARBAROSSA ("Redbeard")

Barbarossa and his Crusaders . In 1375 the Turks captured Naissus for the first 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 from the Servians . In 1443 the allied armies of the Hungarians under Hunyady and the Servians under See also:

• GEORGE
• GEORGE, 8TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (1787-1876)
• GEORGE, HENRY (1839—1897)
• GEORGE, LAKE
• GEORGE, SAINT (d. 303)

George Brankovich, retook it from the Turks, but in 1456 it again came under Turkish dominion, and remained for more than 300 years the most important Turkish military station on the road between See also:

• HUNGARY
• HUNGARY (Hungarian Magyarorszdg)

Hungary and Constantinople . In the frequent See also:

• WARS

wars between See also:

• AUSTRIA
• AUSTRIA, LOWER (Ger. Niederosterreich or Osterreich unter der Enns, " Austria below the river Enns ")
• AUSTRIA, UPPER (Ger. Oberosterreich or Osterreich ob der Enns, " Austria above the river Enns ")

Austria and See also:

• TURKEY

Turkey during the 17th and 18th centuries the Austrians captured Naissus twice (in 1689 and 1737), but were not able to retain it See also:

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

long . The Servians having, in the beginning of the 19th century, successfully cleared Servia of Turks, were emboldened to attack Nish in 1809, but were repulsed with great loss . The Turks raised as a See also:

• MONUMENT (Lat. monumentum or monumentum; from monere, to advise, bring to mind, remind; the German equivalent is Denkmal)

monument of their victory a high See also:

• TOWER (Lat. turris; Fr. tour, clocker; Ital. torre; Ger. Thurm)

tower composed entirely of the heads of the Servians slain in the battle of Nish . The remnants of this monument are still kept up .

It stands See also:

• HALF

half a mile to the See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

east from Nish, and is called to this See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

day by the Turkish name " Tyele-Koula," " the Tower of Skulls." In the Russo-Turkish See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

War the Servian army, under the See also:

• PERSONAL

personal command of King See also:

• MILAN
• MILAN (Ital. Milano, Ger. Mailand, anc. Mediolanum, q.v.)

Milan, besieged Nish, and forced it to capitulate on the loth See also:

• JANUARY

January 1878 . The See also:

• BERLIN
• BERLIN, CONGRESS AND TREATY OF
• BERLIN, ISAIAH (1725–1799)

Berlin See also:

• CONGRESS (Lat. congressus, coming together, from congredi; cum, with, and gradus, step)

congress decided that it should remain with Servia . (C .