RUM  , or Routs (Arab. ar-Rum), a very indefinite See also:

• TERM

term in use among Mahommedans at different See also:

• DATES

dates for Europeans generally and for the See also:

• BYZANTINE

Byzantine See also:

• EMPIRE

empire in particular; at one 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 even for the Seljuk empire in See also:

• ASIA

Asia See also:

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

Minor, and now for Greeks inhabiting See also:

• OTTOMAN

Ottoman territory . When the See also:

• ARABS

Arabs met the Byzantine Greeks, these called themselves 'Pw,See also:

• ALOE

aloe, or See also:

• ROMANS
• ROMANS, EPISTLE TO THE

Romans, a See also:

• REMINISCENCE (from Lat. reminisci, to remember)

reminiscence of the See also:

• ROMAN

Roman See also:

• CONQUEST

conquest and of the See also:

• FOUNDING (from Lat. fundere, to pour)

founding of the new See also:

• ROME
• ROME (Roma)

Rome at See also:

• BYZANTIUM

Byzantium . The Arabs, therefore, called them " the Rum " as a See also:

• RACE

race-name (already in Kor. See also:

• XXX

xxx . 1), their territory " the See also:

• LAND

land of the Rum," and the Mediterranean " the 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 of the Rum." The See also:

• ORIGINAL

original See also:

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

ancient Greeks they called " Varian " (See also:

• IONIANS

Ionians), the ancient Romans, " Rum " and some-times " Latiniyun " (Latins) . Later, inasmuch as Muslim contact with the Byzantine Greeks was in Asia Minor, the term Rum became fixed there geographically and remained even after the conquest by the Seljuk See also:

• TURKS

Turks, so that their territory was called the land of the See also:

• SELJUKS

Seljuks of Rum . But as the Mediterranean was " the Sea of the Rum," so all peoples on its N. See also:

• COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast were called sweepingly, " the Rum." In See also:

• SPAIN
• SPAIN (Espana)

Spain any See also:

• CHRISTIAN
• CHRISTIAN, WILLIAM (1608-1663)

Christian slave-girl who had embraced See also:

• ISLAM

Islam was named Rumiya, and we find the See also:

• CREW (sometimes explained as a sea term of Scandinavian origin, cf. O. Icel. kris, a swarm or crowd, but now regarded as a shortened form of accrue, accrewe, used in the 16th century in the sense of a reinforcement, O. Fr. acreue, from accrofire, to grow,
• CREW, NATHANIEL CREW, 3RD BARON (1633–1721)

crew of a Genoese See also:

• VESSEL (O. Fr. vaissel, from a rare Lat. vascellum, dim. of vas, vase, urn)

vessel being called Romans by a Muslim traveller . The See also:

• CRUSADES

crusades introduced the See also:

• FRANKS
• FRANKS, SIR AUGUSTUS WOLLASTON (1826-1897)

Franks (Ifranja), and later Arabic writers recognize them and their See also:

• CIVILIZATION

civilization on the N. See also:

• SHORE

shore of the Mediterranean W. from Rome; so See also:

• IBN

Ibn Khaldun in the latter See also:

• PART

part of the 14th See also:

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

century . But See also:

• RUMI, (1207-1273)

Rumi is still used in See also:

• MOROCCO

Morocco for a Christian or See also:

• EUROPEAN

European in See also:

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

general, instead of the now elsewhere commoner Ifranji . (D . B .