SERROS See also:

• SERROS SERFS

SERFS  Or SIROS, See also:

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

chief See also:

• TOWN

town of a sanjak in the vilayet of See also:

• SALONICA, SALONIKA

Salonica, See also:

• EUROPEAN

European See also:

• TURKEY

Turkey, on See also:

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

Lake Takhino, a navigable expansion of the See also:

• RIVER

river Karasu or Struma (See also:

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

ancient Strymon), 43 M. by See also:

• RAIL

rail N.E. of Salonica . Pop . (1905) about 30,000, of whom about See also:

• HALF

half are Bulgarians (one-third of them being Mussulmans), nearly one-See also:

• FOURTH

fourth Greeks, about one-seventh See also:

• TURKS

Turks and the See also:

• REMAINDER, REVERSION

remainder See also:

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

Jews . Seres is built in a See also:

• DISTRICT

district so fertile as to See also:

• BEAR
• BEAR, BLACK
• BEAR, BROWN
• BEAR, GRIZZLY
• BEAR, ISABELLINE
• BEAR, WHITE

bear among the Turks the name of Altin Ovassi, or See also:

• GOLDEN

Golden See also:

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

Plain, and so thickly studded with villages as to appear, when seen from the outliers of Rhodope on the See also:

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

north, like a See also:

• GREAT

great See also:

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

city with extensive gardens . It is the seat of a See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek See also:

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

archbishop and See also:

• PATRIARCH (M.E. and O. Fr. patriarche, Lat. patriarcha, Gr. aarpuipxtis, from srarptu., clan, and apxil, rule)

patriarch . It consists of the old town, Varosh, situated at the See also:

• FOOT

foot and on the slope of the See also:

• HILL
• HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
• HILL, A
• HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
• HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
• HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
• HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
• HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
• HILL, JAMES J
• HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
• HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
• HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
• HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
• HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)

hill crowned by the old See also:

• CASTLE
• CASTLE (Lat. castellum, a fort, diminutive of castra, a camp; Fr. chateau and chdtel)

castle, and of the new town built in the European See also:

• FASHION (adapted from Fr. facon, agon, Lat. factio, making, facere, to do or make)

fashion on the plain, and forming the commercial centre . The See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal buildings are the Greek archiepiscopal See also:

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

palace, the Greek See also:

• CATHEDRAL

cathedral, restored since the great See also:

• FIRE (in O. Eng. f j'r; the word is common to West German languages, cf. Dutch vuur, Ger. Feuer; the pre-Teutonic form is seen in Sanskrit pu, pavaka, and Gr. irup; the ultimate origin is usually taken to be a root meaning to purify, cf. Lat. purus)

fire of 1879, by which it was robbed of its magnificent mosaics and woodwork, the Greek gymnasium and See also:

• HOSPITAL (Lat. haspitalis, the adjective of hospes, host or guest)

hospital (the former built of See also:

• MARBLE (from Lat. marmor, Gr. pApµapos, shining stone)

marble), the richly endowed Eski Jami See also:

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

mosque, and the ruins of the once no less flourishing Ahmed See also:

• PASHA

Pasha or Hagia See also:

• SOPHIA (1630-1714)

Sophia mosque, whose revenues were formerly derived from the See also:

• CRIMEA (ancient Tauris or Tauric Chersonese, called by the Russians by the Tatar name Krym or Crim)

Crimea . On a hill above the town are the ruins of a fortress described in a Greek inscription as a " See also:

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

tower built by See also:

• HELEN

Helen in the mountainous region . " Seres is the headquarters of the See also:

• TURKISH

Turkish See also:

• WOOL, WORSTED AND WOOLLEN MANUFACTURES

wool 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, and has also manufactures of See also:

• CLOTH

cloth and carpets . There is a large trade in 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 and cereals, and the other exports include See also:

• TOBACCO

tobacco and hides . Seres is the ancient Seris, Sirae or Sirrhae, mentioned by See also:

• HERODOTUS (c. 484-425 B.C.)

Herodotus in connexion with See also:

• XERXES (the Greek form of the Pers. Khshayarsha; Old Testament Ahasverus, Akhashverosh—i.e. Ahasuerus (q.v.)—with wrong vocalization and substitution of y for v, instead of Akhshavarsh; in Aramaic inscriptions and papyri from Egypt the name is written Khs

Xerxes's See also:

• RETREAT (O. Fr. retrete, mod. retraite, from Lat. retrahere, to draw back)

retreat, and by See also:

• LIVY [Thus L1v1us] (59 B.C.—A.D: 17)

Livy as the See also:

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

place where See also:

• AEMILIUS, PAULUS (PAOLO Ea111.io) (d. 1529)

Aemilius See also:

• PAULUS
• PAULUS (older form PAur.Lus), LUCIUS AEMILIUS
• PAULUS, HEINRICH

Paulus received a deputation from See also:

• PERSEUS

Perseus . In the 14tr1 See also:

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

century, when 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 Dushan of See also:

• SERVIA

Servia assumed the See also:

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

title See also:

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

emperor of Servia, he See also:

• CHOSE (Fr. for " thing ")

chose Sirrhae as his See also:

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

capital; and it remained in the hands of the Servians till its See also:

• CAPTURE (from Lat. capere, to take; Fr. prise maritime; Ger. Wegnahme)

capture by See also:

• SULTAN (an Arabic word meaning " victorious " or " a ruler," sultat, dominion)

Sultan See also:

• MURAD, or AMURATH

Murad II .

(1421-145I) .