See also:

• SIALKOT, or SEALKOTE

SIALKOT, or SEALKOTE  , a See also:

• TOWN

town and See also:

• DISTRICT

district of See also:

• BRITISH

British See also:

• INDIA
• INDIA, FRENCH

India, in the See also:

• LAHORE

Lahore See also:

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

division of the See also:

• PUNJAB

Punjab . The town, which has a station on the See also:

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

North-Western railway, is 72 M . N.E. of Lahore . Pop . (1901) 57,956 . It is a military See also:

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

cantonment, being the headquarters 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 2nd division of the See also:

• NORTHERN

northern See also:

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

army . There are remains of a fort dating from about the loth See also:

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

century; but the See also:

• MOUND

mound on which they stand is traditionally supposed to See also:

• MARK
• MARK, CARL (1858– )
• MARK, GOSPEL OF ST
• MARK, ST

mark the site of a much earlier stronghold, and some authorities identify it with the See also:

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

ancient Sakala or Sagal . Other ancient buildings are the See also:

• SHRINE (Lat. scrinium, a case or chest for books, hence a casket; from scribere, to write, Fr. ecrin, Ital. scrigno)

shrine of Baba Nanak, the first See also:

• SIKH

Sikh Guru, that of the See also:

• MAHOMMEDAN

Mahommedan See also:

• IMAM

Imam See also:

• ALI

Ali-ul-hakk and See also:

• RAJA

Raja Tej Singh's See also:

• TEMPLE
• TEMPLE, FREDERICK (1821-1902)
• TEMPLE, RICHARD
• TEMPLE, SIR RICHARD, BART
• TEMPLE, SIR WILLIAM, BART

temple . The town has an extensive 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 manufactures of sporting implements, boots, See also:

• PAPER
• PAPER (Fr. papier, from Lat. papyrus)

paper, 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:

• CLOTH

cloth and See also:

• SHAWL

shawl-edging . There are Scottish and See also:

• AMERICAN

American See also:

• MISSIONS (Lat. missio, a sending)

missions, a Scottish See also:

• MISSION

mission training institution and an arts See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

college . The DISTRICT of See also:

• SIALKOT, or SEALKOTE

SIALKOT has an See also:

• AREA

area of 1991 sq. m . It is an oblong See also:

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

tract of 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 occupying the submontane portion of the Rechna (See also:

• RAVI

Ravi-See also:

• CHENAB (the Greek Acesines)

Chenab) See also:

• DOAB

Doab, fringed on either See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side by a See also:

• LINE

line of fresh alluvial See also:

• SOIL

soil, above which rise the high See also:

• BANKS, GEORGE LINNAEUS (1821-1881)
• BANKS, NATHANIEL PRENTISS (1816–1894)
• BANKS, SIR JOSEPH
• BANKS, THOMAS (1735-1805)

banks that See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form the limits of the See also:

• RIVER

river-beds .

The Degh, which rises in the See also:

• JAMMU

Jammu hills, traverses the district parallel to the Ravi, and is likewise fringed by See also:

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

low alluvial soil . The north-eastern boundary is 20 M. distant from the See also:

• OUTER

outer line of the Himalayas; but about midway between the Ravi and the Chenab is a high dorsal tract, extending from beyond the border and stretching far into the district . Sialkot is above the See also:

• AVERAGE

average of the Punjab in fertility . The upper portion is very productive; but the See also:

• SOUTHERN

southern portion, farther removed from the See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence of the rains, shows a marked decrease of fertility . The district is also watered by numerous small torrents; and several swamps or jhils, scattered over the See also:

• FACE (from Lat. fades, derived either from facere, to make, or from a root fa-, meaning " appear "; cf. Gr. cbatvstv)

face of the country, are of considerable value as reservoirs of surplus See also:

• WATER

water for purposes of See also:

• IRRIGATION (Lat. in, and rigare, to water or wet)

irrigation . Sialkot is reputed to be healthy; it is See also:

• FREE

free from excessive See also:

• HEAT (0. E. haktu, which like " hot," Old Eng. hat, is from the Teutonic type haita, hit, to be hot; cf. Ger. hitze, heiss; Dutch, hitte, heet, &c.)

heat, judged by the See also:

• COMMON

common See also:

• STANDARD
• STANDARD, BATTLE OF THE

standard of the Punjab; and its average See also:

• ANNUAL

annual rainfall varies from 35 in. near the hills to 22 in. in the parts farthest from them . The See also:

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

population in 1901 was 1,083,909, showing a decrease of 3 % as against an increase of 11% in the previous See also:

• DECADE (from Gr. Oka, ten)

decade . This is explained by the fact that Sialkot contributed over See also:

• LOO (formerly called " Lanterloo," Fr. lanturlu, the refrain of a popular 17th-century song)

loo,000 persons to the Chenab See also:

• COLONY (Lat. colonia, from colonus, a cultivator)

colony (q.v.) . The See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal crops are See also:

• WHEAT
• WHEAT (Triticum)

wheat, See also:

• BARLEY (Hordeum sativum)

barley, See also:

• MAIZE, or INDIAN CORN

maize, millets and See also:

• SUGAR

sugar-See also:

• CANE

cane . The district is crossed by a See also:

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

branch of the North-Western railway from See also:

• WAZIRABAD

Wazirabad to Jammu . The See also:

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

early See also:

• HISTORY

history of Sialkot is closely interwoven with that of 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 the Punjab . It was annexed by the British after the second Sikh See also:

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

war in 1849; since then its area has been consider-ably reduced, assuming its See also:

• PRESENT

present proportions in 1867 .

During the See also:

• MUTINY
• MUTINY (from an old verb " mutine," O. Fr. mutin, meutin, a sedition; cf. mod. Fr. emeute; the original is the Late Lat. mota, commotion, from movere, to move)

Mutiny of 1857 the native troops plundered the See also:

• TREASURY

treasury and destroyed all the records, when most of the See also:

• EUROPEAN

European residents took See also:

• REFUGE

refuge in the fort .