See also:

• SIRMUR, or SARMOR (also called NAHAN, after the chief town)

SIRMUR, or SARMOR (also called NAHAN, after the See also:

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

chief See also:

• TOWN

town)  , a native See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state of See also:

• INDIA
• INDIA, FRENCH

India, within the See also:

• PUNJAB

Punjab . It occupies the See also:

• LOWER

lower ranges of the See also:

• HIMALAYA

Himalaya, between See also:

• SIMLA

Simla and See also:

• MUSSOORIE, or MASURI

Mussoorie . See also:

• AREA

Area 1198 sq. m . The state is bounded on the N. by 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 states of Balsan and Jubbal, on the E. by the See also:

• BRITISH

British See also:

• DISTRICT

district of See also:

• DEHRA

Dehra Dun, from which it is separated by the See also:

• RIVERS
• RIVERS, ANTHONY WOODVILLE, or WYDEVILLE, 2ND EARL (c. 1442—1483)
• RIVERS, EARL
• RIVERS, RICHARD SAVAGE, 4TH EARL (c. 1660—1712)

rivers Tons and See also:

• JUMNA, or JAMUNA

Jumna, on the S.W. by See also:

• UMBALLA

Umballa district, and on the N.W. by the states of See also:

• PATIALA, or PUTTIALA

Patiala and See also:

• KEONTHAL

Keonthal . Except a very small See also:

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

tract about Nahan, the See also:

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

chief See also:

• TOWN

town and See also:

• RESIDENCE (Latin residere, to remain behind, to dwell, reside)

residence of the See also:

• RAJA

raja, on the See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south-western extremity, where a few streams rise and flow south-westward to the Saraswati and Ghaggar rivers, the whole of See also:

• SIRMUR, or SARMOR (also called NAHAN, after the chief town)

Sirmur lies in the See also:

• BASIN, or BASON (the older form bacin is found in many of the Romanic languages, from the Late Lat. baccinus or bacchinus, probably derived from bacca, a bowl)
• BASIN, THOMAS (1412—1491)

basin of the Jumna, which receives from this tract the Giri and its feeders the Jalal and the Palur . The Tons, the See also:

• GREAT

great western See also:

• ARM (a common Teutonic word; the Indo-European root is ar, to join or fit; cf. the Lat. armus, shoulder, and the plural word arma, weapons, Gr. apphs, joint, and the reduplicated apapilKSV, to join)

arm of the stream called lower down the Jumna, flows along the eastern boundary of Sirmur, and on the right See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side receives from it the two small streams Minus and Nairai . The See also:

• SURFACE

surface generally declines in See also:

• ELEVATION

elevation from See also:

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

north to south; the chief elevations on the See also:

• NORTHERN

northern frontier (Chor See also:

• PEAK, THE

peak and station) are about 12,000 ft. above 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 . The valley of the Khiarda Dun, which forms the See also:

• SOUTHERN

southern See also:

• PART

part of the state, is bounded on the S. by the Siwalik range, the hills of which are of See also:

• RECENT

recent formation and abound in fossil remains of large vertebrate animals . Though the rocks of Sirmur consist of formations usually metalliferous, the yield of See also:

• MINERAL

mineral See also:

• WEALTH

wealth is small . The forests are very dense, so much so that the sportsman finds difficulty in making his way through them in See also:

• SEARCH, or VISIT AND SEARCH

search of See also:

• DEER (O. E. rigor, dfor, a common Teutonic word, meaning a wild animal, cf. Ger. Tier, Du. dier, &c., probably from a root dhus-, to breathe)
• DEER, CHINESE

deer and See also:

• SIRSA

Sirsa was part of the territory conquered from the See also:

• MAHRATTAS

Mahrattas 1 from the leaves . The leaves are put into the See also:

• MACHINE
• MACHINE (through Fr. from Lat. form machina of Gr. µnxavil)

machine at one side in 1803, when it was almost entirely uninhabited . It required reconquering from the Bhattis in 1818; but it did not come under British See also:

• ADMINISTRATION (Lat. administrare, to serve)

administration until 1837 .

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 Sirsa was 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 wholly lost to British See also:

• RULE

rule . On the restoration of 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 the district was administered by Punjab officials, and in the following See also:

• YEAR

year, with the See also:

• REMAINDER, REVERSION

remainder of the See also:

• DELHI, DEHLI

Delhi territory, it was formally annexed to that See also:

• PROVINCE
• PROVINCE (Lat. provincia; perhaps a contraction of providentia)

province . In 1884 it was sub-divided between the districts of See also:

• HISSAR

Hissar and See also:

• FEROZEPUR

Ferozepur .