See also:

• SIVAS
• SIVAS (anc. Megalopolis-Sebasteia)

SIVAS (anc. See also:

• MEGALOPOLIS

Megalopolis-Sebasteia)  , See also:

• ALTITUDE (Lat. altitudo, from altus, high)

altitude 4420 ft., is also the name of the See also:

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

chief See also:

• TOWN

town of the vilayet (and of a sanjak of the same name) . It is situated in the broad valley of the Kizil Irmak, on one of its right See also:

• BANK

bank tributaries, the Murdan Su . Pop. over 43,000, fully two-thirds Mussulman . The See also:

• CLIMATE

climate is healthy but severe in See also:

• WINTER, JOHN STRANGE
• WINTER, PETER (c. 1755-1825)

winter . Coarse 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 woollen socks are manufactured . The medresses (colleges), built in the 13th See also:

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

century by the Seljuk sultans of See also:

• RUM
• RUM (according to Skeat, a corruption of Malay brum or bram; the adjective " rum," i.e. " queer," being a distinct word, in Gipsy rem)

Rum, are amongst the finest remains of Moslem See also:

• ART

art in See also:

• ASIA

Asia See also:

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

Minor . In one of them is the See also:

• TOMB (Gr. Tuµ/3a, Tuµ(3os, probably allied to Lat. tumulus, literally a swelling, tumere, to swell)

tomb of its founder, Izz ud-din Kai Kaus I . (1210-1219) . Near the town is the Armenian monastery of the See also:

• HOLY

Holy See also:

• CROSS

Cross, in which are kept the See also:

• THRONE

throne of Senekherim and other See also:

• RELICS (Lat, reliquiae, the equivalent of the English " remains " in the sense of a dead body)

relics . There are several Armenian churches of See also:

• INTEREST

interest, a flourishing See also:

• AMERICAN

American See also:

• MISSION

mission with See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

church and See also:

• SCHOOLS

schools, and a Jesuit mission . Under See also:

• DIOCLETIAN (GAIUs AURELIUS VALERIUS DIOCLETIANUS) (A.D. 245–313)
• DIOCLETIAN, EDICT OF (De Pretiis rerum venalium)

Diocletian Sebasteia became the See also:

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

capital of See also:

• ARMENIA (old Persian Armina, Armenian Hayasdan, or Hayq)

Armenia Minor, and in the 7th century that of the Sebasteia Theme . Justinian rebuilt the walls and, under the See also:

• BYZANTINE

Byzantine emperors, it was second only to Caesarea in See also:

• SIZE

size and See also:

• WEALTH

wealth .

In 1021 Senekherim, 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 of the Armenian See also:

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

province of Vaspuragan (See also:

• VAN

Van), ceded his dominions to See also:

• BASIL (Russ. VASILY)

Basil II., and became the Byzantine See also:

• VICEROY (from O. Fr. viceroy, mod. viceroi, i.e. Lat. vice, in place of, and roy or roi, king)

viceroy of Sebasteia and the surrounding 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 . This position was held by his successors until the town See also:

• FELL
• FELL, JOHN (1625-1686)

fell into the hands of the Turkomans after the defeat of See also:

• ROMANUS

Romanus II. by the See also:

• SELJUKS

Seljuks (1071) . After having been ruled for nearly a century by the Danishmand amirs, it was taken (1172) by the Seljuk See also:

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

sultan of Rum, and in 1224 was rebuilt by Sultan See also:

• ALA

Ala-ed-din Kaikobad I . In 1400, when captured by Timur, the See also:

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

city is said to have had 100,000 inhabitants, and to have been famous for its woollen stuffs . On this occasion the bravest defenders were massacred, and 4000 Armenians were buried alive . Mahommed the " Conqueror " restored the citadel, and the See also:

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

place has ever since been an import-See also:

• ANT
• ANT (O. Eng. aemete, from Teutonic a, privative, and maitan, cut or bite off, i.e. " the biter off "; aemete in Middle English became differentiated in dialect use to (mete, then amte, and so ant, and also to emete, whence the synonym " emmet," now only u

ant See also:

• OTTOMAN

Ottoman provincial capital . See also:

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

Early in the 19th century, like all other Ottoman towns, it was terrorized by See also:

• JANISSARIES (corrupted from Turkish yeni cheri, new troops)

janissaries, with whom Mahmud II. commissioned the See also:

• GREAT

great Dere See also:

• BEY (a modern Turk. word, the older form being beg, cf. Pers. baig)

Bey of See also:

• YUZGAT

Yuzgat, Chapan Oglu, to See also:

• DEAL

deal in 1818 . The See also:

• NEWS

news of his drastic success provoked a dangerous See also:

• RIOT (0. Fr. riote, of uncertain etymology)

riot in Stambul, which postponed by some years the final tragedy of the janissaries . From 188o to 1882 See also:

• SIVAS
• SIVAS (anc. Megalopolis-Sebasteia)

Sivas was the See also:

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

residence of the See also:

• BRITISH

British military See also:

• CONSUL
• CONSUL (in Gr. generally ihraros,ashortened form of errpavgybs 8hraeos, i.e. praetor maximus)

consul-See also:

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

general for Asia Minor; but it has now only an American See also:

• VICE

vice-consulate . AIechithar, the founder of the See also:

• MECHITHARISTS

Mechitharists (q.v.) and of the famous monastery at See also:

• VENICE
• VENICE (continued)
• VENICE (Venezia)

Venice, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born (1676) at Sivas . (C . W .

W., D . G .