Part 13 (2/2)

=Merta=, Rajputana. 27N. 74E. F. by Duda, c. 1488. Captured by Akbar, 1562.

=Merv=, Turkestan. 38N. 62E. Colonised by Alexander the Great, occupied by Arabs, 666; taken by Mongols, 1221; by Bokharians from Persians, 1787; occupied by Tekke-Turkomans, 1856; under Russian authority, 1884.

=Meshed=, Persia. 36N. 59E. Contains magnificent mausoleum of Imam Riza and Caliph Haroun-al-Raschid.

=Meshed Ali=, Asiatic Turkey. 32N. 44E. Contains tomb of Ali.

=Miana=, Persia. 37N. 47E. The French traveller, Thevenot, died here, 1667.

=Miani=, Sind. 26N. 68E. Sir Charles Napier twice defeated Mohammedan emirs, 1843.

=Michmash=, Palestine. 32N. 35E. Mentioned by Josephus and Eusebius, and in the Old Testament as the camping-place of the Philistines in the early part of reign of Saul.

=Midagesidurga=, Madras. 14N. 77E. Seized by Hyder Ali, 1761; by Mahrattas, 1767; by Tippoo Sahib, 1774.

=Miletus=, Asia Minor. 38N. 27E. Cyrus defeated, 548 B.C.; city destroyed by Persians, 494 B.C. Res. of St. Paul for several days. Bp. of historians Cadmus and Hecataeus, philosophers Thales, Anaximander, and Anaximenes; also of poet Timothy, of Aristides, aeschines, and Aspasia.

=Mionoseki=, j.a.pan. 36N. 132E. Described by Lafcadio Hearn in 'Glimpses of Unfamiliar j.a.pan.'

=Mityleni=, Asiatic Turkey. 39N. 27E. Rebellion crushed by Athenians, 428 B.C.; ceded to Genoese family, 1355; taken by Mohammed II., 1462; unsuccessful rebellion against Turks, 1468; Venetian naval victories over Turks, 1690, 1698; Greek victory, 1821. Bp. of Sappho, Alcaeus, Terpander, and Theophrastus; place of retirement of Agrippa.

=Monghyr=, Bengal. 25N. 86E. Taken by Mohammedans, 1195; became res. of Todar Mal, 1590; taken by British from Nawab Mir Kasim, 1763.

=Mosul=, Asiatic Turkey. 36N. 43E. Taken by Moslems, 636; stormed by Saladin, 1182; occupied by Persians, 1623; unsuccessfully besieged by Nadir Shah, 1741.

=Mukden=, Manchuria. 42N. 124E. Contains relics of Nurhachu, and near town is his tomb. Boxer outbreak, 1900; in Russo-j.a.panese War, Russians defeated and j.a.panese occupied Mukden, 1905. (See Pere Amiot for French translation of Emperor K'ien Lung's poem 'En Mukden.')

=Multan=, Punjab. 30N. 71E. Contains tombs of Rukn-i-Alam, Bhawal Hakk and Shams-i-Tabriz. Mahmud of Ghazni took it, 1005; Ranjit Singh, 1818; British, in Sikh War, 1849.

=Murs.h.i.+dabad=, Bengal. 24N. 88E. Contains tomb of Jagath Singh. Last Mohammedan capital of Bengal; plundered by Mahrattas, 1742; entered by Clive, 1757; Warren Hastings removed civil and criminal courts to Calcutta, 1772.

=Muscat=, Arabia. 24N. 59E. Occupied by Albuquerque, 1507; besieged by Imam of Oman, 1648; Portuguese expelled by Oman, 1650.

=Mush=, Asiatic Turkey. 39N. 42E. Turks ma.s.sacred Armenians, 1894. Visited by Xenophon, and supposed burial-place of Moses of Ch.o.r.ene.

=Muttra=, United Provs. 27N. 78E. Contains ruins of Jey Singh's observatory and of Akbar's fort. Supposed bp. of Krishna, whose childhood was spent here, and Balarama. Pillaged by Mahmud of Ghazni, 1017; taken by British, 1803; Sepoys murdered British officers, 1857.

=Nabadwip=, Bengal. 23N. 88E. Bp. of Chaitanya, supposed to be incarnation of Krishna; res. of Nityananda, Vasudeb, and Raghumath.

=Nabulus=, Palestine. 32N. 33E. On site of ancient Shechem mentioned in biblical history; later was rebuilt as Neapolis by Vespasian. (See Kinglake's 'Eothen,' Mark Twain's 'New Pilgrim's Progress,' Thomson's 'Land and the Book,' Volney's 'Voyage en Syrie et en Egypte.')

=Nagar= ('the city'), Madras. 14N. 75E. Captured by Hyder Ali, 1763; taken by British, 1783.

=Nagasaki=, j.a.pan. 33N. 130E. Scene of Pierre Loti's 'Madame Chrysantheme.' (See also Kipling's 'From Sea to Sea,' Little's 'Far East.')

=Nagpur= ('town of serpents'), Central Provs. 21N. 79E. Former capital of Mahratta princ.i.p.ality, crushed by British, 1817.

=Nain=, Palestine. 33N. 35E. Scene of Christ's miracle of raising from the dead the widow's son. (See Mark Twain's 'New Pilgrim's Progress.')

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