Part 17 (2/2)

=Trichinopoli=, Madras. 11N. 79E. British possession, 1801. Contains tomb of Bishop Heber.

=Trichoor=, Madras. 11N. 76E. Occupied by Hyder Ali, 1776; by Tippoo Sahib, 1789.

=Trincomali=, Ceylon. 9N. 81E. Contains ruins of famous Temple of a Thousand Columns destroyed by Portuguese, 1622. Taken by storm by British, 1795.

=Tripoli=, Syria. 34N. 36E. Destroyed by earthquakes, 450, 550; captured by Saracens, 638; by Crusaders, who destroyed celebrated Arabian collection of books, 1109; by Egyptians, 1289. (See Volney's 'Voyage en Syrie et en Egypte,' Hakluyt's 'Voyages,' Burckhardt's 'Travels in Syria and the Holy Land.')

=Troy=, Asia Minor. 40N. 26E. Said to have been f. by Darda.n.u.s, walls built by Apollo and Poseidon; centre of Greek legends. Visited by Alexander the Great, 334 B.C.; Roman possession, 189 B.C.; destroyed by Turks, 1306. (See Homer's 'Iliad,' Virgil's 'aeneid,' Tacitus' 'Annals,'

Kinglake's 'Eothen.')

=Tsing-tao=, China. 36N. 120E. Seized by Germany, 1897.

=Turkestan=, Asiatic Russia. 44N. 68E. Resort of pilgrims to mosque of Hazret-Ya.s.savi, built by Tamerlane. Occupied by Russian troops, 1864.

=Umarkot=, Sind. 25N. 70E. Alleged to have been f. by Umar. Bp. of Akbar.

=Ur=, Palestine. 32N. 35E. Contains ruins of temple to moon-G.o.d Sin.

Frequently mentioned in Bible, especially as spot from which Abraham's father moved westward.

=Ura-tyube=, Russian Turkestan. 41N. 68E. Alleged to have been f. by Cyrus; captured by Russians, 1866.

=Urfah=, Asiatic Turkey. 37N. 39E. Captured by Seljuk Turks, 1040; by Crusaders, 1097; by Mussulmans, 1144. Ancient centre of Syrian learning; bp. of St. Ephraim Syrus, and said to have been res. of Abraham.

=Urga=, Mongolia. 48N. 106E. Sacred city of Mongols, and is the seat of the Kutuktu, deified Lama. Contains famous temple of Maidar. (See Sheepshanks' 'My Life in Mongolia and Siberia.')

=Urumiyah=, Persian Armenia. 37N. 45E. Alleged bp. of Zoroaster.

=Utakamand=, Madras. 11N. 77E. Town in which Sir R. Burton resided, described in 'Goa and the Blue Mountains.'

=Utch= ('high place'), Punjab. 29N. 71E. Contains fort built by daughter of Deo Singh. Captured by Mahmud of Ghazni, 1006. Res. of Persian historian, Minhaj-ud-din.

=Van=, Asiatic Turkey. 38N. 43E. Alleged to have been f. by Semiramis; rebuilt by Van; by Valarsaces, 149 B.C.; taken by Arabs, c. 640; by Osmanlis, 1514; by Persians, 1636; by Kurds, 1845.

=Vellore=, Madras. 13N. 79E. Said to have been f. by Bommi Reddi, c. 1274; besieged by Mahrattas, 1676; taken by Daud Khan, 1708; Safdar Ali murdered here by Murtaza Ali, 1742; occupied by British, 1760; by Hyder Ali, 1780.

=Vijayanagar= ('city of victory'), Madras. 15N. 76E. F. in 1336; contains celebrated ruins, and is famous as res. of Sayana, the Vedic commentator.

=Vladivostok=, Asiatic Russia. 43N. 132E. Occupied by Russians, 1860; free port, 1873; capital of Littoral, 1888. (See Fraser's 'Real Siberia,'

Little's 'Far East.')

=Wady Hammanah=, Syria. 34N. 36E. Gorge near which Lamartine lived.

=Wa-fang-kou=, Manchuria. 40N. 122E. Russians under General Stackelberg conquered by j.a.panese, 1904.

=Wakayama=, j.a.pan. 34N. 135E. Contains castle of princes of Kishu, f.

1850, and near by is temple of k.u.mudera, said to be f. 770.

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