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ISSOUDUN , a See also:town of central See also:France, See also:capital of an See also:arrondissement in the See also:department of See also:Indre, on the right See also:bank of the Theols, 17 M. N.E. of See also:Chateauroux by See also:rail. Pop. (1go6) ro,566. Among the interesting buildings are the 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 of St Cyr, combining various architectural styles, with a See also:fine See also:porch and window, and the See also:chapel of the Hotel Dieu of the See also:early 16th See also:century. Of the fortifications with which the town was formerly surrounded, a town-See also:gate of the 16th century and the See also:- WHITE
- WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
- WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
- WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
- WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
- WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
- WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
- WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
- WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
- WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
- WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
- WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)
White See also:Tower, a lofty cylindncal See also:building of the reign of See also:- PHILIP
- PHILIP (Gr.'FiXtrsro , fond of horses, from dn)^eiv, to love, and limos, horse; Lat. Philip pus, whence e.g. M. H. Ger. Philippes, Dutch Filips, and, with dropping of the final s, It. Filippo, Fr. Philippe, Ger. Philipp, Sp. Felipe)
- PHILIP, JOHN (1775-1851)
- PHILIP, KING (c. 1639-1676)
- PHILIP, LANOGRAVE OF HESSE (1504-1567)
Philip See also:Augustus, survive. Issoudun is the seat of a sub-prefecture, and has tribunals of first instance and of See also:commerce, a chamber of arts and manufactures and a communal See also:college. The See also:industries, of which the most important is See also:leather-dressing, also include malting and See also:brewing and the manufacture df bristles for brushes and See also:parchment. See also:Trade is in See also:grain, live-stock, leather and See also:wine.
Issoudun, in Latin Exoldunum or Uxellodunum, existed in and before See also:Roman times. In 1195 it was stoutly and successfully defended by the partizans of See also:Richard Cceur-de-See also:Lion against Philip Augustus, 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 France. It has suffered severely from fires. A very destructive one in 1651 was the result of an attack on the town in the See also:war of See also:Fronde; See also:- LOUIS
- LOUIS (804–876)
- LOUIS (893–911)
- LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
- LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian
Louis XIV. rewarded its fidelity to him during that struggle by the See also:- GRANT (from A.-Fr. graunter, O. Fr. greanter for creanter, popular Lat. creantare, for credentare, to entrust, Lat. credere, to believe, trust)
- GRANT, ANNE (1755-1838)
- GRANT, CHARLES (1746-1823)
- GRANT, GEORGE MONRO (1835–1902)
- GRANT, JAMES (1822–1887)
- GRANT, JAMES AUGUSTUS (1827–1892)
- GRANT, ROBERT (1814-1892)
- GRANT, SIR ALEXANDER
- GRANT, SIR FRANCIS (1803-1878)
- GRANT, SIR JAMES HOPE (1808–1895)
- GRANT, SIR PATRICK (1804-1895)
- GRANT, U
- GRANT, ULYSSES SIMPSON (1822-1885)
grant of several privileges.
ISSYK-KUL, also called Tuz-KUL, and by the See also:Mongols Temurtu-nor, a See also:lake of Central See also:Asia, lying in a deep See also:basin (5400 ft.above See also:sea-level), between the Kunghei See also:Ala-tau and the Terskei Ala-tau, westward continuations of the Tian-shan mountains, and extending from 76° ro'to 78° 2o' E. The length from W.S.W. to E.N.E. is 115 m. and the breadth 38 m., the See also:area being estimated at 2230 sq. m. The name is See also:Kirghiz for " warm lake," and, like the See also:Chinese synonym She-See also:hai, has reference to the fact that the lake is never entirely frozen over. On the See also:south the Terskei Ala-tau do not come down so See also:close to the See also:shore as the mountains on the See also:north, but leave a See also:strip 5 to 13 M. broad. The margins of the lake are overgrown with reeds. The See also:water is brackish. See also:Fish are remarkably abundant, the See also:principal See also:species being See also:carp.
It was by the route beside this lake that the tribes (e.g. Yue-chi) driven from See also:China by the See also:Huns found their way into the Aralo-See also:Caspian basin in the end of the and century. The Ussuns or Uzuns settled on the lake and built the town of Chi-gu, which still existed in the 5th century. It is to Hsiian-tsang, the Chinese Buddhist See also:pilgrim, that we are indebted for the first See also:account of Issyk-kul based on See also:personal observation. In the beginning of the 14th century Nestorian Christians reached the lake and founded a monastery on the See also:northern shore, indicated on the Catalan See also:map of 1374. It was not till 1856 that the Russians made acquaintance with the See also:district.
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