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MUSH , the See also:chief See also:town of a sanjak of the same name of the See also:Bitlis vilayet of See also:Asiatic See also:Turkey, and an important military station. It is situated at the mouth of a See also:gorge in the mountains on the See also:south See also:side of the See also:plain, the surrounding hills being covered with vineyards and some See also:oak scrub. There are few See also:good houses; the streets are See also:ill-paved and winding, while the See also:place and its surroundings are extremely dirty. The See also:castle, of which there are some remains, is said to have been built by Mushig, an Armenian 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 See also:province Daron, who founded the town. A See also:khan, with two See also:- STONE
- STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
- STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
- STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
- STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
- STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
- STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
- STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
- STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)
stone lions (Arab or Seljuk) in bas-See also:relief, deserves See also:notice, but the See also:bazaar is poor, although See also:pretty embroidered caps are produced. Good roads See also:lead to See also:Erzerum and Bitlis. There are 1400 inhabitants, consisting of Kurds and Armenians, about equally divided. The See also:climate is healthy but See also:cold in See also:winter, with a heavy See also:snow fall. Mush is the seat of the Gregorian and See also:Roman See also:Catholic Armenian bishops and some See also:American See also:mission See also:schools. Some See also:miles to the See also:west at the edge of the plain is the celebrated monastery of Surp Garabed or St See also:John the Baptist, an important place of Armenian See also:pilgrimage.
Mush plain, 35 M. See also:long by 12 broad, is very fertile, growing See also:wheat and See also:tobacco, and is dotted with many thriving Armenian villages. The See also:Murad or eastern See also:Euphrates traverses the western end of the plain and disappears into a narrow See also:mountain gorge there. Vineyards are numerous and a See also:fair See also:wine is produced.
See also:Wood is scarce and the usual See also:fuel is tezek or dried cow-dung. There are several See also:sulphur springs, and earthquakes are frequent and sometimes severe. It was on the plain of Mush that See also:Xenophon first made acquaintance with Armenian houses, which have little changed since his See also:day.
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