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SHABATS (also written Shabatz and Sabac)

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Originally appearing in Volume V24, Page 757 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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SHABATS (also written Shabatz and Sabac) , a See also:town in See also:Servia, See also:capital of the Drina See also:department, on the right See also:bank of the See also:river See also:Save. Pop. (1900) 12,072. It has a See also:medieval See also:castle, built in 1470 by See also:Sultan Mahommed II., to facilitate the incursion of the See also:Turks into Slavonia, which lies on the See also:left bank of the river. It is the See also:principal commercial town of See also:north-western Servia, exporting cereals, prunes, See also:cattle and pigs to See also:Hungary. It is well known for the excellent See also:white See also:honey which comes from its neighbourhood. The See also:district is See also:rich in See also:lime-trees. Shabats is the seat of a See also:bishop, of the district prefecture, and of a tribunal. It has a See also:college and a library, and a See also:garrison occupies the old fort. The See also:people of Shabats have the reputation of being the wittiest in Servia.

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