|
SHIGNAN and ROSHAN, two small See also:- HILL
- HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
- HILL, A
- HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
- HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
- HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
- HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
- HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
- HILL, JAMES J
- HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
- HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
- HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
- HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
- HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)
hill states E. of the See also:Badakshan See also:province of See also:Afghanistan. They extend eastwards from the Panja, where it forms the eastern boundary of Badakshan to the See also:Pamirs. The native rulers of Roshan and Shignan claim descent from See also:Alexander the See also:Great, of whom legends are still current in the See also:country about the upper See also:Oxus. The two states were conquered by Abdur Rahman in 1882, but were assigned to See also:Russia by the See also:Durand agreement of 1893. Since that agreement Russia has retired from all districts previously occupied by her on the See also:left See also:bank of the Panja, or upper Oxus.
End of Article: SHIGNAN
Additional information and Comments
There are no comments yet for this article.
Please link directly to this article:
Highlight the code below, right click, and select "copy." Then paste it into your website, email, or other HTML.
Site content, images, and layout Copyright © 2006 - Net Industries, worldwide.
Do not copy, download, transfer, or otherwise replicate the site content in whole or in part.
Links to articles and home page are always encouraged.
|
del.icio.us it!