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Originally appearing in Volume V26, Page 54 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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SULIMAN HILLS , a See also:

MOUNTAIN (0. Fr. montaigne; popular Lat. montanea, an adjectival form from the classical mons, montis, whence Eng. " mount," a form usually used along with the name of an individual mountain, e.g. Mt Everest)
MOUNTAIN, THE (La Montagne)

mountain See also:

SYSTEM

system on the Dera See also:

ISMAIL (1830-1895)

Ismail See also:

KHAN (from the Turki, hence Persian and Arabic Khan)

Khan border of the See also:

north-See also:

west frontier of See also:

India. From the See also:

GOMAL

Gomal See also:

RIVER

river southward commences the true Suliman system, presenting an impenetrable barrier between the plains of the See also:

INDUS

Indus and See also:

AFGHANISTAN

Afghanistan. The Suliman Mountains finally See also:

MERGE

merge. into the hills of See also:

BALUCHISTAN

Baluchistan, which are inhabited by the See also:

MARRI

Marri and See also:

BUGTI

Bugti tribes. The See also:

CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief See also:

mass of the range is known as Takht-i-Suliman or See also:

Solomon's See also:

THRONE

throne. It may be seen on the western See also:

HORIZON (Gr. 6pfTwv, dividing)

horizon from Dera Ismail Khan, a See also:

grey, See also:

FLAT (a modification of O. Eng. flet, an obsolete word of Teutonic origin, meaning the ground beneath the feet)

flat-looking rampart rising from the See also:

LOWER

lower See also:

LINE

line of mountains north and See also:

south of it, slightly See also:

SADDLE (a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Sattel, Dut. zadel, also in Russ. siedlo and Lat. sella, for sedla; it is not derived directly from Lat. sedile, which means a chair, but all the words are to be referred to the root sad-, which gives

saddle-backed in the See also:

MIDDLE

middle, but culminating in a very well-defined See also:

PEAK, THE

peak at its See also:

NORTHERN

northern extremity. The See also:

LEGEND (through the French from the med. Lat. legenda, things to be read, from legere, to read)

legend of the mountain is that Solomon visited Hindostan to marry Balkis, and that as they were returning through the See also:

air, on a throne supported by genii, the See also:

BRIDE (a common Teutonic word, e.g..Goth. bruths, O. Eng. bryd, O. H. Ger. prs2t, Mod. Ger. Bract, Dut. bruid, possibly derived from the root bru-, cook, brew; from the med. latinized form bruta, in the sense of daughter-in-law, is derived the Fr. bru)

bride implored the bridegroom to let her look back for a few moments on her beloved See also:

LAND

land. Solomon directed the genii to See also:

SCOOP (from M. L. Ger. or M. Du. schope, cf. Du. schoep, a bailing vessel, Ger. schopfen, and, from M. Du. schoppe, Ger. Schuppe, shovel)

scoop out a hollow for the throne on the See also:

SUMMIT

summit of the mountain. The hollow is a cavity some 30 ft. square cut out of the solid See also:

rock, at the See also:

SOUTHERN

southern extremity of the mountain and is a See also:

PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place of See also:

PILGRIMAGE (Fr. pelerinage, Lat. peregrinatio)

pilgrimage for both See also:

HINDUS

Hindus and Mahommedans. The actual See also:

SHRINE (Lat. scrinium, a case or chest for books, hence a casket; from scribere, to write, Fr. ecrin, Ital. scrigno)

shrine is about two m. south of the highest peak. The whole mountain was traversed and surveyed by the Takht-i-Suliman Survey Expedition of 1883 (see See also:

SHERANI, or SHIRANI

SHERANI) and was found to consist of two parallel ridges See also:

RUNNING

running roughly north and south, the southern end of the eastern See also:

ridge culminating in a point 11,070 ft. high, which is the Takht proper on which the shrine is situated, and the western ridge culminating at its north-ern end in a point 11,300 ft. high known as Kaisargarh. Between these two ridges is a connecting tableland about 9000 ft. high. This See also:

plateau and the interior slopes of the ridges are covered with chilghosa (edible See also:

PINE (Lat. Pinus, Gr. srlrur)

pine) forests.

The mass of the mountain is composed of nummulitic See also:

LIMESTONE

limestone. No See also:

WATER

water is to be found on the summit.

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