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TABRIZ , the See also:capital of the See also:province of See also:Azerbaijan in See also:Persia,
situated in the valley of the Aji Chai, " See also:Bitter See also:River," at an See also:elevation of 4400 ft. in 38° 4' N., 46° 18' E. Based on a
See also:census taken in 1871 the See also:population of Tabriz was in 1881 estimated at 165,000, and is now said to be about 200,000.
The popular See also:etymology of the name Tabriz from tab=See also:fever, riz = pourer away (verb, rikhtan= pour away, flow; See also:German rieseln?), hence " fever-destroying," is erroneous and was invented in See also:modern times. It is related that Zobeideh, the wife of See also:Harun-al-Rashid, founded the See also:town in 791 after recovering there from fever, but the earlier See also:chronicles give no support to this statement, and it is nowhere recorded that Zobeideh ever visited Azerbaijan, and the name Tabriz was known many centuries before her See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time. In 1842 See also:Hammer-Purgstall correctly explained the name as meaning the " warm-flowing " (tab= warm, same See also:root as lep in " tepid ") from some warm See also:mineral springs in the neighbourhood, and compared it with the synonymous See also:Teplitz in Bohemia. In old Armenian histories the name is Tavresh, which means the same. The popular See also:pronunciation
to and tau for tab has given rise to the spellings Toris and Tauris met with in older travellers and used even now.
Overlooking the valley on the N.E. and N. are bold See also:bare rocks, while to the S. rises the majestic See also:cone of Sahand (12,000 ft.). The town possesses few buildings of See also:note, and of the extensive ruins few merit See also:attention. The See also:ark, or citadel, in the See also:south-See also:west extremity of the See also:city, now used as an See also:arsenal, is a See also:noble See also:building of burnt See also:brick with mighty walls and a See also:tower 120 it. in height. Among the ruins of old Tabriz the See also:sepulchre of the Mongol 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, Ghazan See also:Khan (1295--13o4), in a See also:quarter once known as Shanb (generally pronounced Sham and Sham) i Ghazan, is no longer to be distinguished except as See also:part of a huge See also:tumulus. The See also:great shanb (See also:cupola or See also:dome) and other buildings erected341
by Ghazan have also disappeared. They stood about 2 m. S.W. from the modern town, but far within the See also:original boundaries. The " spacious See also:arches of 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 and other vestiges of departed See also:majesty," with which See also:Ker See also:Porter found it surrounded in 1818, were possibly remains of the See also:college (medresseh) and monastery (zavieh) where See also:Ibn Batista found shelter during his visit to the locality. On the eastern See also:side of the city stand the ruins of the Masjed i Jehan Shah, commonly known as the Masjed i Kebud, or " See also:Blue See also:Mosque," from the blue glazed tiles which See also:cover its walls. It was built by Jehan Shah of the Kara Kuyunli, or See also:Black See also:Sheep See also:dynasty (1437–1467).1 Tabriz is celebrated as one of the most healthy cities in Persia.
Tabriz was for a See also:long See also:period the See also:emporium for the See also:trade of Persia on the west, but since the opening of the railway through the See also:Caucasus and greater facilities for transport on the See also:Caspian, much of its trade with See also:Russia has been diverted to See also:Astara and See also:Resht, while the insecurity on the Tabriz-See also:Trebizond route since 1878 has diverted much See also:commerce to the See also:Bagdad road. According to consular reports the value of the exports and imports which passed through the Tabriz See also:custom-See also:house during the years 1867–73 averaged £593,800 and £1,226,660 (See also:total for the See also:year, £1,820,460); the averages for the six years 1893–9 were £212,880 and £544,530. There are reasons to believe that these values were considerably understated. For the year 1898–9 the See also:present writer obtained figures directly from the books kept by the custom-house See also:official at Tabriz, and although, as this official informed him, some important items had not been entered at all, the value of the exports and imports shown in the books exceeded that of the consular reports by about io per cent. Since that time the customs of Azerbaijan have been taken over by the central customs See also:department under Belgian officials, and it is stated that the trade has not decreased. See also:British, See also:Russian, See also:French, See also:Turkish and See also:Austrian consulates and a few See also:European commercial firms are established at Tabriz; there are also See also:post and See also:telegraph offices. Tabriz has suffered much from earthquakes, notably in 858, 1042 and 1721, each time with almost See also:complete destruction of the city. (A.
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