A Literary and Historical Atlas of AsiaBartholomew, J. G. (John George)
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A Literary and Historical Atlas of Asia
Bartholomew, J. G. (John George)
Asia -- Historical geography -- Maps; Asia -- Maps; Coinage -- Asia -- History
=Gokarn=, Bombay. 15N. 74E. Place of pilgrimage for Hindus; mentioned in
'Mahabharata' and 'Ramayana.'
=Golconda=, Haidarabad. 18N. 78E. A ruined city, f. by Rajah of Warangal;
destroyed by Aurungzebe, 1687.
=Gooruncondah= ('horse-hill'), Madras. 14N. 79E. Taken by Hyder Ali, 1768;
yielded to Trimbak Rao, 1771; captured by Tippoo Sahib, 1773; British
possession, 1800.
=Granicus=, Asia Minor. 40N. 27E. River on the banks of which Alexander
the Great first defeated the Persians, 334 B.C.; Lucullus defeated
Mithridates, 74 B.C.
=Gujranwala=, Punjab. 32N. 74E. Bp. of Ranjit Singh, and burial-place of
his father and of himself.
=Gujrat=, Punjab. 33N. 74E. Sikhs conquered by Sir Hugh Gough, 1849. (See
Malleson's 'Decisive Battles of India.')
=Gulbarga=, Haidarabad. 17N. 77E. Taken by Zafar Khan, 1347; by Mir Jumla,
1657. Contains tomb of Khwaja Band Nawaz, Mussulman saint.
=Gumush-Khaneh= ('place of silver'), Asiatic Turkey. 41N. 38E. Pasha of
Trebizond defeated by Russians, 1829.
=Gutti=, Madras. 15N. 78E. Res. of Morari Rao. Fell to Hyder Ali, 1775;
British possession, 1800.
=Gwalior=, Central India. 26N. 78E. Contains palace of Man Singh, f. 1486,
and Victoria College; also tombs of Sheik Mohammed Ghaus and of Tan Sen.
Maharajah faithful to England, though his army rebelled during Mutiny,
1857.
=Haidarabad=, Haidarabad. 17N. 79E. Capital of the Nizam's dominions; f.
by Cuttub-Shah, 1585. Taken and plundered by Aurungzebe, 1687.
=Hakata=, Japan. 34N. 130E. Formerly an independent town; now forming part
of Tukuoka. (See Lafcadio Hearn's 'Out of the East.')
=Halicarnassus=, Asia Minor. 37N. 27E. Mausoleum erected here by Artemisia
in honour of her husband, Mausolus. Bp. of Herodotus and Dionysius.
=Hamadan=, Persia. 35N. 48E. F. on the site of ancient Ecbatana,
containing tombs alleged to be of Mordecai and Esther, also those of
Avicenna, Attar, and Abul-Hasi.
=Hamah=, Syria. 35N. 37E. Often mentioned in the Old Testament. Fell into
the hands of Tancred, 1108; of Togtekin, 1115; of Saladin, 1178.
Abulfeda, the Arabian geographer, was emir, 1342-54.
=Hami=, China. 43N. 94E. Described in the 'Travels of Marco Polo.'
=Hang-Chau=, China. 30N. 120E. Capital of Che-kiang. Visited by Marco Polo
and Barrow. Successfully stormed by Taiping rebels, 1861; open to
foreign trade and res., 1896. (See 'Travels of Marco Polo,' Little's
'Far East.')
=Han-kau= ('Han-mouth'), China. 31N. 114E. Greatest commercial city of
empire; mentioned by F. J. Little in 'The Far East.'
=Hanoi= ('within the river'), Indo-China. 21N. 106E. F. by a Chinese
governor, c. 767, became capital of Annam. Citadel built in 808.
Contains a colossal Buddha, also statue to Paul Bert. French possession
since 1882. (See Little's 'Far East.')
=Hansi=, Punjab. 29N. 76E. Alleged to have been f. by Anang Pal. Seized by
Masud, 1036; by Mohammed of Ghor, 1192. Contains tomb of Kulb
Jamal-ud-din.
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