=Seleucia Pieria=, Asia Minor. 36N. 36E. F. by Seleucus Nicator; captured by Ptolemy Euergetes, 246 B.C.; by Antiochus the Great, 219 B.C. =Seoul=, Korea. 38N. 127E. Capital of Korea since 1392. Contains fine temple of Confucius. (See Diosy's 'New Far East,' McKenzie's 'From Tokyo to Tiflis,' Little's 'Far East.') =Sephora=, Palestine. 33N. 35E. Mentioned in the Bible; visited by Lamartine, 1832. =Seringapatam= ('city of Vishnu'), Mysore. 12N. 77E. Besieged by Lord Cornwallis, 1792; taken by British and Tippoo Sahib killed, 1799. Contains ancient temple of Vishnu, and tombs of Hyder Ali and Tippoo Sahib. =Seroda=, Bombay. 15N. 74E. Res. of Sir R. Burton; described in 'Goa and the Blue Mountains.' =Sha River=, Manchuria. 42N. 123E. Russians under General Kuropatkin conquered by Japanese, 1904. =Shahabad=, United Provs. 28N. 80E. F. by Diler Khan, whose tomb is here, 1677; visited by Bishop Heber, 1824. =Shang-hai= ('above the sea'), China. 31N. 121E. Taken by Triads, 1853; occupied by British and French, 1860. (See Little's 'Far East.') =Shehr=, Arabia. 15N. 50E. City described in 'Travels of Marco Polo' as Escier. =Shehr-i-Sebz=, Turkestan. 39N. 67E. F. on site of Kesh, bp. of Tamerlane. =Shimoga=, Madras. 14N. 76E. Captured by Mahrattas, 1798; destroyed by Dhundia Wagh, 1799. =Shimonosoki=, Japan. 34N. 131E. Bombarded by American, British, Dutch, and French fleet, 1864; treaty signed here, 1895. (See McKenzie's 'From Tokyo to Tiflis,' Little's 'Far East.') =Shiraz=, Persia. 30N. 53E. F. c. 697; capital of Persia, 1760. Near by are tombs of Saadi and Hafiz. =Shivner=, Bombay. 19N. 74E. Bp. of Sivaji. =Sholapur=, Bombay. 18N. 76E. The Baji Rao suffered defeat at hands of British, 1818. =Shwebo=, Upper Burma. 23N. 96E. Bp. of Maung Aung Zeya. =Sidon=, Syria. 34N. 35E. Taken by Crusaders, 1110; by Saladin, 1187; recaptured by Crusaders, 1197; destroyed by Mongols, 1260; captured by Mussulmans, 1291; bombarded by Napier, 1840; persecution of Christians, 1860. (See Thomson's 'Land and the Book,' Volney's 'Voyage en Syrie et en Egypte.') =Sikandarabad=, United Provs. 28N. 78E. F. by Sikandar Lodi, 1498; suffered during Mutiny, 1857. =Sikandra=, United Provs. 27N. 78E. Res. of Sikandar Lodi, and contains tomb of Akbar. =Siloam=, Palestine. 32N. 35E. Pool near Jerusalem mentioned in the Bible. (See Mark Twain's 'New Pilgrim's Progress,' Thomson's 'Land and the Book.') =Simla=, Punjab. 31N. 77E. Fashionable health-resort of Europeans in India, frequently the scene of Kipling's stories, e.g., 'Under the Deodars,' 'The Phantom 'Rickshaw.' =Sinai, Mount=, Arabia Petræa. 28N. 34E. Mentioned in the Bible as the mountain on which God revealed himself to Moses. (See Flinders Petrie's 'Researches in Sinai,' also 'Purchas His Pilgrimes,' Volney's 'Voyage en Syrie et en Egypte,' Burckhardt's 'Travels in Syria and the Holy Land.')