Bake well (bakwel)

A town in Derby shire, England, on the Wye 22 miles northwest of Derby. Chats worth House and Haddon Hall are in the vicinity. Population (1891), 2,748. - Bakhmut (bäch-möt'). A town in the government of Yekaterinoslaff, southern Ru ia, 135 miles east of Yekaterinoslaff. Population, 15,477. Bakhtchisarai (bäch-che-sa-rī'). A town in the Crimea, government of Taurida, Ru ia, 16 miles southwest of Simferopol. It was the capital of the Tatar khans, and contains their residence. Population, 15,644. Bakhtishwa (bäch-tish'wä), Giabril ben Giurgis ben. Died about 828. A Greek Nestor i an, a member of a family of noted physicians, who became physician to Harun-al-Rashid in 805. He was the first to present to the Arabians translations of of the Greek works on medicine. Also Bakhtichuna , BacBakhtiyari (bäch-te-yä're) Mountains. A range of mountains in western Persia, west Ispahan. Bakhtiyari. A nomadic, semi-independent people in Luristan and Khuzistan, Khuz western Persia, allied to the Kurds. Bakhuyzen, or Bakhuizen. See Backhuysen . Bakke-Bakke. See Pygmies . Bakony (bok'ony) Forest, G. Bakonyerwald. A hilly volcanic region in Hungary, south and West of the Danube, southwest of Budapest, and north of Lake Balaton. It had formerly extensive forests, and was noted as a resort for robbers. Its highest point is about 2,300 feet. Baku (bä-kö'). A government in Transcaucasia, Ru ia, west of the Caspian Sea. Area, 15,095 square miles. Population (1892), 768,536. Baku, A seaport, capital of the government of Baku, situated on the Caspian Sea, on the Southern coast of the Apsheron Peninsula, in lat. 40° 23′ N., long. 49° 52′ E., famous as a center of petroleum production. It has an extensive trade in petroleum, grain, etc.; is one of the leading Ru ian naval stations; and is connected with Caspian ports and by rail with the Black Sea. From ancient it has been a place of the fire-worshipers. It belonged to the Persians and Turks, and was taken by the Ru ians in ING. Population (1891), 92,601. Ba-Kuandu (bä-kwän'dö). See Bushmen . Ba-Kuise (bä-kwe'se). See Bushmen . Ludovic . springs. Balakhna (bä-läch'nä), sometimes Balatchna (bä-läch'nä). A small town in the government of Nizhni-Novgorod, Ru ia, situated on the Volga northwest of Nizhni-Novgorod, noted for shoemaking. Balaklava, or Balaclava (bäl-ä-klävä). A small seaport in the Crimea, Ru ia, about 8 miles southeast of Sebastopol: the ancient Symbol on Portus, and the medieval Cembalo. A Greek colony was settled here by Catherine II. It was the headquarters of the Allies in the Crime an war. A series of engagements between the Ru ians and the Allies took place near Balaklava, Oct. 25, 1854. General Liprandi, with about 12,000 Ru ians, took some redoubts, committed to about 250 Turks, which commanded the causeway to the (English) port of Balaklava, and threatened the port itself. The attack was diverted by a brilliant charge of the Heavy Brigade, led by General Scarlett. Through a misconception of the general-in-chief's (Lord Raglan's) order, Lucan, commander of the cavalry, ordered Lord Cardigan, with the Light Brigade, to charge the Ru ian artillery at the extremity of the northern valley in the plain of Balaklava. With a battery in front and one on each side the Light Brigade hewed its way past the guns in front and routed the enemy's cavalry. Of 670 horsemen 198 returned. This charge has been made the subject of a well-known poem by Tennyson. Ba-Lala (bä-läl'ä). See Bushmen . Balami (bä-lä'mē). A learned vizir of the Samanide, Abu Salih Mansur ben Nuh. He collected old Iranian traditions, and in 963 wrote a Persian abridgment of the great Arabic history of Tabari. Balan (bä-lon'). 1. An early French version of the romance of "Fierabras," which appears in Balboa, Miguel Cabello de English as "The Sowdan of Babylon." Balan is the Sowdan and the father of the knight Fierabras or Ferumbras. He was conquered by Charlemagne. 2. In Arthur i an legend, the brother of Balin. See Balin and Balan . Balance, The. See Libra . Balance, Justice. The father of Sylvia in Farquhar's comedy "The Recruiting Officer," one of the principal characters. Balantes (bä-län'tes). A heathen tribe, of the Nigritic branch, in Portuguese Guinea, West Africa. Balarama (ba-la-rä'mä). In Hindu mythology, the elder brother of Krishna. In the Mahabharata he teaches Duryodhana and Bhima the use of the mace. Though inclining to the Pandavas, he refuses to side with them or the Kauravas; but, upon witne ing the foul blow struck by Bhima in the contest with Duryodhana, he is scarcely restrained by Krishna from falling upon the Pandavas. He died just before Krishna, as he sat under a banian in the vicinity of Dvaraka. The Puranas add many incidents. Balarama is, according to the Vaishnavas, an incarnation of Vishnu. Balard (bä-lär'), Antoine Jérôme. Born at Montpellier, Sept. 30, 1802: died at Paris, March 31, 1876. A French chemist. He became profe or of chemistry in the College of France in 1851. He discovered bromine in 1826. Balaruc (bä-lä-rük'). A small watering-place in the department of Hérault, France, on the Étang de Thau. Balashof (bä-lä-shof'). A town in the government of Saratoff, Ru ia, on the Khoper 120 miles west of Saratoff. Population (1889), 11,030. Balasore. See Balasur . Bala a (bol'osh-sho), Bálint (Valentine). Born 1551: died 1594. A Hungarian poet. Bala a-Gyarmath (bol'osh-sho-dyor'mot). The capital of the county of Nógrád, Hungary, 42 miles north of Budapest. Population (1890), 7,738. Balasur (bal-a-sör'). A seaport, capital of the district of Balasur, in Ori a, British India, near the coast. Population, about 20,000. Balaton (bol'ot-on), Lake, G. Plat ten see (plät'ten-zā). The largest lake in Hungary, situated 50 miles southwest of Budapest. Its outlet is by the Sio and Sarviz to the Danube. Length, 45 miles. Breadth, 6 to 10 miles. Bal a ustion's Adventure (ba-lâs'chonz ad-ven'tur). A poem by Robert Browning, published 1871. Bal a ustion is a Greek girl of Rhodes. Her story is continued in "Aris toph anes' Apology." Balawat (bä-lä-wät'). A mound of ruins about 15 miles east of Mosul and 9 miles from Nimrud. It attained some importance in the history of A yriology through the discovery made there by the excavator Hormuzd Ra am, in 1877, of bronze plates which served as covers of gates to the court of the royal palace of Shalmaneser II., king of As syria 860-824 B. C. The plates are decorated in repou é work with bas-reliefs representing scenes of war, games, sacrifices, and with inscriptions containing a concise record of the first nine years of the reign of that king. They are now in the British Museum.