S E L 



S E L 



.t the Selgovae, of which fome veftiges are IHU re- 

 maining. 



SELI, in Botany, a word formed by an abbreviation of 

 the word fefell, and fignifying the fame plant. 



SELIA, in yinde/it Geography, n town of Hifpania, in 

 the interior of Boctica. It belonged to the Turduli, ac- 

 cording to Ptolemv. 



SELIAKINSKO, in Geography, an ottrog of Ruffia, 

 in the government of Tnbolfk, on the Enifei ; 260 miles 

 N.N.W. of Turuchanfk. N. lat. 69"" 55'. E. long. 



85° 14'. 



SELICHA, a name given by the Arabians to a kind of 

 cinnamon. 



SELICO, or Seluco, in Geography, a town of Africa, 

 on the north fide of the Gambia, in Mandingo. 



SELIGENSTADT, a town of Germany, in the circle 

 of the Lower Rhine, and cleftorate of Mentz, formerly 

 imperial, on the Maine ; 12 miles E.S.E. of Franckfort un 

 the Maine. N. lat. 49° 59'. E. long. 8° 46'. 



SELIGENTHAL, a town of Germany, in the county 

 of Henneberg ; _j miles N. of Smalkalden. 



SELIGER, a lake of Riifila, in the government of 

 Tver ; 80 miles W.N.W. of Tver. 



SELIGONION, in Botany, a name by which fome 

 authors have called piony. 



SELIM, in Ancient Geography, a town of Palefline, in 

 the tribe of Judah, on the fouthcrn fide along the'frontiers 

 of Edom, according to Jolhua. This was afterwards com- 

 prifed in the tribe of Simeon. See Salem. 



SELur I., in Biography, a Turkilh emperor, was the fe- 

 cond fon of Bajazet II. In 151 1, being governor of Tre- 

 bizond, he rebelled againft his father, and marched to 

 Conltantinople, where he was defeated and obliged to feek 

 his fafety in a precipitate flight. The janizaries, however, 

 favouring him, Bajazet was forced to refign his crown to 

 him, and foon after died, probably by poifon. Selim 

 afcended the throne in 1512, being at that time about 

 46 years of age. His firll (lep was to proceed agaiiill his 

 eldell brother Achmet, who was at the head of fome troops 

 in Afia. He defeated and put him to death, which was 

 foon after the fate of another brother. Selim then invaded 

 Perfia with a numerous army, and defeating Shah Ifmael in 

 a great battle, entered the city of Tauris. He afterwards 

 annexed Diarbekir to the Turkifli empire ; and one of his 

 officers recovered Bofnia, which had been conquered by the 

 Hungarians. In 15 1 7 Selim turned his arms agaiiilt the 

 fultan of Egypt, and obtained a vittory over him near 

 Aleppo, the fultan being (lain in the engagement. Aleppo 

 and Damaicu- fubmitted to Selim after this event, and he 

 prepared to march into Egypt. Arriving in the neigh- 

 bourhood of Cairo, a very bloody battle enfued between 

 ■him and Tnman Bey, which terminated in a total defeat of 

 the Mamelukes. Cairo, after a defperate refinance, was 

 taken, and all Egypt fubmitted. Selim returned to Con- 

 ltantinople, and, elated with his luccefles, made a vow that 

 he would not lay down his arms till he had put an end to 

 the Perfian empire. His career was, however, flopped by 

 difeafe, which terminated in his death at a village in Thrace, 

 in 1520. Selim was one of the molt able and vigorous of 

 the Ottoman fovereigns, and made greater additions to tlic 

 riirkifh empire than any one of his predeceiibrs. He 

 was, at the fame time, unprincipled in his projefts of am- 

 bition, and had all the ferocious cruelty of an eaftcrn 

 defpot. 



Selim II., Turkifli empcrcr, fon of Kolyman I., fuc- 

 ceeded his father in 1566. Being of an indolent difpofition, 

 mid extremely intemperate, the aftions of hij reign are 



thofe of his viziers and generals. Of thefe the principal 

 was the capture of Cyprus, tlien belonging to the Venetians, 

 which, after a vigorous refillance, was reduced in 157I. 

 The European powers, who had combined for its relief, 

 gained, in the fame year, the famous naval battle of Le- 

 panto, which nearly ruined the Turkifli marine. Notwith- 

 itanding this fuccefs, the Venetians were obhged to make 

 peace with the Turks in 1574, upon very difadva'itageous 

 terms. During the remainder of Sclim's reign, the affairs 

 of the Ottoman empire were profperous. Selim died at 

 the age of 52, probably of intemperance. He had many 

 good qualities, but was flothful and feufual. 



SELIMABAD, in Geography, a town of Hindooftan, 

 in Bengal; 12 miles S.S.E. of Burdwan. N. lat. 23° 5'. 

 E. long. 87° 48'. 



SELiMBRIA. See Selivra. 



SELIME', a village of Nubia, on the route of the 

 Soudan caravan from Afliut to Darfur ; 42 miles S. of 

 Sheb. 



SELIMPOUR, a town of Bengal ; 24 miles N.W. of 

 Burdwan. N. lat. 23^ 23'. E. long. 87° 35'. 



SELIN, a town of Africa, in the kingdom of Galam ; 

 15 miles S. of Galam. 



SELINA, in Ancient Geography, Ilan-Adajfi, or Ifle of 

 Serpents, an ifland of the Euxine fea, near the mouth of 

 tlie Danube : called Paraclilus, or Paracladium. Some 

 authorn have denominated it Melajita. 



SELINAGUR, in Geography, a town of Hindooftan, 

 in Oudc, on the Ganges, oppofite to Furruckabad. 



SELINCOURT, a town of France, in the department 

 of the Somme ; 18 miles W. of Amiens. 



SELINE, a river of Silefia, which runs N.W. into the 

 Loh, 7 miles S. of Breflau. 



SE-LING, a town of China, of the fecond rank, in the 

 province of Quang-fi. N. lat. 21° 55'. E. long. 106" 29'. 



SELINGUE. See Selenga. 



SELINO, a province of the ifland of Crete, fouth of 

 that of Kilfamos, which takes its name from that of a fmall 

 town, built on the fouth coait of the ifland, in the fituation 

 formerly occupied by Lifl'a or Liflus, a place of fmall im- 

 portance, mentioned by Ptolemy. It is entirely moun- 

 tainous, but very fertile. It furni flies a little filk, honey, 

 wax, and a tolerably large quantity of fruits, fuch as 

 cherries, apricots, peaches, pears, and oranges. This is 

 the only province in which the chefnut-tree is cultivated, 

 and It thrives well on the fchiltole hills and mountains of 

 this country. The chefnuts are carried to Canea, Retimo, 

 and Candia. A quantity is alfo annually exported to Syria. 

 Oil, however, is the principal commodity of Selino ; and it 

 is reckoned better than any other in the ifland. The mer- 

 chants of Canea generally eltablifti their fpeculations on the 

 quantity and quality of the oils of Selino. Wine, wheat, 

 and barley, are not plentiful. The population of the 

 Turks is eftimated at a fourth or fifth of the inhabitants. 

 Olivier. 



SELINUM, in Botany, an ancient generic name of 

 Theophraftus and Diolcoridcs, whofe ZiXtvav is faid to be 

 derived from tthc^v. to iv sKu ?u!o-9ai, on account of its grow- 

 ing in mud, whence Homer's fXEoSfstrloy aiKm-i. De Tlicis 

 fays that Selinum is derived from <rf?i»in, the moon, becaufe 

 of the fliape of its growing feeds ; and that it is the founda- 

 tion of many other compound names of umbelliferous plaits 

 among the Greeks, as cj■oc■l^l^w, ■s-iTfoo-s^ivoi', &c. — Linn. 

 Gen. 133. Schreb. 184. Willd. Sp. PI. v. i. 1396. 

 Mart. Mill. Did. v. 4. Sm. Fl. Brit. 303. Ait. Hort. 

 Kew. V. 2. 131. Purfti 127. Jufl'. 223. Lamarck 11- 

 lullr. t. 200. Gxrtn. t. 21. — Clafs and order, Pen- 

 4 tanuria 



