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the Lovetots to the Nevils, lords Fumival, and passed from 
them to the Talbots, earls of Shrewsbury, and subsequently 
to the Howards, dukes of Norfolk, in whose family the lord- 
ship of the manor is still vested. During the civil wars in 
the time of Charles I., Sheffield castle sustained a long siege 
for the king, but at last surrendered upon honourable terms, 
and was soon afterwards ordered to be demolished, and 
scarcely a vestige of it can now be discerned. Population 
50,012. Market on Tuesday and Saturday; 36 miles south 
of Leeds, and 162 north-north-west of London. Lat. 53. 
22. N. long 1. 29. W. 
SHEFFIELD, a p ost township of the United States, in 
Caledonia county, Vermont. Population 388. 
SHEFFIELD, a post township of the United States, in 
Berkshire county, Massachusetts; 125 miles west-south-west 
of Boston. It is watered by the Housatonic. Popula¬ 
tion 2439. 
SHEFFIELDIA [so called by Forster in honour of the Rev. 
Mr. Sheffield, whom he designates as the chief botanist at 
Oxford], in Botany, a genus of plants. The genus in ques¬ 
tion is now sunk in Samolus : see that article. 
• SHEFFORD, a township of England, in Bedfordshire; 
5 miles south-west of Biggleswade. Population 536. 
SHEFFORD, West, a parish of England, in Berkshire; 
5 miles north-east of Hungerford. Population 421. 
SHEFFORD, East, a parish in the same county, half a 
mile distant from the foregoing. 
SHEFFORD, a township of Lower Canada, in the county 
of Richlieu. Population 500. 
SHEHERON, a village of Irak, in Persia, 15 miles east of 
Kermanshaw. 
SHEHERVERD, a village of Irak, in Persia; 30 miles 
south-west of Sultania. 
SHEHOLA, a post township of the United States, in 
Wayne county, Pennsylvania. 
SHEHOUN, a small town of Syria, under the jurisdiction 
Of an independent Aga, called anciently Cappareas ; 18 
miles north of Hamah. 
SHEHRIDGHERD, a village of Irak, in Persia ; S3 
miles west-south-west of ICoom. 
SHEHRISTAN, a village of Korassan, in Persia; 210 
miles west of Herat. 
SHEHRISTAN, a village of Khusistan, in Persia; 50 
miles north-west of Shiras. 
SHEHRZOUR, a town of Persia, in the eastern part 
of Koordistan, capital of a district; 150 miles north of 
Bagdad. 
SIIEIB, a lake of Egypt; 48 miles east-north-east of 
Cairo. 
SHEIK, or Scheik, the person who has the care of the 
mosques in Egypt: his duty is the same as that of the imans 
at Constantinople. There are more or fewer of these to every 
mosque, according to its size or revenues. One of these is 
head over the rest, and answers to a parish-priest with us, 
and has under him, in large mosques, the readers and people 
who cry out to go to prayers; but in small mosques the sheik 
is obliged to do all this himself. In such it is their business 
to open the mosque, to cry to prayers, and to begin their 
short devotions at the head of the congregation, who stand 
rank and file in great order, and make all their motions to¬ 
gether. Every Friday the sheik makes an harangue to his 
congregation. 
SHEIK-BELLET, the name of an officer in the oriental 
nations. 
In Egypt the sheik-bellet is the head of a city, and is 
appointed by the pacha. The business of this officer is to 
take care that no innovation be made, which may be pre¬ 
judicial to the Porte, and that they send no orders which 
may hurt the liberties of the people. But all this authority 
depends on his credit and interest, not his office: for the 
government of Egypt is of such a kind, that often the 
people of the least power by their posts have the greatest 
influence; and a caiaof the janizaries or Arabs, and some¬ 
times one of their meanest officers, an oda-basha, finds means, 
by his parts and abilities, to govern all things. 
SIIEIKPORE, a town of Hindostan, province of Bahar. 
Lat. 25. 8. N. long. 85. 4. E. 
SHEIKH-UL-JEBAL, Dominions of, or lord of the 
mountains (commonly called the Old Man of the Mountain) 
comprised the whole of that elevated tract in the province 
of Azerbijan in the Persian empire, which runs parallel with 
the course of the Kizilozein and the greater part of Ghilan. 
When destroyed by Holaku, the Housseines or Assassins, 
possessed upwards of 100 strong-holds; but the residence of 
the prince was generally confined to the castles Roudbar 
and Allah Ahmaut, both of which are situated in the Kohr 
Caucausan, near Kazween. 
SHEK ABDALLAH, a village of Syria, in the pachalic 
of Aleppo; 20 miles south-east of Aleppo. 
SHEK ABU ENNUR, a village of Upper Egypt; 7 
miles south of Benisuef. 
SHEK AMMER, a village of Upper Egypt, on the Nile; 
17 miles north of Syene. 
SHEK EMBADE, a village of Upper Egypt, on the left 
bank of the Nile; 16 miles south-south-east of Girge. 
SHEK EREDI, or Haradi, a village of Upper Egypt, 
on the eastern bank of the Nile, distinguished by the tomb of 
a Turkish saint; 8 miles north-north-east of Achmim. 
SHEK FADLE, a village of Upper Egypt, on the Nile 
10 miles south of Abu Girge. 
SHEK IL ETMAN, a village of Egypt, on the Nile; 7 
miles south-south-west of Cairo. 
SHEK ZEINEDDIN, a village of Upper Egypt, on the 
Nile; 3 miles north of Tahta. 
SHEKARPORE, a town of Afghanistan, province of 
Sewistan, on the Indus. This place has never been visited 
by an European; but it is described as a large and fortified 
town, having seven gates. It is governed by a Mahometan 
chief, who pays tiibute both to the Afghans and Ameers of 
Sinde. Lat 28. 47. N. long. 69. 40. E. 
SHEKEL, Shekle, Sheckle, or Siclus, an ancient 
Hebrew silver coin, which was originally a didrachm, but, 
after the Maccabees, about the value of the Greek tetradrachm, 
or four Attic drachmas, or four Roman denarii, allowing the 
drachma and denarius to be of the same value ; and accord¬ 
ing to Mr. Raper’s valuation of the drachma at 9d. 286, 
equal to 37d. 144. 
In the Bible, the shekel is sometimes also rendered solidus 
and sometimes stater. 
The Jewish doctors are in great doubt about the weight 
of the shekel; and it is only by conjecture, and by the 
weight of the modern shekel, that the ancient one is judged 
equal to four Attic drachmas. 
SHEKKA, a village of the Bled el Jereede, bordering on 
Tunis, the Cerbeia of Ptolemy; 18 leagues west-south-west 
of Gafsa. 
SHEKOABAD, a considerable town of Hindostan, pro¬ 
vince of Agra, and district of Etaweh. It was formerly 
fortified, and a place of considerable consequence. The 
vicinity produces very fine indigo; with which, and cotton, 
it carries on a considerable trade. This town is said to 
have been founded by the unfortunate Dara Sheko, the 
elder brother of Aurungzebe. Lat. 27. 6. N. long. 78. 
38. E. 
SHEKY MOUNTAINS, mountains of Ireland in the 
county of Cork ; 15 miles west of Bandonbridge. 
SHELBROOK, a hamlet of England, West Riding of 
Yorkshire; 7 miles from Doncaster. 
SHELBURN BAY, a bay on the north coast of New 
Holland, between Oxfordness and Cape Grenville. 
SHELBURNE, a post township of the United states, in 
Chitterdon county, Vermont, on Lake Champlain. Popula¬ 
tion 987. 
SHELBURNE, a township of the United States, in Coos 
county, New Hampshire, on the Androscoggin. Popula¬ 
tion 176. 
SHELBURNE, a township of the United States, in 
Franklin 
