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SHIPPINGPORT, a village of the United States, in Jef¬ 
ferson county, Kentucky, on the Ohio, 2 miles below Louis¬ 
ville. Here are a ship-yard, rope-walk, and a flour-mill. 
It is the landing-place for all goods ascending the rivers to 
Kentucky, and also for such goods as are intended for the 
country above the falls. After descending the rapids, boats 
generally put in at this place to procure supplies. 
SHIPPON, or Shipston, a hamlet of England, in Berk¬ 
shire, adjacent to Abingdon. 
SHIP-SHAPE, in Sea Language, denotes the fashion 
of a ship, or the manner of an expert sailor : thus, they 
say, the nrast is not rigged ship-shape, and trim your sails 
ship-shape. 
SHIPSTON, or Shipston-upon-Stour, a market town 
of England, in the county of Worcester, situated on the 
river Stour, in a detached part of the county. Though the 
neighbouring district is much improved and well cultivated, 
yet the town cannot boast much of its appearance, contain¬ 
ing a great number of small, poor looking houses, and the 
streets being badly paved. The name is derived from its 
being formerly noted as one of the greatest sheep markets in 
the kingdom. At present the town has no trade of any con¬ 
sequence ; its manufactory of shags is on the decline, but it 
has a large market on Friday. Population 1377 ; 11 miles 
south-south-west of Stratford-upon-Avon, and 83 north-west 
of London. 
SHIPTON, a hamlet of England, in Buckinghamshire, 
adjacent to Winslow. 
SHIPTON, a parish of England, in Salop ; 7 miles south¬ 
west of Much Wenlock. 
SHIPTON, or Shipton Bellinger, a parish of Eng¬ 
land, in Southamptonshire; 9 miles west-by-north of An¬ 
dover. 
SHIPTON, a township of England, East Riding of York¬ 
shire, near Market Weighton. 
SHIPTON, a hamlet of England, North Riding of York¬ 
shire ; 5| miles north-west of York. 
SHIPTON, a township of Lower Canada, in the county 
of Buckingham. Population 1000. 
SHIPTON CLIFF, a parish of England, in Gloucester¬ 
shire ; 6 miles north-west of North Leach. 
SHIPTON MOYNE, a parish of England, in Glouces¬ 
tershire ; 2|r miles south-by-west of Tetbury. 
SHIPTON-UPON-CHARWELL, a parish of England, 
in Oxfordshire; 2 miles east of Woodstock. 
SHIPTON-LEE, or Lee-Grange, a hamlet of England; 
5 k miles south-west of Winslow. 
SHIPTON SOLERS, a parish of England, in Glouces¬ 
tershire ; 5| miles north-west of North Leach. 
SHIPTON-UNDER-WICHWOOD, a parish of Eng¬ 
land, in Oxfordshire; 4 miles from Burford. Population 395. 
SHI'PWRECK, s. The destruction of ships by rocks oi 
shelves. 
Bold were the men, which on the ocean first 
Spread their new sails, when shipwreck was the worst. 
Waller. 
The parts of a shattered ship.—They might have it in 
their own country, and that by gathering up the shipwrecks 
of the Athenian and Roman theatres. Dry den. —Destruc¬ 
tion; miscarriage.—Holding faith and a good conscience, 
which some having put away, concerning faith, have made 
shipwreck. 1 Tim. 
To SHI'PWRECK, v. a. To destroy by dashing on 
rocks or shallows. 
Whence the sun ’gins his reflection. 
Shipwrecking storms and direful thunders break. 
Shakspcare. 
To make to suffer the dangers of a wreck. 
Thou that can’st still the raging of the seas. 
Chain up the winds, and bid the tempests cease, 
Redeem my shipwreck'd soul from raging gusts 
Of cruel passion and deceitful lusts. Prior. 
To throw by loss of the vessel. 
Vol. XXIII. No. 1561. 
Shipwreck'd upon a kingdom, where no pity, 
No friends, no hope! no kindred weep for me. Shakspcare. 
SHIPWRIGHT, s. A builder of ships. 
As when a shipwi'ight stands his workmen o’er. 
Who ply the wimble some huge beam to bore, 
Urg’d on all hands it nimbly spins about. 
The grain deep piercing, till it scoops it out. Pope. 
SHIRA, a small river of Scotland, in Argyleshire, which 
rises in the mountains behind Inverary, and, after forming a 
small deep lake, called Loch Dubb, falls into Loch Fyne, 
near the town of Inverary. The Shira gives the name of 
Glenshira to the district through which it runs. 
SHIRAS, a great city of Persia, capital of the province 
of Fars, and at several periods of the whole empire. Al¬ 
though, however, the Persian historians refer its origin to a 
high antiquity, there seems no satisfactory evidence of its 
possessing at least any importance before the establishment 
of the Mahometan power. It presents in fact ho ruins si¬ 
milar to those of Persepolis, Shapour and Susa, to attest its 
ancient greatness. Under the dynasty of the Abbassides, it 
shared with Ispahan the residence of the sovereign ; and the 
city, as well as the country round, were studiously improved 
and embellished. After the overthrow of the power of the 
caliphs, and the accession of the Turkish dynasty of Seljuck, 
Shiras fell into the possession of a petty dynasty of Attabegs. 
It was afterwards ruled by four princes of the Mozaffar fa¬ 
mily, who were driven out by one of the sons of Timur. 
Shiras continued to share in the perpetual revolutions of the 
Persian empire, and suffered particularly by the invasion of the 
Afghans; but it revived under Kurreem Khan, who, during 
his reign of 22 years, made it the seat of his empire, and 
not only fortified, but embellished it with a great variety of 
public buildings. In the dreadful civil wars which followed 
his death, Shiras not only suffered neglect, but was taken 
by Aga Mahommed, who levelled all its fortifications to the 
ground, leaving only a mud wall for the defence of the 
city. 
The environs of Shiras are described as almost unrivalled 
in point of beauty and fertility. They are laid out to a 
great extent in magnificent gardens, the flowers and fruits 
of which form a favourite theme of eastern poetry. Hafii, 
the Anacreon of the East, was a native of Shiras, and com¬ 
posed most of his productions in these delightful retreats. 
He is buried in a small garden, about half a mile from the 
town, and a tomb has been erected to him by Kurreem 
Khan, consisting merely of a block of white marble in the 
form of a tomb, on which are inscribed two of his poenas, 
and the date of his death. His works are not, as has been 
stated, chained to the tomb; but a splendid copy of them 
is always kept in an adjoining house. Near this spot is the 
garden of Jehan Nama, the most beautiful in the neighbour¬ 
hood of this place, and known in the time of Kurreem, by 
the title of the Vakeel’s garden. Adjoining are the stream 
of Racknabad, and the bower of Mossella, so celebrated in 
the verses of the poet; the former consisting merely of a 
small rivulet of the clearest water, not more than two feet 
wide; while of the bower not a shrub now remains, and 
its site is only marked by the ruins of an ancient tower. 
The appearance of Shiras, seen amid this beautiful scenery, 
is rather pleasing than grand. The lofty domes of the 
mosques, discovered from afar amid the trees, diversify and 
enrich the view. The internal aspect of the place presents a 
striking contrast, usually observed in oriental cities, parti¬ 
cularly those of Persia. The narrow, winding and dirty 
streets, and the paltry houses, excite no idea answering to 
the second city of Persia, and one of the most celebrated in 
the east. Its magnificence consists- solely in a few public 
buildings, of which the most remarkable is the great bazar, 
or market-place, built by Kurreem Khan. It is in length 
about a quarter of a mile, mad,e of yellow burnt brick, and 
arched at the top, having numerous skylights, which, with 
its doors and windows, always admit sufficient light and 
air, whilst the sun and rain are completely excluded. This 
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