[Selefke], Asiatic Turkey. 36N. 34E. F. by Seleucus Nicator; bp. of Xenarchus.
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.