DE QUINCEY. 144 DERBY. Consult: His Collcclvd Writings, ed. by Mas- son (14 vol*.. London. 188i)-91) and some ad- ditional ImolUclcl ^■nl>»tls, ed. by b't;? Ob.. J890) ; Japp ("H. A. Paye"). L./f u„d ^ nt.nfls of DcQui.L> (2 vols., ib.. 1877); Masson />e Ouiucn, (ib.. 1881) ; Findlay, Personal Itccollec- iio„s of IH- Quinccy (ib., 188.5) : also essays by Saintsburv in Essaus in Knijlish Lttnalurr. l,6V- JS60. first series (ib.. ISiW) ; and Mephen. Hours I,, a Libran, (ib.. 1874-711). TI.ere is an excel- lent stiidv from the scholastic point ot view in Minto, Manual of Eitylish Prose Literature (New York, 1880). DEKA GHAZI KHAN, diM-'ft RA-ze' Kiin. The capital of a district of Derajit. Punjab. British India near the Indus. 4.5 miles southwest of
- Multan Of several lavfje and handsome mosques
the chief me those of tihazi Khan, Chuta Khan, and Ahdu'l .Tawar. An imi)ortant military can- tonment and civil establishment are west of the town. The chief industries of the district are a-Ticultural : wheat and indipo are exported. Population, in 1801. 27.880; in 1001. 23,731. DEBA ISMAIL KHAN, Os'mii-Pl' Kiin. The capital ol a di-trid of Derajat, Punjab, British India. 120 miles northwest of Multan. The town, situated four miles from the right bank of the In- dus, is of modern constniction. dating from 1823, when a floo<l swept away the old town on the river bank An important trade is carried on w ith Af- ..hanistan. and there is a well-equipped bazaar where the local manufactures of inlaid woodwork, scarfs, and cotton cloth are traded. Wheat and wool are exported. A military cantonment is stationed here. The old town was founded in the fifteenth eenturv bv Ismail Khan, a Baluchi chief whose dvnastv" lasted through three centuries. Population, in 1891, 2G.S84; in 1901, 31,737. DERAH, dt-rli'. The Egj-ptian unit of meas- ure of length. The one most in use is 22.37 Eng- lish inches, or .57 centimeters. The derah is divided into the ladam, one-half: the abdot, one- sixth: and the kcrat, one twenty-fourth. The derah bv which dry goods are sold is 2.5'1. inches, and the' derah of Constantinople is 60.34 inches. DERAIYEH, dc-ri'yc (from Ar. dair, camp, bouse). A rnine.l citv'of Arabia in the District of Xejd. It was formerly the capital of the a- habis and residence of the Sultan of Xejd and was a town of consiilerable importance (Map: Turkev in Asia. RID. It was destroyed by the E<',-ptian forces under Ibrahim Pasha in 1818, and since then it has been little more than a small settlement in the midst of the ruins of the old city, with a population of about 1500. DERAJAT, dfr'iVjIit' (Ar., camps, pi. of dair, ciiinp. hnii^e. fr.im d,ir,i. to abide) . A division of the Punjab, British India, in the valley of the Indus (Map: India, B 2). The principal town i- Dcra lihazi Khan. DERBE, der'b.V An ancient city of Asia
- Minor. Little is known of its history, though
from notices in Strabo (53.5, 507, and 509) it may lie inferred that it was a place of some im- portance. It was .situated in a district west of the old southern dippadocian kingdom of .myTl- ta.s. Originallv a part of oM Lycaonia. in the mnfusion resulting from the breaking up of the Creek kingdoms of .Vsia Minor. Derbe. in (he first eenturv B.C., became the independent capital of one Antipater, called by Strabo a 'pirate, wlm was coiupicred bv Amyntas about U.f. 28. Throughout the various chaiigi-s of local gov- ernments incidental to the Roman administration of Asia Minor, Derhe continued in possession I'f the kings of Cappadocia until ..ii. 41, when it was incorporated by Claudius with the lar:;. province of Galatia. Derbe was the last city reached by Paul on lu- first missionarv journey (Acts xiii. and xiv i Here a Christum church was founded by tli. Apostle. On his second and third journeys li. again visited the place ( Acts xvi. 1 ; xviii. 2:i Derbe was probablv one of the cities whose Chri- tians were addressed by Paul in the Ei>istle to t!n Galatians. See Gau^ti.vns. Ki'ISTUC to the. The site has been identified by Kamsay. afli r Sterrctt. as that now occupieil by the ruins neai the mound of tiud.lissin. about 4.5 miles south by east of the modern Konieh (Iconium). Consult; V M Ramsav. 7/ic llisloriral (Ivograjihy ■ .4si<i Minor '(London. 1800) : id.. Saint Paul th- Traveler and Roman i'itizm (New York, 180s . DERBENT, or DEBBEND, der bent' I Pn Thirhiind. bond of the gate: Ar. liitb alAbr.V., "ate of the gates, or Itab alKadld: Turk. Demi' hapu. gate of iron) . A seaport town in the Ciiu easian'"Province of Daghestan. situated on tl., Caspian Sea and on the railway line from Baku to Petrovsk (Map: Russia, G 6). It is sur- r.nindcd bv strong walls and commanded by a citadel, the surrounding district alxmnds in nardens, fruit being the chief article of com- merce. The harbor is unprotected and shallow for lar<»e vessels. The Caucasian or Dcrbend Wall a'^line of fortifications of the sixth century, and formerlv strengthened by high towers aiid formidable cates. begins in the vicinity of the town. Another interesting relic of :>ntiquity in the vicinity is the monument of Kirk-Lar or 'forty heroes.' dating from the conquest of Daghe- stan'bv the Arabs in the seventh century. Der- iK-nd was taken by the M.uigols in 1220. and, after many changes of masters, by the Russians in 17>' fter the treatv of 1723 the town was returned to Persia, only to be formally annexed to Russia in 1813. Population, in 1807, 14.8.1. DEKBY, diir'bl (Dan. Dcnrenlbti. Deornbij, near the Dcrwent. Lilt. Drrrenlio). A inunicii>al bor.uu.di and manufacturing town, the capital of Derbvshire, England, in the wide and fertile vallev of the Derwent. thenM- navigjible to the Trent, at the junction of the main branches of the Midland railway. 120 miles north-north- west of London, ami 40 miles north-northrast of Birmingham (Map: Kngland. K -I). Th<> houses are mostly of brick and the juiblic build- ings of stone. The most notable ..f tl.e hitter are Saints' Church with a beautiful 1 cr- pendicular tower 175 feet high, tiating from the sixteentli eenturv. the quaint Utile fourlecntli- eenturv chapel of Saint Mary-on-theltridge. the Romaii Cath.dic Church of Saint Mary, built by Pugin, a largcMnarket hall and corn exchange. Derby sends two members to Parliament. It owns" its water supply, an electric light plant, public baths and wash-houses, cemeteries, mar- kets and slaughter houses. It maintains a tech- iiic:il school, a free library, museum, and art "allerv. It also owns and operates its street railway system. The free grammar school founded in 1102 is one of the oldest institutions
