MARSIVAN

marsivan, or merzifun (anc. _phazemon?_), a town in the amasia sanjak of the sivas vilayet of asia minor, situated at the foot of the tavshan dagh. pop. about 20,000, two-thirds mussulman. it is a centre of american missionary and educational enterprise, and the seat of anatolia college, a theological seminary, and schools which were partly destroyed in the anti-armenian riots of 1893 and 1895. there is also a jesuit school. marsivan is an unusually european place both in its aspect and the commodities procurable in the bazaar.