{{Short description, Former British tobacco company
Yenidje Tobacco Company Limited was a British tobacco company founded in 1913 by
Louis Rothman Louis Rothman (1869–1926) was the founder of Rothmans International, one of the United Kingdom's largest tobacco businesses.
Career
Apprenticed at the age of fourteen to an uncle's tobacco factory near Kiev in Ukraine, Louis Rothman emigrated to ...
and Markus Weinberg. The company was named for the town of Yenidje,
Thrace
Thrace (; el, Θράκη, Thráki; bg, Тракия, Trakiya; tr, Trakya) or Thrake is a geographical and historical region in Southeast Europe, now split among Bulgaria, Greece, and Turkey, which is bounded by the Balkan Mountains to ...
(modern
Genisea
Genisea ( el, Γενισέα) is a town in the Vistonida municipal unit, within the municipality of Abdera in the Xanthi regional unit of Greece. It is the seat of the municipality Abdera. According to the 2011 census, the population of Genisea ...
, Greece), a leading producer of high-quality
Oriental tobacco
Turkish tobacco, or Oriental tobacco, is a highly aromatic, small-leafed variety of tobacco which is sun-cured.
Turkish tobacco plants usually have a greater number and smaller size leaves. These differences can be attributed to climate, soil, cu ...
916
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Year 916 ( CMXVI) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Europe
* Sicilian Berbers in Agrigento revolt and depose the independent Emir Ahmed ibn Kh ...
2 Ch 426, which remains a leading authority on the dissolution of partnerships.