▁settlement ▁here ▁are ▁also ▁encountered ▁in ▁some ▁sources , ▁again ▁in ▁reference ▁to ▁the ▁mountain ▁and ▁as ▁abbre vi ated ▁forms . ▁Pl iny ▁the ▁E lder , ▁supported ▁by ▁other ▁sources , ▁mentions ▁that ▁formerly ▁in ▁the ▁same ▁place ▁was ▁a ▁very ▁celebrated ▁city ▁which ▁was ▁called ▁" T ant alis " ▁ ▁or ▁" the ▁city ▁of ▁T antal us " ▁whose ▁ru ins ▁were ▁still ▁visible ▁around ▁his ▁time . ▁ ▁Under ▁Turkish ▁rule , ▁the ▁name ▁attached ▁to ▁the ▁Be ys ▁of ▁" S aru han ", ▁who ▁founded ▁the ▁Bey lik ▁which ▁preced ed ▁the ▁Ott om ans ▁in ▁the ▁region , ▁has ▁been ▁officially ▁used , ▁along ▁with ▁the ▁name ▁Man isa , ▁for ▁the ▁city ▁and ▁the ▁region ▁altern atively ▁and ▁this ▁until ▁the ▁present ▁period ▁of ▁the ▁Republic ▁of ▁Turkey . ▁The ▁Ott oman ▁Turkish ▁form ▁of ▁the ▁name ▁" Man isa " ▁( م ا غ ن ي س ا ) ▁was ▁usually ▁as ▁it ▁is ▁still ▁used ▁presently , ▁but ▁a ▁sp elling ▁with ▁a ▁longer ▁first ▁sy ll able , ▁trans cribed ▁to ▁modern ▁Turkish ▁as ▁" Ma ğ nis a ", ▁was ▁also ▁occasionally ▁encountered . ▁During ▁the ▁first ▁centuries ▁of ▁the ▁Ott oman ▁Empire , ▁many ▁of ▁the ▁sons ▁of ▁s ult ans ▁received ▁their ▁education ▁in ▁Man isa ▁and ▁the ▁city ▁is ▁still ▁commonly ▁known ▁in ▁Turkey ▁as ▁" the ▁city ▁of ▁sh ah z ades " ▁( Ş eh z ad eler ▁ ş eh ri ), ▁a