Kuh-i-Zirreh, ii. 2
Kuh-Shah-Purnar, i. 313
Kuh Sufi, i. 257
Kuh Surisart, ii. 194
Kuhr[=u]d, i. 233;
exports, 234;
valley, 232;
pass of, 234
Kum, i. 160, 211;
telegraph line and post-office, 166;
Fatima, shrine of, 167;
the dead, source of wealth, 168;
industries, 170;
"holy" city, 170;
theological college, 170;
ruinous condition, 220
Kunak, i. 363
Kupru Bridge, ii. 391
Kurdish houses, i. 88; ii. 191;
women, 192
Kurds, depredations of the, ii. 272;
robbery and violence, 278, 295, 323, 330;
costume, 352-354;
_physique_, 352;
description of, 372;
outrages, 375;
remorseless robbers, 377
Kut-al-Aimarah, i. 18
Kuzik lake, ii. 365
L
Labaree, Dr., ii. 240 _note_
Lahdaraz, i. 359
Land, cultivation of, i. 21
Lanterns, Persian, i. 111; ii. 158
Layard, Sir A. H., _Early Adventures_, i. 13 _note_;
on Ali-Ilahism, 87;
on the Bakhtiaris, 294
Lazes, the, ii. 391
Legation, the British, at Tihran, i. 175
Letter from the Turkish Ambassador, ii. 322
Libasgun, i. 365
Lodgings for travellers, i. 82
Luri-Buzurg, the, i. 286-299
Lurs, Bakhtiari, i. 293-297;
external improvement, ii. 18
Lurs, Feili, i. 297-299
Lyne, Mr. and Mrs., i. 214
M
Mahidasht, i. 93;
plain of, 97;
river, 96
Makhedi, ii. 58
Mar Shimun, the Syrian Patriarch of Kochanes, ii. 288-294
Marbishu, ii. 267;
church, 269;
_Qasha_ Ishai's dwelling, 271
Margil, i. 7
Martaza, Ilyat encampment, i. 343
Masir, ii. 48
Matchetloo, ii. 364
Mauri Zarin valley, ii. 77
Mehemetabad, ii. 211
_Meron_ or holy oil, i. 277
Merwana, ii. 262
Merwanen village, ii. 327
Miandab, ii. 204
Mianmalek Pass, ii. 194
Mirza Taghi, murder of, i. 206
Missionaries, female, life, i. 253-255
---- Medical, i. 38, 188, 250; ii. 162, 224
Missions. _See_ Christian
_Modakel_, i. 115
Mohammerah, i. 5
Moharrem, or month of mourning, ii. 158
Money, difficulty of procuring, ii. 320
Mongawi village, ii. 143
Mowaz, ii. 15
Muhammad Jik, ii. 202
Murad-chai river, ii. 365
Murcheh Khurt, i. 232, 239
Muschir-u-Dowleh, i. 205;
his mosque, 206;
college, hospital, 207;
palace, 207;
_andarun_, 209
Mush, plain of, ii. 348
Myan Tak hamlet, i. 88
N
Naghun village, i. 331;
Pass, ii. 2
Nahrwan canal, i. 51
Nal Shikan Pass, i. 94
_Namads_ or felts at Hamadan, ii. 151
Names, i. 140
Nanej, i. 135;
female curiosity, 137;
ceremonials on the birth of a child, 138, 139
Narek village, ii. 342
Nasrabad, i. 226; ii. 184
Nimrud Dagh, ii. 342
_No Ruz_ or New Year, festival of, annual ceremony, i. 204, 219
Norduz, ii. 327
Norullak, plain of, ii. 365
O
_Odah_, Turkish guest-house, ii. 344
Odling, Dr. and Mrs., i. 198
Ombar, ii. 263
Orta Khan, first camping-ground, i. 49
P
Padshah-i-Zalaki, ii, 60;
disorderly crowd, 60;
attack, 63;
thefts, 71;
savage life, 73
Pai-Tak, i. 87
Pambakal Pass, ii. 30
Pamir desert, "the roof of the world," i. 127
Parwez, ii. 90, 93, 104;
under fire, 90
Pasbandi Pass, i. 312
Pasin Plain, ii. 381
"Pass of the Angel of Death," i. 175
Passangh[=a]m, i. 225
Peasant's house, Persian, i. 148;
flat roofs, 149
Pedlars, i. 260
Pelu, Mount, ii. 338
Persia, bibliography of, i. 6, 13, 84, 87, 107, 113, 138, 182,
228, 286, 307, 327; ii. 158, 243, 249, 258, 269, 300, 304, 335,
363, 367, 378, 383, 384
---- farewell impressions of, ii. 246-260;
condition, 247;
population, 249;
condition of the working classes, 250;
independence, 251;
characteristics of the upper classes, 252;
morals, 252;
education, 253;
law, 254;
Shah, a despotic ruler, 255;
official corruption, 257
Persian frontier, i. 78
---- lady, costume of a, i. 216, 217;
amusements, 219
Pharipah, i. 134
Pigeon towers, i. 302
Pikhruz, ii. 358, 363
Pipes, etiquette of, i. 107-109
Pira Mah mountain, ii. 197
Piru, precipice of, i. 120, 121
Pirzala, ii. 276
Polygamy, i. 214
Post stations, i. 223
Potter, Dr., i. 188
Pul-i-Hawa, ii. 114
Pul-i-Kaj[=u], i. 258
Pul-i-Kala, i. 304
Pul-i-Wargun, i. 300
Q
Quhaibalak, ii. 286
Qwarah, ii. 286
R
Rahwan, plain of, ii. 348
Ramazan, fast of, i. 303
Rawlinson, Sir H., on Ali-Ilahism, i. 86;
on the rock sculptures, 112;
on Besitun antiquities, 122;
on the Bakhtiaris, 296
Reynolds, Dr., ii. 336
Rhages or Rhei, ancient city of, i. 178, 194
Riji, i. 360
Riz, i. 301;
pigeon towers, 301;
lack of privacy, 303
"Road Beetle," i. 242
---- Guards, escort of, ii. 193, 201
Ross, Colonel, i. 2
Rugs. _See_ Carpets
Russia, native opinions of, i. 198; ii. 181, 199
Rustam-i village, ii. 4
S
Sabz Kuh, i. 359
Sabzu ravine, i. 352;
river, 359;
valley, 359
Safid-Kuh, or "white mount," ii. 19
Sah Kala, ii. 49
Sahid stream, ii. 41;
village, 41;
burial-ground, 42
Sahmine, ii. 137;
buildings, 138;
exports, 139
Sain Kala, ii. 197;
trade, 197;
inhabitants, 198
Salamatabad village, ii. 180
Sanak river, ii. 206, 208
"Sang Miwishta," ii. 70
Sanginak mountain, i. 345
Sanjud, ii. 194
Sannah, i. 119, 125;
a diseased crowd, 127
Sar-i-Cheshmeh-i-Kurang, ii. 29, 33
Sarakh river, ii. 188
Sarawand, ii. 88;
noisy crowd, 89
Saripul-i-Zohab, i. 77;
history of, 84
Saruk, i. 143;
carpets, 146;
climate, 146;
peasants' houses, 148;
flat roofs, 149
Sassoon, Sir A., i. 36
Schindler, General, on the population of Persia, ii. 249
Scribe, Persian, i. 284
Seleucia, i. 22
Seligun, valley of, i. 313; ii. 1;
lake, i. 315
Serba torrent, ii. 17
Seyyids, the, i. 32; ii. 123
Shah, palace of the, at Tihran, i. 192;
_haram_, 192;
hunting grounds, 195;
gardens, 198;
treasure house, 199;
Peacock Throne, 201;
presentation to, 201;
description of, 202;
despotic ruler, ii. 255
Shahbadar village, ii. 115
Shalamzar, i. 312;
eye diseases, 312
_Shamal_, i. 1, 5
Shamisiri valley, ii. 20
Shamran, twin peaks of, i. 124
Shamsabad village, i. 312;
river, 317
Shashgird, caravanserai of, i. 173, 213
Shat-el-Arab, the, i. 5, 6
Shawutha, hamlet of, ii. 285
Shedd, Dr., ii. 226
Sheraban, i. 57
Shiahs, the, i. 35
Shimran hills, i. 182, 193, 195
Shiraz, i. 227
Shorab valley, ii. 27
Shurishghan, legends, i. 309 _note_
Shuster, ii. 16
Shuturun, ii. 77;
mountain, 83
Siashan, i. 150
Silakhor, plain of, ii. 89, 94
Sinsin, i. 225
Sipan Dagh, ii. 342, 362
Snow scene, i. 153
Soh village, i. 236;
telegraph testing station, 227, 236
_Sowars_, the, i. 78
Stone lions, i. 343
Sujbul[=a]k, ii. 187, 207;
cemetery, 206;
trade, 207;
consulate, 207;
inhabitants, 207
Sulduz, plain of, ii. 214
Sultan Ibrahim, i. 360
Sunnis, the, i. 36
Surmel, the, ii. 394
Sutton, Dr. and Mrs., i. 24, 37, 39, 46
Syrians, characteristics of the, ii. 241;
costume, 242;
pious phrases, 242;
baptism, 299;
clerical dress, 302;
burial rites, 303;
marriage customs, 307;
fasts, 308;
episcopal succession, 309;
_kourbana_, 310;
dancing, 312;
condition of, 324
T
Tabarak, stream, ii. 19
Tadvan village, ii. 360
Taimur Khan, ii. 52
Taj Khatan, i. 157;
bread-making, 159
Tak-i-Girreh, pass of, i. 88
Tak-i-Kasr, palace of, i. 22
Takautapa, ii. 179, 186
Takt-i-Bostan, rock sculptors of, i. 112
_T[=a]nd[=u]r_ or fire-hole, i. 132
Tang-i-Ardal, gorge, i. 342
Tang-i-Bahrain, ii. 94
Tang-i-Buzful, ii. 124
Tang-i-Darkash Warkash, ii. 3
Tang-i-Ghezi, ii. 24
Tang-i-Karun, ii. 11
Taug-i-Wastagun, i. 361
Tarsa, ii. 49
_Tazieh_ or Passion Play, i. 35, 184; ii. 158
Tchoruk, ii. 388
Terpai torrent, ii. 286
Threshing, mode of, ii. 138
Tigris, river, i. 1, 9, 15, 27, 51; ii. 350;
navigation of, i. 12
Tihran, i. 175;
arrival at, 180;
aspects of, 183;
population, 184;
bazars, 184;
horse furniture, 185;
foreign goods, 186, 187;
European quarter, 188;
Christian mission at, 188;
dispensary, hospital, 188;
modern improvements, 189;
Imperial Bank, 189;
squares, 192;
Citadel or Ark, 192;
freight of goods, 196;
society, 197;
Museum, 199;
telegraphic centre, 227
Tiles, i. 231
Toogh village, ii. 349
"Tower of Silence," i. 194
Travelling equipments, i. 44, 47, 117, 282
Trebizond, ii. 386, 396
Tuk-i-Karu, ii. 94
Tulwar village, ii. 177
Tur, i. 338, 347
_Turbehs_ or mausoleums, ii. 362
Turkish house, i. 40
Turkman, hamlet of, ii. 211, 217
Twig Bridge, ii. 114
U
Undzag, ii. 344
Urmi, the "Paradise of Persia," ii. 217;
Protestant missions at, 221-234;
the Fiske Seminary, 222;
College, 222;
medical mission, 224;
siege, 225;
schools, 226, 231;
history of the mission, 226;
results, 229;
Anglican mission, 229;
Sisters of Bethany, 232;
population, 235;
antiquarian interests, 236;
Syrians or Assyrians, 237;
inhabitants, 237;
tenure of houses, 237;
of lands, 238;
laws injurious to Christians, ii. 240
Urmi, Dead Sea of, ii. 215, 235
V
V-Shaped slit, difficult passage of the, ii. 44
Van, ii. 325, 334 _note_;
Christian mission at, 335;
schools, 335;
the "Gardens," 337;
castle, 338;
church, 339;
increasing trade, 339
---- Dead Sea of, ii. 332
---- Lake, ii. 342
Varak Dagh, ii. 342
Varzahan village, ii. 389
Vastan village, ii. 342
Vignau, M. du, i. 227
W
Walnut trees, ii. 346
Water supply of Persia, i. 241, 305
Wells, Colonel, i. 197, 227
Wiyjahea caravanserai, i. 54
Wolff, Sir H. Drummond, i. 181
Writing, a fine art, i. 284
Y
Yakobiyeh, i. 46, 52
Yalpand village, ii. 144
Yangaloo, Armenian village, ii. 366
Yekmala, ii. 275
Yezd, i. 194
Yezidi torrent, ii. 286
Yezidis, the, ii. 317
Z
Zab river, ii. 286
Zagros, gates of, i. 87
Zainderud river, i. 258, 269, 301; ii. 19;
process of rinsing, i. 258
_Zalabi_, Bakhtiari eatable, i. 330
_Zaptiehs_, ii. 326
Zarak village, ii. 360
Zard Kuh range, ii. 23, 27, 28
Zarin valley, ii. 19
Zibar mountains, ii. 214
Zigana mountain, ii. 392
Zobeideh valley, i. 95
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