Five Years in a Persian Town

by Napier Malcolm

INDEX

• Abbās, [67]
• Abu Jahl, [67]
• Abu Tālib, Mohammed’s uncle, [67]
• Aīvan, [18]
• Ali, Imam, [75-77]
• Ali Mohammed (Bab), [90], [91]
• Anjuman, [49]
• Arbāb Jamshīd, a wealthy Parsi at Tehran, [51]
• Arches, [16]
• Arkhālūq, [45]
• Armenian Christians, [58], [107]
• Aryan Parsis, [62]
• Atmosphere, absence of moisture in, [13]
• Bāb, gate of knowledge, [73]
• ——, first book-bearer of the Behāīs, founder of the Babi sect, [90], [91]
• Babis, the, [79], [86], [88], [91], [94], [108], [177], [187], [193], [212];
• massacre of, [104], [155-157], [186];
• martyrs, [138], [139]
• Bād-gīr, [14], [15], [46]
• Bāgh, [9-11]
• Bazaars, [11]
• Behāīs, the, [61], [81];
• massacre of, [44], [52], [87-89], [104];
• tenets of, [86], [90], [92-96], [104], [114]
• Behaū’llah, first book-bearer of the Behāīs, [81], [87], [89], [90], [92], [95], [193]
• Bigotry, in Yezd, [44]
• Bird, Miss, [260]
• Boyland, Mr, [261]
• Brighty, Miss, [261]
• Browne, Professor E. G., translator of the Tārīkhi Jadīd, [91]
• Bruce, Canon, [58], [59]
• Carpenters, of Yezd, [23]
• Carpets, [22]
• Caspian Sea, [2]
• Chādar, [122]
• Chairs, [24]
• Church Missionary Intelligencer, [95]
• Church Missionary Society, [55], [230], [232]
• Cleanliness, of Yezdis, [26]
• Converts, problem of, [196-198], [212-215]
• Crime, indifference to, [184]
• Curtains, [21]
• Deserts, salt and sandy, [2], [3]
• Dīnyār, Qalāntar of the Parsi Committee, [49]
• Divorce, [178]
• Dīvs, [121], [122]
• Doors, [19], [20]
• Etiquette and Manners, of the Yezdis, [158]
• European colony, in Yezd, [55]
• Evil Eye, [122]
• Fanaticism, of Yezdis, [54]
• Farrāsh, [47]
• Fireplaces, [21]
• Fittings of houses, [21]
• Flower-beds, [33], [34]
• Forgiveness of sins, Mohammed’s teaching on the, [98]
• Furniture, [21-26]
• Gardens, [9]
• Griffith, Dr, [100], [260]
• Gudarz, Mr, a prominent Parsi merchant of Yezd, [261]
• Gypsum, [17]
• Hakim Khānum, lady doctor, [102]
• Hanifs, reformers, [65], [66], [68], [70]
• Hasan, Imam, [133], [134]
• Heaven and Hell, Mussulman idea of, [98], [99]
• Hill villages, [31], [32]
• Hookahs, Persian, [25]
• Houses, [13-33]; built for heat, [29], [30]
• Husain, Imam, [133], [134]
• Huts, mud, [28]
• Ibn Ishāk, the biographer, [68]
• Ibrāhīm Qalīl Khān, [50]
• Imam Ali, [75-77]
• —— Hasan, [133], [134]
• —— Husain, [133], [134]
• Imams, the, [73], [76], [77]
• Industrial missions—a suggestion, [197-201]
• Infidels, Persian attitude towards, [130]
• Insularity, of Yezd, [36]
• Isaiah, quoted, [95]
• Isfahan, [36]
• Isfahanis, and Yezdis, [38]
• Isfandiār, a Parsi schoolmaster at Taft, [51]
• Islām, doctrine of, [64], [65], [80-82], [96], [97], [110], [132], [133];
• has ruined Persia, [112]
• Isolation, of Yezd, [36]
• Jadīd, a convert from Parsiism, [62]
• Jalālu’d Daula, the, [52], [183]
• Jazīya, [47], [49]
• Jews, in Yezd, [44], [52];
• Mohammed’s dealings with, [71]
• Jins, [121], [122]
• Julfa, a suburb of Isfahan, [58]
• Jus Paternum, in Yezd, [181]
• Ka’aba, a heathen temple of the Meccans, [65]
• Kāshān, [7], [43]
• Khadīja, wife of Mohammed, [66]
• Khalīfs, the, [72], [76]
• Khauf u jizā, fear of hell and expectation of heaven, [98]
• Kirmān, [7], [36]
• Koelle, Life of Mohammed, [67], [68], [71]
• Kūcha Biyuk, village, [49]
• Kursī, [22], [30]
• Lāla, [25]
• Lamps, [25]
• Language, Persian, [152]
• Lāristān, [43]
• Lattices, [19]
• Ledges, [16]
• Looking-glasses, [21]
• Lūtīs, [51], [58]
• Mahdi, or Mehdi, the last of the Imams, [72], [73], [75]
• Mānukjī Limjī, Parsi representative in Tehran, [48], [50]
• Manzil, [34]
• Marriages, Persian, [178]
• Mazra’, [4], [5]
• Mecca, [63], [65], [69], [70]
• Medical Missions, in Yezd, [55], [229], [248-254]
• Medina, [63], [70], [71]
• Mihraban, a Parsi, [64]
• Miracle play, Muharram, [126], [134]
• Missionary in Persia, the, his difficulties, [188-216];
• the problem of converts, [196-198], [212-215];
• his tasks and duties, [217-255];
• philanthropic work, [229-232];
• poor relief, [232-239];
• school and medical work, [239-254]
• Missions, Christian, tolerated in Yezd, [55], [56];
• industrial, [197-201]
• Mohammed, [63-72], [84], [85], [90], [91], [96], [97], [112], [113], [128], [130];
• his birth, [65];
• his wife, [66];
• head of the Hanif movement, [67];
• his admiration of the Jews, [124]
• Mohammedanism, Persian, [60], [64-114];
• aspects in Yezd of, [115-135]
• Monogamy, [177], [178]
• Mountain streams, [5]
• Muballigh, teacher and missionary, [88], [89]
• Mud, use of, [12];
• huts of, [28]
• Muhammad Hasan Khan, Governor of Yezd, [48]
• Muharram, [133]
• Mujtahid, [46-48], [56], [58], [73-75], [88]
• Mulla Bahrām of Khuramshār, a Parsi, [48]
• Munāfiqīn, hypocrites, [80]
• Mushīru’l Mamālik, the, [51]
• Mussulman v. Armenian morality, [118]
• Muzaffaru’d Dīn, Shah, [49]
• Nakhl, [134]
• Nāsiru’d Dīn, Shah, [48]
• Nāsiru’d Dīn, Mulla, and his mule, story of, [149]
• Nijāsat, [132]
• Non-conformity in Persia, [61]
• Oasis, [3], [4]
• Omar, Khalīf, [76], [135]
• Opium trade, [170]
• Ornamentation, of houses, [17]
• Paighambarī, [84], [85], [96], [110], [127]
• Parsis in Yezd, oppression and persecution of, [44-52]
• Pilgrimages, Mussulman, [118], [128]
• Plain, a typical Persian, [7]
• Polygamy, [177]
• Poor relief, [232-239]
• Postal arrangements, in Yezd, [36]
• Qabā, [45], [48]
• Qalāntar, [49]
• Qaliān, [25]
• Qum, [119]
• Qurān, the, [73], [74], [76], [77], [92], [93], [105], [107-109], [119], [120], [124], [130]
• Rainfall, [6], [29]
• Ramazān, Mohammedan Fast, [78]
• Rasht, [43], [233]
• Rice, Rev. W. A., [95]
• Rustami Ardishīri Dīnyār, a Parsi, [49]
• Rūza khānī, [126], [196]
• Sahāmu’l Mulk, [51]
• Sāhibi kitāb, a book-bearer, Mohammed regarded as the last, [72]
• Salāmat, a Parsi, [51]
• Salt and sandy deserts, [2], [3]
• Saughāts, [162]
• Savābs, [98-105]
• School work, in Yezd, [239-248]
• Seyid, a descendant of Mohammed, [50], [101], [102]
• Shaikhi sect, the, [91]
• Shahr, a town, [39]
• Shiahs, or nonconformists, [60], [73-78], [86], [87], [93-98], [103], [105-109], [124], [128], [134], [177], [212]
• Shīrāz, [36], [43]
• Silkworms, [233]
• Soldiers, Persian, [156]
• Streams, mountain, [5]
• Subhi Azal, second book-bearer of the Behāīs, [90], [92]
• Sufis, sect of the, [86], [108]
• Summer buildings, [15], [29]
• Sunnat, [73], [74]
• Sunnis, and their creed, [63], [72], [74], [77], [80], [94], [106]
• Superstition, [121-123]
• Tables, [23], [24]
• Taft village, [51], [134]
• Tālār, summer portico, [14], [15]
• Tāqchas, ledges, [16], [24-26]
• Taqdīr, [97]
• Taqiya, [212]
• Tārīkhi Jadīd, [91]
• Tauhid, [127]
• Taylor, Dr Elsie, [260]
• Teheran, [2]
• Telegraph line, native, [37]
• Tīrandāz, a Parsi, [49]
• Tomān, [47]
• Trinket boxes, [26]
• Turners, of Yezd, [23]
• Uncleanness, degrees of, [130-132]
• Untruthfulness of Persians, [116], [142]
• Vatan, home-district, [39]
• Villages, [8];
• hill-, [31], [32]
• Walls, house-, [16]
• Waraka ibn Nawfal, a prominent Hanif, [66]
• Water system, [6]
• White, Dr Henry, [204], [260], [261]
• Windows, [19], [20]
• Winter rooms, [18]
• Yailāq, [31]
• Yazīd, [134]
• Yezd district, houses in, [1-35];
• its isolation and insularity, [36]
• Yezdis, and Isfahanis, [38];
• their religion, [111], [120-126];
• character of the, [136-187];
• systematised inconsistency, [137];
• loyalty, [138];
• sense of shame, [147];
• humour, [148];
• their disregard of time, [150];
• difficulties of their language, [152];
• lack of initiative, [154];
• their courage, [155];
• etiquette and manners of, [158];
• their triviality, [160];
• pride, [165], [166];
• kindliness, cruelty, [166];
• dishonesty, [142], [168];
• lack of business habits, [171];
• fatalism, [173];
• latent strength, [176];
• their family ties, [177];
• jus paternum, [181];
• religious liberty, [181-183];
• indifference to crime, [184];
• open-handness, [184]
• Zaid, [71]
• Zaid ibn Amr, [66]
• Zainab, [71]
• Zardūshtī (Zoroastrian), [50]
• Zillu’s Sultān, [50], [52]
• Zoroastrians, in Yezd, [46-53], [113]

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CENTRAL PERSIA illustrating FIVE YEARS IN A PERSIAN TOWN.

By the Rev. Napier Malcolm.