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.