To Mesopotamia and Kurdistan in disguise - Ely Banister Soane

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INDEX

Abaidulla, Shaikh, his invasion of Persia, [160]
Abba or cloak, [400]
Abdul Aziz, Sultan, his death, [187]
Abdul Hamid, Sultan, [10];
his accession, [187];
policy, [191]
Abdul Qadir, [221]
Abdulla ibn Saba, [385]
Abdulla Pasha, [185]
Abdurrahman Pasha, the Baban of Sulaimania, his revolt against the Turks, [329], [371]
Abgarus, King of Edessa, [48]
Adiabene, [104], [106];
history, [111–113];
the see of a Chaldean bishopric, [112]
Afshin, [362];
fate of, [363]
Ahmad Bash Chaush, the muleteer, [325], [329]
Ahmad Kulwan, [220]
Ahmad Pasha, his revolt against the Turks, [185], [372]
Ahmad, Shaikh, [284];
appointed Qaim Maqam of Chemchemal, [302]
Ahmad Takhti, Shaik, his poems, [391]
Ahmadi Khani, his literary works, [388];
method of instruction, [389]
Ahwaz, Chaldean colony at, [158] note, [160]
Al-i-Ayub tribe, [80] note
Al Ma’mun, [362]
Al Musta’sim b’Illah, Khalifa, [360]
Al Mu’tasim Khalifa, [150]
Al Mutawakkil, Khalifa, [151];
his persecution of the Jews and Christians, [151];
murdered, [151]
Al Qush, patriarchate at, [155]
Al Wathiq, Khalifa, [151]
Aleppo, [25];
history, [26];
manufacture of cotton cloth, [27]
Ali Abu Taleb or Qasim ul Arzaq, [385]
Ali bin Muhammad, [363]
Ali Effendi, [242]
Ali Illahi, cult of the, [382–386]
Ali Shah, ruler of Aoram Castle, [378], [379]
Altai Mountains, [152]
Altun Keupri, [109], [113], [337], [349];
the “Golden Bridge,” [114]
Amadia, [373]
Amanullah Khan, [377], [378]
Amin Effendi, his appearance, [240];
history, [241];
character, [242–247];
punishment, [249]
Amrikani sect, [159]
Anab, [254]
Anti-Taurus or Hakkiari, [371]
Antoine, the merchant, [281]
Aoraman Mountain, [182], [184], [213], [254], [324];
province, [377], [379];
tribe, [171], [377];
their language, [171]
Arabia, bishopric of, [150] note
Araq, the drink, [340]
Ararat, Mount, [83], [388]
Arbela or Erbil, [99], [104], [108];
history, [109–113];
meaning of the name, [110];
sacrilegious outrage, [112]
Ardalan, province of, [160], [376];
history, [218];
the Khans of, [376]
Ardashir Babakan, the Persian king, [359]
Armenia or Urartu, [111], [368];
bishopric of, [150] note
Armenians, [3];
their mode of eating, [4];
of Diarbekr, [63]
Arsaces I., founder of the Parthian empire, [111]
Artaxerxes, the Persian, [112]
Ashtoreth or Ashtaroth, [35]
Asima Khan, [298], [322]
Asshur, [89], [98]
Asshurnazipal, [99], [110]
Assyria, [54], [104], [106], [369];
bishopric of, [150] note
Assyrians or Chaldeans, [140], see [Chaldeans]
Atergatis, the worship of, [32], [34], [36]
Azarbaijan, bishopric of, [150] note
Azmir Mountains, [184], [211], [228], [254]
Baal, or Bel or Moloch, the Sun-god, or Dagon, [35]
Baalbak, [24]
Bāb, [29]
Baba Murda, [325], [327]
Baba Yadgar, [383], [384]
Babak, the tenets of, [362];
crucifixion, [363]
Babylonia, [140]
Badar Khan Bey, revolution under, [156], [159], [372]
Bagdad, [27], [217], [365];
railway, [37];
patriarchate transferred to, [150];
preparations for the passage to, [352–355];
journey, [355–365]
Bahrum Gur, [382]
Baji Raihan, her house, [269–271]
Balkh, bishopric of, [150] note
Bana, [377], [378]
Basra, bishopric of, [150] note
Bayazid, [179], [373], [388]
Bazian, plain, [164], [170], [175];
range, [337];
valley, [326];
meaning of the word, [176] note
Bekr, Abu, [49]
“Belit” or Ishtar, the worship of, [34]
Beth Qurma, bishopric of, [150] note
Beyrouth, [21]
Biara, [223];
pilgrimage to, [253–257]
Bilbas tribe, [375]
Binder, Henry, Au Kurdistan, extracts from, [395], [400]
Birejiq, [32]
“Birkh,” feast of, [384]
Birtha, [359]
Bishop, Mrs, [159]
Bisitun, Mountain of, [221]
Bitlis, [373];
power of the princes, [374]
Bokht Yishu, director of Jund-i-Shapur College, banished, [151]
Bosphorus, the, [2]
Bread, method of making, [296]
British Museum, collection of the works of Kurdish poets, [218] note
Brown, Rev. W., his missionary work among the Chaldeans, [159]
Browne, Prof., A Literary History of Persia, [143] note, [145] note, [363]
Buhtan Su, [80]
Bustan us Siaha, [362] note, [364] note, [367]
Canterbury, Archbishop of, his mission at Urumiah, [159]
Caucasus, the, [103]
Chaldeans, the, found the college at Edessa, [49];
character, [64], [122];
dress, [123], [156];
varied sects, [140];
adopt the tenets of Christianity, [142];
treaty with Muhammad, [149];
prosperity, [150];
number of bishoprics, [150];
persecutions, [151], [154], [157];
missionary campaign in Merv, [152];
in China, [152];
Mongolia, [153];
condition, [157];
attempts to regenerate the Church, [158];
the Archbishop’s mission, [159];
American mission, [159];
Creed, [161];
the Sacraments, [161];
orders of clergy, [162];
fasts and feasts, [162];
the new, [157]
Charmelik, [43]
“Charukhia,” the, [402]
Chasemgara, bishopric of, [150] note
Chemchemal, [180], [332];
raids of the Hamavands, [288]
Chengiz Khan, first Mongol Emperor, [152];
his tolerance towards the Chaldeans, [153]
China, bishopric of, [150] note;
Chaldean missionaries in, [152]
Christians, their character, [64], [141];
persecutions, [65], [151], [154];
dress, [66];
freedom from persecution at Mosul, [93];
condition of the Church, [147]
Cigarettes, Kurdish, [52]
Cluzel, Father, [160]
Cochrane, Dr, [160]
Constantinople, [1];
three quarters or districts, [2];
the Golden Horn, [2];
Galata quarter, [3];
population, [3];
climate, [12];
power of the Majlis, [194]
Cook, T., [5], [17]
Crassus, Marcus Lucius, [32], [48]
Creagh, Armenians, Koords, and Turks, extract from, [368]
Dailam, bishopric of, [150] note
Dalahu Mountain, [384]
Damascus, [26]
Dar el Sayeda, [158]
Dara Shamana, [184]
Darband-i-Bazian, [327], [329]
Darius the Mede, [377]
Darnes, Father, [160]
Darsim, [369], [372], [374]
Darvish, his mode of chanting, [326]
Daud Khan, leader of the Kalhur tribe, [386]
Daur or Dura, [360]
“Dayaukku, House of,” [370]
Demavend, [377]
Derghezeen, [328]
Diarbekr, [27], [57], [60–72];
population, [60], [63];
curious stones, [62];
history, [63];
gates, [63];
sects, [64];
conquest, [373]
Div, the, [403]
Doctor, a quack, [299–302]
“Du,” or curds and whey, [168], [214]
Duaisa, the Vazirs of, [218]
Dukkan-i-Daud, [384]
Ecbatana, or Hamadan, [370]
Edessa or Urfa, [45];
history, [47–50];
college, [49];
transferred to Jund-i-Shapur, [144];
massacre of Armenians, [50]
Edrisi, the minister, [373], [388]
Elam, [110];
bishopric of, [150] note
Elie, Bishop of Jazira ibn Umar, [158]
Ephesus, General Council at, [143]
Erbil, [108], [113]
Esarhaddon, [99], [110]
Euphrates, the, [32], [34], [53];
crossing the, [38];
valley, [39]
Fakhr Ul Mulk, Governor of Shushtar, [379]
Fath Ali Shah, [218], [375], [378]
Fez, result of wearing a, [6], [18], [114]
Fitz Gerald, his translation of Omar Khayyam, [382]
Fleas, number of, [215] note
Flies, number of, [133]
Fraser, David, The Short Cut to India, [89] note, [191] note;
on the character of the Kurds, [394];
Travels in Koordistan, [400] note
Fravartish, [371]
Gahwara, [382]
Galata, tower of, [3];
population, [3];
drainage, [3]
Gavar, [51]
Gavarnai, the, [51], [157]
Ghafur Agha, [196], [203], [314]
Ghafur, his character, [295];
behaviour, [295]
Ghazan Khan, [154]
Ghazar river, [104]
Ghulam Husain, [131], [204], [242], [251];
his confession of identity, [316–318];
profession of faith, [330]
Ghulam Shah Khan, [218], [378]
Godarz, [111]
Golden Bridge at Altun Keupri, [114]
Golden Horn, [2], [12]
“Gordyene,” or “Kurdian,” [54];
the Invincible, [369]
Gozan, [99]
Greeks, their costume, [3]
Gulambar, “The Amber Flower,” [213], [220];
Mudir of, [208]
Gulchin, her character, [297], [299], [322];
sad history, [298]
Guran tribe, [217], [224], [381];
dialect, [218] note, [382];
professors of the cult of Ali Iliahi, [382]
Habib Badria, [205], [269], [276];
his appearance, [205];
appointed Mudir of Serajiq, [208]
Habor river, [99]
Hadra, [89]
Hadrian, Emperor, [112]
Haifa, [21]
Haji Fattah, his office broken into, [314]
Haji Vali, his journey in a kalak to Mosul, [67–88];
purchases, [68];
religious sentiments, [69];
dual personality, [70];
attack of rheumatism, [76];
passport, [85];
at Mosul, [88]
Hakkari or Anti-Taurus, [371], [373];
tribe, [86], [102];
succession to the Khanate, [374] note;
dress, [400]
Halabja or Alabja, [13], [213];
journey to, [210–215];
trade, [220];
gardens, [220];
bazaar, [220], [231]
Halak, [99]
Hama, [24]
Hama, the servant, his appearance, [248];
wages, [249];
attacked and wounded, [256];
commercial transactions, [279], [294];
purchase of shoes, [280];
arrival with loads of “run,” [309];
denunciation of Shaikh ul Islam, [310];
loss of a load of “run,” [311], [320]
Hama Ali, [274]
Hama Beg, chief of the Hamavands, [176], [179]
Hamadan (Ecbatana), [370]
Hamavands, [44], [95], [119];
their dress, [98], [173];
protection against, [164];
raids, [164], [179–182], [287], [288];
custom at meeting, [172];
cleanliness, [173];
characteristics, [174];
claim Arab origin, [178];
dialect, [178];
attack on Turkish soldiers, [289];
on the Khan-i-Ajam, [291]
Haoril or Haolir, [108] note
Harun al Rashid, Khalifa, [150], [361]
Hasan Kaif, [79];
legend of, [79]
Hasan Khan, Sultan of the Aorami, [379]
Hasan, clerk or scribe to Tahir Beg, [236];
his flight to Halabja, [237];
falls in love, [237]
Hasanabad, [377]
Herat, bishopric of, [150] note
Herki of Oramar, Khan of, [395]
Hierapolis, [36]
Hittites, the, history, [34–37]
Homs, [34]
Hormuz, bishopric of, [150] note
Howley, Archbishop, [159]
Hulagu Khan, [152];
his invasion, [153];
advance on Tekrit, [360]
Hulvan, or Zuhab, bishopric of, [150] note
Hulwan, [221]
Husain al Askari, [363]
Ibn ul Athir, his birthplace, [86]
Ibrahim Pasha, [27], [43], [185], [191]
Imam Daur, [360]
Indates, defeat of, [106]
India, bishopric of, [150] note
Isfandabad, [377]
Ishtar, the goddess, worship of, [35], [110];
temples, [35], [36];
ruins of the temple, [113]
Islam, the creed of, [65];
revival, [154];
conversion to, [251]
Isma’il Pasha, [185]
Izates, the King of Adiabene, [107], [111]
Izzat Pasha, [188];
exiled, [195]
Jabal Hamrin Range, [356]
Jackson, Prof. Williams, Persia, Past and Present, [376] note
Jaf tribe, [179], [379–381];
their dress, [98], [400];
encampments, [212];
coherency, [216];
history, [217–219], [223], [380];
number of people, [380]
“Jamana” or coloured handkerchief, [402]
Jawan Mir Khan, leader of the Hamavands, [179]
Jazira or Jazira ibn Umar, [81], [373];
his history, [86]
Jews, the, of Kirkuk, [123]
Jinn, the, [403]
Jonah, the prophet, theory on, [89–92]
Juanru, [223], [377], [380]
Julamark, [373];
patriarchate transferred to, [154]
Jum’a, the Arab, [333]
Jund-i-Shapur, medical college at, [144];
deprived of its rights, [151]
Kalah, [89], [99]
Kalak, or raft of skins and poles, [66];
construction, [72];
cargo, [73];
passengers, [73];
crew, [73];
mode of eating on board, [75];
effect of stormy weather, [75–78], [80];
change of crew, [81];
cast on a rock, [87]
Kalhur tribe, [382], [386];
origin, [386]
Kandil Dagh, [336]
Kandula tribe, [377] note
Karaja, [53]
Karkhemish, [26], [32], [37]
Kashgar, bishopric of, [150] note
Kasshu tribe, [370]
Kauther brook, [99], [100]
“Kawa” or long coat, [402]
Kawad (Sasaman), the Persian leader, [63], [144]
Kazemain, [364]
Keraite tribe, [152]
Kermānjī or Zaza tribes, [11]
Kermanshah, [317], [372]
Keui Sanjaq, [95]
Keuwi Lash, or The Mountain of a Body, [102] note
Khabur, [99]
Khan Baligh, bishopric of, [150] note
Khaniqin, [211], [294]
Khanum, Lady Adela, of Halabja, [215];
her marriage, [219], [225], [380];
position, [219], [398];
appearance, [226];
dress, [226];
debts, [232];
reception, [233–236];
sons, [263];
defence of Ghulam Husain, [310]
Kharput, [369], [372]
Khayyam, Omar, his birthplace, [115]
Khorsabad (Dar Sharrukin), [89], [99]
Khosrova, mission at, [160]
Khosru Khan, [377], [378]
Khusrava, [51]
“Khwolmur” “The Dead Land,” [213] note
Kileh Shergat, [98]
Kirkuk, [109], [119], [164], [338];
population, [120], [124];
police, [120];
architecture, [120];
honesty and goodwill of the people, [121];
the Chaldeans, [122];
Jews, [123];
the Faili Lurs, [124];
the Persian Consul, [124–127];
climate, [133], [344];
flies, [133];
scarcity of water, [134];
price of vegetables, [138]
Koyunjik, [99]
Kuchuk Sulaiman Pasha of Bagdad, [329]
Kufa, bishopric founded at, [150]
Kurdistan, [164], [317], [372], [376]
Kurdistan Mountains, [53], [54], [104], [118]
Kurds, [3];
use of the “kursi,” [13];
hospitality, [40];
characteristics, [41], [55], [392–396], [398];
their form of cigarettes, [52];
derivation of the word, [54];
dress, [60], [399–402];
levity, [131];
freedom of the women, [168], [268], [396];
power of endurance, [177];
result of free intercourse between the sexes, [237], [397], [398];
repugnance to the system of government by representation, [239];
origin and history, [367];
legends, [368];
language, [369], [387];
tribes, [372], [406];
the Hakkari, [373];
the Zaza, [374];
the Mukri, [375];
the Beni Ardalan, [376–379];
the Jaf, [379–381];
the Guran, [381];
the Kalhur, [386];
dialects, [387];
literature, [388];
eminent men, [388];
poets, [389];
songs and poems, [390–392];
feudal spirit, [393];
faithfulness, [395];
violent temper, [395];
ignorance, [396];
appearance, [398];
costume of the women, [401];
belief in fairies, [402];
sub-tribes, [406]
“Kursi,” meaning of the term, [13]
Lahijan, [387]
Lash, or the place of a body, [102]
Layard, Sir H., Nineveh, [49] note, [100] note, [141], [150] note, [152] note, [153] note, [155] note, [161] note, [397] note, [399] note
Lazarists, French, their mission at Salmas, [160]
Lettuces, price of, at Kirkuk, [138]
Levantines, [3];
mode of eating, [4]
Luristan, [381]
Lutf Ali Khan Zend, [378]
Lycus, the, [106]
Mahmud Pasha, [217], [224], [380]
Mahmud Pasha Jaf, his encampment, [215]
Majid Beg, [215], [223];
his appearance, [233]
Makha, the Jew, [279]
Malabar, the Christians of St John of, [150] note
Ma’mum, Khalifa, [150]
Mamuret ul Aziz, [38], [47]
Mandali besieged by Hamavands, [179]
Mansur, a native of Sina, [229], [265];
his room at Halabja, [230]
Manubaz, King of Adiabene, [112]
Mar Elias, patriarch of Al Qush, [155]
Mar Shimun, patriarch at Julamark, [155]
“Marhabba,” custom of, [116]
Marwan, Abdullah ibn, defeated, [107]
Masius, [53]
Matti Tuma, [203], [269];
his office at Sulaimania, [204];
mode of living, [281], [283];
his grief at the murder of Mustafa Beg, [314];
wish to know the identity of Ghulam Husain, [316–319]
Mazdak, sect of, doctrines, [145];
persecuted, [146];
execution, [146]
Mazyar, the rebel, [363]
Mecca, pilgrims returning from, [23], [45], [51], [67]
Medes, the, [55], [370], [398]
Media, [369]
Meherdates, a Parthian prince, [48];
at Jazira, [86];
defeated, [111]
Membich, [32], [36]
Merivan, [239], [377], [378]
Merv, bishopric of, [150] note;
missionary campaign in, [152]
Mesopotamia, [47]
Milli Kurds, [40], [42], [372]
Millingen, Wild Life among the Koords, [397] note
Mirza Hasan Khan, [6]
Mithridates conquers Adiabene, [111]
Mitylene, [18]
Mongols, their treatment of the Chaldeans, [153];
cruelty, [154] note
Mosul, [27], [89], [92];
trade, [93];
language, [93];
squalid condition, [93];
feud with Sulaimania, [94];
result of the Valis’ visit of investigation, [193];
amount of his bribe, [194]
Muan tribe, [214]
Muhammad Ali Beg, [224]
Muhammad Ali Mirza, his invasion of Shahr-i-Zur, [222]
Muhammad Ali Shah, [7], [10];
eulogium on, [126]
Muhammad Husain Isfahani, Zaka ul Mulk, [386]
Muhammad Mustafa, “The Prophet,” his birth, [147];
compiles the Quran, [147], [149];
his treatment of the Chaldeans, [149]
Muhammad Pasha, [371];
character of his rule, [372];
murdered by the Turks, [372]
Muhammad “as Saghir,” [363]
Mukri tribe, their dialect, [375], [376], [387];
song, [392];
dress, [399], [401]
Mules, mode of loading, [167]
Mulla Ahmad, [184]
Muradi tribe, [223]
Musafiru’ Zahid, [102]
Mustafa Beg, [208], [283], [292];
his mode of life at Sulaimania, [196], [209], [275];
various appointments, [206], [312];
his avariciousness, [275];
purchases, [275];
murdered, [313–315];
his last words, [313];
interment, [319]
Mu’tamid, Khalifa, [361]
Mu’tamed ud Douleh, [218], [379]
Mu’tasim, Khalifa of Bagdad, [361];
his fanatical nature, [362]
Mutawakkil, accession of, [363]
Muzaffar ud Dim Shah, [10]
Naaman, Kas Jacob, Archbishop of Bagdad, [157]
Nadir Shah, [375]
Nairi, the lands of, [47], [54], [368]
Nali, his poems, [389]
Namiq Pasha, [185]
Nasir ud Din, Shah of Persia, [218], [378]
Nebi Yunis, “The Prophet Jonah,” shrine of, [89], [99], [100]
Neo-Syriacor Aramaic language, [52]
Nestorians, the new sect, [143];
Church, [144];
character of the doctrines, [148]
Nestorius, Patriarch of Constantinople, [143];
his doctrines, [144]
Nicolai founds the village of Khusrava, [51]
Nimrud or Kalah, ruins of, [99]
Nineveh, [86], [89], [99];
battle of, [111]
Niphates, Mount, [53], [54], [369]
Nishapur, [115]
Nisibis, bishopric of, [150] note
Nurullah Bey, [156]
Nushirvan, the Just, Shah of Persia, [145];
his relations with the Christians, [145];
persecution of the Mazdaks, [145], [146];
death, [147]
Osman Pasha, [156]
Osrhœne, [47]
Panjwin, [223], [239]
Parthia, [32], [48]
Parthians, the, [360] note
Passport, procuring a, [16];
police enquiries, [292], [302–307]
Pera, [2], [4];
Palace Hotel, [5]
Peri, the, [403]
Persia, first Constitution granted, [10];
condition of roads, [44];
bishopric of, [150] note;
invasion, [160]
Persians, their attitude towards the inauguration of the Turkish Parliament, [8];
treatment at Rayak, [23];
dual personality, [70];
language, [115], [387];
doggerel, [117];
treatment of Chaldeans, [143], [146]
Pir or saint, origin of, [402]
Pir-i-Mugurun Mountain, [169], [336]
Piruz, her house, [268]
Piruza, [237]
Pishdr, [184]
Prester John, Khan of Tartary, [152]
“Pushin,” the, [402]
Pushtamala section, [223];
sub-tribes, [224]
“Qaba,” or short tunic, [401]
Qadir, Shaikh, [187], [192], [195]
Qajar tribe, [378]
Qalà-i-Chwalan or Qara Chulan, [184]
Qara Chulan, [184]
Qarakorum, [152]
Qasr-i-Shirin, [179], [221], [372];
Old Concession at, [396]
Qizil Rubat, [217], [223], [224]
“Quffa,” or round bitumen-covered coracle, [365]
Quietus, Lucius, [48]
Quran, mode of compiling the, [147], [149]
Quria, [348]
Ragozin, Prof., Assyria, [91] note, [107] note, [110] note, [369], [370]
“Rashaba,” or north-east wind, [272], [319]
Rashid, the muleteer, [97], [132], [136]
Rasul Ahmad, [266]
Rasul Haji, [126], [128];
his cats, [129];
wanderings, [130];
characteristics, [130];
fanaticism, [130];
meditations, [131]
Rasul Qawl, [80] note
Rawanduz, [118], [373]
Rawlinson, Parthia, [32] note
Rayak, [22]
Reza, Shaikh, [134];
his fanaticism, [135]
Rhodes, [18]
Rich, J. C., Travels in Kurdistan, [328], [329];
Residence in Kurdistan, [400]
Roman Catholics, [153];
their persecution of the Chaldeans, [155];
unscrupulousness, [155];
result of the Bull of Papal Infallibility, [157];
clauses, [158]
Ronkus, Thomas, [157]
“Run” or clarified butter, [253];
mode of transporting, [265];
theft of a load, [311], [320]
Rustam, the Persian hero, [377]
Sabbah, Hasan, [49]
Saghalien, the, [17]
Sagirma, [176]
Sa’id, Shaikh, his system of administration at Sulaimania, [187–191];
tyranny, [189];
relations with the Hamavands, [190];
murdered, [192]
S’airt, massacre of Chaldeans at, [157]
Saladin, [376], [388]
Salim, Khaja, [338]
Salmas, [52];
French Lazarists at, [160]
“Salta” or zouave jacket, [401]
Samarqand, bishopric of, [150] note
Samarra, “Surra-man-ra,” [150], [361];
history, [361–364]
Saqiz, [377]
“Sardari,” or plaited frock-coat, [401]
Sasan, [221]
Sauch Bulaq, [375], [387]
Sauj Bulaq, [116]
Sayce, Prof. E. G., his researches into the history of the Hittites, [34], [36]
Sayyid Nuri, [299];
at Sulaimania, [284];
his appearance, [284];
inquisitiveness, [285];
use of a pistol, [285];
miserable existence, [286];
at Kirkuk, [345]
Sayyid Rustam, head of the sect Ali Illahi, [383] note
Scorpion bites, remedy for, [61]
Se-gan-fu, tablet at, [152]
Senjabi tribe, [386]
Sennacherib, King, [99], [110], [370]
Serajiq, Mudir of, [208]
Sert, [51]
Severik, [53]
Severus, Emperor, [49];
his invasion of Adiabene, [112]
Shah Abbas, [375]
Shahr-i-Bazar, [220];
meaning of the name, [221]
Shahr-i-Zur or Sharizur, [186], [220], [254];
plain of, [212];
meaning of the name, [221];
population, [221];
dialect, [222]
Shaikh Ali, the Yezidi saint, [102]
Shaikh ul Islam, [11], [250];
interviews with, [12–14];
his visits to Halabja, [252], [264];
at Biara, [252];
reception of Ghulam Husain, [257–263];
denunciation of him, [309]
“Shaitan Baizi,” meaning of the term, [97]
Shaits, the, [403]
Shalmaneser I. founds Kalah, [99] note
Shalmaneser II., [370]
Sharaf Nama, or history of the Kurds, [389]
Sharaf ud Din Bey, Hakkari of Bitlis, his history of the Kurds, [389]
Sharafbaiani Kurds, [181]
Sharif Bey, [374]
Shefiq Effendi, [132], [163], [165], [171]
Shi’a, mode of praying, [301]
Shiraz, [251], [302], [387]
Shiz, [376]
Shuan Kurds, meaning of the term, [165];
villages, [167], [169]
Shulwars, [400]
Siazurus, [214] note
Sina, [378];
Chaldeans of, [160];
art and literature, [218];
antiquity, [376]
Sinjar range, [86], [103]
Sirwan River, [181]
Sistan, bishopric of, [150] note
Stamboul, [2], [5], [238];
the Great Bazaar, [5]
Suez Canal, result of the opening, [27]
Sulaiman Pasha of Bagdad, [185]
Sulaimania, feud with Mosul, [94];
costume of the people, [97], [200], [400], [402];
journey to, [163–183];
situation, [183], [184];
history, [184];
population, [185];
tyranny of the Shaikhs, [186–191];
trade, [188], [195];
revolt, [189];
result of the murder of Shaikh Sa’id, [192];
the Vali of Mosul’s visit of investigation, [193];
system of currency, [197];
customs, [198];
the habit of “Aiba bokum,” [199];
dislike of innovations, [199];
suspicion of strangers, [200–203];
pleasantry, [203];
Persian architecture, [210];
return to, [267];
method of buying and selling, [273];
Military School, [277];
attacks of Hamavands, [287], [291];
departure from, [323];
poets, [389]
Sunni, their mode of praying, [301]
Surchina, plain, [182];
valley, [193], [326]
Susa, [49]
Suverek, [55]
Syria, bishopric of, [150] note
Syrians or Christian Arabs, [64]
Tabaristan, bishopric of, [150] note
Tahir Beg, [215], [223];
his literary skill, [228];
appearance and dress, [228];
his clerk or scribe, [236];
views on the Balkan and Cretan questions, [238]
Takht-i-Sulaiman, [376]
Tanguth, bishopric of, [150] note
Tarshish, [90]
Tartary, the Chaldean Bishop of, [152]
Taurus Mountains, [37]
Tekrit, [358];
history, [359]
Tel Kaif, [158]
Teumman, King, [110]
Tiglath-Pileser I., [54], [98], [107]
Tigran I., the Parthic-Armenian king, [63], [111]
Tigran V., King of Armenia, [112]
Tigris, the, [34], [78], [98], [106], [118], [356], [373];
derivation of the name, [54];
the plain, [337]
Tikrit, [90]
Timur-i-Lang (Tamerlane), his massacre of Christians, [154];
conquest of Diarbekr, [373]
Trajan, Emperor, [48], [86], [112]
Tripoli, [21], [320];
Hamavands deported to, [179]
Turkey, inauguration of Parliament, [8];
lawlessness, [9];
condition of roads, [44], [55];
custom of “Marhabba,” [116];
constitution proclaimed, [190];
views on the Parliament, [239]
Turko-Egyptian war, [27]
Turkomans, their characteristics, [116];
language, [117]
Turks, their inquisitiveness, [11]
Umar, the muleteer, [345], [349], [353]
Urfa or Edessa, [45], [52];
population, [47]
Urumia, Lake, [375], [387]
Urumiah, [156];
missions at, [159], [160]
Uthman, Amir Qara, governor of Hakkari, [373]
Uthman, Haji, [352]
Uthman, Pasha, governor of Halabja, [206], [217], [224];
his dress, [207];
appearance, [207];
his wife, Lady Adela, [208], [219], [225], [380];
return to Halabja, [263];
death, [380]
Uvakshatara, [371]
Van, Lake, [51], [368], [373]
Vologases I., [107], [112]
Vologases V., [49]
Willocks, Sir William, his investigation of waterways in the Euphrates valley, [83] note
Xenophon, [371]
Yazdigird III., [145] note, [147]
Yezidis or “Devil-Worshippers,” [100], [383];
religious views, [100];
origin of the name, [101];
customs, [102];
the saint Shaikh Adi, [102];
ranks of the priesthood, [103];
persecutions, [103];
poverty, [103]
Yizdijird I., King of Persia, [142], [143]
Yusif, Odo, Patriarch, his secession, [158]
Zab River, the Greater, [98], [104],106, [368], [373];
battle at, [106];
the Lower, [106], [113], [169], [351], [356];
battles of, [107], [149];
valley, [170], [172]
Zagros Mountain, [94], [106], [108], [118], [166], [170], [369]
Zailan, [104]
Zain ul Abidin Palangani, his poems, [391]
Zainu’l Abidin Shirvani, Haji “Bustanu’s Siaha,” extract from, [92]
Zarda, [384]
Zaza tribe, [374];
their dialect and character, [374]
Zeno, the Isaurian, [49], [144]
Zoroaster, the prophet, [376], [388]
Zuwayid bin Sawda, [92]

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