Baku, on the Caspian, i. 226, 449;
Govt. of, i. 447, 449

Balakhor Valley, ii. 234

Baliki or Beleke, tribe in Kurdistan, ii. 430

Balük, Lake, district of Ararat, ii. 7, 384, 385, 386

Baralet, village, district of Shubaret, i. 86

Bartholomew, Saint, i. 277, 279

Bash Abaran, Armenian village, Alagöz district, i. 137

Bashit Dagh, Taurus range, ii. 388

Basil II., Byzantine emperor, intervenes in Armenian affairs, i. 360 and makes an armed peregrination of the country, ibid.
Again marches into the territories of the Armenian kinglets, ibid. and 361.
Inherits the principality of Akhaltsykh, 360, and is named heir to the dominions of the king of Armenia, 361.
Takes over the dominions of the Artsruni family, 357.
His forward policy in Armenia, 361.
Dies before its completion, ibid.

Basil, Saint, of Cæsarea, i. 307, 310; 275