Besh Parmak Mts., Lake Van, ii. 23
Bessarabia, a diocese of the Armenian Church, i. 233 note 2
Bessarion, Cardinal, his account of Trebizond, i. 19
Beth Lapat, Synod of, at which the old Christian church of Persia adopted the Nestorian confession, i. 313
Biaina, territory of which Dhuspas (Van) was the capital, ii. 57
Bilejan Dagh, ii. 257, 258, 269, 309, 311, 333, 343, 347, 351, 372, 397, 401
Bingöl Dagh (mountain of the thousand tarns) or Bingöl Koch (caldron of the thousand tarns), parent mountain of the Araxes and of the principal tributaries of the Euphrates, ii. 182;
seen from the highlands above the village of Kulli, 190;
from the Palandöken Pass, 247;
from Tekman, 247, 251, 252, 253;
from Khinis, 254, 255, 257;
from Kartevin Dagh, 269;
from Sipan, 333, 337;
from Nimrud, 311;
from Khamur, 351.
Description of the mountain, 363–377, 389.
Ascent of, 363;
altitude, 364, 366, 367;
names given to the three principal elevations, 364, 365, that of Demir-Kala being slightly the highest, 182.
View from the summit, 372–374.
Traces of ice action on the Bingöl Dagh, 369, 370.
Flora, 361, 362, 369.
Our discovery of a cuneiform inscription, 373.
Inspiring surroundings, 361.
Plans, 366, 378
Bingöl Plateau, ii. 122, 182 185, 188, 189, 374, 398, 399.
The stupendous cliffs by which it breaks away on the south, ii. 182, 358, 359, 360 ([Fig. 192]), 361, 371
Bingöl Su, name given to several rivers in Central Armenia, notably
1. the Upper Araxes, ii. 190, 191,
2. a considerable tributary of the Murad or Eastern Euphrates flowing through the plain of Khinis and effecting the confluence in Bulanik, ii. 253, 257;
the confluence visited, 346; 373, and
3. a second tributary to the Murad, coming in near Charbahur, ii. 182, 183, 354, 358, 360, 362
Birmalek, Tartar settlement, Alagöz district, i. 325, 326