Bitanu or Bitani in the Assyrian inscriptions may be Biaina, ii. 57, and ibid. note 4
Bitlis, town on the borders of Armenia and Kurdistan, visited and described, ii. 145–157; 51.
Elevation above sea level, 147.
Solidity of the buildings, ibid.
Importance of the situation, 148.
History, 148–151.
Greek coins found in the vicinity, 150.
Pop., 151, 413.
Industries, 151.
The tunnel of Semiramis in the neighbourhood, 156 and [Fig. 148].
Political unrest at Bitlis, 85, 157–159, 318, 431.
Plan, 147.
View of, 145
Black Sea (Pontus Euxinus, Euxine) and southern seaboard, i. 1–36, 37, 38, 41–43, 432, ii. 225, 236, 237–240, 382.
Closed to European commerce by the Ottoman Turks in the 15th century, i. 36.
Its free navigation secured by the Treaty of Adrianople in 1829, ibid.
Commencement of steam navigation in 1836, ibid.
Blagodarnoe, Molokan village, district of Kars, i. 403.
Bogdanovka, a Russian settlement on the plain of Akhalkalaki, i. 105; ii 86, 115, 118
Bohtan Su, tributary of the Tigris, ii. 395; 57 note 4
Bor, Armenian village near Bitlis, ii. 143
Bor, Pass of, ii. 143
Borchala, Valley of the, i. 40 note
Borchali, Ouezde, i. 430, 453