Syria, the land of Lebanon

by Lewis Gaston Leary

[59] Julia Domna, wife of Septimius Severus.

INDEX

Roman numerals refer to chapters, Arabic to pages

• Abana River, [67-71], [88f], [106]
• Abila, [69]
• Abilene, Tetrarchy of, [69]
• Ain el-Beida, [130]
• Ain Fijeh, [70]
• Ain el-Wuʿul, [130]
• Aleih stories, [61f]
• Aleppo, Province of, [8]
• Anti-Lebanon, [7], [63], [67-71], [178], [204]
• Aurelian, [135-137], [205]
• Assassins, the, [10]
• Awaj River, [89n]
• Baalbek, [XIII]
• Climate, [188]
• Great stones, [198-200]
• History, [189-191]
• Ruins, [192-197]
• Situation, [184f]
• Baal-gad (Baalbek), [189]
• Barada, see [Abana]
• Bashan, Land of, [75]
• Bedouins, [129-131], [143]
• Beirut, City, [7], [III]
• Bay, [35]
• Cape, [29]
• Caves, [31]
• Commerce, [36]
• History, [26f]
• Modern aspects, [37f]
• Name, [29]
• Olive orchards, [30]
• Political strife, [40f]
• Religious strife, [38f]
• Sand dunes, [30]
• Schools, [41-43]
• Water supply, [33]
• Beirut, Province of, [8]
• Bikaʿ, [63-65], [184f], [178], [204]
• Bliss, Daniel, [146-149]
• Bosra, [78]
• Butrus, Patriarch, [156-162]
• Byblos, [4], [7]
• Cathedral Rocks, [174]
• Cedar Mountain, [167], [176-179]
• Cedars of Lebanon, [XII]
• Chrysorrhoas, see [Abana]
• Coele-Syria, see [Bikaʿ]
• Coffee, [107-109]
• Committee of Reform, [40]
• Cross, Festival of, [179]
• Damascus, [VII-IX], [7], [15]
• Ananias, Tomb of, [119]
• Bargaining in, [98-101]
• Bazaars, [96-104]
• Beggars, [104]
• Cafés, [106f]
• Cemeteries, [116]
• Commerce, [95], [111]
• Dogs, [104]
• Dome of Victory, [88]
• Fame of, [90]
• Fertility, [92f]
• Gate of Allah, [115]
• Healthfulness, [70]
• History, [91]
• Jews, [118]
• Khans, [110]
• Kisan Gate, [117]
• Lepers, [117]
• Meidan, [114-116]
• Modern aspects, [91]
• Name, [90]
• Night noises, [105f]
• Omayyade Mosque, [89], [120-127]
• Population, [96n]
• Quarters, [118]
• Residences of rich, [111-113]
• St. Thomas’ Gate, [106]
• Saladin, Tomb of, [119f]
• Street called Straight, [118f]
• Street calls, [101f]
• Water supply, [70]
• Damascus, Province of, [8]
• Death, River of, [4]
• Deir el-Kamr, [17]
• Derʿa, [77]
• Diman, [164]
• Dog River, [4], [33-35]
• Caves of, [34f]
• Druse Massacres, [14-17], [78]
• Druse Mountain, [77f]
• Druses, [11-17], [78], [84], [115], [138]
• ed-Durazy, [11], [67]
• Earthquakes, [4], [32], [102]
• Eastern Mountains, see [Anti-Lebanon]
• Edrei, [77]
• Emesa, see [Homs]
• Feruzi, [152], [154-156]
• Fish, Sacred, [203f]
• George, St., [27-29], [116]
• Ghuta of Damascus, [93]
• Greek Catholic Church, [9]
• Greek Orthodox Church, [9]
• Hama, [64], [211-218]
• Hamath, see [Hama]
• Hamath, Entering In of, [152], [204]
• Hauran, [75-87]
• Hauran, Jebel, [77]
• Hejaz Railway, [76f], [81]
• Heliopolis (Baalbek), [190]
• Hermon, Mount, [7], [65-67], [77], [178]
• Hollow Syria, see [Bikaʿ]
• Homs, [136], [152], [190], [205-208]
• Homs, Lake of, [205]
• Institutes of Justinian, [42]
• Islam, see [Mohammedanism]
• Ismailians, [10]
• Jebail, [4]
• Jesus Christ, [12], [27], [67], [122], [170]
• Job, the Patriarch, [78-80]
• Kadisha River, [166], [174]
• Kanawat, [78]
• Kanobin, Monastery of, [174]
• Karyatein, [129]
• Kasyun, Mount, [88]
• Keneiseh, Mount, [5], [52], [62], [67]
• Keshaya, Monastery of, [175f]
• Lebanon Mountains, [I], [60-63]
• Lebanon, Province, [8], [16f]
• Leja, [83-85]
• Leontes River, [64]
• Maronites, [9], [14-17]
• Metawileh, [10]
• Mirage in Bikaʿ, [186]
• Missionaries, [XI]
• Mohammedanism
• Attitude to Jesus, [122]
• Images forbidden, [112f]
• Position of women, [113f]
• Power of, [194f]
• Muzeirib, [76]
• Palmyra, [X], [69]
• History, [133-138]
• Modern Village, [138], [140]
• Ruins, [138-140]
• Tombs, [132]
• Persons incidentally mentioned:
• Abdul Hamid II., [76f], [108n]
• Abel, [69], [88]
• Abraham, [88], [90f], [98], [101]
• Abulfeda, [93]
• Adam, [88]
• Alexander the Great, [26]
• Amenhotep, Pharaoh, [26]
• Ananias, [119]
• Antar, [142]
• Antoninus Pius, [190]
• Antony, Mark, [133]
• Argyll, Duke of, [146]
• Asad Pasha, [110]
• Ashur-nasir-pal III., [34]
• Augustus, [26]
• Aurelius, Marcus, [34]
• Baldwin of Flanders, [26], [91]
• Balkis, Queen of Sheba, [129], [190]
• Benjamin of Tudela, [190]
• Bildad the Shuhite, [78]
• Cain, [69]
• Constantine the Great, [129], [191]
• Diocletian, [137]
• Dodge, Wm. E., [146]
• Domna, Julia, [190], [207]
• Dorotheus, Professor, [42]
• Eliezer, [90]
• Esarhaddon, [34]
• Fakhreddin, [30]
• Fatima, [116]
• Hadrian, [168]
• Hakim Biamrillah, [11]
• Hamzeh ibn Ahmed, [11]
• Helena, St., [179]
• Heliogabalus, [191n], [207]
• Herod the Great, [26], [91]
• Hiram of Tyre, [168], [173], [183]
• Ibrahim Pasha, [30], [84]
• Idrisi, [93]
• Jesup, Morris K., [146]
• John the Baptist, [121], [123], [215]
• Josephus, [84], [90]
• Justinian, [42], [137], [168]
• Longinus, [135]
• Louis VII. of France, [91]
• Mohammed, [12], [93f], [116]
• Mukadassi, [188]
• Naaman, [89n], [117], [120]
• Nicodemus, [26]
• Nureddin, [91]
• Odenathus II., [134]
• Og, king of Bashan, [77]
• Paul, St., [91], [116f].
• Pompey, [26]
• Post, Dr. Geo. E., [168]
• Rameses II., [26], [34], [79]
• Rib-addi, [26]
• Richard Cœur de Lion, [28]
• Robinson, Edw., [195], [204n]
• Rustum Pasha, [168]
• Sapor of Persia, [134]
• Selim, Sultan, [34]
• Sennacherib, [26], [34]
• Severus, Septimius, [190], [207n]
• Shalmaneser II., [34]
• Solomon, [133], [190]
• Tamerlane, [91], [137]
• Tancred, [205]
• Theodosius the Great, [175]
• Tiglath-pileser III., [34], [91]
• Titus, [26]
• Uz, [90]
• Vahballathus, [134]
• Valerian, [134]
• Varius, see [Heliogabalus]
• Vespasian, [26]
• William II. of Germany, [120]
• William of Tyre, [78]
• Phallic worship, [11]
• Pharpar, [89n]
• Pilgrim Route, [114], [122]
• Protestants, [40]
• Qadesh, see [Homs, Lake of]
• Railways, [60], [72f], [76f], [82], [210]
• Ras Baalbek, [149-152]
• Ras esh-Shukkah, [4]
• Rayak, [67]
• Saladin, [27], [91], [119f]
• Semakh, [73]
• Sirocco, [80]
• Smuggling, [32]
• Suk Wadi Barada, [69]
• Sunnin, Mount, [5], [52], [67], [178]
• Suweida, [78]
• Syria, [II]
• Boundaries, [6]
• Manners and customs, [18-22]
• Names, [6]
• Population, [8]
• Provinces, [8]
• Religions, [9-13]
• Syrian Desert, [7], [95], [129-132], [141]
• Syrian Protestant College, [IV], [42f], [146f]
• Syrians, [16], [22-25]
• Tadmor, see [Palmyra]
• Tell el Amarna Letters, [26]
• Tell Biseh, [211]
• Trachonitis, see [Leja]
• Transfiguration, the, [67]
• Tripoli, [8], [178], [201]
• Uz, Land of, [78]
• Vilayets of Syria, [8]
• el-Wesen, [140]
• Women, position of, [90], [113f]
• Yarmuk Valley, [73-75]
• Zebedani Valley, [67f]
• Zenobia, Queen, [69], [134-137], [205]