The Gates of India: Being an Historical Narrative
Sir Thomas Hungerford Holdich
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  • Jabar Khan, [462], [469]
  • Jacobabad, [139]
  • Jacquet, Eugene, [395]
  • Jadran hills, [513]
  • Jadwa, [236]
  • Jagdallak defile, [95]
  • Jahanabad, [497]
  • Jhal, [371]
  • Jalalabad (Doshak), [335], [497]; Buddhist relics near, [177], [352]
  • Jalawan Brahuis, [164]
  • Jalk, [335]
  • Jam Kala, [222]
  • Jamrud, [398]
  • Jamshidis, [214], [216], [481]
  • Jaor, [486]
  • Jats, Jatas, [293], [501]
  • Jawani, [336]
  • Jebel al Ghur, [217]
  • Jerkere, [231]
  • Jews (Yahudi):
    • Afghan hatred of, [50], [377]
    • Balkh, at, [71]
    • Sar-i-pul, at, [252]
    • Transportations of, [44]
    • Yahudia, at 251, [255]
  • Jihun. See [Oxus].
  • Jil district, [278]
  • Jilgu river, [475]
  • Jirena (Behvana), [245]
  • Jirghan (? Jurkan, Gurkan, Juzjan, Guzwan), [250], [251], [255]; range, [249]
  • Jirift, [201]
  • Jirm (? Badakshan), [270], [506]
  • Position and importance of, [270], [274]-[5]
  • Wood's estimate of, [422], [425]-[6]
  • Joubert's translation of Idrisi cited. See [Idrisi]
  • Journal of the Royal Society of Arts cited, [146]
  • Junasdara pass, [424]-[5]
  • Jurkan (Gurkan, Juzjan, ?Guzwan or Jirghan), [250], [251], [255]; range, [249]
  • Jutes, [61]
  • Kabadian, [278]
  • Kabul:
    • Arab expedition against, [292]
    • Burnes' mission to (1832), [344], [376]; his commercial mission to (1837-8), [392], [398]-[401], [404]-[405]
    • Hicks' tomb at, [469]
    • Masson British agent in, [397]; his account of, [376]-[7]
    • Mediæval estimate of, as "Indian" town, [211], [219], [226], [262]; mediæval description quoted, [211]
    • Modern conditions in, social and material, [377]
    • Moorcroft's journey to, [444]
    • Routes to and from:
      • Afghan Turkistan, Wood's account of route to, [418]-[19]; modern improvements in, [419] and n., [522] n.
      • Andarab, Khafila road to, [88]
      • Badakshan, all-the-year-round route to, [275]-[6], [419] n.
      • Balkh, Frontier Commission's route from, [272]-[3]
      • Bamian, route to, open in winter, [385]-[6]
      • Bokhara and Bamian, main route to, [389]
      • Herat, route from, by Hari Rud, [248], [256], [262]; other routes, [257]
      • Kunduz, [416], [523]
      • Mazar and Band-i-Amir, by, [259]-[261]
      • Peshawar via Kuram valley and Peiwar pass, [135]
      • Punjab, route from:
        • Buddhist character of, [177]
        • Kunar, Laghman and Lundai valleys, by, [101]
      • Sar-i-pul, from, [252]
    • Vigne at, [468]-[9]
  • Kabul province, India in Middle Ages, [277]
  • Kabul (Kophen, Nahrwara) river:
    • Alexander's probable course along, [100]
    • Source of, [84]
    • mentioned, [96], [276]
  • Kabul river basin (Ki-pin), [96], [176], [215]
  • Kabulis, [492]
  • Kach (Kaj), meaning of term, [35]
  • Kach Gandava, [305]-[306]
  • Kafir wine, [133]-[4]
  • Kafiristan:
    • Homogeneity of natives of, [508]
    • Inhabitants of, [96], [269]
    • Ivy and vine in, [124]
    • Timur's invasion of, [327], [355]-[6]
    • Unexplored wildness of, [269]-[70]
  • Kafirs in Afghanistan:
    • Badakshan, in, [437]
    • Ignorance regarding, [269]-[70]
    • Kunar valley, in, [102]-[103]; two Kafirs of Kamdesh, [131]-[2]
    • Siahposh. See [that title]
  • Kafirs of the Hindu Kush, The (Robertson), cited, [510]
  • Kafzur (Hajigak) pass, [417]
  • Kah, [267], [268]
  • Kaiani of Seistan, [34]
  • Kaiani kingdom, ruins of, [82]
  • Kaiani Maliks, [37], [208]
  • Kaibar river, [232]
  • Kaisan (Kasan) river, [272]
  • Kaisar drainage, [248]-[9]
  • Kala Bist, [204], [207], [208]
  • Kala Sarkari, [260]
  • Kala Sarwan, [206]-[208]
  • Kala Shahar, [251], [255]
  • Kala-i-Fath, [355], [496], [497]
  • Kalagan, [342]
  • Kalah, ruins of, [42]
  • Kalama (Khor Khalmat), [158]
  • Kalapani river, [106]
  • Kalat, [323]
  • British expedition to, [406]
  • Christie and Pottinger at, [332]
  • Masson at, [370]-[71]
  • Strategic position of, [138]-[9]
  • Kalat-i-Ghilzai (Khilkh), [206], [210]
  • Kalatak, [301]
  • Kalawun, [236], [238]
  • Kalloo (Panjpilan) pass, [417]
  • Kalu, [388]
  • Kalwan (? Kolwah), [304]
  • Kaman-i-Bihist, [232], [236]
  • Kamard, Tajik chief of, [383], [384], [421]
  • Kamard valley, [260], [261], [437]
  • Kambali (? Khairokot), [150], [307]-[308]
  • Kamdesh, [131]
  • Kamran, Shah, [403]
  • Kanazbun (Firabuz), [302]-[303]; distances from, [304], [313], [317]
  • Kandabel, [305]
  • Kandahar:
    • Flank march on, possibility of, [204]-[5]
    • Indian frontier, distance from, [528]
    • Kabul compared with, in matter of tolerance, [377]
    • Leech's mission to, [401]-[402]
    • Masson at, [360]-[61]
    • Mediæval insignificance of, [210]
    • Routes from, to:
      • Ghazni, [512]
      • Herat, [490]; Herat as gateway to, [525]-[8]
      • Kabul, Alexander's, [86]-[7]
      • Kalat, via Mangachar valley, [374]-[5]
      • Sonmiani, [331]
  • Kandahar (in Kach Gandava), [305]-[306]
  • Kandaharis, [492]
  • Kanowar, [238]
  • Kao river. See [Alingar]
  • Kaoshan pass, [435]:
    • Alexander's passage of, tradition as to, [87]
    • Greek control of, before Alexander's expedition, [20], [91]; Greek use of, [277]
    • Height of, [88], [357]
    • "Hindu Kush," known as the pass of, [414]
  • Kara pass, [260], [418]
  • Karabel (Armail, Armabel, Las Bela), [304]-[307], [320]
  • Karabel plateau:
    • Description of, [248]
    • Route across, from near Panjdeh to Balkh, [250]
  • Karabia I., [159]
  • Karabine, [158]
  • Karachi:
    • Approaches to, [140]-[41]
    • Configuration of, changes in, [153]
    • Makran route to, modern possibilities as to, [319]-[24]
    • Malir waterworks, [310]
    • Masson refused landing at, [368]
    • Voyage from, to Persian Gulf (by Nearkhos), [146], [152]-[61]
  • Karakoram pass, [180]
  • Karakoram trade route, [181], [517]; description of, [3]-[4]
  • Karaks, [286], [292]
  • Karamat Ali, Saiad, [390]
  • Karapa route, [351]
  • Karat, [231]
  • Karbat, [250]
  • Karbis (Gazban), [159]
  • Kardos, [327]
  • Kardozan, [479]
  • Karez Ilias route to Sarakhs, [234]
  • Karia Pir, [307]
  • Kariut (Cariat), [210]
  • Karmania, [32], [165]
  • Karmatians, [293], [311]
  • Karomurs, [71]
  • Karosthi language, [280]; script cited, [171]
  • Kartchoo, [482]
  • Karuj (Korokh), [236], [237]
  • Karwan (? Parwan), [276]-[7]
  • Karza (? Kafza) pass, [382], [385]
  • Kasan, [511]; stream, [428]
  • Kashan, [322]; river, [236], [237], [240]; valley, [481]
  • Kashmir (Kie-sha):
    • Buddhism in, [179]-[80]
    • Fa Hian in, [178]-[9], [182]
    • Persian knowledge of, [31]
  • Kashmir passes, no records of military use of, [517]
  • Kashmund mountains, [100], [101]
  • Kashran (? Khasrin), [317]
  • Kaspioi, [31]
  • Kaspira (Kasmira), [31]
  • Kasr Akhif (Ahnef), [245]
  • Kasrkand, [311]-[12], [314]
  • Kasur spur, [426]
  • Kataghani horses, [504]-[505]
  • Katan Chirak, [132]
  • Katawar, [355]
  • Kattasang, [472]
  • Kattawaz plain, [465], [472], [475]
  • Kawak (Khawak), [355]
  • Kawakir, [235]
  • Kej (Kiz, Kirusi, ?Labi), [301]-[302]
  • Kej valley, [297]
  • Kenef, [238]
  • Kunjut (Hunza), [180]-[181]
  • Kerman desert, [201]; valley, [262]
  • Kermanshah, [322]
  • Ketnev, [356]
  • Khaibar route to India:
    • Evil reputation of, [458]
    • Hyphæstion's march by, [95]
    • Masson's journey by, [351]-[2]
  • Khair, [310]
  • Khair Kot (? Kambali), [150], [307]-[308]
  • Khalmat tombs, [196], [310]-[11]
  • Khan Nashin, [495]
  • Khana Yahudi, [257]
  • Khanabad, [423], [506]
  • Kharachanabad (Khardozan), [230]
  • Kharan, [331], [335], [339]
  • Kharan desert, [339]-[41]
  • Khardozan (Kharachanabad), [230]
  • Khariab river, [278]
  • Khariab (Kokcha) river, [270], [273], [274]
  • Kharkerde, [231]
  • Kharotis, [513]
  • Khash, [495]
  • Khash Rud valley, [204]
  • Khashka pass, [387]
  • Khasrin (? Kashran), [317]
  • Khawak pass:
    • Height of, [357], [435]
    • Importance of, [521]
    • Popularity of, [414]
    • Timur at, [327], [355], [435]
    • otherwise mentioned, [261], [275], [277], [419], [428], [434], [507]
  • Khawak river, [274]
  • Khazar, [388]
  • Khilkh (Kalat-i-Ghilzai), [206]
  • Khilkhis. See [Ghilzais]
  • Khiva (Khwarezm), [218], [244]
  • Khizilji Turks, [281]-[2]
  • Khoes river, [99]-[100]
  • Khoja Mahomed range, [424], [436], [437], [506], [507]
  • Khojak range, [139]
  • Khor Khalmat (Kalama), [158]
  • Khorasan, [348]
  • Khorienes, [93]
  • Khotan (Ilchi):
    • Balkh, distance from, [177]; route to, [277], [278]-[9]
    • Buddhist centre, as, [172], [174]
  • Khozdar:
    • Christie and Pottinger at, [331]
    • Masson at, [373]
    • Turan, capital of, [315]
  • Khulm, [88], [270]-[72], [416]; river, [84]
  • Khur, [308], [310]
  • Khurd Kabul defile, [95]
  • Khud Rud, [515]
  • Khuzan (Ak Tepe), [245]-[6]
  • Khwaja Amran (Kojak) range, [374]
  • Khwaja Chist, [217], [223]
  • Khwaja Salar, [448], [449], [460]
  • Khwarezm (Khiva), [218], [244]
  • Ki-pin (Kabul river basin), [176]
  • Kie-sha. See [Kashmir].
  • Kila Adraskand, [229] n.
  • Kila Gaohar, [485]
  • Kila Khum, [511]
  • Kila Maur, [237], [245]
  • Kila Panja, [430]
  • Kila Shaharak, [486]
  • Kila Sofarak, [256]
  • Kila Wali, [243], [248]
  • Kilif, [279]; pony ferry at, [89]-[90], [460]
  • Kilik pass, [180], [517]
  • Kilrin (? Gulran), [235]
  • Kir (Kiz) Kaian, [313]-[17]
  • Kirghiz (? Kirkhirs):
    • Idrisi's account of, [282]-[3]
    • Wood's estimate of, [430]
  • Kirman, [311], [313]-[15], [322]-[3]; telegraph via, to India, [69]
  • Kirman desert, [147]
  • Kirthar range, [140]
  • Kishm, [509]
  • Kiz (Kirusi, Kej, ?Labi), [301]-[302]
  • Kiz (Kir) Kaian, [313]-[17]
  • Kizzilbash, [467]
  • Knidza (Kyiza), [160]
  • Koh Daman:
    • Alexander at, [94]
    • Description of, [96]-[7]
    • Lord's expedition to, [412]-[13]
  • Koh-i-Babar (Baba) mountains:
    • Altitude of, [263]
    • Nature and direction of, [84], [381]
    • Rivers starting from, [215]
  • Koh-i-Basman, [323]
  • Koh-i-Malik Siah, [209]
  • Koh-i-Mor (Meros) mountains, [105], [123]-[4], [358]
  • Koh Umber mountain, [423], [506]
  • Kohendil Khan, [493]
  • Kohistan:
    • Inhabitants of, [96]
    • Mountain scenery of, [392]
  • Kohistan plains, [87]
  • Kohistani, [486]
  • Kohistani Babas, [487]
  • Kohnak divide, [513]
  • Kojak (Khwaja Amran) range, [374]
  • Kokcha (Khariab, Minjan) river:
    • Course of, nature of, at Faizabad, [424], [425]
    • Mouth of, [434]
    • Robertson's view regarding, [510]
    • Route by headwaters of, nature of, [426], [427], [436]
    • mentioned, [270], [273], [274], [507], [520]
  • Kokcha valley, [424], [425], [427]
  • Kokhar Ab river, [515]
  • Kolab, [433]-[4]
  • Kolar gold-fields, [51]
  • Kolwah (? Kalwan), [304]
  • Konche river, [174]
  • Kophen river. See [Kabul river]
  • Korokh (Karuj), [236], [237], [239], [240]
  • Kotal-i-bed, [374]
  • Kotal Murgh pass, [90]
  • Kotanni pass, [513]
  • Koure (Ghurian), [231]-[2]
  • Koyunjik mound, [43]
  • Krateros, [103], [147]
  • Krokala, [148], [153], [156]
  • Kua (Kau), [235], [236]
  • Kudabandan, [303]
  • Kuen Lun mountains, [171], [172], [173]
  • Kufs, [200]
  • Kughanabad, [236]
  • Kuhsan, Kusan (? Kuseri, Kouseri), [232]-[3], [239], [479]
  • Kum, [322]
  • Kunar (Choaspes, Chitral) river, [122], [431]; importance of, [100]
  • Kunar (Choaspes, Chitral) valley:
    • Description of, [100]-[103]
    • Direction of, [509]-[10]
    • Dorah route from, [520]
    • Ivy and vine in, [133]
    • Kafirs in, [102]-[103]; of Kamdesh, [131]-[2]
    • Masson's investigations as to, [396]
    • Survey of (1894), [123]
  • Kundar river, [464]
  • Kunduz (town):
    • Burnes' mission to, [378]
    • Description of, [504]
    • Lord's invitation to, [413], [416], [420]-[422]
    • Southward routes from, to Bamian and Kabul, [523]
    • Warwalin near, [272]
    • Wood's estimate of, [422]
  • Kunduz district:
    • Fortified towns of, [504]
    • Pestilential climate of, [432], [447]-[9], [505]
    • Kunduz river, [261], [421], [428], [436], [505]; scenery of, [257], [259]-[260]
  • Kunduz valley route to Kabul, [434]
  • Kunjut, [186]
  • Kupruk, [257]
  • Kuram, [482]-[3], [505]
  • Kuram valley route, [135], [512]
  • Kurchi, [251]
  • Kurdistan hills, [322]
  • Kurt (Tajik) dynasty in Ghur, [218]
  • Kuseri, Kouseri (? Kuhsan, Kusan), [231]-[3]
  • Kushan (Tokhari), [241]
  • Kushk, [324]
  • Kushk river, [236], [237], [240]; description of, [246]
  • Kushk-i-Nakhud, [210], [492]
  • Kyiza (Knidza), [160]
  • Labi (? Kiz, Kirusi, Kej), [304]
  • Ladakh ("Little Tibet"):
    • Idrisi's description of the town of, [281]
    • Mongol invasion via, [186]
    • Moorcroft in, [443]-[4]
    • Vigne in, [462]
  • Laghman valley, [96], [99]-[101]; inhabitants of, [100], [133]
  • Lahore:
    • Burnes at, [455]
    • Masson at, [366]-[7]
  • Lakshur (? Langar), [238]-[9]
  • Lalposh, [270]
  • Lamghan. See [Laghman]
  • Language, women's preservation of, [22], [143], [295]
  • Lapis-lazuli mines above Jirm, [426], [507]
  • Las (Lumri) tribe of Rajputs, [305]
  • Las Bela (Armail, Armabel, Karabel):
    • Distances to, [303]-[304]
    • Gadurs of, [35]
    • Historic interest of, [304]-[307], [320]
    • Masson at, [369]
    • Ruins near, [372]
    • Strategic position of, [138]-[9]
  • Lash Jowain, [493], [498]
  • Lasonoi, [30]
  • Lataband pass, [424]
  • Leach, Lieut., [471]
  • Lead mines of Ferengal in Ghorband valley, [416]
  • Leech, Lieut., on Burnes' staff, [401]-[402], [412]; work and methods of, [440]-[41]
  • Leh, [180], [443], [444], [519]
  • Leonatus, [151], [156], [161]
  • Lhasa:
    • Buddhist centre, as, [172]-[3]
    • Moorcroft's residence at, question as to, [439]-[40], [444]
    • Pilgrimages to, [181], [187]
    • Route from, to India, [517]
  • Liari, [308]
  • Lockhart mission, [358], [429], [509]
  • Logar river, [380], [468]; valley, [466], [475]
  • Lohanis, [360], [463], [467]
  • Lob, [283]
  • Lop basin, [172], [173]
  • Lop Nor, [171], [174], [280]
  • Lord, Dr., mission of, to Badakshan, [402]; expedition of, to Koh Daman and Hindu Kush passes, [412]-[15]; in Ghorband valley, [416]; at Kunduz, [413], [416], [420]-[21]; visit of, to Hazrat Imam, [432]; investigations by, regarding Moorcroft, [439]; Uzbek State of Kundooz by, [504]; cited, [420], [505]
  • Loveday, Lieut., [406]
  • Ludhiana, [344]
  • Ludi (Lydoi), [30]
  • Lulan, [174]
  • Lumri (Las) tribe of Rajputs, [35], [305]
  • Lundai valley, [101]
  • Lungar, [468]
  • Lydoi (Ludi), [30]
  • Mabara (? Barbarra), [434]
  • Mackenzie, Captain, [148]
  • M'Crindle cited, [159]
  • MacMahon, Sir Henry, [374] and n., [497]
  • MacNab, Dr., [131]
  • McNair, [358]
  • Mada Khel hills, [108]
  • Mahaban (Shah Kot), [108], [110]-[11], [113], [117]-[21]
  • Mahabharata cited, [12], [63]
  • Mahighir canal, [394]
  • Mahmud of Ghazni, Multan conquered by (1005), [192]-[3], [293]; raids by, [200], [210], [218], [513]; tomb of, [376]; mentioned, [219], [468]
  • Mahmudabad, [491]
  • Mahomed Akbar Khan, [490]
  • Mahomed Ali, Chief of Saighan, [378]-[9], [382]-[3]
  • Mahomed Azim Khan, [444]
  • Mahomed Kasim, [293]-[4], [307]
  • Mahomed Khan, Sultan, [360], [403], [483]
  • Mahomedanism, rise of, [187]
  • Mahomedans:
    • Balkh, at, [72], [74]
    • Kafir attitude towards, [131]
    • Vigne's estimate of, [467]
  • Maidan, [260], [468]
  • Maimana, [239], [248]-[50], [258], [481]
  • Makran (Gadrosia). For particular districts, etc., see their names
  • Alexander's retreat through, [38], [51], [86], [145]-[54], [161]-[6]
  • Ancient relics in, [56]
  • Arabian interest in, prior to A.D. 712, [292]; Arab governors of, [193], [292], [293]
  • Baluch traditions as to, [291]
  • Bampur the ancient capital of, [165]
  • Boledi long the ruling tribe in, [36]-[7]
  • Coasting trade of, in antiquity, [57]
  • Configuration, orography, and geological features of, [32]-[3], [48], [285], [288]-[91], [296]
  • Decline of, in eleventh century, [295]
  • Desiccation of, [288]-[9]
  • Greek knowledge of, in ancient time scanty, [37]
  • Hots of (? Uxoi), [34]
  • Islands off, disappearance of, [286], [288]
  • Kaiani Maliks' supremacy in, [37]
  • Kushite race in, question as to, [34]-[5]
  • Negroes in, [36]
  • Persian satrapies including, [32], [200]
  • Physical features of. See subheading [Configuration]
  • Ports of, for importation of firearms, [55]
  • Route through, to India under Arab supremacy, [209], [226], [294], [311]
  • Ignorance as to, [141]
  • Importance of, in antiquity, [167]-[8]
  • Modern possibilities as to, [319]-[24]
  • Stone-built circles in, [372]
  • Tombs in (Khalmati), [310]-[11]
  • Turanian relics in, [158]
  • View of, from Arabian Sea, [284]-[5]
  • Malan headland, [158], [285], [291]; range, [161]-[2], [164]
  • Malek Hupian, [394]
  • Malistan valley, [515]
  • Malli (? Meds), [155], [160]-[61]
  • Malun Herat, [229] n.
  • Manabari, [308]-[309]
  • Manasarawar lakes, [440]
  • Manbatara, [308]
  • Mandal pass, [426], [507], [519]
  • Manga (Manja, Mugger) Pir, [309]
  • Mangachar valley, [374]
  • Manglaor, [121]
  • Manhabari (? Minagar, Binagar), [304], [309]-[10]
  • Manjabari, [309]
  • Manora (Domai) Island, [154]
  • Mansura, [309]
  • Mansuria, [315]-[16]
  • Mashad:
    • Russian telegraph via, [69]
    • Seistan, route to, [528]
    • Teheran, objections regarding railway to, [319]
  • Mashad valley, [424]
  • Mashkaf (Bolan) pass, [139]
  • Mashkel (? Maskan), [313]-[14]; swamp, [323], [339], [341]
  • Massaga:
    • Alexander's capture of, [105], [122]; route from, [113]
    • Nysæans at, question as to, [128]-[9]
  • Marabad, [225]
  • Marakanda (Samarkand), [88]
  • Mardians, [68], [76]
  • Maruchak. See [Merv-el-Rud]
  • Marwa, [225]
  • Masson, arrival of, at Bushire, [348], [368]; in Peshawar, [350]; journey to Kabul via Khaibar route, [351]-[4], [359]; to Ghazni and Kandahar, [359]-[60]; to Quetta and Shikapur, [361]-[3]; in the Punjab, [364]-[5]; at Lahore, [365]-[367]; to Karachi, [377]; trips by water, [367]-[8]; in E. Baluchistan, [369]; at Chahiltan, [370]-[71]; through Sind, [371]-[2]; again to Kalat, Kandahar, and Kabul, [372]-[7]; Besud expedition, [378], [380]; to Bamian (1832), [378]-[86]; to Kabul, [386], [388]; researches near Kabul, [393]; accepts post as British agent in Kabul, [397]; relations with Burnes, [399]-[401], [404]; resigns office under Indian Government, [405], [407]; experiences at Quetta, [406]-[7]; meeting with Vigne, [469]; intimacy with Afghans, [346]-[7], [350], [352], [362]-[363]; influence with them, [380]; intimacy with Baluchs, [374]; coins collected by, [393]; criticisms of Indian Government by, [408], [409]; value of work of, [345], [347]-[8], [367], [388], [391], [396], [407]; methods of, [346]; estimate of, [361], [370], [372], [395]-[6], [408]; Travels in Afghanistan, etc., see [that title]; otherwise mentioned, [458], [462], [463], [468], [491]
  • Masurjan, [317]
  • Matakanai, [105], [128]
  • Matiban, [200]
  • Mazanderan, [481]
  • Mazar, [434], [435], [448], [459]
  • Mazar-i-Sharif, [257], [439]
  • Meder, [267], [268]
  • Meds (? Malli), [155], [160]-[61], [292]-[3]
  • Megasthenes, [129]; his India cited, [126]-[7]
  • Mehrab Khan, [406]
  • Meilik (Nimlik), [482]
  • Menk, [274]
  • Mesiha, [245]
  • Mesopotamia:
    • Earliest immigrants into, question as to origin of, [34]-[5]
    • Irrigation works necessary in, [40]-[41]
    • Israelite deportations to, [39]
    • Nana-worship in, [163]
    • Teheran-Mashad route from, to Baktria, [47]-[8], [54], [70]
  • Merv-el-Rud:
    • Confused with Russian Merv by Idrisi, [244]-[5]
    • Date and destruction of, [241]-[2]
    • otherwise mentioned, [236], [239], [240]-[41]
  • Merv of the Oasis (Russian):
    • Balkh, routes to, [249]-[50]
    • Confused with Merv-el-Rud by Idrisi, [244]
    • Herat route from, [236]
    • Historic importance of, [241]
  • Milesian Greeks:
    • Brankhidai, [20]
    • Colonies of:
      • N. of Euxine, [14]
      • S. and W. of Euxine, [18]
    • Transportation of, to Baktria region, [16], [19], [20], [31], [45]
  • Miletus:
    • Alexander's reduction of (334 B.C.), [66]
    • Carpet-making industry of, [18]
    • Destruction of, date of, [16]
  • Minab river, [166]
  • Minagar, Binagar (? Manhabari), [304], [309]-[10]
  • Mingal, [482]
  • Mingals, [142], [306]
  • Minjan pass, [507], [519]; Chitral route through, [359], [426]
  • Minjan river. See [Kokcha]
  • Minjan valley, [132], [426], [436]
  • Miri fort of Quetta, [138], [148]
  • Mockler, Col., cited, [159]-[60]
  • Mongols:
    • Afghanistan, in central plateau of, [85]
    • Asiatic civilization overrun by, [200]
    • Army of, destroyed on the Karakoram route, [4]
    • Chenghiz Khan, under, [73]
    • Ghur dynasty, subject to, [218]
    • India:
      • Central Southern, problem of arrival in, [142]-[4]
      • Invasion of, by, [326]
      • Military expeditions to, attempted, [186]
      • Pilgrimages to, [169] et seq.
  • Monze, Cape, [154]
  • Moorcroft, explorations by, [440]; question as to residence at Lhasa, [444]; journey from to Kabul, Badakshan, and Bokhara, [444]-[8]; official attitude towards, [442]-[3]; records of, [443]; fate of, [438]-[9]; grave of, [259]; estimate of, [443]-[4], [448], [503]-[504]; otherwise mentioned, [423], [434], [467]
  • Morontobara, [154]-[5]
  • Mosarna, [161]
  • Mugger (Manga, Manja) Pir, [309]
  • Mugheir (Ur), [42]
  • Mula (Mulla) pass, [139], [140], [147], [371]
  • Multan:
    • Hindu bankers in, [363]
    • Mahmud's conquest of (1005), [193], [293]
    • Masson's account of, [366]
    • Tubaran, distance from, [315]
  • Murad Beg, Mir of Kunduz, position of, [378]-[9], [504]; Badakshani families transported by, [432], [505]; Lord's invitation by, [413], [416]; estimate of, [413]; Wood's estimate of, [422]; Moorcroft's experience and estimate of, [446]-[8]; otherwise mentioned, [385], [418], [425], [429], [503]
  • Murad Khan of Kunduz, [383]
  • Murgh pass, [434]-[5]
  • Murghab basin, Upper, unmapped, [477]
  • Murghab river:
    • Economic value of, [246]-[7]
    • Head of, unexplored, [516]
    • Head valleys of, [258]
    • Ruins on, [243]-[4]
    • Upper, climate of, [220]
    • otherwise mentioned, [215], [236], [239]-[41]
  • Murghab valley, [242], [282], [284]
  • Muskat, [55]
  • Mustapha Khan, [487]
  • Muttra, [210]
  • Nachan, [225]
  • Nadir Shah, [267], [418], [526]
  • Nagas, [501]
  • Nahrwara river. See [Kabul river]
  • Naisan, [225]
  • Najil, [327], [356], [396]-[7]
  • Najirman (? Nakirman), [200]
  • Najitan (Bajitan), [225]
  • Nalpach pass, [383]-[4]
  • Nan Shan mountain system, [173]
  • Nana (Chaldean goddess), [162]-[3]
  • Naoshirwan, [339]
  • Napoleon Buonaparte, Emperor, [328]-[329]
  • Naratu, [236], [237], [239], [248]
  • Narmashir, [323]
  • Nasirs, [475]
  • Nasratabad, [203]
  • Nassoor, Sheikh, [497]
  • Nava Sanghârâma, [178]
  • Navigation, ancient, character of, [13], [56]-[7]
  • Nawagai, [103]
  • Nawak pass, [274], [428]
  • Nawar valley, [515]
  • Nearkhos, [26], [27]; voyage of, from Karachi to Persian Gulf, [145], [152]-[61], [286];
  • meeting of, with Alexander, [166]-[7]; cited, [286]
  • Negroes, Asiatic, [36]
  • New Chaman, [324]
  • Nicolas range, [431]
  • Nikaia (modern Kabul), Alexander at, [98]. See also [Kabul]
  • Nili, [222]
  • Nimchas, [269]
  • Nimlik (Meilik), [482]
  • Nimrud, [71]
  • Nineveh:
    • Ruins of, [42], [43]
    • Zenith of, [52]
  • Nishapur, [231]
  • Nomadic life, conditions of, [23]-[5]
  • Nonnus of Panopolis cited, [62]-[3], [98]
  • North, Lieut., value of geographical work by, [411]-[12], [471]
  • Nott, [406]
  • Nuhsala (Nosala, Haftala, Hashtala) island, [161], [286]
  • Nuksan pass, [508]-[509], [519], [520], [522]
  • Nurzai, [212], [491]
  • Nusa. See [Nysa]
  • Nushki:
    • Christie and Pottinger at, [38]
    • Route via, [209], [323]
    • Telegraph to, [323]
  • Nysa, Nyssa (Nusa, Nuson):
    • Tradition regarding, [62], [122]-[6]
    • War-hymn connected with, [131]-[2]
  • Nysæan inscriptions, question as to, [129]-[30]
  • Nysaioi, [126]-[7]
  • Obeh (Auca), [217], [225], [256]
  • Odyssey cited, [12]
  • Olbia, [19]
  • Omar I., Kalif of Baghdad, [307]
  • Ora (? modern Bazar), [106]
  • Oritæ, [146], [150], [151], [156], [161]
  • Orodis, [241]
  • Oxus district, mediæval geography of, [277] et seq.
  • Oxus jungles, [433]
  • Oxus (Jihun, Khariab) river:
    • Channel of, variations in, [89]
    • Fords of, accurate knowledge of, [501]-[502]
    • Irrigation works connected with, [75]
    • Khariab a name for, [273], [278]
    • Pony ferry over, at Kilif, [89]-[90], [460]; at Khwaja Salar, [449], [460]-[61]
    • Wood's explorations of, [420], [423], [428]-[35]
  • Oxydrakai, [127]
  • Pactyans. See [Pathans]
  • Padizar bay, [158], [159]
  • Paghman offshoot of Hindu Kush, [97]
  • Paghman, [387]
  • Pahrag (Pahra, Pahura, Fahraj), [315], [317], [342]; two places so named, [316]
  • Pamirs:
    • Climate of, [429]
    • Mediæval geography of, [277] et seq.
    • Routes across, [502]
    • Taghdumbash, [517]
  • Panja (Wakhab) river, [279]
  • Panjdeh:
    • Buddhist caves at, [244]
    • Herat, routes from, [236]
    • Karabel plateau route from near, to Balkh, [250]
  • Panjgur:
    • Dates of, [290]
    • Description of, [302]-[303]
    • Mountain conformation of, [323]
    • Railway from, to Karachi, question as to, [324]
    • Telegraph route to, from Ispahan, [322]
  • Panjkora river, [104], [122]
  • Panjkora valley, [96]
  • Panjpilan (Kalloo, Shutar Gardan) pass, [386], [388], [417]
  • Panjshir (Banjohir), [276]-[7]
  • Panjshir pass, [87]-[8]
  • Panjshir route between Kabul and Andarab, [87]-[8], [414]
  • Panjshir valley:
    • Mediæval reputation of, [435]
    • Timur in, [355]-[6]
    • otherwise mentioned, [261], [275], [356]-[7], [434], [510], [521]
  • Pannah, [472]
  • Parah, [230]
  • Parana (Parwana), [229], [481], [498]
  • Parikanoi, [163]-[4]
  • Parjuman, [223]
  • Park mountains, [221]
  • Parkan stream, [164]
  • Paropamisos (Hindu Kush), [79], [234], [247]. (See also [Hindu Kush].)
  • Parsi (Tarsi), [489]
  • Parwan (? Karwan), [276]-[7]
  • Parwan (Sar Alang, Bajgah) pass, [328], [435]; altitude of, [357]; description of, [414]
  • Parwana (Parana), [229], [481], [498]
  • Pashai, [133]
  • Pashat, [133]
  • Pasiris, [158]
  • Pasni, bay of, [159], [164]
  • Patala, [146], [148]
  • Pathans:
    • Ancient settlement of, in present situation, [28]
    • Greek names among, [21]
    • Inscriptions used by, for decoration, [129]-[30]
    • Persian origin of language of, [21]
  • Peiwar pass, [135]
  • Periplus cited, [310]
  • Perjan (? Parwan), [355]
  • Persepolis:
    • Alexander the Great at, [68]
    • Inscriptions at, cited, [30]
  • Persia:
    • Afghanistan:
      • Colonies in, [61]
      • Intrigues regarding, British nervousness as to, [399]-[400]
      • War with (1837), [402]
    • Army of, French officers' organisation of, [477]
    • Charbar point fort built by, [299]
    • Configuration of western, [48]
    • Desert regions of, [69]; "Great Desert," 201
    • Firearms imported into, [155]
    • Helmund boundary of, [80]
    • Routes through, to the East, two, [69]; routes to India, [311], [319], [321]-[4]
    • Russia:
      • Sphere of influence of, [322]
      • French organisation of Persian army resented by, [477]
      • War with (1826), [348]
  • Persian Empire:
    • Extent of, [21], [26]-[7]
    • Geographical information possessed by, extent and accuracy of, [17], [25]-[6], [29], [31]
    • Greek permeation of, [20]-[21]; Greek attitude towards, [36]
    • Indian hinterland under control of, in Alexander's time, [61]
    • Indian trade of, [21]
    • Nations subject to, lists of, [29]-[30]
    • Satrapies of, identification of, [30]-[32]
  • Persian Gulf:
    • Command of, necessary for safety of southern Baluchistan passes, [141]
    • Masson's trip up, [367]
    • Voyage to, from Karachi (by Nearkhos), [146], [152]-[61]
  • Persians, Pottinger's estimate of, [333]-[4]
  • Peshawar:
    • Cession of, to Afghanistan mooted by Burnes, [401], [404]
    • Moorcroft's journey from, to Kabul and Bokhara, [444]
    • Route to, from Kabul via Kuram valley and Peiwar pass, [135]
    • Sikh occupation of, [350]
  • Peshawaran, [336]
  • Peukelaotis, [99], [114]
  • Philotas, [78]
  • Phur river, [151]
  • Physical geography, influence of, on migratory movements, [9], [45]-[6]; on history, [214]
  • Pimuri defile, [421]
  • Pir Mahomed, [445], [456]
  • Pisacas, [133]
  • Place-names, value of, in identifications, [115]
  • Pokran (? Pokar), [371]
  • Pola Island, [159]
  • Polo, Marco, [281], [327]
  • Polyænus quoted, [127]-[8]
  • Pony-ferries on the Oxus—at Kilif, [89]-[90], [460]; at Khwaja Salar, [449], [460]-[61]
  • Poolka, [496]
  • Poolki (Pulaki), [335]-[6], [497]
  • Pottinger, Lieut., explorations by, [329] et seq.; at Herat, [402]; quoted—on Persian character, [333]-[4]; on the Kharan desert, [339]-[40]
  • Pousheng (Boushinj, Bousik), [231], [234], [237]
  • Ptolemy (son of Lagos), with Alexander's expedition, [103], [104], [116]; cited, [37], [104], [310]
  • Pul-i-Malun bridge, [229] n., [230]
  • Pulaki (Poolki), [335]-[6], [497]
  • Punjab:
    • Alexander's march on, [94]
    • Fa Hian in, [179], [185]
    • French and Italians in, [366]
    • Greek architecture and sculpture in, [59]
    • Ranjit Singh's hunting party in, [455]-[6]
    • Sikh Government, under, [345]-[6], [363]
  • Pura, [165]
  • Purali (Arabius) river, [146], [148], [149], [156], [292], [305], [320], [370]
  • Pushti Hajigak (Kafzur) pass, [417]
  • Pushto, [350], [352]
  • Quetta (Shall):
    • British ignorance regarding, in 1880, [369]
    • Masson and Bean at, [406]; Masson's account of, [362]
    • Strategic importance of, [137]-[9]
    • Telegraph to, from Seistan, [323]
  • Quintus Curtius. See [Curtius]
  • Ragozin's Chaldea quoted, [43]
  • Rahmat Khan, [365]
  • Rahmatulla Khan, [382], [421]
  • Rahun, [304]
  • Rajput tribes, [35]
  • Rajputana desert, [27]
  • Ramayana cited, [12], [63]
  • Rambakia, [150]
  • Ranjit Singh, Bentinck's interview with (1832), [344]; position of, [350], [398]; Burnes' entertainment by, [455]-[6]; Burnes' estimate of, [457]; Vigne's acquaintance with, [462]; mentioned, [401], [404]
  • Ras Kachari, [156]
  • Rasak (? Sarbaz), [312]-[14]
  • Ravi river, [366]
  • Rawlinson, Sir Henry, cited, [241], [242], [245], [479]; his Five Monarchies quoted, [43]
  • Regan, [316], [317], [323]
  • Registan, [375]
  • Reishkhan district, [424]
  • Robat-i-Kashan, [237]
  • Roberts, Lord, [87]
  • Robertson, Sir George, [358], [426], [507], [510]
  • Rohri, [364]
  • Rokh, Shah, [242]
  • Rookes cited, [118]
  • Roxana, [92]
  • R.G.S. Journal cited, [123]; Proceedings cited, [241]
  • Rozabagh, [229] n.
  • Rozanak, [233]
  • Ruby mines of Oxus valley, [428]
  • Rudbar (? Rudhan), [207], [496]
  • Rue Khaf (? Rudan), [231]
  • Russia:
    • Afghan intrigues of, British nervousness regarding, [399]-[400]
    • India:
      • Designs on, question as to, [319]-[20]
      • Route to, nature of, [527]-[8]
    • Persia:
      • Army organisation of, resented by, [477]
      • Sphere of influence in, [322]
      • War with (1826), [348]
    • Transcaspian railway terminus, [324]
  • Russo-Afghan Boundary Commission:
    • Camps of, [233], [235], [240]
    • Escort of English officers of, [492]
    • Geographical surveys in Reports of, [194], [264]
    • Kwaja Salar, disappearance of, [450]
    • Rapidity of movements of, [477]
    • Routes of, [78], [248], [261], [272]-[3], [335], [415]
    • otherwise mentioned, [71], [83], [231]
  • Rustak, [504]
  • Rustam (Bazira), [106], [113], [114]
  • Sabaktagin, [414]
  • Sacnia, [281]
  • Sadik Khan, [493]
  • Sadmurda, [260]
  • Safed Khak pass, [379]
  • Safed Koh, [95]
  • Sagittæ, [163]
  • St. John cited, [148], [316]
  • Saiad Ahmad Shah, [350]
  • Saib, [433]
  • Saidabad fort, [386]
  • Saighan valley, [260], [379], [382], [421], [437], [505]
  • Sajidi, [164]
  • Sakæ, [163], [164]
  • Sakah, [229]
  • Sakas, [501]
  • Samad Khan, [390]
  • Samaria, date of fall of, [39]
  • Sarmakan, [245]
  • Samarkand (Marakanda), [88], [292]
  • Sandeman, Sir Robert, [137], [320]; cited, [374]
  • Sandrakottos (Chandragupta), [129]
  • Sangadip Island, [161]
  • Sangcharak, [258]; mountains, [255]
  • Sangiduktar, [231]
  • Sangusar, [492]
  • Sar Alang (Parwan, Bajgah) pass, [414]
  • Saraswati river, [27], [144]
  • Sarakhs, [230], [233], [234]
  • Sarbaz (? Rasak), [312], [314]; river, [312]
  • Sardanapalus (Assur-bani-pal), [52], [162]-[3]
  • Sargo pass, [472]
  • Sargon, [39], [45]
  • Sar-i-jangal stream, [256]
  • Sarikoh stream, [267]
  • Sar-i-pul (? Aspurkan), [250]-[52], [483]
  • Sarwan (Kala Sarwan), [206]-[208]
  • Sarwandi (Sir-i-koll) pass, [465], [472]; ridge, [465]-[6]
  • Satibarzanes, [77]
  • Schintza, [473]
  • Schwanbeck, Dr., [126]
  • Scylax of Caryanda, [26]-[9]
  • Sehwan, [371]
  • Seistan (Sejistan, Drangia, Drangiana):
    • Afghan army's experience in, [403]
    • Climate and natural conditions in, [80], [85], [201]-[203], [403], [494]
    • Extent of, less than of ancient Drangiana, [78]; extent in mediæval times, [205]
    • Firearms imported into, [55]
    • Goldsmid's mission to, [299]
    • Inhabitants of, mentioned by Herodotus, [33]
    • Lake of, [497]
    • Route to Mashad, [528]
    • Persian satrapy, [32], [200]
    • Ruins in, abundance of, [336]
    • Reputation of, [201]-[202]
    • Surveys of, [496]-[7]
    • Telegraph to, from Narmashir, [323]
    • Tributary to Ghur in mediæval times, [218]
  • Sekhwan, [338]
  • Sekoha, [498]
  • Sejistan. See [Seistan]
  • Semenjan. See [Haibak]
  • Semiramis, [147]
  • Senacherib, King of Assyria, [52]
  • Senart, M., cited, [130]
  • Seneca, cited, [21]
  • Ser-ab (? Sar-i-ab), [468]
  • Shah, [251], [255]
  • Shah Kot (Mahaban), [108], [110]-[11], [113], [117]-[21]
  • Shaharak, [486]
  • Shahar-i-Babar, [257], [267]
  • Shahar-i-Wairan (? Shahar, Shah), [254]-[5]
  • Shaitana, [380]
  • Shakiban, [338]
  • Shams Tabieri, Saint, [366]
  • Shamshirs, [233]-[4], [240]
  • Shamsuddin pass, [418]
  • Shansabi, [218]
  • Sharif, Imam, [484]
  • Sharifudin cited, [355]
  • Sheherek, [486]
  • Sheranni, [512]
  • Sher-i-dahan, [468]
  • Sherwan, [433]-[4]
  • Shibar, [468]
  • Shibar pass, [260], [277], [387]
  • Shibarghan, [251]-[2]
  • Shikapur, financial credit of, [331]-[2], [363], [452]-[3]
  • Shorawak, [374]-[5]
  • Shutar Gardan (Kalloo, Panjpilan) pass, [386], [388], [417]
  • Siah Koh (Band-i-Baian), [486], [487]
  • Siah Reg pass, [381]
  • Siahposh Kafirs, [270], [354]-[6], [358]
  • Siam, celadon furnaces in, [83]
  • Sidonians, deportation of, by Assyria, [52]
  • Sikhs, Dost Mahomed's operations against, [397]-[8]
  • Simkoh, [234]
  • Sind:
    • Arab ascendency in, [192], [293], [311], [366]; their geography of, [296]; buried Arab city in, [196]
    • Assyrian art in pottery of, [54]
    • Buddhist ruins in, [372]
    • Frontier passes of, [209]
    • Hot winds in, [341]
    • Independent government, under, [329], [331], [345]-[6], [363]
    • Masson in, [349]; his account of, [365]
    • Mongols settled in, [526]
    • Mountain barrier of, [140]
  • Singlak, [485]
  • Sin-ho-to. See [Swat]
  • Sintu-ho river. See [Indus]
  • Sirafraz Khan, [391]
  • Sir-i-koll (Sarwandi) pass, [465]
  • Sirondha lake, [155]
  • Skytho-Aryans, [241]
  • Skyths:
    • Caspian, at north and west of, [19]
    • Central Asia, of, [50]; Alexander's encounter with, [92]-[3]
    • Euxine, at north of, [14]
    • Westward migration of, [61]
  • Slavery in Badakshan, [520]
  • Sofarak, [262]
  • Sogdia (Bokhara), [32], [92]
  • Sohrab, [332]
  • Somnath, [210]
  • Song Yun cited, [184]
  • Sonmiani, [308], [368]; route from, to interior, [330]-[31]
  • Sousa, [479]
  • Spinasuka pass, [103]
  • Stein, Dr. M. A., [237], [503]; Buddhist sanctuary discovered by, [184]; methods of, [109]-[11]; cited, [111], [113], [117]-[18], [120]-[21], [170]
  • Stoddart, Colonel, [390], [402]
  • Stone-built circles, [372]
  • Strabo cited, [107], [122]; quoted, [127]
  • Stewart, General, [95]
  • Subzawar, [230], [498]
  • Sufed Koh mountains, [135], [215]
  • Su-ho-to (Lower Swat), [185]
  • Sujah, Shah, [344], [353], [405], [456]
  • Suliman, Kalif, [294]
  • Suliman hills, torrents and passes of, [36]-[7]
  • Suliman Khel Ghilzais:
    • Broadfoot the authority on, [474]-[5]
    • Duties levied by, [464], [474]-[5]
    • Kattasang, in, [472]
    • Land of, unexplored, [514]
  • Sultan Mahomed, [445], [446]
  • Sura (? Suza), [317]
  • Surkh Kila pass, [418]
  • Survey methods, perfecting of, [500]
  • Suza (? Sura), [317]
  • Swat (Sin-ho-to, Su-ho-to):
    • Buddhism in, [129]
    • Fa Hian in, [179], [185]
    • Geographical surveys of, [123]
    • Uplands of, [128]