Avicenna (properly Abd-allah ibn Sina)
sepulchre of (at Hamadán), 212
Avroman mountains (in the province of Kir-
mán-Sháh), 33, 70
Awaadj Kis-weh (tributary of the river Barrada),
502
Axima, ancient (city of Persis), 210
Axylus, region in Kdniyeh Eyalet, 348
Ayal, village in Dhorrah (district o f’Omán),
644
A’yán, Turkish chief of a small district or
town, 380
Ayás, bay and town (near the estuary of the
river Jaihán), 96, 301
Ayasmend (Attea) town (in Bighah district),
316
Ayasmund, sanják of, 314
Ayelan-Ghieul (lake in Moola páshálik), 340
Ayra and ruins (near Szalt), 517
Ay vasil, plain (in Moola páshál jk), 340
Ayyir al Yehúd (Jew’s stone), 76
Ayyubites the, founded Ta’ez (San’á district),
620
Azani, ruins (near Chapdar), 322, 334
Azáráh Tágh (between the sources of the Tigris),
68
Azatá, or Azaga of Ptolemy, once Gaza and
now Shiz or Takhti-Soleimán, 221
A’záz, hills in Aleppo district, 386
, Kasabah and Tell, 422
Azerbaijan, district, 65, 96
.-----, plateau of, 80
, climate of, 80
, position and extent* 218, 219
, mountains of, 219
, soil, &c., 219
, towns and rivers of, 219
, appearance of, 219
, capital of, 220
, taxes of, 259
Azmir Tágh, or Jiozeh hills (part of Taurus),
70
Baairadh, river (in Jóf-es-Syrhan), 627
Ba’alath of Solomon (probably Ba’albek),
476
Ba’albek or Heliopolis, ruins of, 474,475
, climate,of, 534
Ba’al Berith (deity of Syria and Phoenicia),
541
Baa’l Beroth (Beirut), 469
Ba’al Me’on or Es Szananamein, or the two
images (in the plain of the Haouran), 511
Ba’al Semen (deity of Syria), 541
Baarem range, or Márdín mountains, 71,104
Báb Ginein (Antioch), 427 (note)
Hadid (Antioch), 427 (note)
Babílúr fountains, probably ancient Bagras
(near Suweidiyeh), 428,429
Bábá, Arab, group in Sfvás district, 291
Bábá Buzurg, tomb of (on the borders of
Kirmán-Shah province), 194
Baba Tágh (in Shírván), 136
jj (Mount Cadmus), in Moola páshálik,
335, 339
Babel, ruins of, 57, 116
Báb-el-Jisr or Suweidiyeh gate (at Antioch),
427
Báb-el-mandeb (gate of tears or misfortune),
570
Báb-Ladikíyeh at Antioch, 427 (note)
Babylonia, language of, 83
— —, Ur, in, 93
? the first kingdom of the earth, 103
, knowledge of the people, 116
, S.E. part of Baghdád, 103
, limits of, 118
, Cushites in, 116
} trade of, with England, time of Elizabeth,
652
, objects of this trade, 653
Badaca, ruins (in Khúzistán), 203
Badalane, village (in Tálísh), 139
Badgeers, or wind-towers, 209
Badghis district, taxes of, 258
Bádinján Oghlú castle (on the slopes of the
Cilician Taurus), 352
Badintshaus (eggplant), 537 # .
Baffa, sanjáklik (in C y p r u s ) , description oí,
457
Bafra or Báfiráb, port and town at the estuary
of the Kizil Irmák, 6
Báft, plain of near Yezd, 223
Bagæ, ancient city (of Lydia), 311
Bagalás, Arab vessels, 568,650
Baghashú, cape (south coast of Arabia)* 570 ;
Baghdad city, description of, 31
, revenue of, 1 10
, expenditure of, 1 1 0
, imports of, 1 10
, exports of, 1 10
f wild potatoes abundant at, 442 (note)
j once included Orfah, 107
Bágh-Idrí town (in Kurdistán), 113
Bagrad (river of Persia), 210 . , w .
Bagrada river, probably the Div- Rud (m
Kirman),230 . ,
Bah-a-mishir, branch of the river Karun,
200 . • •
Bahas, village (in Abú Arisch district), 611
Bah-dínán tribe (of Kurdistán),' 128
Bahr el Merdj, or Bahr el Merdj Atibe,
(eastward of Damascus), 502,572
Bahrein, village (on the western branch of
the Dizfúl river), 196
«—- , fishery (Persian Gulf), 569*. 647
, fresh spring in the sea at, 569
, divers of, 648
,bay of, 646
, island, or Aval, 646
Bahr Lilt (the Dead Sea), 402
Bahr Omán (the swelling sea), 640
Bakarra, El, 632 fj
Bakhtegán, also called Niriz (lake in Fars),
77, 208
, district, taxes of, 259
Bakhtiyárí mountains, 73
, descent of, towards Fars, 73
, geology of, 74
, passes of Riídbár and Bestám, 73, 74
, abound in naphtha and petroleum, 75
, country or Luri-Buznrg, 206
Bakhtiydri, tribe (not included in the Luri-
Buzurg), 251
Bakir, Sultan, group (on the borders of Kas-
tamuni), 287
Kureh-si, or copper district (on the
borders of Kastam6ni), 287
Bakiyah-chai (affluent of the Bitlis-ch&i),
18
Baku, abounds in petroleum and naphtha,
132
kan&t of, annexed to the Russian
empire, 130
— soil, climate, &c. of, 132, 133
, Guebre temples, 132
, the Mekkah and Medina of Parsee
pilgrimage, 132
, rivers of, 133
, capital town of, 133
------------, population of, 133
, government of, 140
Balaneae, Baneas or Yalania (coast of Tripoli),
452
Baldd-rud, Abi, river, tributary of the Dizful
river, 196, 197
Bald-Belka (country of Balak) or Jebel
Belka (eastward of the Lower Jordan
and the Dead Sea), 515
Balfroosh, port (of Mazanderan), 217
Balikesri (Caesarea) town and sanjak (of
Kara-si), 314 and 316
Balis or Beles (Barbalissus), 48, 415, 416
, probablyBaalitz, or P’thora of Baalim,
416
, (once the port of Aleppo), 436
Balistse (in the castle of Aleppo), 434
Balkis, hills and Tell above Bir, 386, 418
Balkis, throne of (in Yemen), 619
---- , castle, ascribed to that queen, 624
, other remains ascribed to her (in
Yemen), 625
Balti Liman village (on the Bosphorus),
326
Baluches, social state of, 183, 184, 186
, tribe of, 186
------------, origin, 186
, manners of the, 186
Baluchistan territory, general description of,
178, 179 . ,
----- , and Afghanistan one kingdom, 160
, mountains, from the Caucasus, 162
------------, branches of, 162
, in four divisions, 178
, climate of, 185
, minerals of, 183
Balak su (fish river), principal branch of the
Kowe'ik, 412,416
Bambak-Shuragel (circle of the Caucasus),
152 "
, population of, 157
Bambari, ancient people who dwelt on the
sea coast of Arabia Felix, 657
Bambyce or Hierapolis, afterwards Magog,
and (now Munbedj), 420
Bamiyan district, part of Afghanistan, 164
> excavations and statues of, 165
Banas-Chai, in Hamid district, 337
Band Eregli, once Heraclea town (in Bólí
district), 323
Bander ’Abbas (now Gamrún or Gambroon),
227
Bander-Delem, port (of Fárs), 209
Band-emiror Araxes, river (of Fárs), 208
Band-i-Kir, town (on the Kárún river),
description of, 198
-, petroleum and naphtha, 75
Baneas ruins, once Balanea or Valania (coast
of Tripoli), 452
Bangyetse, people (of Arachosia), 169
Banians (Hindoo traders), 637
Baptan, ancient? city (of Media Magna), 218
Barahui or Brahoes, pastoral people (of Sára-
wán district), 180
— i-, Tumans, 180
, of Tartar origin, 186
——, social state of, 186
, manners of, 186,187
Báránli Tágh (on the Halys), 4,290
Barate, peak (in Erivan province), 146
Barda, ancient capital of Karábágh, 144
r, destroyed by Tamerlane, 144
Bareedy, cape (in the Red Sea), 570
Baris, or high altar, 117
Barr of the Arabs, or wilderness, description
of» 574 I . . .
Barrad, village of Haschid-el-Bekil (district
of Yemen), 616
Barrada river, the ancient Chrysorrhoas, 502
, branch of the, by Salahiyáh (at Damascus),
502
, bifurcation of, probably the Abanah
and Parphar (of Damascus), 502
, southern branch of, 503
Bartán sú, course of (borders of Kastamúní),
328
, estuary of, and town, 329
Bartzer Hai'k, or high Armenia, 101
Baruk, once the Bostrenus (now Nahr el
Owely), 467
Barukzye, the tribe of Dost Múhammed,
176
Baryganza (Baroche), 652
Bash Khán (source of the Bitlís chai), 18
Basht, plain (in Fárs), 208
Basilius, river of Carrhce (Harán), 115
Basrah city, 60, 61, 94, 111
, district, tribute of, 257
Bássuet castle (in Aleppo pásháKk), 423
Bastorah chai (tributary of the Great Zab),
24
Batah-el-Nebanyeh in El Kassym (district
of Nedjd), 629
Batanaei, ancient people (of Arabia Deserta),
Ba6ta5n6e a (Bothi'n) ancient di.strict eastward
of the Jordan, 510, 512, 521
Bath of Solomon, on the river Kurahy (in
Kerak district), 519 ^
Baths, description of, 3 7 0
Bathys, river (probably the Jorák), 12
Batna or Tehámeh (district of ’Omán), extent
and population of, 644, 645
Batnse, formerly Serúj (in Mygdonia), 114