Edlip, town (of Aleppo pashalik), 388, 4,10,
445
Edom, mountains of, 561
Edrenos, or Rhyndacus, river (in the plain of
Kiit&hiyah), 322
EgSrdir, lake, town, and castle (in Hamid
district), 337
Egg plant (“ badintshaus”), 537
Egin, town and fissure in the Anti-Taurus,
*42, 111, 305 # # n
Eimauks, country and tribe (of Afghanistan),
176 ' • *\
Ekron, probable site of, at (in Palestine) the
village of ’Akir, 492
, satrapy of the Philistines, 539
Elah, or Es Sumt (in Judea), 488
Elam (now Persia), limits of, 210
and Ashur, tributaries of Chus, 281
El ’Assayah, or Werka, or Irka, mounds of,
in Babylonia, 116
| Place of Pebbles, and probably the
Erech of Nimrud, 117
Elburz range (N. side of Iran), 64, 74, 77
———, temperature and climate of, 80
, offsets of, 2 1 1
El Elealeh (now El Aal, in Belad El Bel-
ka), 510
Eleneh, village (plain of the Haouran), 511
Eleutheropolis, or Betogabris (now Beit
Jibrin village), 492
Eleutherus, or Nahr-el-Kebir (southward
of Tortosa), 450
Elisooy, territory (on the slopes of the Caucasus),
137 .
Elizabeth’s (Queen) trade with Babylonia by
the Euphrates route, 652
Elizabethpol, or kanat of Ganjah, 130, 151
, town, once Gandjah, 151
, population of, 157
Eljik Tagh, group of Delik Tash (in Moola
pdshalik), 340
Elwan, or ’Abu-Holwan ruins (in Zohab district),
34 -
Elwand, range and offset branches of, 211
Elymai, people (of Media), 218
Emeralds (called Scythian), 279
Emessa, now Hums, 522
Emim, Cushite people (beyond the Jordan),
539,-545 . .
Emir Tagh (in Khanidj district), 294, 345
Endor, village (plain of Esdraelon), 463
Enkuri (Angora), city, 5
su, 328
Entookjash, island (in the Red Sea), 571
Enzelle, port (of Gilan), 217
Ephah, probably now Kaifa (near Carmel),
482
Ephesus, ruins of, 311
Ephraim, mountains of (in Judea), 488
Epiphania, promontory (in Cyprus), 458
j_____ \ b o w Hamath, description of, 522 j
.___| or Hamath the Great, 540
Episcopia, cape, probably the site of Curium
(in Cyprus), 458
Erashes, or Araxes, river, 11
Erbil, or Arbela, a town (of Assyria Proper),
Erdilary, tribe (in Klifizistdn), 251
Erech (probably now El Assayah), second
city of Nimrud, 117
Eree, town (in Kach’h Gandav&h), 182
Eregli (eyalet of Kdniyeh), 345
, town, 348
Erekli,town (of Bolidistrict), 3211
Eris, or Aras, ancient site, now Arisban (in
Second Media), 141
Eritee, people (of Arachosia), 169
Eriv&n, plain, 66
, district of, 9, 96,102
, position of, 146
, soil of, 146
, climate of, 146
, mountains of, 146
, rivers of, 146
remarkable lake in, 146 #
, animal and vegetable productions ol,
146 , once called Godaikh, 147
, population of, 147
, town, 8, 66, 99, 146
, description of, 146
population of, 146
, antiquity of, 147
, the Terva of Ptolemy, 147
5 tradition concerning, 147
Erkenek, village (in the Taurus), 352
Ermenek, ancient Philadelphia (pashalik ot
Mout), 355
Ernege, village (in Teliameh), 611
Er-Rub and Sekhan districts, taxes of, 258
Erumbat Tagh (near Divrigi), 291
Ery, or Hery, once Arii, part of Herat (listrict,
165 ^ • n n
Ery three, temple (in Ionia), 311
Erythrean sea, 539 M H I . , x
f extent from Bab-el-mandeb to
Suez, 570 H
Erythreans, a name for the Cushites, 281
Erz Rum, p&shalik, 96
, city, 8 k ■ .
9 or Garin, town, descnption ot, 100
! plain and valley of, 270
Erzi, ruins of (on the Upper Euphrates), 52
Erzingdn, plain (on the Frat branch), 41, 271
f town, description of, 41, 305
Esal, or Osal (now Sa’nd), 623
Esdraelon, plain, &c. (now Merj Ibn Amir)
description of, 462, 513
, climate of, 533
Esdud, Ashdod, or Azotus (near the coast of
Palestine), 492
Esdum, hills (at the northern extremity ot
W&di ’Arabah), 561 I
Eshmiskin or Shemskein (in the plain ot
the Haouran), 511
Essamera village (in El Lowa), 504
Essenek Keni (in the eyalet of Komyeh), 346
Es Sharki, mountain (peak of Anti-heba-
non), 389 . ' 0
Es Sumt, or Elah (valley ot Judea), 488
Essura, village (in El Lowa), 504
Esther, sepulchre of (at Hamadan), 212
Ethiopians, or Cushites, 281
^privation of the name, 281
Ethiopians, or Hindi, 281
Etymandrus, river, or Hélmandrus (in Sü-
wistân), 168
Eumenia (now the aghâlik of Ishekli, district
of Kütâhiyah), 334, 337
Euphrates, river, general observations on
the, 40
, its two great branches, 40
, Frât branch, source, course, and tributaries
of, 41, 42
, Murad branch, source, course, and
tributaries of, 42 to 44
trunk, course of, to Bir, 44 to 46
------------, inclination ofj towards the Mediterranean,
44
------------, passage of, through the Anti-Taurus,
44
Fai'lioun, town and valley (in Fars), 208
Fairs in Arabia, in ancient times, for commerce,
Fakirs (beggars), 87
Fakih-el-Kebir, Beit-el (in Tehámeh), described,
------------, level of, above the Mediterranean
and Persian Gulf, 47
------------, course of, from Bir to Kal’at en
Nejm, 47
.------------ , from Kal’at en Nejm to the
Khâbur, 47 to 49
,------------, from the Khâbur toWerdi, 52
------------------ , from Werdi to A’nâh, 52
------------ , from A’nah to Hadisah, 53
------------------, from Hadisah to Hit, 54
------------------, from Hit to Felujah, 54
— -------------, from Felujah to Makdam, 55
(note)
------, from Makdam to Musseyib,
56
------------------, from Musseyib to Hillâh and
Babel, 57
----------------- , from Hillâh to Diwâniyah, 58
------------------, from Diwâniyah to Lamlûm,
58
------------------, from Lamlum to A1 Khudhr,
59
----------------- to Karayem and A1 Khudhr,
59
and where held, 664
■ , from A1 Khudhr to Sheikh
el Shuyukh, 59
------------ , from Sheïkh el Shuyukh to
Kurnah, 60
------------, below Kurnah to Basrah, 60
----------- , Shatt el ’Arab and Kerak, 60
, flooding, &c., of, 61
, table of rise and fall of, 61, 62
, velocity, discharge, &c., of, 62
| Kârun enters the, 61
----- , re-opening of its navigation, 447
, route, time of Queen Elizabeth, by
the, 652
Euremedon, or Kapri-su (in Tekéh), 338
Europus, city (of Media Magna), 218
Eusofzyes, tribe (of Afghâns), 176
Evarchus, river (of Paphlagonia), 331
Ezion Geber, or Ailah, ruins of, 596
Ezra, tomb of (on the Tigris), 38
, ruins (in E l Loehf valley), 506
Fahil, island (near Maskat), 642
Faïd, town (in Jebel Shammar), 628
Faïdja, ’Aïn El, tributary of the river Bar-
rada, 502
Faili, branch of the Lurs, 206, 250, 251
612
Fakkra, or Mezza, pyramids (border of the
Kesruan), 472, 473
Famagosta, plain (in Cyprus), 457
, sanják and city (of Cyprus), 459
Famieh (Apamea), in Syria, 522
Farah, El, village (in "Wadi Dowasir), 632
•, province (of Herat), 164
, capital of the Núr-zayí country, 164
Farr-ar-rúd, tributary of the Hélmand, 77,
164
, valley of, 164, 168
Fárs, capital of, 73
, Duhistans of, 80
, Pars or Farsístán, position and features
of, 207, 208
— —, or ancient Persia, limits of, 210
Farsa-Gerd possibly Pasagarda, 2 10
Farsan, island (in the Red Sea) and Grotto
- of Pearls, 611
Seggeer, island (in the Red Sea), 571
Kebir (in the Red Sea), 571
Farsang, 18f to a degree, 254 (note)
Farsey, island (in the Persian Gulf), 569
Farsístán, features of, 208
Fartash, 9ape (on the south coast of Arabia),
570
Faryab or Otrar, district taxes of, 258
Fasa, town of Fárs, 209
Fat-h ’Ali Sháh, king of Persia, 248
Fatima, tomb of (in the town of Kom), 213
Fatsa, port (on the Black Sea), 307
Faustinopolis, ruins (on the Cydnus), 298
Favil, town in Kaukeban (district of Yemen),
616 Feheis, ruined city (in Jebel El Belka),
517 Feláhíyah, or Dorák, town (of Khúzistán),
199
Feleteh, town (of Omán), 644
Felahs (peasants), 554
Felix, Arabia, derivation of the name, 656
Felluh, Jebel, mountains (in Omán), 640
Felujah, castle (on the lower Euphrates), 33,
54
Fenik, peninsula of, on the Tigris, 19
Ferahád, Tágh and grottoes of (near the
valley of Amásíyah), 287
Ferashbund (pass in Fárs), 207
Fereysh, plain (S. E. of Medina), 600
Fergánah, district, taxes of, 259
Fetti-Ali Khan, 139
Fhaidagara, nor Phaitazan (district of Armenia),
10 2
Fililein, peak (near Niksar), 287
Filiyas, town and remains of (in Bólí district),
321, 323
— - , river or Billacrop, 321
Firdeh, tax (on property), 55§
Fíróz-ábád (town of Fárs), 208, 209
Fírúz (turquoise), 76
Fish of Arabia, 589, 590