Gumish Kh&nah, town, 96, 286, 307
, mines of, 275, 278
Gunah-abad, town (in Khorasan), 223
Gundar, on the western arm of the Diy&lah,
33
Gunluk su (tributary of the Murad), 43
Guran (in Sivas district), 272
Guria, province, position of, &c., 149
, extent of, 149
, soil and produce of, 149
, districts of, 149
, population and inhabitants of, 149
, religion of ditto, 150
, ranks of people in, 150
Gurun, town (on the Tokhmah su), 44, 292
Gutha, El, the district of Damascus, 522
Guttart, island (in the Persian Gulf), 569
Guzel Burj, pretty town (on the Orontes), 397 ' ■
—— hisar (in the a’yanlik of Aidin), 309
Gyndes, river (now the Diyalak), 33, 210
Habbat, fifth kind of coffee (in Yemen), 621
Habin, river (of Mushed), 224
Habis, plain and ruins of, 472
Hadad, Ben, Syrian temple to, 541
Hadhra, Ain, spring in Yemameh (district
of Nedjd), 630
Hadisah, or Hadith, island and town (on the
Euphrates), 53
Hadjar, the concealed stone (at Jerusalem),
497
Hadramaut, probably the Hazarmaveth of
Scripture, 635
— —, boundaries of, 635
, inhabitants of, 636
Hadrianopolis, site of (in Boli district), 323
Hafar, canal (from the Lower K£run), 199, 200
Hagar and Ismael’s tombs (at Mekkah),
604 1 I - H H H
Hai, canal, course and description of (in
Lower Mesopotamia), 36
Hail, town (of Jebel Shammar), 628
Haim&neh, Kurdish district (westward of
Angora), 328
Hai'mi, sixth kind of coffee (in Yemen),
621 Hait, Ain, spring of Yemameh (district of
Nedjd), 630
Ha'ivali, village (between the Upper Euphrates
and the Halys), 276
, gold found in, 276
Hajar, stream, in Yemameh (district of
Nedjd), 630
Haji, village (in Kach’h Gandavah), 182
Bektash a’yanlik (in Kir Shehr dis-
- trict), 305
Tagh (eastern side of the Halys), 290
Hamzah, town of (on the Halys), 5,
303
Hajilar, town, near lake Soghla (in Kdniyeh
eyalet), 346
Hajih, or dromedary, the third class of
camels in Arabia, 583
—— , their superiority over the ordinary
camel, 583
Hajin, called “ maherry” in Africa, and
1 hurkary” in Asia, 583
, the dromedary of Scripture, 583
----- , average speed of the, 583
, particular instances of speed, 583, 584
Hakim Kh&n, sanjak of (in Malatiyah p&-
shalik), 302
Hakkari, tribe (of Chaldeans), 120
Hak’m, a civil authority (like a mayor), 233
Hala, mountains (near the river Indus), 73,
181
Halebi, or Zelebi (on the Euphrates), description
of, 417
Hallil harbour (at the southern extremity
of the Hij&z), 610
Halus, a chief town (of Assyria Proper),
120
Halys, river, name of the, 4
, course of, 7
, southern river of, 4
, borders of, 7
, country near, 7
, valley of, 67
, source of, 96
, and land of Havilah, 267
, or Alys, the Eksios of the Armenians,
274
, divides Asia Minor, 302
Ham, seat of the descendants of, 274
Hamadan, district and city described (once
Ecbatana), 33, 212
, valley of, 2 1 2
, city and territory, taxes of, 259
Hamah, bridge of (on the Orontes), 395
Hamams, or baths, 331, 370
Hamath-Zobah, kingdom of, once Hamath
the Great, or Epiphania, 540
Hamdan, town (in the valley of Nejram),
615
Hamid, district (of Asia Minor), 337
, extent, &c., of, 337
, surface of, 337
, towns of, 337
Hammam Beth-horon, springs (eastward of
the Dead Sea), 515
Hammame Arabs, 511
Hammar, island (in the Bed Sea), 571
Hamrin, hills (on the Upper Tigris), 26
Hamzah, tombs (on the Hai canal), 36
Hanina Belt, or Bethel, valley (N.W. of
Jerusalem), 488
Hanein, valley (westward of Safet), 467
Haouran, plain of, 510
Harakah, town, once Libyssa (near the gulf
of Nicomedia), 324
Harakli (Band Eregli) (in Boli district),
323
Harand D&jel, district (between the Indus
and Kach’h G&ndavah), 180,183
, chief town of, 183
, plain of, 186
Hararah, village in Afladj (the district of
Nedjd), 633
Harem, or Hardm Khan ah, 242, 367
Hargose, island (in the Persian Gulf), 569
Harharas, stream on the eastern branch of
the Jer&hi, 202
Harharas, source of the Araxes river, 8
Harim esh Sherif (the noble sanctuary of
Jerusalem), 497
Harmattan of Guinea, called “ simoom” or
“ samm” in Arabia, 578
Harmeh, village in Sedeir (district of
Nedjd), 628
Harmish, island (in the Red Sea), 571
Harmozia, river, or Anamis (now the Minnow
or Mina-ab, in Mesopotamia), 227
Harmozonte, capital of the Himyaritic kingdom
(in Kirrnin district), 231
Harpasus, or Arpah CM’i (tributary of the
Aras), 8, 9
Harrad, village (in Abu Arisch), 611
Harradja, village (in Senhan district), 615
Harran and source of the Belik river, 48
temperature of, 106,107
, Carrhae, or Charan, 114,115
, city of the Sabeans, 112, 115
, supposed burial-place of Seth, 112
, Jebel, and coffee plantations (in San’a
district), 621
Harrasi, fourth kind of coffee (in Arabia),
621
Harrat-et-te-Jear, village and suburbs (of
Gaza), 493
Haryk, El, in Nedjd, 632
Hasan, Beni, tribe (of Hadramaut), 637
-------------Abu, tribe (in Jailan), 642
Chelebi, sanjak (of Malatiyah pasMlik),
302 . '
Kal’eh, town (on the Aras), 1 1 , 68
O’ghlan (in Angora district), 329
Patrick, sanjak (of Malatiyah pashalik),
302
■ Tagh (eastward of Tuz Goli lake),
290, 291
Haschid-el-Bekil, or Kobail, district (of
Yemen),' 615
Hasibiyah, town (of the Anti-Lebanon),
393, 399
Hasik, district (opposite the Kuria Muria
Islands), 638
Hasiki (one of the Kuria Muria Islands),
638,639*
Hasnawi, tributary of the Mygdonius (in
Mesopotamia), 50
, its bifurcation, 50
Hassemania (on the ltarun), 198
Haterhiat of Soghd, taxes of, 259
Hatim Tai, liberality of, 663
Haud, village (in Kobail district), 616
Haush, a defensible village in the Haouran,
&c., description of, 505
Hautemey Arabs (of the Hijaz), 597
Havilah, son of Joktan, 280
• , great grandson of Shem, and countries
occupied by his descendants, 280
, grandson of Ham, and countries occupied
by his descendants, 280
, the supposed land of, 267
, or Chavilah (Colchis), 275
, ancient name of the district, 275
——, people of, 275
Hawizah, town on the river Kerkhah, 38,
60, 195
Hawizah, Khor at, 192
Hazeir ’Ain, possibly ancient Jazer, 517
Hazir-sfi (tributary of the Assyrian Khabfir), 20
Hebesch-el-Belad or Hijaz, 596
Hebrews still found in Syria, 545
, their condition and number, 545, 546
, language partly derived from the
Western Aramaic, 83
Hebron, ridges of (in Judea), 392
, description of, 493
, mosque of, described, 494
, or Kirjath-arba, 495
, history of, 495
Hecatompylos (capital of Parthia), 225
Hedia, village (near Medina), 598
He’is, capital of Ossab (district of San’&), 620
Hejil, or common anklet, 671
Hejnadeh, district, taxes of, 259
Heliopolis, now Ba’albek, 474,475
Hellaniyah, one of the Kuria Muria Islands,
638
, huts, &c., description of, 639
Helmand and tributaries (Afghanistan), 77,
166
, valley of and country near, 167
Helmandrus or Etymandrus, river (of Afghanistan),
168
Henadi, Arabs (borders of the Aleppo p&sha-
lik), 436
Heptaporos or Khalifatli-Asmak, river (of
the Troad), 317
Heraclea Pontica (in Boli district), 323
Heraclius declares himself a vassal of Russia,
and its consequences, 129,130
Herat, valley and city of, 74
, kingdom, once eastern Khorasan, 163
, extent of, 163
———, valley, fertility of, 165
— , city, described, 165
, called the port, 165
, district, once Ery or Hery, also Arii
(part of the Paropamisadae), 165
, City, supposed to be Artacoana or Alexandria
in Ariis, 166
, province, taxes of, 258
Hermas, affluent (of the Mesopotamian Kha-
bur), 50
Hermon the Great, or Jebel-esh-Sheik (part
of Anti-Lebanon), 393, 398, 464
—— the Little, or Jebel-ed-Duhy (southward
of Mount Tabor), 391
Hermus, valley and river (washing the district
of Aidin and Sard Khan), 310, 333
Herod’s palace, remains of (at Sufurieh in
Galilee), 463
Hery, or Ery, once Arii (in the Herat district),
165
Hesbon, or Husban, ruins of (in Belad-el-
Belka), 516
Hetzerdara, or a thousand mountains (near
Bei’bahan), 73
Heusn Nieha temples and other remains
(N.W. of Zahle), 472
Hiddekel or Diglah, 13 »
Hierapolis, now Pambuk Kal’eh (in Kermi-
yan eyalet), 335