Jaghatií sú (in Azerbaijan), 219
Jaghi Tágb, or mountain of flowers, 270
, source of the Murad, 270
, fertility of, 270
, second Paradise, 270
Jaidar, plain (on the river Kerkhah), 194
Jai'hán, river (of Cilicia), 292, 352
, rise and course of, 299
, eastern branch, rise and course of, 300
Jailan, district (of Omán), 641
Jakhjakhah, principle affluent of the Mesopotamian
Khábtír, 49, 51
Ja lad (in El Belka), 516
and Jelaloud (near Es Szalt), 516
Jam, town (in Sahan, a district of Yemen),
615
Jamasp, the astrologer, 89
Jámi’, distinguished from other mosques,
371 ' N
, Ibráhim (plain of Arafat), 607
Japhet, or Safet, town, probably Bethulia
and Jotapata, 479, 480
Jara, Jebel (Zohrán district of Heijáz), 610
Jarem, town (in Fárs), 209
Jarmuk, or Hieromiace, river, 401, 507
, now Sheriat-el-Mandhier, 507
.----- , valley of, 513
Jarun pass (in Fárs), 207
Jask, cape, near the entrance of the Persian
Gulf, 73
Jass, a tribe of the Kurdistán, 128
, population of, 250
Jaurs, or Kafirs, migration to Kirmán, 85
Jaw, or Jawa, district and principal town
(of Yemameh), 630 .
Jawásimí, tribe (on the Persian Gulf), 646
Jáwtír, mountains and passage of the Záb, 22
(in Kurdistán), 23,122
, Tágh, 384
Jaxartes, river (of Asia), 161
Jazer, ancient, probable site of (at Ain
Hazeir), 517
I land of, probably Jebel-el-Belka, or
Persea Proper, 515
Jebaleh, or Jebb (in San’á district), 618
Jebel Jambush (coast of Arabia), 565
Jelád (Mount Gilead), and rums of,
393
júdí, and pass of Xenophon (near the
Tigris), 19, 70, 104 .
.___ el Jusche (branch from the Anti-/
Lebanon), 501
Kaiserék, 385 . . , .
Jebeliyah (one of the Kuria Muna islands),
638 x x *
Jebili, remains (Gabala), on the coast or
Tripoli, 452
Jebusites (in Syria), 539
Jedeyde, pass (S.E. of Medina), 600
Jeghetii, river (of Persia), 77
Jehosophat, tomb and valley (at Jerusalem),
496
Jelaloud (in El Belka), 516
Jelbon, ancient Gilboa (border of Samaria),
462
Jelilawend, a subdivision of the Lak tribe, j
250
I Jemest (amethyst), 76
Jenin, or Ginea (in Samaria), 478,489
, valley, 489
Jeraf, town and suburbs (of San’a), 623
Jerahi, river (of Khuzistdn), 200
, course below Bei’bahoun, 200
, river, becomes navigable, 201
, canals to Dorak, 201
, communication with the K&riin, 201
, reed bridges, or dykes of the, 201
— below Dorfik, 201
: rr - the Adunam, 205
Jerash, or Djerash, ancient Gerasa (ruin
in the Decapolis), 514
Jereed, exercise of, 244
Jeremiah, grotto of (near Jerusalem), 498
Jerga, or Afghan council, 175
Jerib, a measure of land, 254 (note) .
, value of, 255
Jerina and catacombs, the supposed site of
Cerenia (in Cyprus), 458
Jerood, hamlets, 522
——, village (in the Wilderness of Palmyra),
580
Jerusalem, description of, 496
, Bezetha, quarter of, 497
, Akra, quarter of, 497
, Greek and Coptic convents, 497
, Armenian convents at, 498
, Castle of David at, 498
, Gate of Sion at, 492
, population of, 498
, ancient walls and circumference of,
499
, ancient history of, 499
, ancient names of, 499
taken by Salah-ed-din, 500
Jews in Syria, condition and number of,
545, 546
, dispersions of, 545
Jezi (the oynx), 76
Jezireh-ibn-’Omar, town and island (on the
Tigris), 19, 111
, ancient ruins of, 19
Jezreel, mountains (plain of Esdraelon), 391
—— , or Zer’in (plain of Esdraelon), 478
J ’halawan, district of Baluchistan, 181
, climate and soil of, 181
, chief town of, 182
, districts of, 182
abundance of water at, 182
, appearance of, 182
Jibbah, island of (on the Upper Euphrates),
111
Jibrin, Beit, or Betogabris, once Eleutheo-
poljs (in Judea), 492
Jiddah, town of, description of, 606
«, trade, population, etc., of, 607
large gun at, 606
, customs at, 607
Jiljamah, village (on the Sajur), 419
Jiozeh hills, or Azmir Tagh (in Kurdistan),
70 Jiraf, plain (near San’6), 616
Jisr, Bdghii.(near the Lebanon), 398
, slope of the country southward from,
Jof-es-Syrhan (in Nedjd), 627
Jomiah, village and lakes (in El Ah’sa), 650
Jonas’ pillars (Sakdl-tdtan), near Iskende-
riin, 408
Joppa, or Yafa, the port of Jerusalem, 490
, also Jaffa, history and description of,
491
—:—, ancient names of, 492
Jorak, or Acampsis river, 12
, probably the Bathys of Pliny, 12
Jordan, valley of the, description of, 394,401
, Eastern, or Nahr el Banias, source
and course of, 399
■, Lesser, or Dhan river, 399
, Upper, called Orden, or Urdun, afterwards
Sheriat-el-Kebir, 400
, Nahr Hasibiyah, the most northern
branch of, 399
, below Jisr Beni Yakoub, 400
, course of the river,' 401
, level of the basm of the, and Red Sea,
404
, flooding of the, 405
Ladik, lake (in Koniyeh eyalet), 348
Jorjan, district, taxes of, 257
Joseph’s tomb (near Nabulus), 490
Jotapata, now Safet, probably once Bethu-
liah, 479, 480I
Joubah, island (in the Red Sea), 570
Jozan, or Gezan, harbour (in Tehameh) ,611
llllg-, salt springs of, 611
Jubeil, district, or Gebal (part of Tripoli
district), 453
Judah, stream (in Yemameh district), 630
Judea, surface of, 488
, people half nomadic, 488
, sterile appearance of, 488
■----- , ancient sites in, 489
Judi Tagh, or Buhtan Tagh (in Taurus
Proper), 41, 70
Julamerick, capital of the Kaldani, 19, 23, 120
, copper at, 75
, capital of the fourth division of Kurdistan,
120
, range of mountains, 12 2
Julfa (suburbs of Ispahan), 214
, one of the noble breed of horses in
Arabia, 585
Jun, village of (in the Druse Mountains),
470
Jurimaran, a’yanlik (in Kastamuni), 330
Jurisprudence of the Arabs, 676
Kaas Ova (west of Tokat), 295 •
Ka’ba, at Mekka, 603
, rich curtain, called “ kessoua,” encircling
the, 604
, tradition concerning the building,
604
——, supposed tombs of Hagar and Ishmiel,
in the, 604
, the Myzab, or golden water spout of
the, 604
, makams, or places of prayer of the, 604
, mambar, or pulpit of the, 604
Ka’ba, well of Zemzem, &c., of the, 604
— court of the mosque, 605
— —, illumination of the building, 605
■■■■ ■■■■■., Makam-es-Shafey, or upper chamber
of the, 605
,------, Divine Service in the, 605
, profanation of the, 605
(the second), at the village of Nejran
(borders of Yemen), 615
Kabarda (district of the Caucasus), 159
, defences of, 159
Kaboular-cM’i (in Kastamuni)» 328
Kabr Hairan (near lake Huleh), 390
Kabul, range, 74
—:—, district and boundaries of, 170
, river and its affluents, 170
—, city and country of, 171
, district, superficies of, 187
», population of, 187
, territory, taxes of, 259
Kach’h Gandavah district, 182
, position and extent of, 182
—<—, streams of, 182
, towns of, 182
-, features of, 182
, products of, 182
, plain of, 186
Kadf-Keui, town (in Kojah-ili district), 321
, site of ancient Chalcedon, 324
Kadisiyeh, ruins (on the Upper Tigris), 29
Kadita, town (N. W. of Safet), 390
, hills, of volcanic form, near, 390
Kaff, town (in Khorasan), 223
Kafilan Koh (in ’Irak Aijemi), 189
igg§pi|m Azerbaijan), 219
Kafirs, or Jaurs, migrate to Kirman, 85
Kahfa, village (in Jebel Shammar), 628
Kahristaun, village (in Laristan), 228
Kahwe, or Keshr (a beverage of Yemen),
622
Kahwet Arafat, village (near Mekka), 608
Illlyf* Kora, mountain (near Mekka), 608
Kai’fa, or Ka’ipha, probably Ephah (foot of
Carmel), 464, 482
Kaik (a Turkish wherry), 327
Kailiuns (pipes used in Persia), 241
Kaim, or Albadeia (on the Tigris), 28, 30
Kai'mak (clouted cream), 372 and note
Kaimurs, a sect of free-thinkers (in Persia),
87 Kaisar, district (of Asia Minor), 347
Kaisariyeh, or Kaisar, district, 290, 347
vaivodehlik, 344, 345
, city, once Mazaca, 347
, description of, 347, 348
, or Gath, once Caesarea Palestina, 481
Kaiserek Jebel, 385
Kaisha-su (tributary of the Jaihan), 300
Kajars, tribe (in Persia), 250
, strength of, 250
Kaka, hill (in Mesopotamia), 105
K&khtah, district and town (in the Taurus),
350
Kaktan and his sons settled in Yemen, 656
Kaktan’s descendants, or Arab-el-Araba
(Appendix) .