Larnika, plain of, 457
, town, commercial port of Cyprus, description
of, 459
, climate of, 460
Latania, now Khandak (in Boli district),
S23
Latona, site of the temple of (below Xan-
thus), 341
Lazii, people (of Tar&buzun district), 306,
307
Lazistan, district (of Tarabuzun), 306, 307
Lebanon, mountains, 387, 465
-----, cedars of, 387
Lebben (preparation of milk), 372, 672
Lebudeans, section (of Assyrians), 542
Ledja, district (Damascus pashalik), (part of
the Haouran), 504
Leet, or Liht, town and harbour (in Te-
liameh), 610
Left, village (in the Haschid-el-Bekil), 616
Legchoom (district of Mingrelia), 149
Leihun, village ('on the Berdizawi river),
23
Leikosia, or Nikosia, in Cyprus, description
of, 459
St. Sophia church, in, 459
Lekhoura, affluent (of the Kur), 155
Lelin Tagh (in Aleppo district), 407
Lenkoran, town (capital of Talish), 139
Leontes, river or Nahr-el-Litani and Kasi-
miyeh, 388, 398
Letra, or Leucotra, site of (near Nikosia,
in Cyprus), 459
Leucae (now Lefke, in Kojah-ili)* 323
Levisey, town (in Mentesha), 341
Leyle, village (of Afladj, district of Nedjd),
633
Lezgi, tribe (of the Caucasus), 158
■------, tongue (a Tartar dialect), 135
Lezgistan, province (of the Caucasus), 158
Liaja (affluent of the Kur), 155
Libyssa, now Herakat (town of Kojah-ili),
324
Liht, or Leet, town and harbour (in Te-
hameh), 610
Limasol, or E l Nimasoun (in Cyprus), description
of, 458
, old, the site of the Phoenician Amathus,
458
Limosa, plain (Cyprus), 457
Limyra, swamps (in Lycia), 358
Litani, Nar-el-, or Leontes (in Saide district),
398
Liyari, port and town (of Lus, in Mekran),
180
Locust-eater ( Turdus roseus), the “ smur-
mur” of the Syrians, 443
Locusts, mode of dressing and cooking them
in Arabia, 589, 672
Loehf, valley (part of the Haouran), 506
Logurk, river (affluent of the Kabul river),
170
Lohayah Kasabah, 611
i country (between Lohayah and Hodeida),
612 '
Lorah, river (tributary of the Hdlmand),
167
Lort, plain (on the Kerkhah river), 194
Lory, plain (in Shuragel district), 152
Lowa, plain (in the Haouran), 503
Lubban, valley (in Samaria), 488
Ludam, El, village (in Wadi Dowaser)
(Nedjd), 633
Ludd, part of a melkana or appanage of the
Sultán, 486
, or Lydda (once Diospolis), 492
Luluwah, table-land (near San’á), 621
Lundye, river (tributary of the Kábul),
170
Luri-Buzurg, district (of Luristan), 206
—-—, tribe of, or Baktiyárí, 250
Luri-Kuchuk (district of Luristan), 206
tribes of, 250
Luristán, province, extent, &c., of, 205
------------, features of, 205¡
----------—, population of, 206
Lus, or Lussa,' district (part of Mekrán),
179
Lusbah, the lower portion of the Jeráhi
river, 20 1
, the, a khdr or inlet of Khiizistan, 192
Luwa, town of (Batna district, in ’Omán),
644
Lycaonia, temperature of, 361
Lycia, ancient government of, 342
, climate of, 359
Lycian inscriptions, 342
architecture, 343
Lycians, language of the, 343
-— -, their origin, 343
-, the, had several names, 343
, customs of the, 344
, history of the, 344
, from Lud, 344
Lycoperdon, wild potato of Syria, 442
, abundant at Baghdád, 442 (note)
Lycus, river of Assyria Proper, 120
, river (of Asia Minor), or Char Shambah
sú, 294,295
, or Kilij, river (in Boli district), 322
, or Nahr-el-Kelb (Dog river), 466
Lydia, 309, 310, 311
Proper, 310, 311
Lylan, a tract, madder there cultivated (in
Azerbaiján), 219
Maakbouk, a kind of dough ball given to
camels, 581
Maad-be-Jebel (in San’á district), 619
Mawer-ab-Nacher (in Sogdiana), 173
, territory, taxes of, 259
Maaz, ruined town (eastern side of Jebel
Haouran), 508
Maccaddes, Beit-el-, or Holy House of the
Múhammedáns (at Jerusalem), 151
Macedonian greyhound, 536
Macestus, valley of (in Kirmiyán eyalet),
332
Macphela, field of (near Hebron), 494
Macrocephali, people (near Ophis), 276
Macrones, tribe (near Tarábuziín), 276.
Macropogenes, tribe (near Tarábuzun), 276
Madai, or Media (the country of the Arii),
140,141
Madai, change of locality, 141
Madeba, ruins (in El Belka), 516
Ma’den Gol, lake (on the western branch of
the Jaihan), 298, 299
Gomish, lead, silver, antimony, and
iron found at, 75 (note)
Tschaldar, or Ehodius, river (of
Bighah); 315
Mader-i-Suleiman, tomb of Cyrus (plain of
Morgaub), 209
Madresehs (colleges), 433
Maeander, ancient, river (now the Buyuk
Mendereh), 296
—■— sources of, 296
valley of, 333
climate in the vicinity of, 358
Mseonian plains (in Lydia Proper)* 310
Megne (in Lydia Proper), 311
Maghna (in Jaffea, district of Yemen); 635
Magi (in Media Magna), 218
, tenets of, 85, 87
Magne-ad-Sipylum (in Lydia), 311
Magog, or ruins of Ninus Vetus (once Bam-
byce and Hierapolis, now Munbedj in
Aleppo district), 420
Mahadelis or Molockadis, their tenets similar
to those of the Magi, 87
Mahama, tribe (on the Pirate coast), 646
Maharag, town (of Bahrein), 647
Maherry of Africa, “ hajin” in Arabia, “ hur-
kary” of Asia, and the “ dromedary” of
Scripture, 583
Mahmah KMtun, affluent (of the Frat), 41
Mahmud the Sultan’s tomb, 170
Mahrah, district, excellent camels of, 584
, camels of, fed on dried fish, 584
:, limits &c., of, 638
Maidani (the plain), district (of Kohistan),
183
Majusi, or Gdor Yazdi (pagans of Fran), 88
Makala, ruins (in Tarabuzun district), 307
Makallah, cape (south coast of Arabia), 570
, port, description of, 636.
---- , caravan route from, 637
Makam-es-Shafey (in Beit Ullah, Mekkah),
605
Makams, or places of prayer (at Mekkah),
605
Makerah, village (in Tehameh), 611
Makiniyat, village (of Jailan, in ’Oman),
642
, village and castle of, 644
------------, once a town, 644
Makral, port (in Tarabuzun district), 307
Makri, gulf (Moola p&shalik), 340
Mai Amir, or Eidij (in Khiizistan), 206
Malatiyah, plain, 271
, or Melitene, town (on the Euphrates),
44, 68, 111, 272
——■, pashalik, extent, &c., of, 300, 303
Malik, or Sheik-el-Kebir, choice of, 674
Maloula, village (Aleppo district), 415
Mambar, pulpit of the Ka’ba (at Mekkah),
604
Mamilitia, district (of Colchis)* 275
Manama, chief town (of Aval, or Bahrein
island), 647
Manasse, river (in Dâghestân), 134
Mandelyah, gulf (Moola pâshâlik), 340
Manekeye, one of the noble breeds of Ara
horses, 585
Manfouah, town and village (in Nedjd),
631
Mângerrah, hills (in Khiizistan), 196
Manish-chai (tributary of the Saihun), 298*
299
Maniyas,ror Miletopolis, lake (in Boli district),
322
Manjanik, fire-temples and ruins of (in
Khiizistan), 206
Manna (in Turkish “ kudret halvassiz”),
123
---- , how collected, 123, 124
, an article of food, 123, 124
-----, of Arabia, 590
Manser, or Manisa (Magnesia), (in Sârii
Khan), 310, 311
Manufactures, trades, &c., of the Arabs,
693
Mar Djordjos, convent (in Tripoli district);
451
Marâghah, town of, and population (in
Azerbaijan), 220
Maraldji, peak (in Erivan province), 146
Maran, plain of (S.W. of Kangawar), 193
Mar’ash, pashalik, position, &c., of, 350
, mountains and rivers of, 350
—-—, citÿ, description of, 351
, called Kermania, also Germanicia,
351
, to ’Ain-tab, route from, 35i
, to Sis, 351
——, pashalik, comparative geography of,
352
people of, 352
Marathesiume, ancient site on the coast of.
Ionia, 311
Marcellinus, Ammianus, his character of
the Arabs, 696
Mardi, people (of Media Magna), 83, à l8
Mârdm, or Baarem mountains, 104, 106
, city of, 107, 111
Mardouffs, camels carrying two armed men,
685
Mâreb, ancient capital of Belâd-el-Jof, 624
, dike of, or Sitte Mareb, 624, 666
Mar Elias, convent and grotto (on Mount
Carmel), 482
, convent, near Deïr-el-Kammar, 470
Margh-ab, river (in Margiana), 173
Margiana, province, or “ Jezelbas” (Green
Head), 173
— —, limits &c., of, 173
, people (of Media Magna), 218
Mar Hannan (tributary of the Zâb), 23
Markàb, town and defences (in Tripoli district),
452
Marmarass, harbour (in Moola gulf ), 340
Maronite (district of the Kesruan), 547
• * ecclesiastical capital, 547
Maronites in Syria, social state of, 547
, number of, 558
Marsuvan, district and town (near thé
Halys), 301