Marsuvan, silver, copper, and salt mines of,
301
Marsyas, or Catarractes, affluent (of the
Mseander), 296
s , Cheena-chai, 340
Martan and Kartan, Kuria Muria Islands,
638 {note)
^iartkoby, river, tributary (of the river
Cyrus), 10
Marundse, people (of Media Magna), 218
Marvarid (a pearl), 76
Mary, the Virgin, tomb of (at Jerusalem),
496
Maryandyni, ancient province (near the
Sakariyah), 323
Masindan, district, taxes of, 260
Masius, Mount (in Mesopotamia), 16, 17
, height &c., of, 71
. belongs to the Gordisei Mountains, 72
Masjid, ’Ali (in the Khybur pass), 171
Masjidi Sulei’mani, Buzurg (in Khuzistdn),
197, 206
Maskat, also Meskiet, description of, 642 • , houses, streets, &c., of, 643
, high temperature of, 578
, probably the same as Moscha Portus
in the Hadramitae, 644
Massicytus, or Aktar Tagh (in Moola
pashalik), 340
Mast (coagulated milk), 241
Masula, mountains (part of the northern
branch of the Taurus), 73
, chain, western branch (in Azerbaijan),
191
Medicine and surgery of the Arabs, 691,
692
Medinah, pilgrimage of, 86, 688
Medina-el-Neby (once Yatreb), description
of, 598
, defences and population of, 599
Medjaddan, village (in El Lowa), 504
Medjouda, river (of Kartelmia), 155
Medledj Arabs (in El Ledja), 504
Megiddo (on the plain of Esdraelon), 463
Mehallet-el-Hatatbeh (in Wadi Dowaser),
(Nedjd), 632
Mehrand, town (of Azerbaijan), 219
Mein (largest village in the district of
Jafa), population of, 635
Meinet Bordja, town and port (of Tripoli
district), 453
Meis, district (of Asia Minor), 339
, town (of Mentesha), 341
Mekhemeks, or courts of justice, 433
Mekkah, pilgrimages to, 42, 44, 86
, respected by the Sabeans, 1 1 2
, country near the Grand Sherifat, 602
, situation and description of, 602
, water scarce at, 603
— —, population of, 603
, canal of, 608
, climate of, 576
Mekrân, district, extent, &c„ of, 73, 178
I ------, scarcity of water in, 1 7 8
, features of, 179
, inhabitants of, 179
-, towns of, 179
, partially cultivated, 179
, or Gedrosia, 185
, ancient inhabitants of, 185
, territory, taxes of, 260
Melas, or Menavgat su (in Tekéh district),
Matiani, people (of Media Magna), 218
Mattari, third kind of coffee in Arabia, 621
Maugher-chai (in Moola pashalik), 340
Mauschid, village (near Mokha), 613
Mayeen, town (of Fars), 209
M&zaca, now Kai'sariyeh, and the Mishag
of the Armenians, 347
Mazanderan, province of, 74, 129
—, iron and native steel found in, 75
, superficies, &c., of, 217
, productions of, 217
I fishes of, 217
Mazin, village (in Dhorrah, district of
’Oman), 644
Mazura, island (near the coast of ’Oman),
640
Mechader, town (in San’a district), 619
Medajin or Modain (on the Tigris, below
Baghdad), 56
Medes, the, once the Arii, 141
----- , worshipped the planets, 141
Media, or Madia (country of the Arii), 140,
141 * ----- , change of locality, 141
—— , name of, applied to different tracts, 221
, greatest limits of, 222
—— Magna, extent &c., of, 2l7, 218
1 provinces of,-217
, ancient people of, 218
, chief cities and capital of, 218
Median Wall, the, crossing the Mesopo- >
tamia, 29, 30, 105
338
Melfrak, or Fodhein, castle (plain of the
Haouran), 512
Melihat-el-Ghazale (plain of the Haouran),
511
Melitene, or Malatiyah, town (on the Euphrates),.
44, 68, 111, 272, 352
Melons, large size of, at Bahreïn, 649
Memacenni, tribe (of Fars), 251
, from whom descended, 251
Membij, or Mumbidj, ruins of Hierapolis,
420
Menasir, tribe (on the Pirate Coast), 646
Menavgat su, or Melas (in Tekeh district),
338
Mendâjâhâ, sect, and their religion, 111, 112
, called “ Sabeans” by the Arabs, 111
-, reverence the pyramids, 1 1 2
, prayèrs of the, 1 1 2
, priests of, called “ sheiks” 1 1 2
, Chaldee language of the, 1 1 2
, supposed to be descended from Ketura,
112 , religion same as the old Sabean, 112
Mendasht, plain (in Fars), 73
Mendereh, or Simois, river (of Troy), 317
Mendomi, tribe (of Kurds), 251
Mendsjea Kârvânserâï (in San’â district
620
Menjil, town (on the Kizil Uzen), 191
Menteshâ, district of (Asia Minor), 339
Merj Arjun, range, 390
——, branch to Safet from the, 390
Ibn ’Amdr (formerly plain of Esdraelon,
description of, 462
Merj an and Besed (coral), 76
Mero or Merw-el-Rud, supposed to represent
Antiochia, once Alexandria, afterwards
Seleucia (in Margiana), 173
Merom, waters of, or El Huleh lake, 28
Mersyn, cape, or Zephyrium (coast of Asia
Minor), 457
Merw Setrijan (in Kliorâsân), tribute of,
258
Mescheylleh, village in El Afladj (district
of Nedjd), 633
Mesjid, or mosque, what constitutes a, 371
’Ali, tomb of (in Mesopotamia), 11,
245
el-Aksa (at Jerusalem), description of,
497
— ------- , ancient crypts below, 497
el-Harim (the sacred mosque), 605
en’ Neby, at Medina, description of,
599
----------- , tomb of the prophet at, 599
------------, treasure, &c., of the mosque, 600
------------------ , history of, 600
’Omar (in Medina), 599
Mesopotamia, and the Saklâwiyah canal
crossing, 33, 54
, width of, 37
, and Chaldean lake across, 38
, and the Kuthah canal, 56
-, limits and shape of, 103, 104
-——, mountains of, 104
— , description of, 104, 105
—■—, plains of, 105
, khors, and desert of, 105
, soil and climates of, 105
, sard-abs of, 106
, vegetable products of, 106, 107, 108
, grain and manufactures of, 108, 109
, commerce to Baghdad, 109
, imports of ditto, 109
, exports of ditto, 109
, population of, 114
, comparative geography, 114
-, or territory of Babel, 118
Mésoun, Belâd, or ’Oman, 640
Mespilla, or Meso-pulai (Mosul), 120
Messarea, plain (near Famagosta, in
Cyprus), 459
Messêkilites (schismatics of Arabia), 677
Messengers, Arabian, 695
Metckh, castle-(of Tiflfs), 156
Metile, village (in Wâdi Dowaser, Nedjd),
633
Mezar Osha (near Szalt), 517
Mezârluk-châï (passing through the Taurus),
356
Mezireh, plain (near Kharpüt), 271
Mezza, or Fakkra, pyramids (in the Lebanon),
473
Mharres, mountain (in San’a district), 618
Miana, town and river (of Azerbaijan),
190
, plain, 219
Midbar, a neglected tract, so called by the
Hebrews, 535
Mikhlass, or districts (of Yemen), 614
Mikris Kurds, 251
Milan-su (Hypius) in Boli district, 321
Milkian el Rum, village (in Jebel Shammar)
628
Millis Kurds, 105, 251
Minitb, plain and town (of Moghostan), 227
Minara, valley (of the Xanthus), 340
Minatzim, or astrologer, 89
Mingrelia, province of, 149
, extent and position of, 149
, population and inhabitants of, 149
, soil, climate, &c., of, 149
, produce of, 149
Mining, used by the Turks in 1570, 459
Minna, town (o f’Oman), 642
Minnow, or Mini-ab (blue-water), once the
Anamis river, also the Harmozia of
Nearchus, 227
Mirage, or Sirab (of the Desert), 572
Mirbath, port (of Hadramaut), 636
Miri, or land-tax (in Syria), 556
Mishag, or Mazaca (now Kaisariyeh), 347
Misis, ancient Mopsuesta (on the Jaihan),
299, 355
I plain of, 352
Missema, deserted town (of the Ledja), 505
Mitaulis, or Mu’tazelis, 87, 468
, where found, 546
t-—-, follow the doctrines of ’Ali, 546
, under an emir of the Harfuth family,
547
, character and social state of the, 547
, population of the, 558
Mithropastes, territory of (in Kirman), 231
Mithu, town (of Baluchistan), 182
Mitzkheta (on the river Kur), 10
Mizpeh, hills (in Judea), 392
Moab, land of, 518, 519, 655
Moatthale, B ir (enchanted well in the desert
of Ahkaf), 638
Modhar, tribe of, 630
Modomasticse, people (of Kirman), 230
Moerad, district (on the Jabok or Zerka),
521
Mofhak, coffee plantation, 621
Moghan, plain on the Aras, 9. 10 , 11, 137
Moghayr, Haj station (in the Hijaz), 597
Moghostan, Duhistan, 80
, district, appearance of, 227
, derivation of the name, 227
, chief town of, 227
-, and Laristan formed the chief part of
the Himyaritic kingdom of Hormuz, 231
Mogk’h, or Mocks (province of Armenia), 102
Moham, mount and village (of Hadramaut),
637
celebrated for precious stones, 637
Mohammarah, town (on the river Karun),
61, 94, 111, 200