Bás-al-’ain, source of the Araxes (in Mesopotamia,
49, 111
Bashan, Nahr, affluent(of the Tripoli river),
450
Basheia, and source of the Nahr-el-Berde,
tributary (of the river Barrada), 502
Bashil, village (on the Kersm river), 418
Bassass, Om-el-, ruins of, 515
' Basses, sultán of, in Jaffea, district (of
Arabia), 685
Bathan, canal (from the ’Adhim river), 30
Bausháníyah sect, the, believe in transmigration,
88
Bawa, on the Euphrátes (just above ’Anáh),
52, 111
Bawi, or travelling historian (in Arabia),
663
Bayáhs, subjects (not Muslims), 556
, condition of, 556
Bazir and its thirty-three villages (in the
Kesruan), 466
Bebecca, well of (near Háran), 115
Beccan, BáS, Persian Gulf, 568, 570
Becem of the Arabs, or Arecem, or Petra
and Sela of the Hebrews, 655, 656
Bechabites, remains of, in the Khiebar district
of Hijáz, 598
Bedcliff pass compared to Dove Dale (in
Derbyshire), 428
Bed Sea, the winds of, 571
, trade of, 571
Befecks (associates in a caravan), 686
Behavend, tribe (of Kurds), 251
Beiha, town (in Aleppo district), 411
Bejid, Muhammad Páshá’s road from Tará-
buzun to Sívás, 308
Berna, mount (a peak of the great chain of
Arabia), 564
Bemtha, possibly Amathus (in the plain of
the Haouran), 511, 512
Besen, now Nimrúd, or Ashur, 22, 119,120 I
Beshid Miíhammed Páshá’s road fromTará-
buzún to Sívás, 307
Bessafa, El, ruins (between Palmyra and
Thapsacus), 418
Bhaabeni, ancient people (of Arabia), 656
Bhaeplutse, in Arachosia, 169
Bhagcea, ancient city (of Parthia), 225
Bhajoun, ruins (near the Jeráhí), 200, 203
Bhion, river (in Imeritia), 149
Bhoara, ancient city (of Parthia), 225
BhodiuS, or Maden Tschaldar (river of
Bighah), 315
Bhosus, mount (gulf of Iskenderun), 385,
386, 409
Bhyndacus, or Edrenos river (separating
Bithynia and|Mysia), 332
—— valley of, 333
Biblah (borders of Israel), 540
Bíjáb, glen (on the Abi Hoi wan river), 34
Bima-el-Loehf, 505
Bimmon and Ben Hadad, temples of (in |
Syria), 541
Biyám, Beni, tribe (of ’Oman), 642
Biza, district (of Tarábuzún), 306, 307
, people of, 306,307
Boach, valley (in 'Irak Ajemf), 212
Boba-el-Kháli, quicksand in, 574
Boba-el-Kháli, desert in, 632
——, or the empty abode, 634
Bobbia, Amer, village, 651
Bodali, town (near San’á), 623
Bodda, district (in Yemen), 619
Bodsje, Beit (capital of Khaulan), 619
Boghafa, town (in Sahan district), 615
Bosták (once the capital of Batna), 644 ' ”
Boumiss, or Bám Hormuz (in Susiana), 200
Bousse, Boulakh, river (in Dághestán), 133
Boute from ’Aîn Tamr to Basrah, 265
—-— along the mountains to Ahwáz and
Fárs, 264
from Aleppo to the frontiers of Syria,
263
from Adalia to Kútáhiyah, 364
from Amásíyah to Tókát and Sívás,
364
from Azerbaijan to Armenia, 262
from ’Ain-táb and Mar’ash to Kaïsariyeh,
363
—— from Baghdád to Basrah, 263
-------------to Khorásán, 261
■----------- to Mekkah, 262
-*------— to the Maghrib, 264
;— to Bakkah, 264*
from Beled to Sinjár, 265
from Basrah to ’Omán, 263
(ancient), from Beræa by the Caspian
Sea, &c., 652
-—- from Horns to Damascus, 263
from Istakhr to 'Sirhán in Kirmán,
264
from Kúfah to Damascus, 263
from Keléndri to Mout and Kóniyeh,
264
from Mesopotamia to thé sea coast
near Yáfá, 263
(ancient), Persian Gulf, through
Arabia, and by Kirjath-arba into Egypt,
651
s , from Phoenicia, through Heliopolis,
Tadmor, and Zenobia, into Assyria,
652
Bakkah to Horns, 263
p|— Samarrá to Deskerah, 262
----------- to Wásit, 263
— to Tokharistán, 261, 262
from Suk-el-Ahwáz to Pars, 264
from Sívás to Armenia, 364
------------to Persia, 364
------------to Kurdistan, 364
------------to Syria and Mesopotamia, 364
*— ——- (ancient), from Syria to Mareb
and Saba, 651
Bowánduz, town, 24, 110, 120
— , peak, 122
Bowar, village (in El Sedeir, district of
Nedjd), 629
Buad, island (opposite TortoSa), 451
Búdbár, pass (in the Masula mountains), 72
, ruins in Khiízistán, 203
Budkhonick-Shir, branch (of the river Tab),
202 ,
Budkhouch Kerdistán, or Kurdistán, chief
branch (of the river Jeráhí), 200
Buffin, second town (of Aval Island, Bahrein),
647
Buin and Khawaresm, taxes of, 259
Bukhama,a large bird, not yet described, 588
Bum-ili-Hisar (European castle), 325, 326
Btim Kal’ah, town and castle (on the Upper
Euphrates), 46, 96, 111
Bunnam (the Bedawin sheep), 443
Bustams, country (on the lower H&mand),
168
, fort of, or Copee Zur, (on Lake Durra
or Zarrah), 168
Saade, or Sa’det, the capital of Sahan (district
of Yemen), 615
, manufacturers of leather at, 615
Sa’ah, village (in Hadramaiit), 637
Saba, son of Seth, 112
, ancient caravan, route of, 651
, ben-Yashab-ben-Yarab, founded Sabe
Begia (in Yemen), 625
Sabte, or Kesker district, taxes of, 256
Sabaism, became general in Arabia, 662
Sabakkah, lake (in Aleppo district), 415
Saban Chilah, iflani (in Kastamuni), 329
Sabanjah-gol (Sophhon), eastward of Ismid,
322
Sabayah, district of, in Abii Arisch (Teha-
meh), 611
Sabbath of the Arab, 677
Sabeans, the Syrians of Ben Chunah, 112
—I—, Harim, city of the, 115
, ancient, some remains found in Yemen
of the manners, &c., of the, 625
Sabe Begia, city, founded by Saba-ben-
Yashab-ben-Yarab, 624
, salubrity of, 624
, idiocy said to be cured by going to,
624
Sabla, castle and ruins (on the river K&run),
199
Saboni (Arabian emerald), 76
Sabzah, castle, at the foot of Ban el Dhah
(mount, in Jebel Shammar), 628
Sad Behmen, district, taxes of, 256
Sa’det, town, in the district of Sahan (in
Yemen), 620
Sad-Hormiz, district, taxes of, 256
Sadikbad, district, taxes of, 256
Safet, or Japhet, 479
, probably Jotapata and Bethuliah, 479,
480
Sagalessus, ancient city (in Hamid district)
337
Saghanlou, mountain, and source of the river
Kur, 10
Sahan, district (of Yemen), 615
Sahara Dawater, plain (in Fars), 208
Laeshter, plain (in Fars), 208
Sahrai-Lur, plain, 196
Sahund, mountains (eastward of Lake Uru-
meyah), 189
Saidd, or Sidon, position of, 469
- ..... , antiquities of, 470
Sai’de, or ’Akka, pashalik, position of, 461
, western side, in two portions, 461
, climate of, 534
Saids, or Sayyids (descendants of the prophet),
86 (note)
Saihdn, river, head waters of (in the Anti-
Taurus), 292
, or Sarus, or Cydnus, course of, 297,
298, 352
Saittae, ruins (at Sidds Kaleh), 335
Sajur, tributary of the Euphrates (in Aleppo
p&sh&lik), 47, 418, 419, 421
Sakal-tutdn, pass, 409
, or Jonas’ pillars, 408
Sakariyah, or Sangarius, river (flowing from
Angora district to the Black Sea), 294,
295
Sakl&wiyah, or Isa, canal, 30, 321, 33
, crossing Mesopotamia, 54
Saklawye, noble breed of the Arabian horse,
585
Salakat, or Saurim, ch&i (affluent of the
Jaihan), 298, 299
Salamast, a fertile district (near Lake Uru-
miyah), 273
Salamis, now Constantia (in Cyprus), 459
Salamlik, or place of reception, 366
Salem, ruined temple of (in El Loehf),
506
Salian, district and island (of Shirvdn), 136
, tax of Syria for the support of travellers,
556
Salm, affluent (of the A bi Shirwan), 33, 34
Salt, valley of (in Aleppo district), 415
Salyan, river (falling into Lake Urumiyah),
77, 219
Samaria, groups of, 391,487
, ancient (later Sebustieh village), the
Gabiana of the Bomans, and the Sebasti
of Herod the Great, 489
Samaritans, ancient, at Nabulus, 490
offered sacrifices on Mount Gerizim,
490 (note)
, in Syria, number of, 558
Samawah, or Serayah, canal (in the Lamlum
marshes), 58, 111
•----- , town (in the Lamlum marshes) 58,
111
Samidah, marshes (above Kurnah), 192
Samm, or Simoom (wind of Arabia), 578
Sammara, ruined city (on the Upper Tigris),
27, 28, 111
Sammurra, town (of Assyria Proper), 120
Samoukh, magal (of Elizabethpol), 151
Samour, or Sambour, chai (in Kuba district),
132, 133
Samsun, 6
, ancient Amisus, town and castle on
the coast of the Black Sea, 307, 308, 309
, imports, &c., of, 364
Samsur, village (in San’a district), 621
Samunis, ancient capital of the Amazons (of
the Caucasus), 140,141
San’a, mountains of, 564
, remains of the ancient city of, 622
, houses and palaces of, description of,
622
, country houses of the merchants, &c.,
of, 623
, pure air of, 623