San’â, population of, 623
, at one time called Esal or Osai, 623
, Cordovan leather and other manufactures
of, 623
, title of Imam in, 623
, founded by San’a Ben Zal Ben ’Aber,
623
, the idol and well of Ghamadan at, 623
—— Ben Zal Ben ’Aber founded San’â, 623
Sancan, village of (in Abu Arish, Upper
Tehameh), 611
Sandal, plain of (in the Katakekaumené),
335
Sandarli, gulf of (coast of Sâni-Khân), 310
Sandukli, plain and town (in Afiyum Kara
Hisâr pashâlik), 336
• chaï, tributary (of the Mæander),
296 Sangarius, or Sakâriyah, river (flowing from
Angora district), 294, 295
Sangi-biring, rice-stone (in Khuzistân), 196,
197
Sanjâk Beï (chief of a small district), 380
Sanjakliks, 16 in the vezirate of Anadoli,
309, 310
Sanni, people (in the mountains near Tra-
pezus), 275
Santa Croce (Olympus), (in Cyprus), 457
Saba (convent near Jerusalem), 392
Sanur, and affluents of El Nahr Arsüf, 487
Sanus, ancient, now Assayik (in Moola pâ-
. shâlik), 341
Sapân, peak (of the Anti-Taurus), 69
, or Supin Tâgh, 42, 69
Sara (part of Tâlish), 139
Sarâ-dara, mountain (of Karâbâgh), 142
Sar-al-Bâgh, range (in Kurdistan), 22 .
Saracens, probably from Zarakâ (a town in
Wadi-el-Khardj), 631
Sarapanï, people (of Colchis), 150
Sarasat, village, once Ciliciana (on the
Upper Euphrates), 419
Sârawân, district (in Bâlüchistan), position
, of, 180
, inhabitants of, 180
, passes into, 180
Sârawâni, range (of Afghanistan), 163
Sard-abs (lower apartments for the hot
season), 106
Sardar, palace (in Erivan), 146
Sardis (ancient capital of Lydia), 311
Saree, ancient Zadracarta (capital of Mâzan-
deran), 217
Sarema, khór of (in Khuzistân), 192
Sari-bulak Tagh (eastern side of Tuz Gólf
lake), 4, .290
Sar Hasan Beg (range of Kurdistan), 24
Sari-Chi-Chak, range (southward of Div-
rigi), 291
Sârichik Tâgh (yellow mountain), (westward
of Gurun), 292
Sarkhun Yaila-si (in the Orminius range),
321
Sar-Piili-Zohâb, bridge (on the Holwân
river), 34
Sarr "Wadi, joining El Woschem and El
Kassym (district of Nedjd), 629
Sarso, island (in the Red Sea), 571
Sart (Sardis), (in A'idih a’yanlik), 309
Sams, ancient, or Saihun river (in I’ch-ili),
297, 298, 352
Saru Soghlak Khan (in A'idih a’yanlik), 309
Sarwat, or Yemen Proper, description of,
614
Sas, town (in the a’yanlik of Churum), 301
Sasend, canal (in the Lamlilm marshes), 58
Sataldere, river, or Boklu, once the iEsepus
(flowing from Mount Ida), 315, 316
Satrap, or Persian viceroy, 233
Saurun chai, and Adanah su, or the lower
Saihun, 298, 299
Say (a small Arab vessel), 606
Scamander of Homer (now the Bunarbashi
river), 317
Schedder Yaila, lake (in Moola pashalik),
340
Scheran, district (on the borders of Roba-el-
Khali), 632
—— , Wadi, 632
Scheridii, the best kind of coffee in Arabia,
621
Schomran, district (on the borders of Yemen),
564
Schumah, Ben (author), 112
Schutter (a breed of camels), 82
Schismatic catholics in Syria, number of, 558
Schismatics in Arabia, 677
Scythopolis, or Bethshean, now Bei'san
(tract of country near the Jordan), 513
Sebaste, aghalik (of Kutabiyah eyalet), 334
Sebasti of Herod the Great, now Sebustieh,
ancient Samaria, 489
, remains of a temple at, 489
Sebee, town (of Kach’h Gandavah), 182
Sebeki-Kara, castle (in Jof-es-Syrhan), 627
Seberdsched (chrysolith), 76
Sebustieh, village (near the site of Samaria),
489
Sechem, valley (in Samaria), 489
—— , the Butm, and other shrubs of, 489
Seda town (in Batna, district of ’Oman), 644
Seddu-l-Bahr, “ Barrier of the Sea,” (entrance
of the Dardanelles), 318
Sedeir ’Ande, capital of El Sedeir (district
of Yemen), 628
Sedeni, ancient people (who dwelt on the
sea-coast of Arabia Felix), 657
Sefid-Riid (white water), affluent of the
Kizil U’zen, 77, 191
•, or Amardus, 219
Seger, a tract of (in Hadramaut), 636 ,
Segicler, aghalik (of Kermiyan eyalet), 334
Segistan, district, taxes of, 258
Sehend, mountains (of Azerbaijan'), 219
Sehnah, capital (of Kurdistan), 215
Seidi-Shehr, sanjaklik (of Koniyeh eyalet),
344
, lake, also Sdghlah, 346
, town, 346
Sei-jan, town (in San’a district), 620
Seikli Dereh, stream (of Nimrud or Ashur), 22
Se’imarrah, plain and ruins (on the river
Kerkhah), 194, 203
Seir, mount, or Hor (east of Wadi Arabah),
561, 655
Seistan, province (on the river Helmund),
77, 168, 230
, desert, 79
-, occupation of the people, 168
Seiyul, Wádí (on the western shore of the
Dead Sea), 402
Sejaéth village, or suburb of Gaza, 493
Sekhan and Er-Rub, districts, taxes of, 258
Sekkir (tribe of Kurdistan), 128, 250
Sela of the Hebrews, the Arecem or Rekem
of the Arabs, and Petra of the Greeks, 656
Sela* Midbarah, or Ja’ber Castle (Upper
Euphrates), 48
Selámeh, town (in Sabayah, district of Abú
Arisch, in Tehameh), 611
Seledge, khor (in Khuzistan), 192
Selenti, on the ’Aineh-chái (in Kermiyán
eyalet), 310, 311
Seleucia Pierea (Bay of Antioch), 429
, sarcophagi and other ruins of, 430
- , basin of, 429
, tombs of the kings, and excavations on
Jebel Musa, 430
, hollow way and tunnel, description
ó{, 431
, inscriptions at, 432
, (Selefkeh), (coast of I’ch-ili), 355
Seleuco Belus, now Jisr Shugher (on the
Upper Orontes), 522
Selinty, or Selinus Trajanopolis, 355
Selle, the eastern portion of the town of
Der’ayyah, 631
Selma, watering-station (in the Hijáz), 597
Selmán Arabs (of El Ledja), 504
Selmast, town and valley (near Lake Uru-
miyah), 220
Semávah (in lower Chaldea), 94
Semayel, town (in Batna, district of Omán),
644
Semerrud (emerald), 76
Semírám, plain and ruins (on the ’Abí Shir-
wán), 33, 216
Semmed, oasis (in Jailán, district of ’Oman),
642
Senaffer, island (in the Red Sea), 570
Senbadi (diamond spar), 76
Senhan, district (of Yemen), 614
Senn, village (on the Great Záb), 24
Sennakh, district (of Mingrelia), 149
Sennrf, village (in San’á district), 620
Sequi, city (of northern Media), 141
Ser, Belád (Pirate Coast), people of, 645, 646
Será Sir, peak (of the Anti-Taurus), 18, 69
Serai Abú (father of palaces), (on the Mesopotamian
Khábúr), 52, 118
Serb Dereh, valley (in Kastamúní), 330
Sereat, town (of Kirmán), 231
Ser-e-Khiyoor, defile (in the Bolán pass), 181
Serhan Arabs (in the Haouran), 511
Seriane, ruins (in the desert of Palmyra), 415
Serkhes, or Serekhs, district, taxes of, 258
Sermein, town (in Aleppo district), 410
Serrane, island (in the Red Sea), 570
Sersar Nahr, canal (from the Euphrates), 55
Se’rt sii (in Kurdistán), 18,19, 20
YOL. I .
Se’rt su, town of, 99,120
Seruj, afterwards Batnse (in Upper Mesopotamia),
111, 114
Sestos Bay (Dardanelles), 318, 319
, bridge of Xerxes, 319, 320
Setna Fdtimah, tomb of (at Medina), 599
Sevanga, or Gouktcha, lake (in Armenia),
97, 146
, abounds in trout, 146
, never freezes, 146
Sevilan, mountains (in Azerbaijan), 219
Seyl-el-Medina (a winter stream), 599
Shaara, ruins (in El Loehf), 506
Shadilu (section of the Kurds), 251
Shagga, town in the plain N.W. of Jebel
Jara (in the Hijaz), 610
Shagra, ruins (in El Ledja), 505, 506
Shah ’Ali, citadel (of Tabriz) and ark of,
220
’AbMs (of Persia), 11
-— ■ Abu Nassr Behardirchan, 75
band, or Siyah-band (part of Herat
province), 164
Niishiravan (of Persia), 134
— rud (tributary of the Kizil U’zen),
191
Shuja el Moolkh (of Afghanistan), 176
Tamas (of Persia), 129
Zadah Ahmed, hills (in Luristan), 196
Shahenchees (camel artillery), 177
Shahie, 23
Shahri-Rudbar, ruins (in Luristan), 194
Shahri-Zur, plain (near Suleimaniyah), 34
Shah-Sewund, tribe (in Persia), 251
Sh£hii, or Cosscei, mountains (part of the
Zagros chain), 72
Shajz, Kais-esh-, an extensive fair, 664
Sham, Eski, or Busrah, once Bozra, 509
Shakra, town (of El Woschem, district of
Nedjd), description of, 629
Shal, valley (in Afghanistan), 163
Shalatha, town (of lower Chaldea), 94
Sham, or Damascus, pashalik of, limits at
Jebel Tor Hesma, 596
Shamahkee, capital of Shirvan, 138
Shamar Arabs, 114
Shamkhal, or Syrian prince (governor of
Tarku, &c.), 140
Shamkura, column of, description (in Eliza-
bethpol district), 151
SheLmlii, tribe (of Kurds), 250
Shammar, forest (of Arabia), 591
Shamshadil, circle of (near the Caucasus),
151,157
Shapur, or Shawer, river, affluent (of the
Diz), 195
——, source of, 195, 196, 198
, bund, 197
, bridge, 203
Shardarwan, reservoir (at Shuster), 203
Sharon, plain (of Judea), 487
Shashalu, range (near Kal’at-el-Medik), 388
Shawer, river, or Shapur, 195
Shayb, pilgrim station (in the Hijaz), 597
Shebb-Kh&neh, alum mines of (near Kar&
Hisar), 289, 307
, town and a’yanlik, 307, 308
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