Virán Shehr, Nazianzus (north-west of
Argaeus), 291
, Shehr Tágh (north-west of Gurun),
292
Virgin, fountain of the, and other remains
(at Nazareth), 479
, tomb of the (at Jerusalem), 496
Wadaa, district (of Yemen), 615
Wadis and Ghadirs (o f Arabia), distinguished,
572
Wahhábís, sect of, 633
religion of the, 677
Wálí, the, once the Atabeg (of Luristán), 206
, the (of Ardelán), 215
Wásel, village (in Hadramaiit), 637
Wásit and Shat-el-’A’mah (in Lower Mesopotamia),
36, 37, 94
Week-days of the Persians, 89
Weniserd, village (ontheKizil U’zen), 190
Werdi (on the Upper Euphrates), 52
Werka, mounds, or El Assay ah, a place of
pebbles (the Erech of Nimriid), 116
Widin, village (coast of Yemen) 611
Woschem, El, district (of Nedjd), 629
Wudd, district (of J'hálawán, Bálúchistán),
182 Wushutu, mountains (in Bálúchistán), 163
Xanthus, or Patara, 340
, valley and city, 340» 342
Xebeques, people of Asia Minor, 37 5
—,—, dress and character of, 375
Xerxes, bridge of, 319
Xurta, Chaldean name of Jezireh-ibn-’Omar
(Upper Tigris), 20
Yachfl-Irmák (Green River), valley of, 289,
307
——»•, river, rise of, 294
- or Chár Shámbáh su, 295
Yáfa, or Jaffa, or Joppa, a melkana, or
apanage of the Sultán, 486
, or Joppa (port of Jerusalem), description
of, 490, 491
... ancient names of, 492
Yáfá’í, tribe (in Hadramaút), 637
Yaghrah, river, or Kara sú, affluent (of the
river Orontes), 396
Yagra, valley (in Aleppo páshálik), 407 ■ '
Yahsab (the Himyaritic palace at San’á),.
632
Yákút (sapphire), 76
Yalobách, town (in Hamid district), 337
Yamboo, Ras (in the Red Sea), 570
— el-Bahr (port of Medina), 597
-el-Nakel, or Kara Yamboo (in the
Hijáz), 597
Yamúr Tágh (Sívás district), 291
YaoudjWádí (in Abybda, district of Yemen),
615 Yapráklí, fair (in Angora district), S.30
Yárapasón (Osiana), on the Halys, description
of, 4, 7, 291, 347
Yárbassán (southward of Sívás), 289
Yarpus, district (in the Anti-Taurus), 350
Yashab (jasper), 76
Ydsmen (jessamine), thickets of (near
Mushij, in Yemen), 620
Yatreb, now Medina, 598
Yauboo, the hack horse of Persia* 81
Yazil, hamlet (in San’a district), 621
Year, divisions of the (in I’rdn), 88
Yel Gadugi, group westward of Gurun, 292
Yemameh, Wadi (district of Nedjd), 6,30
Yemani, or Akil (stone), 567
Yemen, climate of, 577
, tribes of, 614, and Appendix
——, boundaries of, 610
, superficies of, 610
— —, width of, at Mokha, 610
------------, at Lohayah and Hodeida, 610
, features of, 614
•, Proper, or Sarwat, description of, 614
*, population, &c., of, 618
, local governments of, strong, 625
, mikhlass, or districts of, 614
, derivation of the name, 656
is the seat of the Himyaritic kingdom,
656
-— known as the territory of the Sabeans,
656 —<—■, Kaktan and his sons settled in, 6,56
Yeni Bazar, and temple of Diana Leuco-
phryne (in Kermiyan eyalet), 311
Shehr, and ruins of Sigeum (Troy), 317
T-f, town (of Khodavendi-Kar), 320
, lake, 322
Yeralah Goz Tagh (a branch of the Olygas-
ses), 287
Yerdikhast, valley and town (of ’Irak), 212
Yerim, town and mikklaf of, 619
Yeshil Jami’ (of Briisah), 325
Yezidi, people (of Sinjar), 51
, like the Mendajaha, 113
, entertain the evil principle, 113
, their reverence for saints and prophets,
113
■. . ■ do not use circumcision, 113
, manners, customs, &c., of, 113
— , education and social state of, 113
, section of Kurds, 251
, where found, 272, 273
Ylaghun, town (eyalet of Koniyeh), 348
Yoghourt (clouted cream), 372, and note
Yori, river (affluent of the Kur), 10
Youmirah, district (in Tarabuzun), 306, 307
Yulduz Tagh (Star Mountain), (in Siv&s
1 district), 289
Yumistan, or Ez-Zumar district, taxes of,
25.6
Yuruks (Turkomans), dress and occupations
of, 374, 375
Yuvalaki Patamos (in Moola p&shalik), 34.1
Yuz-Kat and valley (in Sivas district), 5, 7,
271, 305
Zab, greater, or Zerbis, 22, 23,24, 70
—— , sources and course of, 122
, valley, 272
, lesser, or Caprus, and Zab-el-Soghaer,
also Altun Sii, course of the, 25, 26, 70
, father of Rustam, from whom the Memacenni
tribe of Fars claim descent, 251
Zabda, capital of Zabidecene, 20 (note)
Zabulon, plain of (in Galilee), 463
Zabut (Persian chief of a small district), 233
Zachariah’s tomb (at Jerusalem), 496
Zadracarta, ancient, now Saree (in Mazan-
deran), 217
Z&’faran Boll, district, 329
■ > town, description of, 330
Zagaty, or. the Uzbek country, 173
Zagros, range, 64, 77, 120
, gates, 215, 216
Zahle, valley (Coele, Syria), 388
, town in the Bika, supposed tomb of
Noah, 471,472
Zahri, chief town (of J ’halawkn) 182
Zaka-Khail, tribe (of Afghans) 171
Zakho (in Kurdistan), 20,120
Zal, ’Abi, tribe (of the Kerkhah), 95
Zamotaso of Ptolemy (in Jebel Shammar),
628
Zangawan, plain and river (at the foot of the
Zagros), 194
Zanghou, tributary (of the Aras), 9
Zanghu, river, ancient Zanghes (in Erivan,
province), 146
Zania, or Chaldea (part of Colchis), 275
Zarakd, town (of El-Wadi El-Khardj), (probably
the seat of the Saracens), 631 '
Zard, ’Abi, tribe (of the Jerahi), 200
Zebair, village (in El Ledja), 505
Zebari, or ’Amadiyah, mountains, part of
the Taurus (in Kurdistan), 70
Zebayer, island (in the Red Sea), 571
Zebeed Ras (in the Red Sea), 570
Zebid, capital, academy of (in Tehameh,)
description of, 613
, river, 613
Zebir, village (in E l Ledja), 505
Zedee, district (of J ’halawan), 182
Zedi, Wadi (south-west of Jebel Haouran),
509
Zelebi, or Chelebi, or Halebi (deserted town
on the Euphrates), 49,417
, necropolis of, 418
, mummy of a female found at, 418
Zemzem, well (at Mekkah), 604
Zenani, or Zengia, river (tributary of the
Aras), 146, 8
Zend-rud, river (of’Irak Ajemi), 77, 214
Zeneiba (in El Belka), 516
Zengan, tributary (of the Kizil U’zen river),
190
Zephyrium, cape (of Asia Minor), 457
Zerdan, plain and fresh lake (in Fars), 208
Zer’in, or Jezreel (on the plain of Es-
draelon), 462
I | remains of, 478
Zerka, Wadi (at the southern extremity of
the plain of the Haouran), 510, 512
Zerka, or Zabok, river (northern borders of
El Belka), 512, 515
Zerkers, tribe (of the Lezgi), 158
Zerrah, or Durrah, lake (Aria Palus, in
Seistan), 77, 164, 168
Zerwan (the Creator, according to the Chaldeans),
85
Zey, town (in El Belka), 516
Zibdeni, town (in Syria, foot of the Anti-
Lebanon), 502
—;—, peak (in the Anti-Lebanon), 389
Zigani, peak (westward of Gumish KMnah,
supposed to represent the Theches of
Xenophon), 287
Zikr Isma’il (below Mosul), 21
Zikru-l-awaz, or Nimrud A1 Athur (below
Mosul), 21
Zileh, vale of (southward of Amasia), 271,
287
, town, and great annual fair, 301,302
Zingibar (dependency of Maskat), 653
Zobe'id, town (in Lower Chaldea), 94, 111
Zoh&b, town and district (at the foot of the
Zagros), 34,107
Zohran, district (of Yemen), 609, 610
Zoi'ba, fountain of (near Antioch), 427
Zoogdet, district (of Mingrelia), 149
Zoroaster and Chaldean doctrine, 85
, Artaxerxes restores the religion of, 85
, precepts of, 90
, supposed birth-place of, 220
Zozarta, or Zabelita, the Syriac name for
Jezireh-ibn-Omar (on the Upper Tigris),
20
Zuban, district, taxes of, 259
Zuhree, district (in J ’halawan, province of
Baluchistan), 182
Zumeyha, town in Wadi-el-Khardj (in
Nedjd), 631
Zuthi, people of Wild or Desert Carmania,
230
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