Kir, Kur, or Cyrus, and a tributary of the
Araxes, 139 (n o t e )
Kirghis Kazaks, their astronomy and trade
with Russia and China, 10, 596
Kirman, Alexander marches to, and is joined
by Craterus, 344
, commencement of the Seljukian government
of, 473
KirmansMh, remains at, 618
Kizil Irmak, or Halys, the 10,000 Greeks
sail past the, 237
Kobi, or Gobi, desert of, 572
Koha and Yarkund, trade to Russia of, 596
Kohhtan, town of, 51
Kohik (see Polytimetus river), 314
Kohtan, El, nomad tribe of Arabia, 448
Kokala, probably Mahee Makace, the capital
of the Oritm country, reached by Near-,
chus’ fleet, 347
Kolta, a station of Nearchus’ fleet, 348
Koniyeh, victory of the Turks over ’ Ald-ed-
din, near, 498
, proposed depot for trade, 601
Kophas, or Kophanta, the fleet of Nearchus
reach, 349
Kophen, probably the Kabul, passed by
Alexander, 319
, Taxiles brings presents to Alexander
at the, 319
; Kopri Keui, the 10,000 Greeks cross the
Phasis, probably near, 230
Korah and his companions destroyed, 104
Koran, tenets inculcated in the, 451-453
— —, the diffusion and beneficial effects of
the, 454
, the, and its study, 543
translated, 557
—— , the, encourages commerce, 596
Koreish, expedition of Abrahah against the,
450 I BP
. — the, the guardians of the Ka ba, 450
■----- , the, Muhammed’s tribe, averse to the
new faith, 453
Kothbeddin ruler of Kharism, Genghis
Khan’s campaign against, 489
Koushan, Alexander’s army entered the
Paropamisian mountains by the pass of,
3 il _ t _
Krokola island, reached by Nearchus fleet,
345
Kuchuk-Kainarji, treaty of, 503
Kuds, A1 (see Jerusalem), 475 ;
Kufah, the khaliph ’Ali, retires to, and is
murdered at, 456
5 one of the stations of the Muslims, 464
Kukdw&ri, estuary of a branch of the Indus,
Kusdi Khordsdn, derived from KhouS, or
Ham, 19
, Phut, a son of Ham, the sovereign of,
19
Kusdi Kabgokh, or Chus, of the Caucasus,
35
, territory of the Chasdim, 35
, position, &c., and other names for, 35
, ancient Albania was once called, 35
Kush, Shus, or Kushasflan (land of the
sun), 32
, the name of, was carried into
Khtizistdn on the spread of the Cushites
eastward, 32
— , once the name for Persia, 32
Kusi, Beni, 50
Kuzari, the, nail-headed characters of Georgia,
373
Kumiirhan, and inscriptions at, 629
Kurdistdn, the 10,000 Greeks enter, 224
, description of their march through,
225—227
t gall nuts from, ( A p p e n d i x N . )
Korghan-Tippa, probably the hill fort of
Oxyarta, 317
Kurrub, A b u , king of the Himyarites, 81
founds an empire in Bactria, 81
-----, Asaad Abu, king of the Tobbdi, 449
33
Kwan-Ydn, the temples in China dedicated
to, 15
Kyiza, the, fleet of Nearchus anchors near,
349
Laborosoarchodus, son and successor of Neri-
glissar, 163, assassination of, 163
, succeeded by Belshazzar, 163
Labynetus, the, of Herodotus, Belshazzar,
i La1ce6d3a emonians, fleet sent to ass•i st ^C yrus
by the, 204
, the, engage the services of the 10,000
Greeks against Tissaphemes, 241
, the, send a force under Agesilaus to
Ephesus, 245
, the, plunder Pharnabazus’ territory,
and defeat Tissaphernes on the river
Pactolus, 245
, the, enter into a truce with Tithraustes,
245
, campaign of the, against Pharnabazus
in Bithynia, 246
army, the, recalled to Lacedaemon, 246
fleet, the, defeated by Pharnabazus near
Cnidus, 246
, the, defeat Pharnabazus near Coronea,
246
proposals of alliance to Artaxerxes,
I 246 I , the, furnished with money by Tenbazus,
247
rescript of Artaxerxes to the Greeks,
247
Lachish, a fortified city of Judea, 142
Lddik, Cyrus’ army pass, 209
Lakhim, B e n i , descended from Kaklan, 52
Lamlum canal, 612
Language, Hebrew, the, from the Chaldee
and Arabic, 85
t the, of the Asiatic races had a common
origin, 509
Languages, various, derived from the
Himyaritic, 84
$ the Hebrew connected with the
Himyaritic, 85
h Sanscrit, Pehlavi, and Greek, 85
f from a primitive source, and modified
in various climates, 86
Languages of the Indians and Mongolians
have an affinity to those of America, 509
* resemblance of the, of Europe and
Asia, 511
Laranda, stronghold in Cappadocia taken
by Perdiccas, 381
Ldristdn, route of Alexander’s army from
Kirmdn to, 537, 538
Larissa, the 10,000 Greeks arrive at, 222
—■ , probably represented by Ashur, or
Nimrild, and the Resen, or A1 Resen of
Scripture, 222
Latin, kingdom of Jerusalem established,
475
Lazian territory, the, invaded by the Persians
under Veranes, 444
Learned men of the sixteenth and seventeenth
centuries, 565
Learning, &c., introduced into Europe from
the east, 545
, Arabic, cultivated in Andalusia, 552
Lebanon, its name supposed to be derived
from a descendant of Cain, 4
Leh, or Li, town on the Indus, 369
Lelex, who came from Egypt, settled on the
river Eurotas, 112
, the Spartans the descendants of, 112
Leonidas, Alexander’s present of spice to,
282, 283
Letters, Chaldaic, Indian, Arabian, and
Phoenician, appear to have had a common
origin, 86
Leuce Komi (see El Haura), 414
Leuco-Syrians, also called Chrysor, 36
f I territory and arts of the, 36
Levant Company, charter to trade to Babylon,
534
, or Turkey Company established, 590-
593
——, and countries to which they used to
trade, 592, 593 ( n o t e )
---- , decline of the, 594
■ Company, French, decline of the, 594
Libnah, a fortified city of Judea, 142
Lingtee, or Seechoo, tributary of the Indus,
369
Linus worshipped in Scythia, 518
, the philosophy of, and the sphere invented
by him, 518
Lisbon becomes the commercial depot of
India, 589
Literature, advancement of, under Harun-el-
Rashid, 459
and philosophy encouraged by A1
Mdmun, 460, 461
— &c., of the Greeks, derived from the
east, 515-517
becomes the pursuit of the Arabs, 543
Loan to the Levant Company from Queen
Elizabeth to be repaid in goods, 592, 593
( n o t e )
Logs and rafts, 633
Longinus executed by Aurelian, 429
Loo, or Loah, ruled over Sei'stan, 134
, probably Zerah, the Ethiopian, who
invaded Judea, 134
Lost tribes, 44, 45
Lot separates from Abraham, 6 5
rescued by Abraham, 66
, flight of, from Sodom to Bela, and
intended “ sons-in-law,” 68, 69
——, his daughters, and their supposed marriages,
88, 89
Louis IX. of France is defeated in Egypt,
485
-— leads another Crusade, lands in Africa,
and dies at Tunis, 485
Lucilianus’s brave defence of Nisibis against
Sapor II., 431, 432
LucuLlus’s campaign in Armenia, 406
Lulua, city of, taken by A1 Mdmun, 460
Lundye, river, the, probably the Guzaeus, or
Euaspla, 320
Lycaonia, Cyrus’ army marches along the
plains of, 209
Lycia, Alexander’s conquest of, 267
Lycus, or Great Zab, Darius crosses the,
287
Lydia, rise and progress of the kingdom of,
114, 115
, Ninus succeeds Belus as king of Assyria,
and, 115
, becomes a maritime power, 119
Lydian monarchy founded by Jupiter Ammon
or Ham, 18
Lydians, the, defeated by Cyaxares, 152
, the, are besieged in Nineveh by
Nebuchadnezzar, 156
, the, and Babylonians defeated by
Cyrus, 163
Lysimachus proclaims himself king, 392
, the victories of, over Antigonus, 397
, extent of the territory of, after Antigonus’
death, 398
Macedonia, geographical position and advantages
of, 252
patriarchal government and limited
power of the monarch of, 252, 253
——, Philip, son of Amyntas, gains the
government ofj 253, 254
> civil and military state of, under
Alexander, 257, 258
invaded by the Illyrians and Taulantians,
259
Macedonian kingdom, rise of the, 252
frontier, provinces and outposts, 253
■ phalanx organized by Philip, 254
------ conquests, in the time of Philip,
254-256
— power, compared with that of Persia,
257
Macedonians, like the Greeks, were descended
from Danaus, 253
, manners and religion similar to the
Greeks, 253
Maceta, now Coomza, and Nearchus’ fleet
350
Machares, son of Mithridates II., assists the
Romans in the invasion of Armenia 407
Machrochir, or Longimanus, 'and see Artaxerxes,
or Ahasuerus, 198
Macrones, the, were Cushites, and probably
a portion of the Chasdim, 36