Sergiopolis (Resafa), Chosroes I. passes,
444
Serica, route to, 572
Se’rt, probably represents a halting place of
the ten thousand Greeks, 227
Serug, a Shemitic Chaldean, 55
Seruj retaken from the Crusaders by Nur-
ed-din, 476
Sesac, or Shishak, 107
Sesostris, or Sethos, king of Egypt, or Ra-
meses II., known by many names, 107J
, the fleets, armies, and. conquests of,
107-109
, works commenced by, after his return
from Scythia, 109
—— , left a colony on the shores of the Black
Sea, 109
is said to have planted a colony in the
Caucasus, 109
and Armenia dependent upon his government,
109,110
, and government derived from, by 4the
inhabitants of Nysa, 323
I and Dionysus or Bacchus, 323
, his voyage threw additional light on
the knowledge of the east, 340
Sessac, king of the Himyarites, 80
Seth, apostacy of the descendants of, 4
, the descendants of, acquainted with
astronomy, &c., 9
■, presumed books of, 23
Setharboznai ordered by Darius to rebuild
the temple of Jerusalem, 177
Sethos, king of Egypt, with whom Sennacherib
intended to wage war, 143
Seuthes, son of Msesades, the 10,000 Greeks
assist, 241
Sevan, lake of, and towns on its borders, built
by Gelam’s descendants, 42
Severus, expedition against the Parthians,
and descent of the Euphrates by, 421
his fleet passes through the Nahr Malk£
into the Tigris, and captures Ctesiphon,
421
receives the title of Severus Maximus,
421 HHHj , second and third siege of Atra b y ,,
421, 422
proceeds to Palestine and Egypt, 422
dies in Great Britain, when about to
invade Caledonia, 422
Shadarwan, of Shuster, and its construction,
627
Shahri-Zohak, or U’lan Robat, supposed to
have been the capital of the Arachosi, 307
Shah Tamasp of Persia, 497
Shah Rokh, son of Taimur, and territory
retained by, 496
Shairacuk recovers Egypt from the Crusaders,
476
Shalmanesser (or Arbianes of Ctesias) invades
Israel, 140
, second invasion of, and captivity of
the seven tribes of Israel, 140, 141
sends colonies of Assyrians into Samaria,
141
succeeded by his son Sennacherib, 141
Shamanun, or mountain of the eight, 7
Shamar, an Arab prince, and Samarkand, 81
Shamm&r, the, a nomad tribe of Arabia, 448
Shâpur, or Shâwer river, by which Near chus’
fleet reached Susa, 357
, remains at, 607, 618
Sharezer, son and murderer of Sennacherib,
142
SMh-in-Shâh, the title of Saosduchinus, 149
( n o t é )
Shâsh, commercial route through, 572
Shayuk, tributary of the river Indus, arising
from the Kara Korum mountains in
Thibet, 369
Sheba, in Arabia, 50
, B e n i , from a son of Joktan, 52
, inquiry concerning .the position of,
123or Sabâ, names found both "in Africa
and Arabia, 123
is claimed by the Abyssinians, 123
, iourney of the queen of, recorded by
ditto, 123
, the queen of, was succeeded by her
son, 123,124
Shechem the capital of the kingdom of
Israel, 132
Shedâd, king of the Himyarites, 80
Shéhr, Abu (see Bushire), 353, 354 |
Sheïkhâvi, Wâdi, and Himyari inscriptions,
82
Shem, route of, on separating from Noah
and his brothers, 13
, chosen high priest, to the exclusion
of his brother Ham, 15
, the descendants of, spread over Babylonia,
16
, his descendants spread westward, 18
, his and Ham’s descendants migrate
about the same time, 21
, his descendants driven by Ham’s from
the plains of Shinar to Assyria, and the
higher parts of Mesopotamia, 23
—— , the true worship supposed to have prevailed
among the descendants of, 25
, considered as Melchizedec, 27
Shemiramgerd, city founded by Semiramis,
116
, inscriptions found at, relating to Semiramis,
116
Shemites, the, called Mesopotamians,
Arameans, and Assyrians, 3
, the-Chaldeans descended from the, 3
■.-----, the shepherds who conquered Egypt
probably a mixed race of Cushites and,
73 , the, of Upper Mesopotamia and seat
of, 77
, the, and Cushites of Syria and Palestine
intermingling gave rise to a mixed
language, 85
Shemitic possessions after the dispersion,
31, 44
people, the, commingle with the descendants
of Ham and Japhet, 39
people, two great tribes of the, possess
most of western Arabia, 48, 509, 510
Shemitic race, the, on the steppes of Mesopotamia,
spoke the Babylonian or Chaldean
language, 53
- people, the, also the Sabean followers
of Cush, were designated Chaldeans, 53
people, the, called Chasdim, 55
Chaldeans, the, represented by the
Beni Khaled, 55, 509
the philosophy like that of Aristotle,
526
Shems, ’Abd-el, the worshipper of the sun, 52
Shepherds, sabaism of the, 74
, the sixth king of the, added five intercalary
days to the year, 74 • ----- , kings of Arabia, or Hyk-sos, time of
the inroad and departure from Egypt of
the, 74, 75
, the, settled in Phoenicia, 112
, the, assist in founding the city and •
kingdom of Tyre, 112
, the, become a maritime people, 112 •---- , the, led by Arcles or Certus into
Phoenicia, 112
Sheri’at al Beidhd, the presumed site of
the Sitace of Xenophon, 221
Sherk&t, K a l ' a h , also called U'r, 37
Shesh-bazzar (see Zerubbabel), 171
Shi*ah, sect, the, founded by ’Ali, 456
struggles for power, and division
caused by the, 463, 475, 476
, the, separate from the Sunnies and become
a distinct empire, 487
Shikofitehi-Suleiman, the ruins near, probably
represent the Uxian city taken by
Alexander, 299
Shinar, plain of, 13
and Eusebius statement regarding the
sons of Noah, 18
, the Hamites drive a portion of the
Shemites into Assyria, and inhabit the
plain of, 23
? y , remarkable places within the limits of
the land of, 24
Shipping from India to the Persian and
Arabian gulfs ( .A p p e n d i x H . )
Shir&z, a commercial city, taken by Taimur,
493, 581
Shishak, king of Egypt, invades Judah, and
carries off treasure, 132, 133
, or Amenophis, the Bala of the Arabs,
132
Shiz, Canzaca (the Atropatanian Ecbatana),
183
Zerd-husht (Zoroaster) commenced his
ministry at, 183
fire temple of, 608
Shur, desert of, 98
Shushan, the residence of Cyrus the Great,
172 rebellion of the Babylonians during
Darius’ reign, on account of the Court’s
removal to, 178
Artaxerxes, or Ahasuerus’ banquet at,
198
Shuster, caves of, 607
Sibse, Sivi, or Saivas, on the Akesines, 335
Siberia, partly subjected by Taimur, 492
VOL. II.
Siddim, destruction of the cities in the vale
of, 67 ■
, the formation of the lakes of Sodom
and Gomorrah in the vale of, 68
Sidodone and Nearchus’ fleet, 352
, probably Duan or Mogoo, 352
Sidon, the northern limit of Canaan, 21
—— taken by the Crusaders, 475
Sidonian settlements in the Archipelago, 94
Sieges of fortresses, comparison of, in ancient
and modem times, 396
Sigist&n, subjected by the Arabs, 457
Signets of stone and metal numerous at Babylon,
630
Sikkar, and changes in the estuary of the
Indus, 373
Silk from China, 583
Silks, pearls, &c., exported by the Arabs, 583
and porcelain from China, 583
, manufactory of, at' Am&siy&h ( A p p
e n d i x N . )
Silys, the, called the Jaxartes, Araxes, &c.,
312
Ifgli- Alexander wounded near the, 312
-, the, mistaken for the Tanais, 312
Sin, Sinim, or China, 30, 33
Sinaar, also called Kusdi Nimrud, 18
took the name of Babel after the dispersion,
18
Sinaar, Cush, or Cutha, was king of, 18
Sinai, Mount, convent of, and the Koran, 452
Sinde, Alexander receives the submission of
Sabbas, king of, 338
Sindomana (see Sehwan), 371
Sindus, Sinzing-kampa, or Eckhung-choo,
names of the Indus, 368, 369
Singara, defeat of the Romans by the Persians
near, 431
-rr— taken by Sapor II., 433
restored to the Persians by the treaty
of Jovian, 441
Sing-he-tsiu Chu, branch of the Indus, 369
Singiticus Sinus (see Monte Santo), 191
Sinjar, the presumed seat of the descendants
of Seth, 5
Sinope, a Milesian colony, 574
Siolki mountain, a part of the Paropamisus,
- 309
Sippara, or Hippara, mentioned by Beros-
sus, 5
search for the writings left in, 7
, proof that Sabaism existed before the
flood, 15
, or Sepharvaim, colonists sent by Shalmaneser,
141
Sir, estuary of the Pinyari river, 372
Sirwan, or Keililn (see Celonae), 364
Sisac, from whom the Sisakans or Seunics
were named, 42
Sisakans, or Seunics, 42
Sisibranum, fortress in Persia, taken by the.
Romans, 443
Sisygambis made captive, and honourably
treated by Alexander after the battle of
Issus, 275, 276
intercedes with Alexander in behalf
of the conquered Uxians, 299
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