Sittace, thej 10,000 Greeks encamp near,
221
Sittacene, village passed by Alexander’s
marching towards Media, 364
Sitha, Julian’s army reach, 436
Sitakus, a station of Nearchus’ fleet, 353
— , now Bushire, 353, 354
Sivâs besieged and taken by Taïmür, 494
, proposed dépôt of trade, 601
---- , trade through, 589, 395
, articles in demand at ( A p p e n d i x N . )
Siyah, D i z , or Kiih Siyâ, now Khorran-aMd,
365
Siyahan (see Hajâmari), 372, 373
Skythinians, or Scythians, 487, 510, 511
Smyrna taken by Taïmür, 495
Smerdis (see Bardeus), 175
Smicres, the Thracians defeat the Arcadians
under, 238
Sochi, Darius halts at, 269
possibly Uküz-Suzle on the Afrm,
269
Sodom and Gomorrah, Strabo’s account of
the formation of the lakes of, 67, 68
, scriptural and profane accounts of, 68
SogdjIAZ, and Alexander’s halt at Samarkand
for supplies, 312
Sogdi, royal palace of the, 338
, the, and Alexander’s march against
King Musicanus, 338
Sogdiana, Bessus retires into, before Alexander,
311
, the satrap of, delivers Bessus to Alexander,
312
and Scythia revolt against Alexander,
313
conquered on the fall of Cyropolis, 314
again revolts against Alexander, 315
——, Peucolaüs appointed satrap of, by
Alexander, 315
— , Alexander’sjplan of operations against,
315, 316
, capture of the hill fort of Oxyarta in,
316, 317
Sogdianus murders his brother Xerxes and
ascends the throne, 200
deposed and succeeded by Darius
Nothus, 200
Sold taken by Alexander, 269
Soleïmân, successor of El Walid, 457
f a learned Persian from whom Mühammed
derived knowledge, 452
Soli, or Pompeiopolis (see Pompeiopolis),
209 l i t / :
Solomon succeeds David, extent of his kingdom,
121
■, foreign artizans, &c., invited to Jerusalem
by, 121
— , the court and royal establishments of,
121, 122
— , materials, &c., collected for building
the temple of, 122
, the idolatrous temple of, for his Egyptian
queen, 122
, store cities, and other great undertakings
of, 122
, \ the queen of Sheba’s visit to, 123, 124
Solomon, the Ophirian voyages in the reig
of, 124-127
people who traded with, 128 { n o t e )
, causes of discontent among the Israelites
towards the close of the reign of, 132
introduced idolatry, 132
——, the cisterns of, 661
Solon studies in Egypt, and visits Crmsus in
Lydia, 520
Solyma, Melchisedek king of, now Jerusalem,
66
SonimSany reached by Nearchus, 346
poverty of the people of, 346
Sophanetus, one of the generals of the
10,000 Greeks, conveys the sick from
Trebizond, 235
Sophene ceded by the Persians to the
Romans, 430
Sophi dynasty of Persia, 497
Sophir, the Egyptian name for India, its resemblance
to Ophir, 126
Sorlings, or Cassiterides, known to the
Phoenicians, 575
Sosarmus, (see Pul), 138
Souterazi of the Turks, 659
Spain, early Phoenician and Egyptian colonies
established in, 114
, Hispal left in charge of a colony in,
128 , Cadiz was the principal port of the
Phoenicians in, 128
invaded by the Goths, 424
_—- invaded by the Moors under T&rikh
Ibn Zerka, 457
, attempt of the Normans to expel the
Moors from, 465
, Asiatic origin of the people of, 513
, colony supposed to have settled in
Ireland from, 514
, Arabic literature and schools, &c., 555
Spaniards, the, infatuated with Arabic literature,
553
Spartans, the, descended from Lelex, an
Egyptian, 112
Spasinas, friendly reception of Trajan at,
42°
Spitamenes, satrap of Sogdiana, retires with
Bessus across the Oxus before Alexander,
311
, and the satrap of the Dase, deliver up,
Bessus to Alexander, 311, 312
and the Sogdians are blockaded in their
strongholds, 313
, activity of, against the Macedonians,
314-316
defeated by Caenus, and his head sent
to Alexander, 316
Sru and his followers proceed to Spain and
Ireland, 511
Starki, Cape, 393
Statianus, Roman general under Antony in
Parthia, 413
defeated by the Parthians, 413
Stations recommended for the Euphrates,
Tigris, and Kdrun { .A p p e n d i x N . )
Statira, or Barsine, wife of Alexander, 359
, murdered by Roxana, 380
Statue, colossal, at Babylon, 631
Steam véssels and locomotive engines, 565
Steamers, the, removed from the Euphrates
to the Indus, 600
, commercial, on the Euphrates, and
calculation of the outlay and returns
{ A p p e n d i x N . )
Steel of Khorásán and Damascus, 631
Stephanus translates astronomical and philosophical
works into Arabic, 544
Stonehenge, the principal structure of, 15
Stone tower, route by the, to the country of
the Seres, 572
Stratonice, resigned by Seleucus to his son
Antiochus, 399
Strymon, river, Xerxes’ army advance to
the, 194
Strymonicus Sinus (see Gulf of Contessa),
191
St. Gallen, abbot of, encourages Arabic literature,
551
Suania invaded by the Persians under
Veranes, 444
Succoth, the first stage of the Exodus, 98
Suda Island, 367
Sudrakas (see Oxydracae), 330j 331
Suez, position of the sea of, as regards the
passage of the Israelites, 99
Suez canal commenced by Pharaoh Necho,
153
— • completed by Darius Hystaspes, and by
Ptolemy II., 154, 189 { n o t e ) , 579
Sukkims of Scripture, the, supposed to have
been Ham’s descendants by the African
negroes, 46
, the, one of the branches called Shepherds,
74
Sule'imán Ibn Hesham, khaliph, defeated by
Constantine, &c., 458
—, ruler of the Seljukian kingdom of
Rum, 473
, Nebí, canal, 612
Sultán Oni, the tract allotted to Ertoghrul,
498
Sule’imán, successor of Selim I. over
Turkey, conquests in Europe of, 500, 501
, his unsuccessful attack on the island
of Diu, 501
Sumatra, the name of Ophir still preserved
in the island of, 126
Sume'isát, Julian’s fleet collected at, 433
, caves at, 610
Sumera (probably Samarrah) reached by the
Romans when retreating from Persia, 440
Sun and fire, only symbols of the deity
among the Magi, 171, 185
Sunnies opposed to the Shi’ahs, 457
----- , the, and Al Mámün’s attempt to unite
the two sects, 464
, the, celebrate at Baghdad the extinction
of the Fatimites, 477
----- , the, separate from the Shfahs and
form a distinct empire, 487
Sura taken by Chosroes I., 442
Sureña, person and character of, 408,409
—— recovers Mesopotamia, and advances to
meet Crassus, 409
Surena destroys Crassus and his army, 411
, probable situation of the battle-ground
of, 412
s-----, triumph at Seleucia, and fate of, 412
Suri, or Syrian, the written character of the
TobM’i, 81
— , specimens of, found in Yemen, 81
Suriani (see Syrians), 31
Siis, bilingual inscription at, 628, 630
-----, mound once pyramidal, 606
Susa, and its treasure surrendered to Alexander,
298 ■ -----, probable course of Nearchus* fleet
from Dirodotis to, 355-357
, Alexander’s march from Pasagarda to,
358
— , Nearchus and Onesicritus join Alexander
at, 358
, the satrap Abulites and his son executed
by Alexander at, 358
, Alexander’s route to, from Opis, 364
, the treasures of, seized by Antigonus,
388
Susia, a city of Aria, visited by Alexander,
&0.6
Susiad rocks, the, separate Susiana from
Persia, 299
Susiana, Darius quells a rebellion in, 178
, the satrap of, surrenders to Alexander,
298 ■ ---- , the Uxian territory added to the satrapy
of, 299
■ , , difficulties encountered by Nearchus*
fleet, when coasting, 354
, a separate independent government,
354
I occupied by Eumenes, 383
, commerce of { A p p e n d i x N . )
Suti, branch of the Hydaspes, source, &c., of
the, 371
Sutlej, source and course of the, 369, 370
, the, or Hesidrus, also called the Ghara,
370
Swanpan, calculating board of the Chinese,
34
Syennesis, satrap of Cilicia, 209
, visit of, to Cyrus at Tarsus, 210
Syloson, Darius’ expeditiou against Samos,
to reinstate, 178
Symbra (Nacumbra), Julian’s army retreats
towards, 439
Synea, 439
Synnada in Phrygia, and Hesham’s defeat
at, 458
Syria, our knowledge of, before the flood, 4
, the Assyrians subject, 65
invaded by Shalmaneser, who sends
colonies of Assyrians into, 141
— — taken by Parmenio, 276
, war of Antigonus in, 402
—— submits to Ptolemy Philopater, 403
, the progress of the Roman power in,
404
—r ^ r , Demetrius Nicator, as ruler of Syria,
invades Parthia, 404, 405
becomes a Roman province, and Crassus
is appointed governor of, 407
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