Tyre, the capture of, probably represented at
Khorsabad, 137, 517 ( n o t e )
. besieged and taken by Nebuchadnezzar,
159
, Alexander determines to reduce, 278
.---- , or Palte-Tyrus, the ancientc ity of, 278
taken, and the people sold for slaves,
279
-----, Alexander returns to, from Egypt, 284
besieged by Antigonus and Demetrius,
889, 390
besieged by the Muslims under Saldhed
din, 480
—— relieved by an army of Crusaders, 480
, an emporium of trade, 569
> routes to, from Mesopotamia and Asia,
570
Tyriacum (probably I ’lghun), Cyrus* army
reviewed at, 208
Tyrian temples dedicated to Hercules and
Astarte, 129
Tyrians, Solomon employed the, 127
, Arcles the leader of the, 128
, the, and commerce on the Red Sea, 129
—■—, the, founded Carthage, 129, 130
Tyriaspes appointed satrap of the Paro-
pamisus, 319
Tyrrheneans, the, descended from Ham, 18
U’lan Robat, or Shahri-Zohak, supposed to
have been the capital of the Arachosi,
307
U’r, Aiir, or Our, the Orchce of Ptolemy, !
identical with the mound of Mujayah, 37 - 1
, three places so called, 37
, the, kingdom of, the principal seat of
the Shemites, 48
, the country of Job, 48
, Abraham’s departure from, 61, 62
of the Persians, probably the site of
Csense, 222, 441
Ural mountains, the, crossed by Taimur, 493
U’rfah, also called U’r, 37
Urhu district, once. the country of the
Horites, and Oritse, 343-347
Urklan, son and successor of ’Osm&n, 498
.----- , conquests of, 498
Urumiyah, the, birth-place of Zerd-husht
(Zoroaster), 183
Uxians, the territory of the, added to the
satrapy of Susiana, 299
Uxii, the, subdued before Alexander’s advance
to Persis, 299
Uz, probable situation of the land of,
climate, &c., 77, 78
Uzal, son of Joktan, territory of, 51
Uzbecks, the, expel the descendants of
Taimur from Khordsdn, &c., 496
XJzun Hazan, chief of the Turkoman race of
the White Sheep, 496
Valerian, Roman territories invaded by the
Persians in the reign of, 424
i—defeated and taken prisoner by Sapor,
near Edessa, 424
Van lake (Ackthamar sea), inscriptions relating
to Semiramis found near, 116
Vdn, a city built by Semiramis on the shores
of lake, 116
taken by Taimur, 492
Vannes, the, or Venets, trade with Britain,
576
Varadam, El, one of the names of Evil-
Merodach, 161
Varanes’ campaigns against the Romans,
444
rebellion against Hormisdas and Chosroes
II., 444, 445
Vascape (Varna), the Hungarians defeated
at, 499
Vasco de Gama’s voyage to India, 534
Vashti, Ahasuerus divorces, 199
Venice, rise of, a depot of eastern commerce,
and extension of its trade, 586
• and Genoa maintain a trade with the
east, 586
■ —/and its commercial prosperity, 587
Venetian trade with India by the Red Sea,
534
trade with Egypt and India, 588
Venetians, the, assist at the siege of ’Akki,
586 j BW BBH M
— —, the, oppose the British trade m the
east, 593
Versification introduced into Europe from
Arabia, 553
Vespasian’s campaign in Galilee, 417, 418
——— is succeeded by Titus, 418
Vessels trading to India from the Persian
Gulf, and boats on the Tigris and Lower
Euphrates, 645
and junks of China, 647-651
kept at Bir by Queen Elizabeth for
trade, 593
Vikkar, Bander, or B&ri Gor&, 372 3
-, trade on the Indus from Shikarpur to,
375
W&di El Kari, 21
Walid, A1 (surnamed A1 Saffah), khaliph and
successor of Suleiman Ibn Hesham, 458^
, El, the Moorish dynasty in Spain
commenced in the reign of, 457
, conquests of, 457
(Khalid) causes astronomical and
philosophical works to be translated by
Stephanus and others, 544
Wanyani, another name for the K’hediw&ri
branch of the Indus, 373
War or mandarin boat of China, 649, 650
Waraka, nephew of Khadijeh, and instructor
of Muhammed, 452
Wari, a former mouth of the Indus, now dry,
373
Water-courses of Susiana, 612
Water, management of, in the east, 651,652
levers and baskets, 652
raised by rollers and wheels, 653, 654
W&thel, successor of Himyar, 80 .
Wellsted, Lieut., inscriptions found by, 82
Welsh, sprung from the Celtic tribes of
Asia, 513
Werdi, loss of the Tigris steamer in a hurricane
near, 436 ( n o t e )
Wheel, the Persian and Chinese, 654
Wherry, or small sailing boat of China, 64'8
White Horde, Toktamish founds the dynasty
of the, 490
Wolga river, commerce of the, 582
Woollen cloth exported by the Arabs, 583
Woollens exported' from Eifgland to the
Netherlands, 588
Xandrames, the Indian prince, near the
Ganges, who collected an army to oppose
Alexander, 332
Xathri, the, prepared vessels for Alexander’s
descent of the Indus, 341
■■■v-., probable position of the country of the,
34! ( n o t e )
Xensetas, general of Antigonus,. the war in
Mesopotamia, his defeat and death, 402,
403
Xenias and Pasion desert Cyrus at Myrian-
drus, 212
Xenophon joins Cyrus’ expedition, 204
——, at the passage of the Centrites, 227,
229
’s skill in defeating the Colchians, 234
extricates the Greeks when pressed by
the Drillee,.and declines the sole command,
235, 238 *
,. gallantry of, in rescuing and reuniting
the Greeks at Calpee, 239
----- defeats the Persians, and saves Byzantium,
240, 241
and the Greeks take service' against
Tissaphernes, 241
captures the wife and family of Asi-
dates, hnd resigns the command of the
Greeks, 242
the tactics of, and those of the Greeks, |
242, 243
Xerxes succeeds his father Darius Hys-
taspes, 188
recovers Egypt, and prepares for war
with Greece, 191
orders a bridge to be built across the
Hellespont, and a canal to be cut through
Mount Athos, 191
proceeds from Susa to Lydia, and
Abydos, 192
numbers his force on the plain of Dariscus,
193, 194
advances to Thermopylae, and gains
the pass 194, 195
’s fleet defeated at Salamis, 195
takes and burns the citadel of Athens,
and plunders the temple of Delphos, 195
*----- , retreat and privations of the army of,
195,196
leaves Mardonius to carry on the war,
196
, flight of, from Sardis to Susa, where
he was murdered, 197, 198
, events of the reign of, recorded on the
monuments at Persepolis, 198 ( A p p e n d
i c e s B . and C . )
succeeded by Artaxerxes, 198
| son of Ahasuerus, or Artaxerxes, by
Esther, 200
v o l . xr.
Xerxes murdered shortly after his accession
200
-*—, inscriptions relating to, at Persepolis
( A p p e n d i c e s C . and D . )
------------ , at Hamad&n, ( d i t t o C . and D . )
Xisuthrus, Oannes, or Noah, 5
Yaafar, a king of the Himyarites-, 80
Yacuta, the character of the inscriptions
found at Samarkand, similar to those
of, 84
Ya’rab ben Kaht£n, probably Jerah, 51
, ’Abd-el Shems succeeds, 52'
Yechil Irmdk, or Iris, the 10,000 Greeks
sail past the, 237
Yemen, some of Ham’s descendants remained
in, 50
, the Kahtanites had their principal sea t
in, 51
became the seat of the TobMi and the
Himyarites, 52
, advanced state of civilization about
Job’s time in, 79'
——, state of, under the Tobbai, 79, 80
, TobMr inscriptions found in, 81
, Himyari inscription relative to the
agricultural produce1 of Egypt in, 90
I----1 the Himyari power, and foundation
of the kingdoms of Ghassan and Hirah
in, 449
■---- , Mosaic ritual introduced into, 449
1 invasions of, by the Abyssinian s, 450
, the various worships in, previous to
Muhammed’s time, 450
— subdued by Chosroes the Persian, 450
! ■ - — campaign of Salah-ed-dih in, 478
added to the Turkish dominions by
Selim II., 501
Yuhannah, M&r, now the seat of a Chaldean
bishop, 225
Yim, Ling Mountains, a part of the Paro-
pamisian chain, 309 '
Yununui, or Ninavi (Ninevites), tribe of
Syrians, 31
I Zab, the hereditary prince of Seistan, 134
, Persian treachery towards the 10,000
Greeks at the, 222
(Great), or Lycus, Darius crosses the,
286, 287
-, the battle of Arbela fought in the
neighbourhood of the, 295
, the, passed by Heraclius, 445
, the, crossed by the 10,000 Greeks,
221, 222
Zabdus, general of Zenobia, defeated by
Aurelian, 427
Zadracarta, the modem Saree, the satrap of
Tapuria, and other chiefs of, transfer their
allegiance to Alexander, 305
s , Alexander gives himself up to luxurious
amusements, &c., at, 305
, Alexander marches against Bessus
from, 306
Zagros, road through the, 612
Zaitha, Circesium camp and monument
erected to Gordian III., near, 424, 435
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