402

INDEX

24 ; impressions of, 26 ; population,
28 ; bazars, 29 ; cafes, 30 ; trade,
30, 43; "Fish of Tobias," 31;
bricks, 35; schools at, 36, 37 ;
dispensary, 38 ; boils, 39

Bahar, ii. 169

Baiburt, ii. 388

Bakhtiari Country, the general de-
scription of, i. 286-293 ; women,
319 ; hair-dyes, 319; costume, 320 ;
dying man, 322-325 ; politics, 327 ;
punishments, 329 ; entertainment,
331; haratn, 353; marriage customs,
355 ; chcipi, national dance, 356 ;
conceit, 357; camping-ground, 371;
tents, 372 ; hospitality, 377;
diseases, 379; education, ii. 7 ;
methods of cultivation, 9 ; paternal
tenderness, 21 ; diet, 22 ; sensi-
tiveness, 32 ; poverty, 54 ; " blood
feuds," 55 ; tribal feuds, 84;
tribesmen, 98 ; burial' rites, 99 ;
graveyards, 100; religion, 101-
103 ; men's costume, 106 ; women's,
107 ; polygamy, 108 ; population,

110 note ; taxation, 111; exports,

111 ; animals, 117
Baldiji, Moslem village, i. 369
Bani, ii. 267

Barchallah, ii. 286

Basnoi, ii. 67

Basrah, i. 1, 6; climate, 7; date

industry, 7 ; inhabitants, 8
Hawaii, ii. 124

Bazuft or Eudbar valley, ii. 10, 13
' Beladruz, i. 60
Bell, Colonel S., on Van, ii. 338, 340
Berigun, ii. 23
Berwar-Lata valley, ii. 323
Besitun range, i. 98, 119; village,

121, 122
Bideshk, i. 236
Bihishtabad, the Mansion of Heaven,

ii. 3

Bijar, ii. 173, 178
Bijilan mountain, ii. 368
Bilar, ii. 323
Bingol Bagh, ii. 370
Bitlis, ii. 341, 350 ; trade, 351 ;

population, 352 ; Christian Mission

at, 354; school, 355; mineral

springs, 359 ; valley, 349

CHRISTIAN MISSIONS AT BAGHDAD

Blizzards, i. 95, 123, 154, 235 ; ii.

370

Boka, i. 129

' Boy," a pet horse, ii. 135
Bread-making, Persian, i. 159
Browne, Mr., ii. 2S4, 317-319
Bruce, Dr., i. 5, 46, 248, 252

- Mrs., i. 245
Buffaloes, ii. 212

Burujird, town of, ii. 124 ; " tribute
insurrection," 127 ; population,
130 ; manufactures, 130 ; prosper-
ity, 131; plain of, 124
Bushire, i. 1; commerce of, 3

CANALS, i. 51

Caravan, fate of a, i. 133

Caravans, i. 50; ii. 388 ; collision of,
i. 91, 144

Caravanserai, dirt of a, L 81-83

Carmelite monks, French, i. 37

Carpets, Persian, i. 109

Chadar, i. 17

Chahar Bagh bridge, i. 25S
— Mahals or four districts, i. 308,
361

Chaharta, i. 359

Chaldsean plains, i. 14

Challeh Kuh, peak of, i. 370

Chalonitis, i. 85

Chaman Kushan, plain of, ii. 28
api, Bakhtiari dance, i. 356

Charmi village, i. 307

Charzabar Pass, i. 94

Cherri Pass, ii. 13

Cheshmeh-i-Charzabar torrent, i. 95

Chesmeh-i-Gurab, i. 346

------ Zarin, plain of, ii. 24

Chigakhor, i. 348; plain of, 369 ;
patients, 369 ; "season," 370 ; fort,
375

Child-life, Persian, i. 218

Chiraz, i. 358

Christian missions at Baghdad, i. 24 ;
at Bitlis, ii. 355 ; at Erzerum,
382; at Hamadan, 162, result
of, 164 note; at Julia, i. 248 : at
Tihrau, 188; at Urmi, ii. 221-
234, history of, 226, results, 229 ;
at Van, 335 note