406 INDEX KUT-AL-AIMARAH pfiysique, 352; description of, 372; outrages. 375 ; remorseless robbers, 377 Kut-al-Aimarah, i. 18 Kuzik lake, ii. 365 LABAREE, Dr., ii. 240 note Lahdaraz, i. 359 Land, cultivation of, i. 21 Lanterns, Persian, i. Ill; ii. 158 Layard, Sir A. H., Early Adventures, i. 13 ; on Ali-Ilahism, 87; on the Bakhtiaris, 294 Lazes, the, ii. 391 Legation, the British, at Tihran, i. 175 Letter from the Turkish Ambassador, ii. 322 Libasgun, i. 365 Lodgings for travellers, i. 82 Luri-Buzurg, the, i. 286-299 Lurs, Bakhtiari, i. 293-297 ; external improvement, ii. 18 Lurs, Feili, i. 297-299 Lyne, Mr. and Mrs., i. 214 M MAHILASHT, i. 93 ; plain of, 97; river, 96 Makhedi, ii. 58 Mar Shimun, the Syrian Patriarch of Kochanes, ii. 288-294 Marbishu, ii. 267 j church, 269 Qasha Ishai's dwelling, 271 Margil, i. 7 Martaza, Ilyat encampment, i. 343 Masir, ii. 48 Matchetloo, ii. 364 Mauri Zarin valley, ii. 77 Mehemetabad, ii. 211 Heron or holy oil, i. 277 Merwana, ii. 262 Merwanen village, ii. 327 Miandab, ii. 204 Mianmalek Pass, ii. 194 Mirza Taghi, murder of, i. 206 Missionaries, female, life, i. 253-255 ------Medical, i. 38,188, 250; ii. 162 224 Missions. See Christian PABWEZ Modakel, i. 115 Mohammerah, i. 5 Moharrem, or month of mourning, ii. 158 Vloney, difficulty of procuring, ii. 020 Vlongawi village, ii. 143 Mowaz, ii. 15 Muhammad Jik, ii. 202 Muradchai river, ii. 365 Murcheh Zhurt, i. 232, 239 Muschir - u - Dowleh, i. 205 ; his mosque, 206; college, hospital, 207 j palace, 207 ; andarun, 209 Mush, plain of, ii. 348 Myan.Tak hamlet, i. 88 N NAGHUN VILLAGE, i. 331; Pass, ii. 2 Nahrwaa canal, i. 51 Nal Shikan Pass, i. 94 Namads or felts at Hamadan. ii. 151 Names, i. 140 Nanej, i. 135 ; female curiosity, 137 ; ceremonials on the birth of a child, 138, 139 Narek village, ii. 342 Nasrabad, i. 226 ; ii. 184 Nimrud Dagh, ii. 342 o Ruz or New Year, festival of, annual ceremony, i. 204, 219 Norduz, ii. 327 Norullak, plain of, ii. 365 Odah, Turkish guest-house, ii. 344 Odling, Dr. and Mrs., i. 198 Ombar, ii. 263 Orta Khan, first camping-ground, i. 49 PADSHAH-I-ZALAKI, ii, 60 ; disorderly crowd, 60 ; attack, 63; thefts, 71; savage life, 73 Pai-Tak, i. 87 Pambakal Pass, ii. 30 Pamir desert, "the roof of the world," i. 127 Parwez, ii. 90, 93, 104 ; under fire, 90