INDEX

409

URMI, DEAD SEA OF

217 ; Protestant missions at, 221-
234; the Fiske Seminary, 222 ;
College, 222; medical mission,
224 ; siege, 225 ; schools, 226, 231,
history of the mission, 226 ; results,
229; Anglican mission, 229 ;
Sisters of Bethany, 232 : popula-
tion, 235 ; antiquarian interests,

236 ; Syrians or Assyrians, 237 ;
inhabitants, 237 ; tenure of houses,

237 ; of lands, 238 ; laws injurious
to Christians, ii. 240

Urmi, Dead Sea of, ii. 215, 235

V-SHAPED SLIT, difficult passage of

the, ii. 44
Van, ii. 325, 334 note; Christian

mission at, 335 ; schools, 335 ; the

" Gardens," 337; castle, 338;

church, 339 : increasing trade, 339

------Dead Sea'of, ii. 332

------Lake, ii. 342

Varak Dagh, ii. 342
Varzahan village, ii. 389
Vastan village, ii. 342
Viguau, M. du, i. 227

W

WALNUT TREES, ii. 346

ZOBEIDEH VALLEY

Water supply of Persia, i. 241, 305
Wells, Colonel, i. 197, 227
Wiyjahea caravanserai, i. 54
Wolff, Sir H. Drummond, i. 181
Writing, a tine art, i. 284

YAKOBIYEH, i. 46, 52

Yalpand village, ii. 144

Yangaloo, Armenian village, ii. i

Yekmala, ii. 275

Yezd, i. 194

Yezidi torrent, ii. 286

Yezidis, the, ii. 317

ZAB RIVER, ii. 286

Zagros, gates of, i. 87

Zainderud river, i. 258, 269, 301 :

ii. 19 ; process of rinsing, i. 258
Zolabi, Bakhtiari eatable, i. 330
Zaptiehs, ii. 326
Zarak village, ii. 360
Zard Kuh range, ii. 23, 27, 28
Zarin valley, ii. 19
Zibar mountains, ii. 214
Zigana mountain, ii. 392
Zobeideh valley, i. 95

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