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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