Mendeli, the river, 546.
Merchandize, 215.

Mesene, island of, betwixt branches of the Euphrates
and Tigris, 535.
Mesopotamia, 76, 77.

Messengers of the desert, 134.
Mill-stones, 124.

Mirage, or Seraub of the desert, 275. 402.
Mist, red, of the desert, 168.

Modain, the site of the ancient Ctesiphon, 519.

Mohammedans, Indian, are the most superstitious, 48.
Mohammedan resignation, anecdote of a lost cup, 159.
Mohammedan fortresses, style of, 35.

Mokhoddessy, or pilgrims from Jerusalem, 150, 151.
Monies provided for the author's journey, 4.

Monolithic temple, of which the monolith is covered
with inscriptions, 500.

Moolah, venerable, party collected at his festive board,

106.

Mostanser, Caliph, 406.

Motesellem of Mardin, 193.

Mounds, artificial, 10, 16, 424.

At Akkerkoof, 400.

Ancient authors quoted, 400. Near the Diala
river, 519. They are known only by the appellation
Tal, or hillock, 520.

Mousul, the author arrives at, 281. 309. He visits the

Pasha, 282. Description of the town, 286. The
bazars, 287. Its churches, 288, 289. Besieged
by Saladin, 293.

Mousul, Eski, (Old Mousul) in ruins, 278.
Muftis, doctors of the church and law, 108.
Mujellibe, description of the Babylonian, 419. 424. 426.

434. 447. It is the abode of wild beasts, and vul-
garly said to be so of evil spirits, 511.
Murders, at Bagdad, left to the relatives of the slain to
avenge, 548.

Musical instruments, drums, &c. 57.

Nahum, the prophet, 303.

N.

Naphthu and bitumen, 339. 414. 422.
Nebuchadnezzar, 415.

Necropolis, its presumed site, 91.
Nicatorius, the mountain, 327.

Nimrod, the mighty hunter, 531.

Nimrod's palace at Akkerkoof, called the Kassr Nim-
rood, 395.

Nineveh, 262. 279. 298. Mounds which mark its site,
299. Its extent greater than that of Babylon, 300.
Its high walls, 305. 460.

Ninus, founder of Nineveh, 301.

Nisibeen, antiquity of this city, 242. Its situation, 243.
Its history, 244.

Palace of the Caliphs at Bagdad, 504. Of Khosroes, at
Madain, 537.

Papyrus, reeds in layers betwixt the Babylonian courses
of brick, 445.

Pasha of three Tails, dependent only on the Ottoman
Porte, 215.

Patriarch of Jerusalem, 65. His priests, 66, 67. Their
animosity to the Moslems, 67.
Patriarch, Syrian, at Mardin, 180.

Persian Ambassador arrives at Bagdad, 542, 543. Phy-
siognomy of the Turcomans, 43; of the Arabs, 43.
Persian Monarchy, interesting particulars relative to
Khosrou and some other sovereigns, 536.
Pilau, the dish so named, 56.

Pilgrims, 11. Exactions to which they are subject, 35.
150, 151. Christian Pilgrims, 57.

Pilgrims, Hindoo, 197. Persian pilgrimages to Mecca
extremely dangerous to the devotees, 543.

Pipes, smoking, 85.

Pliny quoted with regard to Babylon, 428. 430. 446.
Pococke's Travels referred to, 77.
Pomegranate Tree, 69.

Prayers at day-break, El Fudjer, 272.

Prices of provisions, stated on various occasions, 11.
Primeval Manners, 19.

Prospects, rich and extensive scenery, 91.

Provisions, Eastern, 106. Of the Desert, 154.
Pyramid of brick, 401.

Q.

Quintus Curtius, inaccuracies of, 314.

R.

Rafts supported by bladders and inflated skins, 317.
Rakhee, or brandy, distilled from dates, 66.
Raleigh, Sir Walter, his History of the World, in certain
instances obscure, 531.

Ramadan, the venerable Sheikh of Barak, 13.
Ramazan, 498. Explanation of this fast, 518. Splendour

of Bagdad during the nights of the Ramazan, 514.

Sapor's invasion of Mesopotamia, 218. 261, 262.
Saracenic arches and architecture, 38. 42. 108. 380.
Sassinides, history of this dynasty, translated by M. Sil-

vestre de Sacy, from the Persian of Mirkhond, 535.
Scarabæus of Egypt, the colossal one of black granite in
the British Museum, 502.

Schoolmaster and Sheikh, union of character, 351.
Scripture, quotations from, 19. 24. 31. 44. 229. 303. 399.
428.441. 448. 477.531.

Scorpions, 140.
Sculptured tombs, 53.

Seal of the Caliphs inscribed in Cufic, Ya Allah, 501.
Seid Hassan, of Orfah, 135. 145.

Seleucus, cities built by him, 529.

Seleucia, mounds and vestiges of this ancient city dis-
coverable near the river Tigris, 529.

Selman Pauk, or the Pure, the celebrated Persian barber,
524.

Semiramis, queen, 419.

Semmetic languages, 487.

Sennaar, or Shinar, land of, its fertility, 510.

Sepulchral grottoes, 52.

Shakaboor, village of, 12.

Shapoor, wars of this monarch, 535.

Shapoor the Second, 245, 246.

Sheep-folds, 156.

Sheikhs, account of various, 17, 18. 228. 278, 279. 334.

Sheikhs described, 278, 279.

Shemseeah, sectarians so named, 192.

Shereefs, pretended descendants of Mahomet, 37. 53.

108.

Shinar, land of, 263. 531.

Shoasheef, or Sushoaf, a Koord village, 201. 228.
Shooster, pilgrims from, 525, 526.

Shushan, the Palace, its ruins supposed to be extant at
Shooster, 526.

Simoom, or Desert wind, 497.

Sinjur, mountain of, 236, 237. 252. 264.

Sinjur, or Singaia, town of, 261. Battle of Singara, 261.

Tamar-Aga, chief of some Koords, 198. The author's
visit to him, 199.

Tanis, in Lower Egypt, 396.
Taook, village of, 341.

Tartars, Constantinopolitan government messengers,
46. 209.

Tatars, Tartars and messengers, 209. 234. 321. 344.
Tauk Kesra, the grand and romantic arch of Kesra, 527.
Taurus, mount, its distant prospect, snow-capped, 8.
its ice, 85. Limestone, its component, 86.

Temple, ancient, 250.

Ten Thousand, retreat of the, 332. 521.
Tents, curious, 15. 17.

Tent of Abraham, 19; of an Arab chief, 154.
Terrestrial degree, its length, 264.

Thermometer, state of the, 49. 273. 392. 413. At Ba-
bylon, 443. 516.527.

Tigris, river, etymon of this name, 30. Its course, 203.

207. 212.278, 279. 309. 404. 408. 426. 428. 471.
530. Beauty of this fine stream on a starlight
night, 514. Ancient sites near its banks, 529.
Tombs of the Mohammedans, 26. 52. Of Arabs, 160.

341. Of a Sheeah martyr, 403. Of Zobeida, 404.
Of Selman Pauk, 524.

Tomb of Daniel, at Shooster, 526.

Toorki, or Turcoman, the language, 546.

Touz Kourma, village, 355, 356.

Trajan, conquests and decease of the Roman Emperor,

Waadi Berman, valley, 198.
Waadi Sajoor, a village, 14.

Wahabees, sect of the, their warfare, 2. 137. Adven-
tures of one, 47. Camp, 95. Their character, 95,
96. 118. 136. 543.

Walls of ancient masonry, 122.

Walls, search after the Babylonian, 438. 442.

Water, grateful approach to it, evidenced by the impa
tience of animals, 275.

Wedding-dinner at Sushoaf, 229.

Wigs, antiquity of them evidenced by the coins of
the Sassanian monarchs, and Theban statues, 52ô.
Winds of the Desert, 478.
Women, Eastern, jealous seclusion of them, 60.

X.

Xenophon's description of Mesopotamia, 41. 317. Re-
ferred to with regard to the ancient city Sitace, 521.
Xenophon's animated account of the contest betwixt
Cyrus the younger, and his brother Artaxerxes, 400.

Y.

Yezeedis, tribe of, 116. Their veneration of Satan, 118.
120. 162, 163. 267. Their features, 161. Their
towns, 265, 266. 320. 332.

Yunus, a government Tartar, 235.

Yusuff, a Christian merchant of Diarbekr, 208. 224.

Z.

Zab, the river (of the ancients), 314. 318, 319. 327.330.

333. 357. 520.

Zemboor, village of, 14.

Zenghi, the first of the Attabegs, 75.
Zilgah, lake of, at Orfah, 64.

Zobeida, tomb of, at Bagdad, 404. 408. 547.