Volume 2 — INDEX
Reading edition
i. == Vol. I.
ii. == Vol. II.
Abal Kassem Khan, i. 40
Abbas Ali, Camel man, ii. 117
Abbas Ali Khan, British Agent in Birjand, ii. 104
Abdulabad, i. 79
Abid, ii. 19
Accumulations of wealth, i. 120
Across the Salt Desert, ii. 1-89
Afghan-Beluch Boundary, the, ii. 377
Afghan Desert, ii. 309 Invasion, i. 88 Soldiers, ii. 101 Women, ii. 440
Afghanistan, ii. 316
Afghans, ii. 283, 322
African black, an, i. 80
Agdah, i. 371
Agha Baba, i. 51, 73 Mahommed, i. 88
Agha Mahommed's invasion of Persia, i. 449, 450
Ahwaz, i. 340
Ahwaz-Isfahan track, i. 340
Alabaster throne, i. 225
Ala-el-Mulk, Governor of Kerman, i. 317, 433
Alamut Mt., i. 69
Alexandrovo, i. 3
Aliabad, i. 250
Ali Murat, ii. 24
Alliance Française, i. 171
Alliance Israelite, i. 172
Ambition, i. 126
American interests, i. 95
Amir of Birjand, ii. 94 Sistan, ii. 157 audience of the, ii. 185
Anar, i. 419
Ardakan Mts., i. 372
Ardeshir Meheban Irani, i. 405
Armenian Archbishop, i. 282 men, i. 283 women, i. 283
Armenians, i. 282 emigration of, i. 284
Artillery, ii. 92
Assiabo Gordoneh, i. 374
Astara, i. 27
Astrabad, i. 29, 185
Azerbaijan, i. 185
Azizawad, i. 249
Backhtiaris, i. 341
Badjirs, (Ventilating Shafts), i. 380, 408
Baghih, i. 428
Baku, i. 5, 21 native city, i. 23
Bambis, i. 365
Bandan, ii. 136
Bandan Mts., ii. 136
Bandar Abbas, i. 332 trade of, i. 334
Band-i-Sistan, ii. 227
Banking in Persia, i. 139
Bank-notes, i. 129, 147
Banks, i. 135
Banque d'Escompte et de Prêts, i. 134 Poliakoff, i. 134
Barbers, i. 309; ii. 71
Baths, i. 376
Bazaar, i. 35, 245, 267, 296-312; ii. 27
Beetroot Sugar Company, the, i. 118
Beggars, ii. 30
Behai sect, the, i. 391
Belgian Customs Officers, i. 155, 337
Bellew, ii. 321
Bellows, i. 255
Beluch, ii. 102, 120
Beluch-Afghan Boundary, ii. 308
Beluch bread, ii. 325 chiefs, ii. 420-422 dancing, ii. 305 diet, ii. 417 dress, ii. 418 Durbar, ii. 441 dwellings, ii. 415 fakir, ii. 433 fort, ii. 413 graves, ii. 313, 410, 422 graves, section of, ii. 402 graveyard, ii. 400, 438 greeting, ii. 276 hospitality, ii. 434 huts, ii. 434 implements, ii. 417 love and war songs, ii. 301 marriages, ii. 403 maternal love, ii. 311 Mesjids (or Mazit), ii. 363 music, ii. 296 ornaments, ii. 419 prisoners, ii. 324 religion, ii. 364, 423 rugs, i. 318 salutations, ii. 356 tents, ii. 310 types, ii. 350 weaving looms, ii. 416
Beluchistan, i. 98 Persian, i. 191 subdivisions of, ii. 381
Benn, Major, R. E., British Consul, Sistan, ii. 145, 163, 168, 169, 172
Benn, Bazaar, ii. 150
Biddeh, i. 375
Biddeshk, i. 277
Birjand, ii. 90 citadel, ii. 92 city, ii. 91 commercially, ii. 93 exports, ii. 99 imports, ii. 98 industries of, ii. 97 routes from, ii. 93 ruined fortress at, ii. 90
Biwarzin Yarak range, i. 69
Blackmail, i. 93
Bohemian glass, i. 307
Bokhara, Amir of, i. 25
Bombay Amelioration Society of the Parsees, i. 404
Brahui, ii. 365, 382
Bread, i. 310 making, ii. 259 of camel men, ii. 24
British Bazaar, ii. 151 flag, difficulties of hoisting the, ii. 172 goods, i. 36, 153, 166, 178; ii. 147 India Navigation Company, the, i. 334 Legation, i. 96, 98 staff, i. 98 protection, ii. 95, 153 trade, i. 155, 161 traders, ii. 152
Britishers, i. 143 in Persia, i. 84
Bunjar, ii. 194
Buried city, seemingly, ii. 270
Bushire Company, i. 147
Business principles, i. 120
Cairns, ii. 50, 353
Camel men, ii. 2, 56 devoutness of, ii. 82 riding, ii. 8
Camels, ii. 70, 331, 336
Canals, ii. 255, 320
Capital, i. 120, 140
Customs soldiers, ii. 278
Caravan from Kerman to Quetta, ii. 159
Caravan men, i. 334, 341
Caravans, i. 71
Caravanserais, i. 269, 310, 375; ii. 48, 91
Carriage fares (Resht Teheran), i. 54
Carpet factories, i. 313
Carpets, i. 153, 314 Birjand, ii. 97 Kerman, i. 316, 437 Herat, i. 318 Sultanabad, i. 317 Tabriz, i. 318 Turcoman, i. 318 Yezd, i. 318
Caspian Sea, navigation of, i. 50 steamers, i. 21
Catacombs, i. 14
Cats, intelligence of, ii. 40
Cave dwellers of Nushki, ii. 418
Chagai, ii. 379
Chah-herizek, i. 246
Chah-i-Mardan, ii. 320
Chah Sandan, ii. 356
Chakal, ii. 362
Chaman, ii. 441
Chaman Singh, ii. 150
Chanoh, i. 370
Chap, a Beluch dance, the, ii. 306
Chappar or post-horses, i. 259
Charity, i. 89
Chel-Payeh, ii. 51
Chiltan Mt., ii. 434, 440
Chinese Turkestan, i. 129
Chinese War, the, i. 107
Christianisation, i. 391
Church Missionary Society, i. 390
Churches, i. 17
Churchill, Mr., acting H.B.M. Consul, Resht, i. 61
Civilising agents, i. 167
Clemenson and Marsh, Messrs., ii. 132
Clouds, ii. 112 above the desert, ii. 80
Coachmen, i. 57, 63
Cocoon trade, i. 60
Coin, old and new, i. 133
Coins, i. 237
Cold, ii. 77, 81, 410
Colleges and schools, i. 294
Communication, i. 139 ways of, ii. 160
Compagnie d'Assurance et de Transport en Perse, i. 48
Company promoters, i. 122
Compensating laws of nature, ii. 48
Competition in Birjand, ii. 97 trade, i. 37
Confidence in foreigners, i. 123
Conical temporary graves, ii. 229
Consular postal service, ii. 110
Consulate guard, ii. 178 hospital, ii. 179 mosque, ii. 177
Consulates, i. 162 British, i. 39
Consuls, ii. 108
Copper, i. 276 coin, i. 130, 133 work, i. 267, 305
Cossacks, i. 6, 18, 349; ii. 108, 139
Crater, ii. 134
Credit, ii. 101
Criminals, i. 89
Currency, i. 127
Customs caravanserai, Sistan, ii. 150 officials, ii. 166
Dadi, ii. 235
Dalbandin, ii. 367, 397 routes from, ii. 397
Damovend Mt., i. 243, 255
Dancing, i. 198
Darband, ii. 47 Mt., ii. 42, 44
Daria-i-Nimak (Salt Lake), i. 250
Dearth of coins, i. 130
Deawat, i. 374
Deformities, i. 208, 245
Deh-i-Husena, ii. 251
Dentistry, i. 210
Deschambe bazaar, i. 60
Difficulties of traders, ii. 101
Diseases, ii. 115
Distances from Teheran to Isfahan, i. 280
Drog, ii. 409
Dry river beds, ii. 21, 44, 78, 125
Dunes, i. 355, 373; ii. 255, 281
Duties, i. 156
Ears of Persians, i. 208
Education, i. 143, 386 of Persians, i. 169
Electricity of the Desert, ii. 55, 70, 134
Elongating effects of the desert, ii. 66
England and Russia, i. 162
English education, i. 174 goods, i. 96
Englishman as a linguist, the, i. 177
Enzeli, i. 26, 29 bay, i. 30
Eshwark, ii. 361
Eshwerk, ii. 409
Eternal fires, i. 22
Euphrates Valley Railway, i. 163
European commercial houses, i. 152
Europeans, i. 90
European women, i. 298, 391
Exchange, i. 138
Family graves, ii. 400
Famine, i. 75
Fanatic, ii. 289
Farah Rud, ii. 209
Farmitan, ruins of, i. 447
Farming system, i. 155
Fars Trading Company, i. 147
Farsakh, the, i. 409
Fatabad, i. 456
Fedeshk, the village of, ii. 82
Fever, ii. 32, 48, 53, 85, 115, 117, 135, 183
Fever-stricken, ii. 95 people, ii. 83
Fezahbad, i. 360
Fight between Afghans and Sistanis, ii. 162
Fin Palace, i. 265
Fire temples, i. 399, 452 destruction of, i. 396 worshippers, i. 401
Food for camels, ii. 40
Foreign education, i. 172 exchange, i. 140 speculations, i. 121
Foreigners in Persian employ, i. 155
Fort, ii. 28
Fortress, ii. 135 in ruins, ii. 113
Fossils, ii. 43
Foxes, ii. 71
Fraud, i. 113, 116
Friction, ii. 95
Friday, the day of rest, i. 311
Fruit trees, i. 76
Fuel, i. 377
Garland, James Loraine, i. 286, 288
Gas Company, the, i. 116
Gat Mt., ii. 355, 358
Geographical frauds, i. 332
Geological fault, ii. 411
Georgians, i. 20
German commercial training, i. 177 goods, i. 19, 96, 180 Minister, i. 95
Germany, i. 95, 161, 163
Ghiez, i. 279
Ghilan, i. 184 province, i. 36, 59, 77
Ghilan's trade, i. 36
Ghul Khan, ii. 235
Gigantic rock inscription, i. 453
Girdi, ii. 275, 277
Glass, i. 255
Godar-i-Chah, ruins of, ii. 320 water of, ii. 321
Godar-Khorassunih Pass, ii. 12
God-i-Zirreh, ii. 322 salt deposits (Afghanistan), ii. 316
Golahek, i. 99
Golam Jelami, Dr., ii. 179
Golandeh, ii. 115
Gold, i. 127 coins, i. 132
Goldsmid, Sir F., ii. 321
Goldsmiths, i. 122
Government guarantee, i. 341 of India, i. 161
Grapes, i. 35
Graveyards, ii. 109
Grube, Mr., i. 144
Gullahbad, i. 354
Gurghena tribe, ii. 434
Gyabrabat, i. 269
Gypsum, ii. 332, 333
Hallucination, i. 65
Halmund water, ii. 150
Hamadan, i. 188
Hammam (baths), i. 386, 440
Hamun-i-Halmund, ii. 138, 280
Hand of prophet Nazareth Abbas, the, i. 264
Haoz Panch Caravanserai, ii. 24
Hardinge, Sir Arthur, i. 96, 221
Head Mullah, death of, i. 115
Heat, ii. 38, 39, 51
Hindoo Caravanserai, Kerman, i. 442
Hindoo merchants, i. 426
Hoarding, i. 139
Hodjatabad, i. 377
Holy city, i. 253
Horjins (saddle-bags), i. 303
Hormak, ii. 283, 285
Horse fair, i. 18
Hotels, i. 38, 40, 80, 81, 112
Hotz and Son, i. 135, 152, 154
House of Commons, i. 161
Houses, i. 93, 365; ii. 86, 145, 256
Husena Baba, ii. 253
Husseinabad, ii. 148
Ice store-houses, i. 266, 433
Illuminations, i. 216
Imperial Bank of Persia, i. 43, 90, 127, 135
Importation of arms, i. 320
Imprints, ii. 21
Incorrect maps, i. 331; ii. 23, 140, 142
India, the invasion of, i. 159
Indian pilgrims, ii. 110 tea traders, ii. 153 teas, ii. 156
Indo-European Telegraphs, i. 73, 90, 254, 263, 284
Infanticide, i. 208
Infantry soldiers, i. 115
Inscriptions and ornamentations on Chappar-Khana walls, i. 415
Intermarriage, ii. 65
Investments, i. 124
Iron, i. 276
Isfahan, i. 74, 285 avenue, the, i. 321 bridge, the, i. 285 commercially, i. 330 historical paintings, i. 324 Jewish quarters, i. 286 Madrassah, the, i. 285, 321 palace, the, i. 285, 323 square of, the, i. 296
Iskil, ii. 195
Isphandiar Khan, i. 343
Itinerary of Journey, London to Baku, i. 1-20 Baku to Enzeli, i. 26-28 Enzeli to Resht, i. 29-43 Resht to Teheran, i. 57-80 Teheran to Isfahan, i. 241-280 Isfahan to Yezd, i. 351-380 Yezd to Kerman, i. 408-430 Kerman to Birjand, ii. 1-89 Birjand to Sher-i-Nasrya (Sistan) ii. 112-141 Sher-i-Nasrya to Zaidan, ii. 194-232 Zaidan to Kuh-i-Kwajah, ii. 233-250 Kuh-i-Kwajah to Robat, ii. 251-292 Robat to Saindak viâ God-i-Zirreh (Afghanistan), ii. 307-323 Saindak to Quetta, ii. 324-441 Quetta to Calcutta, ii. 441-442 Calcutta to London, ii. 442-443
Jaffarabad, i. 377
Jamsetsji N. Tata, Mr., i. 407
Janja Mt., i. 69
"Jazia" tax, the, i. 403
Jewellers, i. 319
Jews, i. 116, 286, 290, 384 of Isfahan, features of the, i. 292
Jubareh, i. 286
Julfa, i. 282 Europeans at, i. 284 Graveyard, i. 284
Kajar dynasty, i. 88
Kajars, i. 221
Kala Ardeshir (fort), i. 445
Kala-i-Dukhtar or Virgin Fort, i. 443
Kalantar of Sistan, the, ii. 195, 197
Kalaoteh, ii. 10
Kanak, ii. 438
Kanats, i. 75, 353, 355, 371, 379; ii. 28
Kandahar road, ii. 440
Karenghi rirri, ii. 363
Karodak, ii. 408
Karun River, navigation of, i. 340
Kashan, i. 262, 263
Kasvin, i. 48, 51, 73 Manufacturer of, i. 77 rest house, i. 73
Kavkas and Mercury Steam Navigation Company, i. 26
Kawam-ed-douleh, i. 113
Kayani, the, ii. 139
Kehriz Natenz peak, i. 277
Kerbas cloth, i. 77
Kerjawa (litters), i. 247
Kerman, i. 431 British Consulate, i. 432 Cloths and felts, i. 437 Europeans at, i. 432 Garrison of, i. 435 Madrassah, the, i. 439 to Neh, route viâ Khabis, ii. 1
Keshk (cheese), ii. 119
Kevir, the, i. 370
Khafe-Khanas, i. 65
Khale Mandelha, i. 250
Khan of Kelat, ii. 380, 383-394
Kharkoff, i. 18
Kharzan Pass, i. 50
Khorassan, i. 134, 185
Khupah, i. 357
Khuzistan, i. 190
Kiafteh, i. 372
Kiev, i. 12
Kievo-Petcherskaya monastery, i. 14
Killi range, ii. 437
Kirtaka, ii. 312 routes from, ii. 312
Kishingi, ii. 433
Kohrut, i. 271 Dam, i. 270
Kort, i. 72
Kotor, ii. 432
Kran, i. 134, 139
Kuchaki Chah, ii. 410
Kudum, i. 51, 63
Kuh-Benan Mts., ii. 31
Kuh Djupahr, i. 429 peaks, i. 428
Kuh-i-buhlan Pass, i. 272
Kuh-i-Daftan (Volcano), ii. 327
Kuh-i-Kwajah, ii. 235-250 characteristic skulls, ii. 245 Dead houses, ii. 241 Gandun Piran Ziarat, ii. 242 Graves in compartments, ii. 240 Kala-i-Kakaha, city of roars of laughter, ii. 238, 247 legends regarding, ii. 248 Kuk fort, ii. 247 Priests' house, ii. 244 tomb of thirty-eight sections, ii. 242
Kuh-i-Malek-Siah, ii. 282
Kuh-i-Maran, ii. 438
Kum, i. 89, 242, 252
Kundi, ii. 351
Kupayeh Mountains, ii. 7
Kurdistan, i. 189 rugs, i. 317
Kurus peak, ii. 10
Kushkuhyeh, i. 423
Lahr Kuh, ii. 293
Lalun mines, i. 117, 119
Langherut, i. 256
Languages, i. 175
Lascelles, Sir Frank, i. 151
Laskerisha, ii. 309
Lawah, ii. 27 cat, ii. 442
Lawah, tracks from, ii. 27
Lawah's trade, ii. 28
Lead, ii. 327
Leather tanneries, i. 254
Legation guards, i. 100
Legations, i. 95
Leker Kuh range, ii. 21
Lenkoran, i. 27
Levantines, i. 61
Lingah, i. 337
Loaf-sugar, i. 37
Loan, six per cent., i. 152
London Society for promoting Christianity amongst the Jews of Isfahan, i. 286 Stock Exchange, i. 137
Luft-Ali-Khan, i. 450
Luristan, i. 190
Lynch Brothers, i. 342
Maclean incident, the, i. 156
MacMahon, Major A. H., ii. 321, 351, 378, 412
McGregor, Sir Charles, ii. 321, 351
Mahala-Giabr, i. 449
Mahommed Ali Brothers, ii. 151 Azim Khan Brothers, ii. 152 Azin, a descendant of the Kayani, ii. 239, 252
Mahommed Hayab, ii. 152 Raza Chah, ii. 262, 310
Mahommerah, i. 339 trade of, i. 344
Maiden's Tower, Baku, i. 23
Maladministration, i. 131
Malayer and Borujird districts, i. 189
Malcolm, Rev. Napier, i. 389
Malek-Siah, Ziarat, (where three countries meet), ii. 287
Mall, ii. 410
Marble, ii. 345
Market worth cultivating, ii. 157
Massacre of Jews, i. 291
Matsuma Fatima, i. 253
Mazanderan, i. 185
Meftah-el-Mulk, i. 103
Meftah-es-Sultaneh, i. 102
Meh-rab Shrine, i. 264
Meiboh, i. 375
Menzil, i. 68, 69 bridge, i. 51
Meshed horses for remounts, ii. 148
Meshed-i-Sher, i. 29
Meshed, pilgrimage to the sacred shrine of, ii. 95 track to, ii. 73
Mesjids, ii. 403, 433, 438
Miletor, Mr., Belgian Customs Officer, Sistan, ii. 166
Military Drill, i. 112 officers, ii. 92, 103 Political Service, ii. 168
Miller, Mr., Russian Vice-Consul for Sistan, ii. 149
Minerals, i. 188
Mint, the, i. 128
Mirage, i. 260, 355, 373; ii. 356
Mirjawa, track to, ii. 312
Mirui, ii. 359
Mirza Hassan Ashtiani, i. 150
Mirza-Taki-Khan, Assassination of, i. 265
Missionaries, i. 85, 281
Missionary work, i. 389
Misstatements, ii. 166
Model farm, i. 118
Moisture, i. 59
Mol-Ali, i. 70
Money, i. 124
Morad-Khan Kella, ii. 435, 436
Mosques, i. 93, 253, 264, 266, 267, 285, 296
Motor cars, i. 239
Mount Sofia, i. 284
Moving pictures, i. 233
Mudir School, i. 387
Mudonek Ateng Mt., ii. 433
Muht, ii. 113
Mukak, ii. 328
Mullahs, i. 44, 89, 92, 124, 150, 170, 253, 285
Murchikhar, i. 278
Murd-ap, i. 31, 50
Mushir-ed-Doulet, Minister of Foreign Affairs, i. 104, 106
Mushki-Chah, ii. 345
Mushroom-shaped Mount, ii. 286
Music, i. 435
Mustang track, ii. 437
Muzaffer-ed-din Shah, i. 138
Naiband Mt., ii. 56, 58, 78 village of, the, ii. 57 villagers, clothes of, ii. 68
Nao Gombes, i. 369
Naphtha, i. 190
Napier, ii. 321
Nasirabad, ii. 139
Nassirabad, i. 261
Native Merchants in Birjand, ii. 98
Natives, troublesome, ii. 61
Naus, Mr., i. 155
Nawar-Chah, ii. 279
New Consulate buildings, ii. 174
Nharui, ii. 382
Nickel coins, i. 131
Nihilists, i. 18
Northern Persia, i. 53, 145, 161
Nose of Persians, i. 210
Nushki, ii. 395, 414-432 Bazaar, ii. 428 Beluch durbar at, ii. 420 Beluch tribes near, ii. 414 Caravanserais, ii. 427 health of, ii. 427 hospital, ii. 427 projected Railway, ii. 429 Tashil, ii. 425 Tashildar, ii. 425 trade of, ii. 428 Traders in, ii. 396 route, ii. 96, 153, 367 Advice to traders, ii. 371 concession to traders by the, ii. 370 evolutions of the, ii. 376 first to travel from London to Quetta by the, ii. 371 forwarding agents by the, ii. 370 game on the, ii. 397 pilgrims by the, ii. 372 post offices on the, ii. 369 railway rebate on freight for goods by the, ii. 370 Rest houses on the, ii. 368 trade of the, ii. 147 traffic on the, ii. 368 travellers by the, ii. 371 water supply on the, ii. 369
Oasis, ii. 56
Observation, i. 174
Officials, i. 113; ii. 86
Oil wells, i. 20, 22
Opium, i. 435 smoking, ii. 29, 83 effects of, ii. 84
Orphans, college for, i. 104
Padag, ii. 409
Paichinar, i. 70
Paintings, i. 229, 236
Palawan (strong man), the, ii. 329
Palm-trees, ii. 28, 136
Parsee, British Subjects in Yezd, i. 405 ceremonies, i. 400 generosity, i. 407 national assembly, i. 405 priests, i. 400 school, i. 388 traders, i. 404
Parsees of India, i. 173 of Kerman, i. 443 fire of the, i. 402 or Guebre (Zoroastrians) of Yezd, i. 394-407 Zoroastrians, i. 383, 449
Pasand Khan, ii. 397
Passangun, i. 257
Passports, i. 31
Patang Kuh, ii. 254
Pearls, i. 237
Persecution, i. 292-295
Persian Army, the, i. 111 cats, ii. 6 Cossack regiment, i. 115, 222 crowds, ii. 110 Customs duty, ii. 167 dancing, ii. 304 dinner, i. 456, 458 expedition against Beluch, i. 435 Gulf, i. 164 Trading Company, i. 135 Imperial Government, obligations of the, i. 138 justice, ii. 189 markets, i. 138, 167 music, ii. 302 musical instruments, ii. 303 officials, i. 102 Question, the, i. 98 soldiers, i. 434 tea market, ii. 154 telegraphs, i. 352, 363, 371 the, as a soldier, i. 111 wedding, i. 193 women's dress, i. 211 jewels, i. 213 out-of-door dress, i. 213
Persia's condition, i. 109
Perso-Beluch frontier, ii. 343
Petroleum express, i. 5
Phillot, Major, H.B.M.'s Consul, Kerman, i. 432; ii. 169
Phonograph, ii. 178
Pigeon towers, i. 352
Pilgrimage for sterile women, i. 455
Pilgrims, i. 15; ii. 73
Pilgrims, Indian, ii. 95
Pipes, i. 308
Piri Bazaar, i. 32 Road, ii. 437
Pish, ii. 358
Pits, ii. 118
Plague, fears of the, ii. 374
Plucky Englishwoman, ii. 173
Policy of drift, i. 164, 340
Political service, ii. 108
Polygamy, i. 192
Portraits of sovereigns, i. 235
Post horses, i. 267, 270, 409, 418 offices, ii. 293 stations, i. 63
Practical Mission work, i. 289
Praga, i. 7
Preece, Mr., British Consul-General, Isfahan, i. 279, 286, 348
Preparing bodies for interment, ii. 401
Prime Minister, i. 223
Princes, i. 67
Prisoners, ii. 426
Protection against heat, ii. 38
Protest, a, i. 150
Punctuality, i. 125, 242
Pusht-i-Kuh, i. 190
Queen Victoria's portrait, i. 232, 235
Quetta, ii. 440
Quivering Minarets, the, i. 328
Rabino, Mr., i. 130, 136, 144
Rafsenju, routes from, i. 425
Rahdari tax, ii. 167
Railway, i. 91 to Kandahar, ii. 441 travelling, i. 20, 55
Railways needed, ii. 148, 169
Rain, ii. 112, 286
Redress, i. 277; ii. 153
Regheth, ii. 330, 334, 358
Registan, ii. 395
Reliability of Sistanis, ii. 161
Religious education, i. 172
Removals, i. 100
Resht, i. 35, 44 Governor-General of, i. 62
Respect of natives, ii. 145, 178
Rest houses, i. 64 in North Beluchistan, ii. 294
Rice, i. 61, 77
Road Concession, the, i. 242
Robat (Beluchistan) frontier post, ii. 291 Garrison needed at, ii. 170
Robbers, i. 270, 273, 277, 361, 410; ii. 73, 122, 135, 352
Rock habitations, ii. 15, 57 sculpture at Shah Abdul Hazim, i. 244
Rostoff, i. 18
Routes, ii. 73 across the Salt Desert, ii. 46
Royal college, Teheran, i. 170
Rudbar, i. 68
Ruins, i. 351, 382; ii. 28
Russia, i. 163
Russian Bank, i. 42, 137, 188 competition, i. 48 Custom House, i. 2 goods, i. 53; ii. 147 Government, i. 129 grant, i. 346 influence, i. 343 line of steamers, i. 337 loan, i. 127 market, i. 167 protective tariff, ii. 156 railway travelling, i. 7 road, the, i. 47, 50 capital employed in construction of, i. 52 tolls, i. 54 roads in Persia, i. 162 tariff, i. 161 tea market, ii. 155 the, i. 143 Vice-Consul, ii. 172 Vice-Consulate, ii. 149
Russia's aim in the Persian Gulf, i. 332 commercial success, i. 182 trade, i. 145, 155
Rustamabad, i. 64
Rustam's house, ii. 264
Sadek, i. 241, 243; ii. 442
Sahib Chah, ii. 334, 337
Sahlabad, ii. 120
Saïd Khan, ii. 295
Saigsi, i. 354
Saindak Mt., ii. 307, 324, 326
Salaam to Mecca, i. 257
Salambar Mt., i. 69
Salare Afkham, H. E., i. 40
Salt and Sand, i. 427 deposits, ii. 24, 119, 124 desert, ii. 36 journey across, ii. 1-89 incrustations, ii. 280 sediments, ii. 21 stream, ii. 75, 78, 129
Sanctuaries, i. 89
Sand bar, i. 374 barchans, ii. 355 formation of, ii. 318 deposits, i. 422
Sand dunes, ii. 408 hills, i. 377; ii. 290, 315, 355, 407 mounts, ii. 260 movement and accumulations, ii. 271 storm, ii. 24
Sara Mountains, i. 361
Sar-es-iap (No. 1), ii. 9 (No. 2), ii. 14
Sar-i-Yezd, i. 410
Sar-tip, the, ii. 162
Sayids, i. 207, 368
Sefid-Rud (River), i. 51, 63
Serde-Kuh (Mts.), i. 414
Servants, i. 86, 241, 420
Shah-Abdul-Azim, i. 91, 118, 244
Shah, an audience of the, i. 219
Shah Rud (River), i. 70
Shah's Anderum or Harem, i. 238 automobile, i. 218 banqueting room, i. 229 birthday, i. 216 country residences, i. 238 favourite apartments, i. 230 Jewelled-Globe room, i. 232 Museum, i. 227 Palace, i. 225 son, the, i. 239 stables, i. 89
Shai, i. 131, 133
Shehrawat, i. 371
Shela (the Salt River), ii. 279
Shemsh, i. 418
Sher-i-Nasrya (Sistan), ii. 140, 142
Sher-i-Rustam (Rustam's city), ii. 263-269
Shiraz wines, i. 191
Shirkuh Mt., i. 373
Shops, i. 35
Siberia, i. 166
Sibi horse fair, ii. 441
Silk, i. 60, 77, 409 carpets, i. 317
Silver, i. 127 coin, drain of, i. 128 purchasing power of, i. 128 coins, i. 132
Sin Sin, i. 260
Sistan, i. 185 Articles saleable in, ii. 158 British influence in, ii. 161 commercially, ii. 157 exports from, ii. 159 Vice-Consulate, history of, ii. 171
Sistan's health and prevalent diseases, ii. 180 transition, ii. 161
Small-pox, i. 70
Société de Chemins de Fer et des Tramways de Perse, i. 91 Prêts de Perse, i. 143
Soh, i. 276
Soldiers, i. 222
Sorag, ii. 409
Sotag, ii. 361
"Spear of the Sultan," the, ii. 352
Speculators, i. 147
Stable of Rustam's legendary horse, ii. 268
Stars and planets, ii. 36, 114
State Bank of St. Petersburg, i. 144
Statistics, i. 62
Stern, Dr., i. 287
Stone pillar, ii. 314
Stuart, Miss, i. 289
Sugar, ii. 98
Sultan Mts., ii. 351
Summer Residences, i. 99 Terraces at Warmal, ii. 255
Sunge (transit due), ii. 395
Sunsets, i. 251; ii. 274 in the Desert, ii. 79
Superstition, ii. 365
Surmah, i. 206; ii. 327
Sweets, i. 302
Sykes, Major, ii. 159, 208, 237
Tabriz, i. 186
Tadji, i. 213
Takatu Mts., ii. 434, 440
Tamarisk (kirri), ii. 262, 312, 353, 359, 361, 438
Teeth of Persians, i. 209
Teheran, i. 79, 87, 184 amusements in, i. 85 etiquette in, i. 85 European quarters in, i. 88 foreigners in, i. 86 "Place du Canon," the, i. 88 social sets, i. 85 "Top Meidan," in, i. 90
Tejerish, i. 99
Tek-chand, ii. 151
Telegraph needed, ii. 169
Telegraphs, i. 98, 139
Temporary consulate, ii. 174
Territorial rights, i. 168
Thefts, ii. 166
Theological college, i. 254, 264
Thirst, ii. 54
Time, i. 125, 142
Tobacco, i. 37
Tobacco Corporation, the, i. 148
Tokrajie Mts., ii. 31
Toman, i. 58, 134
Tower, ii. 45 of silence, i. 378
Trade caravanserais, i. 442; ii. 97 increase in, i. 36
Tramways, i. 91
Transcaspia, i. 128
Treasuring of capital, i. 121
Treaties, sanads and engagements with the Khan of Khelat and other Beluch chiefs, ii. 381-394
Trench, Major G. Chevenix, ii. 144, 169, 172
Tretoh, ii. 353
Tribal feuds, ii. 396
Twilight, i. 251; ii. 80, 275
Types of natives, i. 354, 367; ii. 16, 63, 257
Umar-al-din Khan, a British trader, ii. 97-99
Vanity, i. 122
Vegetation, i. 59, 62
Veziroff Gazumbek, Russian agent, Birjand, ii. 107
Volcanic formation, i. 71; ii. 128 region, ii. 13
Votka, i. 19
Walton, M.P., Mr. Joseph, i. 161
Warmal, ii. 255
Warsaw, i. 5
Water, i. 62, 258, 278, 355, 374, 382; ii. 48, 51, 59, 75, 77, 120, 126, 277, 326, 334, 336, 353, 357, 362, 366, 369
Water-melons, i. 260
Water-skins, ii. 72
Weapons, i. 236, 319
Weaving-loom, i. 366
Webb-Ware, C.I.E., Captain F. C., Political Assistant at Chagai, ii. 147, 170, 357, 367
Well for unfaithful women, i. 202
Wheat from Arabistan, i. 342
Whirlwinds, i. 361
White, Captain, ii. 169
White, Dr. Henry, i. 392
Wife, price of a Beluch, ii. 404
Wind, ii. 75, 81, 408
Wind of 120 days, the, ii. 150
Windmills, ii. 136, 149
Witte, Mr. de, i. 144
Wolves, ii. 15, 34, 71
Woman's society, i. 84
Women, i. 428, 429; ii. 66, 137 anatomically, i. 205 seclusion of, i. 193
Work of Mission among Jews, i. 288
Yadgar, ii. 408
Yate, C.S.I., C.M.G., Colonel C. E., Agent to Governor-General of Beluchistan, ii. 441
Yezd, i. 381 citadel, i. 385 European community, i. 391 Government of, i. 385 Governor of, i. 385 health of, i. 390 hospital, i. 390 population of, i. 383 trade, i. 383
Zagar Mengal tribe, ii. 395
Zaidan, ii. 260 history of, ii. 219-232 architecture, ii. 226 Bellew, ii. 222, 225, 230 Canals, ii. 227 Canals dry, ii. 232 caravanserai at Kala-i-fath, ii. 231 Deshtak, ii. 222 devastation of, ii. 220, 221 Goldsmid, Sir F., ii. 223, 230 Jalalabad, ii. 222 Kayani Kings, ii. 231 Kayani Maliks, ii. 221 Nad-i-Ali, ii. 222 Nadir Shah, ii. 231 Peshawaran, ii. 222, 223, 225 Pulki, ii. 222 Rud-i-Perian, ii. 228 Safavi Dynasty, ii. 221 Shah Rukh Shah, ii. 220 Taimur Lang, ii. 221 the great city, ii. 187, 194-232 Arabic inscriptions, ii. 215-217, 223 Chir-pir or tomb of 40 saints, ii. 214 citadel, ii. 206 covered passages, ii. 206 curiosities found at, ii. 196 extensive graveyard, ii. 211 Goldsmid, Sir F., ii. 202 graves, ii. 214 high wall and towers, ii. 205 ice store-houses, ii. 203 imposing citadel, ii. 204 Kala-i-fath, ii. 194, 213, 220, 226, 230, 231 Lash Yuwain, ii. 194, 209, 226 Length and breadth, ii. 208 length of, ii. 209, 220, 232 Mil-i-Zaidan pillar, ii. 201 objects found at, ii. 215 oil lamps excavated at, ii. 217 outer towers, ii. 203 protecting fortresses, ii. 220 remains of double wall, ii. 210 Rud-i-Nasru, ii. 213 Canal, ii. 208 Sand accumulations, ii. 213 strange image excavated at, ii. 218 Sykes, Major, ii. 202, 228 Tablets, ii. 216 Unroofed structures, ii. 211 Wall, continuation of, ii. 207
Zein-ed-din tower, i. 264
Zemahlabad fort, ii. 155
Zen-u-din, i. 413
Ziarats, ii. 337, 352, 356, 398, 423, 438
Ziegler & Co., i. 134, 152, 318
Zil-es-Sultan, i. 323, 349 an audience of, i. 350
Zirreh, ii. 280
Zorap, ii. 270
Zoroaster, i. 396
Zoroastrian religion, i. 398