INDEX

Abbās, 67

Abu Jahl, 67

Abu Tālib, Mohammed’s uncle, 67

Aīvan, 18

Ali, Imam, 75-77

Ali Mohammed (Bab), 90, 91

Anjuman, 49

Arbāb Jamshīd, a wealthy Parsi at Tehran, 51

Arches, 16

Arkhālūq, 45

Armenian Christians, 58, 107

Aryan Parsis, 62

Atmosphere, absence of moisture in, 13

Bāb, gate of knowledge, 73

——, first book-bearer of the Behāīs, founder of the Babi sect, 90, 91

Babis, the, 79, 86, 88, 91, 94, 108, 177, 187, 193, 212;

massacre of, 104, 155-157, 186;

martyrs, 138, 139

Bād-gīr, 14, 15, 46

Bāgh, 9-11

Bazaars, 11

Behāīs, the, 61, 81;

massacre of, 44, 52, 87-89, 104;

tenets of, 86, 90, 92-96, 104, 114

Behaū’llah, first book-bearer of the Behāīs, 81, 87, 89, 90, 92, 95, 193

Bigotry, in Yezd, 44

Bird, Miss, 260

Boyland, Mr, 261

Brighty, Miss, 261

Browne, Professor E. G., translator of the Tārīkhi Jadīd, 91

Bruce, Canon, 58, 59

Carpenters, of Yezd, 23

Carpets, 22

Caspian Sea, 2

Chādar, 122

Chairs, 24

Church Missionary Intelligencer, 95

Church Missionary Society, 55, 230, 232

Cleanliness, of Yezdis, 26

Converts, problem of, 196-198, 212-215

Crime, indifference to, 184

Curtains, 21

Deserts, salt and sandy, 2, 3

Dīnyār, Qalāntar of the Parsi Committee, 49

Divorce, 178

Dīvs, 121, 122

Doors, 19, 20

Etiquette and Manners, of the Yezdis, 158

European colony, in Yezd, 55

Evil Eye, 122

Fanaticism, of Yezdis, 54

Farrāsh, 47

Fireplaces, 21

Fittings of houses, 21

Flower-beds, 33, 34

Forgiveness of sins, Mohammed’s teaching on the, 98

Furniture, 21-26

Gardens, 9

Griffith, Dr, 100, 260

Gudarz, Mr, a prominent Parsi merchant of Yezd, 261

Gypsum, 17

Hakim Khānum, lady doctor, 102

Hanifs, reformers, 65, 66, 68, 70

Hasan, Imam, 133, 134

Heaven and Hell, Mussulman idea of, 98, 99

Hill villages, 31, 32

Hookahs, Persian, 25

Houses, 13-33; built for heat, 29, 30

Husain, Imam, 133, 134

Huts, mud, 28

Ibn Ishāk, the biographer, 68

Ibrāhīm Qalīl Khān, 50

Imam Ali, 75-77

—— Hasan, 133, 134

—— Husain, 133, 134

Imams, the, 73, 76, 77

Industrial missions—a suggestion, 197-201

Infidels, Persian attitude towards, 130

Insularity, of Yezd, 36

Isaiah, quoted, 95

Isfahan, 36

Isfahanis, and Yezdis, 38

Isfandiār, a Parsi schoolmaster at Taft, 51

Islām, doctrine of, 64, 65, 80-82, 96, 97, 110, 132, 133;

has ruined Persia, 112

Isolation, of Yezd, 36

Jadīd, a convert from Parsiism, 62

Jalālu’d Daula, the, 52, 183

Jazīya, 47, 49

Jews, in Yezd, 44, 52;

Mohammed’s dealings with, 71

Jins, 121, 122

Julfa, a suburb of Isfahan, 58

Jus Paternum, in Yezd, 181

Ka’aba, a heathen temple of the Meccans, 65

Kāshān, 7, 43

Khadīja, wife of Mohammed, 66

Khalīfs, the, 72, 76

Khauf u jizā, fear of hell and expectation of heaven, 98

Kirmān, 7, 36

Koelle, Life of Mohammed, 67, 68, 71

Kūcha Biyuk, village, 49

Kursī, 22, 30

Lāla, 25

Lamps, 25

Language, Persian, 152

Lāristān, 43

Lattices, 19

Ledges, 16

Looking-glasses, 21

Lūtīs, 51, 58

Mahdi, or Mehdi, the last of the Imams, 72, 73, 75

Mānukjī Limjī, Parsi representative in Tehran, 48, 50

Manzil, 34

Marriages, Persian, 178

Mazra’, 4, 5

Mecca, 63, 65, 69, 70

Medical Missions, in Yezd, 55, 229, 248-254

Medina, 63, 70, 71

Mihraban, a Parsi, 64

Miracle play, Muharram, 126, 134

Missionary in Persia, the, his difficulties, 188-216;

the problem of converts, 196-198, 212-215;

his tasks and duties, 217-255;

philanthropic work, 229-232;

poor relief, 232-239;

school and medical work, 239-254

Missions, Christian, tolerated in Yezd, 55, 56;

industrial, 197-201

Mohammed, 63-72, 84, 85, 90, 91, 96, 97, 112, 113, 128, 130;

his birth, 65;

his wife, 66;

head of the Hanif movement, 67;

his admiration of the Jews, 124

Mohammedanism, Persian, 60, 64-114;

aspects in Yezd of, 115-135

Monogamy, 177, 178

Mountain streams, 5

Muballigh, teacher and missionary, 88, 89

Mud, use of, 12;

huts of, 28

Muhammad Hasan Khan, Governor of Yezd, 48

Muharram, 133

Mujtahid, 46-48, 56, 58, 73-75, 88

Mulla Bahrām of Khuramshār, a Parsi, 48

Munāfiqīn, hypocrites, 80

Mushīru’l Mamālik, the, 51

Mussulman v. Armenian morality, 118

Muzaffaru’d Dīn, Shah, 49

Nakhl, 134

Nāsiru’d Dīn, Shah, 48

Nāsiru’d Dīn, Mulla, and his mule, story of, 149

Nijāsat, 132

Non-conformity in Persia, 61

Oasis, 3, 4

Omar, Khalīf, 76, 135

Opium trade, 170

Ornamentation, of houses, 17

Paighambarī, 84, 85, 96, 110, 127

Parsis in Yezd, oppression and persecution of, 44-52

Pilgrimages, Mussulman, 118, 128

Plain, a typical Persian, 7

Polygamy, 177

Poor relief, 232-239

Postal arrangements, in Yezd, 36

Qabā, 45, 48

Qalāntar, 49

Qaliān, 25

Qum, 119

Qurān, the, 73, 74, 76, 77, 92, 93, 105, 107-109, 119, 120, 124, 130

Rainfall, 6, 29

Ramazān, Mohammedan Fast, 78

Rasht, 43, 233

Rice, Rev. W. A., 95

Rustami Ardishīri Dīnyār, a Parsi, 49

Rūza khānī, 126, 196

Sahāmu’l Mulk, 51

Sāhibi kitāb, a book-bearer, Mohammed regarded as the last, 72

Salāmat, a Parsi, 51

Salt and sandy deserts, 2, 3

Saughāts, 162

Savābs, 98-105

School work, in Yezd, 239-248

Seyid, a descendant of Mohammed, 50, 101, 102

Shaikhi sect, the, 91

Shahr, a town, 39

Shiahs, or nonconformists, 60, 73-78, 86, 87, 93-98, 103, 105-109, 124, 128, 134, 177, 212

Shīrāz, 36, 43

Silkworms, 233

Soldiers, Persian, 156

Streams, mountain, 5

Subhi Azal, second book-bearer of the Behāīs, 90, 92

Sufis, sect of the, 86, 108

Summer buildings, 15, 29

Sunnat, 73, 74

Sunnis, and their creed, 63, 72, 74, 77, 80, 94, 106

Superstition, 121-123

Tables, 23, 24

Taft village, 51, 134

Tālār, summer portico, 14, 15

Tāqchas, ledges, 16, 24-26

Taqdīr, 97

Taqiya, 212

Tārīkhi Jadīd, 91

Tauhid, 127

Taylor, Dr Elsie, 260

Teheran, 2

Telegraph line, native, 37

Tīrandāz, a Parsi, 49

Tomān, 47

Trinket boxes, 26

Turners, of Yezd, 23

Uncleanness, degrees of, 130-132

Untruthfulness of Persians, 116, 142

Vatan, home-district, 39

Villages, 8;

hill-, 31, 32

Walls, house-, 16

Waraka ibn Nawfal, a prominent Hanif, 66

Water system, 6

White, Dr Henry, 204, 260, 261

Windows, 19, 20

Winter rooms, 18

Yailāq, 31

Yazīd, 134

Yezd district, houses in, 1-35;

its isolation and insularity, 36

Yezdis, and Isfahanis, 38;

their religion, 111, 120-126;

character of the, 136-187;

systematised inconsistency, 137;

loyalty, 138;

sense of shame, 147;

humour, 148;

their disregard of time, 150;

difficulties of their language, 152;

lack of initiative, 154;

their courage, 155;

etiquette and manners of, 158;

their triviality, 160;

pride, 165, 166;

kindliness, cruelty, 166;

dishonesty, 142, 168;

lack of business habits, 171;

fatalism, 173;

latent strength, 176;

their family ties, 177;

jus paternum, 181;

religious liberty, 181-183;

indifference to crime, 184;

open-handness, 184

Zaid, 71

Zaid ibn Amr, 66

Zainab, 71

Zardūshtī (Zoroastrian), 50

Zillu’s Sultān, 50, 52

Zoroastrians, in Yezd, 46-53, 113

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CENTRAL PERSIA illustrating FIVE YEARS IN A PERSIAN TOWN.

By the Rev. Napier Malcolm.