Volume 5 — INDEX.
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A.
Abyssinia divided into provinces, vol. iii. 248
Abyssinians, list of their kings, i. 480
—— customs, iii. 262
—— manner of marrying, iii. 306
—— manner of baptism, iii. 324
—— mode of administering the sacrament of the supper, iii. 334
—— religion, iii. 313
—— military force, iii. 308
—— practise circumcision, iii. 341
—— books, i. 493
—— when converted to Christianity, i. 504
Abreha makes war with the Arabians, i. 512
Abuna, law to bring him from Cairo, i. 534
Adelan, character, iv. 439
—— cavalry, beauty of, iv. 437
—— promises the author protection, iv. 441
Adowa, town, iii. 119
Agageers, account of them, iv. 298
Agows, i. 401
Alexander attempts to discover the source of the Nile, iii. 607
Alexandria, i. 10
Algiers, the author made consul there, Introd. 6.
Ali Bey, account of him, i. 28
Alphonso Mendes, patriarch, enters Abyssinia, ii. 349
—— violent conduct, ii. 355
—— banished from Abyssinia, ii. 402
Alvarez, account of his journal, ii. 150
—— his account of Abyssinian baptism, iii. 227
Amda Sion, his licentious conduct, ii. 6
—— attacks Adel, ii. 15
—— defeats the Moors, ii. 16
—— kings of Hadea, and Fatigar, ii. 22
—— the king of Adel, ii. 30
—— silences the murmurs of his army, ii. 41
—— defeats the rebels, ii. 43
Amhara, account of, i. 401, and iii. 254
Amlac, Icon, restored to the kingdom, ii. 2
Arabia, its climate and productions, i. 373
Aroossi, iii. 572
Ashkoko, app. 139
Axum, capital of Tigre, iii. 129
—— when and by whom built, i. 378
—— Chronicle, i. 398
B.
Baalbec, description of, Introd. 58
Babelmandeb, account of, i. 311, 314
Bæda Mariam banishes his brothers to Wechne, ii. 80
—— his character, ii. 90
Bacuffa, character, ii. 595
—— annals of his reign imperfect, ii. 596
—— singular accidents of his life, ii. 597, 598
Baharnagash, i. 483
Balessan, balm, or balsam, vol. i. p. 374
—— description of it, Appen. 16
Banja, battle of, iii. 374
Begemder, province of Abyssinia, iii. 253
Beja, i. 86
Bengazi, Introd. 43
Beni Koreish, i. 521
Bermudes made patriarch of Abyssinia, ii. 169
—— makes submission of Abyssinia to the see of Rome, ii. 170
—— procures assistance for Abyssinia, ii. 178
—— violent conduct, ii. 195
—— leaves Abyssinia, ii. 198
Beyla, Shekh of, sends a moullah to Teawa in favour of the author, iv. 385
—— author’s friendly reception there, iv. 411
—— description of, iv. 414
Binny, appen. 211
Booted Lynx, appen. 146
C.
Cairo, government, i. 24
Cambyses, his expedition into Africa, i. 450
Camera obscura, description of one used by the author, Introd. 8
Candace, queen, i. 505
Canja, description of, i. 43
Caretta, or sea-tortoise, app. 215
Carnac, and Luxor, ruins there, i. 13, 139
Carthage, ruins of, Introd. 21
Cæsar, his desire to know the source of the Nile, iii. 612
Cerastes, or horned viper, Appen. 158
Chendi, iv. 529
Chiggre, valley, iv. 559
Christopher Father, account of him, Introd. 18
—— procures letters for the author to Abyssinia, i. 35
Christopher de Gama, his gallant behaviour, ii. 186
—— death, ii. 187
Claudius, prosperous beginning of his reign, ii. 179
—— defeats the Moors, ii. 191
—— slain by Nur, ii. 203
Cleopatra encourages trade, i. 467
Constantina, Introd. 26
Cosseir, description of, i. 189
Covillan Peter, his character, ii. 104
—— sent to Abyssinia, ii. 106
—— sends dispatches to Portugal, ii. 108
Cush peoples Abyssinia, i. 376
Cusso, or Bankesia Abyssinica, Appen. 73
Cyrus, his expedition, i. 449
D.
Dahalac, island, i. 348
Damot, province of Abyssinia, iii. 257
—— massacre there, i. 526
Dancali, kingdom, ii. 82
Darius, his expedition, i. 454
David III. defeats the Moors, ii. 137
—— distresses his Portuguese allies, ii. 136
—— attacked and defeated by the Moors, ii. 161
—— distresses of the king, ii. 163
—— fortitude, ii. 166
David IV. assembles the clergy, ii. 577
—— puts to death the Catholic priests, ii. 580
—— calls a second meeting of the clergy, ii. 588
—— insulted by them, ii. 589
—— punishes them, ii. 590
—— poisoned, ii. 591
Desan, cape, i. 443
Dembea, province, iii. 258
Dendera, ruins, i. 103
Denghel Sertza, defeats the Moors, ii. 228
Denghel Sertza defeats the Turks, vol. ii. p. 233
—— his death and character, ii. 235
Diodorus Siculus, his account of Meroe, iv. 542
Dixan, town, iii. 85
Dugga, ruins, Introd. 23
E.
Eagle, Golden, appen. 155
—— Black, appen. 159
Egyptians, customs of, iii. 290
Egypt, not the gift of the Nile, iii. 672
El Adda, app. 193
Elephant, manner of hunting him described, iv. 296
Enoch, book of, i. 497
Ensete, app. 36
Ergett Y’Dimmo, app. 34
Ergett el Krone, app. 35
Erkoom, app. 169
Esther, Ozoro, marries Michael, ii. 699
—— her cruelty to the murderers of Mariam Barea, ii. 700
Ethiopia, that word ill applied, has rendered the scripture obscure, i. 405 to 410
Eudoxus, his first voyage, i. 465
—— second voyage, i. 466
—— sails round Africa, i. 467
Excision practised by the Abyssinians, iii. 347
F.
Facilidas, his prudent conduct, ii. 374
—— defeats the rebel Serca Christos, ii. 386
—— banishes the Catholics, ii. 402
—— his death and character, ii. 418
Falasha or Jews, their language, i. 404
—— account of them, i. 484
Farek, or Bauhinia Acuminata, Appen. 57
Fasil Waragna, made governor of Damot, ii. 673
—— quarrels with Ras Michael, ii. 697
—— defeated by him, ii. 705
—— defeated at Fagitta, ii. 714
—— defeated at Limjour, iii. 460
—— makes peace with the king, iii. 466
—— author’s interview with him in his camp, iii. 510
—— gives the author leave to visit the sources of the Nile, iii. 530
—— his artful conduct with Socinios, iv. 35
—— declares for Tecla Haimanout, iv. 43
Fatima, queen, surrenders to the Abyssinians, ii. 303
—— prudent conduct with Socinios, ii. 305
Fennec, Appen. 128
Ferriana, account of, Introd. 33
Fidele, the Shekh of Teawa his character, iv. 352
—— the author’s first interview with him, iv. 357
—— his deceitful conduct, iv. 362
Fit-Auraris, account of that officer, iii. 400
Fly, tsaltsalya, zimb, or cynomyia, i. 388
—— its wonderful effect, i. 388, 389
—— mention made of it by Isaiah, app. 390
Foosht, island, i. 329
Funge, iv. 458
—— slavish character, iv. 459
Frumentius converts Abyssinia to Christianity, i. 509
Furshout, i. 114
G.
Gafats, account of them, i. 402
Gaguedi, Appen. 52
Galla, account of that nation, i. 402. ii. 216
Gawa, ruins, vol. i. p. 96
Geesh, province conferred on the author, iii. 472
Geeza, Pyramids, i. 41
—— not the ancient Memphis, i. 59
Geez language of the shepherds, i. 424, 5
Gerri, iii. 667 iv. 517
Gibbertis, account of them, ii. 9
Gingiro, kingdom, i. 320
Gir Gir, or Geshe el Aube, appen. 47
Gojam, province of Abyssinia, iii. 256
Gondar account of it, iii. 380
Goog, village, iv. 20
Guangoul, description of him, iv. 99
Gurague, their mode of stealing, iv. 148
Gusho, his character, ii. 700
—— conspires against Michael, iii. 375
—— deceives Fasil, iii. 465
—— marches to Gondar, iii. 481
—— author’s interview with him, iii. 482
—— defeated at Serbraxos, iv. 144
—— offers the king terms of peace, iv. 146
—— refused, iv. 151
—— the author’s second interview with him, iv. 204
—— his army invests Gondar, iv. 229
—— forces Michael’s army to surrender, iv. 231
—— created Ras, iv. 240
—— his bad conduct, iv. 244
—— flies from Gondar, iv. 246
—— taken and put in irons, iv. 247
—— released, iv. 260
H.
Habesh, meaning of that word, i. 397
Halouan, island of the Nile, i. 71
Hanno’s periplus explained, ii. 552
—— vindicated, ii. 564
Henry king of Portugal, his ardour for promoting science, ii. 95
—— attempts a passage round Africa, ii. 96
—— sends an embassy to Abyssinia, ii. 103
Herodotus, passage of his explained, ii. 562
—— account of the Nile’s rise, iii. 685
Hieroglyphics founded on observation of the dog star, i. 412
—— absurd opinion concerning them, i. 415
Hor-Cacamoot, account of that place, iv. 324
Hyæna, description of, appen. 107
Hybeer, iv. 536
I.
India, account of its climate and productions, i. 371
Indian trade origin of it, i. 373
—— fluctuating state, i. 447
—— hurt by the expedition of the Persians, i. 448
—— lost in the time of the Romans, i. 470
Iscander makes war with Adel, ii. 116
—— slain by Za Saluce, ii. 118
Israelites, probable course of their journey from Egypt, i. 230
Iteghe, her power, i. 507
J.
Jahaleen Arabs, iv. 456
Janni, his kind reception of die author, iii. 120
Jemma river, beauty of, iv. 12
Jerboa, description of, appen. 121
Jidda description of, i. 265
Joas confers his favour on the Galla, ii. 670
—— disgusts Mariam Barea, ii. 675
—— his army defeated, ii. 679
—— claims the protection of Michael, ii. 680
—— rupture with Michael, ii. 701
—— attempts to assassinate him, ii. 703
—— assassinated by Michael, ii. 706
Judith massacres the royal family, vol. i. p. 526
—— transmits the crown of Abyssinia to her posterity, i. 527
K.
Kantuffa, description of, appen. 49
Kol-quall tree, appen. 41
Konfodah, i. 297
Koran, account of, i. 522
Koscam, author’s transactions there, iii. 211
—— palace, description of it, iv. 271
Kuara, province of Abyssinia, iii. 259
Kuara tree, appen. 65
L.
Lalibala, his attempt to change the course of the Nile, i. 529
Lamalmon, iii. 183
Languages, specimens of various, i. 401, 2
Letters, origin of, i. 420
—— not given by God to Moses, i. 421
—— altered by Moses, i. 422.
Loheia, i. 302
M.
Maffudi, character of him, ii. 115
—— defeated by Naod, ii. 123
—— rewarded by the Turks, ii. 136
—— slain, ii. 140
Mahomet pretends to be a prophet, i. 520
Mahomet Bey Abou Dahab, interview with him, iv. 625
—— permits the English to trade to Suez, iv. 633
Maitsha, account of that province, iii. 546 and iv. 23
Marble mountains, i. 187
Mariam Barea, associated with the party of the Iteghe, ii. 671
—— quarrels with Michael, ii. 674
—— deprived of his government, in 675
—— his character, ii. 676
—— remonstrates against the king’s conduct, ii. 677
—— defeats the Galla, ii. 680
—— defeated by Michael, ii. 693
—— put to death by the king, ii. 695
Masuah, island, iii. 1
—— diseases, iii. 33
—— trade and music, iii. 51, 52
Menas, king, banishes the Portuguese priests, ii. 210
Menilek son of Solomon, i. 480
Meroe when built, i. 378
—— island, situation of, iii. 644, and iv. 539
Michael Suhul, governor of Tigre, refuses to obey the king’s orders, ii. 649
—— taken prisoner, ii. 650
—— advances in the king’s favour, ii. 652
—— restored to his government, ii. 654
—— called by the king to defend him against Mariam Barea, ii. 680
—— marches to Gondar, ii. 681
—— restores order in the capital, ii. 684
—— marches against Mariam Barea, ii. 686
—— defeats him, ii. 693
—— rupture with the king, ii. 704
—— defeats Fasil, ii. 705
—— assassinates the king, ii. 706
—— puts Hannes II. to death, ii. 709
—— defeats Fasil, ii. 715
—— author’s first interview with him, iii. 217
Michael Suhul his character, vol iii. p. 226
—— conspiracy formed against him, iii. 375
—— forced to leave Gondar, iii. 479
—— cruelty on his return to Gondar, iv. 72, 5
—— impolitic conduct, iv. 111
—— defeats Gusho and Powussen at Serbraxos, iv. 144
—— retreats to Gondar, iv. 224
—— made prisoner, iii. 240
Mocha, meaning of that name, i. 442
Mohannan, the ancient Memphis, i. 54
Montes Lunæ of the ancients, i. 378
Moroc, description of, appen. 178
Mudgid cuts off the royal family at Wechne, ii. 169
N.
Nacueta Laab resigns the crown of Abyssinia, i. 532
Nagashi what, i. 524
Narea, kingdom, account of, ii. 312
Nearchus sails from India to the Persian Gulf, i. 455
—— enters the Red Sea, i. 456
Nebuchadnezzar, dispute about his canonization, iii. 367
Nero attempts to discover the source of the Nile, iii. 613
Niger, cause of its increase, iii. 719
—— not a branch of the Nile, iii. 720
Nile description of the cataract above Syene, i. 156
—— discovery of its sources, iii. 580
—— attempted by the ancients, iii. 606
—— description of its sources, iii. 634
—— course of that river, iii. 644
—— names, iii. 654
—— cause of its inundation iii. 658
—— inquiry if possible to change its course, iii. 712
—— great cataract, iii. 425
—— memorable passage of, iii. 448
Nilometer, iii. 690
—— changed by Omar, iii. 716
Norden’s voyage, account of, iii. 630
Nuba, their character, iv. 419
—— religion, iv. 420
—— author kindly received by them, iv. 423
Nucta, iii. 716
O.
Omar conquers Egypt, iii. 689
Ombi, men-eaters, i. 142
Ophir, voyage to, account of, i. 433
Osiris not the sun, but the dog-star, i. 412
Oustas usurps the throne, ii. 540
—— favourable to the Catholic religion, ii. 569
—— deposed, ii. 572
P.
Paez Peter enters Abyssinia, ii. 244
—— converts Za Denghel, ii. 245
—— builds a convent at Gorgora, ii. 266
—— converts Socinios, ii. 344
—— his death and character, ii. 344
—— his pretensions to discover the source of the Nile confuted, iii. 617
Palestine, various nations fled from it, i. 399
Palmyra, ruins, introd. 57
Papyrus, ships made of it, i. 370
—— description of it, app. 1
Petronius Arbiter improves Egypt, iii. 696
Polygamy, cause of its origin, i. 281
Poncet sent to Abyssinia, ii. 467
—— account of his travels, ii. 469
—— recovers the king of Abyssinia, ii. 478
Poncet, his journal vindicated, vol. ii. p. 492
Portugal, attempts to discover the East Indies, ii. 96
—— sends an embassy to Abyssinia, ii. 103
—— receives an embassy from Abyssinia, ii. 133
—— sends a reinforcement to David III., ii. 142
—— unsuccessful issue of the expedition, ii. 157
—— sends a second reinforcement to the king of Abyssinia, ii. 181
Pox, small, when introduced, i. 514
Ptolemy I. encourages the Indian trade, i. 457
—— II. his magnificent procession, i. 458
—— invades Ethiopia, i. 462
—— III. conquers Ethiopia, i. 463
R.
Rachamah, description of, appen. 163
Rack tree description of, appen. 44
Ras el Feel, the author made governor of that province, iii. 364
Ras Sem account of, Introd. 39
Red Sea, cause of that name, i. 237
Rhinoceros, hunting of him described, iv. 296
—— description of that animal, appen. 85
Roderigo de Lima attempts to enter Abyssinia, iii. 628
Rosetto, i. 20
Roule M. le Noir sent to Abyssinia, ii. 501
—— imprudent conduct at Sennaar, ii. 507
—— assassinated, ii. 508
S.
Saba, queen of, i. 471
—— visits Jerusalem, i. 472
—— has a son to Solomon, i. 476
—— founds the Abyssinian Monarchy, i. 476
Salama Abba, character of, iii, 201
——- condemned and executed, iv. 68
Samen, province of Abyssinia, iii. 252
Sancaho, iv. 376
Sand, pillars of, iv. 553-6
Sassa, append. 27
Sennaar, author arrives there, iv. 428
—— character of its king, iv. 430
—— account of his wives, iv. 418
—— treacherous conduct to the author, iv. 453
—— list of its kings, iv. 464
—— government, iv. 479
—— forces, iv. 480
—— climate, diseases, iv. 481
Serbraxos, first battle of, iv. 140
—— second battle of, iv. 165
—— third battle of, iv. 199
Sesostris improves Egypt, i. 368
Shangalla, account of that nation, ii. 546
—— division of their country, iv. 327
Shaw, Dr. his mistake about Egypt, iii. 700
Shalaka Welled Amlac, account of him, iv. 2
—— —— —— author’s reception at his house, iv. 6
Shell-fish found in the desert, iv. 339
Sheregrig, description of, append. 182
Shepherds, account of that people, i. 384
—— their various names, i. 385
—— habitation, i. 386
—— subdue Egypt, i. 395
Shoa, kingdom, iii. 255
Sid el Coom, iv. 460
Simoom, description of that poisonous wind, iv. 341
Sire, town of, iii. 152
—— province of Abyssinia, iii. 252
Sittinia, queen, iv. 531
Slave-trade, its origin, i. 392
Socinios claims the crown, ii. 250
—— defeats his rival Jacob, 259
—— the Galla, 275
Socinios crowned at Axum, ii. 278
—— expedition against Sennaar, ii. 298
—— subdues Fatima queen of the Shepherds, ii. 302
—— converted to the Catholic religion, ii. 308
—— sends ambassadors to Rome, ii. 309
—— openly professes the Catholic religion, ii. 344
—— bigotted conduct, ii. 552
—— limits the power of the Catholics, ii. 359
—— grants the Abyssinians full exercise of their own religion, ii. 396
—— death and character, ii. 397
Sofala, the Ophir of the ancients, i. 438
Spaitla, Introd. 30
Strabo, his account of Meroe, iv. 544
Suez, directions how to sail there, i. 223
Sugar canes, plantations of them in Upper Egypt, i. 81
Syene, or Assouan, i. 154
—— assumed by Eratosthenes for measuring an arch of the meridian, i. 160
T.
Tacazze river, iii. 156, 7
—— why called Siris, i. 379
Taranta, mountain, iii. 76
Tarshish, i. 439
Tecla Haimanout I. writes in favour of Du Roule, ii. 517
—— quells a rebellion, ii. 530
—— assassinated, ii. 532
—— II. his character, ii. 709
—— the author’s first interview with him, iii. 230
—— cruelty, iv. 65
—— dangerous situation at Serbraxos, iv. 169
Tcherkin, iv. 293
Teawa, description of it, iv. 350
Teff, appen. 76
Terfowey wells, iv. 465
—— dangerous situation of the author there, iv. 566
Tesfos Ayto, governor of Samen, joins Gusho, iv. 189
—— his army cut off, iv. 192
Thebes when built, i. 380
—— destroyed by the Shepherds, i. 394
—— ruins of, i. 122
—— sepulchres, i. 125
—— description of two harps found there, i. 130
Theodorus, king, opinion about him, ii. 64
Tifilis executes the regicides, ii. 534
—— defeats the rebel Tigi, ii. 532
Tigre, province, iii. 251
Time, Abyssinian manner of computing it, iii. 351
Tot, who, i. 416
Towash Mahomet, iv. 490
—— slain in the desert, iv. 586
—— account of him, iv. 610
Trade-winds, i. 431
Troglodyte Cushites, their settlement, i. 376
—— their progress, i. 383
Tunis, Introd. i. 21
Tyre, Introd. i. 59
Tzana Lake, description of, iii. 386
W.
Waalia, append. 186
Waldubba, monks of, iii. 177
Walkuffa, append. 67
Wanzey tree, account of, app. 54
War of the Elephant, i. 510
Wechne, royal family banished there, ii. 415
Welleta Girgis, or Socinios, made king, iii. 482
—— author interview with him, iv. 46
Welleta Girgis flies from Gondar, iv. 51
Welled Sidi Boogannim, tribe of Arabs, introd. 24
Woodage Asahel, his character, iii. 421
—— reveals Fasil’s plans, iv. 32
—— bravery, iv. 200
—— slain, iv. 201
Wooginoos, or Brucea Antidysenterica, app. 69
Y.
Yambo, i. 247
Yasine, his attention to the author, iv. 329
Yasous I. his expedition to Wechne, ii. 428
—— defeats the Galla, ii. 434
—— his son rebels against him, ii. 513
—— death and character, ii. 516
Yasous II. rebellion in the beginning of his reign, ii. 616
—— defeats the Arabs, ii. 632
—— addicted to building, ii. 634
—— attacks Sennaar, ii. 636
—— defeated, ii. 639
—— irritated at the Naybe of Masuah, ii. 646
—— summons Michael Suhul to Gondar, ii. 649
—— takes him prisoner, ii. 650
—— makes a second expedition against Sennaar, ii. 655
Yasous Amha, prince of Shoa, iv. 93
—— gives the author the annals of Shoa, iv. 96
—— his account of the nations near Shoa, iv. 97
Yasous, Kefla, discovers Fasil’s stratagem, iii. 453
—— marches to Delakus, iii. 456
—— crosses the Nile, iii. 457
Yemen once subject to Abyssinia, i. 518
Z.
Za Denghel restored to the throne, ii, 242
—— converted to the Catholic faith, ii. 245
Za Selasse rebels, ii. 247
—— defeats and slays Za Denghel, ii. 250
—— defeated, ii. 257
—— joins Socinios, ii. 258
—— death and character, ii. 268, 9
Zague, prince of, slain, ii. 689
Zara Jacob, sends ambassadors to the council of Florence, ii. 69
—— persecutes the idolaters in Abyssinia, ii. 70
Zebee river, ii. 318
Zerah, i. 406
Zipporah, wife of Moses, i. 406
Zumrud, Jibbel, voyage there, i. 204