INDEX
Marcus Nathan Adler translation
The references in this Index are made to the pages of Asher's Edition, which are marked in the margin of the foregoing English translation.
Aaronim, 33.
Ab, Fast of, 10, 52.
Abaji, sepulchre of, 68.
Abba Mari, R., bailiff of Count Raymond, 5.
Abraham, gate of, 36.
--house of, at Harran, 51; near Hebron, 42.
--sepulchre of, 41.
--well of, 44.
Abraham, R., the astronomer, 45.
--head of the Academy at Narbonne, 2.
--head of the Academy at Posquières, 4.
Abraham el Constantini, R., 39, 40.
Abramaz, king of the Giants, 47.
Absalom, statue of, at Rome, 11.
Absalom's Hand, pillar called, 37.
Abu al-Nazr, sheik, 102.
Abu Talib, 99.
Abydos, 19.
Abyssinia, merchants from, 106.
--people of, 96, 97.
--source of Nile in, 96, 101.
Academies: in Alexandria, 103;
Bagdad, 60;
Ibelin, 43;
Mizraim, 98;
Narbonne, 2;
Nehardea, 69;
Posquières, 4.
--Heads of the, installed by Exilarch, 63;
visit Synagogue of Ezekiel, 67;
dwelt originally at Sura, 69;
sepulchres of the, 69.
Academy Gaon Jacob, 60, 80.
--of the land of Israel, 48.
Acco, see Acre.
Achelous (Aphilon), 15.
Acre (Acco), 31.
Aden, 95, 96.
Africa, merchants from, 2, 106.
Agur bricks, 65.
Ahab, son of Omri, palace of, 32.
Ahasuerus, king, 73.
Ailam (Elim), 107.
Ain Siptha, 68.
Ain-al-Shams (Ramses), 103.
Ajalon, valley of, 34.
Al Abbasi, caliph, 54, 99;
see also Caliph of Bagdad.
Al-Bubizig, 103.
Al Buheira, 108.
Al-Gingaleh, 95.
Al-Habash (Abyssinia), 97, 101, 106.
--sultan, 96.
Al Harbina, 108.
Al-Karkh, 64.
Al-Sham (Esh-Sham), see Syria.
Alamannia, see Germany.
Alani, the, 62.
Alawiyyim, 99.
Aleph, letter, used by Samaritans in
place of , and , 33.
Aleppo (Haleb, Aram Zoba), 50.
Alexander the Great, 15, 18;
built Alexandria, 103, 104;
iron gates made by, 62.
Alexander III, pope, 8.
Alexandria, 102-6;
merchants from, 2.
Algarve, merchants from, 3, 106.
Ali ben Abu Talib, 69.
Almah, 45.
Alphabet, Samaritan, lacks , and , 33.
Alroy, David, see David Alroy.
Altar, of the children of Ammon at Jebeil, 28;
of the children of Dan at Banias, 46;
of Jeroboam at Banias, 46;
on Mount Carmel, 31;
on Mount Gerizim, 33.
Amadia, 76-9.
Amalfi, 13;
merchants from, 106.
Amana, river, 46.
Ammon, children of, 28.
Ammon of No, 103.
Anatolica, 15.
Andalusia, merchants from, 106.
Andernach, 110.
Angleterre, see England.
Anjou, merchants from, 106.
Antioch, 26.
Antiochus, king of Syria, 26.
Antipater, king of the Greeks, 15.
Aphilon, see Achelous.
Apulia, 13;
merchants from, 106.
Aqueducts in Damascus, 46.
Arabia, merchants from, 67, 106.
Arabs: Kalat Jabar left by the Turks to the, 50;
pray at the Synagogue of Ezekiel, 68;
join the Jews of Teima in pillaging, 70.
Aragon, merchants from, 106.
Aram Naharaim, 62.
Aram Zoba, see Aleppo.
Ararat, mountains of, 52, 62.
Archers, display of skill by, 88.
Aristotle, academy of, at Alexandria, 103.
Ark, in Synagogue of Exilarch, 64;
in Synagogue of Ezekiel, 66.
Arles, 5.
Armenia, 26.
Armylo, 18.
Arnon, river, 46.
Arta (Larta), 15.
Artaxerxes, king of Persia, 73.
Artificers in silk at Constantinople, 23;
at Salonica, 19;
in silk and purple at Thebes, 16.
Ascoli, 14.
Ashdod, 43.
Ashdoth Hapisgah, 44.
Asher, 31.
--tribe of, in mountains of Naisabur, 83.
Asher, R., the recluse, 3.
Ashkelonah, see Askelon.
Ashkenaz, see Germany.
Ashmedai, 49.
Ashmun, 102.
Asia, merchants from, 3.
Askelon, 43.
Assassins (Hashishim), 27, 76.
Assuan, 96, 97.
Assur the Great, see Mosul.
Astronomers: R. Abraham, 45;
R. Joseph, Burhan-al-mulk, 52, 80.
Asveh, mountains of, 62.
Auxerre, 112.
Azariah, furnace into which he was thrown, 65;
sepulchre of, 68.
Azariah, R., head of the Academy of the land of Israel, 48.
Baalbec (Baaloth), 48, 49.
Baal-Gad, see Gebal (Gebele).
Babel, see Babylon.
Babel, Tower of, 65.
Babylon, 44, 51, 63, 65, 76, 98;
merchants from, 20.
Bagdad, 20, 54-64, 67, 71, 77-9, 99.
Balaam, Turret of, 50.
Balis (Pethor), 50.
Bamberg, 111.
Banias (Dan), 46.
Bar Melicha, see Dar Melicha.
Barak ben Abinoam, sepulchre of, 46.
Barbarians, hired by Greeks to fight with Sultan Masud, 23.
Barcelona, 1.
Bari, Colo di, 14.
Basra, 73.
Basra gate, Bagdad, 57.
Bassorah, see Basra.
Bath, gigantic head used as a, 47.
Batlanim, at Bagdad, 61.
Battles, in the Colosseum, 9.
Bdellium, found at Katifa, 89.
Beirut (Beeroth), 28.
Beit Jibrin, 42.
Beit Nuba (Nob), 42.
Bekr, see Diar Kalach.
Ben Hadad, palace of, 47.
Bene Berak, 43.
Benevento, 13.
Benha, 103.
Benjamin ben Japheth, R., sepulchre of, 45.
Beth Din, Sar Shalom, head of the, 48.
Bethlehem (Beth-Leon), 40.
Beziers, 2.
Bilbais, 102, 103.
Bingen, 110.
Bir Abraham, 44.
Blachernae, palace of king Emanuel, 21.
Boemond
Poitevin,
prince
(le Baube), 26.
Bohemia, 111.
Bones of the Israelites, at Hebron, 41.
Bonn, 110.
Bostanai the Nasi, exilarch, 53.
Bourg de St. Gilles, 5.
Bozez, 43.
Brindisi, 14.
Bronze columns from the Temple, 10.
Bulgaria, merchants from, 106.
Burgundy, merchants from, 106.
Caesar, Julius, palace of, at Rome, 8.
Caesarea, 32.
Calabria, 14, 108;
merchants from, 106.
Caleb ben Jephunneh, synagogue of, 45.
Caliph of Bagdad: al Abbasi--Emir al Muminin--Hafiz, 54;
his attendants, 57;
his benevolence, 59;
his dress, 56;
his excursions, 56-8;
his industry, 55;
his learning, 55, 58;
his palace, 54;
his position, 54;
his recreation, 54;
his riches, 56;
is revered by pilgrims, 55;
places guards over the members of his family, 56;
invests Exilarch with authority, 63;
is warned against David Alroy, 79;
revolt of the Alawiyyim against the, 99.
Callipolis, see Gallipoli.
Camel slain as Passover-sacrifice by Caliph of Bagdad, 58.
Canaan, merchants from, 20.
Capernaum, 32.
Caphtor, 101, 107.
Captivity, Head of the, see Exilarch, Bostanai the Nasi, and Daniel the son of Hisdai.
Capua, 11.
Capys, king, 11.
Caravans, in the Sahara, 97.
Carchemish, see Karkisiya.
Carmel, Mount, 31.
Castile, Introduction.
Catacombs, at Rome, 10.
Catania, 109.
Cemeteries, Jewish, at Almah, 45;
near Ramleh, 43;
of the Israelites, near Jerusalem, 37.
Ceuta, 6.
Chafton, mountains of, 77.
Charlemagne, 9.
Chebar, river, 66.
China (Zin), 94.
Chinnereth, lake of, 44.
Chios, 25.
Chisdai, Rab, sepulchre of, 68.
Chiya, R., grave of, 44.
Christianity, followed by Girgashites, 62.
Christians, large number of, at Palermo, 108;
Medical School of, at Salerno, 12.
Christopoli, 19.
Chulan, 95.
Chuni Hamaagal, sepulchre of, 45.
Churches, in Constantinople, 20.
Cloth, purple, artificers in, at Thebes, 16.
Coblenz, 110.
Colo di Bari, 14.
Cologne, 109, 110.
Colosseum, in Rome, 9.
Columns, of silver and gold in palace of Caliph, 56;
in mosque at Damascus, 47;
of bronze, from the Temple, 10;
of marble, in Synagogue of Exilarch, 64.
Constantinople, 11, 17, 19-24.
Constantinus the Great, equestrian statue of, 11.
Coral (Al Murgan), found at Trapani, 109.
Corfu, 15.
Corinth, 16.
Coverlets, made by the Caliph of Bagdad, 55.
Crete, 105.
Crissa, 16.
Croatia, merchants from, 106.
Curicus (Kurch), 25.
Cush, land of, 83, 96, 97;
sons of, 90, 96.
Cuthim, in Caesarea, 32;
Damascus, 48;
Nablous, 32, 33;
New Askelon, 44.
Cyclopean buildings at Tarragona, 1.
Cyprus, 25, 105.
Damascus, 46-8, 52.
Damietta, 101, 107.
Damira, 103.
Dan, see Banias.
--tribe of, 83.
Danemark, merchants from, 106.
Daniel, sepulchre of, 74, 75;
Synagogue of the Pavilion of, 65.
Daniel, the son of Hisdai, exilarch, his authority, 61,
and its extent, 62;
his dress, 62;
his possessions, 63;
his visits to the Caliph of Bagdad, 62.
Dar-al-Maristan, 59.
Dar Melicha (the Dwelling of Beauty), 68.
David, king, 12, 61;
sepulchre of, 39.
--gate of, in Jerusalem, 36.
--house of, 64, 69;
sepulchres of the, 38, 39, 69.
--seed of, Daniel the Exilarch, 61, 62;
Salmon the Nasi of Teima, 71;
R. Todros, 2;
R. Zakkai, 52.
--Tower of, 35.
David Alroy, his learning, 77;
his rebellion, 78;
his pretended miracles, 78;
his imprisonment and escape, 78;
his departure
from Amadia, 79;
his murder, 81.
Dayanim, at the river Virae, 73.
Daylam (Gilān), princes of, 57.
Demented people, provided for by Caliph of Bagdad, 59.
Demetrizi, 19.
Dimin (Latmin), 50.
Disciples, twenty sepulchres of, 45.
"Dominus," one of the twelve ministers of Greece, 19.
Diyār Kalach (Bekr), 62.
Drama, 19.
Druses, the, 29.
Duchbin, 92.
Dyers, at Beit Nubi, 43;
Bethlehem, 40;
Brindisi, 15;
among the Druses, 29;
at Jaffa, 43;
Jerusalem, 34, 35;
Jezreel, 44;
KarjatĪn, 49;
Ludd, 32.
Earthquake, at Hama (Hamath), 49;
at Tripoli, 27, 28.
Ebal, Mount, 32, 34.
Ebro, river, 1.
Eden (Aden), 95.
Edom, merchants from, 3, 106.
Edom, sons of, see Franks.
Egripo, 17.
Egypt, 96-198;
merchants from, 3, 20;
frontier of, 44.
El-Anbar, 53, 69.
El-Khabur (Habor), river, 51, 83.
El-Mosul (Assur), 52, 53, 80.
Elahutha, fire named, 92.
Elam, see Khuzistan.
Elazar, R., son of Zemach, 60.
Eleazar ben Arak, R., sepulchre of, 45.
Eleazar ben Azariah, R., sepulchre of, 45.
El-id-bed Ramazan, feast, 57.
Elijah, altar on Mount Carmel repaired by, 31.
--cave of, 31.
Elim, see Ailam.
Emanuel, sovereign of the Greeks, 15;
resides at Constantinople, 19;
built Blachernae, 21.
Embalming, by natives of Malabar, 92.
Embriacus, Guillelmus, governor of Gubail, 28.
Emesa, 49.
Emir al Muminin, the Fatimite Caliph, resides in Mizraim, 98.
--al Abbasi, 54-63, 79, 99;
see also Caliph of Bagdad.
England, merchants from, 3, 106.
Epacto, see Lepanto.
Ephraim, Mount, 32.
--tribe of, 33.
Epikursin, in Cyprus, 25.
Ermine, found in Russia, 111.
Esther, grave of, 81.
Euphrates, river, 50, 53, 59, 66, 69.
Evil-merodach, 66.
Exilarch, the, his authority, 61
and its extent, 62, 76;
his functions, 63;
his honour, 61;
his installation, 63;
his revenues, 63;
his Synagogue, 64;
visits Synagogue of Ezekiel, 67;
dwelt originally at Sura, 69;
consulted by independent Jews of Arabia, 71;
warned against David Alroy, 80.
Ezekiel, sepulchre of, 66-8;
Synagogue of, 66, 67.
Ezra the priest, 43;
sepulchre of, 73;
Synagogue of, 52;
Synagogue of, at Harrān, 51;
at Rakka, 51.
Farming, by Jews at Crissa, 16;
on banks of the Nile, 101;
by Jews in Arabia, 70;
by Jews of the mountains of Naisabur, 83.
Fars, or Shiraz, 82.
Fayum, 97.
Fer, river, see Orontes.
Fera, a fair at Synagogue of Ezekiel, 67.
Fighting-men, Jews of Aden, 96;
Jews of Kheibar, 72;
among Jews of the mountains of Naisabur, 83;
in Pisa, 7;
Jews of Tadmor, 49;
Jews of Teima, 70.
Fire-worshippers, of Ibrig, 92-4.
Fish, caught when Nile recedes, 100.
Fishing, forbidden near Synagogue of Daniel, 76.
Flanders, merchants from, 106.
Flax, grown at Sunbat, 107.
Fortifications, near Naples, 12;
at Salerno, 13.
France (Zarfath), 112;
merchants from, 3, 106.
Franks, the, 27;
in Jerusalem, 34.
Freising, 111.
Frisia, merchants from, 106.
Fur, river, see Orontes.
Gad, tribe of, 72.
Galid, 48.
Galilee, lower, 45.
Gallipoli, 24.
Gamaliel, Rabban, grave of, 44.
Gana, 97.
Gardens and plantations: at Amalfi, 13;
Baalbec, 49;
Babylon, 63;
Bagdad, 64;
Damascus, 46;
Galid, 48;
Messina, 108;
on banks of Nile, 101;
at Palermo, 108;
Rahbah, 53;
Sebastiya, 32;
Shushan, 74;
Teima, 71.
Gardiki, 18.
Gascony, merchants from, 106.
Gate of Mercy, at Jerusalem, 36.
Gates, iron, made by Alexander, 62.
Gath, 32.
Gazigan (Resen), 64.
Gebal (Gebela, Baal-Gad), 27.
Gebal (Gubail), 28.
Genoa, 6;
merchants from, 2, 106.
Genoese, at Montpellier, 3;
at Armylo, 18;
rule over Gubail, 28;
military and naval exploits of the, 7.
Gentiles, in Jerusalem, 36;
pilgrims to Bourg de St. Gilles, 5.
Georgians, in Jerusalem, 34.
Gerizim, Mount, 32-4.
Germany, 109;
merchants from, 106.
Gerona, 2.
Geziret Ibn Omar, 51.
Ghaznah, 82.
Ghetto, the, at Constantinople, defiled by tanners, 24;
at Bourg de St. Gilles, 5.
Ghuz, the sons of, 86.
Ghuzz, 57.
Gibeah of Saul, 42.
Gibeon the Great, 34.
Gihon, river, 62.
Gilān, see also Daylam.
Gilboa, Mount, 34.
Gilead, see Galid.
Girgashites, 62.
Glass-making, at Antioch, 26;
at Tyre, 30.
Golden calf, at Dan, 46.
Goshen, 102.
Gozan, river, 51, 75, 78, 82, 83, 85.
Graves, see Sepulchres.
Great Sea, the, 31.
Greece (Byzantine Empire), attacked by Genoese, 7;
administered by twelve ministers, 19;
extent of, 26;
merchants from, 2, 3, 106.
Greek buildings at Tarragona, 1.
Greeks, in Constantinople, 22;
Gardiki, 18;
Jerusalem, 34;
Taranto, 14;
despoiled by the Wallachians, 17;
Naples founded by the, 12.
Griffin, sailors rescued by, 95.
Gubail (Gebal), 28.
Gurgan, land of, 62.
Habor, river, see El-Khabur.
Hadadezer, 11.
Hadara, 54.
Hafiz, see Caliph of Bagdad.
Hahepher, see Haifa.
Hai, R., sepulchre of, 69.
Haifa (Hahepher), 31.
Hainault, merchants from, 106.
Hakkadosh, Rabbenu, grave of, 44.
Halah, 83.
Haleb, see Aleppo.
Ham, sons of, 97.
Hamah (Hamath), 26, 49.
Hamadan, 81.
Hanan, R., the Nasi, 70.
Hananel, R., the physician, 13.
Hananiah, furnace into which he was thrown, 65;
sepulchre of, 68.
Hanes, see Tanis.
Har Gaash, see Montpellier.
Harrān, 51.
Hashishim (al-), see Assassins.
Havilah, 97, 101.
Hazor, 50.
Head of a giant used as a bath, 47.
Head of the Captivity, see Exilarch, Bostanai the Nasi, and Daniel the son of Hisdai.
Hebron, 40.
Heluan (Helwan), 97.
Heretical Jews in Cyprus, 25.
Hermon, Mount, 29, 46.
Hiddekel (Tigris) river, 52-4, 58, 64, 73, 74, 88.
Hillah, 65, 69.
Hillel, sepulchre of, 45.
"Hipparchus," king, 19.
Hippodrome, at Constantinople, 21.
"Holy of Holies," 36.
Hospices, owned by Exilarch, 63;
of the Jews, 63.
Hospital, built by Caliph of Bagdad, 59;
in Jerusalem, 35.
Hot-water springs, at Pozzuoli, 12;
Tiberias, 45.
Huna, Rab, sepulchre of, 68.
Hungaria, merchants from, 20, 106.
Ibelin, 43.
Ibrig, 92.
Idol of the children of Ammon, 28.
India, 62, 72;
merchants from, 89, 106.
Indian Ocean, 88, 107.
Inns, in Alexandria, 106;
Mizraim, 99.
Inscriptions, Alexandria, 106;
Ramleh, 43;
dates on sepulchres, 37.
Intermarriage among Druses, 29.
Irbil, 52.
Ireland, merchants from, 106.
Isaac, sepulchre of, 41.
Isaac Napcha, R., Synagogue of, 66.
Ishmael, merchants from, 3.
Ishmaelites, 49.
Islam, men of, 55, 57, 58.
--great mosque of, 57.
Ispahan, 82.
Israel, land of, earthquake in the, 28.
Israelites, bones of the, at Hebron, 41.
Jabbok, river, 26, 49.
Jabneh, 43.
Jabustrisa, 17.
Jacob, sepulchre of, 41.
Jacobites, in Jerusalem, 34.
Jaffa, 43.
Javan, land of, see Greece.
Jean de Maurienne, mountain of, 109.
Jeconiah, king of Judah, built Hadara, 54;
built Synagogue of Ezekiel, 66;
property belonging to, 67;
sepulchre of, 69.
Jehoshaphat, gate of, 36.
--valley of, 37.
Jehuda, Rab, grave of, 53.
Jehuda ben Bethera, R., sepulchre of, 45.
Jehudah Halevi, R., sepulchre of, 45.
Jerusalem, 9, 34-7;
earth of, 79.
--mourners of, 39, 70, 111.
Jesus the Nazarene, 9;
burial-place of, 35.
Jewish names adopted by the Wallachians, 17.
Jews: in Achelous, 15;
Acre, 31;
Aden, 95-6;
Al-Bubizig, 103;
Al-Gingaleh, 95;
Aleppo, 50;
Alexandria, 107;
Almah, 45;
Amadia, 77;
Amalfi, 13;
Antioch, 26;
Arles, 5;
Armylo, 18;
Arta, 15;
near Babylon, 65;
in Bagdad, 59-64;
Balis, 50;
Barcelona, 1;
Basra, 73;
Beirut, 28;
Benevento, 13;
Benha, 103;
Beziers, 2;
Bilbais, 103;
Bohemia, 111;
Bourg de St. Gilles, 5;
Brindisi, 14;
Caesarea, 32;
Capua, 11;
Chios, 25;
Christopoli, 19;
Corfu, 15;
Corinth, 16;
Crissa, 16;
Cyprus, 25;
Damascus, 47;
Damietta, 107;
Damira, 103;
Demetrizi, 19;
Drama, 19;
Egripo, 17;
El-Anbar, 53;
El-Mosul, 52;
Emesa, 49;
Fayum, 97;
Galid, 48;
Gallipoli, 24;
Gardiki, 18;
Gazigan, 64;
Genoa, 6-7;
Germany, 110;
Gerona, 2;
Geziret Ibn Omar, 52;
Ghaznah, 82;
Gubail, 28;
Hadara, 54;
Hamadan, 81;
Harrān, 51;
Heluan, 97;
Hillah, 65;
Ibrig, 92;
Ispahan, 82;
Jabustrisa, 17;
Kalat Jabar, 51;
Kales, 24;
Kaphri, 66;
Karkisiya, 53;
Katifa, 89;
Kheibar, 70, 72;
Kish, 89;
Kotsonath, 68;
Kufa, 69;
Kutz, 97;
Ladikiya, 27;
Lammanah, 103;
Lepanto, 16;
Lucca, 7;
Lunel, 3;
Mareshah, 42;
Marseilles, 6;
Melfi, 13-14;
Messina, 108;
Mytilene, 25;
Mizraim, 98;
Muneh Sifte, 103;
Naples, 12;
Narbonne, 2;
Nehardea, 69;
Otranto, 15;
Palermo, 108;
Patras, 15;
Pera, 24;
Pisa, 7;
Posquières, 4;
Rabonica, 17;
Rahbah, 53;
Rakka, 51;
Rams, 43;
Ras-el-Ain, 51;
Rhaedestus, 24;
Rhodes, 25;
Rome, 8;
Rudbar, 76;
Salerno, 12-13;
Salonica, 18;
Samarkand, 82;
Samnu, 103;
Samos, 25;
near Sepulchre of Ezra, 73;
in Shiraz, 82;
Shushan, 73;
Sidon, 29;
Simasim, 107;
Sinon Potamo, 17;
Slavonia, 111;
Tabaristan, 82;
Tanai and district, 71;
Tanis, 107;
Taranto, 14;
Tarmod, 49;
Thebes, 16;
Tiberias, 44;
Tilmas, 71-2;
Trani, 14;
Tyre, 30;
near river Virae, 72;
in Vissena, 18;
Zebid, 95.
--excluded from city of Constantinople, 23;
oppression of, 24.
--Black, of Malabar, 92.
--heretical (Epikursin), in Cyprus, 25.
--independent, of Abyssinia, 95;
Kheibar and Teima, 70;
land of Mulahid, 76;
mountains of Naisabur, 83-7;
Tadmor, 49.
--Karaïtes, in Constantinople, 23;
Cyprus, 25;
New Askelon, 44;
Damascus, 48.
--Rabbanite, 23, 25, 44.
--Samaritans (Cuthim), in Caesarea, 32;
Nablous, 33;
New Askelon, 44;
Damascus, 48.
--Occupations of the: archers, 88;
artificers in silk, 16, 19, 23;
astronomers, 45, 52, 80;
dyers, 15, 29, 32, 34, 35, 40, 43, 44, 49;
fighting men, 49, 70, 72, 83, 96;
glass-makers, 26, 30;
handi-craftsmen, 29;
merchants, 23, 29;
officials of the Pope, 8;
owners of cattle, 70;
physicians, 4, 13, 24, 48;
shipowners, 30;
tillers of the soil, 16, 17, 83.
Jezreel, 44.
Joab, 12.
Johanan ben Zakkai, R., sepulchre of, 45.
Jonah, Synagogue of Obadiah built by, 53.
Jonah, son of Amittai, grave of, 44.
Jonathan, crags of, 43.
Jordan, river, 33, 44, 46.
Jose Hagelili, R., sepulchre of, 46.
Joseph, grave of, 33;
store-house of, in Old Mizraim, 102.
Joseph, R., Burhan al-mulk, the astronomer, 52, 80.
Joseph Amarkala, R., 83.
Joseph ben Hama, Rab, sepulchre of, 68.
Joseph Sinai, sepulchre of, 68.
Judah, kings of, sepulchres of the, 39.
Judah, R., ben Tibbon, the physician, 4.
Jugglery, 21.
Kadmus, 27.
Kako, 32.
Kalat Jabar (Selah), 50.
Kales, 24.
Kalonymos, R., of Narbonne, 2.
Kaphri, 66.
Karaïtes, in Constantinople, 23;
Cyprus, 25;
Damascus, 48;
New Askelon, 44.
KarjatĪn (Kirjathim), 49.
Karkisiya, 53.
Katifa, 89.
Kedemoth see Kadmus.
Kedesh Naphtali, 46.
Kedumim, brook of, 31.
Kefar al-Keram, 68.
Keilah, 32.
Kenisat-al-Irakiyyin, 98.
Kenisat-al-Schamiyyin, 98.
Khazaria, merchants from, 20, 106.
Kheibar, 70, 72.
Khulam (Quilon), 90.
Khurasan, 62.
Khuzistan (Elam), 73, 88;
princes of, 57.
Kidron, brook of, 37.
Kieff, 111.
Kifto see Lepanto.
Kirjathim, see KarjatĪn.
Kish, 88-9.
Kishon, brook, 31.
Knights Templars and Hospitalers, 35.
Kofar-al-Turak, the, 83-7.
Kotsonath, 68.
Kufa, 69.
Kurch, see Curicus.
Kurland, merchants from, 106.
Kus (Kutz), 97.
Ladikiya, 26.
Lammanah, 103.
Larta, see Arta.
Latmin, see Dimin.
Law, the, method of reading, in Cairo Synagogues, 98.
Leah, sepulchre of, 41.
Learning, centres of: Bagdad, 61, 64;
Basra, 73;
Beziers, 2;
Bourg de St. Gilles, 5;
Capua, 11;
Constantinople, 23;
Damascus, 48;
El-Anbar, 53;
Kheibar, 72;
Lunel, 3;
Marseilles, 6;
Montpellier, 3;
Narbonne, 2;
Paris, 112;
Posquières, 4;
Rome, 8;
Rudbar, 76;
Salerno, 12, 13;
Thebes, 16.
Lebanon, Mount, 26, 27, 49.
--plains of, 48.
Lega, see Ladikiya.
Lepanto, 16.
Levites, 60.
Lighthouse at Alexandria, 104, 105.
Lipar, straits of, 108.
Lombardy, merchants from, 3, 20, 106;
sick people of, 12.
Lot's wife, 37.
Louis, king of France, 112.
Lucca, 7, 109.
Ludd (Lydda), 32, 44.
Lunel, 3.
Lybia, 95, 96;
merchants from, 106
Lydda, see Ludd.
Machpelah, field of, 40.
Magicians at Bagdad, 64.
Mahomerie-le-Grand, 34.
Mahomerie-le-Petit, 43.
Malaria, in principality of Capua, 11.
Malmistras (Tarshish), 26.
Manar al Iskandriyyah, lighthouse built by Alexander, 104.
Manasseh, tribe of, 72.
Mantern, 111.
Maon, 32.
Mar Keshisha, Synagogue of, at Hillah, 65.
Maresha, 42.
Mari, R., Synagogue of, at Hillah, 65.
Market-places, in Mizraim, 99.
Marmora, sea of, 23.
Marsala, 109.
Marseilles, 6.
Martyrs, graves at Rome of the ten, 10.
Mastic, obtained at Chios, 25.
Masud, Sultan, 23.
Mata Mehasya, see Sura.
Mazliach, R., the lecturer, 48.
Mecca, pilgrims to, 55.
Media, land of, 51, 77, 81, 83;
merchants from, 20;
princes of, 57.
Medicinal properties, of Nile water, 101;
of petroleum and hot-water springs at Pozzuoli, 12.
Medicine, school of, at Salerno, 12.
Medon, see Meron.
"Megas Domesticus," 19.
"Megas Ducas," 20.
Meir, R., "crown of the scholars" at Damascus, 48.
--Synagogue of, at Hillah, 65.
Melfi, 13.
Merchants in Alexandria, 105, 106;
Amalfi, 13;
Armylo, 18;
Bagdad, 64;
Constantinople, 20, 23;
among the Druses, 29;
in Egripo, 17;
Ghaznah, 82;
Khulam, 90;
Kish, 89;
Montpellier, 3;
New Askelon, 44;
at Synagogue of Ezekiel, 67;
in Tarragona, 1;
Tyre, 31.
--Exilarch's revenue derived from, 63.
Meron (Medon), 45.
Mesopotamia, see Aram Naharaim.
Messina, 108.
Metz, 110.
Micah, graven image of, 46.
Mills, at Baalbec, 49.
Ministers of religion, power to appoint, given to Exilarch, 63.
Mishael, 65;
sepulchre of, 68.
Mizraim, New, 97, 98, 101, 102;
Old, 102.
Mohammed, 56, 61, 62, 67;
family of, 54, 69.
Mohammedans, 51, 52, 67, 69, 73, 108.
Montpellier (Har Gaash), 2, 3.
Mordecai, grave of, 81.
Moselle, river, 110.
Moses, "our teacher," 60;
law of, 92, 111;
Synagogue of, outside Mizraim, 102.
Moses, R., the archer, 88.
Mosque, at Damascus, 47;
of Islam at Bagdad, 57;
of Mohammedans at Kufa, 69;
Noah's Ark made into a, 52.
Mourners of Zion and Jerusalem, 39, 70, 111.
Mulahid, 76.
Muneh Sifte, 103.
Münster, 110.
Musk, from Tibet, 75, 82.
Mytilene, 25.
Nabal, the Carmelite, 32.
Nablous, 32.
Nahum, the Elkoshite, sepulchre of, 68;
Synagogue of, 53.
--village of, see Capernaum.
Naisabur, mountains of, 83, 85.
Names, Jewish, adopted by Wallachians, 17.
Naphtali, tribe of, 83.
Naples, 12.
Narbonne, 2.
Nasi of the Seed of David, the, Daniel, 61, 62;
R. Hanan, 70;
Salmon, 71;
R. Todros, 2;
R. Zakkai, 52.
Nathan, R., composer of the Aruch, 8.
Naupactus, see Lepanto.
Navarra, merchants from, 106.
Nebo, Mount, 37.
Nebuchadnezzar, palace of, 65.
Nehardea, 53, 69.
Nero, Emperor, palace of, at Rome, 9.
Nethanel, "the Prince of Princes," 98.
Nihawand, 76.
Nikpa, Sea of, 94.
Nile (Pison), river, 96, 102.
Nilometer, 99-101.
Nineveh, 52.
Noah's Ark, 52.
Nob, see Beit Nuba.
Normandy, merchants from, 106.
Norway, merchants from, 106.
Nur-ed-din, King of the Togarmim, 46, 49, 50, 52.
Obadiah, Synagogue of, 53.
--R., the Nasi, 82.
"Oeconomus Megalus," the, 20.
Oil, obtained from fish of the Nile, 100.
Oil-spring at Pozzuoli, 12.
"Old Man of the Hashishim," 76.
Olives, Mount of, 37.
Omar ben al Khataab, 36, 52.
Orion, star, 94.
Orontes, river, 26.
Otranto, 15.
Palace of: Ahab at Sebastiya, 32;
Ahasuerus at Shushan, 73;
Caliph of Bagdad, 54;
eighty emperors at Rome, 9;
Emir al Muminim at Mizraim, 98;
Julius Caesar at Rome, 8;
Nebuchadnezzar at Babylon, 65;
Nur-ed-din at Aleppo, 50;
Pharaoh's daughter at Baalbec, 48;
Pope at Rome, 8;
Salmon the Nasi at Tanai, 71;
Solomon at Jerusalem, 35;
Titus outside Rome, 9;
Vespasianus at Rome, 9;
King William at Palermo, 109.
Palermo, 108.
Palestine, merchants from, 2, 3.
Palmid, 43.
Papa, Rab, sepulchre of, 68.
Paris, 112.
Passover, Feast of the, 33.
Patras, 15.
Patriarch of Jerusalem, 38.
Patriarchs, tombs of the, at Hebron, 41.
Patzinakia, merchants from, 20, 106.
Pavilion of Daniel, Synagogue of the, 65.
Pearl-fishery, at Katifa, 89.
Pedigrees: of Daniel the son of Hisdai, 61;
R. Elazar the son of Zemach, 60;
Hanan the Nasi, 71;
R. Kalonymos the son of R. Todros, 2;
Salmon the Nasi, 71;
R. Samuel the son of Eli, 60.
Pepin, king, 9.
Pepper, grown at Khulam, 91.
Pera, 24.
Persia, 62;
merchants from, 20, 89;
princes of, 57.
--Shah of, exacts poll-tax from Jews of Amadia, 77;
extent of his dominions, 75;
his expedition against the Kofar-al-Turak, 84-7;
imprisoned David Alroy, 78, 79.
Pethor, see Balis.
Petralia, 109.
Petroleum, spring of, at Pozzuoli, 12.
Pharpar, river, 46, 47.
Physicians: R. Hananel, 13;
R. Judah, 4;
R. Solomon Hamitsri, 24;
R. Zedekiah, 48.
Pilgrims, to Bourg de St. Gilles, 5;
Jerusalem, 14, 31, 35, 108;
Mecca, 55.
"Pillar of Salt," 37.
Pisa, 7;
merchants from, 2, 106.
Pisans, at Montpellier, 3; at Armylo, 18.
Pishon, river, see Nile.
Pithom, 97.
Plantations, see Gardens.
Poitiers, merchants from, 106.
Pool in Jerusalem, used for sacrifices, 36.
Pope of the Greeks, 20.
Pope of Rome, 8, 20, 54.
Posquières, 4.
Pozzuoli, 11.
Prague, 111.
Priests, Samaritan, 32.
Provence, 5;
merchants from, 106.
Psalms, inscribed in Synagogue of Exilarch, 64.
Pul, land of (Apulia), 13.
Pumbedita, see El-Anbar.
Quilon, see Khulam.
Rab and Samuel, Synagogue of, 69.
Rabbah, Synagogue of, 64.
Rabbanite Jews, in Constantinople, 23;
Cyprus, 25;
New Askelon, 44.
Rabbis, among Jews at river Virae, 73;
appointed by Nethanel, Head of the Academy, 98;
power to appoint, given by Exilarch, 63.
Rabonica, 17.
Rachel's grave, 40.
Raga, river, 68.
Ragusa, merchants from, 106.
Rahbah, 53.
Rakka (Salchah), 51.
Ramah (Ramlah), 42.
Rams (Ramleh), 43.
Ramses, see Ain-al-Shams.
Ras-el-Ain, 51.
Raymond V, Count of Toulouse, 5.
Rayy, 84.
Rebekah, sepulchre of, 41.
Red Sea, 107.
Regensburg, 109, 111.
Rephidim, 107.
Resen, see Gazigan.
Reshid (Rosetta), 101.
Reuben, tribe of, 72.
Rhaedestus, 24.
Rhine, river, 109.
Rhodes, 25.
Rhone, river, 5.
Rib of a giant, at Damascus, 47.
Riding on horseback forbidden to Jews of Constantinople, 23.
Romagna, merchants from, 106.
Roman road between Pozzuoli and Naples, 12.
Rome, 8-11, 109; merchants from, 3.
Romulus, king, 12.
Rosetta, see Reshid.
Rudbar, 76.
Ruins: at Ain-al-Shams, 103;
Babylon, 65;
Fayum, 97;
Gardiki, 18;
Nineveh, 52;
Old Mizraim, 102;
Palmid (Ashdod), 43;
Pozzuoli, 11;
Rams, 43;
Shushan, 73.
Russia, extent of, 111;
merchants from, 20, 106.
Saadiah Al-Fiumi, R., sepulchre of, 69.
Saba, see Yemen, el.
Sabbath, observance of, 25.
Sable, found in Russia, 111.
Sacrifices, on Mount Gerizim, on Passover and other festivals, 33.
Saffuriya, see Sepphoris.
Sahara, 97.
Saida, see Sidon. '
Saidna ben Daoud,' 61, 62.
St. Abram, church of, 40.
St. Abram de Bron, 40.
St. Elias, structure erected on Mount Carmel, 31.
St. George of Ludd, 32, 44.
St. Gilles, Bourg de, 5.
St. John in the Lateran, Church of, 10.
St. Peter's Church, Rome, 8.
St. Samuel of Shiloh, 42.
Salchah, see Rakka. --see Salkat.
Salerno, 12.
Salkat (Salchah), 48.
Salmon, the Nasi, 70.
Salonica, 18.
Salt Sea (Sea of Sodom), 37, 44.
Samara, river, 73.
Samaritan alphabet, , and ,lacking in, 33.
Samaritans in Caesarea, 32;
Nablous (Shechem) See Cuthim., 32.
Samarkand, 57, 62, 82.
Samnu, 103.
Samos, 25.
Samson, statue of, at Rome, 11.
Samuel, the prophet, grave of, 42;
descendant of, 60.
--Synagogue with graves of Rab and, 53, 69.
--ben Hofni, Rab, sepulchre of, 69.
--R., head of the Jews in Salonica, 19.
Samuel, the son of Eli, chief rabbi, 60, 61.
Sand-storms, in the Sahara, 97.
Santa Sophia, Church of, at Constantinople, 20.
Sar Shalom, head of the Beth Din, 48.
Sar Shalom, chief rabbi of Ispahan, 82, 88.
Sarafend, see Sarepta.
Saragossa, 1.
Sarah, sepulchre of, 41.
Sarepta, 30.
Saxony, merchants from, 106.
Scorpions, at Babylon, 65.
Scotia, merchants from, 106.
Seba, 96.
Sebastiya, 32.
Seine, river, 112.
Selah, see Kalat Jabar.
Seleucus, king, 18.
Seljuks, see Togarmim.
Senators of Rome, 9.
Seneh, 43.
Sepharad, see Spain.
Sephardi, the, see Judah, R., ben Tibbon.
Sepphoris (Saffuriya), 44.
Sepulchre, Church at Jerusalem.
Sepulchres: of Abaji and other sages, near Kefar al-Keram, 68;
Barak ben Abinoam, at Kadesh Naphtali, 46;
Bostanai the Nasi, at El Anbar, 53;
Rab Chisdai at Kefar al-Keram, 68;
Daniel at Shushan, 74-6;
R. Eleazar ben Arak, &c., at Almah, 45;
Ezekiel near Kaphri, 66;
Ezra the priest, 73;
Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah near Synagogue of Ezekiel, 68;
House of David on Mount Zion, 38;
Israelites near Jerusalem, 37;
Hillel, &c., near Meron, 45;
King Jeconiah at Kufa, 69;
Rab (Jehuda) and Samuel at El-Anbar, 53, 69;
R. Jehudah Halevi, &c., near Tiberias, 45;
Joseph at Shechem, 33;
the ten Martyrs near river Tiber, 10;
Mordecai and Esther at Hamadan, 81;
Nahum at Ain Siptha, 68;
the Patriarchs at St. Abram de Bron, 41;
Rab Papa, &c., at Kotsonath, 68;
Rahbah at Gazigan, 64;
Rabbenu Hakkadosh, &c., at Sepphoris, 44;
Samuel the Ramathite at Ramah, 42;
R. Sherira, &c., at Sura, 69;
Uzziah in valley of Jehoshaphat, 37;
King Zedekiah, near river Raga, 69;
at foot of Mount Carmel, 31;
marble sepulchre at Alexandria, 106.
Serpents at Babylon, 65.
Shafjathib, 69.
Shalmaneser, king of Assyria, 72, 77, 83.
Shammai, sepulchre of, 45.
Shechem, 32.
Sheik Al Hashishim, 27.
Sheizar, 50.
Sherira, R., sepulchre of, 69.
Shiloh, 42.
Shinar, land of, 51, 62, 64, 70, 72;
merchants from, 20, 89, 106.
Shipping at Acre, 31;
Genoa, 7;
New Tyre, 30;
Pisa, 7.
Shiraz, 82.
Shittim, valley of, 37.
Shomron, see Samaria.
--Jews of, see Samaritans.
Shushan (Susa), 73.
Siberia, 62.
Sicily, 7, 108;
merchants from, 2, 106.
Sidon (Saida), 28.
Sihon, land of, 27.
Silk, artificers in, 16, 23;
silk-weaving at Salonica, 19.
Siloam, Waters of, 37.
Simasim, 107.
Simeon ben Gamaliel, Raban, sepulchre of, 45.
Simon the Just, sepulchre of, 45.
Sinai, Mount, 107.
Sin-ed-din, King of the Togarmim, 52, 81.
Singers of the Temple, their melodies known by R. Elazar the son of Zemach, 60.
Sinjar, Shah of Persia, 74;
extent of his dominions, 75;
his defeat by Ghuzes, 84-8.
Sinon Potamo, 17.
Siponto, 13.
Slaves, taken by men of Assuan, 96.
Slavonia (Canaan), 111;
merchants from, 1-6.
Sodom, Sea of, see Salt Sea.
Solomon, King, 48, 49;
palace of, 36;
sepulchre of, 39;
Temple of, 10, 35.
Solomon Hamitsri, R., the physician, 24.
Sorrento, 11.
Spain (Sepharad), 1, 9;
merchants from, 20.
Spices, from India, 89, 91, 106.
Stables, built by Solomon, 36.
Statues, at Rome, 10, 11.
Strassburg, 111.
Sugar, grown near Tyre, 30.
Sunbat, 107.
Sun-dial, in mosque at Damascus, 47.
Sun-worshippers, 90-2.
Sūr, see Tyre.
Sura (Mata Mehasya), 69.
Susa, see Shushan.
Synagogues: of Caleb ben Jephunneh at Tiberias, 45;
Exilarch at Bagdad, 64;
Ezekiel, 66, 67;
Ezra, 52;
Ezra, at Haran, 51;
Ezra at Rakka, 51;
R. Isaac Napcha at Kaphri, 66;
Rab (Jehuda) and Samuel at El-Anbar, 53, 69;
R. Meir, &c., at Hillah, 65;
Moses, outside Mizraim, 102;
Nahum the Elkoshite at Mosul, 53;
Obadiah at Mosul, 53;
the Pavilion of Daniel near Babylon, 65;
Rabbah at Gazigan, 64;
Samuel at Ramah, 42.
--in Bagdad, 64;
Kotsonath, 68;
Kufa, 69;
Mizraim, 98;
near Sepulchre of Ezra, 73;
in Shafjathib, 69;
Shushan, 73.
Syracuse, 109.
Syria (Al-Sham), merchants from, 106.
Syrians, in Jerusalem, 34;
convent of, on Mount Sinai, 107.
Tabaristan, 78, 81.
Tadmor (Tarmod), 49.
Talmud, the, 3, 4, 63.
Tanai, 71.
Tanis (Hanes), 107.
Tanners, in Constantinople, 24.
Tarabulus el Sham, see Tripolis.
Taranto, 14.
Tarmal Galsin, King, catacombs of, 10.
Tarmod, see Tadmor.
Tarquinius, palace of, at Rome, 9.
Tarragona, 1.
Tarshish, 26.
Teima, 70, 71.
Temple, of children of Ammon at Gubail, 28;
of Solomon at Jerusalem, 10, 35, 36.
Terah, house of, at Harrān, 51.
Thebes, 16.
Thelasar, 95.
Theodoros, a Greek captain, 104.
Thoros, King of Armenia, 26.
Tiber, river, 8.
Tiberias, 44.
Tiberius, emperor, palace of, at Rome, 9.
Tibet, 62, 82;
princes of, 57.
Tigris, river, see Hiddekel.
Tilmas, 71, 72.
Timnathah, see Tymin.
Titus, reputed palace of, outside Rome, 9;
stored Temple vessels in cave, 10.
Todros, R., of the seed of David, 2.
Togarma, princes of, 57.
Togarmim (Seljuks), 23, 46, 50;
land of the, 51, 62.
Tombs, see Sepulchres.
Torah, the, 2.
Tortosa, 1.
Trani, 14.
Transmigration of souls, belief of Druses in, 29.
Trapani, 109.
Trastevere, 8.
Treves, 110.
Tripolis, 27.
Trunia, 26.
Tur Sinai, 107.
Tuscany, merchants from, 106.
Tymin (Timnathah), 45.
Tyre (ancient) (Sūr), 30.
--New (Sūr), 30, 31.
Tyrian glass-ware, 30.
Uzziah, king, sepulchre of, 37.
Vair, found in Russia, 111.
Val-de-Luna, 34.
Vegetables and fruit grown in Egypt, 101.
Venetia, merchants from, 106.
Venetians in Armylo, 18.
Verdun, 109.
Vespasianus, emperor, palace of, at Rome, 9.
Vessels from the Temple, 10.
Vessels, sea-going, of Jews of Tyre, 30.
Virae, river, 72.
Vissena, 18.
Wales, merchants from, 106.
Wallachia, 17.
Wallachians, adopt Jewish names, 17;
warlike nature of the, 17.
Water, how supplied to Antioch, 26;
bad, at Capua, 11;
rain-water drunk at, Aleppo, 50;
Jerusalem, 37;
Kish, 89.
William, King of Sicily, 14;
palace of, 108.
Witchcraft, of Duchbin priests, 92-4.
Worms, 110.
Würzburg, 111.
Yāfa (Jaffa), 43.
Yemen, el, 62, 70, 72;
merchants from, 89, 106.
Yeshiba Gaon (Jacob), 61.
Zakkai, R., the Nasi, 52, 80.
Zarfath, see France.
Zawilah (Havilah), 97;
merchants from, 106.
Zebid, 95.
Zebulun, tribe of, 83.
Zedekiah, king, sepulchre of, 69.
Zedekiah, R., the physician, 48.
Zeiri, Rab, Synagogue of, at Hillah, 65.
Zelzah, 37.
Zemarites, 49.
Zephaniah, the prophet, sepulchre of, 69.
Zerin, see Jezreel.
Zin, see China.
Zion, gate of, 36.
--Mount, 37.
--mourners of, 70, 111.
Zoan, 99.
Zoan el-Medina, 98.
Zur, son of Hadadezer, 11.