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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

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