  AAbdul Fateh, our pishkhedmat, 78 Aganoor, Dr., 146 Agha Mohammed Khan, Kerman sacked by, 31 Alexander marched through Kerman, 31 Ali, “The Lion of God,” 19 AliabÂd, the village of, 66 American mission, the, 27 Amputation, how regarded, 142 Anderoon, the, 68, 87; Animals, cruelty to, 137 Anjiman, the, a Parsee governing body, 129 Ants, a pest of white, 73; Arab dancing, a weird performance, 310 —— women, their love of freedom, 191; Arabs of Mesopotamia, the, 309; —— of Mosul, the, 190 Arak, a favourite drink, 269 “Arg,” the Governor’s residence, 110 Ark, remains of the, 177 Armenians, their virtues and vices, 28 Asshur, remains of, 179 “At Home,” our, 85 BBÁb, the, founder of Babism, 116; Babism, its origin and founder, 116 BÂd geers, or “wind-catchers,” in Yezd, 54 Baghdad railway, the, 184; BaradÆus, Jacob, a Syrian reformer, 190 Bathing in the Tigris, 203 Bazaar, an exciting experience in the Kerman, 80 Beauty specialists, Persian women as, 104 Bedouin, the, as an in-patient, 323 Bedouins, the, 191 Beggars, a saying among, 32 Blackett, Mr. and Mrs., 57 Blackett’s, Mr., valuable library and the white ants, 75 Boy’s birth, celebrations at a, 211; Brass-work of Isphahan, the, 47 Bread-making, 255 Brick-making, 73 Brick pillars for capital punishment, 138 Bride, a Persian, 101 Bridge of boats at Mosul, 176 Burials, danger of hasty, 250 CCalico printing at Isphahan, 47 Caravanserais, 132 Carless, Mr., death of, 57 Carpet, how to improve, 41; Carpet manufactories, 40 Carr, Dr., 150 Carriages, scarcity of, 26 Cataract among the Persians, 154 —— operations for, 322 —— patients, 168 Cats, Persia a land of, 22; Cawals, or preachers of the Yezidees, 288 Cellars as dwelling-rooms in hot weather, 54 Census, taking a, at Mosul, 301 Centipede, the girl and the imaginary, 275 Chaldeans in Mosul, the, 188 Chappa khanehs, or post-houses, 133 Character of the Persian women, 84 —— of the Persians, 60; Charamika, an ancient belief, 178 Chebar, or Khabour, River, 257 Children employed in carpet-weaving, 44 —— spoilt, 208; “Chimneys” of Yezd, the, 54 Christians in Mosul, 188 Chuddar, the, 98 Climate of Persia, the, 50; Coffee making and drinking, 254 Cook, our, 76 Cookery, Persian, 226–7 Copper-work of Kashan, the, 47 Costume of Persian women, 95; Cotton grown about Mosul, 182 Cultivation about Mosul, 182 “Cup of coffee,” the danger in a, 88 Cyrus returned from India by way of Kerman, 31 DDakhmehs, or Towers of Silence, 128 Demavend, Mount, 51 Dervish, the, 112 Desert, magnetic attractions of the, 130; —— travelling in the, its monotony, 294; Devil-worshippers, Yezidees or, 284 Difficult patients, 323–5 Dinner, a Persian, 100 Dinner-party, the Governor’s, 82 “Discoveries at Nineveh,” Layard’s, 185 Diseases in Mosul, the most frequent, 322 —— native treatment of, 160 Divorce, easiness of, 103, 232 Dogs and the jackals, legend of the, 37 Dream, a “faked,” how a gold watch was recovered, 262; Dreams and visions, the belief in, 260; Drunken Moslem, the judge and the, 270 EFFakirs, an order of priesthood amongst the Yezidees, 289 Fasts, 108 Fatalism, 217; Feasting at a birth, 211; Ferry-boat on the Tigris, a, 207 Fever, native method of curing, 282 Fighting amongst women, 241 Fire-worship among the Parsees, 121 Fruit and vegetables at Mosul, 183 Funerals, feasting at, 248; Furs exported from Mosul, 184 GHHadji Hussein Pasha, repairs the walls of Mosul, 179 Halawwi, a sweetmeat, 183 HamadanÉ SultanÉ, Princess, 90 Hammam, or bath, the, 65; Hammam Ali, sulphur bath near Mosul, 195 Hareems of Mosul, the, 224; Hassain and Hussein, the mourning for, 109, 157 Health of Europeans at Kerman, 58 “Hereditary physicians,” 318 Herodotus, mention of Kerman by, 31 Horses, Arab, 310 Hoze, or water-tank, the, 54 Hunting, 69 Husband, a brutal, 102 Hydrophobia, how a sheikh averts, 282 Hysteria amongst Persian women, 161 IIce, how it is made at Isphahan, 53 Industries of Persia, 40, 47; Irrigation about Mosul, 182; Irrigation of the Mesopotamian desert, the, 328 Isphahan, journey to, 17; —— settlement of Armenians at, 28; JJackals of the desert, legend of the, 37 Jacobite section of the Christian Church at Mosul, 190 Jalal el Dowleh, H.R.H. the, 66, 144, 165 Jews, the, 28; Jezirah, village of, 177 Jinns and goblins, belief in, 166 Jonah, the tomb of, 175 Judy, mountain, 177 Judy, our servant, superstitions of, 280 KKa’aba at Mecca, the, 193 Kabobs, 225 KajÂvah, the, as a means of travelling, 23; Kalah ShurgÂt, an Assyrian ruin, 179 Kalian, the, or water-pipe, 49 Kalimat, the, or declaration of faith, 106 KanÂts, or tunnels for supplying water, 48 Karduchi, the, or Parthians, 192 Kashan, silk-weaving at, 46 —— the copper-work of, 47 Keleg, or raft of the Tigris, 201 Kerman, medical work opened at, 17; —— the beautiful traitress of, 36 Khan Baba Khan, the anderoon of, 88 Kissing the hand, 250 Koork, a species of goat, 46 Korsi, the, or stove, 52 Kouyunjik, one of the mounds of Nineveh, 173, 175 Kurdistan carpets, 43 Kurds, the, 192 LLahaf, the, or padded quilt, 52 Landor, Mr. Savage, 72 Layard and the Yezidees, 286 Layard’s “Discoveries at Nineveh,” 185 Leasing our house at Kerman, 72 Lebban, a species of junket, 226 Life on the roof, 56 Lion and the Sun, origin of the symbol, 19 “Little devil,” the, 141 Locusts, 22 Looms for carpet-weaving, 43 Lost in the desert, 314 M“Magi,” the, 120 Mahoon, our holiday at, 63 Mahullah, or quarter of the town, 226 Malek el Taous, or peacock of the Yezidees, 286 Marvan, the walls of Mosul built by, 178 MedÂqal of native servants, 18 Medical Missions, 140; Mental diseases, an asylum for, 326 Mirages, 131 Mirza Ali Muhammed, the founder of Babism, 116 Mirza Yahya, the second BÁb, 119 Mohammed and the Jews, 193 Mohurram, the month of, 109 Mono-rail, an ancient, 179 Mosaics of Shiraz, the, 47 Moslems, 28 Moslem women, 18 Mosquitoes and sandflies, 90 Mosul, fasting by the women of, 174; Mujtiheds, or Moslem archbishops, 145 Mullah, the dead, 147 Mullahs or priests, 107, 113; NNabbi Eunice, one of the mounds of Nineveh, 173 Nahar-as-Salam, or Tigris, 199 Nahum, the prophet, supposed burial-place of, 179 Namads, species of carpet, 46 Names given according to a person’s characteristic, 274 “Naseeb,” or “Kismet,” 217, 235 Natanz, the village of, 61 Neamat ’Allah, our “showman,” 77 “Nerve” trouble amongst Europeans, the cause of, 52 Nestorians in Mosul, 189; Nineveh, Kouyunjik, and Nabbi Eunice, 173; OPParsee wedding, a, 123 —— women and children, 122 Parsees or Zoroastrians, 28, 120; Patchwork and embroidery of Resht, 46 Patriarch of the Nestorians, the, how he is chosen, 189 Peacock, the, the symbol of the Yezidee religion, 286 Persia, the Land of the Lion and the Sun, 19; Persian desert, illness in the, 17 Persians, procrastinating character of the, 60; —— of to-day, the, 28 Phillott, Major, his fight against the sweating of children, 45 Pilgrimages, 107 Pirs, the, an order of priesthood amongst the Yezidees, 287 Poppy, the cultivation of the, 48 Prayer, the call to, 107 Prayer stones in Sheikh Âdi’s shrine, 292 Prince’s vagaries, a, 92 Pulivagoon, the village of, 62 RRafts on the Tigris, 200 Rain at Mosul, 181 Rain in Persia, 20 Rainfall in Resht, the, 50 Ramadan, the month of, 108 Rassam, Mr., and the Yezidees, 285 Recreations of Kerman, 79 Religious bodies, 112 Resht, silk-weaving, patchwork, and embroidery of, 46; Rest-houses of Persia, the, 132 Riding, a way of travelling in Persia, 23 Robbers of the desert, the, 311 Roof, life on the, 56 Rustem, our parlour-maid, 77 SSaladin, siege of Mosul by, 178, 192 Sand-storms, 21 Satan, the Yezidees’ idea of, 286 Savabs, or good works, the doctrine of, 156 Scent, superstition about, 277 Scorpions at Yezd, 55 Servant problem at Kerman, the, 75 Servants, cheating by native, 18 Seyyids, the, a religious body, 113 Shammar clan of Arabs, the, 191 Shawl manufactories in Kerman, 46 Sheikh Âdi, the patron saint of the Yezidees, 287; —— Matti, superstition about, 281 —— Naser, high-priest of the Yezidees, 284 Sheikhs, an order of priesthood amongst the Yezidees, 287 Shiah Mohammedans, 113 Shiraz, the silver-work of, 47; Silk-weaving in Persia, 46 Silver-work of Shiraz, the, 47 SirdÂbs, or underground rooms, 180 Social customs: Specialist in mental diseases, a, 326 Statistics of the Mosul Medical Mission, 321 Storks, superstition about, 279 Stuart, Dr. Emmeline, 150 Suleyman Khan, execution of, 119 Summer at Isphahan, 52; Sun, the, the emblem of the Fire Worshippers, 19 Sunnis, 113 Sunset effects in the desert, 131 —— a wonderful, 258 Sunshine, Persia a land of, 19 Superstitions of the Persians, 60, 166; Surgery, native, 153; Swearing, prevalence of, 240 TTabriz, 117 Takhtiravan, the, as a means of travelling, 25 Tea, Persian, 99 Teheran, arrival in, 26; “Telling the Beads,” 67 Theft, prevalence of petty, 238 Tigris, the, frozen, 180; Tobacco growing, 49 Towers of Silence, the, 128 Travelling in Persia, different ways of, 23, 63, 66; Truth lightly regarded, 237 VVisiting in Mosul, 226–8 WWagons as a means of travelling, 25 Wailers, professional, at funerals, 248 Walling-up as a capital punishment, 138 Water-supply, the, 48 Weaving at Mosul, 183 “Weavers,” children employed as, 44 Wedding, a, 97 —— among the Parsees, a, 123 Weddings, marriage portions, 244; Wheat and barley, the cultivation of, 49 Women, curiosity of the, 62; —— of Mosul, the, 219; YYakh khaneh, the, or ice-house, 53 Yezd, a City of Sand, 19; Yezidees, or devil-worshippers, 284; Printed by Ballantyne, Hanson & Co. 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