Five Years in a Persian Town

INDEX

Napier Malcolm

Abb?s, 67
Abu Jahl, 67
Abu T?lib, Mohammed’s uncle, 67
A?van, 18
Ali, Imam, 75-77
Ali Mohammed (Bab), 90, 91
Anjuman, 49
Arb?b Jamsh?d, a wealthy Parsi at Tehran, 51
Arches, 16
Arkh?l?q, 45
Armenian Christians, 58, 107
Aryan Parsis, 62
Atmosphere, absence of moisture in, 13
B?b, gate of knowledge, 73
——, first book-bearer of the Beh??s, 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
B?d-g?r, 14, 15, 46
B?gh, 9-11
Bazaars, 11
Beh??s, the, 61, 81;
massacre of, 44, 52, 87-89, 104;
tenets of, 86, 90, 92-96, 104, 114
Beha?’llah, first book-bearer of the Beh??s, 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 T?r?khi Jad?d, 91
Bruce, Canon, 58, 59
Carpenters, of Yezd, 23
Carpets, 22
Caspian Sea, 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 Bahr?m of Khuramsh?r, a Parsi, 48
Mun?fiq?n, hypocrites, 80
Mush?ru’l Mam?lik, the, 51
Mussulman v. Armenian morality, 118
Muzaffaru’d D?n, Shah, 49
Nakhl, 134
N?siru’d D?n, Shah, 48
N?siru’d D?n, Mulla, and his mule, story of, 149
Nij?sat, 132
Non-conformity in Persia, 61
Oasis, 3, 4
Omar, Khal?f, 76, 135
Opium trade, 170
Ornamentation, of houses, 17
Paighambar?, 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
Qab?, 45, 48
Qal?ntar, 49
Qali?n, 25
Qum, 119
Qur?n, the, 73, 74, 76, 77, 92, 93, 105, 107-109, 119, 120, 124, 130
Rainfall, 6, 29
Ramaz?n, Mohammedan Fast, 78
Rasht, 43, PRINTED AT THE EDINBURGH PRESS, 9 AND 11 YOUNG STREET.

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CENTRAL PERSIA illustrating FIVE YEARS IN A PERSIAN TOWN.
By the Rev. Napier Malcolm.

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