Roman numerals refer to chapters, Arabic to pages
- Abana River, 67-71, 88f, 106
- Abila, 69
- Abilene, Tetrarchy of, 69
- Ain el-Beida, 130
- Ain Fijeh, 70
- Ain el-Wuʿul, 130
- Aleih stories, 61f
- Aleppo, Province of, 8
- Anti-Lebanon, 7, 63, 67-71, 178, 204
- Aurelian, 135-137, 205
- Assassins, the, 10
- Awaj River, 89n
- Baalbek, XIII
- Climate, 188
- Great stones, 198-200
- History, 189-191
- Ruins, 192-197
- Situation, 184f
- Baal-gad (Baalbek), 189
- Barada, see Abana
- Bashan, Land of, 75
- Bedouins, 129-131, 143
- Beirut, City, 7, III
- Bay, 35
- Cape, 29
- Caves, 31
- Commerce, 36
- History, 26f
- Modern aspects, 37f
- Name, 29
- Olive orchards, 30
- Political strife, 40f
- Religious strife, 38f
- Sand dunes, 30
- Schools, 41-43
- Water supply, 33
- Beirut, Province of, 8
- Bikaʿ, 63-65, 184f, 178, 204
- Bliss, Daniel, 146-149
- Bosra, 78
- Butrus, Patriarch, 156-162
- Byblos, 4, 7
- Cathedral Rocks, 174
- Cedar Mountain, 167, 176-179
- Cedars of Lebanon, XII
- Chrysorrhoas, see Abana
- Coele-Syria, see Bikaʿ
- Coffee, 107-109
- Committee of Reform, 40
- Cross, Festival of, 179
- Damascus, VII-IX, 7, 15
- Ananias, Tomb of, 119
- Bargaining in, 98-101
- Bazaars, 96-104
- Beggars, 104
- Cafés, 106f
- Cemeteries, 116
- Commerce, 95, 111
- Dogs, 104
- Dome of Victory, 88
- Fame of, 90
- Fertility, 92f
- Gate of Allah, 115
- Healthfulness, 70
- History, 91
- Jews, 118
- Khans, 110
- Kisan Gate, 117
- Lepers, 117
- Meidan, 114-116
- Modern aspects, 91
- Name, 90
- Night noises, 105f
- Omayyade Mosque, 89, 120-127
- Population, 96n
- Quarters, 118
- Residences of rich, 111-113
- St. Thomas’ Gate, 106
- Saladin, Tomb of, 119f
- Street called Straight, 118f
- Street calls, 101f
- Water supply, 70
- Damascus, Province of, 8
- Death, River of, 4
- Deir el-Kamr, 17
- Derʿa, 77
- Diman, 164
- Dog River, 4, 33-35
- Caves of, 34f
- Druse Massacres, 14-17, 78
- Druse Mountain, 77f
- Druses, 11-17, 78, 84, 115, 138
- ed-Durazy, 11, 67
- Earthquakes, 4, 32, 102
- Eastern Mountains, see Anti-Lebanon
- Edrei, 77
- Emesa, see Homs
- Feruzi, 152, 154-156
- Fish, Sacred, 203f
- George, St., 27-29, 116
- Ghuta of Damascus, 93
- Greek Catholic Church, 9
- Greek Orthodox Church, 9
- Hama, 64, 211-218
- Hamath, see Hama
- Hamath, Entering In of, 152, 204
- Hauran, 75-87
- Hauran, Jebel, 77
- Hejaz Railway, 76f, 81
- Heliopolis (Baalbek), 190
- Hermon, Mount, 7, 65-67, 77, 178
- Hollow Syria, see Bikaʿ
- Homs, 136, 152, 190, 205-208
- Homs, Lake of, 205
- Institutes of Justinian, 42
- Islam, see Mohammedanism
- Ismailians, 10
- Jebail, 4
- Jesus Christ, 12, 27, 67, 122, 170
- Job, the Patriarch, 78-80
- Kadisha River, 166, 174
- Kanawat, 78
- Kanobin, Monastery of, 174
- Karyatein, 129
- Kasyun, Mount, 88
- Keneiseh, Mount, 5, 52, 62, 67
- Keshaya, Monastery of, 175f
- Lebanon Mountains, I, 60-63
- Lebanon, Province, 8, 16f
- Leja, 83-85
- Leontes River, 64
- Maronites, 9, 14-17
- Metawileh, 10
- Mirage in Bikaʿ, 186
- Missionaries, XI
- Mohammedanism
- Attitude to Jesus, 122
- Images forbidden, 112f
- Position of women, 113f
- Power of, 194f
- Muzeirib, 76
- Palmyra, X, 69
- History, 133-138
- Modern Village, 138, 140
- Ruins, 138-140
- Tombs, 132
- Persons incidentally mentioned:
- Abdul Hamid II., 76f, 108n
- Abel, 69, 88
- Abraham, 88, 90f, 98, 101
- Abulfeda, 93
- Adam, 88
- Alexander the Great, 26
- Amenhotep, Pharaoh, 26
- Ananias, 119
- Antar, 142
- Antoninus Pius, 190
- Antony, Mark, 133
- Argyll, Duke of, 146
- Asad Pasha, 110
- Ashur-nasir-pal III., 34
- Augustus, 26
- Aurelius, Marcus, 34
- Baldwin of Flanders, 26, 91
- Balkis, Queen of Sheba, 129, 190
- Benjamin of Tudela, 190
- Bildad the Shuhite, 78
- Cain, 69
- Constantine the Great, 129, 191
- Diocletian, 137
- Dodge, Wm. E., 146
- Domna, Julia, 190, 207
- Dorotheus, Professor, 42
- Eliezer, 90
- Esarhaddon, 34
- Fakhreddin, 30
- Fatima, 116
- Hadrian, 168
- Hakim Biamrillah, 11
- Hamzeh ibn Ahmed, 11
- Helena, St., 179
- Heliogabalus, 191n, 207
- Herod the Great, 26, 91
- Hiram of Tyre, 168, 173, 183
- Ibrahim Pasha, 30, 84
- Idrisi, 93
- Jesup, Morris K., 146
- John the Baptist, 121, 123, 215
- Josephus, 84, 90
- Justinian, 42, 137, 168
- Longinus, 135
- Louis VII. of France, 91
- Mohammed, 12, 93f, 116
- Mukadassi, 188
- Naaman, 89n, 117, 120
- Nicodemus, 26
- Nureddin, 91
- Odenathus II., 134
- Og, king of Bashan, 77
- Paul, St., 91, 116f.
- Pompey, 26
- Post, Dr. Geo. E., 168
- Rameses II., 26, 34, 79
- Rib-addi, 26
- Richard Cœur de Lion, 28
- Robinson, Edw., 195, 204n
- Rustum Pasha, 168
- Sapor of Persia, 134
- Selim, Sultan, 34
- Sennacherib, 26, 34
- Severus, Septimius, 190, 207n
- Shalmaneser II., 34
- Solomon, 133, 190
- Tamerlane, 91, 137
- Tancred, 205
- Theodosius the Great, 175
- Tiglath-pileser III., 34, 91
- Titus, 26
- Uz, 90
- Vahballathus, 134
- Valerian, 134
- Varius, see Heliogabalus
- Vespasian, 26
- William II. of Germany, 120
- William of Tyre, 78
- Phallic worship, 11
- Pharpar, 89n
- Pilgrim Route, 114, 122
- Protestants, 40
- Qadesh, see Homs, Lake of
- Railways, 60, 72f, 76f, 82, 210
- Ras Baalbek, 149-152
- Ras esh-Shukkah, 4
- Rayak, 67
- Saladin, 27, 91, 119f
- Semakh, 73
- Sirocco, 80
- Smuggling, 32
- Suk Wadi Barada, 69
- Sunnin, Mount, 5, 52, 67, 178
- Suweida, 78
- Syria, II
- Boundaries, 6
- Manners and customs, 18-22
- Names, 6
- Population, 8
- Provinces, 8
- Religions, 9-13
- Syrian Desert, 7, 95, 129-132, 141
- Syrian Protestant College, IV, 42f, 146f
- Syrians, 16, 22-25
- Tadmor, see Palmyra
- Tell el Amarna Letters, 26
- Tell Biseh, 211
- Trachonitis, see Leja
- Transfiguration, the, 67
- Tripoli, 8, 178, 201
- Uz, Land of, 78
- Vilayets of Syria, 8
- el-Wesen, 140
- Women, position of, 90, 113f
- Yarmuk Valley, 73-75
- Zebedani Valley, 67f
- Zenobia, Queen, 69, 134-137, 205