283-84
Malwîyeh, the, Sâmarrâ, 209 and note¹, 210
Ma’mûreh, asphalt beds and minaret, 106;
ruins, 127
Ma’mûret el ’Azîz, vilayet of, 330
Manbij [Hierapolis], 18, 19;
ancient churches, 21, 22 note¹;
history, 24-25
Mangâbeh, 26
Mangûb, 227
Manṣûr, founder of Kafiḳah, 54;
Round City of, 187 and note^1-88;
mosque of, Baghdâd, 235 note²
Mâr Ahudânî, Church of, 257
Mâr Augen, monastery of, 302 note¹, 310-12
Mâr ’Azîzîyeh at Kefr Zeh, 315, 317-18
Mâr Barsauma, 316 note²
Mâr Behnâm, 262 and note^1-63, 263 note², 268 and note¹
Mâr Cosmo, 324 note¹
Mâr Dodo, 304-5
Mâr Gabriel of Kartmîn, 262 note¹, 314-16
Mâr Girjis, 258
Mâr Hôbel, 316 note²
Mâr Ibrahîm, 316 note²
Mâr Kyriakos at Arnâs, 317-18
Mâr Mattai, monastery of, 266;
story of Mâr Mattai, 267-68
Mâr Melko, 313 and note^1-14
Mâr Musa el Habashi, 316 note²
Mâr Philoxenos, 316-17
Mâr Shim’ûn, Bâ Sebrîna, 303-4
Mâr Shim’ûn, 218, 259;
Ḳaraḳôsh, 264-65
Mâr Shim’ûn, Midyâd, 316 note²
Mâr Sobo, 319
Mâr Tûmâ, 258 and note^1-59, 259 note¹, 260, 263 note²
Mâr Yâ’ḳûb, Church of, Ṣalâḥ, 316-19
Mâr Yâ’ḳûb, monastery of, 272, 283
Marde, 301
Mardîn, 218, 301, 311, 353 and note²
Mascas, the, 82
Ma’shûk, the, see ’Ashiḳ, the
Masius Mount, 301
Masnik, 335 note²
Mas’ûdîyeh, 41
Maxentius, basilica of, 180
Mazâr of Sultan ’Abdullah, 49 note¹
Mazâr of Sultan Selîm, 49 note¹
Mdawwî, mounds, 202
Mecca, 158;
the well Zemzem, 277
Medâin, 181 note²
Medina, 158
Meiḍa, 62
Melekjân, 333 note¹
Melitene, 337 and note¹
Merrhan, 111, 113
Meskeneh, 24 note²;
the ferry, 47
Mesopotamia, antiquities of, 11;
fortified khâns, 121 and note^2-22;
history, 156
Mespila-Nineveh, 287 note²
Mezîzakh, 316 note¹
Mezreh, 330 and note², 331, note¹
Middo, 303 note¹
Midyâd, Mâr Philoxenos, 316-17
Midyâd, Ḳâimmaḳâm of the, 321
Môṣul, 70, 185, 206, 230-31, 265, 302;
the modern bridge, 237;
the situation in, 247-49;
the affair of 1st January 1909, 249-50;
murder of Sheikh Sayyid, 249-50;
the League of Mohammad formed, 250-51;
fall of ’Abdu’l Hamîd, 251-54;
the Church in, 254-57;
Church of Mâr Ahudânî, 257;
first recorded mosque, 259;
tomb of the Imâm Yaḥyâ, 259, 260;
the Ḳal’at Lûlû, 260;
the Sinjâr Gate, 260;
the Jews of, 260-61, 261 note¹;
the high road, 284, 286, 287 note¹
Mshatta, Palace of, 152, 153
Mu’aẓẓam, village of, 188
Mudawwarah, ruin of, 48
Mügdeh, 341 note²
Mughârah, 30, 35
Muḥammad ’Alî, tomb of, at Wâneh, 203
Mukbil, village of, 271
Mullah ’Alî Shehr, 341 note¹
Munbayah, mound of, 43-44;
basalt mills, 63
Munga’rah, Ḳishlâ el, 69
Murad Su, the, 335
Murrât, ruin of, 135
Museiyib, village of, 164, 166-67
Musheidah, 200;
the khân of, 199;
the Senîyeh, 201-2
Mustanṣirîyeh College, Baghdâd, 191-92
Mutawakkil, mosque of, Sâmarrâ, 209;
Palace of, 213

Nabagath on the Aburas, 109, 111, 112
Nahr el Ḳâim, the, 206-8
Nahrawân canal, 213 and note¹
Nahrwân, bridge of, 182
Naṣrîyeh canal, the, 167
Natârîyeh, 90-92
Nebî Ḥâshil, ziyârah of, 17
Nebî Yûnus, mound of, 262
Nebuchadnezzar, Palace of, work of excavation, 168-71
Nejd, 86, 217
Nejef, ruins, 160, 162
Neshabah tower, the, 49 and note¹
Nicephorium, 54, 62, 109, 110, 111
Nigdeh, Seljuk mosques, 356
Nimrûd, 224, 227;
mound of, 228-29
Nineveh, ruins of, 261-66;
story  of Mâr Mattai, 267
Ninmala, island of, 85
Nisîbîn, 301
Nisibis, 301
Nu’mân ibn Mundhir, the castle of, 141, 142
Nûr ed Din, 262
Nurshak Dâgh, 342

Obbanes, 24 note²
Olabus, 100 note¹, 111, 114
Old Meskeneh, 47
Opis, 200 and note¹, 204 and note⁵
Ordasu, 336
Osdara, 339 note¹
Osherîyeh, 27
Osmândedelî, 339 note¹, 342 and note¹, 343 and note¹
Osrhœne, 23
Ozan, 339 note¹;
tomb at, 340-41, 341 note¹

Palanga, 341 note¹
Palmyra, tower tombs of, 37
Parenk, 343 note¹
Parux Malkha, 102 note¹
Pehlevî, 305 note¹
Persia, justice in, 163-64
Persian Gulf, gun-running, 285
Phaliga, 109, 110, 111, 112
Phaliscum, 111, 112
Phathusa, 114
Phœnice-Finik, 296 note¹, 299
Physcus, the (Xenophon), 204 note⁵
Polat Ushagha, 341 note¹
Pünoz, Khân of, 330 note¹

Rabâṭ, village of, 85
Rabbân Hormuzd, monastery of, 255, 281-82
Râfiḳah, history of, 54-55, 57
Raḥbah, 74
Raḥḥâlîyeh, oasis of, 134, 138;
water of, 136
Raḥḥâlîyeh-Shetâteh road, the, 136
Raḳḳah, 41, 46, 53, 65, 68, 111;
the ferry, 47;
history, 54-55, 158;
the modern Raḳḳah, 55;
shrines, 56 and note²;
Raḳḳah ware, 59-60, 75-76;
distances, 108-10;
the Baghdâd Gate, 135 note², 156
Ramâdî, 123, 176, 177
Rawâ, 86-87, 90-92, 94, 114
Retâjah (Ḳal’at Bulâḳ), 88
Rhabdium, 307, 309 note¹
Risür Chai, 297
Round City, Baghdâd, 187 and note^1-88
Rumeileh, 41

Sadîr, 141
Sagr, ruin, 202
Saiḥûn, the, 342, 348
St. Simeon Stylites, Church of, 11
Sajûr river, the, 23, 31;
the valley, 27
Ṣalâḥ, 314, 316-19
Salakûn, 303 note¹
Ṣâliḥîyeh, 78, 80, 82
Salonica, 4, 6, 227, 359;
the committee, 251;
the accession of Muḥammad V, 281
Saman, 340
Saman Keui, 338 note¹
Sâmarrâ, the mosque of, 58, 231-35, 243 and note^1-46, 246 note¹;
ruins, 158, 188 note¹;
Mohammadan ware, 204;
the Malwîyeh, 206, 209 and note¹, 210;
the choice of Mu’taṣim, 207 note², 209-10;
the bazaars, 208;
decline of, 208-9;
the minaret, 211, 235;
Madaḳḳ eṭ Ṭabl, 211;
the Kâs i Fir’aun, 235;
the palace of the ’Ashiḳ, 235 and note^4-39, 242;
Ṣlebîyeh, 237, 239, 242;
ruins of Ḥuweiṣilât, 239, 242;
Beit el Khalîfah, 240 and note^1-42;
the Tell ’Alîj, 242-43;
Sâmarrâ ware, 243
Samosata, 33
Sapha, 296 note¹
Saphe, 296 note¹
Sapolar, 333 note¹
Sargon temple, Khorsabâd, 223
Sâreh, village of, 305;
the Church, 305-6
Sarî Khân, 353 and note²
Sarifah (Chesney), 99 note¹
Sarvistân, 156
Sayyid Aḥmed ibn Hâshim, shrine of, 135
Sayyid Muḥammad, Mazâr of, 205
Scaphe (Ptolemy), 200 note¹
Scenæ, 22
Scenitæ, country of the, 22
Sefînet Nebî Nûh, 291-95
Seleucia on the Tigris, 10, 22, 109, 110, 179, 181 note¹;
mounds of, 178
Semiramidis Fossa, 110, 111, 112
Serbes, 17
Serrîn, tower tombs of, 36-39
Shabyan, 330 note¹
Shahr, 346;
the temple-mausoleum, 348;
story of the massacre, 349-50
Shakh, village of, 296
Shammar, village of, 17
Sham’ûn, castle of, 139
Shandokh, 293, 295
Shawa Keui, 328 note¹
Shefâthâ (’Ain et Tamr), 156
Shehna Khân, 338 note¹
Sheikh ’Adî, shrine of, 269, 272;
description, 274-78;
account of the Saint, 278-79;
Yezîdî practices, 279-80
Sheikh Khuḍr, shrine of, 118
Sheikh Najar, 17
Sheikh Sîn, hill of, 43
Sheikh Ziyâd, 17
Shems ed Dîn, 43
Sheramîyeh, 220
Shetâteh, 86, 140;
Assyrian remains, 134, 135;
palms of, 139;
distances from, 142;
Bedouin of, 143
Shilbeh, 327 note¹
Shnâs, 212
Ṣiffîn, battlefield of, 50
Sinjâr Gate, Môṣul, 260
Sisara, see Sisaurana
Sisaurana (Procopius), 309 note¹
Sitace, 200 and note¹;
position, 204 note⁵
Sitha, 111
Sitt Zobeideh, tomb of, 100, 190 and note², 215
Sivâs, 329, 342
Ṣlebîyeh, 237, 239, 242
Sophene, 331 note²
Stambûl, 96, 230
Suleimânîyeh, 249, 250
Sumeikhah, village of, 203 and note¹
Sûs, ruins at, 99
Suvagen, 347
Syria, fortified khâns, 121 and note²

Takhtalî, 345 note¹
Talas, 353 note², 355
Tarandah, 341 note³
Tarmûr, village of, 327 and note¹
Tarsus, American College, 349
Tâṣir, 202
Taurus Mountains, 325, 327, 328
Tekrît, Ḥmeidî Beg ibn Farḥân, 216-17;
the road to Môṣul, 216-17;
the castle, 239
Telin, 342
Tell ’Abd ’Alî, 53
Tell Abu Thor, 98
Tell Aḥmar, 23, 24 note¹, 26-28, 34, 44;
the Hittite stela, 29-30
Tell ’Alîj, 242-43
Tell ’Arîḍ, 283
Tell Bada’ah, 28 note¹
Tell Batnân, 17
Tell Bshairah, 202
Tell ech Cha’bî, 80
Tell edh Dhahab, 204, 205
Tell el ’Abr, 31
Tell el Afrai, 48-49
Tell el Banât, 41
Tell el Ghânah, 28 note¹
Tell el Ga’rah, 43
Tell el Hajîn, 81
Tell el Ḥâl, 17
Tell el Kraḥ, 78
Tell el Kumluk, 31
Tell esh Sha’ir, 65, 79
Tell eẓ Ẓahir, 43
Tell Gayârah, 226, 227
Tell Ghazab, 204
Tell Hir, 204
Tell Jifneh, 47
Tell Kobbîn, mound and village, 289
Tell Maḥmûd, 333 note¹
Tell Manjûr, 204
Tell Meraish, 54
Tell Murraibet, 47, 63
Tell Sheikh ’Arûd, 44
Tell Sheikh Ḥassan, 44
Tell Simbal, 81
Thamânîn (Heshtan), 293 and note¹
Thapsacus on the Euphrates, 18, 22, 24, 33, 47
Thelailah, 302 note³
Thelda, 111, 113
Themail, castle of, 86;
mound of, 129-30
Thilaticomum, 23
Thillada Mirrhada, 110, 111, 112
Thilutha, island Castle of, 98
Tigris, the, junction with the Euphrates, 164;
in flood, 178, 226;
the guffahs, 179;
bridges on, 183-84;
the ṣidd, 198-99;
the old bed, 201, 204;
the Dujeil, 201;
the Khawîjeh, 205;
the Je zîreh, 205;
the ferry, 205-6, 302 note³;