Chapter LXXXVII: Appendix

Tables Showing the Distance From Quetta To Meshed via Robat, Sher-i-Nasrya (Sistan), Birjand.

_Distances from Quetta to Persian frontier._

_Name of Stage._ _Distance._ _Miles._ _Yards._ Quetta to Girdi Talab 16 -- Girdi to Kanak (Taleri) 16 -- Kanak to Morad Khan Kella 24 -- Morad Khan Kella to Kishingi 24 -- Kishingi to Nushki 12 -- Nushki to Mall 31 1,320 Mall to Kuchaki Chah 15 1,154 Kuchaki Chah to Padag 13 756 Padag to Yadgar 22 1,390 Yadgar to Karodak 15 970 Karodak to Dalbandin 16 380 Dalbandin to Chakal 18 190 Chakal to Sotag 14 220 Sotag to Mirui 12 1,320 Mirui to Chah Sandan 20 220 Chah Sandan to Tretoh 23 760 Tretoh to Noh Kundi 21 1,660 Noh Kundi to Mashki Chah 21 1,100 Mashki Chah to Sahib Chah 28 660 Sahib Chah to Mukak 23 660 Mukak to Saindak 13 880 Saindak to Kirtaka 18 750 Kirtaka to Chah Mahommed 16 1,107 Chah Mahommed Raza to Raza Kuh-i-Malek-Siah 24 368

Distances from Robat (Beluchistan) to Sher-i-Nasrya (Sistan).

Robat to Hormak 18 miles. Hormak to Girdi-Chah 32 " Girdi-Chah to Mahommed Raza Chah 28 " Mahommed Raza Chah to Lutak 12 " Lutak to Baghak 16 " Baghak to Sher-i-Nasrya (Sistan) 8 "

Sher-i-Nasrya to Birjand, about 12 stages 210 miles. Birjand to Meshed, _via_ Turbat-i-Haidari 277 "

Botanical Specimens Collected by Author in North Beluchistan. (Presented to the British Museum of Natural History.)

_Native Name._ _Agat_ Lornia spinosa. Sch. Bip. _Buju_ Stipa (grass). _Eshwerk_ Rhazya stricta Dec. _Jirri × Jerr_ Artemisia Herba-Alva Asso. _Karkar_ Fagonia Aucheri Boiss. _Kesankur_ Peganum Harmala L. _Kanderi_ (?) Salsola. _Kirri_ Tamarix articulata vahl. _Kul_ } _Drug_ } Phragmites communis Trin. (A reed.) _Kulich' nell_ Cressa cretica L. { Anabasis sp. _Lara_ { Tamarix sp. _Pish_ Nannorhops Ritchieana Wendl. (Palm.) _Sachdonne_ Astragalus sp. ---- Moricandia sp. ---- Alyssum. ---- Cichorium (?). ---- Nerium Oleander L. ---- Convolvulus sp. ---- Salicornia fruticosa L. ---- Suæda monoica Forsk.

INDEX

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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