GENERAL INDEX 



The Index contains also additional information. 



A-lo-yi-lo, 378 note 2, 511. 



Abel-Re"musat, see Re"musat. 



Abu Dulaf, 351. 



Abu Mansur, 194, 209, 298, 301, 306, 

 307, 315, 320, 332, 350, 354, 364, 366, 

 369, 370, 373, 38o, 383, 396, 399, 405, 

 425, 443, 446, 449, 453, 455, 459, 481, 



483, 507, 509, 544-547, 549, 55i, 553, 

 587, 589; Indian elements in pharma- 

 cology of, 580-585. 



Abulfeda, 351. 



Achundow, A. C., 194, 209, 253, 298, 

 301, 304, 306, 307, 315, 320, 327, 332, 

 350, 354, 364, 366, 367, 370, 373, 380, 

 383, 396, 399, 402, 405, 425, 443, 446, 

 449, 453-455, 459, 478, 483, 507, 509, 

 544-547, 551, 580, 583-585, 587. 



Aconite, 582. 



Acorn, in Persia, 246. 



Acosta, C., 356, 528, 550, 556, 591. 



Aden, almonds of, 405. 



Aeschylus, 320. 



Aetius, 586. 



Africa, aloes of, 480; date-palm intro- 

 duced into eastern, 389 note I ; ebony 

 from, 485, 486; home of Ricinus, 404; 

 home of sesame cultivation, 290; 

 home of water-melon, 438; myrrh 

 from East, 461. 



Ahlquist, A., 577. 



Ahmed Sibab Eddin, 561. 



Ai-lao, 489. 



Ain-i Akbari, 222, 282, 319, 502, 592. 



Ainslie, W., 241, 254, 266, 364, 367, 453, 



484, 514, 585, 588. 

 Aitchison, 343. 



Akbar, promoter of viticulture, 240. 



al-Akfani, 566. 



Albertus Magnus, 395 note 6, 411. 



Alcohol, Chinese allusion to, 237. 



Aleni, Giulio, S. J., 433, 527. 



Alexander Romance, Chinese in, 570- 

 571; Ethiopic version of, 566. 



Alexandria, 550. 



Alfalfa, cultivation of, in Fergana, 210; 

 history of, 208-219; wild species of, in 

 China, 217-218. Alfalfa is culti- 

 vated in Arabia, being styled gadhub 

 on the South- Arabian coast. The 

 Arabs also received the plant from 

 Persia. In Egypt it became only 

 known during the nineteenth century 

 under the name "Arabian clover" 



(bersim hegi&si)\ cf. G. Schweinfurth, 



Z. Ethn., 1891, p. 658. 

 Almeria, 492, 497. 

 Almond, 193, 405-409. 

 Altabas, altobas, term for brocades, 



derivation of, 492. 

 Alum, 336, 474-475- 

 Amber, 521-523; of Samarkand, 251. 

 Ammianus Marcellinus, 355, 548. 

 Amomum, 481-482. 

 An-si, Chinese name of the dynasty of 



the Arsacides or Parthia, 187, 221, 



457; cotton stuffs of, 488. 

 Anabasis, 223, 224. 

 Andamans, Memecylon on, 315. 

 Anderson, J., 266, 286. 

 Andreas, 529. 

 Anglo-Saxons, cultivation of carrot by, 



451, 452; cultivation of coriander by, 



299. 

 Annam, pepper of, 375; Psoralea of, 484; 



styled Yavana, 212; Styrax benjoin 



of, 465. 



Antimony, 509. 

 Ao-men & Ho, 434, 501. 

 Apricot, in India, 240, 408; transmitted 



from China to the west, 539. 

 Arabia, alleged home of fig-culture, 411; 



amber from, 522; costus of, 463; 



manna of, 346 note 3; myrrh from, 



461; saffron from, 310; turmeric ex- 

 ported from India to, 314. 

 Arabs, activity in sugar-industry of, 



377; date of, 390; gold-dust of, 510; 



grapes of, 223; grape- wine of, 239; 



importers of asbestos into China, 500; 



nux-vomica of, 449; rape-turnip of, 



381; symbolism of pomegranate 



among, 287; trading brocades with 



Kirgiz, 488-489; viticulture of, 241; 



yue no textiles of, 494. 

 Areca palm, 584. 

 Argentine, alfalfa in, 219. 

 Aristobulus, 239, 372. 

 Aristophanes, 208. 

 Aristotle, 411, 512. 

 Armenia, alfalfa in, 218; grape- wine in, 



220; peach and apricot in, 539; rhu- 

 barb of, 547. 

 Armenian apple, Greek term for apricot, 



203, 209. 



Aromatics, 455-467. 

 Arrian, 455. 



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