INDEX. 
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Babylon, route to, ii. 290, 293- 
-, entrance on the ruins of, on crossing 
the Mahowil bridge, ii. 294, 295. 
-, road through the ruins of, 296. 
-, wall of, partly destroyed by Darius 
Hystaspes, ii. 295, 296. 
-, architectural splendours of, attributed 
to Nebuchadnezzar, ii. 316. 
-, founded by Nimrod, ib. 
--, ruins of, continued, ii. 336. 
---•, its site not yet thoroughly explored or 
described, ii. 337. 
-, has been the foundation of many other 
cities and towns, ii. 338, 401. 
-, various causes of its decay, ii. 339. 
-, bricks, of which it was built, ii. 361. 
-, entry of Cyrus into, ii. 362, 363. 
-, reflections on the ruins of, ii. 374. 
-, old and new palaces of, ii. 375. 
-, ruins of, on the western bank of the 
river Euphrates, ii. 379. 
-, limits of ancient, ii. 382—385. 387. 399, 
400. 
-, scriptural prophecies fulfilled concern¬ 
ing, ii. 387, 388. 390. 402. 
-, walls of, how dilapidated, ii. 400, 401. 
-, a remnant of it left for a time according 
to the Scriptures, ii. 402. 
■-, climate of, ii. 402, 403. 
-, cylinders of, ii.415, 416. 
Babylonian relics, presented by the author to 
the British, the Edinburgh, and the Dublin 
Museums, ii. 818, 819. {Appendix.) 
Bacoubi, ii. 238. 240. 
-, Arab women in, ii. 239. 
Bactriani, plundering tribe of, ii. 9. 61. 
-, banditti, i. 453. ii. 33. 
-, attack of, 34, 35. 
Badku, or Bakou, Mithratic pilgrimages to, ii. 
46, 47. 
Bagdad, ii. 231. 
-, the author arrives at, ii. 242. 
-, reflections and recollections on enter¬ 
ing, ii. 243. 
-, houses of, ii. 244. 
-~, the pashalick of, its extent, ii. 246, 
247. 
-, the present pasha of, ii. 248—251. 
-, when founded, ii. 254. 
Bagdad, Old, ii. 255. 
-, climate, ii. 261, 262. 
-on the eastern bank of the Tigris, ii. 
263. 
-, gates of the city, ib. 
-, situation for commerce, ii. 265. 
-, population, ib. 
-, history of, ii. 266. 
-, customs in, ii. 267. 
-, ladies of, ii. 268, 269. 
-, fete of the ladies in, ii. 270. 
-, devotions of the ladies at, ii. 271- 
-, fetes of the men in, ii. 272. 
-, owes much of its greatness to the 
remains of ancient Babylon, ii. 338. 
• -, the author’s return to, ii. 407. 
-, the author quits, ii. 426. 
-, route from, to Courdistan, ii. 427. 
Bagdali, village of, ii. 683, 684. 
Bagistan, probably the same as Be-Sitoon, ii. 
162, 163. 
Bagley Hammot, village of, ii. 651. 
Bahadass, village of, ii. 769. 
Baharam, ancient coins of, ii. 124, 125. 
-, his combat with a Tatar prince, i. 
538. 545. ii. 126, 127. 
-- the Fourth, ii. 131. 
--* the Fifth, account of his life and cha¬ 
racter, ii. 13—15. 
-, king, i. 533. 
• -- and his queen, i. 534, 535, 
• -- and his son, 536. 
Bahram-lee, village of, ii. 578. 
Bahman. See Ahasuerus. 
Bajazet, Sultan, mosque of, the, ii. 712. 
Bakou, naphtha springs at, ii. 442. 515. 
--, Russian district of in Persia, ii. 514, 515. 
-, burning plain of, ii. 515, 516. 
Bala Katsio, lake, ii. 649. 
Balandooz, the river, ii. 577. 
Balcan mountains, ii. 773. 
Ball and concert at Boucharest, ii. 786, 787. 
--- Yassi, ii. 799, 800. 
Baity, i. 69. 
Bambek river, i. 158. 160. 164. 
-bridge, 161. 
Banditti of the mountains near Iman Zada Is¬ 
mael, ii. 9—11. 
--, Bactriani, i. 453. ii. 33—35. 
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