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INDEX. 
Cucumber^ of Courdistan, ii. 466, 467. 
Cuneiform characters on certain relics at Susa, 
ii. 417—422. 
Curiosity of the peasantry at Eklett, i. 471. 
Customs and religion of the Armenians, i. 429. 
-in Bagdad, ii. 267. et seq. 
Curtius, Q., his exaggerated description of the 
conflagration, by Alexander, of the palace of 
Persepolis, i. 648, 649. 
Cydaris, the ancient river, ii. 761. 
Cylinders of Babylon, ii. 416. 418. 
Cyrus the Second, anecdote of, ii. 93. 
-, founder of the dynasty of, ii. 96. 
-, Xenophon, on the change of dress which 
he introduced into Persia, i. 97. 
-, his entry into Babylon, ii. 362, 363. 
-, tomb of, i. 498, 499—508. 
-, the first Persian king who ordered his 
tomb to be erected in his life-time, i. 525. 
-, the diadem of, i. 602. 
-, Xenophon’s description of his first grand 
procession, i. 617—619. 
-, divided the empire into provinces, i. 620. 
-, route of, i. 623, 624. 
-, tomb of, i. 682. 
-, valuable treasures in, i. 682. 
-, foretold in holy writ, i. 683. 
D. 
Dabistan, account of the, ii. 133. 
Dacia, ancient, ii. 777, 778. 
Daghistan, province of, ii. 590. 
Dainggainy, sepulchral columns of, ii. 724. 
Daly-dawraz, the river, ii. 718. 
-Nazir, plain near, i. 476. 
-, village of, i. 477. 
Damon-ga-ya, the cloud-enveloped hill, near 
Kara-Hissar, ii. 689. 
Dance of Georgia, i. 137. 
Dancers, Asiatic, ii. 273, 274. 
Dances of the Valachians, ii. 789, 790. 
Dancing of the Luzmoonies, ii. 568. 
Daniel, tomb of, ii. 413, 414. 
-, when he died, ii. 413. 
Daneyan, village of, ii. 72. 
Danube, the river, ii. 777. 792. 
Daraki-Derbend, pass of, ii. 715, 716. 
Darius Hystaspes, tomb erected by, i. 521. 524. 
528. 
---, bas-relief of, i. 557—£61. 
-- , tomb of, i. 619. 
-, steps which he took to regu¬ 
late the empire, i. 621. 624. 
-, inscriptions respecting, i. 631. 
-, allegorical representation of 
his combats, i. 675. 
-, destroyed the wall of Baby¬ 
lon, ii. 295, 296. 
Daroo, mountain of, ii. 461. 463, 464. 472, 473. 
478. 
-, descent of the, 474. 
Dashagul, village of, ii. 577. 
Dastu-Gird, village of, ii. 591. 
Daughters of the present king of Persia, ii. 
508. 
Dead, ancient custom of watching the, i. 565. 
Death by precipitation, on, ii. 30. 
Deer-hunt, bas-relief of the, at Tackt-i-Bostan, 
ii. 176, 177. 
Deev Sufeed, the celebrated, i. 674. 
Deevs, or devils, court of, i. 489, 490. 
Deez, village of, ii. 533. 
Deeza-Kali, village of, ii. 607. 
Deezy river, i. 272. 
Degger-doo, village of, ii. 24. 
Deism of the Persian SoofFees, ii. 54. 
Dejoces, prince, founder of the dynasty of 
Cyrus, ii. 96. 
Delli Abbas, bridge of, ii. 429. 
Deluge, the, memorials of, i. 318, 319. 
Demawund mountain, i. 357. 
Demetrias. See Kirkook. 
Demonology, or worship of departed heroes, 
origin of, ii. 49. 
Demonessi, island of, ii. 735. 
Derbendt, the mountain-pass, ii. 705. 
■-, a second, ii. 706. 
Derbent, city and district of, ii. 520. 
-_- } post of musketeers, ii. 686. 
Deri language, the, ii. 132. 
Desart. See Steppe. 
Desatir, account of the, ii. 133. 
Desert of Kaveen, i. 371. 
Devaloo, village of, i. 207. 
-, village of, ii. 619. 
Devil’s valley, the, ii. 675. 677. 
