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INDEX. 
Ecbatana. See Hamadan. 
Eden, garden of, i. 211. 
Edessa, of the crusades, the, ii. 246. 
Edom, land of, ii. 138, 139. 443. 
Education of Persian princes, i. 242, 243. 
-in Persia, i. 347. 
Eelauts, Courdish, ii. 164. 
-, the tribe of, ii. 473. 
-, summer abodes of the, i. 474, 475. 
ii. 9. 
Eggs, Easter, i. 320. 
Egypt, invasion and ravage of, ii. 522. 
Eitch-mai-adzen, monastery of, i. 186—191. ii. 
634. 636. 
-, patriarch of, i. 186, 187. 
-, church of, i. 187—190. 
Eklett, upper and lower, villages of, i. 469. 
-, the author’s reception by the peasantry 
of, i. 470. 
-, curiosity of the peasantry at, i. 471. 
Elam, son of Shem, ii. 94. 
Elam. See Susiana. 
Elborus, the mountain, tradition concerning 
Noah’s ark on, i. 127—129. 
Elborz mountains, i. 45. 286. 
Elias, residence of the prophet, ii. 517. 
-.’s mantle at Mskett, i. 105. 
Elija, village of, ii. 673. 
Elizabethgrad, i. 4. 
-, buildings at, i. 5. 
Elivan, village of, ii. 666. 
Elwund Mountains, view of, ii. 87. 91, 92. 
-Mount, tradition respecting the tomb of 
a son of Solomon on, ii. 105. 
-, stone platform on, ii. 116. 
- - , view from the peak of, ii. 117— 
119. 138. 
-, inscriptions on the rock of, ii. 120. 
Elymais, site of, ii. 432. 
Embankments, great, near the Mujelibe, ii. 349 
—354. 
Enemessar. See Salmaneser. 
Encampment of pilgrims at Be-Sitoon, ii. 147. 
---of Persian Gypseys, ii. 528—532. 
England, Persians returning from, met by the 
author, ii. 685. 
Entertainment at General Kasibeck’s, i. 79. 
• ■ ' --at the house of Mirza Bezoork, 
Epheme, the patriarch of the monastery of Eitch- 
mai-adzen, i. 186. ii. 634—636. 
Erivan, city and province of, i. 195—202. 
-- 1 situation, i. 195. 
-, extent, 196, i. 202. 
-, fortress of, i. 197. 
-, population, ib. 
-, visit to the sardar at, i. 200. 
-, Tarpeian rock of, i. 201. 
-, government of, i. 202. 
Ervandus, king, i. 196. 
Escort, Courdish, from the glen of Mazengutt, 
ii. 658, 659. 
-, the author travels without, ii. 682. 
Eski Julfa, ruins of, i. 214. 
-, (or Julpha) ruins of, ii. 614. 
-, tomb of the Virgin at, ii. 612. 
-. See Julpha. 
Establishment of a harem, i. 343. 
Esther, queen, tomb of, i. 105. 114. 
-, character of, i. 105. 
-, prayer of, i. Ill, 112. 
-, and Ahasuerus, i. 112, 113. 
Euphrates, the river, ii. 258, 259. 
-■, during the building of Babylon, ii. 
284. 
--, view of the, ii. 297. 
--, west bank of the, ii. 305. 
-■, plain of Shinar, west of* the, ii. 306, 
307. 
-, pontoon bridge of the, ii. 331. 
--, on the supposed change in its course, 
ii. 354, 355. 
-, effects of its turning, ii. 399. 
-, more majestic than the Tigris, ii. 403. 
-, its sourses and currents, 403, et seq. 
--, extent of its course, and breadth, ii. 
404. 
-, the Kara Sou one of its sources, ii. 
673. 
Europa. See Rhey. 
European lady, unfortunate captivity of a, i. 63, 
64. 
Eutychian doctrines, of the Armenians, i. 429. 
Execution of the freebooters near Chorlou, ii. 
770. 
Extortions of the mountain chiefs, i. 80. 
Ezekiel, the prophet, i. 669. 
-the tomb of, ii. 389. 
i. 237—239. 
