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INDEX. 
Missionaries, a Scotch colony of established at 
Konstantinogorsk, i. 47, 48. 
Missions, Russian, to Persia, ii. 509. 
Mithratic mystery, the ancient religion of Per¬ 
sia, i. 673. 
-faith, ii. 46, 47- 51—53. 
-religion, origin of the, ii. 496. 
• -rites performed in caves, ii. 551— 
553. 
Mithridates, king, ii. 639. 
-, grave of, ii. 712. 
Mogan, plain of, ii. 512. 
Mogiloff, i. 3. 
Moldavia, province of, i. 791. ii. 777, 778. 
-, terms of a treaty between Russia and 
the Porte concerning, ii. 781, 782. (note.) 
Monastery at Akpet, i. 160, 161. 
* -- at Sennany, i. 161. 
-- of Eitch-mai-adzen, i. 186—188. 
■-----, holy spear there, 
i. 189.191. 
---, the author re¬ 
visits, ii. 634. 
----, relics, &c. in, 
ii. 635. 
-of the Holy Virgin, near the pass of 
the Hill of Blood, ii. 661. 
--- of Kotchivan, i. 172.176. 
Money, Persian, i. 250. 
-, the root of all action in the East, ii. 
503. 
Moussalim-Ovedan, mountains, ii. 687. 
Monsters and evil spirits, the representatives of 
enemies, according to Zoroaster, i. 674. 
Moollah Shabadan, village of, ii. 571. 
Moon, worship of the, ii. 422. 
Moonlight scenery near Kashour, i. 95. 
Moore, Thomas, i. 408. 
Mordecai, tomb of, i. 105—114. 
———, inscription on his tomb, i. 110. 
Mori, the river, ii. 194. 204. 
Morning, in Persia, ii. 63. 
Moscofskoy, i. 42. 
Mossian Hills, i. 152. 
---. See Tchilder mountains. 
Mosque of Amerat, ii. 77. 
- of Sultan Ahmed, ii. 751. 
- of Sultan Bajazet, near Amassia, ii. 
Mosque of the Dancing Dervises, ii. 758—760. 
- of Fatima, the descendant of Mahomed, 
i. 376. 
- of the Sunni-followers of Mahomed, ii. 
454, 455. 
- of Sultan Khodabund, i. 278. 280. 
- of the Sheik Maruf-Kerkhy, ii. 257. 
- of Imaun Moussa Kazim, ii. 280. 
-of Santa Sophia, ii. 750. 
-. See Mesched. 
Moullahs, village-school-masters, i. 465. 
-, dress of the, i. 466. 
Mourcha-Khorde, i. 398. 
Mound of ruins, probably the palace burnt by 
Alexander the Great, i. 647. 
Mounds, near Birs Nimrood, ii. 324. et seq. 
- ■ of the fire-worshippers, i. 298. 
- on the western-bank of the river Eu¬ 
phrates, ii. 381. 
- at Susa, ii. 412. 
- called Tullivays, ii. 429. 
- Tulli, Shahan, and Ashtoukan, ii. 431. 
Mountain of the Cross, i. 87. 
Mountain-terraces of Ectabana, ii. 97. 
-tribes, now trained by Captain Isaac 
Harl, ii. 18, 19. 
-of Sepulchres. See Nakshi-Roustam. 
Mountaineers on the banks of Terek, i. 51. 
Mourg-Aub, village of, i. 484. 
-, ruins at, i. 485—488. 
Mourning, annual, at Erivan, for the deaths of 
Hossien and Hassan, ii. 622, 623. 
Mozdack, town described, i. 49. 
-, politeness of the commandant of, to 
the author, i. 49—51. 
Moznavi, village of, ii. 463. 
Mskett, village of, i. 103—110. 
-, some account of its state in ancient 
times, i. 104. 
-, cathedral of, i. 105. 
-, relics at, ib. 
-, architectural remains at, i. 106. 
-—, Plutarch’s account of, i. 107,168. 
-, the author’s departure from, i. HO. 
Mucha, village of, ii. 650. 
MujeiiM, (or Mukallibe, or Maclouba,) adjoin¬ 
ing Birs Nimrood, remains of, ii. 295, 296. 339 
—349. 
712. 
, situation and dimensions, ii. 340. 
