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INDEX. 
Nisa, Island of, ii. 735. 
Nishnoy Egorlisky, i. 41, 42. 
Nissaean pastures, ancient, ii. 206. 
Nitocris, queen of Babylon, funeral monuments 
of, ii. 348. 
Nizam-i-Gedid, corps of, the, ii. 749. 
Noah, burial place of, i. 218. 
-, symbolical sculpture of, at Persepolis, i. 592. 
-, probably founder of the new-year festi¬ 
vities in Persia, i. 318. ' 
-, what became of him after the Deluge, ii. 
367, 368. 
-, descendants of, ii. 457. 
Noah’s Ark, i. 183. 191. ii. 636, 637. 
-, and the mountain Elborus, i. 127— 
129. 
Nomade tribes, ii. 12, 13. 
Nose-jewels of the Zobiede Arabs, and of the 
ancients, ii. 291. 
Noushirvan, the great Chosroes, ii. 45. 
-, village of, ii. 60. 
-, ii. 166, 167. 
Nowroose, festival of the, i. 316—322. 
-, account of its origin, i. 316, 317. 
——-, probably founded by Noah, i. 318. 
-, how at present celebrated, i. 320. 399. 
625, 626. 
O. 
Obelisk on the mosque Esshems, ii. 335, 336. 
-, Egyptian, at Constantinople, ii. 752, 
753. 
Observatory on the Tower of Babel, ii. 317, 318. 
Odessa, i. 6—10. 
-, foundation and origin of, i. 8. 
-, commerce and revenue of, i. 9. 
-, plague at, ib. 
■-, theatre at, i. 9, 10. 
-, population of, i. 10. 
-, Merino sheep near, ib. 
-, personal labour at, ib. 
Odornah, river, ii. 437. 
Offerings to Persian princes, singular, i. 256, 
257. 
Olvio, old city of, i. 13, 14. 
Omar, the Caliph, ii. 44. 
Omerli, town of, ii. 720. 
Opis, ancient city of, ii. 437. 
Order of the Lion and Sun, conferred on the 
author, ii. 523. 
Ordooze, village and rivulet of, ii. 660. 
Orfa, pashalick of, ii. 246. 
Orgi, village of, ii. 683. 
Ormuzd, bas-relief of, i. 555. ii. 193. 
Orodes, the Arsacidean king, ii. 215. 
Orontes. See Elwund. 
Osmanjek, town of, supposed to have been the 
ancient Pimolis, ii. 716. 
Osrhoene, the ancient, ii. 246. 
Ossi, tribe of, i. 77. 
-religion, i. 77, 78. 
-character, &c. of the, i. 78. 79. 82, 83. 
-of the Mahometan and Pagan tribes, i. 86, 
87. See Kasibeck. 
Ossipus, village of, ii, 15, 16. 
Ottomans, creed of the, ii. 226. 
Oujan, or Oujon, plain of, i. 258. 
-, vale of, ii. 12, 13—21. 
-, game on plain of, ii. 19. 
-, conjectures concerning its former in¬ 
habitants, ii. 20. 
Ourtchiny, pass of, i. 445. ii. 36, 37. 
Ouroomia, lake of, ii. 245. 
-, the birth-place of Zerdasht or Zo¬ 
roaster, ii. 496. 
•-, lake of, ii. 498. 
-, circuit of the lake of, ii. 571—582. 
-, borders of the lake, ii. 578. et seq. 
-, ancient city of, ii. 578. 
-, military government of, ii. 580. 
-, Persian camp near the city, ii. 581. 
Ouzarlee, villge of, ii. 591. 
Ovadmish-Chai, the stream, ii. 687—690. 
P. 
Paganism increasing among the Ossitinians, i. 
87. 
-. See Idolatry. 
Paintings in the palace of Tabreez, i. 234. 
Palace of the governor at Nicolaieff, i. 14, 15. 
- of General Leveshky, i. 40. 
-at Tabreez, i. 229. 234, 235. 
