INDEX. 
858 
Persia, laws of murder in, ii. 75, 76. 
-, magnificence and conquests of its mo- 
narchs, ii. 199, 200. 
-, languages of, ii. 132. 
-, pass from into ancient Assyria, ii. 207. 
-, public revenue of, ii. 504, 505. 527. 
— -, plans of national improvement in, ii. 
506, 507. 
--, government of the princes of, ii. 508. 
-, advantages of her friendship with Rus¬ 
sia, ii. 509—511. 
-, territories of Russia in, 512—517. 
-, military state of, ii. 580—583. 
Persian accommodation for travellers, i. 261. 
-- army, ii. 580, 581. et seq. 
- costume, i. 439. 
— -character, ii. 39—44. 
- drunkenness, ii. 42. 
-morning, ii. 63. 
—-— eagle, i. 323. 
-horsemanship, i. 298—300. 
-horses, ii. 536, 537. 
-manners under Futteh Ali Shah, i. 351. 
-military, i. 367- 
-portrait-painting, &c., i. 303. 334. 417. 
- princes, beauty of, i. 324. 
-rapacity, ii. 569. 
-- shields, ancient, i. 643. 
-- surgeon, i. 464. 
-wedding, i. 344. 
-year, i. 317. 
Persians, modern, remarks on their easy and 
gay disposition, ii. 40, 41. 
- ■ —■, food of the, i. 41. 
--, horses of the, i. 43. 
-, ancient, i. 93. 
-, ancient religion of the, i. 567, 568. 
---, faith of the, ii. 226. 
-returning from England, met by the 
author, ii. 685. 
Persis, i. 458. 
Peter the Great, i. 12, 13. 
Phrat, or Euphrates, ii. 404. 
Physician, Turkish, ii. 232. 
-----, his medical process, ii. 233, 
234. 
Pictures in the Winter Palace, and structure 
near, at Ispahan, i. 414. 417. 
Pidah, and Dey-Lors, villages of, i. 397. 
Pietro della Valle, ii. 336, 337. 
Pigeon-towers, the, i. 451. 
Pilgrimage to Badku, ii. 46, 47. 
-to the shrine of Ali, at Kerbela, ii.60. 
Pilgrimages to the tomb of Esther, ii. 106 — 108. 
Pilgrims at Be-Sitoon, ii. 147—149. 
-, tax on, at Pool-i-Zohaub, ii. 210. 
-, leader of the, ii. 217. 
--, junction with the, ii. 218. 
-, march with the, 219, 220. 
-, &c., attack on the, ii. 221. 228. 
-, arms of the, ii. 220. 
-- of Zanguina, ii. 84. 
Pimolis, the ancient, ii. 716. 
Pizanza, village of, ii. 776. 
Plague at Constantinople, i. 6, 7. 
-at Odessa, i. 9. 
at Kars, false and interested reports 
concerning it, ii. 647. 
Plain of Altonkupri, ii. 443. 
-of Casvin, i. 289. 
-near Daly Nazir, i. 476. 
-of Kermanshah, ii. 163. 
-of Merdasht, i. 57. 
-ofMogan, ii. 512. 
-north-east of the Tigris, ii. 428, 429. 
-of Oujan, i. 258. 
---, game on the, ii. 19. 
-of Sahadabad, ii. 139. 
-of Salmos, ii. 597. 
-of Shinar, west of the river Euphrates, ii 
306, 307. 
Platform of the Palace of Chehel-Minar, view 
from the, i. 631, 632. 
-•, stone, on Mount Elwund, ii. 116,117. 
-, rocky, of Be-Sitoon, ii. 150. 
PlatofF, Count, i. 25—28. 
-, the author’s interview with 
him at New Tcherkask, i. 27, 28. 
--, founder of that city, i. 29. 
-, school instituted by, i. 70. 
Ploughing, mode of, at the village of Kareeze, 
ii. 592. 
Plurality of wives and husbands in Persia, i. 340 
Plutarch’s account of Mskett, i. 107. 
Pochtamish, village of, ii. 571. 
Podrouma, river, i. 48. 
Poetry, its legitimate objects not confined to 
mere amusement, i. 695, 696. 
