INDEX. 
859 
Poisonous bugs of Mianna, 264. 
Polygamy, allowed in Persia, i. 340. 
-■-, at the village of Iman Zada Ismael, 
-, remarks on the evils of, i. 8. 
ii. 7. 
Polytheism. See Images. 
Pontiff-king of Persia, combats between him 
and various monsters, as described in the 
bas-reliefs at Persepolis, 1. 671—678. 
Pontoon bridge of the river Euphrates, ii. 331. 
Pontus, the author enters, from ancient Arme¬ 
nia, ii. 674—677. 
-, ancient capital of, ii. 706. 711. 
Poohl-Dowlak, caravansary, i. 372. 373. 
Pool-i-Zohaub, khaun, or caravansary, ii. 209, 
210 . 
-*-, Tatar pilgrims at, 210. 
Pool-Khan bridge, i. 685. 
Population, story of a petrified, ii. 489. 
Porta Aurea, the, of Theodosius, ii. 740, 741. 
Portals, sculptured, at Persepolis, i. 667. 
Portrait-painting in Persia, i. 303, 304. 
Portraiture of the Shah, i. 336. 
Post, at Lars, i. 70. 
Posts, from Constantinople to the city Yassy, a 
list of, ii. 802—804. 
-, from Yassy to Tchernovitz, ii. 805. 
-, from Tchernovitz to Stanislovo, ii. 807. 
-, from Stanislovo to Lemberg, ii. 807. 
Potemkin, prince, i. 12. 
--, tomb of, ii. 801. 
Poverty of the East, 267. 
Pozzo, General del, ii. 45. 
-■, his humane conduct towards 
an European lady, i. 64. 
---, his troop join the convoy to 
Tiflis, i. 55. 
---, his birth, character, i. 58, 59. 
Prayer of Esther, ii. Ill, 112. 
Prayers, times of, enjoined by the Koran, i. 241. 
Precipitation, an ancient mode of causing death 
by, ii. 30, 31. 
Presents at the feast of the Nowroose, i. 329. 
Prewady, town of, ii. 774. 
Prideaux, on the changes of names with regard 
to places of antiquity, ii. 276. 
Princes of Persia, their beauty, i. 324. 
Princes Islands, near Constantinople, ii. 735. 
Priestman, admiral, i. 15. 
Print of Ali’s hand, at Kerefto, ii. 596. 
-Mahomet’s hand, on the lake Ouroomia, 
ii. 595, 596. 
Prison of the Seven Towers, at Constantinople, 
ii. 740. 
Procession, royal, at the feast of the Nowroose, 
i. 323, 324. 
-, first, of king Cyrus, as described by 
Xenophon, i. 617—619. 
Property, insecurity of, in Persia, ii. 570. 
Propontis, view over the, ii. 733. 
Prophesies of Scripture faithfully fulfilled re¬ 
specting Babylon, ii. 387, 388. 390. 402. 
Proseuchae, or temporary temple, or synagogue, 
i. 700. 
-, historical remarks on the, i. 701. 
Prostitution amongst the Armenians, in 
suburbs of Ispahan, i. 425. 
Pashalick of Bagdad, its extent, ii. 246, 247. 
■-of Orfa, ii. 246. 
Punishments in a Persian school, i. 346. 
Pyandor, the river, ii. 723. 
Pylae Caspiae, the, i. 366. 
Q. 
Quarantine of Annanour, i. 96. 
-of Nishnoy Egorlisky, i. 42. 
-on the banks of the Terek, i. 51. 
Queen’s caravansary, i. 399, 400. 
Querk-boolak, river, i. 196. 
R. 
Rahmet hills, i. 683. 
Ram, sepulchral, near Julpha, ii. 613, 614. 
Ramazan, tract of, i. 708. 
Ramparts, great, near Mujelibe, ii. 349—354. 
Rapacity of the Persians, ii. 569. 
Raskam, village of, ii. 577. 
Rassal Hills, ii. 495. 497. 
Red Hills, route of, ii. 443, 444. 
Reed-matting, found at the Kasr, or Palace, ii. 
360, 361. 
Relics in the cathedral at Mskett, i. 105 
-in the church of the monastery of Eitch- 
mai-adzen, i. 190. ii. 635. 
-at Susa, ii. 413. 
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