INDEX. 
860 
Religion of the Circassians, i. 144. 
--of the Courds of Sulimania, ii. 450— 
454. 455. 
--- of Mithra, origin of the, ii. 496. 
-of the Ossi tribe of Mount Caucasus, 
i. 77, 78. 
-of the Persian Armenians, i. 429. 
--, change of, in Persia, ii. 45. et seq. 
-, the ancient, of Persia, pure and moral, 
i. 567. ii. 47,48. 
Religious creed of El Hassans, i. 286. 
Rencontre with banditti, ii. 64. 
Reniggs, Dr. i. 110. 131. 
Remains near Shiraz, i. 698. 
-. See Antiquities, and Bas-reliefs. 
Rembrandt’s pictures, ii. 481. 
Reservoir, ancient, near Chehel-Minar, i. 678. 
Residences of the ancient patriarchs not con¬ 
fined to tents, ii. 868. 
Residents, European, in the East, their qualifi¬ 
cations, ii. 245. 
Revenue, public, of Persia, ii. 504, 505. 527. 
Reverence to parents in Persia, i. 347. 
Review (military) of the Cossacks by the Grand 
Duke Michael, i. 38, 39. 
-, at Teheran, i. 354, 355. 
Revolt of the Arabs in the pashalick of Bagdad, 
ii. 251—253. 
Rewandoozi, Courdish tribe, ii. 469—471. 
Rey. See Rhey. 
Rhabad, village of, ii. 72—76. 
-, the author insulted at, 72. 76. 
llhages. See Rhey. 
Rhe. See Rhey. 
Rhey, city of, i. 308, 309. 357—364. 
-, ancient history of, i. 357, 358. 
-, ruins and relics of, i. 358—364. 
-, plan of the ancient city, i. 360. 
-, curious group at, i. 363. 
-, the last blow which sealed its ruin, from 
whence received, i. 364. 
Rich, Mr. the British resident at Bagdad, ii. 
231. 
--—, his description of the inundations of 
the Euphrates, ii. 404, 405. 
—--, messenger to the author from, at Ba- 
coubi, ii. 239, 240. 
-, the author’s reception from, at Bag¬ 
dad, ii. 245. 
Rich, Mr. his researches concerning Babylon, 
ii. 337. 
-description of Mujelibe, ii. 342—344. 
-Kasr or palace, ii. 356 — 
359. 
-, note respecting his character, &c. &c. 
ii. 809—812. [Appendix.) 
Riches in Persia, love of, i. 352. 
Rimnik, the river, ii. 749. 
Rion, river, i. 113. 
Ripsima, Armenian church of, ii. 635. 
Road between Nicholaieff and Kherson, i. 15. 
Roads, dangerous, on the Good Gara mountains, 
i. 91, 92. 
Robbery of a janissary near Kara Koulak, ii. 
681. 
Rocks at Nakshi-Iloustam, i. 515. 
-, altars on the, i. 566. 570. 
-of Goorchin-Kala, ii. 594, 595. 
llocknabad, stream of, i. 686. 695. 
Rood-bar country, i. 289. 
Rose-trees in Persia, i. 337, 338. 
Rostow, i. 25. 
Roudkonah Konsar, river, i. 373. 
Roumili, the country of the ancient Thracians, 
ii. 768. 772. 
Roustchouk, city of, ii. 777. 
Route from Bagdad to Courdistan, ii. 427. 
—-from Bushire to Teheran, Tabreez, Eri- 
van, and Tiflis, ii. 815, 816. [Appendix.) 
-Erivan to Constantinople, ii. 817. 
[Appendix.) 
Ruins of Anni, i. 173—175. 
- in the neighbourhood of the Tower of 
Babel, ii. 327. 
- of Eski Julfa, ii. 610. 
- of Ispahan, i. 431. 
- of Kizzilabad, ii. 434. 
- of the ancient Palace of Forty Pillars, i. 
633. 650—652. 
- and relics of the city of Rhey, i. 358. 
364. 
- of Sow, i. 396. 
- of Susa, ii. 412. et seq. 
- at Persepolis, i. 585, 586. 591, 592. 
-. See Bas-reliefs. 
Russia, advantages of her friendship with Persia, 
ii. 509. 
-, mission at the court of the shah, ib. 
