INDEX. 
868 
Vale of Maraga, ii. 493. 
-of Oujon, or Heroes, ii. 12, 13. 21. 
—— of Sultania, i. 276. 
Valens, aqueduct of, at Constantinople, ii. 756. 
Valley of Amadabad, i. 262. 
——-of Amassia, ii. 706. 
- of Gala-Gul-Aub, ii. 3, 4. 
-of Hafiz, i. 710. 
--of Kandavar, ii. 140. 
-of Kemine, i. 509. 
-of Kermanshah, ii. 194, 195. 
-, annual produce of the, 
ii. 95. ' 
---, dress of the inhabi¬ 
tants, ii. 196. 
-, women, ii. 197, 198. 
--of Mahott, ii. 460. 
-of Nicksar, ii. 699. 
- of Shiraz, i. 705. 
-— of Yezdikhast, i. 456. 
Van, Lake of, i. 245. 
Vessels and boats of Bagdad, ii. 260. 
Vest of our Saviour at Mskett, i. 105. 
Village blacksmith, i. 86. 
Villagers, Courdish, ii. 555, 556. 
Virgin Mary, church of the, at Eitch-mai-adzen, 
ii. 635. 
Virgin, tomb of the, at Eski-Julfa, ii. 612, 613. 
Visit of the author to Abbas Mirza, i. 269. 
- to Dr. Drummond Campbell, i. 305. 
- to the minister, Mirza Sheffy, i. 313. 
Visitor, sent from Mahmoud Ali Mirza, to the 
author at Kermanshah, ii. 178—183. 
Vizier, the Grand, office of, ii. 526. 
Volcanic appearances on Mount Ararat, i. 184, 
185. 
Vyse, village of, ii. 447- 
W. 
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Waggons, Asiatic, ii. 731. 
Wall of Kesra-Shirene, ii. 212, 213. 
- } ancient, called Gog and Magog, ii. 520. 
Walls, ancient, of Ectabana ii. 98. 
-- and towers of the eastern division of Bag¬ 
dad, ii. 262, 263, 265. 
-, of ancient Babylon, ii. 284. 
-, great part destroyed by Darius Hystas- 
pes, ii. 295, 296. 
Walls of Babylon, arable ground within the,, ii. 400. 
-, lowered by Darius, ib. 
-, broken d own by Alexander, ii.401. 
— of Constantinople, ii. 740. 
Wally, the, or governor of Senna, anecdote of, 
ii. 568. 
Washing and perfuming, ceremony of, after 
meals, i. 654. ii. 250, 251. 
Water, how venerated by the ancient Persians, 
i. 628. 
-—, bad state of the, at Shiraz, i. 693. 
Waterfalls at Serdasht, ii. 477. 
Wedding, a Persian, i. 344, 345. 
Well, ruins of an amazingly deep one, near 
Shiraz, i. 698. 
-, an ancient, at Doozchee, ii. 728. 
West Frat, source of the Euphrates, ii. 403. 
- Derbendt, or gate of Courdistan, ii. 445. 
West’s, President, stag-hunt picture, i. 417, 418. 
Wicker bridge at Mahott, ii. 460, 461. 
Wild-beasts on the road to Bagdad, ii. 235. 
•-- of Malyar, ii. 82. 
Windows of the anderoon, in the royal palace at 
Tabreez, i. 230. 
Winds, pestilential, ii. 229, 230. 
Wine of the Don, i. 28. 
- of Persia, i. 348. 
Wine-houses, i. 349. 
- of Shiraz, i. 707. 
Winter-palace at Ispahan, i. 416. 
Winter in the Courdistan mountains, ii. 479, 480. 
. 484. 
Wives, plurality of, in Persia, i. 340. 
Wlady-Caucasus, i. 65—67- 81. 
Women, Circassian, i. 140. 143. 
- of Courdistan, dress of the, ii. 467. 
- of Georgia, i. 123. 
-of Kermanshah, ii. 197, 198. 
--— of Senna, their character, ii. 569. 
-, degraded and neglected by the practice 
of polygamy, ii. 8. 
Wood, Mr., murder and robbery of, ii. 771. 
Worm, Black Sea, i. 12. 
X. 
Xenophon on the change of dress introduced 
into Persia by Cyrus, i. 597. 
