A

Abadah, village, 277.
Abarkuh, town, 341-4.
Abbas, Shah, 27, 37.

made Isfahan capital, 265.

founded Julfa, a suburb of Isfahan,
270.

mosques erected by, 5, 267.
mail-coat of, 422.

Abbasid dynasty, 27.

Abdul Azim, Shah, shrine of, 428.
Abdullah, governor of Khorasan,
destroyed Zoroastrian works,
359.

ablution of nine nights, 381, 392,
396.

Abraham, legends of, 342, 343.

associated with Zoroaster, 404,
438.

Abu Ali ibn Sina, tomb of, 165-7.
Abu Dulaf Misar, described Tak-i
Bostan, 224.

Abu Kalanjar Sultan, fortified Shi-
raz, 325.

Abu Saïd, tomb of, 167.

Abuzaïdabad, village, 410, 416.
accipenser huso, 9.

Achæmenian dynasty, 26.

Achmetha, Aramaic form of Hama-

Agamatanu, Babylonian form of
Hamadan, 150.

Agha Mohammed Shah, 27.
sacked Hamadan, 155, 159.
razed the ramparts of Shiraz, 325.
laid out a garden at Shiraz, 327.
made Teheran capital, 419.
Aghri Dagh (Ararat), 17.
agriculture, implements of, 85-6,
246-8.

praise of, in the Avesta, 246, 373.
Ahmadabad, 122-3.

Ahmat, ash-hill at, 94.
Ahriman, 63, 363.

Ahuna Vairya stanza, as pronounced
at Yezd, 365.

recited in the funeral rites, 392.
Ahura Mazda (Ormazd), 65–6, 362.
Zoroaster converses with, 62.

in the inscriptions of Darius, 181-2.
represented on a sculpture at
Naksh-i Rajab, 309.

possibly represented at Tak-i
Bostan, 220, 225.

Airyema Ishyo, a prayer, 87.
Aiwisruthrima Gah, a time of day,

394.

Akdah, village, 402, 403, 415.

Akhuri, Akori, Armenian village, 17.
Alborz, Mount, 58.

Alexander the Great, at Ecbatana,

157, 158.

vanquished Darius III, 26, 319.
burned the archetype copy of the
Avesta, 306-7.

legends of, 5, 163-5.
Aliabad, village, 347.

Allah ad-Daulah Garshasp, Sultan,
built mosque at Yezd, 350.
altars, Achæmenian, 303.
Alusjird, river, 147.

Alvand, Mount, 146, 147.
name of, 1461.
inscriptions on, 170-3.
blank niches on, 173.
Al-Yalvah, the sacred book of the
Yezidis, 14.

ambar, store, reservoir, 42.

epithet of Hamadan, 149.
Amesha Spentas, 62, 362.
Amestris, 12.

Amr ibn Leith, Safarid ruler, built a
mosque at Shiraz, 325.
Amshaspands, 62, 362.

amulets, worn by children, 378.
Anahita, temple of, at Ecbatana,
153.

temple of, at Kangavar, 240-2.
identified with Artemis (Diana),
240.

possible representation of, 225.
recognized in inscriptions of Ar-
taxerxes II, III, 183.

Anaias, Anaïtis, names of Anahita,
153.

Andarz-i Buzurg Mihr, Zoroastrian
work, 359.

Andarz-i Gavah, a formula, 385.
Angra Mainyu (Ahriman), 63, 363.
animal sacrifice, at Hamadan, 162.
at Yezd, 371.

Anjuman, Zoroastrian synod, 376.

at Yezd, meeting with the, 356-
366.

Antiochus the Great, found gold at
Ecbatana, 154, 158.

Antiochus Epiphanes, came to Ecba-
tana, 169.

Antonius, Marcus, besieged a fort

named Vera, 137.

Anushirvan (Chosroes I), born at
Ardistan, 406.

moved the fire of Adhargushnasp,
134, 135.

a work dedicated to, 360.
Apocrypha, New Testament, legends
of the Magi in, 102-3.

Old Testament, see Judith, Tobit.
aqueducts, 10, 407, 409, 431.
'arabah, cart, 248.

Arabian Nights, 31.

No-Ruz mentioned in the, 99.
Ararat, Mount, 16-7, 19.
Aras, Araxes, river, 22.

archæological research, need of, at
Ardistan, 407.

at Gulpaigan, 250.

at Hamadan, 163.

at Kangavar, 238, 242.

at Marand, 36.

at Persepolis, 318.
at Rei, 433.

around Lake Urumiah, 98'.
archangels, Zoroastrian, 62, 362.
architecture, 28.

Greek style of, in the ruins at Kan-
gavar, 237.

Ardabil, town, 53, 139.
Ardakan, district, 403.
Ardashir I (Papakan), represented
on Sasanian sculptures, 81, 220,
302, 308, 439.

ardastāna (OP.), structure, 315, 407.
Ardavan, see Artaban.
Ardistan, town, 406, 416.
Arezurahe Griva, Mount, 124.
Arguri, Armenian village, 17.
Armenians, at Hamadan, 148.
Arphaxad, legendary founder of
Hamadan, 152.

Arrian, described the Tomb of
Cyrus, 285.

art, Persian, 28, 43.

Artaban V, represented on sculpture
at Tak-i Bostan, 220.
accompanied by a bird of victory,
761.

Artaxerxes I (Longimanus), 26.
reputed founder of the fire-temple
near Isfahan, 259, 260.
possible tomb of, 296-300.
Artaxerxes II (Mnemon), tomb of,

319.

Artaxerxes III (Ochus), palace of,

315.

tomb of, 319.

Artemis, Anahita identified with,
240.

Asadabad, village, 242-3.
ash-hills, Zoroastrian, 90-8.

cut down by natives, 91.
not of volcanic origin, 932.
good fields for excavation, 981.
at Ahmat, 94.

at Marand, 36, 54.

near Sain Kalah, 121 1.
Ashirvad, a formula, 3851.

Ashnar Kuh, mountain range, 251.
Asmaï, al-, mentions Shiz, 135.
Asmodeus, demon, 169.

Asnavand, Mount, ancient fire-
temple on, 139-41.

believed to be Mount Sahand, 38,
53.

possibly Mount Zindan, 141.

asparagus, derivation of the word,

30.

assassin, derivation of the word, 444.
Astara, town, 446.

Atash Kadah, near Isfahan, 342.
Atash-i mas kartvun, a rite, 396.

Atash-Parastan, 274, 413.
audience-hall of Xerxes, 314.
Auramazda, see Ahura Mazda.
Aurvant, see Alvand.

Avesta, the, form and content of,
67-9.

translations of, 681.

Geldner's edition of, 363.

pronunciation of, at Yezd, 363-5.
manuscripts of, at Yezd, 358.
no manuscripts of, at Shiraz, 337.
tradition of archetype copies of,
68, 306, 3071.

chanting of, at Yezd, 367.

Zoroastrians of Yezd unaware of
metre in later parts of, 365.
read by mobeds to cure disease,
379.

references to agriculture in, 246-8.
references to robbers in, 831.
reference to winter in, 81.
references to conflict with Afra-

siab in, 1383.

mentioned by Yakut, 343.
mentioned by Kazvini, 134.
Avicenna, tomb of, 165-7.
Avlabar, quarter of Tiflis, 8.
awning, derivation of the word, 30.
ayazhāna paiti-darezāna (Av.), sug-

gested explanation of, 247.
Azad ad-Daulah, Amir, built a
causeway near Shiraz, 321.
āzāj (Arabic, pl. of ăzăj), 3421, 351.
Azar Keivan, religious teacher, 361.
Azarbaijan, province, winter in, 71.
Tabriz the main city of, 39, 40.

B

Bab, the (Mirza Ali Mohammed),
48-9, 328.

Baba Tahir, tomb of, 167.
Bab-i Roshani, village, 144.
Babism, 28, 48-50, 375.
Bactria, 25.

bad-gir, wind-tower, 349.
bāgh, garden, 327.

Bagh-i Shamal, at Tabriz, 50.

baglar-bagi, burgomaster, 41.
Bah-Dinan, Zoroastrians, 274.
Bahram, see Varahran.

baj-gah, custom-house, 243.

bakers, punished for high prices, 273.
bakhshish, gratuity, 30.
Baku, Russian city, 4.

bālā khānah, upper room, 109.
Baladhuri, al-, mentions Urumiah,
87.

Balkh, Zoroaster associated with,
361.

Band-i Amir (Bendemeer), river, 321.
bandits, 82, 901, 296, 347.
Banishun (Wanishun), village, 251.
Banu-i Fars, shrine of, near Akdah,
403.

baodhi (Av.), incense, 370.
Barashnum ceremony, 381, 392, 396.
Barashnum Gah at Yezd, 383.
Barbaro, Josafa, mentions Ardis-
tan, 406.

describes Kashan, 403, 411.
visited Kum, 403.
mentions Naïn, 405.
visited Yezd, 349.

refers to 'Abraini' near Yezd, 404.
itinerary of, from Persepolis to
Yezd, 352.

barsom (Av. baresman), 369.
bas-reliefs, see sculptures.

bast khanah, place of refuge, 170.
baths, at Hamadan, 149.