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This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text, images, or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1895. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... INDEX Abbas, Shah, And Isfahan, 333, 338. 340, 342, 359. 362. 412; mosque of, 348; view from the roof of, 348-353 Abd el Kader, Algerian chieftain, 47 Abd el Kurnah, tombs of, 1II Abdul Azzim Shah, mosque of, 316, 319 Abishur River, 326, 330 Abu Ghansh, town called, 137 Abydos, the ruins of, 95-99, 111 Acra, Mount, 141 Acropolis, the, iSS, 225 Aghistaffa, Station, 229, 230 A igU, yacht of the Empress of the French, 38,45, 50 Ajalon, valley of, 136, 137 Aklid, village of, 404 Aksu (white water), 233 Alba, Duchess of, 47, 68 Alexander the Great: capture of Persepolis by, 391, 392 Alexandria, the bar at, 39 Ali Verdi Khan, bridge of at Isfa- han, 339 Allison, Mr. Charles, 251 Amin Ahmed, writer of " Haft Ak- lim," on ruins of Rhages, 317 Amu Darya (Oxus) River, 260-263 Anderson, Lieutenant, 128 Anthylla, on the Canopus, 57 Arab dance, at Benisuef, 79-84 Arab troops, at Ismailia, 68, 69 Arab-it el Matfun, 98 Ardubeel, 254 Armenian colony in Isfahan, 359, 360 Arrian, on the tomb of Cyrus, 369, 370 Arsinoe, city called, 8, 9,11 Asasif, catacombs of, no, in Ashurad, 255-257 AssiCit (Situ), 92, 95 Assuan (Syene), 122, 125; quarries of, 123 Astara, villages called, 254 Astrabad. 256 Astrakhan, 243 Atesh Kuh (Hill of the Fire Wor- shippers), 350, 353 Austria, Emperor of, 44, 47, 50, 51, 64 Babarrlk, Dervish, Tomb Of, 357 -i-Takht (Garden of the Throne) at Shiraz, 395 Bahr Yousef (Josephis River), 95 Bakhliari Mountains, 364 Baku, 236-51; the Paris of the Caspian, 243 ; population of, 244; its petroleum refineries, 244-247; monument to Prince Tarmollof at, 249; its prison, 249, 250; the arsenal at, 250; the Maiden's Tower, 251 Bal-el-Muluk, tombs of, 107-111 Ballah Lakes, the, 2, 28, 29 Bankes, and the palace of Memnon, 98 Bardees, village of, 95 Batum (Battrys Po...