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Library of the Shrine,
254

Masjid-i-Shah,
130

Musalla,
130
–131

Shrine of the Imam Riza,
82
–83,
100
,
131
–132,
218
,
238
–239,
240
–245,
253
,
254

Shrine of Khoja Rabi,
130

Mesopotamia,
36
–37

Miana,
54
,
63
–64

Mirkhond, historian,
93
,
110

Mirza Yantz,
44
–45,
47
,
137
,
139

Moghor,
258
,
264
–266

Mohammad, son of Baisanghor,
106

Mohammad Gul Khan, Minister of the Interior for Afghan Turkestan,
284
,
285
,
287
,
288
,
289
,
290
–292,
295

Mohammad ibn el Bassam, El Haj,
35

Mohammad Juki, son of Shah Rukh,
255

Mohammad Parsa, Khoja,
296

Mohammad-al-Muzaffar, son of Ghiyas-ad-Din Mansur,
106

Moorcroft, William,
276
,
302

Moore, Mrs.,
184
,
192
,
218
–219

Mostafavi, Dr.,
177
,
184
,
186

Muk pass,
161

Mukadasi,
114

Murghab,
see
Bala Murghab

Murghab river,
266
–267,
268

Muzaffar, painter,
191
–192

Nadir Shah, King of Afghanistan,
73
,
86
,
96
,
293

Nadir Shah, of Persia,
94
,
315

N
AKSH-I
-R
USTAM

Tombs and panels,
178
–182,
183

Tomb of Zoroaster,
179
,
182
–183,
190

Nasr-al-Mulk, Madame,
142

Nayin,
Mosque
,
208

Nicodemus,
20

Nicolson, Mrs.,
27

Nicosia,
6
,
8
,
9

Niedermayer, Herr Oskar von,
93
–94,
95
,
97
,
99
,
286
,
325

Nishapur,
78
,
79

Nizam-al-Mulk, minister of Malek Shah,
197

Omar Khayam,
79
,
194
,
197
,
198

Oxus river,
279
–280,
287
,
288
,
289
–292,
298
,
309
,
320

Paghman,
327
,
328

Pala Piri,
115

Palestine,
26
–27

Pata Kissar,
291
,
292

Paul, Saint,
6

P
ERSEPOLIS
,
44
,
50
,
152
,
154
,
168
,
175
–176,
177
,
178
,
182
,
184
–190,
239

Persia,
33
,
87
,
94
,
96
,
130
,
137
–138,
139
,
140
,
141
,
143
,
151
,
154
,
155
,
156
,
162
,
164
,
176
,
182
,
194
,
197
,
200
–201,
205
,
211
,
212
,
213
,
216
,
224
,
237
,
241
,
291
,
295
,
318

Peshawar,
329

Peter I, King of Cyprus,
7

Pir-i-Zan pass,
176

Polo, Marco,
283

Pope, A. Upham,
218
–219

Pottinger, Eldred,
94

Pul-i-Khomri,
bridge
,
312

R
ADKAN
,
239

Tower,
239

Rawlinson, J. A.,
322

R
AY
,
48
,
255

Tower,
48

Reading, Lord,
23

Reitlinger, Gerald,
181
n.

Rhodes,
6
,
11

Rice, Father,
210

Richard Cœur-de-Lion,
6

Riza, Imam,
80
,
81
,
83
,
131
,
132

Riza Pahlevi, Shah,
41
,
42
,
47
,
55
,
74
,
83
,
84
,
87
,
88
,
130
,
137
,
138
,
141
–142,
146
,
156
,
158
,
162
,
175
,
191
,
193
,
194
,
203
,
209
,
212
–213,
224
,
230
,
237
,
240
,
241

Rozah,
Tomb of Sultan Mahmud
,
324
–326

Rubin, painter,
24

Ruskin, John,
5
,
225

Rutbah,
36

Saadi,
154

Sabzevar,
322

Samarcand,
89
–90,
93
,
100
,
245
,
251
,
252
,
254
,
255
,
256
,
296
,
298

Samnan,
77
,
233
,
234

Samuel, Sir Herbert,
23

Sanjar, Sultan,
285
,
286

Santorin,
6

Saoma,
59
–60,
64

Saraskand,
62

Sardar Assad,
47
,
137
,
142
,
203
,
209
,
218

Sardar Bahadur,
137

Saripul,
282

Sarrail, General,
23

Sarvistan,
Palace
,
169

Sauzak pass,
118
–119,
124
–125,
258
–261

Sengbest,
245

Shadian mountains,
304

Shah Rukh, son of Timur,
90
,
93
,
97
,
99
,
103
,
104
,
106
,
111
,
253
,
254
,
255
,
256

Shahi,
223
,
225
,
233
,
235

Shahrud,
76
,
77
,
78
,
133

Shahrukhiya,
256

Shaibani, Uzbeg,
94

Shapur,
176
–177

Shapur I,
176
,
177
,
180

Shibar,
314
,
317

Shibar pass,
317
,
318
–319 Shibargan,
282

Shir Ahmad, Afghan Ambassador to Persia,
47
–48,
69
,
139
–142,
144
,
145
,
209
,
210
–213,
218
,
227
,
279

S
HIRAZ
,
152
–153,
154
,
155
,
175
,
177
,
184

College,
153

Friday Mosque,
153

Gardens of Hafiz and Saadi,
154

Khatun,
153
–154

Kuh-i-Barfi,
153

Sinkiang,
269

Sistan,
83

Stalin,
41

Stein, Sir Aurel,
155

Stockley, Ralph,
5
,
6
,
22

Sultan Hussein, Shah,
149

S
ULTANIYA
,
51
,
216
,
217

Mausoleum of Uljaitu,
50
–51,
216
–217

Shrine of Mullah Hassan,
217

Tomb of Sultan Cheilabi,
217

Sykes, Sir Mark,
23
,
24

Sykes, Sir Percy,
202
,
205
,
207

T
ABRIZ
,
49
,
52
,
54
,
55
,
155

Ark, or Citadel,
55

Blue Mosque,
55

Tahmasp, Shah,
94

Taj Mahal,
43
–44,
51
,
169

Tajiks,
79
,
88
,
268
,
277

Tala,
see
Tala-Barfak

Tala-Barfak,
313

Tamerlane,
see

Timur Tang-Ab pass,
161
–162,
174
–175

Tashkent,
292
,
294

Tashkurgan,
304

Tasr Kand,
56

Tayabad,
Maulana
,
248
,
249

T
EHERAN
,
27
,
37
,
42
,
44
–45,
47
–49,
64
,
67
,
68
–76,
86
,
134
,
137
,
138
–146,
150
,
208
,
209
,
214
–216,
218
–219,
255

Gulistan,
67
–68

Teimur Tash,
47

T
EL
A
VIV
,
23
,
24

Opera-house,
24

Termez,
291
,
293
,
298

Timur,
89
,
90
,
91
,
93
,
103
,
110
,
252

Tomb of Cyrus,
190

Top, Desert of,
322

Transjordania,
23

Trieste,
5

T
URBAT-I
-S
HEIKH
J
AM
,
129
,
245

Shrine,
245

Turcomans,
79
,
88
,
121
,
229
–230,
257
,
268
,
277
,
281
–282,
292
,
293
–294,
307

Turkestan,
115
,
269
–270,
294

Turkey,
33

T
US
,
83
,
84
,
131
,
286

Bridge,
83
,
239

Firdaussi Memorial,
84
,
239
–240

Mausoleum,
83
–84,
239

Uljaitu,
50

Ulugh Beg, son of Shah Rukh,
57
,
253
,
254
,
255
,
256
–257

Urmiya, Lake,
52
,
55

Uzbegs,
94
,
256
,
269
,
277
,
281
,
307

Uzun Hassan, Chief of the White Sheep Turcomans,
257

Valerian, Emperor,
176
,
180

Vambéry, Arminius,
94

Varosha,
10
,
11

Venice,
3
,
4
–5

Armenian monastery,
45

Doge's Palace,
3
,
200

Labiena Palace,
3

Malcontenta,
4

Pappadopoli Palace,
3

Sansovino Library,
27

Scuola di San Rocco,
3

Veramin,
48

Mosque,
48

Tower,
48

Victoria, Queen,
92
,
98
,
252

Vigne, Godfrey,
322
,
324

Wadsworth, American chargé d'affaires,
44
,
68
,
69
,
72

Wakhan Valley,
305
,
308

Wassmuss, German agent,
95
,
152

Wauchope, Sir Arthur,
6
,
25

Wilson, Sir Arnold,
205

Yadgar Mohammad, son of Mohammad Miran Shah,
257

Yar Mohammad, Khan of Herat,
107

Yate, A. C,
95

Yate, C.E.,
93
–94,
95
,
97
,
98
,
101
,
293

Y
EZD
,
200
,
201
–202,
203
,
204
,
207

Darwaza Mehriz,
202
–203

Friday Mosque,
202

Shrine of the Twelve Imams,
202

Vakht-i-Sa'at,
202

Yusufabad,
248
,
249

Zahir Shah, present King of Afghanistan,
111
,
145

Zanjiran gorge,
161

Zeno, Emperor,
8

Zinjan,
49
,
51
–52,
64
,
63

THE END

1
So called by the local Turks; Persian:
sinjid;
a relation of the English service tree.

1
It was removed to Leningrad for the Persian Exhibition in 1935, and will probably remain there.

1
The same name is found in Aramaic and Armenian, and is recorded by the Chinese as
nai-ki;
see
Sino-Iranica
, by Berthold Lanfer (Chicago, 1919), p. 427.

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