Publisher's Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1910 edition. Excerpt: ... INDEX Abbas, our hunter-guide, ii. 115 Abbasabad, i. 291; arrival at, i. 401; routes from, i. 403 Abbas Ali Khan, Hindu doctor at Bendan, ii. 250 Abbas Kuli Bek, i. 165; appointed chief of caravan, i. 317; report on our return, i. 405 Abbott, Keith, quoted, ii. 153, 178, 180 Abdul Hamid, ex-Sultan of Turkey, i. 59 Abhers-rud, i. 150 Abraham's Town, Upper and Lower, ii. 65 Abuset, i. 69 Adventures in the Kevir, tales of, i. 330 Afghanistan, excursion into, ii. 316; station-houses of, ii. 320 Aghamed, i 53 Agha Muhamed. caravan of, i. 343, 364; leader of our party across the Kevir, i. 3S, 355. 367; dispute with the in-habitants of Mesre, i. 370 Aghri-dagh (Great Ararat), i. 75, 77 Ahmed Aga, i. 84 Aikimovich, Consul, i. I, II, 13, 17, 79 Aivasil, i. 31 Aji-chai, river, i. 122 Ak-dag-khan, i. 50 Alachi, i. 117 Ala-dagh range, i. 68, 71, 75; source of the Euphrates in, i. 72 Alagoz, extinct volcano, i. 85, 87 Alem, guide to, hired, i. 280; camp at, i. 282; irrigation system of, i. 284; feographical knowledge of nomadic in-abitants, i. 284; routes between Jandak and, i. 286; sand-dunes at, ii. 235 Alexander the Great, march of, through the desert, ii. 143, 186; descriptions by Arrian and Strabo, ii. 190, 192; diffi-culty in tracing coast journey of, ii. 193; accounts of present-day travellers over route of, ii. 193-198; maps referred to, ii. 143, 197; climatic conditions of pre-sent day compared with time of, ii. 198; reasons for his choice of line of march, ii. 201; Droysen's account of losses in the desert, ii. 202; Sir Thomas Holdich on, ii. 204; Lieutenant Pottinger's con-clusions, ii. 205 Aliabad (Khamse), delicious bread at, i. 145 Aliabad, near Tebbes, ii. 31 Alighur, i. 71 Alijo, sweet-water spring, ii. 337 Ali Khanoff, General, i....