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HISTORY OF PERSIA<br />

foundation <strong>of</strong>, 65; 69, 71, 725 revolt<br />

against Mamun, 73 observatory<br />

at , 77 j 83, 85, 86 5 hospitals established<br />

in, 94-95 j Toghril Beg'a visit to, 100-<br />

101 j 105, in, 127, 128, 129, 165,<br />

167 sacked<br />

; by the Mongols, 173-175 ;<br />

194, 207, 208, 220 j<br />

annexed by Shah<br />

Ismail, 242 j 247, 263, 264 $ captured<br />

by the Turks, 299-300 j siege <strong>of</strong>, 344<br />

Baghdad Khatun, daughter <strong>of</strong> Amir<br />

Chupan, ii. 193-194<br />

Bagoas, the eunuch, i. 249<br />

Bahai, Shaykh, the ii. poet, 266<br />

Baharlu tribe, ii.<br />

242<br />

Baha-u-Din, father <strong>of</strong> Jalal-u-Din, Rumi,<br />

ii. 228<br />

Baha Ulla, head <strong>of</strong> the Babis, ii.<br />

445, 446<br />

Bahman, identified with Artaxerxes Longimanus,<br />

q.-v.<br />

Bahmeshir, channel, i. 44<br />

Bahr-al-Khazar (the Caspian Sea), i. 28<br />

Bahram I., Sasanian monarch, i. 437,<br />

438 } reign <strong>of</strong>, 439<br />

Bahram II. 5 early campaigns <strong>of</strong>, i. 439 ;<br />

death <strong>of</strong>, 441<br />

Bahram III., i.<br />

Bahram 441<br />

IV.,<br />

i.<br />

Bahram 463-464<br />

Chubin (<strong>Persia</strong>n general), i.<br />

518,<br />

519, 520, 521, 530, 534; ii. 87<br />

Bahram Gur, i.<br />

466 j campaign against<br />

Rome, 466 - 467 $ struggle with the<br />

White Huns, 468-469 ; character, 470 ;<br />

47i 5<br />

i'-<br />

93<br />

Bahram Shah (Ghaznavid Dynasty),<br />

ii.<br />

1 1 8, 1 20<br />

Bahrein, islands, i. 26, 78<br />

ii.<br />

; 303<br />

Bahrein, province <strong>of</strong>, i. 445 ; expedition<br />

from, 541<br />

Baikal, Lake, ii. 146<br />

Bakhdi, -vide Balkh<br />

Bakhtiari Mountains, i. ii.<br />

22, 43, 47 ;<br />

3*7<br />

Bakhtiaris, the, Nadir's expedition against,<br />

.<br />

349-35<br />

Bakhtrians (Bactrians), the, i. 102<br />

Baku, i. 295 fire phenomenon at, 115;<br />

370; ii. 159, 241, 2425 occupied by<br />

Peter the Great, 323 ; 346<br />

Balas, Sasanian King, i. 477<br />

Balkans, the, i. 259<br />

Balkatigin, ruler <strong>of</strong> Ghazni, ii. 95<br />

Balkh,<br />

i. 101, 102, 109, 146, 285, 287,<br />

425, 432, 474, 493. 544} ii- 3*, 4,<br />

53, 66, 85, 87, 96, 123, 152, 154,<br />

201, 258 ; expedition by Riza Kuli<br />

Mirza, 351<br />

Ball, Charles James, i. 161 footnote<br />

Ballard, General, ii. 453 footnote<br />

Balsora (Basra),<br />

i.<br />

27<br />

Baluch, Mohamed Khan,<br />

ii.<br />

345<br />

Baluchistan, i. i, 4, 5, 8, 12, 15, 16, 30,<br />

33, 35, 102, 173-174, 297, 298 ;<br />

ii. 89,<br />

406 Perso- Baluch<br />

j Boundary Commission,<br />

468-469<br />

Bam, ii. 84 footnote ; 383, 384<br />

Bamian, ii. 156, 158<br />

Bampur, River, i. 12, 26, 298<br />

Bandar Abbas, i. 33, 149, 326} ii. 279,<br />

280, 283 Mahmud's attack<br />

; on, 325<br />

Band-i-Amir (River Kur),<br />

i.<br />

278 ii.<br />

; 95<br />

Band-i-Kaisar, at Shuster, i. 435<br />

Band-i-Kir (on the River Karun),<br />

i.<br />

43,<br />

49<br />

Baonat, district <strong>of</strong>, i. 298<br />

Baraz Rud, tributary <strong>of</strong> the Tigris, i. 526<br />

Barbad, Court poet, ii.<br />

131<br />

Barbaro, Josafa,<br />

i.<br />

31, 512 ;<br />

Barca, ii. 32<br />

ii. 222, 235<br />

Bardiya (the Smerdis <strong>of</strong> the Greeks), i.<br />

117, 166 death<br />

; <strong>of</strong>, 167; 169, 171,<br />

189; ii. 71<br />

Barhebraeus (historian), ii. 226<br />

Barkiyaruk, Seljuk ruler, ii. in, 119<br />

Barlas, Haji, <strong>of</strong> Kesh, ii. 197, 198<br />

Barmak (High Priest),<br />

ii. 66<br />

Barmecides, the, ii. 66 ;<br />

downfall <strong>of</strong>,<br />

69-70 ;<br />

106<br />

Barsaentes, <strong>Persia</strong>n Satrap,<br />

i.<br />

285<br />

Barsine, widow <strong>of</strong> Memnon, i. 305<br />

Bar-Soma, Archbishop <strong>of</strong> Nisibis, i. 475,<br />

476, 528<br />

Bartam Bahadur, grandfather <strong>of</strong> Chengiz<br />

Khan, ii. 147<br />

Bashakird, district <strong>of</strong>, i. 55<br />

Basha-Shushinak, King <strong>of</strong> Elam, i. 57-77<br />

Basra, i. 47 ;<br />

foundation <strong>of</strong>, 540 j 541 ;<br />

3,<br />

3i. 32, 33, 345 " 4, 63, 65,<br />

76 ; Zanj revolt, 85 ;<br />

stormed by<br />

Sulayman, 87 ;<br />

Karim Khan's expedition,<br />

377<br />

Bassus, Caecilius, Roman general, i. 384<br />

Bast, or sanctuary j<br />

the first, ii.<br />

506-507 ;<br />

British Legation, 508<br />

Batu (Mongol general), ii. 144, 169, 170,<br />

222<br />

Batum, i. 363, 370<br />

Bayan Selduz, noble <strong>of</strong> Transoxiann, ii.<br />

197<br />

Bayazid, son <strong>of</strong> Sulayman, ii. 249<br />

Bayazid I., Sultan <strong>of</strong> Turkey, ii. 197 ;<br />

Tamerlane's campaign against, 208-2 10 ;<br />

213, 220<br />

Baybars, <strong>of</strong> Egypt ;<br />

and Hayton, King <strong>of</strong><br />

Armenia, ii. 178 j 179, 180<br />

Baydu, Mongol leader, ii. 167-169, 173,<br />

186<br />

Bayenderi, vide " "<br />

Winter Sheep Dynasty<br />

Baykand, city in Transoxiana, ii. 53<br />

Bazh, birthplace <strong>of</strong> Firdausi, ii. 133<br />

Bazi, Babylonian Dynasty <strong>of</strong>, i. 83<br />

Bazman, mountain, i. 17<br />

Beas, River, i. ii.<br />

293 ; 197<br />

Beazley, Dr. Charles Raymond, ii. 75<br />

footnote, 113, 114, 146 footnote

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