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INDEX 563<br />

refugees, ; 328 ; conquest <strong>of</strong> Western <strong>Persia</strong>, 328-<br />

247, 253 ;<br />

invasions <strong>of</strong> <strong>Persia</strong>, 257 ; 405<br />

298 ; 300 301, 306, 307,<br />

329 Nadir Kuli's first ; campaign, 342- 35', 357<br />

343 ;<br />

Shah Tahmasp's campaign, 343 ;<br />

Uzun Hasan, <strong>of</strong> the "White Sheep"<br />

Nadir Kuli's campaigns, 344 et sey. ; Dynasty, ii. 219, 220 ;<br />

alliance with<br />

hostilities with <strong>Persia</strong>, 416 ;<br />

relations Venice, 221-222 ; 240<br />

with <strong>Persia</strong>, 439 ;<br />

Perso - Turkish<br />

boundary, 469 - 470 5<br />

and telegraphs, Vaekerata, vide Kabul<br />

472-473<br />

Vagabanta, town <strong>of</strong>, i. 459<br />

Turshiz, i. 329 ;<br />

Vagharshapat, Council <strong>of</strong>, i. 476<br />

ii. by<br />

83 ; captured<br />

Tamerlane, 201 ; siege <strong>of</strong>, 424<br />

Vahan, Armenian general,<br />

i.<br />

473, 474<br />

Tus, i. 101, 284; ii. 32, 91, 99, 133, Vahyazdata (the second Pseudo-Smerdis),<br />

i. 34, 39, HO, 154. 171, 185<br />

189 footnote<br />

Tutush, founder <strong>of</strong> the Syrian Dynasty Vais, Mir ;<br />

Ghilzai j<br />

career <strong>of</strong>, ii.<br />

306-<br />

<strong>of</strong> Seljuks,<br />

ii. 1 1 1<br />

311 ; 329, 349 footnote<br />

"Twelve, Sect <strong>of</strong> the," ii. 109<br />

Valad Mir Abbas, Governor <strong>of</strong> Jalalabad,<br />

Tyre, i. 244 ; siege and capture by<br />

Alexander the Great, 270-271 ; 272-<br />

ii.<br />

352<br />

Val-Arsaces, King <strong>of</strong> Armenia, i. 362, 440<br />

273> 3 J 3, 3'4, 345. 3^5 5 3<br />

Valens (brother<br />

<strong>of</strong> Valentinian II.),<br />

i.<br />

Tzathes, King <strong>of</strong> Lazica, i. 491<br />

458, 459<br />

Valentinian II., Emperor,<br />

i.<br />

444, 458<br />

Uighurs, the, ii. 148<br />

Valerian, Emperor, i. 48 ; capture by<br />

Uknu, River (Kerkha),<br />

i.<br />

43<br />

Shapur I., 432-433, 435, 442, 512<br />

Ulai (Karun), River, i.<br />

43<br />

Vambery, Arminius, ii. 90, 237, 458<br />

Uljaitu, brother and successor <strong>of</strong> Ghazan<br />

Khan, ii. 192-193, 235<br />

Ullam-Buriash, Kassite King <strong>of</strong> Babylon,<br />

footnote, 46 3 footnote<br />

Van, city <strong>of</strong>, i. 88, 361 ; ii.<br />

204, 247<br />

Van, Lake, i. 16, 25, 241<br />

ii. 220<br />

;<br />

Varahran, or Bahram I., q.v.<br />

i. 8z<br />

Ulugh Beg, son <strong>of</strong> Shah Rukh, 216 ii. ; Varaztad, King <strong>of</strong> Armenia, i. 463<br />

interest in astronomy, 217 ; 223<br />

Vardar, the River, 251<br />

i'.<br />

Umliyash, the, Elamite tribe, i.<br />

56<br />

Umma, city <strong>of</strong> Sumer, i. 50, 69<br />

Umman-Minanu, King <strong>of</strong> Elam, i. 91<br />

Vardanes, King <strong>of</strong> Parthia, i. 405, 406<br />

Varena, vide Gilan<br />

Varkana, the, i. 330<br />

Ur, i. 50, 57, 68, 72 5 the conquest <strong>of</strong> Varthcma, Ludovico di, ii.<br />

270<br />

Elam, 73 ; 74, 77, 78, 160<br />

Varuna, the sky-god, i. 105, 1 10<br />

Ural Mountains, i. 492 ;<br />

Vedas, the, i. 106, 107, 418<br />

ii. 222<br />

Urartu (Van), kingdom <strong>of</strong>, i.<br />

88, 102, Vehr-Kana, or Vehrkano, vide Gurgan,<br />

125, 361<br />

the<br />

Urban II., Pope address at ; Clermont, Vendidad, the, i. 112, 1 1 6<br />

ii.<br />

115<br />

Venice, Uzun Hasan's alliance with, ii.<br />

Urfa (Nisibis), i.<br />

412<br />

2II-22I<br />

Urganj, town <strong>of</strong>, i. 23 ; siege <strong>of</strong>, by the Ventidius, Publius, Roman general, i.<br />

Mongols, ii. 153<br />

385, 386, 387<br />

Ursel <strong>of</strong> Baliol, ii.<br />

104<br />

Verdi Beg, Allah, ii.<br />

260, 262, 277 ;<br />

Urtaku, King <strong>of</strong> Elam, i. 91, 92, 94<br />

bridge <strong>of</strong>, 287-288<br />

Uruk (Erech), city<br />

<strong>of</strong> Babylonia,<br />

i. 160 Vespasian, i. 408, 409<br />

Urukhegal, King <strong>of</strong> Erech, i. 72<br />

Village life, ii. 494-499<br />

Urumia, i. 22, 25, 108, 124, 130, 388, Virta, fortress <strong>of</strong>, i. 451<br />

525<br />

ii.<br />

5 175 battle ;<br />

with the Turks, Vitellius (Governor <strong>of</strong> Syria), i. 404, 405<br />

262<br />

Vitkavich, Captain, ii. 430, 431, 456<br />

Urumush, King <strong>of</strong> Kish, i. 70<br />

<strong>Vol</strong>agases I. (Parthian monarch), i. no,<br />

Urva, vide Tus<br />

Ush, city <strong>of</strong> Transoxiana, ii. 150<br />

398, 406, 407, 408<br />

<strong>Vol</strong>agases III. invasion <strong>of</strong><br />

; Syria, i. 413 ;<br />

Ustad Sis ; leads rebellion at Herat, ii. 414<br />

65-66<br />

Ustajlu tribe, ii. 242, 245, 254<br />

Ustuva (the modern Kuchan),<br />

ii.<br />

154<br />

Uxia, i. 54<br />

<strong>Vol</strong>agases IV., i. 414, 415<br />

<strong>Vol</strong>agases (son <strong>of</strong> <strong>Vol</strong>agases IV.), i. 416<br />

<strong>Vol</strong>agases (brother <strong>of</strong> Firuz), i. 474<br />

<strong>Vol</strong>ga, River, i. ii. 27, 29, 300 ; 77, 159<br />

Uxians, the, i. 56, 278<br />

<strong>Vol</strong>inski, Artemii, Russian ambassador,<br />

Uzbegs, the Samarcand sacked<br />

; by, ii. " 33<br />

2 1 8, 219 defeated<br />

; by Shah Ismail, Von Hammer, Joseph,<br />

ii.<br />

196 footnote<br />

242-243 j defeat <strong>of</strong> Baber, 243-244 5<br />

Vonones I. (son <strong>of</strong> Phraates IV.), i. 403,

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