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HISTORY OF PERSIA<br />

Vonones II., i. 406<br />

Vrana, River, in Attica, i. 204<br />

Vultures, Stele <strong>of</strong> the, i. 69<br />

Wakhan, ii. 306<br />

Waksh (Oxus), River,<br />

i. 24<br />

Wakusa, Battle <strong>of</strong>, ii. 29<br />

Walaja, Arab victory at, i. 532<br />

Walker, Gilbert, i. 8, n footnote<br />

Waring, E. S., ii.<br />

37 5 footnote<br />

Wasit, ii. 63 ; captured by Tahir, 72 ; 85<br />

Wathik, Caliph, ii.<br />

785 accession <strong>of</strong>,<br />

80-81<br />

Weil, Dr. Gustave,<br />

ii. i footnote<br />

Welid (son <strong>of</strong> Abdul Malik),<br />

ii.<br />

52 ;<br />

death <strong>of</strong>, 53 ;<br />

career <strong>of</strong>, 54<br />

Welid II., ii.<br />

57<br />

Wellesley, Lord, ii. 395, 396<br />

West, Sir R., i. 504<br />

White Huns, -vide Huns<br />

"White Sheep" Dynasty,<br />

ii.<br />

220-221,<br />

242<br />

White Wall (fortress <strong>of</strong> Memphis), i.<br />

229, 249<br />

Whiteway, R. S., ii. 270 footnote<br />

Wigram, E. T. A., i. ^footnote<br />

Wigram, Dr. W. A.,<br />

i.<br />

398 footnote, 448<br />

footnote, 465, 476,^528<br />

Williams, General, i. 59<br />

Willibald, St., pilgrimage to the East, ii.<br />

113-114<br />

Winckler, Pr<strong>of</strong>essor, i. 79, 80, 84<br />

Windmills, early use in <strong>Persia</strong>, i. 11-12 5<br />

ii.<br />

31<br />

Wollaston, Sir A., ii. 443 footnote<br />

Wood, King, ii. 474<br />

Woodro<strong>of</strong>e, Captain, ii. 366<br />

Xenophon, i. 52, 132 footnote, 185 footnote j<br />

Cyrus the Younger, 235, 237 ; 241, 277,<br />

330 footnote<br />

Xerxes, i. 192 ;<br />

Hall <strong>of</strong>, 193 5<br />

accession<br />

<strong>of</strong>, 208-209 5<br />

crushes rebellion in<br />

Egypt, 209 j<br />

revolt <strong>of</strong> Babylon, ibid, j<br />

the great expedition against Hellas,<br />

209 et seq. ;<br />

retreat <strong>of</strong>, 218-219 ; 220,<br />

224, 225, 226 $<br />

assassination <strong>of</strong>, 227 ;<br />

232, 277, 361<br />

Xerxes II., King,<br />

i.<br />

232<br />

Yad Arabs tribe, i. 462<br />

Yadgar Mlrza, son <strong>of</strong> Shah Rukh, ii. 219<br />

Yahveh (tribal god <strong>of</strong> i. Israel), 118<br />

Yahya, Mir-za, successor to the Bab, ii.<br />

445<br />

Yahya, Prince <strong>of</strong> Daylam, ii. 69<br />

Yahya, son <strong>of</strong> Khalid, ii. 70<br />

Yakan Mohamed Pasha, Turkish general,<br />

". 3 6 3<br />

Yaksum (son <strong>of</strong> Abraha), ii. 8<br />

Yakub, son <strong>of</strong> Uzun Hasan, ii. 221<br />

Yakub bin Lais, Saffar, ii.<br />

84; career <strong>of</strong>,<br />

85-86 ; 88, 131<br />

Yakut (<strong>Persia</strong>n geographer),<br />

5. 188 ; ii.<br />

72 footnote, 167, 226-227<br />

Yakut, Governor <strong>of</strong> Fars, ii.<br />

93<br />

Yama (deity),<br />

vide also Jamshid, i. 107<br />

Yamut tribe, i. 2, 330<br />

Yamuthal, district <strong>of</strong>, i. 56<br />

Yarkand, ii. 122, 149<br />

Yar Mohamed Khan, Vizier <strong>of</strong> Herat, ii.<br />

Watson, R. G., ii.<br />

395 footnote<br />

Watwat ("The Swallow"), poet, ii.<br />

124-<br />

125<br />

Way, A. S., 218 i. footnote<br />

Wazirabad (Panjab),<br />

i. 294<br />

430, 432, 437, 443, 449, 466<br />

Yatbur, Elamite district <strong>of</strong>, i, 56<br />

Yauna, "vide Ionia<br />

Yelui Tashi, founder <strong>of</strong> the Kara Khitai<br />

Dynasty, ii. 121, 122<br />

Yemama, province <strong>of</strong> Arabia, ii. 27<br />

Yemen, province <strong>of</strong>, i. ii.<br />

493 ; 2, 3, 7, 65<br />

Yermel<strong>of</strong>f, General j embassy to Teheran,<br />

ii.<br />

414-415 ; 417,418<br />

Yermuk, River, i. 533, 535 J battle on, ii.<br />

28-29<br />

Yetha, f/V^'Huns<br />

Yezd, city <strong>of</strong>, i. 2, 22, 30, 466 j<br />

ii. 38,<br />

109, 182, 195, 314, 326<br />

Yezdigird I. (the Wicked), i. 464 ;<br />

attitude<br />

towards Christianity, 464-4665<br />

death, 466<br />

Yezdigird II. j campaigns against Rome<br />

and the White Huns,<br />

i. 471 j death <strong>of</strong>,<br />

472 5 479<br />

Yezdigird III. (last Sasanian monarch), i.<br />

531 Arab<br />

; embassy to, 536 ; 538, 539,<br />

542 j<br />

death <strong>of</strong>, 544 5<br />

ii. 32, 44<br />

Yezid, Caliph, ii. 40, 43 j<br />

accession <strong>of</strong>,<br />

49 death<br />

5 <strong>of</strong>, 50 ; 5 1 5 campaigns in<br />

Gurgan and Tabaristan, 54<br />

Yezid II., ii. 55, 114<br />

Yezid III. ii.<br />

57<br />

Yezid (son <strong>of</strong> Muhallab), ii. 55<br />

Yissugay, father <strong>of</strong> Chengiz Khan, ii.<br />

146-147, 148<br />

Yonge, Pr<strong>of</strong>. C. D., i. 424footnote<br />

York, Mithraic temple at, i. 419<br />

Yue-Chi (vide also Kushan), i. 360, 468,<br />

ii.<br />

469 j 145<br />

Yule, Sir Henry, i. 257 footnote ;<br />

ii.<br />

32<br />

footnote, 147 footnote, 181 footnote, 183<br />

Yusuf, crowned during abdication <strong>of</strong> Abbas<br />

the Great, ii. 259<br />

Yusuf Ali, general <strong>of</strong> Shah Rukh, grandson<br />

<strong>of</strong> Nadir Shah, ii. 371<br />

Yusuf Shah I., Atabeg <strong>of</strong> Luristan, ii. 179<br />

Zab, Great, River, i. 42-43, 86, 276, 526 5<br />

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

59<br />

Zab, Lesser, River, i. 42-43, 72, 241<br />

Zabbardast Khan, Afghan general, ii. 325<br />

Zabdicene, district <strong>of</strong> Mesopotamia, i. 442

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