A.Abde Pasha,383,540.Abdi Agha,52.Abd-ul-Azeez, mound of,187.Hills of,259.Abou-Jerdeh, mound,186.Abou-Khameera, ruins of,201,202.Abou-Maria, excavations at,278.Abou-Sheetha, mound of,188.Abrahamthrown into the furnace by Nimrod,403.Adremit, village of,338.Adrammelech, name of, according to Rawlinson,497.Æthiopia, mentioned in inscriptions,121.Afaij, visit to tribe of,438.Their boats,443.Their huts,445.Agab, Sheikh of the Afaij,446.Agammiriver,124,475.Agayl, tribe of,395.Akhlat, village of,30.Akhtamar, patriarch of,339.Visit to the island of,ib.Church of,ib.Akkari, sea of the Mediterranean,296.Akker-Kuf, ruin of,382.Akko, a Yezidi chief,42,47.Albanian, an,313.Alabaster, jars in,164,165.Alexander the Great,174,190.Wish to uncover ruins of Temple of Belus,420.To rebuild it,426.To restore canals,428.Ali-Babamountains,24.Altarsdiscovered at Khorsabad,110.At Nimroud,288.Americanmissionaries, their establishments,313,332,334, andnote.Their schools at Ooroomiyah,334.Intercourse with Nestorians,347.Amran, mound of,390.Discoveries in,414.Ana, town of, mentioned in inscriptions,294.Anana, ruin and village,436.Antioch, Egyptian monument at,295,note.Ararat, name of Armenia,403.View of mount,423.Araxesriver,25.Arban, arrival at,223.Description of,226.Excavations at,228.Departure from,252.Arbela, battle of,174.Arabs.SeeBedouins.Arabworkmen,88.Instances of honesty in,470.Arabkha, a city under Sennacherib,120.Aramæansdefeated by Sennacherib,118.Archat Nimroud,138.Architecture, Armenian,35.Assyrian,120.Babylonian,423.Early Persian,460.Comparison between Assyrian and Jewish,517.Armenia, a bishop of,27,392.Ploughs in,29,38.Schools in,331.Reform in church,332.Books in language of,334.Ignorance of Christians in,335.Armour, parts of, discovered,152,162.Worn by Bedouins,251.Armsin iron and bronze discovered,162.Arrows, heads of, discovered,162.Art, Assyrian, of lower period,369.Arvad, name of, in inscriptions,296.Ascalon, name of, in inscriptions,122.Ashayansk, village of,340.Ashtoreth, or Astarte, the moon,291, andnote.Ashur, the supreme god of the Assyrians,504.Ashurakhbal.SeeSardanapalus.Ass, a wild,224.White, of Bagdad,379.Assordanes, name in inscriptions,365.Assurnadin, son of Sennacherib,124.Assyria, computation of time in,178.Greek coin of,479.Name of, on Egyptian monuments,505.Records of, compared with Jewish,506.Nature of government,507.Bounds of empire,509.AthurorAssur, mound of,139.Azeez Agha, a young Sheikh,393.B.Baashiekhah, village of,112.Baazani, village of,111.Babel, mound of,389,397.Excavations and discoveries in,408.Small objects from,409.Babylontaken by Sennacherib,118,178,500.In possession of early Nimroud king,293.Name of, in Wan inscriptions,327.Approach to ruins of,389.Excavations commenced at,394.Walls of, not traced,397.Dimensions of walls,398.General plan of,400.Hanging gardens of,405.Temple of Belus,406.Painted walls at,412.Deities of,413.Jews of the captivity at,415.Building materials of,420.History of,425.Destruction of,427.Commerce of,428.Fabrics of,431.Inhabitants impaled by Darius,295,note.Common origin of inhabitants with Assyrians,423.Cupidity of their priests,427.Commerce and roads of,428.Corruption of,432.Cylinders and gems of,488.Badger, the Rev. Mr., his intercourse with the Nestorians,347,note.Baghdad, departure for,373.Entrance to,380.Description of,381.Departure from,465.Baiandour, Sultan, the tomb of,31.Bairam, Mussulman feast of,330.Bash-Kalah, castle of,315.Bavian, sculptures of,173.Inscriptions of,177,494.Baz, district of,353.Beaversof the Khabour,247.Bedouins, customs of, with regard to captured horses,184.On seeing a stranger,202.Their women,217.Their bread,239.Their hospitality,240.Their food,ib.Diseases amongst,242.Their Cadis,253.Lovemaking of,262.Laws of Dakheel, or protection,263.Their poetry,265.Their sagacity,269.Their horses,272.Their honesty,470.Belad, ancient district of,99.Belib, made king of Babylon,118,500.Bellsdiscovered at Nimroud,151.Analyses of copper of,160.Benjaminof Tudela, his description of Babylon,402.Of tomb of Ezekiel,407.Of tomb of Ezra,407,note.Account of captive Jews,416.Beth-Khumri, or Samaria,494.Bimerstein, Dr.,323,note.Birs-Nimroud, the,401.Restoration of,404.Bishicountry conquered by Sennacherib,119.Bitlis, town of,38.Bitumenpits fired,168.Used for cement,422.Blood-revengeamong Bedouins,253.Boatsof Afaij,443.Borsippa, the Birs Nimroud,402.Bowen, the Rev. Mr.,300,319,334.Bowlsof bronze from Nimroud,153.Earthenware with Hebrew inscriptions,415.Date of,417.Brant, Mr.,20.Bread, Arab mode of baking,239.Unlawful to see among Afaij,457.Bricks, painted, at Khorsabad,110.Nimroud,139.Babylonian,141,405.Bronzes, discovery of,151.Analysis of,160.Origin of,161.Buffalosof Arabs,406.Bukra, village of,209.Bulls, winged, transport of represented in bas-reliefs,91,99.At gateway,102.In façade of Kouyunjik,115.At Arban,228.Burchardt, his account of the Bedouins,199,note,263.Bustard, the,205.Hawking the,386.C.Calah, ancient name of Nimroud,294.Caldrons, discovery, at Nimroud,151.Value of, among ancients,152.Represented in bas-relief, 588.Camanusmountain.SeeKamana.Camelsof Nimroud,36.Abstinence from water,215,note.Represented in bas-reliefs,476.Canalsof Babylonia,478.Canning, Sir S.,17.Protects reformed Armenians,333.Captivesin bas-reliefs, with feathers in their heads,139.With feathered head-dress,192.Captivity, Prince of the,417.The history of the Jews of the,416.Carchemish,195,236,238.Cavalry, Turkish irregular,267.Cavern, a natural,255.Artificial, at Wan,328.Cedar-woodbrought by Assyrians from Lebanon,297,521.Discovered at Nimroud,297.Employed in palaces,527.Centre Palace, Nimroud, builder of,497.State of,534.Chaldæansdefeated by Sennacherib,118.Chariot, an Assyrian,130.Royal,364.Chark, a hawk used by Bedouins,387.Charms, Eastern,418.Chellek, village of,48.Cherubimof Jews compared with Assyrian figures,519.Chinesebottles discovered at Arban,332.Chesney, Col., expedition under,381.Cock, image of, on Babylonian gems,432.Commerceof Babylon,432.Coffinsof earthenware at Arban,234.At Niffer,449.Of wood, at Babel,408.Colonies, Assyrian,513.Colorson bricks,139.Columnsnot found at Babylon,423.Used at Nineveh,526.Cooper, Mr.,16,88.Returns to England,337.Copperused in colors,297.Convent, a Nestorian,311.An Armenian,339.Corinthiancapital,194.Cowley, Lord, protects the Armenians,333.Ctesiphon, ruin of,460.Tradition connected with,461.Cuneiform, progress in deciphering,492.Cuth, country of,432,note.Cylinders, of Sennacherib,136.Babylonian,432.Assyrian,488.Phœnician,487.Persian,488.Used as seals,490.Cyprus, Assyrian tablet found in,499.Cyrus, description of,357.Takes Babylon,426.D.Dagon, represented in bas-reliefs,284,289.Dakheel, the law of, among Bedouins,263.Dam, building up a,385.Dumlamajeh, spring of,540.Darius, cylinder of,489.Deloul.SeeDromedary.Denariifound at Kouyunjik,479.Dereboun, village of,52.Dereh Beys, the,22.Dervish, a Persian,32.Desert, the, described,204,205,250.Divanubar, name of Assyrian king,496.Diz, district of,349.Dizza, town of,313.Dromedary, the,196,note,249,278.Ducks, in marble, &c. used as weights,486, andnote.Dudjooktribes,21.Dujail, canal of,465.Dura, plain of,376.E.Earringof gold from Kouyunjik,482.Moulds for casting,ib.Eclipse, Eastern prejudice concerning,444, andnote.Effendi, the, a Yezidi chief,200.Egypt, seal of king of,134.Bronzes of Egyptian character,154,156,157.Relics of, discovered at Kouyunjik,482.Conquered by Essarhaddon,501.Egyptians, mode of transport of great stones,98.Defeated by Sennacherib,121.Antiquities of, at Antioch,295.Weights used by,487.Elam, ancient name of,124,365.Conquest of,178,292,362,473.Elulæus, king of Tyre, mentioned in inscriptions,121.Ekron, name in inscriptions,121.Embossingon bronze vessels,153.Enamel, Assyrian,165,297.Babylonian,412.Enoch, book of,418.Erzeroom, roads to city of,17,20.Eski Baghdad, ruins of,377.Eski Mosul, ruins at,278.Essarhaddon, name of,136.Cylinder of,286.Name at Nebbi Yunus,484.His monuments,501.His palace at Nimroud,532.Essarhaddon’s son, his bas-reliefs,362.His name,365.His palace at Shereef-Khan,484.His monuments,501.Eulæus, river,125.Eunuch, represented in bas-relief,364.Euphrates, river,27.Represented in bas-reliefs,359.Banks of, deserted,374.Navigation of,381.State of,ib.Changes in its course at Babylon,399.Evemerus, king of Parthia, sends Babylonians to Media,427.Evil Spirit, the, represented in bas-reliefs,289.Eyesin marble and enamel,297.Ezekiel, tomb of,407.Ezra, tomb of407,note.F.Façadeof Kouyunjik palace,115.Falcons.SeeHawking.Faras, Sheikh of the Tai,147.Fawaz, a hawk,224.Fergusson, Mr., remarks on Assyrian cornice,110.Restoration of Assyrian palaces,519,520,523,526.Ferhan, son of Sofuk,276.Ferry-boatat Mosul,300.Fish-god.SeeDagon.Footstoolof bronze discovered,166.Ford, the Rev. Mr.,198.Fountain, an Assyrian,180.Funduk, village of,49.Futhliyah, village and mound of,111.Fynyk, rock sculptures at,50.G.Galleysrepresented in bas-reliefs,192.Gateof Eastern cities,52.Of Nineveh,101.