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356   OVERLAND TO INDIA

tion of country around, i. 122 ; arrival at, i. 122 ; streets through bazaars of, i. 122, 123, 131 ; Swedish letters received _ at, i. 123 ; decline in trade of, i. 124 ; population of, i. 124 ; Belgian officials' reform of customs and postal systems, i. 125 ; American missionaries in, i. 126 ; visit to the Crown Prince, i. 126, 129 Tagh-i-Ali-Riza-Khan, ii. 120

Tahir-dagh, pass, i. 67

Taijiabad, ii. 30

Taj-daghi, i. 66

Takht-i-Nadiri, " Nadir's Throne," group of hills, ii. 107

Tak-kesra, ruins of, i. 74.

Tallhe, i. 209, 214 ; camels watered at, i. 219 ; information regarding our route obtained at, i. 221

Tamarisk, magnificent, with double trunk, near Tebbes, ii. 33, 47 ; sterns erected as way-marks, ii. 94

Tandurek, volcano of, i. So

Tashli-chai, i. 71

Tatars, atrocities committed on Armenians by, i. 99-102 ; murders of, by Armenians,

1. I0I

Taturnagh, i. 88

Taxes, method of levying, in Persia, i. 125 Team, a two-storeyed, i. 39

Tebbes, route between Chupunun and, i. 302 ; oasis of, ii. 31, 59 ; wonderful tamarisk near, ii. 33, 47 ; my escort into,

2. 33 ; market-place of, ii. 34, 44 ; camp in, ii. 34 ; irrigation system, ii. 35, 37 gift of welcome from Governor, ii. 35 visit to Governor, ii. 36 ; population and villages of, ii. 36, 37 ; palace of Governor, ii. 37 ; life during hot season in, ii. 38 ; dangerous reptiles of, ii. 38 ; principal mosque and minarets of, ii. 40 ; Moharrein passion-play in, ii. 41-47 strict observance of veiling in, ii. 43 excursion to Hussein Riza's tomb, ii. 46 ; mollahs' court, ii. 48 ; Persian refreshments at, ii. 49 ; visit to outer court of harem, ii. 50 ; isolation of, ii. 56 ; roads and distances from, ii. 57 ; date palms of, ii. 87-89 ; camels engaged for journey to Bahabad, ii. 60 ; storms at, ii. 61, 62; departure from, ii. 63 ; table of distances and stages between Bahabad and, ii. 73 first visits of Englishmen to, ii. 150, 151 ; details of road from Turut to, ii. 167 ; caravan road to Shahrud from, ii. 169 ; originally the site of a considerable lake, ii. 220

Tebrisi, or measure of dates, i. 396 Teheran, meeting with old friends at, i.

154, 156 ; uninteresting appearance of

town, i. 155 ; foreign contamination of,

i. 156 ; changes since previous visit, i.

157 ; audience with the Shah, i. 159 selection of escort for my journey, i. 16o ; equipment of caravan, i. 163-167 ; start from, on New Year's Day 1906, i. I 68

Tejere, astonished villagers at, i. 181 Teke, i. 40

Tekkielz, or arena, in Tebbes, ii. 41 ; of the mollahs, ii. 48, 51

Telegraph posts, number of, per mile, ii. 140

Telle-bur, i. 207

Ternir Bash (Charles XII. of Sweden),

efficacious use of name, i. 24 Tenge-i-rishm, hill in the Kevir, i. 361 Teng-i-Tebbes, ii. 37

Tent, my improvised, i. 328

Terrace formations, lake and river, ii. 212 Tesek, or dung used as fuel, i. 6o Teshkanun, ii. 30

Teshtab hill, i. 413

Tewfik Pasha, Turkish Minister for Foreign Affairs, i. 17, 24, 27

Tibet, mountain structure of, compared with that of Persia, i. 305, 306

Tietze, Dr. Emil, on climatic variation, ii. 187, 216

Tigris, the, ancient splendours of valley, i.

74

Tikme-dash, rest-house at, i. 134

Tomaschek, W., work on Persia quoted, ii. 70, 103, 143 ; explanation of the term " kevir," ii. 183 ; on climatic conditions, ii. 188

Toprak-kale, i. 69

Torosho, furrow of, ii. 91 ; pass of, ii. 92 Trade between Julfa and Tabriz, statistics of, i. I13

Trato, bungalow of, ii. 329

Travellers, rank of, how estimated in Persia, i. 137

Trebizond, passport troubles at, i. 24 ; historical importance of, i. 25, 26 ; preparations for overland journey, i. 27 ; impressions of, i. 27 ; departure from, i. 28 ; musings on the future at, i. 29 ; pronunciation of the name, i. 59

Zunzan, Persian coin, value of, i. 161 Tun-ve-Tebbes, district of, ii. 30

Turgeinun, ii. 30

Turkman-chai, disastrous Peace of, i. 90, 137 ; village, i. 136

Turut, arrival at, i. 378 ; water-supply of,

i. 378 ; löss deposits at, i. 378 ; ii. 222 ; saint's festival at mosque-tomb near, i. 379 : taxes levied in, i. 379 ; caravan traffic through, i. 380 : rudeness of inhabitants, i. 382 ; stores replenished at,

1. 382 ; details of route to Tebbes from,

2. 167 ; caravan road to Shahrud from,

ii. 169