Ardagh,  Sir  John,  quoted,  376.
Army  corps,  centres  of,  in  Turkey,  95.
Arslani  Bell,  the,  88.
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INDEX.
Ashkabad,  town  of,  171.
Ashtira  (days  of  mourning),  133.
Asia  Minor,  43.
Asshurnazirpal,  King,  73.
Assouan,  dam  of,  77,  78.
Assyria,  6.
Atabeg-Azam,  prime  minister  of  Persia,
145.
"Athalik  Ghazi,"  Yakub  Khan  as-
sumes title  of,  211.
Athens,  31.
Aulie  Ata,  207.
Avicenna,  tomb  of,  125,  127.
Ayas,  Bay  of,  44,  89.
Azziz  Khan,  112.
Baber,  Sultan,  193,  194.
Babylon,  5,  7,  72,  73.
Babylonia,  6  ;  agricultural  possibilities
of,  77-79.
Bacon,  Francis,  counsel  of,  to  the
traveller,    12.
Bagche,  pass  of,  88.
Baghdad,  6,  58,  62,  79,  88  ;  as  a  com-
mercial centre,  80-83.
Baghdad  railway.  See  under  Rail-
way.
Baghdad-Teheran  trade-route,  115.
Bahri  Pasha,  governor  of  Cilicia,  50.
Baikal,  Lake,  14,  302.
Bain  Chagan,  valley  of,  247,  248.
Bairam  Ali,  ruins  of  old  Merve  at,  174.
Baku,  112,  and  chap.  xiv.
Balakhani,  oil-field  of,  156,  157.
Balfour,  the  Right  Hon.  A.  J.,  quoted,
101,  372.
Balkash,  Lake,  207,  208,  225,

Baltistan,  mountains  of,  229.
Baluchistan,  167,  169.
Barasingh  stag,  226.
Barnaul,  town  of,  202,  244,  267,  271  ;
description  of,  274,  275.
Basra,  town  of,  81,  82,  89.
Beaconstield,  Lord,  326.
Beazley,  C.  R.,  quoted,  16.
Bekovitch,  Prince,  murdered  by  the
Khivans,   173.
Belgium,  18.
Belik,  river,  60,  92.
Bell,  Colonel  Mark,  quoted,  95  foot-
note.
Beveridge,  A.  J.,  quoted,  18,  324.
Bibi  Eibat,  oil-field  of,  158.
Bibi  Khanum,  mosque  of,  197.
Bielinski,  builder  of  bridge  over  the
Oxus,  167.
Biisk,  town  of,   245,   246,   263,  267,

269,  271,  275.
Birejik,  town  of,  88,  92.
Bishop,  Mrs,  quoted.  111.
Bisitun  (Behistun),  122,  123.
Black  Sea  Basin  Agreement,  95.
Blagoveschensk,  town  of,  17,  296.
Bobaido,  town  of,  297.
Bogle,  Mr,  envoy  of  Warren  Hastings

to  Tibet,  362.
