MAMLUKES.

RUHAIBEH.

Mamlukes, 121, 131.

MANASSEH, possessions of, ii. 255.
M'araba, 324.

Mejdel 'Anjar, 12, 17.
Mejdel esh-Shems, 308.
Melek edh-Dhâher conquers Syria,

121; tomb of, in Damascus, 76.
Menin, excavated temples in, 326 seq.
Merj, village in Bukâ'a, 11.
Merj el-Yafûry, 307, 310.
Merjâny, ii. 18.

Metn, the, ii. 282.

Mezarîb, ii. 205.

Mezzeh, 23.

Mirage, 154; ii. 11.

Mission in Damascus, 145.

MOAB, plain of, ii. 160 seq.; cities of,
194.

Moäwyah, the khâlif, makes Damas-

cus the seat of government, 111;
origin and meaning of the name,
113 note.

Mountains of Bashan, ii. 266 seq.
Muaddamiyeh, 156, 321.
Mujeimir, ii. 137, 139.

Muslems of Damascus, their character,

139 seq.

Musmeih, Phanos, or Phaneutus,
the capital of Trachonitis, ii. 112,
127, 244.

N.

NAAMAN, the Syrian, his house, 55;

cured by Elisha, 87.

Nahleh, temple at, ii, 319.
Nahr el-Kelb, Lycus flum., ii, 285;
sources of, 293.

Nahr el-Mukŭbrit, 367.

Nahr Yahfüfeh, 11, 282; ii. 278,
306.

Natural bridge in Lebanon, ii, 293.
Nebk, 361; ii, 364.

Nejha, 393; ii. 13.

Nejrân, ruins of, ii. 213 seq.

Nicolaus of Damascus, 81.

Nimreh, ii. 67, 77.

Noah, tomb of at Kerak, ii. 278.
Northern border of Palestine defined,

ii. 354 seq.

Nûr ed-Din, rebuilt walls of Da-
mascus, 44; captures Damascus,
116.

0.

Oaks of Bashan, ii. 266.
Og, king of Bashan, ii. 35, 197, 206,
250.

Odenathus of Palmyra, 106, 245.
Omeiyades, dynasty of the, 111; they
adorn Damascus with buildings,
112.

'Orman, Philipopolis, ii. 209.
Orontes, river, El-'Asy, source of at
Libweh, ii. 322; at Deir Mar
Marûn, 326; course of the river,
329 note, and 338 seq.

Othman, the founder of the Ottoman
Empire, 123.

Ottoman Turks, their origin, 122;
take Constantinople, 131; conquer
Syria and Damascus, 132; their
policy, id.

Sahl Judeideh, 19.

Sahra, plain of, 21, 340.

Tadmor, PALMYRA, 109; journey to,
149; plan and description of ruins,
220 seq.; history, 241 seq,

Tell, village of, 325.
Tell Ash'areh, ii, 212.

Tell Abu Tumeis, ii. 51.

340 seq.

Tell Amâra, ii. 48, 78.

his history, 118 seq.

Salahiyeh, 27, 256.

Tell es-Salahiyeh, an Assyrian mound,
383.

its features, 201.

Sassanidæ, the, 108.

Sauwarah, ii. 30.

Sehweh, ii, 134, 204.
Sehwet el-Khudr, ii. 201.

Seljukians, their origin and history,
114 and note.

Shehâb, princes of, 286; ii. 81.
Shemsin, fountain, 11; village, ii.
350.

Sheriat el-Mandhûr, Hieromax, YAR-

MUK, ii, 252; the boundary be-
tween Bashan and Gilead, 255.
Shinshâr, ii, 350.
Shuhba, extensive ruins of, ii. 67, 72
seq.; theatre in, 73,

Shuka, Saccæa, ii, 60, 64, 260 seq.
Statistics of Damascus, 137.
Sudud, ZEDAD, ii. 354, 356.
Sûk Wady Barada, Abila, 15, 102;
situation and description of ruins,
261 seq.; history of, 271; origin
of modern name, 273; brutal
murder in, 283.

Sûk el-Khan, 301.
Suleim, Neapolis, ii. 83-87.
Sulkhad, SALCAH, ii. 140; descrip-
tion of, 176 seq.; castle of, 178;
identified, 184; history, 185.
Sunamein, Aere, 315; ii. 275 note.
Surghâya, plain of, 282; village, ii.
306.

Suweideh, ii. 120 seq.; history of,
131, 140.

Tell Mâni'a, ruins on, ii. 247.

Tell Mindow, Laodicia ad Libanum,

ii. 339.

Tell Sumeid, ii, 48, 78.

Tellûl, the, 26, 369, 380, 388.
Theatres, Roman, ii. 73, 97, 148.
Timûr, history of, 124 seq.
Tombs, ancient, at Abila, 262; at
Palmyra, 231 seq.; at Menîn, 326;
at Kenath, ii. 93, 117; at Suwei-
deh, 130.
Trachonitis, situation and boundaries
of, ii, 259. See Lejah and ARGOB.

W.

Wady el-Ajam, the valley of the
PHARPAR, 319.

Wady ed-Dân, ii. 204.
Wady el-Kurn, 19, 282.
Wady et-Teim, 298, 300, 301.
Wady Harir, 18.
Wady Helbon, 328.

Wady Kunawât, ii. 212, 216.
Wady Liwa, 389; ii. 24, 29, 31, 67.
Wady Salib, ii. 290.
Wady Salîma, ii, 282.
Wady Tarshish, ii. 280.*
Walid, the khâlif, takes the cathedral
of St. John from the Christians,
and erects the Great Mosk, 73.
Wetr, ii. 140.

Wood, Richard, Esq., British Consul
at Damascus, 134, 143, 283; ii. 3,
289.