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693112Syria, the Land of Lebanon — INDEXLewis Gaston Leary

INDEX


Roman numerals refer to chapters, Arabic to pages


Abana River, 67-71, 88f, 106

Abila, 69

Abilene, Tetrarchy of, 69

Ain el-Beida, 130

Ain Fijeh, 70

Ain el-Wu'ul, 130

Aleih stories, 61f

Aleppo, Province of, 8

Anti-Lebanon 7, 63, 67-71, 178, 204

Aurelian, 135-137, 205

Assassins, the, 10

Awaj River, 89n


Baalbek, XIII

Climate, 188

Great stones, 198-200

History, 189-191

Ruins, 192-197

Situation, 184f

Baal-gad (Baalbek), 189

Barada, see Abana

Bashan, Land of, 75

Bedouins, 129-131, 143

Beirut, City, 7, III

Bay, 35

Cape, 29

Caves, 31

Commerce, 36

History, 26f

Modern aspects, 37f

Name, 29

Olive orchards, 30

Political strife, 40f

Religious strife, 38f

Sand dunes, 30

Schools, 41-43

Water supply, 33

Beirut, Province of, 8

Bika', 63-65, 184f, 178, 204

Bliss, Daniel, 146-149

Bosra, 78

Butrus, Patriarch, 156-162

Byblos, 4, 7


Cathedral Rocks, 174

Cedar Mountain, 167, 176-179

Cedars of Lebanon, XII

Chrysorrhoas, see Abana

Coele-Syria, see Bika'.

Coffee, 107-109

Committee of Reform, 40

Cross, Festival of, 179


Damascus, VII-IX, 7, 15

Ananias, Tomb of, 119

Bargaining in, 98-101

Bazaars, 96-104

Beggars, 104

Cafés, 106f

Cemeteries, 116

Commerce, 95, 111

Dogs, 104

Dome of Victory, 88

Fame of, 90

Fertility, 92f

Gate of Allah, 115

Healthfulness, 70

History, 91

Jews, 118

Khans, 110

Kisan Gate, 117

Lepers, 117

Meidan, 114-116

Modern aspects, 91

Name, 90

Night noises, 105f

Omayyade Mosque, 89, 120-127

Population, 96n

Quarters, 118

Residences of rich, 111-113

St. Thomas' Gate, 106

Saladin, Tomb of, 119f

Street called Straight, 118f

Street calls, 101f

Water supply, 70

Damascus, Province of, 8

Death, River of, 4

Deir el-Kamr, 17

Der'a, 77

Diman, 164

Dog River, 4, 33-35

Caves of, 34f

Druse Massacres, 14-17, 78

Druse Mountain, 77f

Druses, 11-17, 78, 84, 115, 138

ed-Durazy, 11, 67


Earthquakes, 4, 32, 102

Eastern Mountains, see Anti-Lebanon

Edrei, 77

Emesa, see Homs


Feruzi, 152, 154-156

Fish, Sacred, 203f


George, St., 27-29, 116

Ghuta of Damascus, 93

Greek Catholic Church, 9

Greek Orthodox Church, 9


Hama, 64, 211-218

Hamath, see Hama

Hamath, Entering In of, 152, 204

Hauran, 75-87

Hauran, Jebel, 77

Hejaz Railway, 76f, 81

Heliopolis (Baalbek), 190

Hermon, Mount, 7, 65-67, 77, 178

Hollow Syria, see Bika'.

Homs, 136, 152, 190, 205-208

Homs, Lake of, 205


Institutes of Justinian, 42

Islam, see Mohammedanism

Ismailians, 10


Jebail, 4

Jesus Christ, 12, 27, 67, 122, 170

Job, the Patriarch, 78-80


Kadisha River, 166, 174

Kanawat, 78

Kanobin, Monastery of, 174

Karayatein, 129

Kasyun, Mount, 88

Keneiseh, Mount, 5, 52, 62, 67

Keshaya, Monastery of, 175f


Lebanon Mountains, I, 60-68

Lebanon, Province, 8, 16f

Leja, 83-85

Leontes River, 64


Maronites, 9, 14-17

Metawileh, 10

Mirage in Bika', 186

Missionaries, XI

Mohammedanism

Attitude to Jesus, 122

Images forbidden, 112f

Position of women, 113f

Power of, 124f

Muzeirib, 76


Palmyra, X, 69

History, 133-138

Modern Village, 138, 140

Ruins, 138-140

Tombs, 132

Persons incidentally mentioned:

Abdul Hamid II., 76f, 108n

Abel, 69, 88

Abraham, 88, 90f, 98, 101

Abulfeda, 93

Adam, 88

Alexander the Great, 26

Amenhotep, Pharaoh, 26

Ananias, 119

Antar, 142

Antoninus Pius, 190

Antony, Mark, 133

Argyll, Duke of, 146

Asad Pasha, 110

Ashur-nasir-pal III. 34

Augustus, 26

Aurelius, Marcus, 34

Baldwin of Flanders, 26, 91

Balkis, Queen of Sheba, 129, 190

Benjamin of Tudela, 190

Bildad the Shuhite, 78

Cain, 69

Constantine the Great, 129, 191

Diocletian, 137

Dodge, Wm. E., 146

Domna, Julia, 190, 207

Dorotheus, Professor, 42

Eliezer, 90

Esarhaddon, 34

Fakhreddin, 30

Fatima, 116

Hadrian, 168

Hakim Biamrillah, 11

Hamzeh ibn Ahmed, 11

Helena, St., 179

Heliogabalus, 191n, 207

Herod the Great, 26, 91

Hiram of Tyre, 168, 173, 183

Ibrahim Pasha, 30, 84

Idrisi, 93

Jesup, Morris K., 146

John the Baptist, 121, 123, 215

Josephus, 84, 90

Justinian, 42, 137, 168

Longinus, 135

Louis VII. of France, 91

Mohammed, 12, 93f, 116

Mukadassi, 188

Naaman, 89n, 117, 120

Nicodemus, 96

Nureddin, 91

Odenathus II., 134

Og, king of Bashan, 77

Paul, St., 91, 116f.

Pompey, 26

Post, Dr. Geo, E. 168

Rameses II., 26, 34, 79

Rib-addi, 26

Richard Cœur de Lion, 28

Robinson, Edw., 195, 204n

Rustum Pasha, 168

Sapor of Persia, 134

Selim, Sultan, 34

Sennacherib, 26, 34

Severus, Septimius, 190, 207n

Shalmaneser II., 34

Solomon, 133, 190

Tamerlane, 91, 137

Tancred, 205

Theodosius the Great, 175

Tiglath-pileser III., 34, 91

Titus, 26

Uz, 90

Vahballathus, 134

Valerian, 134

Varius, see Heliogabalus

Vespasian, 26

William II. of Germany, 120

William of Tyre, 78

Phallic worship, 11

Pharpar, 89n

Pilgrim Route, 114, 122

Protestants, 40


Qadesh, see Homs, Lake of


Railways, 60, 72f, 76f, 82, 210

Ras Baalbek, 149-152

Ras esh-Shukkah, 4

Rayak, 67


Saladin, 97, 91, 119f

Semakh, 73

Sirocco, 80

Smuggling, 32

Suk Wadi Barada, 69

Sunnin, Mount, 5, 52, 67, 178

Suweida, 78

Syria, II

Boundaries, 6

Manners and customs, 18-22

Names, 6

Population, 8

Provinces, 8

Religions, 9-13

Syrian Desert, 7, 95, 129-132, 141

Syrian Protestant College, IV, 42f, 146f

Syrians, 16, 22-25


Tadmor, see Palmyra

Tell el Amarna Letters, 26

Tell Biseh, 211

Trachonitis, see Leja

Transfiguration, the, 67

Tripoli, 8, 178, 201

Uz. Land of, 78


Vilayets of Syria, 8


el-Wesen, 140

Women, position of, 90, 113f


Yarmuk Valley, 73-75


Zebedani Valley, 67f

Zenobia, Queen, 69, 134-137, 205