Palestine, missionaries to, 86. Parker, John M., 138. Parsons, Levi, 86, 87, 119, 120, 145, 149. Pashtimaljian school, 160, 181. Patriarch, Greek, 60; Gregorian, 69; power of, 105. Periodical publications, 200. Perkins, Mr., 126. Persecution of “Evangelicals,” 166. Peters, John P., quotation, 156. Philippopolis, 173. Physicians, native, 208. Pomeroy, Dr., 167. Population of Turkey, 16. “Porte, The,” meaning of, 34. Postal system, 26. Presbyterian Board of Missions, 146; work among Maronites, 54. Press, printing, 172, 197; freedom guaranteed, 282. Priests, Christian, low standard of, 103. Privy council, 36. Property, right to hold, 244. Protestant Charter of 1847, 252. Railroads, 24, 25, 47. Ramsay, W. M., quotation, 240. Reformed Church, 145. Reformed (Dutch) Church of America, in Arabia, 133. Reforms in Gregorian Church, 237. Religious liberty granted, 250, 253. “Researches in Armenia,” Smith and Dwight, 123-126. Revolutionary parties, 264, 270. Riggs, Elias, 198. Roadways, 24. Robert College, 184, 185, 189, 191. Roman Catholics, opposition of, 121, 144, 162. Russell, Earl, 255. Russia, opposition to missionary work, 182; influence in Turkey, 268, 270. Russian Bible Society, 150-152. St. Gregory the Illuminator, 68. St. Paul’s Institute, Tarsus, 189. Salonica, 140. Samakov, Collegiate and Theological Institute, 187. Schauffler, Dr., 143, 182. Schneider, Dr., 171. Schools, present need of, 286. Self-support, hospitals, 209, 227; church, 224, 228; schools, 226, 228. Selim III, 1789-1807, reforms of, 85. Seventh Day Adventists, 145. Sheik-ul-Islam, 35, 282. Size of Territory, 16. Smith, Eli, tour in Asia Minor, 123-126. Smyrna, 137, 140, 172. Spies, government, 227; abolished, 282. “Sublime Porte,” 34. Suliman “the great,” 1520-1566, 34. Sultan Adbul Aziz, 255. Sultan Abdul Hamid II, succession to throne, 41; character, 41, 46, 48, 270; absolute power in government, 35, 43; in religion, 46, 93, 94, 96; foreign relations, 47; attempt to subdue Koords, 75; system of espionage, 277; fear of Young Turks, 278; restores constitution to Macedonia, 281. Sultan Abdul Medjid, 250, 251; grants religious liberty, 253. Syrian Church, 57-59. Syrian Protestant College, 187, 190. Syrians, work among, 121, 144, 173.