Babis, the, 79, 86, 88, 91, 94, 108, 177, 187, 193, 212; massacre of, 104, 155-157, 186; martyrs, 138, 139 _Bād-gīr_, 14, 15, 46 _Bāgh_, 9-11 Bazaars, 11 Behāīs, the, 61, 81; massacre of, 44, 52, 87-89, 104; tenets of, 86, 90, 92-96, 104, 114 Behaū’llah, first book-bearer of the Behāīs, 81, 87, 89, 90, 92, 95, 193 Bigotry, in Yezd, 44 Bird, Miss, 260 Boyland, Mr, 261 Brighty, Miss, 261 Browne, Professor E. G., translator of the _Tārīkhi Jadīd_, 91 Bruce, Canon, 58, 59 Carpenters, of Yezd, 23 Carpets, 22 Caspian Sea, 2 _Chādar_, 122 Chairs, 24 _Church Missionary Intelligencer_, 95 Church Missionary Society, 55, 230, 232 Cleanliness, of Yezdis, 26 Converts, problem of, 196-198, 212-215 Crime, indifference to, 184 Curtains, 21 Deserts, salt and sandy, 2, 3 Dīnyār, _Qalāntar_ of the Parsi Committee, 49 Divorce, 178 _Dīvs_, 121, 122 Doors, 19, 20 Etiquette and Manners, of the Yezdis, 158 European colony, in Yezd, 55 Evil Eye, 122 Fanaticism, of Yezdis, 54 _Farrāsh_, 47 Fireplaces, 21 Fittings of houses, 21 Flower-beds, 33, 34 Forgiveness of sins, Mohammed’s teaching on the, 98 Furniture, 21-26 Gardens, 9 Griffith, Dr, 100, 260 Gudarz, Mr, a prominent Parsi merchant of Yezd, 261 Gypsum, 17 _Hakim Khānum_, lady doctor, 102 _Hanifs_, reformers, 65, 66, 68, 70 Hasan, Imam, 133, 134 Heaven and Hell, Mussulman idea of, 98, 99 Hill villages, 31, 32 Hookahs, Persian, 25 Houses, 13-33; built for heat, 29, 30 Husain, Imam, 133, 134 Huts, mud, 28 Ibn Ishāk, the biographer, 68 Ibrāhīm Qalīl Khān, 50 Imam Ali, 75-77 —— Hasan, 133, 134 —— Husain, 133, 134 Imams, the, 73, 76, 77 Industrial missions—a suggestion, 197-201 Infidels, Persian attitude towards, 130 Insularity, of Yezd, 36 Isaiah, quoted, 95 Isfahan, 36 Isfahanis, and Yezdis, 38 Isfandiār, a Parsi schoolmaster at Taft, 51 Islām, doctrine of, 64, 65, 80-82, 96, 97, 110, 132, 133; has ruined Persia, 112 Isolation, of Yezd, 36 _Jadīd_, a convert from Parsiism, 62 Jalālu’d Daula, the, 52, 183 _Jazīya_, 47, 49 Jews, in Yezd, 44, 52; Mohammed’s dealings with, 71 _Jins_, 121, 122 Julfa, a suburb of Isfahan, 58 _Jus Paternum_, in Yezd, 181 Ka’aba, a heathen temple of the Meccans, 65 Kāshān, 7, 43 Khadīja, wife of Mohammed, 66 Khalīfs, the, 72, 76 _Khauf u jizā_, fear of hell and expectation of heaven, 98 Kirmān, 7, 36 Koelle, _Life of Mohammed_, 67, 68, 71 Kūcha Biyuk, village, 49 _Kursī_, 22, 30 _Lāla_, 25 Lamps, 25 Language, Persian, 152 Lāristān, 43 Lattices, 19 Ledges, 16 Looking-glasses, 21 _Lūtīs_, 51, 58 Mahdi, or Mehdi, the last of the Imams, 72, 73, 75 Mānukjī Limjī, Parsi representative in Tehran, 48, 50 _Manzil_, 34 Marriages, Persian, 178 _Mazra’_, 4, 5 Mecca, 63, 65, 69, 70