Medical Missions, in Yezd, 55, 229, 248-254 Medina, 63, 70, 71 Mihraban, a Parsi, 64 Miracle play, Muharram, 126, 134 Missionary in Persia, the, his difficulties, 188-216; the problem of converts, 196-198, 212-215; his tasks and duties, 217-255; philanthropic work, 229-232; poor relief, 232-239; school and medical work, 239-254 Missions, Christian, tolerated in Yezd, 55, 56; industrial, 197-201 Mohammed, 63-72, 84, 85, 90, 91, 96, 97, 112, 113, 128, 130; his birth, 65; his wife, 66; head of the _Hanif_ movement, 67; his admiration of the Jews, 124 Mohammedanism, Persian, 60, 64-114; aspects in Yezd of, 115-135 Monogamy, 177, 178 Mountain streams, 5 _Muballigh_, teacher and missionary, 88, 89 Mud, use of, 12; huts of, 28 Muhammad Hasan Khan, Governor of Yezd, 48 Muharram, 133 _Mujtahid_, 46-48, 56, 58, 73-75, 88 Mulla Bahrām of Khuramshār, a Parsi, 48 _Munāfiqīn_, hypocrites, 80 Mushīru’l Mamālik, the, 51 Mussulman _v._ Armenian morality, 118 Muzaffaru’d Dīn, Shah, 49 _Nakhl_, 134 Nāsiru’d Dīn, Shah, 48 Nāsiru’d Dīn, Mulla, and his mule, story of, 149 _Nijāsat_, 132 Non-conformity in Persia, 61 Oasis, 3, 4 Omar, Khalīf, 76, 135 Opium trade, 170 Ornamentation, of houses, 17 _Paighambarī_, 84, 85, 96, 110, 127 Parsis in Yezd, oppression and persecution of, 44-52 Pilgrimages, Mussulman, 118, 128 Plain, a typical Persian, 7 Polygamy, 177 Poor relief, 232-239 Postal arrangements, in Yezd, 36 _Qabā_, 45, 48 _Qalāntar_, 49 _Qaliān_, 25 Qum, 119 _Qurān_, the, 73, 74, 76, 77, 92, 93, 105, 107-109, 119, 120, 124, 130 Rainfall, 6, 29 Ramazān, Mohammedan Fast, 78 Rasht, 43, 233 Rice, Rev. W. A., 95 Rustami Ardishīri Dīnyār, a Parsi, 49 _Rūza khānī_, 126, 196 Sahāmu’l Mulk, 51 _Sāhibi kitāb_, a book-bearer, Mohammed regarded as the last, 72 Salāmat, a Parsi, 51 Salt and sandy deserts, 2, 3 _Saughāts_, 162 _Savābs_, 98-105 School work, in Yezd, 239-248 _Seyid_, a descendant of Mohammed, 50, 101, 102 Shaikhi sect, the, 91 _Shahr_, a town, 39 Shiahs, or nonconformists, 60, 73-78, 86, 87, 93-98, 103, 105-109, 124, 128, 134, 177, 212 Shīrāz, 36, 43 Silkworms, 233 Soldiers, Persian, 156 Streams, mountain, 5 Subhi Azal, second book-bearer of the Behāīs, 90, 92 Sufis, sect of the, 86, 108 Summer buildings, 15, 29 _Sunnat_, 73, 74 Sunnis, and their creed, 63, 72, 74, 77, 80, 94, 106 Superstition, 121-123 Tables, 23, 24 Taft village, 51, 134 _Tālār_, summer portico, 14, 15 _Tāqchas_, ledges, 16, 24-26 _Taqdīr_, 97 _Taqiya_, 212 _Tārīkhi Jadīd_, 91 _Tauhid_, 127 Taylor, Dr Elsie, 260 Teheran, 2 Telegraph line, native, 37 Tīrandāz, a Parsi, 49 _Tomān_, 47 Trinket boxes, 26 Turners, of Yezd, 23 Uncleanness, degrees of, 130-132