Pacorus, 50, 51. Pahlavi, 22, 109, 112, 117. Palestine, 7, 39. Pancatantra, 22, 189. Pārsis Early, 109, 121. Pārsis Modern, 109, 123, 161; teachings of, 146, 161; laws of, 146; anglicized, 163. Pearl, the, 309, 313. Periods, Seven, 214. Period, First, 214; second, 284; third, 309; fourth, 321; fifth, 321, 330; sixth, 321, 334; seventh, 321, 335; later, 321. Persia, 1, 46, 49; government of, 14; modern, 15, 24; physical features of, 1, 15, 87. Persian corruption, 14; magnificence, 14; romance, 1, 27, 338; scholars, 27, 191, 216, 284, 309, 323, 330, 334; texts, 44, 45. Persians, 12, 14, 40, 50. Persepolis, 13, 18, 20, 30, 44, 47, 49, 113, 340. Pigeons, the two, 189, 195. Pigeons and the Rat, 189, 204. Pir-i-sebz, 321, 325. Pinches, Theo. G., xiii, n 3. Pleiades Persian, 332. Pliny, n 36, n 69. Pluto, 60, 102. Polygamy, 165, 184. Prophets, Hebrew, 11, 41, 163. Proserpine, 60, 77. Prosperity, dangers of, 309, 319. Proverbs, Book of, 310. Punishment, 146, 156. Purification, laws of, 146, 154. Pyramus and Thisbe, 76. Q. Qāf Mount, 90, 180, 332. Queen, the, 338, 345. Quāris, 170, 172. R. Rakush, 226, 252, 278. Rāmayāna, 96, 225, 334. Rassam, 31. Rask, Dr., 116, 117. Rawlinson, Sir Henry, 32, n 35, 44. Records of the Past, n 34, n 38, n 84. Rivers, mythical, 86, 91. Rig Veda, 114. Rule, priestly, 403, 408. Rudabeh, 228, 234, 243, 244. Russian influence, 16, 403, 410. Rustem, birth of, 244; labors of, 226, 252, 254, 259; marriage of, 252, 262; conflict with Isfendiyār, 276; battle with his son, 269; death of, 283. S. Sacred Books of the East, n 20, n 115, n 150, n 156. Sa’di, 25, 286, 311, 331; works of, 309; death of, 312. Sag-did, 152, 153. Samanians, dynasty of, 24. Samarcānd, 309, 323, 371, 373, 407. Sam Suwār, 228, 261, 279. Sardanapalus, 6. Sargon, 3, 33, 51, 60. Sayce, Prof. A.H. xiii, 2, n 4, n 9, n 10, 31, n 34, 55, 64, n 95. Sea, Ægean, 6, 107; Arabian, 15; Caspian, 15. Sennacherib, 31, 34, 85, 36, n 37. Serpent King, 235, 241. Seven Eras, 214. Shapur, 114, 121, 397, 400. Shāh Mahmud, 216, 218, 222. Shāh Nāmah, 19, 22, 25, 214, 228; extracts from, 228, 232, 234, 241, 287. Shinar, 2, 4. Shirāz, 11, 14, 311, 321, 326. Sidon, 67, 108. Silver, value of, n 9. Silence the Safety of Ignorance, 309, 315. Silence, towers of, 155. Simurgh, 91, 200, 279, 322; nest of, 98, 228, 229. Sin, the Moon God, 53, 60, 65, 76. Siva, 67, 161. Sleipner, 77, 227. Society, Royal Asiatic, 32, 45. Sohrab, 252, 266, 269. Spiegel, 44, 110, 116, 117. Spenta Armaita, n 150, 153, 155. Storm Spirits, Seven, 56. Styx, 107. Sumer, 1, 2, 3. Suez, 44, 49. Susa, 44, 49, 50, 69. T.