INDICES TO THE ANNALS OF EUTYCHIUS
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INDEX OF MATTERS AND WORDS
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Abba (Father), as formerly the Alexandrian bishop was called, 332. Aedituus (sexton), a miracle-faker, beheaded, 431. Acraria, the treasury, invented, 20. Algoran (the book of Mohammedan law), reviewed by the Caliph Othman, 340. Teaches that Al-Watbek the Caliph was a creature; and he vexed those who believed in the Moslems, 413. Whose successor, Al-Motawaccel, absolved them, 447. Alla-Acbar (God is greatest), a Saracen exclamation, 508. Amirol Mumenin (Commander of the Faithful), a title of the Saracen emperors: to whom, and from whom it was given, 295, 296. Anba, an Egyptian prefix (perhaps the same as Abuna, that is, father), 481, 527, 528. Angels, cannot cohabit with women, 27. Angels led the patriarch Sem to the middle of the earth, 48. Anima rationalis (rational soul), the image of God in man, 27. Its seat is in the blood, 28. Annulus Pharaonis (Pharaoh's ring), the badge of power, given to Joseph the patriarch, 87. Aquae lotione (by the washing of waters), why the Greeks abstain from it, 520. Arcae Noachi (Noah's ark) and its construction, 35. Ark, in which the infant Moses was placed, and whence made, 69. Ark of the covenant hidden by the Philistines, 144. Returned, 147. Led to Jerusalem with pomp, 163, 164. Placed in the Temple, 176. Ars arte (The art of Ars) deluded, 432. Ascensio Christi (Ascension of Christ), 523. His feast in Egypt, 485. Astrologorum (of astrologers) prediction concerning the Genesis of Alexander the Great, 287. Astrologers carry the empire to Constantine, not yet the Great, 411. A Maximian emperor, 421, 427. Astronomia (Astronomy) invented by Zoroaster, 63, 263. Exculpated by the Greeks, 63. Aurum (gold), myrrh, and frankincense, with the body of Adam in the Al-canuz, 19. At the same time translated, 36. Lying superimposed in the ark of Noah, 39.
B
Baba (papa/pope), a title from which the Alexandrian patriarchs were first named, 332, 333. Balnea Quatuor (Four Baths) of the martyrs of Alexandria, 516. Bani Elohim (sons of God), why giants were so called, 27. Baptismus Joannis (Baptism of John), 316. In the river Jordan, 316, 352. Belli inferendi (of waging war) reasons which the Saracens consider just, 304, 307. Biblia sacra (Holy Bible), translated into Greek by the 70 interpreters, 296, and deposited in the Serapeum by Ptolemy, ibid. Brachtban. See Lapidarius (lapidary).
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Cameli praelium (Battle of the Camel, so-called), where and when fought, 343. Campana (bells), summoning by the work of the descendants of Noah to build the ark. Persians use them, 420. By them Alexandrians are called to the assembly in the time of Justinian, 155. Captivitas (captivity) of the ten tribes of Israel by Salmanassar, 232. Of the remaining Jews in Babylon, 247, 248. Carnium esu (meat eating) from which the Manichaeans abstained entirely, 315. Formerly also the clergy, ibid. How far it is permitted to seek it, 519. In what days it is allowed among the Melchites, 523. Casei esu (cheese eating) in fasts, how far abstained from, 247. Cedri (cedars) brought to Cyprus for the repair of the church of Jerusalem, 423. Census (census) of the Israelites, established by Moses in the desert, 107. Through king David, 171. Of the subjects throughout the Roman world by Augustus the Emperor; through Syria, the census official, 308. Chalifae (caliph) title, what it designates, 295. Cherubinorum (of cherubim) in the temple and tabernacle, the use of the image in churches rejected by Sophronius, 458. Christus Dominus (Christ the Lord) is born, 308. Worshipped by the Magi, 311. Through what reason he was called a Nazarene, ibid. Disputes in the temple, ibid. Suffers, 323. Is buried, 320. Rises again, ibid. Regarding his ascent into heaven in the senate, 325. Concerning their number, referring to the rise in Rome, 325, 319. His relatives before Domitian, of the kingdom, are acquitted, 547. His body was not devoid of a rational soul, nor did he attribute a phantastic body to himself, 171. Concerning his natures, person, will, and operations, the opinion of the orthodox is explained, 532. Christiani (Christians). Under persecution; they yield to Jerusalem, 539. Their forum under the Emperor Alexander Mammæus, status flourishing, 383. They suffer in Palestine from the Samaritans, 156. In Persia, the kings increase by increase, 207. The Persians objected that they were faithless, 208. And regicides, 211. Are treated as Saracens by the Saracens, 261. In Egypt they wear black clothing, 427. Ignominiously treated by the Caliph Al-Motawaccel, 448. Ciborum mundorum (of clean foods) from unclean, separated by Christ, 467. Circi (circus) of Alexandria, 319. Circumcisio (circumcision) instituted, 71. Intermitted for forty years in the desert, 111. Performed by Joshua, with stone knives, 113. Because it went as an example to some Ethiopians, ibid. Also, many bishops of Jerusalem were circumcised after Christ, 559. Clavis (key), according to the interpretation of Theodosius, signifies the power of the emperor in appointing the shepherd in the Church, 507. Clericorum (of the clergy) immunity among the Saracens, 516. Caelibatus (celibacy), formerly permitted to bishops, enjoined in the council of Nicaea, 448. Which was also required of the Patriarchs before that, 431. Caeli facies (the face of the sky) varies in Egypt, 483, 484. Columna limitanea (boundary column) between the boundaries of the Roman and Saracen empires, 292. The column with variable measurements. See Nilus. Cometa (comet) seen in the time of the Emperor Justinian, 171. In Egypt, many [seen], 484, 516, 528. Concerning the Paschal computation, writes Demetrius P. Al., 563. Concilia (synods). The Egyptian Council, by Demetrius, Patriarch of Alexandria, convoked because Ammonius defected from Christianity, 332. The Council of Antioch of the XI Fathers, which condemns the heresy of Paul of Samosata, who had recently died, 396. The First Ecumenical Council of Nicaea, 431, 432.
Dagon, idol of the Gazaeans, 140, 144. Tithe, given by Abraham to Melchizedek, 67. Released for his own subjects by the Egyptians through the arrangement of Joseph, 88. And for the kings of the Israelites, 148. Dedication of churches. See Consecration. The Feast of the Dedication of the churches of Jerusalem celebrated in the 30th year of Constantine the Great, 465. Theotokos (God-bearer), the Blessed Virgin is declared to be such at the Council of Ephesus, [b] 8. Allowance of priests and deacons from the revenues of the Church of Jerusalem, [b] 421, 427. Invocation of God by the author at the beginning of the work, 7. Giants, called the sons of God, Sethites, and why, 20, 27. Deuteronomy, written for the Israelites by Joshua, 112. Images of demons, the Caliph Al-Mutawakkil orders them to be painted on the doors of Christian homes, [b] 418. Deacons, three legates of Agatho sent to the Council of Constantinople, not admitted by the Fathers into their number, [b] 348. Deacons in the Church of Jerusalem, provided for from the revenues of the church, [b] 421, 427. Diadem, use of it granted to kings by the Emperor, [b] 231. Friday, designated by the Saracens for sacred rites, [b] 375 etc. Flood, announced, 35. Brought on, 39. Subsides, 40. Diptychs, ecclesiastical tablets, [b] 348, 539. Lord of the Sun, title of the King of Al-Sanariyah, [b] 251. Seven Sleepers, those enclosed in a cave at Ephesus under the Emperor Decius, 591. Legend of them occurring after 372 years under Theodosius the Younger, 531, 552, 585. Dragon of Babylon, held as a god, destroyed by the prophet Daniel, 259. Duel between David and Goliath, 152.
E Churches, many erected by Constantine the Great at his own expense, 451. Others by his order, 31. Others by his mother Helena, 456. Christian churches destroyed by the Samaritans in Palestine, [b] 156, and by the Emperor Justinian, [b] 159. Churches of Egypt occupied by the Jacobites, restored to the Melchites, [b] 411. Churches of Egypt, Palestine, and Syria destroyed by the Saracens, [b] 512, 515. The Caliph Al-Muqtadir orders them to be restored, [b] 515. Alexandrian churches, many built by the Patriarchs of Alexandria; Timotheus, 491, Theophilus, 528, Athanasius the Jacobite, [b] 108. Alexandrian churches: those of Arcadius, built by Theophilus, 548, [b] 132. St. John's, by the same, 528, which is also called Abi-Joannis; where the traitor Al-Muqawqis wished to be buried, [b] 344. Al-Kaisariah, formerly a temple of Saturn, built by Cleopatra. Then the church of Michael the Archangel, 503. Occupied by the Jacobites, restored to the Melchites, [b] 387. Burned by fire, [b] 303. St. Mary's, built by the Patriarch Theophilus, 528; St. Michael's. See Al-Kaisariah. St. Sabas, which alone remained to the Melchites, [b] 384. Theodosian, built by the Patriarch Theophilus, 528. Bethlehemite church, by the Emperor Justinian,
163. St. Mary in Damascus (which also consisted of gold), 513. Propeum, desecrated by the Moslems, 513. The church of the Sleepers, built by the Emperor Theodosius, 535. Jerusalem church, restored by the monk, 219. Urbs Saracenis reddita, church protection, 219. That it was protected against the pact, 528. Constantine’s, Jerusalem, by Helena, 435. In Persia, destroyed, 212. Modestus’s monastery, 219, 213. How much gold Omar the Caliph took from it, 281. Afterwards converted into a Mohammedan oratory, 291. Also burned, 528, 531. Skull in the same place had a female founder, 455. The Persians ravaged, 212. Restorer Modestus, 219, 215. Set on fire by the Saracens, 528, 531. Germanis (or Jesmanis) church in the same place, built by Theodosius, 536. In Persia destroyed, 212. Helena, ibid., by the Patriarch built, 108. By Justinian finished, 159. In Persia destroyed, 212. Church of the Resurrection, ibid. Founded by Helena, 435, 183, 192. Repaired by the Abbot Modestus, 219, 215. By Omar the Caliph, 281. When the roof was ruined, repaired, 420, 425. Whence the Saracens intended it, ibid. By whom it was burned, 531. Holwan of Egypt, church of the two Chamberlains (or St. John’s) built, 268. Kalzemi of Egypt, church of St. Athanasius by the Emperor Justinian, 165. Kasr al-Shama, at Fustat in Egypt, church of St. Abuciri, Jacobite, 371. Which afterwards yielded to the Melchites, 387. Church of St. George at the same place, 371. At Kobbath Hawa in Egypt, the church of the Romans, by the two Chamberlains, 451. Phostati, Egypt, church of St. Michael, burial place, 491, 524. Church of St. Theodore in the same place (formerly the temple of fire), 267. Ramla, church of St. Cyriacus destroyed by the Saracens, 512. That it is the church of St. Cosmas, ibid. Edessa church built by Helena, 456. In Sinai, the church of St. Mary built by Justinian, 163. Tennisi in Egypt, the church of Bhutha destroyed by the Moslems, 515. Tyri, church of the Jews destroyed, 223. See Monastery and Temple. Eclipse of the sun, Christ suffering, 319. Constantine, 107. Also under Al-Rashid the Caliph, 411, 412. Alms and generosity, which he gave, Theodosius (afterwards emperor) and Theophilus (afterwards Patriarch of Constantinople), 496. And St. John the Merciful, Patriarch of Alexandria, 216. Elephants of Bahram Chobin, King of Persia; destroyed, 87. Eulogies of the philosophers at the death of Alexander the Great, 288, 291, 292. Epiphany feast, 428, 523, 524. Bishops in Egypt were first ordained by Demetrius, Patriarch of Alexandria, 352, 363. From apostolic times until the Council of Nicaea it was permitted to have wives, 448. The Nubians were ordained by the Patriarch of Alexandria, and also the Jacobites, as usual, 587. Also ordained by the Patriarch, the paralytics serving in his place, 411. Taxes paid to Al-Muqtadir, the Caliph, 316. Epistles written in various formulas among the Arabs, 419. Horse of Yazdegerd, King of Persia, killed, 80. Horses of the Christians forbidden by Al-Mutawakkil, the Caliph, 448. Gospel, how David refers to Saul, 159. Gospel of Matthew written in Hebrew, 159; that of John in Greek, 328. Mark written in Latin, 333; Luke in Greek D and written in Greek, 353; John written on the island of Patmos, 548. Excommunication sentence imposed on certain Arians by the Council of Nicaea, 450. Constantine, who was re-admitted by them, 450. Exodus of the Israelites from Egypt, 101.
F Famine great in Egypt and Syria, 88. Other later, 476. With plague in Greece, 132. Samaria besieged, 212. Jerusalem, besieged by Nebuchadnezzar, 217. And under Titus besieged, 340. And under Al-Ma’mun the Caliph, 420. By the Roman Empire, under Claudius, 328. Under Marcus Aurelius, 360. Ferraria, where it was invented, 20. Feasts of ancient Christians celebrated, namely: the feast of the Ascension of the Lord, 483. By the Council of Chalcedon confirmed, 148. Dedication of churches under Constantine the Great, 461. Of the Sleepers under the Emperor Theodosius, 535. Epiphany, 448, 523, 524. Feast of St. Michael (Alexandria), 455. Nativity of the Blessed Virgin, ibid. Passion of the Lord, under Constantine the Great, 461. Lamentation, 132. Jephthah and his daughter, 132. Sons of God, and why so called, 27. Faith no penalty for one who violates it, 116, 119. Among Jews from the time of Heraclius, 240. Example and event of one who violates it; for violating the faith due to the king, how they satisfied it, 292, 293. Formula of letters written among the Arabs, 419. Babylonian furnace, 248. Fora and hospices for the new construction of the Egyptians by the emperor, 312. Fraud of the Nisibenes, how it resulted badly, 376, 379. Foundation of the sciences, 8. Funeral of Darius by Alexander the Great, with military leadership, 276, 279.
G Genealogical tables of the Jews taken away by Herod, 308. Dispersion of peoples after the flood, 52, 56. Giants, 16, and the sons of Seth, and the daughters of Cain, 60.
H Hemorrhoids plague Gaza, 114. Hegira (Mohammedan era), 227. Hippodrome in Alexandria burned, 108. Honor to the kings, kissing their letters, etc., 435. Honorary titles of some kings by the Emperor Heraclius, 231. Hosanna, day celebrated at Jerusalem at the first Passover, 528, 531. Hydropic, mandrake root useful, 455.
I Idolatry’s beginnings and growth, 56. Specifically among the Egyptians, Babylonians, and the Franks, ibid. And Israelites, 60, 119. Idols and images of the earth broken, 60. Edict of Constantine the Great, 451. Some names of idols: Ashtaroth, 119, 127, 123. Astarte (Pallas), 199. Baal and Baalim, ibid. Temple of Baal destroyed by Gideon, 121. Jezebel’s, in Samaria built, 195. (Prophetess, 199.) Soon destroyed by Jehu's, 219. Bel of Babylon, 219. Works of Daniel destroyed, 256, 259. Dagons 149. Michael, Alexandrian, 423. Sin, in Harran, a Chaldean and Queen Chayebab built; with the temple burned, 72. Fire first consecrated by Zoroaster, 267. That it was later converted to the worship of Phostat, 119, 127, 123. That it was commended to Darius, who died after being defeated by Alexander, 276. Bahram Chobin, King of Persia, worshipped it with supreme reverence, 83, 84, 87. Image of God in the soul, 27. Image which Nebuchadnezzar saw in his dream, 235. Images in churches, the principle which Theophilus held, 448. That their worship was idolatrous, he argued; Sophronius to the Pope, Abukorra on that for the defense, 452. Emperor of the faithful (title of the Caliphs). See Commander of the Faithful. Partition of the empire after the death of Alexander the Great, 293. And under Constantine the Great, among his sons, 471. Mutual imprecations of Chrysostom and Epiphanius, 344. New inventions, and origins of the first, namely: Invention
of the cross, 423. Invention of the head of John the Baptist, 425. Invented, various traditions concerning it, 381, 388. Monastic life, how it began, ibid. Under Constantine the Great, 495. Monks of the Orient, their habit, 196, 198. Monks of the East/Egypt, 160. Monks, Palestinian, Anastasia imperial, excommunicated, 143. Monks, that they ought not to be forced to bear arms, 160. Many others in the East, ibid. In Mount Sinai under Justinian, 160, 163. Monks in Palestine and Egypt, 160, 163, 164. Monks of Damascus, 515. Monasteries, 53, 54. Kar- A -pon, 46. Monastery of St. Theodosius, 195, 198. Monastic life in Palestine, 107. Law of Moses in Mount Sinai, 107. Pronoia and its definition, 42. Providential care, see God’s Providence, 467. Free will in man and after the fall, 355. Language, whether it was given by God, 31. Languages, confusion of, 52. Gift, through the Holy Spirit, 323. Locusts, pests in Palestine, 420. In Egypt also, 519. Long life, Simeon Just, 296. Centenary mourning for the death of Abel, 16 days, 19. Of Adam, 19. Quadragesimal, for the death of the patriarchs, namely, Seth, 28. Enosh, ibid. Cainan, 31. Mahalalel, 32. Jared, 32. Lamech, ibid. Methuselah, 33. Noah, 47. Light/Lumen, 31, 59. Primordial light, before the sun was created, 59. Magic, discovered by Zoroaster, 263. Magi, fire-worshippers, 64. Incestuous intercourse, ibid. Magi worship Christ, 312. Mandrake, milk against dropsy, 455. Mani, Tekel, Phares, writing that Balthasar king of Babylon read, 256. Manna, rains from heaven, 101. Males and females in the area of Noah separated, 59. Martyrs of Ephesus under the emperor Decius, 388. Martyrs, etc.
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Musk, a pound offered to Abdollah shortly before his death, imparted a sweet fragrance to the deceased, b 367. Musical instruments invented by Cain’s descendants, 20, 21. Myrrh. See Gold.
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Nativity of Christ (on the) day, the author's investigation, 417. Nativity of Christ festival. See Feast. Concerning the two natures in Christ, the opinion of the Council of Ephesus, b 8. Concerning the same, the author's disputation against the Nestorians, b 15, 72. And against the Jacobites, b 147, etc. Necessity of sinning, none lies upon men. Nigris vestments were worn by Christians under the Caliph Al-Mamun, b 455. Name changed, after he became patriarch, an example in the author, b 419. Ninth (at the) hour, the breaking of the fast, b 218. Nosocomium (hospital) for pilgrims founded by the emperor Justinian at Jerusalem, b 160. Notaries, only Christians to be admitted, by decree of Constantine the Great, 451. Nummus (coin) of Decius, seen when Theodosius was emperor, appeared as if of wonderful antiquity, 532. Nuptials of the second Leon the emperor, who had been a lector, prohibited by the Patriarch of Constantinople; permitted by a synod assembled for that matter, b 487. Nurse of the children of the emperor Maurice, in order to rescue her foster-child, presented [him] to the tyrant Phocas to be killed, b 211. B
Roman Senate, refused to wish for God as Christ, 324. Seventy, interpreters of the Scriptures, 296. Sepulcher of the diggers, primary origin, 152. Sepulcher of Christ converted by the Jews into a refuse heap, 323. Where the Temple of Venus was built by the Gentiles, 355. Its discovery and the investigation of the Lord’s Cross by Constantine the Great, 451. Church built upon its discovery, b 219, 243. Sepulcher of the Caliph Al-Muntasir, plastered over by decree, b 456. Serapis, an Egyptian idol, 296. Serpents, fierce in the desert, 108. Bronze serpent erected for aid, ibid. Broken by Hezekiah, 235. Servitude of the Israelites in Egypt for two hundred and seventeen years, 100. Why they are said to be in servitude for four hundred years, 103. Servant, freed from the danger of his master, b 260. Sesamum, a measure of, sent by Darius to Alexandria, 263. Siccitas (Drought) of three years, averted by the prayers of the prophet Elijah in Judea, 156. Five years in the same place, after the exile of Elijah the Patriarch of Jerusalem, b 147. Sin, an idol in Chaldean Harran, 72. Sinai, a sack sent by Alexander to Darius, 272. Sun, patience of, towards Christ, 319. See Eclipses. Solitary, permissible only to some kings, by concession of Heraclius, b 231. Sleep of the baker and the cupbearer of Pharaoh, 81. Pharaoh’s, 87. Under the Emperor Theodosius, 496, 499. Spirit, holy, in Christ his disciples, 523. His divinity, 479. Denied by Macedonius in the Council of Constantinople, I, 511. Where the procession of the Holy Spirit is asserted, 512. Statue of Boctanasser erected for adoration, 218. Statue of the Emperor Heraclius violated by a Saracen, b 292. Star, guide of the Magi to Christ, 311. Stelliones (lizards) in the treasury, 144. Stratagem of Heraclius, where he escaped the enemy by diverting a river, b 236. Symbol, Nicene, established, 444. With addition in the Council of Constantinople, I, 514. Whether continued in the Council of Chalcedon, b 93. Symbol, Constantinopolitan, b 331.
T Tabernacles, invented by Cain, 20. Tabernacle of the Covenant, constructed by Moses, 108. Tablets of the Law broken by Moses, ibid. Their fragments deposited in the Ark itself, ibid. Taxis (Order) of the patriarchs, established in the Council of Constantinople, I, 12. Tempest, great, in Egypt, b 483. Temple of the Jews in Jerusalem, built by Solomon, 172. In what year from the beginning of the reign of David, 176. Its description, 175. Its destruction by Sennacherib, 335. Its spoils deported to Babylon by Boctanasser, 214. Destroyed by Nebuchadnezzar, 247. Its profanation by Belshazzar, total ruin, 260. Decreed to be rebuilt by Cyril II, 260. Totally destroyed by Titus, 343. Temple of the Gentile gods in Alexandria, built by Severus, 572. Temple of Serapis, ibid. In which the Bible of the LXX is stored, 296. Temple of Saturn, ibid. Built by Cleopatra, 300. Where a statue of Michael was worshipped, 435. Then converted into a church of the Archangel Michael, ibid. Which burned down in the flames, b 503. Temple of the Mohammedans, what it should be, b 432. The one at Alexandria, Damascus, and Jerusalem, enlarged by Caliph Walid, b 372, 373. Temple of the Mohammedans, common in Egypt, built by Telunis, b 472. At Alexandria anew, b 372, 373. At Jerusalem. See Petra. Mecca, most celebrated, partially destroyed, b 367. Of Mesr, enlarged, b 407. And added to, b 420. Built anew at Fustat, b 368. See Church. Terremoto (Earthquake) in the world, first topple the temples of idols, 60. Various in Egypt, b 476, 528. At Alexandria, after the death of the Patriarch Proterius, b 103. At Antioch, b 147, 192. At Constantinople after the death of John Chrysostom, 347. Others, at the time of Zeno, b 107. Tetrarch of Judea, 315. Θ Θ, inscribed on the pavement of Alexandria, interpreted by Patriarch Theophilus, 527. Theriaca (Antidote) of Andromachus, 339. Treasure of Alexandria found, 527. Throne. See Solium. Frankincense. See Gold. Title, successor to Mohammed, how it changed, b 295, 296. Tartars, use of in medicine, b 408. Tribute, remitted to Palestine by Emperor Justinian, b 159. And the clerics of Caliph Al-Muqtadir, b 316. Debt among the Saracens, the tax ordered to be paid to the Egyptians by ‘Abd al-Aziz, b 371. Trina immersio (Triple immersion) in baptism, signifies the Trinity, b 52. Explained in the mystery of the Trinity, b 52. In the Council of Constantinople, 512. Typicon, that of Sabas, b 217. Church, b 218.
U Just retribution, of the accuser of Daniel, 256. Of those who struck Darius by Alexander. The Great exalted, 279. Daughter of King Al-Sawalis, 368, 571. Union of two natures in Christ, b 43, 44. Unity in the Divine, 52. Wives, once permitted to bishops, 413. Not to patriarchs, 451.
V Day of Venus, designated for the Mohammedans, b 375, 393, 435, etc. Temple of Venus, in the place where Christ was buried, 355. Winds and storms in Egypt, b 483. Version of the LXX, and when it was made, 296. Vestments, such as Caliph Al-Mutawakkil enjoined upon the Christians, b 448. Widow of Zarephath received the prophet Elijah, 196. Wine and bread, sacrifice enjoined to Melchizedek, 44. Vision of a Constantinopolitan, b 196, 199. Of the compassionate John, father, b 215, 216, 219. Golden calf, worshipped by the Israelites, 108. Golden calves forged by Jeroboam, 187. Voluntariness (concerning) in Christ, 51, 61. Disputed among the Jacobites, b 151, b 28. A controversy for 46 years undecided, b 271. Of the Monothelite sentiment, b 327, 328. Condemned in the Council of Constantinople, b 351, 352. Vow of Jephthah, 131.
TOPOGRAPHICAL INDEX, OR OF PLACES
Namely r, of Regions; u, of Cities; g, of Gentile names derived therefrom; p, of peoples; ins, of islands (rivers and mountains are listed in the index at the end). — Proper nouns, whether of places (as in the present index) or of persons (as in the following index), as many as begin with Al (the Arabic article) (which, at the whim of the reader, can be omitted or retained, and is more often than not considered negligible by the author himself) have been revoked to their primitives, as the nature of the alphabet demanded, neglecting the article as it were.
A Aanab, u. Palestine: village of grapes (but read, perhaps, Anat, namely Anathoth), 242. Aazar. (Gezer) u. Palestine, 180. Al-Abbasia, u. Egypt, in Al-Huph, b 493. Al-Abbasians, strong gentile, b 281, 360, 376. Abasita, u. b 372. Abdad, u. Palestine, 116. Abrahasahr, u. (al. Abrashahr) again according to the nulls, namely Nishapur, u. Khorasan, b 128. Abukair, ins. Egypt, b 508.
Achmim, town, Egypt, 500, b 431. Achshaph, town, Palestine, captured by Joshua, 115. Adawensis, people, b 545. Aderbijan (or as others say, Adrabijan), town, Persia (founded by Nimrod, 64), b 83, 200, 207. Where there is a sacred fire temple, b 84. Is taken by the Saracens, b 295. Arianopolis, town, Thrace, 492. Adullam, town, Palestine, 116. Africa, region, b 195. Is subdued by the Saracens, b 340. Egypt, region, passim. How the servitude of the Israelites there is to be considered, 100, 105. Its kings after Alexander the Great, 296, 299. Is subdued by the Saracens, b 203. A tribute is imposed upon them, b 519. Occupied by Ahmed son of Tulun, b 471. Recovered by the Caliph Al-Mu'tamid, b 495. Occupied again by Ubayd Allah the Shiite, b 595. The Egyptians are especially addicted to idolatries, 56. Infected with Arianism and Manichaeism, 479, 515. They fall away into Eutychianism, b 91, 99. Egyptian script, 55. Aelia (Jerusalem), town, founded from the ruins of Jerusalem by the Emperor Aelius Hadrian, 525, b 284. Ethiopians, people, 55, 111, b 188. Ethiopic script, 55. Ahwaz, region adjacent to Persia, 295, 419, b 131. Alexandria (metropolis of Egypt, founded by Alexander the Great, and established as the seat of the empire, 280. Enlarged by the hippodrome of Ptolemy Lagus, 299, b 103. (Which burned down during the reign of Zeno, ibid., b 108.) Suffers an inundation, 480. Its suburbs are burned by Kobad the Persian, b 132. Besieged by the Saracens, b 312. And taken by force after fourteen months, b 519. How much of everything was found therein at that time, ibid. The Caliph Omar wished to spare it when captured, but made it tributary, ibid. Recovered by Manuel the eunuch, b 539. But it was soon lost, ibid., b 340. Captured by Ubayd Allah the Shiite, b 503. And by Abul-Qasim son of Ubayd Allah, b 507. The citizens, driven from the city by the eunuch Thamal, are deported to the island of Abukair, b 503. Of whom more than two hundred thousand perish of hunger, b 511. The rest return to the city, ibid. Alexandria is converted to the faith of Christ through Saint Mark, 528. The polity of the Church there is ancient, 331. Renovated by the Patriarch Alexander; on the Patriarchs there, when and why they are called "pope" (avi), 383. The First Council of Constantinople assigns them the third place, 512. The Alexandrians, in time of persecution, perform sacred rites in caves, 599. They are imbued with Arianism and Manichaeism, 479. And Eutychianism, b 91, 99. Hence the rivalry of factions between the Melkites (the orthodox) and the Jacobites (the heretics), b 581. Who burn the patriarch Proterius after he was miserably mangled, b 103. But those who apply force to the patriarch Apollinarius are killed, b 135. Whence the Melkites obtain the chair, ibid. Yet so that the see has often been vacant, b 220, 348, 488—even for 97 continuous years, b 267, 587. Amaaphe (Al-Maapher), place in Egypt, b 472. Almakas. See Al-Maks. *Anækitæs*, people, descended from Esau, 80. Devoted to slaughter by God, 152. Amedus, or Amidus, town of Assyria, 268, 252. Occupied by the Persians, 367. Ravaged, b 132. Ammonites, people, oppress the Israelites in servitude, 128. Defeated by Euphamia, 131. Their slaughter, 203. Amorites, people, 67, 68. Amuria, town of Asia Minor, captured by Al-Mu'tasim, b 459, 440. Anawensis, people, b 395. Anbar, town on the eastern bank of the Euphrates (there is another of the same name near Balcham), b 396, 599. Al-Anchaz, region, 55. Al-Ançirdah, region, 53. Ancyra, town of Phrygia, b 88. Captured and burned by the Caliph Al-Mu'tasim, b 439. Ancyrensis (Cyrensis, people of the city of Cyros in Syria), b 171. Ani (Al-), town of Palestine, captured by Joshua, 111, 116. An-Arjaz, allowed to use the diadem by the Emperor Heraclius, b 231. Ansariensis, people, b 560. Amena, town of Egypt, 500. Antioch, town of Syria (formerly Riblah), 53, 247. Named from Antiochus its founder, 299. Collapsed twice by earthquake, b 147, 192. Captured by Kesra, king of the Persians, b 180. Occupied by Ahmed son of Tulun, b 471. Labors under Arianism, 470. Its see is vacant for twenty-two years, b 195. The First Council of Constantinople assigns the Patriarchs there the fourth place, b 512. Aphlagunia (perhaps Paphlagonia), region, 55. Arabs, people, descended from Kahtan son of Eber, 47. Some of their tribes are listed, b 272. Hostile to the monks warned by the Chinese, b 160. Compelled to Islam by the Caliph Abu Bakr, b 256. Arabic script, 55. Arad, town of Palestine, 116. Aram (Syria), region, 116. Ardesbir Achorha, or rather, as others say, Ardsbir-Chorra, town of Persia, 575, b 131. Ardol' Chamsin, place on an Egyptian island, b 504. Ariodomus (Ordonnus), region, captured by the Saracens, b 272. Arish, village of Egypt on the border, b 299. Armenia, greater and lesser, region, 55. Subdued by the Saracens, b 240. Seduce into heresy by Jacob Baradaeus, b 147. Armenian script, 55. Arsagena (Carthage), town of Africa, 595. Asatenata, village of Cyprus, b 220. Ascapha (Al-), place in the jurisdiction of Damascus, b 491. Ashanensis (Asanensis), people, b 564. Ashmur, region of Egypt, b 592 (perhaps Ashmum or Ashmun). Asia, region, 548. Askelon (Eglon), town of Palestine, 155, 115. Captured by Joshua, 112, 115. And by the Saracens, b 296. Askelanensis, people, b 515, 592. Asphahan, town of Persia, b 251. Astarahad, town, which is Corch-Misanis (Bisan), founded by Asdæsbire the Persian, 375. Asyutus (Lycopolis), town of Egypt, 432. Athens, town of Attica, 267. Awabitæ, people of Palestine, 115. Aweseg, a region between Antioch and Aleppo, addicted to Maronitism, b 191. Ayela (Al-), town (perhaps Al-Abbollab), 375. Azaria (Abiezer), town, 127. Azdensis, people, b 396, 400. Azdshir Chorab, town, b 131. (See Ardsbir Achorha), 375. Azekab, town of Palestine, 112, 184. Azzensis, people, b 471.
B Baalbec, town of Syria, surrendered to Ubayda, b 285. Babandum (Al-), Cilicia, b 435. Babamudah (perhaps Abnud), village of Said in Egypt, b 431. Babel (Babylon), town (founded by Nimrod, 64), 35, 52, 252, etc. On the building of the tower there, the seventy-two descendants of Noah consult, 51. Namely: the descendants of Shem, 25, 52; the descendants of Ham, 27, 53; the descendants of Japheth, 15, 55. Its location and size, 52. Babel (Babylonia), region occupied by the Persians, 567. The Babylonian captivity of the Israelites, 247, 248. Babylonian script, 52. Babylonians, people, idolaters, 56. Addicted to Arianism, 476. Bacca (read Racca), town, b 492. Badeisensis (Al-) (Abadegisensis), people, b 416. Bagdad, town founded by the Caliph Al-Mansur, taking its name from a Bagdadan anchorite, b 599. Barbar Samer, town of Caramania, 575. Bahman Azdashir (or Ardshir), town on the Euphrates at Basra, 575. Bahnas (Al-), region of Egypt (perhaps the same which others call Ahnas; province of Egypt), captured by Abul-Qasim, b 504, 507. Bahrain (Al-) (Mesopotamia), region, 52, 119, b 520. Bajaitæ (Al-), people, 55. Bajtac (Al-), region, 55. Baknasa (Al-) (the Al-Bahnae of others, Ahnas), region of Egypt, b 504, 507. Bal (perhaps Dan, town of Palestine), 194. Balasur, town of Persia, founded by King Balabe, b 127. Bani Omar, region (of Armenia), 40. Banu Salehis. See Lachmenses. Baniasus (Bethshan), town of Palestine, 156. Barabia (Jamnea), town of Palestine, b 95. Barbart, people, 53. Barka, region of Egypt, 427, b 519. Captured by Ubayd Allah the Shiite, b 503. Saint Mark preached there, 335, 336. Barmus, town of Palestine, 106. Basra (or Basora), town of Eraki, 575, b 295, 596. See Euphrata, town, b 515, 459. Ravaged by the rebel Ahi, b 468. Captured by the rebel Soliman, b 520. Batayeh (Al-), marshes between Waset and Basra, b 459. Batendun, town of Palestine, 116. Batnia, part of the jurisdiction of Damascus, b 264, 272, 476. Batshur (Betzhor), town of Palestine, 184. Beerah, town of Palestine, 127. Beersheba, town of Palestine, 148. Beitshemus (Betshemesh), town of Palestine, 147, 224, 227.
TOPOGRAPHICAL INDEX
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A Belcha, r. 111, 188. Bethel, u. Palest., 111, 120. Bethlehem, u. Palest. 184, Birth of Christ, 311, 312. By Omar Caliph, 288. Birseba (Beer-sheba), u. Palest., 225. Bithynia, r., 431. Bohairah, r. Damascena, 388. Bulgari (Bulgarians), people, 55, 512. Their king, Leo the Emperor, desires the sister [of the Bulgar] for his son in marriage. Having been refused, he brings war. Having accepted the daughter of Domitius, he is pacified, ibid. Burah, u. Egypt, 125, 452, 471. Busiensis (al-) people, 415. Busir Kurindes, otherwise Ashmuris (perhaps Ashmumis, or Ashmunis), in Egypt, 392. Byzantium, u. Thrace, 55, 408. Built as Constantinople, 471.
C
Caesarea, u. Cappadocia, 485. Caesarea, u. Palest., 264, 300, 395, 515. Captured by Saracens, 296. Calh, Most-Arab tribe, 272. Hence Calhensis, 363, 388, 391. Canacar, village of Damascus, 491. Canaanae, (Palestine), 55. Canaanite, people, 116. Canuz (Al-) cave in the holy mountain where Adam was buried, 19, 23. And the relics of the patriarch Noah, Seth, 28, 31, 32, 35. Canum cave (1. Celab, i.e., cave of Canum), prepared in vain for the King of Judah as a hiding place, 347. Cappadocia, r., 53, 383, 412. Caphar Phacar, village of Rohoe (Edessa), Helena, mother of Constantine, birthplace of, 408. Caramania, r., 375. Carbala, loc. in the territory of Eraki, 365. Carsa (Tirzah), u. Palest., 116. Carthage, u. Africa, 388. Caryun (1. Ceryaun), loc. Egypt, 312. Cescar (Cascar), r. 111. Cetamensis, or Cethamensis, people, 308. Chaldaei, inhabitants of Babylonia, 52. Chaldea, scripture, ibid. Charsenab, r., 55. Chalediah, (Al-) r., 55. Chaselensis, people, 604. Chat (Al-), Transoxiana, 373. Cattan (Al-), (1. Al Cannani), people, 365. Choat-Sabur, u. Persia (Susa), founded by King Sapor, 471. Chorasan, r., 53, 84, 111, 127, 188, 309, 355, 376, 392, 415, 436, 520. Saracens defeated, 310. A Raphael, in Lithuania [sic] occupied, 412. Choruzensis, g., 343. Chowareznia, r., 447. Chozaensis, g., 404. Chozar, (Al-) r., 55. Chozari, people (Abars). Claudia, u. founded by King Prisco, 372. (By this name Claudius Ptolemy, of geography, the father [of the name]). Constantinople, u. Thrace, built by Constantine the Great, and for fourteen years besieged, 212, 223, 229. The siege is broken, 226. CP is the seat of the patriarchs, 435, 301, 307, 428, council, Nicaean, 141. Arianism uninfected, 476. Patriarch of CP, second in order by decree of the CP council, first, 512. Cophitiae, people, 55. Egyptian Christians (the name primarily for the sect), Jacobites, 435, 301, 428, Saracens and Greeks drive them from Egypt, and they bring aid, 311, 312, 340. Corch Choab Sabur, u. founded by King Sapor of Persia (Susa), 471, 472. Corch Misan (al. Bisan), r., 373. Corinthus, u. Greece, 11. Cos, island, 264. Crete, isl., 55. Cyprus, isl., 55, 215, 219, 220, 536. Cedri, and the restoration of the Church of the Resurrection in Jerusalem, under conquest, 423. Cyprii, people, treaty entered into with the Saracens, 340. Cusa, u., 343, 395, 399. Captured by the rebel Soliman, 520. Cushaei, who are the Nigritae (Ethiopians), people, 191.
D
Dabbensis, or Dobbensis, people, 400, 435. Daibal, u. India, 83. Dalia, (Al-) Syria (to the west of the Euphrates), 492. Dalmatia, (1. Dalmitia), (the city of Dalmatia) Salonas; destroyed, 407. Damascus u. Syria, 68, 219, 220, 210. Captured and burned by King Salman-Asure, 131. A Persian, 212. A Saracen, for six months besieged, 276. Terms of surrender agreed upon by one of the B commanders blockading, the remaining ones ignorant, 279, 280. By Ahmed son of Tolunis occupied, 447. Its port, Cisan and Thomas, and Jabia, and parva, 276, 279. Damascene church, its immunities by Caliph Omar kept, 280. Ecclesiastics of St. John of Mal-Malechi the Caliph refuse to sell, 461. Which the Caliph Walid destroyed, 375. Dares (1. Dades, understand Dadastana), u. on the border of Bithynia and Galatia, 487. Debir, u. Palest., by Joshua captured, 115, 116. Destar (1. Radestar), (Eleasar), u. Palest., 67. Dhan, u. Egypt, 96. Dilam, (Al-) r., 55, 188. Dorylaeum, u. Phrygia, 84. Duriz Phiruz, u. in Cescar, founded by King Phiruz of Persia, 111. Diyar Rabia (or Diarrabia), r., 40, 52.
E
Ebraei, people, descended from the patriarch Eber, 52. Hebrew Scripture, ibid. Echmim, location in Saide Egypt, 12. Edom, r., 68. Einshernes (which is On) (Heliopolis), u. Egypt, 87. Ekron (Ephron), u. Palest., 147, 148. Eracus, r. (Babylonian, but Chaldean), 12, 87, 200, 256, 363, 592, 493, 516. Where it is cognominal with Cyrus, C of Prisco, 72. Tributary to Caliph Abubekr, 259. Esthaol, u. Palest., 140. Estochrita, people, 367. Evei (Hivites), people, 116. Euphrates (or Euphrata), river, 375 (so called, because it draws water from the Euphrates).
F (see under Ph)
Franci, European people, 55. Primarily idolaters, 56. Frankish scripture, 55.
G
Gabaa, citadel of Palest., 147. Gatlath, u. Palest., 67. Galaad, u. Palest., 151. Galgal (Gilgal), u. Palest., 151. Galilaea, r., 319, 323. Laid waste by Emperor Vespasian, 559. Mountain region inhabited by the Jews, 212, 250, 240, 243. Garriyan (or Gerayan), near Cusam, 343. Gasan, tribe of the Most-Arabs, 272. Gath, u. Palest., 184, 223. Gath-Haphar (II Kings, xiv, 25), u., 227. Gaur (Al-), r. (Parthia), 504, 513, 535. Inhabited by Arabs, 316. Gaza (which is Gezir), u. Palest., 115, 136, 259. The prefect of its surrender converses with Omar, 280. U. Palest., 116. Gehenna, valley near Jerusalem, 288. Georjan, u. between Chorasan and Tabarestan, 412. Gerar, u. Palest., 67. Gergesei, people, Palest., 116. Geshur, r., 168. Gibeon, u. Palest., 111. Admitted into society by Joshua, 112. Gibbethon, u., 188. Gijun (leg. Gibeon), u., 112. Gilead, u. Palest., 128. Gilgal, 1. Palest., where the Jews were circumcised by Joshua, 116. Giza, r. struck by the heresy of Jacobus Baradaeus, 147. Golgotha, place of a skull, at Jerusalem, where Christ was buried, 475. Gomorrha, r. divinely destroyed, 67, 71. Goutah, valley near Damascus, 280, 283. Graeci, people, 55. Astronomers, 63. Wherefore they abstain from water, 520. Greek Scripture, 55.
H
Habash (Al-), Abyssinians, people, 191, Habib, the valley of Hobab (Wadi Hobaib), Egypt, 539, 107, 153.
Hacmensis, gen., b 372. Haleb (Aleppo), city, in Syria, surrendered to Obaida, b 285. Halebensis, gen., b 488. Halwan (see Holwana), three places enjoy this name: 1st, city in Iraq; 2nd, a village [in] Egypt; 3rd, a region of Khorasan, b 232. Haham, city of Syria, fortified by the Emperor Anastasius, b 131. Infected with Maronitism, b 191. Where a monastery was built upon the death of Maro, ibid. Hamdanensis, gen., b 131, 360. Hamesa and Hamsus, city. See Hemsus. Hamyarites, people, b 188. Hamyaritic script, 52. Hanacensis, gen., b 445. Which is also Jabalensis, b 44. Haran (i.e., Hauran), region, 53. Hanyarensis, gen., b 403. Hapher, city of Palestine, 116. Haaab, city. Haran, region, drank in heresy from Jacob Baradaeus, b 147. Harawan, city, founded by Kobad, king of the Persians, b 131. Harethensis, gen., b 395. Harran, city of Chaldaea, 64, 76. Given over to idolatry, consumed by fire, 72. Harranites, people, 115. Haruni (Al-), a fortress built by the Caliph Harun al-Wathiq, b 445. Hashemia, city in Anbar, founded by the Caliph Abu al-Abbas, b 396. Hasir (or Hasur), city of Palestine, taken by Joshua, 115, 116, 120. Haur (i.e., Jaur), city of Persia, 375. Hayet Al-Ajuz, the walls of Egypt, 503. Hebron, city of Palestine, 116, 133, 159. Taken by Joshua, 115. Hejaz, region of the Midianite dominion, 99, b 259. Hems (or Hemsus, Hamesa, or Hamsus) (Emesa), city of Syria, midway between Damascus and Aleppo, b 11, 259, 272, 292, 383, 492. Surrendered to Obaida, b 285. Heshbon, city of Palestine, 107. Jerusalem, royal city of Melchizedek, 68, 142. Built by King Solomon, 172. Taken and sacked by Jehoash, king of Israel, 224. Made tributary by Pharaoh Necho, king of Egypt, 245. Taken by Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, 214. Taken and destroyed after a three-year siege by Nebuzaradan, 247. Taken by the Roman Pompey, 305. Surrounded by a triple wall by the Jews meditating a revolt, 539. Besieged by Vespasian and Titus, ibid., and 540. And taken, 343. Razed by the Emperor Hadrian, 352. And Aelia built in its place, 553. Jews forbidden by Constantine the Great to dwell in it, 467. Devastated by the Persians, and the churches there demolished, b 212. Surrendered to the Caliph Omar, b 284. The Caliph Abd al-Malik ordered pilgrimages to be made there, b 564. Where he also enlarged the Muhammadan temple, ibid. Where also the Caliph Walid, b 372. The bishop there is raised to the rank of patriarch by the Council of Constantinople, 512, 543. Churches and a hospital were built there by the Emperor Justinian, b 159. The patriarchal chair there remained vacant for fifteen years, b 215; now six, b 248. Hegaria, region, 324. Spaniards, people, 55. Spanish script, 55. Husa (Havilah), city of Palestine, 152. Hiyateli (al. Haltale), region of Transoxiana, 111, 119, b 188. Hobaib, valley of Egypt. See Habib. Holwan, city of Egypt, where a church of St. John was built by two chamberlains of Abd al-Aziz, b 368. Hormah, city of Palestine, 116. Huph (Al-) (i.e., Al-Hauph), part of Egypt, b 493. I Ilah, city on the shore of the Red Sea, b 143, 147, 259. Ilan (Elam), city, 67. India, region, 52. Alexander the Great planned to invade it, 279, 280. Its king gave his daughter in marriage to Bahram, king of the Persians, b 83. Indic script, 52. Irac, Iracus. See Eracus. Isabad, location outside Baghdad, b 404. Ismaelites, Saracen people, b 304. Israelites, people, oppressed in Egypt, 96. How many years they spent there, 100, 104. Their exit from there, 104. Counted in the desert, 107. J Jaaphariah (Al-), city near Samarra, founded by the Caliph Al-Mutawakkil, b 448, 455. Destroyed by Al-Muntasir, b 456. Jabalensis, gen. (perhaps the same as Hanacensis), b 443, 444. Jabia, city of Damascus-Syria, b 300. Jabin, city, 151. Jabrin, a fortress between Jerusalem and Ascalon, b 151. Stone of Jacob, at Jerusalem, in the center of the earth, b 287. Jaljalah, place of the Skull in Jerusalem, where Christ was buried. Center of the earth, 48, 51. Jalsatini (Al-), people, 55. Jarmakani, people, 52. Jarmut, city of Palestine, 116. Jarzan (i.e., Jorzan), region of Armenia, 55. Jarzanic script, 55. Jazar Caucab (Bridge of the star), a place near Medina, b 543. Jautan (Al-). See Yakusah, location in the Damascus region. Jaur. See Haur. Jausak (Al-), city of the Baghdad domain (other places are also called by the same name), b 456. Jazra (Al-Jazirah), Mesopotamia, b 260. Jebusites, people of Palestine, 67, 115, 116. Jedan, tribe of the Mustarab Arabs, b 272. Jericho, city of Palestine, founded by seven kings in the time of the patriarch Isaiah, 79, 80. Besieged, captured, and destroyed by Joshua, 111. Jermana (Germania), region, 479. Jerusalem, city. See Hierosolymæ. Jezreel, city of Palestine, 216. Jizah (Al-), region of Egypt, near Memphis, b 576, 579, 496, 504, 507. Where a new Nilometer was constructed, b 148. Joddus (or rather Jaddah), maritime city of Arabia, b 520. Jondi-Sabur, city of Persia, 419. Besieged in vain by the Emperor Maximianus, 420. Joppa, city, 468, 516. Jorjan, city between Tabaristan and Khorasan, b 404. Jormensis, people, b 439. Jorsa, city of Yemen, b 404. Jews, people, miserably treated by Antiochus Epiphanes and driven from Syria, 299. In revolt, badly punished by the Emperor Claudius, 328. They persecute the Christians, 536, 539. They prepare a defense against the Romans, 539. Refugees from Jerusalem, they return after the city is captured, 545. Where they were killed under the Emperor Trajan, 551. They petition the Emperor Hadrian to restore the city, 552. And perish while it is under siege, ibid. Forbidden by Constantine the Great to live in Jerusalem, they feign Christianity out of fear, 467. Refusing to eat swine's flesh, they are executed by his order, 471. They assist the Persians in destroying Christian churches and oppressing Christians, b 212. They conspire against the Christians of Tyre, b 220. With whom the Emperor Heraclius enters into a pact, b 240. Which, soon after, he violates at the persuasion of monks, 244. Whence, against the pact given, they are slaughtered, 247. During prayer, they turn their faces toward the Holy of Holies, b 287. Forty thousand of them [were killed] at Alexandria, b 316. K (See also C.) Kades, city of Palestine, 116. Kadesia, city (near Cusa), b 296. There is another place of the same name near Samarra. Kaisaria and Kaisariatae Asal, places in Alexandria, b 575. Kalonia, region (of the Greeks), 583. Kalem, or rather Kolzom, city on the shore of the Red Sea, whence also that sea is named the Sea of Kolzom, 163, 320. Kamara (Camou), city of Palestine, 128. Canaanites, people, 116. Kararaet, people of Palestine, 115, 116. Karmatian, name of a sect, regarding which see *Spec. Hist. Arab.*, b 491. Karrani, people, 55. Kasr Ol-Shamaa (Fortress of the Candle), [at] Fustat of Egypt, founded by Ochus, king of the Persians, 267, b 571, 587. Kenasrin, or Kennesrin, city near Aleppo, b 292. Infected with Maronitism, b 191. Kirawan, city of Africa, part of Cyrenaica, b 511. Kiriat-Anab (Kiriat Jearim), city of Palestine, 147. Kobad Chorah, city of Persia, founded by Kobad, king of Persia, which is also Al-Rajan, b 131. Another of the same name, ibid. Kobbatol Hawa (Tower of Desire), built in Egypt by the Caliph Al-Mamun, b 451. Kolzom. See Kalzem. Komos, region (of Babylonia), where Alexander was seized by the disease which ended his life, 284. Kophtitae. See Cophtitae. Korei, people descended from Esau, 80. Korda, province of the region of Mosul, 256. Korda, village in the same place where Noah's ark rested, 40. L Lachamus, tribe of the [Mustarab] Arabs, b 272.
Lachmensis, gen., b 83, 591.
Lachmenses, qui et Banu Saleh (servants of the monastery), b 168.
Lachish, u. Palest. (captured by Joshua), 112, 116, 181, 227.
Lalam, u. Palest., 116.
Lam (Elath), u. Syriae, 231.
Lamides, province of Western Egypt, b 152.
Lan (Al-), p. (Alani), 55.
Lybua, u. Palest., captured by Joshua, 112, 116.
Libya, r., 511.
M
Maaspher (Al-). See Amaaphe.
Macedonia, u., 267.
Machzumensis, g., b 384.
Madanenses, family, whence Darius the Mede, 236.
Madaranenses, g., f. of Madaran, which is a castle near Hamadan, b 496.
Madyan, u. Hejaz, 99, b 127, 183, 296.
Madayen (Al-), r., b 131, 232.
Madianitae, or Madayenitae, p. from Ishmael, thus the Arabs, 84, 123.
Mageddo (Megiddo), u., 219, 243.
Mahat (Al-), u. (perhaps Mahan), b 131.
Majuj, p., 55.
Makedah, u. Palest., 112.
Maks (Al-), place in Egypt, b 508.
Malatensis, g. (Melitenus from the city of Melitene, Armenia metropolis), b 11.
Malta, ins., 55.
Mamela, place near Jerusalem, where Christians, in Persia killed, are, b 212, 243.
Mananeuses (Al-), p. of the Amorites, 67.
Marash, r., Syria bordering Damascus, whence Artabasdes the emperor originated, b 396.
Mardut, u., 116.
Mari Rahet, meadow of Rahet, near Damascus, b 364.
Marisii, pop., 55.
Maron (Madon), u. Palest., 115.
Marsuphin (perhaps Cherson), village near the Black Sea coast, 103, 107.
Marwa (u.) Khorasan, b 413.
Masabdan, r., b 403, 404.
Mascen, l. in r. Awana, 368.
Masil, village of Western Egypt, b 152.
Massisa (Mopsuestia), u., b 171.
Mazadiensis (Al-), g., b 343.
Mecca, or Meccha, u. Arabia, whither the Mohammedans are accustomed to make pilgrimages, b 259, 363. Captured by Al Januabio the rebel. The temple there plundered. Pilgrimages abolished, b 520, 523.
Medina, u. Arabia, b 227, 291, 296. Suffering from famine, supplies brought from Alexandria, b 520.
Medinatol Salam (city of peace), that is, Baghdad, founded, b 599.
Memphis, u. Egypt, where the patriarch Joseph built columns, Nilus measuring the flow, 88. See Mesri.
Menbaj, u. (Megiddo), 243.
Meuha, Egyptian gulf into which the patriarch Joseph drained, 88.
Meraw, which more correctly is Marwa, b 296, 412.
Mesopotamia, r., 52, 232, 272, 408, b 12, 256, 392. Surrendered to the Saracens, b 295. Made heretical by Jacob Baradaeus, b 147.
Mesri, Mesar, or Metzar, u. Egypt (formerly Memphis, now Al Qahirah), at the Nile, b 407, 420, 451, 499. Besieged by the Saracens, b 303. Captured by the treason of Al-Muqawqis, b 308. Tribute is imposed upon the inhabitants, ibid. Except for the old, the minor, and women, b 311. Suffering from famine, b 476.
Midian, u. captured by Moses, and inhabitants killed, 107.
Miyapharekin, u. Mesopotamia, b 232.
Moabitae, pop., 115, 116.
Mochtarah (Al-), city near Basra, founded by Ali the rebel, b 468.
Mocran, u. Sind, b 35.
Mogrebini (Al-), inhabitants of Barbary, i.e., Westerners, 55.
Mord, u., b 231.
Musal (Al-), u. and r. Mesopotamia, 40, 52, 72, 228, 231, 236, 240, 252, 268, b 12, 592.
N
Nab'les (Shechem), u. Palest. (captured by Abimelech), 127, 184.
Nahrawan, r., b 343.
Naj h (Al-), a tribe of the Ethiopians, who perform circumcision with stone knives, 111.
Nazareth, u. Judea, 513, b 212. Of the Jews, after the expulsion of the people, a receptacle, b 210.
Nazianzus (Nazianzos), u. Cappadocia, 483.
Neapolis, u. (See Nablus), b 156.
Nesos, ins., 347.
Nicia (Nicaea), u. Bithynia, where the first ecumenical council was held, 431, 475.
Nicomedia, u. Bithynia, 431, 436.
Nigritae, pop. (Ethiopians, Egyptians, Moors, etc.), 55, 191.
Niniveh, u. founded by Nimrod, 64, 256.
Nisibis, u. Chayebab queen, founded, 72. Besieged by Sapore king of Persia, 376. Besieged again and escaped, 379. Captured after prayers, ibid.
Nubia, or Nubah, r. bordering Egypt to the South, 300, b 387, 476. Bishops from them survive for the patriarch of Alexandria, but have fallen away, b 387.
Nubienses, pop., 55. Nubian script, ibid.
Nud, u. an early city, 16.
Nusherensis, g., b 496.
O
Ophrah, u. Palest., 127.
Omri, u., 192.
Ordonnus, or Oroddanus, r. to the Jordan, b 264, 272, 283.
P
Palestina, r., 128, 403, b 264. Defeated by the Saracens, b 272.
Patmos, ins. where John the Evangelist wrote, 548.
Persis or Persia, r., 232, 268, b 151. Occupied after the death of Alexander the Great by the reign of the Ashkanians (emperor Commodus), 367. Devastated by Heraclius the emperor with iron and fire, b 232, 235. During the inter-reign, various kings, turbulent, 255, 256. Infected by Nestorianism, b 12.
Persae, pop., 52. Abhorring regicide, b 200, 211. Hostile to their king Caesar because of Christianity accepted by him, 207, 208.
Persian empire, extent, 268; ruin by the Saracens, b 256, 296. Persian script, 52.
Phanuel (in Arabic Phatbuel, incorrectly), u., 184.
Pharos, tower of Alexandria used by navigators, built by Alexander the Great, 280.
Pharensis, gen., b 360, 564.
Phargana, u. Transoxiana, 52, b 188.
Pharganensis, gen., b 491.
Pharma, u. Egypt, 303, captured by Amr.
Phayum (Al-), u. Egypt, b 504. Captured by Abulkaser, b 507, 508.
Phik (Aphek), u. Palest., 115, 119.
Phila. See Eusebius.
Philistaei, pop., 55, 104.
Phiruz Sabur, u. founded by Sapore the Persian, 471.
Phostat (or Phustat), u. Egypt, 267, b 312, 360, 431, 499, 524. Aqueduct, ibid., b 520. Forum and port, where it was thought to transfer Holwan, Abd al-Aziz, b 371. The authority of the patriarch, b 527.
Punica scriptura, 55.
R
Rabah (Al-) or Rabbah, u., 68, 76.
Rabiat vel Rebat. See Ashabol, b 571.
Racca (Al-), u. on the eastern bank of the Euphrates, b 388, 476, 487, 492. Surrendered to the Saracens, b 295.
Raheb, u. Palest., 116.
Rahet Pratum, b 364.
Rajan (Al-), u. of Persia, founded by Kobade the king, b 131.
Ramah, u. Palest., 115, 120, 148.
Ramayau, u., 142.
Ram Firuz, u. of Caesar, founded by Phiruze the king of Persia, b 111.
Ramla (Saftoddinus, called city of Palestine), 204, 307, b 219, 500. Churches there destroyed by the Saracens, b 512.
Ramoth Gilead, u. Palest., 204, 216.
Raphah or Rapdach (Gath), u. Palest. 147, 148, 234, 235. Limits of the Babylonian empire, 244. Within the border of Egypt and Palestine, b 299.
Rases, u. founded by Nimrod, 61.
Riyah (Al-), place at the Mesri Egyptian gate, b 495.
Rhodus, ins., 55. Captured by the Saracens, b 360.
Roha (Edessa), u. Syria, b 88, 171. Founded by Chayebab, 72. Helena, mother of Constantine the Great, natal, 408, surrendered to the Saracens, b 295.
INDICES TO EUTYCHIUS' ANNALS
Roma, n. (Italy) founded, 256. Patriarch there given primacy by the Council of Constantinople, 1, 512. Roman scripture, 54. Romaei (Idumaeans), people, 211, 216, 232. Romaei (Romans), people, 53, b 83. Romaeorum terra (Land of the Romans), Asia, 348. Romia, u. Al-Madayen, built in the form of Antioch by Kesra, king of the Persians, b 183. Rosafa, u. territory of Al-Raqqah, b 388. Rud (Al-), village of Masabdan, b 403, 404. Rumaei, people, 472. See Romaei. Rutheni, people, 55.
S Saarah (Zoral), u. Palestine, 140. Saba, u. built by Ragu the patriarch (where sometimes women ruled), 59. His queen visited Solomon, 180. Saba, u. Palestine near Bethel, 116. Saccasensis, legation of Saccasensis, people, b 372, 383. Sacwensis, g., b 587. Sadum, u. Palestine, 116. Said, of Egypt province (formerly Thebais), 539, b 12, 83, 392, 431, 499, 516. Sair, u. founded by Jeroboam, king of Israel, 180, 183. Saklan, village in Said, Egypt, b 12. Nestorius buried in a heretical place, and an infamous place, ibid. Salmensis, g., b 395. Salonica (Thessalonica), u. Macedonia, b 223. Salstam (read Salastas), loc. Palestine, b 312. Samaria, u. Judea, 102. Suffers from starvation under siege, 212. Mox copia, 215. Samaritans attack the Christians, b 156. Punished by Emperor Justinian, ibid. Samir, u. Palestine, 128. Samos, is. 55. Sanaria (Al-), King of, and his people, why so called, b 231. Sanerebah (Al-), r., 55. Saporis, city (in Persia), b 231. Saraceni, people, what regions they subjugated in the time of Othman the Caliph, b 340. Sardinia, is. 55. Sarephtah (Sareptah), u. of Sidon, 196. Sarramanaia, u., b 440, 456, 467. In the time of Motasem (Al-) the Caliph it was walled, b 439. Seat of the Saracen empire, and burial place of several Caliphs, b 479. Saturni, urbs in Al-Sawad, captured by Ardashir, king of Persia, 368. Sawad (Al-), r., 368, 471, b 85. The king's daughter leaves her father, 368. Sclavi, people, 55. Sebastia (Sebaste), u. of Armenia Minor, 428. Sechair (Sorek), u. Palestine, 139. Sejestan, r., b 121, 296, 471. Sekim (Shechem), u. Palestine, 132. Seleucia, u. founded, 299, captured by the Saracens, b 488. Shamaa. See Kasr. Shabrazur, r. (between Arbel and Hamadan), where Alexander the Great died, 287. Sham (Al-), land of Canaan, 64. Shamrun, u. Palestine, 16. Shanabaei, people of Sanabae, Palestine, 115, 116. Sharah (Zair), u. Palestine, 211, 216. Sharuz, r., b 232. Shilum, u., 143. Shimron, u. Palestine, 115. Shoraikis, vineyard, place near Mesrim, Egypt, b 208, 312. Shuecut (Succoth), u. Palestine, destroyed by Gideon, 121, 125, 127. Shurat, place in Said, Egypt, b 431. Sicilia, is., 55. Siciliota, people, b 463. Sidon, u. and r., 115, 128. Sihon, city of David, 160. Its Cenacle, 325. Siklaa (Ziklag), u. Palestine, 156. Sikom, u. Palestine, 116. Sin, peninsula, 52. Sina, r., b 296. Sinensis, scripture, 52. Sindia (province of India), 52, 471. Part of it given as a dowry to the king of Persia, b 85. Sirus (l. Syrus, Tyrus), r., 165. Sodom, u., 67. Its disaster, 71. Soba (Zobah), r., 164. Somaisat (Samosata), u. of Syria, founded by Cyro Prisco, 72. Soraah (Zorah), u. Palestine, 135. Sok al Ahwaz, u. in Ahwaz, 375. Sur, u., 152. Surah (Isauria), r., b 104. Where Basiliscus is oppressed, ibid. Susa, u. or r. of Persia, 471. Syria, r., 55, 128, 252, 383, b 220. Syria Damascena, r., d 192. Occupied by Ahmed, son of Tulun, b 471. Syri, people, 52. Syriaca scriptura, ibid.
T Tabarestan, r., b 404, 439. Tacritus, r. between Baghdad and Mosul, taken by Jacob Baradaeus' heresy, 147. Tadun, village of Gaza, 259. Taiman (Al-), or r., 68. Tamimeusis, g., b 400, 404. Tanuhah, village of Egypt, b 493. Taraka (Thrace), r., 492. Tarnut, loc. Egypt, 539. Tarsus, u. of Cilicia, 407, b 435, 436. Tawahain (Al-), loc. Palestine, b 475. Tayef (Al-), r. of Arabia, 52, b 259. Tekoa, u. of Judah, where the prophet Habakkuk was, 259. Tel Aakuph, village near Baghdad, b 320. Tennis, island of Egypt, b 493, 513. Thakafensis, g., b 588. Thamanin, r. where the ark went out from the mountain, 40, 43. Thawiah, near Cufam, b 343. Themnana (Timnath), u. Palestine, 133. Thessalonica, u. Thessaly, 431. Tiberias, u. of Judah, built by Herod the Tetrarch, 321, 480, b 275, 491. Judean retreat after captivity, b 213, 219, 220, 210. Tiran (Al-), city, Tus, b 411. Tirza, u. Palestine, 188, 228. Tob, r., 131, 128. Tobt (Al-), Tult, r., 55. Togargar (Al-), r., 55. Tora, village, Egypt, 539. Trapezuntium (Trapezus), u., b 231, 239. Tripolis, u. of Phoenicia, captured by the Saracens, b 320. Turcae, people, b 127, 207, 235. By Bahram, king of the Persians, b 83. The name of their kingdoms, Chakan, b 81. Many of them brought into offices by Al-Motaseme Caliph, b 443. Tusus, n. 10 farsakhs from Nisapur, b 412. Tusensis, g., b 415, 416. Tyrus, u. of Phoenicia, 52, h 219. Where Jews conspire against Christians, b 220. Irrito conatu, b 223.
U Ukinin, city founded by Karun, and covered with golden plates, 60. Usha (Jebus), city of Sihon, that is, Jerusalem, 160.
W Waset, u. Erki, b 439, 459.
Y Yajuj, people, 55. Yakusah, loc. Syria Damascena. See Jaulan, b 275. Yamamah (Al-), 52, b 520. Yaman, r., 52, b 404. Where Ishmael went, 72. Yaman, Arab tribe, b 259. Yaman, u., b 188. Yamanoenses, people inhabiting the lower part of Egypt, b 408. Yarmuth, u. Palestine, 112. Yas (Al-), u. Greece, 63. Yathreb, where Ishmael lived (Medina), 72. Yazdod (Ashdod), u. Palestine, 144, 147. Yumnu (l. Yunu) (Geba), fort of Palestine, 151.
Z Zab (Al-), u., f. which is Al-Zab Al-Aala, that is, superior, between Mosul and Arbel; they have these and other cognomens, b 592. Zabeji (Al-), people, 55. Zabajensis (Al-), g., b 344. Zaglai, u. Palestine, 67. Zajajensis, people, b 447. Zaitonah (Al-), u. Attica, 63. Zawila, loc. Egypt, b 319. Zenji (Al-), people, 55. Ziph, u. Palestine, 181. Ziyanain (Al-), loc. Damascus, b 280. Zoar, u. Palestine, 67. Zotti (Al-), people inhabiting Egypt, 55, b 439.