INDEXBabai the Great, 298, 350, 351, 357,
360,362,377,423,426,427
Babai the Scribe, 54, 360-61n
Babil, 49,128,147, 148, 155, 158, 174,
192,203,267,282, 360n, 384, 386,
388n, 392, 398, 407, 414, 432; Ard,
143-51
Babil Mahrudh, 140
Babylon, 147, 306. See also Babil
Babylonia, 70, 261n, 324, 386, 392,
406,418
Babylonians, 179
Badaqla, 177n. See also Beth Deqla
Badaraya, 139, 155, 177. See also Beth
Daraye
Badat canal, 307n
Badhibin, 155, 159, 171,206,283,300
Badr, Battle of, 239, 435
Baduraya, 145, 146,226
Bagdana, 387
Bagdani,387
Baghdad, 18, 139, 146, 158,201,226,
283,330,341
baghlt,536
Bahandaf, 155
Bahila, Banii, 218, 246
Bahman Ardashir, 159, 160
Bahman Yasht, 303
Bahmandiich, 310
Bahmanshir, 159n
Bahra'a, Banii, 224
Bahram, 173n
Bahram V, 39, 155, 271
Bahram Chiibin, 30, 80n, 87, 154, 302,
320, 338, 446
Bahram ibn Siyawushan, 80n
Bahram Varjavand, 498
Bahrayn, 123, 151, 162n, 214,215,
217,220,247,301,340,348
Bahr6e bath Bath Sahde, 173
Bahudhra, 133, 134, 177n. See also Beth
Nuhadhra
Bailey, H., 286
biij, 292, 296, 528
Bajala, Banii, 242n
Bajala ibn 'Abda al-'Anbad, 65, 116,
234
Bajarma, 111, 133, 134, 177, 178. See
also Beth Garme and Garmakan
Bajila, Banii, 212n, 236, 237, 240-41,
242n, 243, 244,490,493, 499
Bajla, Banii, 240, 242n
bakht,289
bakkii'un, 452
Bakr ibn Hawazin, Banii, 242n
Bakribn 'Ubayd, 198
Bakr ibn Wa'il, Banii, 94, 207, 217,
218,219,220,224,226,228,229,
241,242, 244, 248, 250, 257, 262,
379,440; district, 455
Bakusaya, 139, 155, 177n. See also Beth
Kusaye
Balad, 130, 134,232, 374, 376, 377;
bishop of, 341, 351, 360
Balad an-Nabat, 137
Baladhuri, 47, 50, 55, 178, 233, 252n,
267
Balash,269
Ban'atha, 134
Banbura, 149
Bandanikan, 200
Baniqya, 107, 148, 149, 151, 173, 174,
177n, 191, 195. See also Beth Neqya
Banii Lakhm, 62, 69 143, 145, 151,
182n,219-20,222,319-20,376,
384,387,407,534
Baqqa, 145, 151
B:\r 'Idta:, Rabban, 369, 389
Bar Qaiti, monastery of, 232, 362;
monks of, 337
Bar Qiisin, 426
Bar Sahdf' the Persian, 199, 361
Bar SahdeJSahd6na, 358
Bar ~awma, 336, 338, 339, 355, 359,
373
Bar Tura, monastery of, 345
barii'a, 482
barii'iit, 115
Baradan, 139
Baradhan, 142
baraka, 47, 528
Barbisama, 147
Bardai~an, 403, 426.
Bardesa, 404
bartd, 90-91, 511, 528
barsom, 294, 299, 528
Barusma, 108, 147, 148, 173, 177,200.
See also Beth Rushme
Bashir ibn al-Kha~a~iyya, 149
Bashir ibn Jadr ibn 'Abdulla:h al-Bajali,
490
Basma, 107, 151