INDEXbirdhawn, 108, 188,211,259, 262, 528
Biriin the royal physician, 348
bishops, Nestorian, 80
Bishr, cemetery of, 240, 242
Bishr al-Jariid, 248, 257
Bishr ibn Marwan, 86, 352, 353
Bisma, 148
Bismaya, 410
bismilliih, 45, 47, 50, 445, 461, 529
Bis~am, uncle of Khusraw Parviz, 192
Bis~am, son of Narsi, 148, 186,203
Bitiq, 195
Bitri,269
Bizz al-Anhar, 178. See also Bazza dh·
Nahrawatha
Book of Kings, Sasanian, 14, 16
Bostanai, 320, 321, 325
Boyce, M., 285
brih,289
Bridge, Battle of, 174, 192, 195, 200,
225,236
Biid Periodeutes, 426
Bujayr ibn al-'Abd, 224
Bukayr ibn l:Iumran al-A.l).mari, 198
Bu\<hara, 271
Bukharans, 271, 273, 524
Bukhari, 440
BiiranIBiirandokht, 31, 36n, 193n, 283,
339
bureaucracy, 51~8
burial, Christian, 364, 381; Islamic,
453-58; Jewish, 315-16; pagan, 369,
370
Burs, 103, 148, 174, 186, 203, 384
Burzen-Mihr Fire, 283
Bu~buhra ibn Saliiba, 148, 149, 173,
174
Buwayb, 63; Battle of, 62, 174 192"
225,236,237,246,280
buyutiit, 82, 257, 529
Buznai,411
Buzurjsabur, 138, 139
Byzantine(s), 118, 130, 137, 199,217,
219,225,230,270,271n,327,333,
339,343,350,351
Cain, 402
CaIlinicus, 169, 267, 375
Camel, Battle of, 57n, 62, 208, 243-44,
247,249,250,259,261,272,440,
470,485,486captive(s), 173, 175, 191,203,206,
208, 212, 213, 238, 508, 515, 524;
Arab,224-28, 229,232, 508, 509;
Aramaean, 174; Byzantine, 372; Cen-
tral Asian, 271; Greek, 170; Judaean,
306; Persian, 194-97, 226, 509; Ro-
man, 372; Syrian, 170, 26~7, 273,
373n
catholicos, 87, 114,204, 334-37, 338,
339,345,349,350,351,352,353,
354,355, 358, 360, 362, 364, 367,
376,381,382, 383,393n, 509, 513,
518, 529; election of, 339-42
Central Asia, 270
Chahar Qapu, 283n
chahiir tiiq, 283
Chalcedon, Council of, 355, 356
Chalcedonian Creed, 356
Chalcedonians, 356
Chaldaean language, 169
Chaldaean(s), 6, 327, 393, 397, 399,
400,409,415,425,426,429
chald,otii, 393, 424, 427, 529
Chaney, W., 9
change(s), 3-4, 7, 10, 14, 17,20,23,
163, 164, 167, 263, 264, 273, 305,
484,502,507, 515-17, 520, 521,
512,525,526; administrative, 125;
continuing, 11, 19, 124,517-19; evi-
dence for, 16; social, 13
Characene, 155, 159
Charax,159
Chaumont, M.-L., 285, 294
chess, 209
China, 304
Chinese, 6
chorepiscopos, 112, 335
Christ, 334, 355, 356, 357, 420, 421,
422,479
Christian(s), 19, 22, 84, 85, 109, 110,
137,173,175,234,260,278,285n,
287, 292n, 295, 296, 298, 309, 314,
320,328,384,389,396,397,415,
416,418,420,421,425,426,429,
431,442,443,444,446,448,450,
451,452,454,455,456,458,461,
467,470,471,473,475,477, 514,
516, 518, 520, 528, 533; Arab, 225,
229,230,248,375, 379; Kurds, 266;
Monophysite, 277, 332, 334, 522;
Nestorian, 31, 35, 222, 332, 334,