INDEX
Basra, 32, 33, 35, 38, 46, 47, 51, 52,
53, 56, 57, 59, 61, 62, 63, 65, 67, 68,
69, 70, 72, 73, 74, 75, 79, 81, 83, 84,
89,91,93, 94,9~ 96n, 101, 10~
104, 106, 11~ 11~ 118, 121, 135,
142, 153, 158, 159, 161, 162, 163,
178, 190, 194, 196, 197, 198, 199,
200,201,205,207,208,209,210,
211,212,221, 227, 228, 229, 230,
234n, 235, 237, 238, 239, 245-50,
251,252,253,255,257, 259, 261,
262, 263, 268, 270, 271, 272, 302,
309,330,361,394,399,409,415,
433,434,436,437,438,439,440,
445,449,450,452,454,456,457,
460,461,462,463,465,468,469,
470,472,473,474,475,477,479,
483,486,487,490,493,503,508,
511,512,515,516,528,529,533
Bastomagh,398
Bathq Hiri, 178
baths, 267, 268-70
Batina,248n
Ba~roe of Kufa, 397
Bawazij, 252
bawwab,81
bay'a, 32, 488, 528
Bayan ibn Sam'an, 498-502
Bayriiz, 265
bayt ai-mal, 37, 53, 158, 435, 528
Bazabda, 130, 177,308. See also Beth
Zabhde
Bazijan Khusraw, 139
Bazza dh' Nahrawatha, 178. See also
Bizz al-Anhar
Bazzaq,178
Bedukht, 386. See also Ishtar
Behistun, 128
Behqubadh,117,409
Behrasir, 21, 143, 144, 156, 164, 184,
189, 193,210
Bekube,308
Bel, 384, 386, 387, 400, 411. See also
Jupiter and Marduk
Belisarios, 54n, 87-88, 219, 317
bema,282
Benai Qeyiima, 416. See also Sons of the
Covenant
Beraz Siirin, 204
Berik-Yahbeh bar Mame, 310
Beroka, R., 326
beth, 177
Beth 'Abhe, monastery of, 204, 352,
363, 395, 423, 480
beth alaM, 366
Beth Aramaye, 52n, 137, 139, 163n,
177n, 281, 327,335,348, 370 397
516 ' ,
Beth 'Arbhaye, 130, 177,216,217,
221,345,373,374,379,385,386;
bishop of, 378; metropolitan of, 335.
See also Ba 'arbaya
Beth B'gash, 133, 266
Beth Daqle, 191
Beth Daraye, 139, 177n; bishopric of,
- See also Badaraya
Beth Deqla, 177n. See also Badaqla
beth din, 318, 325, 528
Beth Ebhre, 378, 396
Beth Garme, 132, 138n, 177, 178, 191,
334,345, 358, 360, 361, 363, 373,
385,386,395; bishop of, 111; metro-
politan of, 335, 350, 351
Beth Ghurbaq, 189, 389
Beth Kartewaye, 266, 384
Beth Kusaye, 177n. See also Bakusaya
Beth Lashpar, 334
Beth Magoshe, 300
Beth Narqos, 171
Beth Neqya, 177n. See also Baniqya
Beth Nuhadhra, 177n, 189n, 363, 373,
374,375, 378, 379, 384, 409; bishop
of, 377. See also Bahudhra
Beth Qadshaye, 270
Beth Qoqa, 374
Beth Ramman, 377; bishop of, 378
Beth Rushme, 177n. See also Barusma
Beth Sharonaye, 399
Beth Waziq, bishop of, 378
Beth Zabhde, 130, 170, 177, 362. See
also Bazabda
Bible, 419, 429, 446, 460, 514
bid 'a, 488
Bidiikht, 399. See also Bedukht
Bihqubadh, 143n, 147-51, 152, 154n,
252, 397. See also Veh-Kavat
Bihqubadhat, 144
Bilal ibn Ab! Burda, 438
bfmaristan, 359
Bindawai, 192
Bindoe,80n
Bint Mu'thin an-Namari, 227