'Bombay Geographical Society. Index to the First Seventeen Volumes of the Society's Transactions. With Catalogue of the Library, and Catalogue of Charts, Maps, Sketches, and Views.' [‎7] (34/372)

GENERAL INDEX.
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Aimaks, the tribe of, v. 152.
*Air currents and their influences, xiv.
10 .
*Air, on the weight of dry, x. 75.
Air, temperature of the, between Bom
bay and Aden, during the month of
January 1855-57, xiv. 17-45 a.
Air-vessels, question as to functions of,
in lotus, xiii. 9 ; enormous quantity
of air thrown off daily by leaves of, 9.
Airy, Mr, xvii. 16.
Aisgur Wussye, a district of country,
India, iv. 145.
Ajmeh, a village, Persia, ix. 284.
Ajmere, a town, India, xv. 21, 22.
Ajivad, a village, India, xvii. 176.
Akabah, Gulf of, its area and greatest
depth, xiv. 1.
Akabah, Gulf of, Memoir on the, by
Lieutenant T. G. Carless, I.N., i.
140; difficult and dangerous nature
of the navigation from sudden and
violent winds, and treacherous and
ferocious character of the natives in
habiting the shores of, 140, 141; four
large islands and three groups of islets
situated at the entrance to the, 141;
Has Mohammed, a promontory on the
Arabian coast, and the mouth of the
Gulf, described, 141, 142; account of
two harbours named the Sherms, and
the physical and geological features
of the country in the neighbourhood,
142-145; two lofty mountains—Jibal
Tybut Issum, 6000 feet, and the Moi-
lah Hills, 7000 feet in height—and
their formation, 145, 146 ; Eynounah,
a fertile district at the entrance de
scribed, 146, 147 ; the town of Ey
nounah supposed to be the ancient
Leuke Come, or White Town, of the
Nabataeans on the Elanitic Gulf, de
scribed by Strabo and others, 147,
148; Tirahn and Senaffer, two large
islands in the bay at the mouth of
the Gulf, their size, physical and geo
logical features, natural productions,
and allusions to by ancient writers,
149-153; the Gulf itself—96 miles in
length, 14 miles in width at its broad
est part, and 7 at its narrowest, no
bottom being found at 300 fathoms—
its probable origin—meteorological
peculiarities—and description of the
coast and mountain ranges on either
side, 153-160 ; the promontory of Da-
hab, a fertile tract, supposed by the
natives to be the Golden Port to
which the fleets of Solomon came—
Nowibi, another rich district, 160-
163; description of Juzeratul Faroun,
a rocky islet near the head of the Gulf,
and the country in the vicinity, 163-167;
on the eastern side of the Gulf are the
Omran and Howahtat Bedouin tribes
—their territory, character, and num
bers, 167-169; description of severa 1
other tribes inhabiting the shores and
country in the neighbourhood of the
Gulf, 170-172 ; meteorological table,
illustrating the memoir, 173.
Akabat-ar-Hamaitha, the pass of, xv.
125.
Akalias, military fanatics amongst the
Sikhs, India, v. 144.
Akbar, the Emperor, iv. 23, x. 7, et
seq.
Akbara, account of the ruins of, Persia,
x. 68, et seq.
Akbarpur, India, height above the sea,
(787'6 feet,) ix. 347.
Akdaro, a town, India, ii. 52.
Akhund Durweza, a shrine, India, x.
25.
Akistepur Tower, India, height above
the sea, (124 , 5 feet,) ix. 346.
Akleed, a village, India, xvii. 177.
Akli, a town, India, ii. 54.
Akmur, a ferry on the river Chenab,
xiii. 247.
Aknapur, India, height above the sea,
(111-3 feet,) ix. 346.
Akrab, on the Red Sea, iii. 140.
Akria, a talooka or district of Katteewar,
India, vii. 56, 90.
Akundi, a town, India, ii. 51.
Akwanee, a village, India, ix. 85.
Akyab, a town, xv. 74.
Alagh Beg, an Arabian geographer, ii.
73*.
A1 Ajmeti, a town, Persia, x. 71, n.
A1 Alth, a town, Persia, x. 71, n.
Alana, an ancient port on the shores of
the Red Sea, xiii. 134.
Albert Franklin, ship, xv. 51.
Albion, ship, xv. 46.
Alcock, Mr, xvi. 89.
Aldabra, an island in the Indian Ocean,
account of, ii. 28.
Alee Bund, India, xvi. 63, 64.
A1 Ejreb, ruins, Persia, ix. 288.
Aleppo, Turkey, account of the town
of, vi. 136.
Alera, a town, Africa, vi. 61, et seq.
Alexander, the Emperor, xvi. 110 112
113.