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GENERAL INDEX,
tion of the town, on the northern
frontier of Scinde—was built in 1617,
315; number and nature of its popu
lation, and its condition as regards
appearance, health, water, and rev
enue, 316, 317; list of towns at
which its merchants keep agents, and
amount of its imports from Kurrachee,
317 ; fiscal imposts on goods, 317,
318, 324, 325 ; list of the chief articles
of trade, 319 ; cotton, opium, indigo,
and sakur, a red dye—their growth,
mode of cultivation, and value as com
mercial products, 320-322 ; grain and
wool, their importance and value, 322,
323 ; account of the population, trade,
and fiscal imposts of Khyrpoor and
Ladkhana, the two towns next in im
portance to Shikarpoor, 323-325 ; ad
vantages to be derived from the down
ward navigation of the Indus, in Up
per Scinde, 326.
*Shikarpoor, the town of, India, xvi.
62, 76.
Shikarpoor, the city of, India, xvi. 49,
53, 54.
*Shikarpoor, the city of, India, xvii.
129.
Shikarpoor, the town of, India, xvii. 61.
Shikarpore, India, notice of the town
of, vi. 205.
Shikarpur, account of the city of, v.
94, 95, 98.
Shilanchis, a tribe, India, v. 88.
Shilatun, India, height above the sea,
(2670'8 feet,) ix. 343.
Shilotur, a kind of Hindu land tenure,
iv. 86.
Shimaliyo, a town, India, ii. 52.
Shimberali, the plain of, Africa, viii.
191.
Shimra, a town, India, ii. 52.
Shinau, a town, India, ii. 51.
Shinli, a town, India, ii. 52.
Shinte, Africa, xv. 128.
Shinwaris, a tribe, India, v. 62.
Ships meeting and overtaking cyclones,
or hurricanes, instructions for, viii. 36.
Shipwreck at Point Pedro, Ceylon, ac
count of a, xv. 63.
Shipwreck on the Southern Coast op
Arabia, on the Night op the 14th
of January 1836, Notes on a, by
Assistant-Surgeon Nicholson, viii.
238; outbreak of the storm, 238 pin-
creases in fury, and drives the ship
ashore, where it is dashed to pieces,
239, 240; the survivors captured by
the Arabs, 240; their cruel treatment
241.
Shipwrecks, account of some remark
able, xiv. Appendix, 20-26.
Shirabad, a village, Persia, xvii. 176.
Shirauz, the city of, Persia, xvii. 41, 48
49, 51, 53, 58, 61, 62, 141, 143, 146’,
148, 149, 151-153, 155, 167, 169,170,
175-184, 187, 188, 238, 248, 249.
Shirauz, annual imports into, from, and
exports from, to, the following places:—
Bavanat, 158-166.
Beihbahoon, 158-166.
Bombay, 158-166.
Bushire, 158-166.
Cashan, 158-166.
Ispahan, 158-166.
Jahroom, 158-166,
Kerman, 158-166.
Khisht, 158-166.
Kauzeroon, 158-166.
Khorassan, 158-166,
Lar, 158-166.
Neeriz, 158-166.
Tabreez, 158-166.
Teheran, 158-166.
Yezd, 158-166.
* Shirauz, Persia, account of an earth
quake at, xvii. 20.
*Shirauz, the city of, Persia, xvii. 104,
118.
Shir Dil Khan, a Durani sirdar Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division. , India,
v. 153.
*Shire River, Africa, xvi. 65.
Shirsanee, a village, India, ix. 84.
Shir Sing, a Sikh prince, India, V..147.
Shishboolooky, a tribe, Persia, xvii. 182.
Shoba, the, a tribe of Babria Kattees,
India, vii. 76.
Shodhia, the, a tribe of Ehwurutia
Kattees, India, vii. 78.
Shoho tribe, to the north of Guardafui,
description of the, Africa, vi. 59.
Shoog Shookh, (“ the market of sheiks, ’)
the capital town of the Montefique
Arabs, on the Euphrates, ii. 6*.
Shool, a village, Persia, xvii. 176,181.
Shoolestan, a district, Persia, xvii. 181.
Shooting stars, some account of, ix. 228-
230.
Shorapoor, India, account of a meteor
observed at, ix. 213, 216.
Shorapore, a district in India, iii. 182.
Shore, a district in Scind, account ol
the damage done to, by an inundation
in 1851, x. 272. .
Shores of the Red Sea, physical and
other features of the, xiv. 9, et seq.