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ENCYCLOPÆDIA BRITANNICA.

INDEX

A—ABD

  • A, the first letter of the alphabet, I. 1.
  • Aa, rivers, various European countries, I, 2.
  • Aachen (Aix-la-Chapelle, q.v.), town, Germany, I. 431.
  • Aahmes, king of Egypt, VII. 736.
  • Aalborg, town, Denmark, I. 2.
  • Aalen, town, Würtemberg, I. 2.
  • Aalst (Alost), town, Belgium, I. 2.
  • Aalum, or Alam, emperor of Delhi, VI. 12; XII. 802.
  • Aar, river, Switzerland, I. 2; XX. 519; XXII. 776.
  • Aarau, town, Switzerland, I. 3; XXII. 778.
  • Aard-vark, species of Edentata, I. 3; XV. 389.
  • Aard-wolf, species of Carnivora, I. 3; XV. 437.
  • Aargau, canton, Switzerland, I. 3; XXII. 778, 785, 794.
  • Aarhuus, town, Denmark, I. 3.
  • Aaron, of Scripture, I. 3; XVIII. 510; family of, X. 143; Aaronite priesthood, XIV. 489.
  • —— bar Madani, Syriac writer, XXII. 853.
  • Aarssens, Fracis van, Dutch diplomatist, I. 4.
  • Aasen, Ivar, Norwegian philologist, XVII. 592; XXI. 374.
  • Ababde, African tribe, I. 4, 260; XVII. 611.
  • Abaca, plant, I. 4; XV. 488; culture of, in Philippines, XVIII. 751.
  • Abaci, Liber, Leonardo of Pisa's work, XIX. 125.
  • Abaco, islands, Bahamas, III. 236.
  • Abacus, I. 4; XVII. 626.
  • Abadavine, bird, XXII. 99.
  • Abæ, town, Greece, I. 4; XVIII. 801.
  • Abai (Blue Nile), river, Abyssinia, I. 62; XVII. 507.
  • Abakansk, town, Siberia, I. 4.
  • Abana, river, Syria, I. 4; VI. 790; XXII. 821.
  • Abancay, town, Peru, I. 4.
  • Abandoning, in law, I. 5.
  • Abandonment, in marine assurance, I. 4; XIII. 186.
  • ——, in law of railways, I. 5.
  • Abano, town, Italy, I. 5; mineral water of, XVI. 434.
  • ——, Pietro d', Italian philosopher, I. 5; on physiognomy, XIX. 4.
  • Abaris, the Hyperborean, I. 5; VII. 478.
  • Abasia, district, Russia, I. 50.
  • Abated Work, in architecture, II. 459.
  • Abatement, in law and commerce, I. 5.
  • Abati, Niccolo, Italian painter, I. 5.
  • Abattis, in fortification, IX. 422.
  • Abbatoir, I. 5.
  • Abauzit, Firmin, French writer, I. 7.
  • Abb, town, Arabia, I. 8.
  • Abbacomites, law abbots, I. 24.
  • Abbadie, James, Protestant divine, I. 8.
  • Abba Jared, mountain, Abyssinia, I. 250.
  • Abbas I., the Great, shah of Persian, I. 8; XVIII. 637.
  • —— II., of Persia, XVIII. 638.
  • —— III., of Persia, XVIII. 640.
  • ——, Persian poet, XVIII. 655.
  • ——, Theophilus, instructor of Justinian, XXIII. 276.
  • —— Mirza, prince of Persia, I. 8; XVIII. 648.
  • Abbasides, or Abbassides, caliphs of Baghdad, I. 8; XVI. 578; II. 259; VII. 749; their coins, XVII. 660.
  • Abbasination, kind of torture, VI. 802.
  • Abbé, French title, I. 9.
  • Abbe, Prof. E., his researches on the microscope, XVI. 264, 269, 274.
  • Abbeokuta (Abeokuta), town, West Africa, I. 9; XXIV. 754.
  • Abbess, I. 9; XVI. 706.
  • Abbeville, town, France, I. 10; XXII. 261.
  • Abbey, I. 10.
  • Abbiate Grasso, town, Italy, I. 22.
  • Abbon of Fleury, French writer, I. 22.
  • Abbot, I. 22; XVI. 700; in House of Lords, XVIII. 459, 463.
  • ——, Charles, Lord Colchester, VI. 124.
  • ——, George, archbishop of Canterbury, I. 25.
  • ——, George, the Puritan, I. 25.
  • ——, Robert, Puritan divine, I. 25.
  • —— of Unreason, V. 704.
  • Abbotsford, I. 26.
  • —— Club, I. 26.
  • Abbreviations, with list, I. 26; in inscriptions, XIII. 126.
  • Abbreviators, writers in papal chancery, I. 126.
  • Abbt, Thomas, German philosopher, X. 535.
  • Abdallah, Omayad caliph in Spain, XXII. 312.
  • —— b.-Yazim, founder of the Almoravides, I. 595.
  • —— b.-Zobair, pseudo-caliph, XVI. 567.
  • Abdallatif, physician and traveller, I. 30; on anatomy, I. 805.
  • Abd al-Melik, Omayyad caliph, XVI. 569.
  • Abd al-Mumin, Moorish prince in Spain, I. 593; XXII. 316.

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