Baban tribe of Kurds, 102–106, 159–160, 163, 173, 189, 265

Babylon, 15

Babylonians, ancient, 12, 15

Babylonian Christians, 60

Badger, George Percy, 4, 13–14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 42, 46, 82–83, 170–171, 178, 183, 186, 216–217, 227

Baghdad, 19–20, 29, 63, 101–112, 115, 129–130, 153, 160, 165–168, 170, 175, 177, 189, 192–195, 197, 199, 201, 215, 218, 226, 233, 236–237, 245, 273

Baghdad vilayet, 215

Bahdinan, emirate of, 13, 100–101, 160, 173–176, 178, 190, 193, 195, 263, 265

Bait Lapat, 57

Bar Soma, Archbishop of Nisibis, 55–58

Bash Qala, 5–6

Basil Nikitine, Russian diplomat and historian of the Middle East, 99, 111

Basra vilayet, 215

Battle of Chaldiran, 1514 AD, 39, 97–103, 143, 158, 162–164, 189, 280–283

Baz tribe of Assyrians, 2, 10, 35

Baz district, 8, 12, 87, 295

The Bazaar of Heraclides, work attributed to Nestorius,, 56, 59

Bedr Khan Beg (Bey), Kurdish chief, 82, 158, 174–176, 181, 187, 188, 190–191, 196–205, 210–212, 117–228, 230–234, 237, 239–249, 251–252, 254–255, 257–277, 284, 291

Beirakdar, the pasha (viceroy) of Mosul, 15, 37, 169–196, 198, 201, 204–205, 208, 218–219, 221, 227–228, 231–232, 259, 275

Berwar district, 5, 87, 176, 179, 187–188, 196, 201, 210, 241, 245, 251, 293

Bishop Mar Yohannan, 42

Bishop of Amedia, 83

Bishop of Kirkuk (Kerkook), 83

Bishop of Se’ert (Sert), 83

Bishop of Mardin (Mardeen), 83

Bishop of Mutran Elîa, 83

Bitlis, 2

Bohtan, 159, 173, 177, 182, 188, 196, 222, 258, 261, 271, 291

Byzantine Empire, 50, 63–64, 68, 280

Caliph al Muttaki, 92

Caliph Omar (Umar) I, 123, 144

Capuchins, missionaries in Middle East, 80

Catholic Church, 57–59, 61–62, 156, 253, 280

Catholic Missionaries, 4, 6, 34–35, 49, 71–75, 77, 79, 81–83, 85, 87–88, 186, 205, 248, 279, 282

Chaldeans

Ancient, 16, 21