Greek, 58–59, 66, 120, 134, 140, 142, 147, 152, 160

Gulhane Rescript, 121, 125

Hakkari, Sanjaq of the Ottoman Empire, 1–30, 33, 36, 42, 77, 83–84, 101, 160–162

Hamadan, 95–96, 106

Hamawand tribe of Kurds, 106

Hassananli Kurds, 90

Hatti Sheif, 40, 128

Henry John Temple, Viscount Palmerston, British foreign secretary, 244, 246–248, 252–253

Henry Richard Charles Wellesley, Earl of Cowley, British ambassador to the Ottoman Empire, 241, 246–247, 249, 252, 255, 264, 268, 271–278

Hirkiya tribe of Kurds, 105

Horatio Southgate, 20, 22, 28, 37, 78, 83, 102–103, 105, 170, 186

Hormuzd Rassam, British vice-consul at Mosul, 170, 179–180, 185, 187–188, 197–199, 201–202, 204–205, 208, 210–211, 213–214, 216–220, 223–224, 226, 231–232, 234, 241, 245–246, 249–251, 254, 257, 259–275

Ibas, head of the college at Edessa, 55–58

Ibn al Atheer, historian of Mesopotamia and Persia, 96

Ibn Khaldun, 91–92, 96, 247

Ilkhanid Mongol Empire, 20, 64, 96

independent Assyrian tribes, 9, 11–13, 37, 39, 45, 82–84, 129, 164, 174, 176–179, 190, 197, 216, 258, 282, 283–284

irrigation, 130, 198, 244

Ishuyahb, Patriarch of the Church of the East, 58

Ismail, Shah of Persia, 74, 99, 168

Jacob Baradaeus, founder of “Jacobite” or “Syrian Orthodox” Church, 58

Jacobite Church, 58, 72, 82, 160, 257

Jaf tribe of Kurds, 103–105

Janissary corps, 116–118

Jelu

tribe, 2–3, 18, 35

district, 9, 12, 22, 287, 294–295

bishopric of Church of the East, 22, 77, 287, 294–295

Jesuits, missionaries in Middle East, 80

Jesus Christ, 50, 59, 65, 152

Jews, 81, 135–139, 141–146, 149, 171

jizya (cizye), 91, 123–124, 133–135, 137–139, 144–146, 149–151, 180

John, Patriarch of Antioch, 53–55

Julamerk, 2, 4, 12, 36, 41, 87, 201, 240

District, 2, 201, 240

Kochanis, district in Assyria, 2

Justin, Roman emperor, 57–58

Justinian, Roman Emperor, 58

Juvenal, Bishop of Jerusalem, 53–54

Kardouchoi, 89–90

Khabour, 35, 84

Khorasan, 91, 93

Khuzistan, 90–91

Kirkuk (Kerkook)

Kochanis, 2, 6, 9, 12, 35–36, 44, 87, 186, 198, 293