Christians, xi–xii, 3, 6, 11, 15, 21, 25, 28, 36, 45, 80, 82–84, 140, 142, 157, 172, 190, 193, 208, 211

Chamba, capital of Upper Tiyari, 3, 7, 9, 41, 199

Chosroes, Shah of Sassanian Persia, 58

Christendom, 59–62, 64

Christians, 3, 13, 15, 20, 28, 32–33, 36–37, 44, 50, 52, 58, 60–64, 71, 80, 83, 91, 135–139, 141, 143–144, 146–149, 156, 159, 161, 166, 178, 185, 197, 202, 206, 219, 221, 223, 242–243, 257–262, 273, 275, 280, 282, 284

Church of the East, 5, 10, 20–22, 33–36, 49–69, 74–80, 82–84, 96, 97, 158–159, 161, 170, 175, 188, 96, 205, 216, 279–280, 282

Churches, AssyrianSee also Assyrian Christians, 6–7, 17, 22–23, 36, 39, 43–45, 50, 53, 139, 147, 150, 153, 198, 290–298

Constantinople, 3, 50–52, 55–56, 58, 60, 62, 64, 126, 160, 174, 176, 189, 220, 227, 234, 249, 253–254, 263, 266, 268, 275, 280

Council of Chalcedon, 451 AD, 50, 56, 59, 280

Council of Constantinople, 381 AD, 50, 58, 280

Council of Ephesus, 431 AD, 50, 52

Council of Nicea, 325 AD, 50

Count Irenaeus, 53–54

Crusades, 58, 280, 282

Cyril, Patriarch of Alexandria, 52–56

Damascus, 177

dhmmi (dhmimmi) [Jewish or Christian subjects of Muslim rulers],, 72

Dinkha, Bishop of Church of the East, 76–79, 84, 86, 287

Diodore, Bishop of Tarsus, 52, 57

Dioscorus, Patriarch of Alexandria, 55–56

Diz district, 2, 12, 35, 175, 186, 197–200, 242

Dohuk, 7, 103, 175, 184

Dr. Asaheel Grant, 1, 5, 10–11, 19, 37, 46, 174, 177–181, 186–187, 197, 200–202, 207–208, 211, 227, 230, 263

Dr. Carsten Niebuhr, 29, 81, 102, 105

Dr. Justin Perkins, 14, 38, 42, 45

Dr. William Ainsworth, 2, 8–9, 11, 15, 26, 31, 37, 46, 164, 167, 183, 216, 250, 300

Duri, 5, 43

Egyptians, 52–53

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

Erzerum (Erzeroom), 37, 173, 182, 189, 196, 202–205, 207, 218, 227, 235, 245, 259, 273, 277

Eth Allaha, Patriarch of Church of the East, 76, 86

Europe, 59, 61–62, 113, 115, 125, 139, 153, 159, 283

Europeans, 10, 72, 126–127, 139, 216, 272

Eutyches, 55, 57

France, 71–73, 75, 117, 143, 155, 216, 281–282

Francis I, King of France, 71, 143

Franciscans, Catholic missionaries in medieval Middle East, 75, 80

Garamoon, 41, 291

Gawar (Gavar) district, 5, 13, 87, 296–297

Great Britain, 11, 80, 155, 215–236, 247–252, 258, 263, 266