Madras, English character of, [100]
Mahdism, definition of, [42] ff.
Mahdist insurrection, [42]
Mahmud II, Sultan, liberal policy of, [115]
Mahmud of Ghazni, India invaded by, [204]
Mecca, decadence of, [21];
Abd-el-Wahab's pilgrimage to, [22];
Saud's subjugation of, [23];
Turkish reconquest of, [23];
aid to strength of Islam, [38] ff.;