The Dabistán, or School of manners, Volume 3 (of 3) / translated from the original Persian, with notes and illustrations

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• Habib Ajemi, III. 229 [n. 1].
• Habs-i-dam, imprisonment of the breath, I. 111.
• Hadis hasen, “an elegant tradition,” II. 386.
• Hadis músik, “a strong tradition,” II. 386.
• Hadis sahih, “an authentic tradition,” II. 386.
• Hadis sâif, “a weak tradition,” II. 387.
• Hadokt, a Nosk of the Zand-Avesta, I. 271, 275.
• Hafiz of Shiraz, a poet, quoted, I. 81, 89, 106, 111, 113, 119, 121, 125, 127, 129, 143; II. 144, 216, 296; III. [25], [26].
• Haft-aureng, “seven thrones,” III. 267 n. [1].
• Haft khan amèkhi, seven places of union, II. 131.
• Haft-sur, seven ramparts in Istakhar, I. 48.
• Haj, III. [258].
• Hajab, “veil,” III. [273] n. [1].
• Hajer ul ásvad, “the black stone of Mecca,” III. [168].
• Hajet ul hak, surname of Avisenna, II. 168.
• Haji Khalfa, quoted, III. 218 n. [2].
• Hak al yakín, “the truth of conviction,” title of a work, III. [225].
• Hakem beamr allah, a Fatimite Khalif, adored as a God by the Druses, II. 421 n. 1.
• Hakem ben Hasham, an imposter, and rebel against the ruling Khalif, III. 3 n. [1].
• Hakikat, “truth, reality,” III. [29], [36].
• Hakiket al hakáyek, “reality of realities,” III. [222].
• Hakim dostur, a learned contemporary of Mohsan Fani, III. [205]
  • —his creed, [210], [211].
• Hal, “state,” its meaning in the terminology of the Sufis, III. 242 n. [2].
• Halál, “the new moon,” III. [261].
• Hálnámeh, a work of Báyezid, III. [27], [28]
  • —extracts from this work, [34], [38].
• Hambalîah, a Muhammedan sect, II. 355.
• Hamdan, town in Persia, II. 172.
• Hamestan, one of the seven heavens, explanation of them, I. 293 n.
• Hamid eddin Nagóri, author of a Commentary upon love, III. [241].
• Hamilton, Charles, III. 88 n. [1].
• Hamiyál, bad deeds, I. 328.
• Hammer (baron), quoted, I. 82 n. 205 n. 3; II. 300, 323, 350, 363 n. 1, 405 n. 1, 423, 442 n. 2, 456; III. [97] n. 1, 123 n. 4, 177 n. 1, 212 n. 1, 221 n. 1, 232 n. 1, 241 n. 1.
• Hamshpata mihdim, the sixth Gáhambar, I. 347, ibid. n. 1.
• Hamza, uncle of Muhammed, the prophet, killed in battle, III. [11] n. [1].
• Hanbal Ahmed Ebn Hanbal, the head of a Muhammedan sect, II. 328, 329, 332.
• Hanifa, or Abu Hanifa al Noman Ebn Thabet, founder of a Muhammedan sect, the Hanefites—his sepulchre, I. 51; II. 329 n.; accused to have been attached to Magism, III. [63].
• Hanifiáh, name of a Muhammedan sect, II. 355.
• Hansa-mantra, a particular prayer, II. 134 n.
• Hansa radja, a Brahman, II. 184.
• Hanuman, a deity, II. 219.
• Hanuman, chief of savage tribes, called monkeys, ally of Rama, II. 23 n. 3.
• Hara, a mount near Mecca, appeared interposing between the two sections of the moon, miraculously cloven by Muhammed, III. 68 n. [1].
• Hara Ráma puri, a Sanyási and Jnání, his speech, conduct, death, II. 108, 109.
• Haratirth, a holy place of Kachmir, II. 166.
• Hâr azar, a fire-temple, I. 47.
• Harbanists, Harnanites, a sect of Sabæans, III. 311 [n.]
• Harbayántis, a sect of Vaichnavas, II. 181.
• Hardwar, a place in the province Delhi, holy place of the Hindus, II. 197 n. 1.
• Harem, “royal apartment,” I. 25.
• Hargovind, son of Arjunmal, II. 248
  • —a warlike Guru—why he wore two swords in his girdle, 273 n. 4.
  • —imprisoned by Jehangir during twelve years, 274.
  • —serves Shah Jehan—acts in the Panjab—wars with Shah Jehan’s troops, 275.
  • —retires to the mountainous country of Raja Tarachand, 276.
  • —spreads far his religion, 276.
  • —his creed, 277.
  • —a parable of his, 277, 279.
  • —date of his death, 280.
• Harjayi, or Harrayi, a Guru of the Sikhs, II. 273
  • —son of Bábá Jóv, and grandson of Har-govind, 281, 282.
  • —the seventh Guru of the Sikhs—friend of the author of the Dabistán, 282.
• Haridas (Gosain), founder of a sect, II. 232, 233.
• Har Krishna, successor to the Guru Harrayi of the Sikhs, II. 288 n. 1.
• Harun (Aaron), II. 298.
• Harun, a Jew, convert and disciple of Farzanah Bahram, I. 136, 137.
• Haryali, a Dakhani word for the Sanscrit Durva grass, II. 80.
• Hasan, son of Ali, the last of the legitimate khalifs, II n. 1.
• Hash-o bash, “presence and absence” at court, I. 161.
• Hashaviyat Ashâriah, a class of Muhammedans, II. 334.
• Hashtanagar, “eight townships” in Afghanistan, III. [41].
• Hashú, name of a Nosk of the Zand-Avesta, I. 274.
• Hassan al Basri, a short account of him, II. 389 and n. 1; III. 18 n. [2].
• Hassen ben Hassáin ben Ali ben Abi akil, eminent in scholastic theology, II. 378.
• Hassan, son of Sábáh, a deputy of the Imám, author of a book—abstract of it, II. 411, 417
  • —his lineage, 423, 424 n. 1.
  • —comes to Nishapur, 426.
  • —his favor and disgrace at court, 427, 429.
  • —his travels, 429.
  • —goes to Egypt, 430.
  • —favor and disgrace there—goes to Syria, 430, 431.
  • —travels, spreads his doctrine, gains the fort Alamut, 432, 433.
  • —purchases it, 434.
  • —acquires Rudbar and Kohistan, 435.
  • —his conduct and domination, ibid. n. 2.
  • —orders the death of two of his sons, appoints his successor, 441.
  • —date of his death, 436, 442.
• Hassan Fakráni, a minister of Kia buzerg Umid, II. 441.
• Hassan Mázinderáni, killed Alá-ed-din, ruler of the Almutians, II. 447.
• Haválet, “giving in charge,” a term of the Ismâilahs, II. 406.
• Haváyi mânavi, “the true soul,” III. [142].
• Hazaj, Arabian metre, I. 1, 2.
• Hazarahs, a tribe distinct from the Afghans and Moghuls, III. [43]
  • —a short account of them, ibid. n. [1].
• Hazeret ghaib mus af, “the presence of the relative mystery,” III. [238].
• Hazeret jamáh, “the presence of the vest,” III. [239].
• Hazeret muśaf ghaib, “the presence of the mysterious relation,” III. [238].
• Hazeret shahádet mutlak, “the presence of the absolute evidence,” III. [238].
• Hedáyah al hikmet, “the Guide to Science,” III. [217].
• Hedaya fil foru, “the Guide in the Branches of the Law,” quoted, III. [88].
• Herámes (Idris, Enoch), establishes fumigations and wine sacrifices, II. 160.
• Herbelot, author of the “Bibliothèque orientale,” quoted, I. 49, 57, 101, 112, 130, 138, 144, 145, 212, 222, 308; II. 169, 172, 173, 174, 175, 323, 325, 330, 361, 383, 419 n. 2, 429; III. [12] n. 2, 15 n. 27 n. 79, 123 n. 1, 158 n. 1, 171, 217 n. 1, 241 n. 1.
• Heresfetmád, name of Zoroaster’s father, according to the Desátir, I. 215 n. 280 n.
• Hermes al Hermes, III. [105]
  • —his epoch, several Hermes, 106 n. [1].
• Hermippus, treats expressly of Zoroaster’s works, I. 224 n.
• Hermodoros, a Platonic philosopher, quoted, I. 212 n.
• Hernán, the founder of a sect, branch of the Sabeans, III. 105 [n.]
• Hernánites, or Herranites, a sect, III. 105 [n.]
• Hero, son of Armenius, compared to Arda-Viraf, I. 304 n. 1.
• Herodotus, quoted, I. 17, 171, 209, 340; II. 37; III. [111].
• Hertushad, name for Zardusht, in the Desátir, I. 280 n.
• Hétu, “cause, reason,” II. 208.
• Hètwabhasa, “fallacious argument,” 209 n. 1.
• Hikmet al âin, “the science of what is essential,” III. [218].
• Hirbed, ascetic, learned man, I. 17, 18
  • —minister for the purpose of adoration, 241.
• Hirbed Sar, the pure high-priest, I. 147.
• Hirbed, a descendant from Zardusht, and learned contemporary of Mohsan Fani, III. [204].
• Hitcherasp, an ancestor of Zardusht, I. 215 n.
• Hokh shéthrôtemâé, a short prayer, I. 334
  • —variations of the name, ibid. n. 1.
• Holágu Khan, son of Tuli Khan, becomes master of the person of Rukn-eddin, and of the fort Maimun-diz, II. 449 n.
  • —takes more than forty castles of the Ismâilahs—completes the conquest of this sect, 450 n.
  • —marches towards Baghdad—takes the town and the khalif, whom he puts to a cruel death, ibid.
• Hom, a tree, its juice employed in sacrifices, I. 315 n. 1.
• Hom, the first apostle of the law, I. 355 n.
• Homa, burnt offering, II. 55, 62
  • —when to be performed by a Brahman, 77, 78, 81, 82, 101, 199.
• Honover, “pure desire,” II. 26 n. 1.
• Hormuz-azar, “a fire-temple,” I. 47.
• Hormuzd, a person of the Radian sect, I. 203.
• Hormuzd (Jupiter), description of his form, I. 36, 37
  • —angel presiding over the first day of every month, 62 n.
• Hoshidar, father of Bahram, entitled Hamawand, and, by the nation, Shapur, I. 270.
• Hóshwázhen, “a trance,” I. 85.
• Hoshyar (Mobed), author of the Sarud-i-Mastan, “the Songs of the intoxicated,” his descent—becomes a disciple of Kaiván, I. 110
  • —his mode of devotion—manners, 111, 113.
  • —his death, 112.
• Hosain, Husain (Imám), son of Ali, where killed, I. 47
  • —account of his death, II. 359 n. 1.
• Hossáin, a son of Hassan Sabah, put to death by order of his father, II. 441.
• Hossain Fáni, a chief of the Ismâilahs, defends Mumin-abad, II. 437.
• Hossâin Fáni, the daâi of Kohistan, put to death by a son of Hassan Sabah, II. 441.
• Hossain Mansúr Hallaj, a disciple of Joneid, III. 291 n. [1.]
• Hossain, son of Máyin eddin Maibedi, III. 217 n. [2], [226].
• Hossein (Shaikh), of Khorassan, contemporary of Mahmud Shebisterí, III. 237 n. [3].
• Hostanes Archimagus, makes first known in Europe the Persian religion and philosophy, I. 223 n.
• Hotukhshan, name of the fourth class of the people, I. 19 n.
• Hrid, “heart,” one of the six regions of the human body, II. 150.
• Hudah, son of Jái Alad, I. 177.
• Huo, the niece of Jamasp, third wife of Zoroaster, I. 281 n.
• Hur, Huri, “celestial virgin,” III. [159], [162].
• Huristar, name of the first class of the people, I. 18.
• Hushang, king and prophet, I. 30, 31
  • —son of Siamuk, 88.
• Hushiar (Mobed), carries in his arms the author of the Dabistán, in his infancy to be blessed by Chatur Vapah, II. 145.
• Hushián, a sect of the Persian religion, I. 6.
• Húshídar, a descendant from Zardusht, I. 232.
• Hushídarmah, a descendant from Zardusht, I. 232.
• Hushiar Refik Nikarindah, a person of the tribe of Maksud chep, II. 361.
• Hushyar (Mobed), his works, quoted, I. 72.
• Húvíyat, “essence,” III. [222].
• Huz ul Hayat, a Persian work, of Ambaret Kant, containing the sayings of Goraknath, II. 137.
• Hyde (Thomas), quoted, I. 17 n. 60, 70, 95, 112, 145, 206, 210, 215, 219, 222, 224, 245, 246, 255, 263, 275, 283, 284, 296, 297, 305, 306, 314, 324, 326, 331, 337.

I.—J.

• Jâafriyah, a town in Arabian Irak, I. 307 and n. 3.
• Jabel al âamli, a celebrated theologian, II. 381.
• Jabr, Shemseddin, III. 234 [n.]
• Jaber, Jaberiah, a Muhammedan sect, II. 350 n. 2, 352 n. 1.
• Jabilka, a fabulous town, III. [279].
• Jábilsa, a fabulous town, III. [279].
• Jabrîl, an angel, his functions, II. 337
  • —emanated from the tenth power of intelligence, III. [145].
  • —similar to human nature, [ibid.]
  • —cleaves the breast of Muhammed, and washes his heart, 177 n. [2].
  • —his form described, [178], [179].
  • —directs Muhammed on his way to heaven, [182], [283].
  • —conducts him to his own celestial mansion, [190].
  • —to the heavenly tabernacle, [194].
  • —remains behind the prophet, 195 [n.]
  • —he is the highest secretary and first intelligence, [236].
  • —brings happy news to Muhammed, [240].
  • —figures as the science of divinity, [246].
  • —the image of wisdom, [251].
• Jacob, son of Joseph (Rabbi), translator of the five books of Moses from Arabic into Persian, II. 300.
• Jád, a measure of time, I. 14.
• Jádar, superintendant of police, I. 169.
• Jadongois, solicitor of money from the wealthy, I. 292, 320.
• Jadú, a Fakir, disciple of Sath rah, II. 110
  • —his free conduct—death, 110, 111, 112.
• Jâfr Mosuddek, son of Muhammed meetum, “the expected,” II. 399 n. 1.
• Jâfr sadik, the sixth Imám, II. 390
  • —son of Muhammed Baker—his birth and death, ibid. n. 1.
• Jaganath, a boy, eight years old, who ridiculed idolatry, II. 105, 106.
• Jágar prarág, a sect, II. 128.
• Jagaravast´ha, “state of being awake,” II. 92.
• Jagat ambá, mother of the universe, name of Máyá, II. 150.
• Jagganath, town with a holy temple, II. 70.
• Jaghir, allotment made by the state to an individual, I. 176.
• Jagrat, “awaking,” I. p. 85.
• Jahad, “holy war upon unbelievers,” III. [262].
• Jahandas, a Sikh, pretender to the dignity of a Guru, anecdote of him, II. 282, 283.
• Jahan Navard, an individual of the Paikarian sect, I. 204.
• Jahmi Ebn Sefwan, head of a sect, II. 352 n. 2.
• Jai Afram, son of Abád, called to the throne, I. 23
  • —assumes the government and restores the institutes of his father, 24, 88.
• Jai Alad, son of Jai Afram, the last monarch of the Jai dynasty, I. 24, 88.
• Jala bhakta, “worshippers of water,” II. 243.
• Jalpa, “debate,” II. 208 n. 4.
• Jamáât, “assembly,” II. 324 n. 2.
• Jamáâtí, a Muhammedan sect, II. 326.
• Jamah, “union,” III. [222], [295] n. [1].
• Jamál Gili, a learned man in Kazvin, and secret Ismâilah, protected by Ala-eddin, II. 447.
• Jamana, “eructation,” II. 133 n. 1.
• Jamasp, brother, or minister, of Gusht-asp, prophet, supposed author of a Persian work, translated into Arabic, I. 112 and n. 3
  • —receives hallowed milk from Zardusht, 259.
  • —Jamasp’s words quoted, 358, 359, 360, 361.
• Jamblicus, his life of Pythagoras, quoted, I. 277 n. 1.
• Jamen, servant of Madar, killed, devoured, restored to life, II. 224, 225
  • —a saint of that name, proves his virtue, 226.
• Jami (Maulavi), the surname of Abdal Rahmen, quoted, I. 83; III. 173 n. [2].
• Jam i-Kái Khusro, work of Azar Kaiván, quoted, I. 76.
• Jamshaí, also called Yekanabín, a sect, I. 193.
• Jamshasp, son of Jemshid, son of Tahmúras, I. 193.
• Jamshaspians, a sect, I. 193.
• Janaka, king of Mithila, a legend of him, II. 255, 256, 261 to 266.
• Jana loka, one of the fourteen spheres, II. 12
  • —region of the sons of Brahma, ibid. n. 5.
• Jangaman, sect of Hindus—their belief, II. 218.
• Jangrangháchah, master of Jamasp—writes to Gushtasp—disputes with Zardusht, I. 276
  • —adopts his faith, 277.
• Jani (Gosain), founder of a sect of Vaichnavas, II. 234.
• Jápa, a rite of the Hindus, II. 55
  • —muttering prayers, 126.
• Jarudiyat, a branch of the Zaydiyat, II. 363 n. 1.
• Jasa, a Brahman, in whose house the Kalki-avatar is to take place, II. 24.
• Jashen Sudah, a work of Mobed Hushyar, I. 72.
• Jashn i-Sadah, “festival of Sadah,” work of Mobed Hoshyar, I. 112.
• Jata Karma, a rite of the Hindus, II. 55 and n. 2.
• Játi, “futile argument,” II. 209
  • —twenty-four enumerated, ibid. n. 4.
• Jats, a low class of Hindus, II. 112
  • —a short account of them, 270 n. 1.
• Javedan Khirad, book ascribed to Jemshid, I. 32 n. 145 n.
• Jaya diva, a Rámánandi, author of a mystical poem upon Krichna and Radhá, II. 180 n. 1, 182 n. 1.
• Jáyakarí, philosophers, attached to temporariness, III. [308].
• Jazbet, “attraction,” III. [294] n. [2].
• Iblis, “Satan,” II. 347 n. 1
  • —ordered to adore Adam, III. [8] n. [2], 9 [n.]
  • —the power of imagination, [146].
• Ibn Makanâ Saheb-i-Mah Kashgher, III. [80], [210].
• Ibrahim (Mulla), a zealous adherent to the creed of the Shiâhs, II. 364.
• Idris (or Enoch, see [Hermes]), III. [106] n. [1].
• Jehan Ara, epitome of the History of Persia, I. 31.
• Jelal Bokhari (Said), III. 256 n. [1].
• Jelal-eddin, sultan of Khorazm and other provinces, retires before Jangis Khan, II. 449 n.
  • —gains two battles over the Moghuls—flies towards the Indus—is overthrown in a battle on that river—destroys his whole family, and passes the river, III. [117] n. [1].
• Jelál-eddin, son of Miyán Bayezid, III. [42]
  • —succeeds to his father’s dignity, [ibid.]
  • —brought before the emperor Akbar—flies—takes Ghizni—cannot maintain himself, [43].
  • —is defeated and killed, [44].
• Jelal-eddin Bokhari, founder of a sect, II. 226 n. 2.
• Jelál-eddin Hassan, ben Muhammed, ben Hassan, the sixth ruler of the Alamutians, II. 446 n. 2
  • —date of his death, 447.
• Jelál-eddin Rumí (Mawlana), the most celebrated mystical poet of the Orient, III. 123 n. [4].
• Jelal-eddin Rumí (Mawlana), disciple of Mohi-eddin, III. 234 n. [1].
• Jelalian, a sect of Muhammedans, II. 226, 227, 228; III. [256] n. [1].
• Jemál-eddin mátaher, writer upon prophecy and unity, II. 379.
• Jemálian, a sect, III. [256].
• Jemshid, king and prophet, I. 30, 31
  • —a law of his quoted, 73.
  • —son of Tahmúras, 88.
  • —his sentiments expressed to Abtin, 194.
• Jemshid, author of many philosophical works, 195.
• Jengis Khan, dates of his birth and death, I. 160 n. 1; III. [113] and n. [1], 119 [n.]
  • —destroys the dominion of the Seljuk dynasty, II. 449 n.
  • —divides his empire before his death, ibid.
  • —worshipper of the stars, III. [112].
  • —subject to trances and epileptic fits—particulars relative to them—practises divination by means of combs, [113].
  • —made prisoner, recovers his liberty, [114].
  • —is just and equitable, [ibid.]
  • —appoints his successor, [115].
  • —his last advice to his sons, [118], [119].
  • —duration of his dynasty, 121 n. [1].
• Jeresht, the fourteenth Nosk of the Zand-Avesta, its contents, I. 274.
• Jermághun, a general of Oktayi Khan, sent with a force against Jelal-eddin, king of Khorassan, whom he defeats, III. [116], [117].
• Jermshar, name of Jemshid, I. 31 n.
• Ihhrám, “penetential veil,” III. 257 n. [1].
• Ihtilam, how interpreted by the Ismâilahs, II. 408 n. 2.
• Jin, “spirits of fire,” III. [236].
• Jitèndriya, “who has subdued the senses,” II. 239.
• Ijtihad, “rational dialectics,” II. 378 n. 2.
• Jiva, “life,” II. 123, 124.
• Jivánasp, son of Sásán, resides in Kabulistan, I. 276 n. 2.
• Jívatátma, “the vital principle, or spirit,” II. 92.
• Ilahíah, followers of the religion of Akbar, III. [48].
• Ilam-eddin, named Buzin-Khan (Hakim) built Vizirabad, a town, II. 194.
• Ilhám, “inspiration,” III. [174] n. [1].
• Imám, Imámat, a religious dignitary, and office—conditions thereof, II. 362, 363
  • —twelve Imáms, enumerated, 367, 368 n. 1.
  • —their prohibitions of science, 375.
  • —instructions, 376.
  • —seven Imáms of the Ismâilahs, 400; III. [172], [173].
• Imánah (The), a class of Muhammedan sectaries, II. 388; III. [12].
• Imámiyat âsulín, a sect, II. 385.
• Imbal, a fort in Khazazm, surrenders to the besieging Moghuls for want of water, at the very moment of a heavy fall of rain, III. [120].
• Imkan, “possibility,” III. [141]
  • —four sorts of it, ibid. n. [1].
• Jnana skandha, “personality,” II. 197.
• Jnánam uttamam, “the highest state of beatitude,” II. 95.
• Jnáni, possessor of the Vedanta science, II. 96.
• Jnánindra, particular class of Jnanis, II. 103.
• Jnapti skandha, “the knowledge of animal nature,” II. 198.
• Indra, “the window of life, the passage of the soul,” where placed, II. 154.
• Indra, regent of the East (Purva) II. 219.
• Indrazaharáyog Vasishta, name given to the instructions of Vasishta to Rama, II. 28.
• Indriya, “exterior senses,” II. 204
  • —six senses, 206.
• Insan Kamíl, “the perfect man,” III. 276 n. [2].
• Jóli handi, a sect, II. 128.
• Jog-Vasishta (also Yog-vasishta, and Vasishta-yog), name given to Vasishta’s instructions to Rama, II. 28, 96, 256, 268.
• Joneid Abu ’l Kasem, III. 273 n. [1].
• Jones (sir William), denies the authenticity of Zoroaster’s works published in French, I. 223 n.
• Jorjani, author of the Commentary upon the Mewakif, II. 323.
• Jorjaní, author of Definitions, quoted, III. 141 n. [1], 174 n. [1], 224 n. [1], 229 n. [2], 230 n. [1], 231 n. [2], 239 n. [2], 276 n. [2].
• Jourdan (Am.), translator of a work of Mirkhond, II. 423.
• Iradet, a mystic term of the Druses, III. 64 n. [2]
  • —other definitions of it, 224 n. [1].
• Iraj, son of Feridun, permits destructive animals to be eaten, I. 74.
• Isána, the north-east region—regent between the north and east, II. 35, 219 n. 1.
• Isápúcha, worship of God, II. 126.
• Isfandarmend, Isfandarmaz, name of an angel and a month, I. 61, 62 and n. 230
  • —gives benedictions and instructions to Zardusht, 242.
• Isfandamaz-jah, the third additional day of the Persian year, I. 62 n.
• Isfendiar, son of king Gusht-asp—promoter of fire-worship, I. 50, 88
  • —his history and death, 191 n. 1.
  • —receives one grain of the hallowed pomegranate from Zardusht, and becomes brazen-bodied, 260.
  • —allegories ascribed to him, 363, 364, 365, 366.
  • —a prisoner in the fort Gambadan, 371.
• Ishaîa (Isaiah), the Hebrew prophet, quoted, II. 298, 306, 307.
• Isháret, “Indications,” title of a work, III. [218] n. [3].
• Ishmata, one of the five failings, II. 120.
• Ishrak Shuhab uddin Maktul (Shaikh), his works translated into Persian, I. 122.
• Ishrakian, “Platonists,” I. 83.
• Ishtam, “sacrifice, oblation,” II. 155 n. 4.
• Iskander (Alexander), seeks the fountain of life, I. 57, 68 and n. 1
  • —explanation of this allegory, ibid.
• Islam, the Muhammedan faith, II. 322
  • —its principal part, 341 to 357, 355.
• Ismâil (Imám), son of Jafr sadik, II. 297, 398 n.
  • —his disappearance—different versions about it, 398, 399.
• Ismail Bég, a follower of Mazdak’s faith, I. 378.
• Ismâil Isfahani (Mulla), III. [297].
• Ismail Safavi, king of Persia, his system with regard to hereditary dignity, I. 163.
• Ismail Sufi, of Ardistan, a descendant from Musa, I. 52 n. 200.
• Ismail Súfi (Mulla) of Isfahan, quoted, II. 52.
• Ismâiliah (The), II. 397, 399 n. 1
  • —acknowledge the legitimate succession from Jâfir to his son Ismâil, 399 n. 1.
  • —their creed, 400 to 404 (see [Batenian])—different names given to the Ismâilahs, 421 n. 1.
  • —duration of their existence, and overthrow by Holágu, 450 n.
  • —remains of this sect in Persia and India, ibid. n.
• Isráfil, an angel, his function, II. 337
  • —one of the powers of the sun, III. [145].
• Istakhar, town of Persia, I. 48 and n. 8.
• Istidád, “disproportion,” III. [233].
• Istidlal, “the arguers,” a sect, II. 390
  • —once called Masháyin, ibid. n. 4.
• Istidráj, “a sort of miracle,” III. [274] n. [1].
• Istinsak, “washing the nostrils,” III. [259].
• Istinsar, “drawing up water through the nostrils,” III. [259].
• Isvára, “the necessary being,” II. 123.
• Ita ahu Virio, a form of prayer, I. 313 and n. 1, 319, 321.
• Itláf sarf, “absolute excellence,” III. [283].
• Jují, son of Jengis Khan, the countries destined to him by his father enumerated—dies before his father, III. 116 [n.]
• Jush, or Gush, angel presiding over the fourteenth day of every month, I. 62 n.
• Justin, I. 33 n. 1.
• Jyotisha, “astronomy,” II. 65 n. 1, 165.
• Jyotish toma, “sacrifice of four goats,” II. 82, 83.
• Ized, explained, I. 95 n.
• Ized Dahman, a celestial being, who blesses the just man and conducts his soul to heaven, I. 258 n.
• Izeshné, the Pehlvi name of a work, part of the Zand-Avesta, I. 225 n.
  • —translated into French, 226 n.
  • —explained, 316 n.

K.

• Kâbah, holy temple of Mecca, by whom built, I. 47 n.; II. 409 n. 2
  • —frequently mentioned as the Kiblah of the Muhammedans, see [Kiblah].
• Kabir, a disciple of Rámanandrá, II. 186 n. 2
  • —a Vairagi—his first meeting with his master, 187 to 188.
  • —some of his speeches, 189.
  • —his charity, 190.
  • —after his death Hindus and Muhammedans claim his burial, 191.
  • —his corpse disappears, ibid. n. 1.
• Kacha, son of Vrihaspati, his legend, II. 225 n. 1.
• Kadariah, Kadarian, a Muhammedan sect, II. 325 n. 1, 353 n. 1.
• Kadr, “God’s particular will,” II. 352 n. 1, III. [233].
• Kaf, a fabulous mount, II. 260 n. 2; III. [249] n. [1] (see [Alburz]).
• Kafris, called Kafer Katóriz, a tribe from Kabulistan, III. [301].
• Kahgyur, one of the principal religious works of the Tibetans, II. 291 n. 2.
• Kah Zand, “little Zand,” I. 352, 353.
• Kajak, name of God with the Tibitans, II. 289 n. 1.
• Káim makám, “vice regent,” III. [203].
• Kai-Kaús, the second king of the Kayan dynasty, his epoch, I. 52 and n. 5
  • —his attempted ascent to heaven and downfall explained, 56.
• Kai Khúsro, king and prophet, I. 30, 163
  • —resigns the crown—disappears suddenly, 192 n.
  • —kills Afrasiab, II. 130 n. 1.
  • —lives still, by means of a peculiar mode of breathing, 136.
• Kai Kobad, son of Zab, I. 88.
• Káí Nishín, brother of Kai-Káus, interprets the adventure of his brother, I. 56
  • —son of Kai Kobad, 88.
• Kaívan azar, a fire-temple, I. 47.
• Kakak (Ibrahim), founder of a sect, his life, conduct, speech, II. 229, 230.
• Kakan, a sect founded by Ibrahim Kakak, II. 229.
• Kála-dek (Kaladíya), peculiar rite of the Sactians, II. 155.
• Kalem, “scholastic theology,” definition thereof, II. 327 n. 2, 375 n. 1.
• Kalian Bharati, a Sanyasi, his account of Shah Abas, king of Persia, II. 146, 147.
• Kalinga, name of a province in India, II. 3.
• Kalinga, a city, in which is the temple of the tortoise, II. 70.
• Kaliśakha, sacred tree, II. 80.
• Kála-skandha, ibid. n. 6.
• Kali Warastah (Imám), “the Humble,” his verses quoted, I. 138.
• Kaliyug, the fourth age of the Hindus, II. 24
  • —when it begins, ibid. n. 1.
  • —its fixed duration, 48.
• Kalki-Avátar, the tenth Avátar of Vichnu, II. 24
  • —when to take place, ibid.
• Kalpa, a part of the Vedas, on ceremonies, II. 65 n. 1.
• Kámada, sexual love, II. 154.
• Kamál, a distinguished Vahádi, killed by Abás, III. [23], [24].
• Kamál eddin, son of Miyan Báyezid, III. [42].
• Kamer (the moon), the son of Atri, the Sage, II. 39
  • —bears the title of superior wisdom, III. [200], [201].
  • —a mixed light with a particular property, [202].
  • —the seal of perfection, [244].
• Kam-hibdas, a sect, II. 128.
• Kám Jóí, a follower of the Samradian doctrine—verses of his quoted, I. 200.
• Kamkár, an ascetic of the Samradian sect, I. 197
  • —author of a treatise containing amusing anecdotes, 198.
  • —examples of them, ibid. 199, 200.
• Kamran (Hakim), of Shiraz, performs a supposed miracle, I. 117.
• Kamran of Shíraz (Hakim), relates a speech of Chatur Vapah, II. 145.
• Kamran, of Shiraz, a Peripatetic, III. [205]
  • —his erudition—conduct, [206], [207].
  • —death—burial, [208].
  • —his opinions, [211], [216].
  • —his behavior towards another sect, [217].
  • —the books which he read with his disciples, [217], [218], [219].
• Kamus, a Khodayi (merchant), I. 201.
• Kanesh bhat, a Jnánindra, II. 107.
• Kanigaram, a place on the borders of Kandahar, III. [28].
• Kant´a, wind-pipe, II. 132.
• Kapal-ásan, a particular rite of devotion, I. 123.
• Kar, a class of Sanyásis, II. 139.
• Kárana, “cause,” II. 17.
• Kárana sarira, “the original frame,” II. 177 n.
• Karankabánta, a Dakhani word for a sacred tree, II. 80.
• Karanyáksha, a demon, carries the earth under water, II. 20.
• Kargi, a Telinga word for the Sanscrit Durva, sacrificial grass, II. 80.
• Karkh, a quarter of Baghdád, II. 490 n. 2.
• Karmáh, Saturn’s stay in each mansion of his orbit, I. 27.
• Karmah hormuzi, Jupiter’s stay in each mansion of his orbit, I. 27.
• Karmatians, a sect, founded by Hamadan, surnamed Karmata, II. 421 n. 1.
• Karsal, a Saturnian year, I. 27.
• Karsal hormuzi, Jupiter’s period, I. 27.
• Karun, Korah, the cousin of Moses, according to the Muhammedans, III. 70 n. [1].
• Karuna, “tenderness, pity,” II. 121.
• Kásam Khan, quoted, III. [203].
• Kaseb, “acquisition,” II. 353 n.
• Kashef mâni, “inner revelation,” III. [274].
• Kashef ul mahjub, “the revelations of the veiled Being,” III. [265].
• Kashef suri, “exterior revelation,” III. [274].
• Kashial, a place in the mountains of Kashmír, inhabited by a particular sect, their customs, II. 244.
• Káshmár, Kichmar, town in Khorassan, where is Zardusht’s cypress-tree, I. 280 n. 306 and n. 3.
• Kashti, “sacred girdle,” I. 297
  • —description of it, ibid. n. 314.
• Kasimirsky, translator of the Koran into French, quoted, III. 72 n. [1].
• Kasur, its mystical signification, III. [159], [162].
• Kaśyapa, a sect, II. 128.
• Katha, Krishna’s advice to Arjuna, II. 96.
• Kavi-śastra, “poetics,” II. 165.
• Kawser, a river of paradise, II. 344 n. 1
  • —in Gabriel’s heavenly mansion, a source like wine, III. 190 n. [1].
• Kayastha, the writer cast, belonging to the fourth class among the Hindus, II. 114 n. 1.
• Kayomors, name equivalent to Gilshah, etymology of both names, I. 29 n.
  • —son of Yásan Ajam, 88.
• Kaźa, God’s universal judgment, II. 352 n. 1; III. [233].
• Kazil Saruk, a general of Malikshah, besieges Múmin-ábad, a fort of the Ismâilah, his army disperses, II. 437.
• Kazl-bash, “red-head,” name given to the Persians by the Turks, I. 160 n. 1.
• Kazvin, town of Persia, II. 172.
• Kchatriyas, the second class of the Hindus, their destination, II. 48
  • —what they are to learn—to perform, 78.
• Kerámet, “prodigy,” III. [173] n. [2].
• Keramiah, Keramian, a Muhammedan sect, II. 331.
• Kerát, “chanting,” III. [260].
• Kera-Tabitian, the inhabitants of Tibet, their religion, II. 289, 292.
• Kerb, “proximity,” III. [294] n. [1].
• Kerbela, town, sepulchre of Imám Husain, I. 117
  • —its ancient name, 51.
• Kerges, a fabulous bird, I. 36 n. 1.
• Kerimdád, son of Jelál eddin, son of Báyezid, delivered up to his enemies and put to death, III. [47].
• Kermabah, place of resort for the Persian kings, III. [107] n. [2].
• Kersi, the throne of God, the crystaline heaven, II. 346.
• Kesayi Tivari, a Brahman of Benares, settled at Lahore, II. 90.
• Kesesrob, the tenth Nosk of the Zand-Avesta, its contents, I. 273 n.
• Khadijá, Muhammed’s wife, II. 300, 398 n.
• Khadira (Khandira), sacrificial wood, II. 80.
• Khaibar, a town in the Arabian province of Hejaz, III. 51 n. [2].
• Khair al Bian, a book of the Roshenian, III. [44].
• Khair eddin, son of Báyezid, III. 42 n. [1].
• Khákani (Hakim), quoted, III. [14], [168].
• Kháki, merchant of the Shidabian sect, I. 207.
• Kbala, quitting and reassuming the body at pleasure, I. 86.
• Khalâ, “divesting,” a term of the Ismâilahs, II. 406.
• Khaled, son of Valid, and general of Abu bekr, defeats the army of Musaylima, who is killed, III. 4 n. [1].
• Kharchang (Crab), constellation which the Persian astronomers represented by a tortoise, II. 19.
• Khatar hari, a sacred tree, II. 80.
• Khashar, name of a Nosk of the Zand-Avesta, I. 275.
• Khatem, “the seal,” III. [244].
• Kherka, the patched coat of ascetics, II. 228.
• Khesht, the twelfth Nosk of the Zand-Avesta, its contents, I. 274 n.
• Khizr (Elias), discovers the fountain of life, I. 57 n. 2, 58 n. 1.
• Khodádád (Mobed), founder of a sect, his opinion, I. 201.
• Khoda Jai (Mobed), quoted, I. 76
  • —disciple of Azar Kaivan—his attainments and austerities, 118.
  • —author of a Commentary upon Kaíván’s poems—his death, 119.
• Khodaiyan, a sect, followers of Mobed Khodádád, I. 201.
• Khogiah Shams eddin Muhammed, III. 217 n. [1].
• Khur, angel presiding over the 11th day of every month, I. 62 n.
• Khurastar, noxious animals, I. 292.
• Khurdad, name of an angel and a month, I. 61, 62 n.
  • —gives benedictions and instructions to Zardusht, 242.
  • —appears in Gushtasp’s palace, 257.
• Khurramiah, a name of the Ismâilahs, II. 421 n. 1.
• Khurshid chehar, one of Zardusht’s three sons, I. 293 n. 1.
• Khurshid Páyah, the solar sphere, I. 289.
• Khushnudi namah, certificate of good behaviour, I. 176.
• Kia Buzerk umid, successor to Hassan Sabah in Alamut, II. 436, 441
  • —his conduct, 442.
  • —duration of his reign, ibid. n. 1.
• Kiblah, that part, or object, to which people direct their face in prayer, I. 33 n.
  • —term frequently used in the whole work.
• Kík Khan, of the family of Chaghat-Khan, proves his love of practical justice, III. [119], [120].
• Kimiáyi Sâadet, “alchymy of felicity,” a work of Ghazáli, recommended for perusal in Akbar’s ordinances, III. [123].
• Kiranya Kashipu, a demon slain by Vichnu, II. 21.
• Kirfah, “good deeds,” I. 311, 313 and n. 2.
• Kimna, a form of prayer, I. 325 and n. 1, 331.
• Kisálihazza, place of pilgrimage in Kachmir, II. 166.
• Kishtovar, a town in Lahore, II. 108 n. 1.
• Kitabal Jafr, III. 234 [n.]
• Kleuker (John Frederic), translated the Zand-Avesta, from French into German, with Comments, I. 223 n.
• Knef, the good principle of the Egyptians, III. 106 [n.]
• Kobad, the eighteenth king of the Sassanians, supports the prophet Mazdak—expelled from Persia, recovers the throne, I. 193 n. 1.
• Koheli, a tribe of Kchatriyas, II. 194.
• Kohistan (Khorassan), one of the principal seats of the Eastern Ismâilahs, II. 423.
• Koran (The), quoted, II. 331, 333
  • —declared the summary of four sacred books, 340.
  • —quoted, 354, 358, 371, 396 n. 1, 400 n. 1, 454; III. 8 n. [2], 68 n. [1], [72], 79 n. [2], 88 n. [1], 101 n. [5], [146], 149 n. [1], [150], [155], 159 n. [1], [161], [166], 212 n. [1], [234], [253], [271], 274 n. [1], [290].
• Koshá, sheaths constituting the subtile frame of the rudimental body, II. 177 n.
• Kote, equal to ten millions, II. 35.
• Krichna-Avátar, the eighth Avátar of Vichnu, II. 24.
• Krichna, a Kchatriya, II. 24
  • —when he appeared, ibid.
  • —has 16,000 wives—explanation of it, 31, 32, 183.
• Krichna paksha, the dark half of a month, II. 18.
• Krita yugam, the age of the righteous, II. 47 n. 1, 50 n.
• Kufah (town), burial-place of the Imám Abu Hanifah—its fire-temples, I. 51, 52.
• Kular, a Dakhani word for the Indian fig-tree, II. 80.
• Kumbi, cultivator, II. 78.
• Kunda, sacrificial hole or pit in the ground, II. 79.
• Kundeli, snake—a vein of the human body, II. 134.
• Kundízh-húkht, temple erected by Zohak, I. 50.
• Kunti, wife of Pandu, II. 67 n. 4.
• Kurban, “sacrificing,” III. [262].
• Kurbet, proximity to God, III. [29], [36], [37].
• Kurma-Avátar, tortoise Avátar, II. 18.
• Kurutaman, paradise, I. 290.
• Kusa, sacrificial grass, II. 79.
• Kushnuman, a short prayer, I. 332 and n. 1.
• Kutwal, police-officer, or inspector—instructions for his conduct, III. [132] to 136.
• Kuvala lotus, birth of Brahma, II. 16.
• Kuvèra, regent of the North (uttara), II. 219.

L.

• Labíd, one of the seven Arabian poets, whose poems were suspended in the temple of Mecca, III. 65 n. [1].
• Lachmana, brother of Rama-chandra, II. 36.
• Lahjan, a town in the province of Gilan, III. 141 n. [3].
• Lajard (Felix), member of the French Institute, quoted, I. 293 n.
• Láli, translator of a work of Jamasp, I. 112.
• Lamas, “pilgrims,” their customs, II. 291.
• Lamiser, a fort taken by the Ismâilahs, II. 439
  • —destroyed by Holágu, 449 n.
• Lanka (Ceylon), II. 23
  • —a fort, built of golden ingots, ibid.
• Larang, name of the Divinity, I. 86.
• Lárásun, place of pilgrimage in Kachmir, II. 166.
• Lashkár Navís, “army-registrar,” I. 156.
• Lassen (Christian), maintains the genuineness and antiquity of the Zand language, I. 223 n.
• Lawh-i-Mahfúz, “the tables of destiny,” III. [283].
• Leibnitz, quoted, III. 240 n. [2].
• Leo X. Pope, III. 208 [n.]
• Leyden (John), quoted, II. 246, 247 n.; III. 42 [n.] [47], [48].
• Lim Sar, “dwelling on high,” I. 151.
• Linga, “virile organ,” II. 152 n. 3
  • —naked rudiment of the body, 177 n.
• Linga purusha, visional subtile body, II. 178 n. 1.
• Linga sarira, “visional body,” II. 177.
• Lord (Henry), traveller in the East, I. 225 n.
• Lohrasp, son of Arvand, I. 88
  • —cured of a malady, and converted, by Zardusht, 255.
  • —imprisons Isfendiar, 191 n. 1.
  • —supposed length of his reign, 278 n.
  • —is killed in battle, 371.
• Lubhani, author, quoted, II. 193.
• Lulies, public women in Persia, I. 118 n. 1; II. 70.
• Lunchîta-kéśa, “hair-pluckers,” a class of Buddhists, II. 212 n. 2.
• Lunugi, “Unitarians among the Jatis,” a class of Buddhists, II. 213.
• Lycophron, quoted, 112 n.

M.

• Maâd, “resurrection,” III. [278].
• Mâaviah Ebn Abi Safian, II. 356
  • —a short account of him, 358 n. 1, 361.
  • —collector in Syria, III. [55].
• Mabzad, son of Gurgín, although a lunatic, maintained in the government, I. 163.
• Machá, name of a Nosk of the Zand-Avesta, I. 275.
• Macrobius, quoted, I. 205.
• Mada, “joy, pleasure,” II. 121.
• Madárian, a sect, II. 223.
• Madhu Acháris, a class of the worshippers of Vichnu, II. 179.
• Madhwácharya, founder of the sect of Brahma Sampradáyis, II. 179 n. 1, 181 n. 2.
• Madhur, a descendant of Gurgin, becomes a lunatic, I. 163.
• Mafid (Shaikh), founder of a system of scholastic theology, II. 379, 380.
• Magi, see [Mobed], I. 17 n.
• Mah (the moon), represented as a man, I. 40.
• Mah, angel presiding over the twelfth day of every month, I. 62 n.
• Máh-ab, brother of Mihrab, I. 173
  • —resigns his person to servitude for another slave, 144.
• Maha ásana, peculiar mode of sitting, II. 134.
• Mahá-atma, a distinguished class of Jatís, II. 213
  • —the miraculous power of one of them instanced, 214.
• Mahabad, first king, I. 15
  • —his acts, 16, 17.
• Máhábad, place of pilgrimage, II. 166.
• Mahabadas, fourteen kings, I. 21.
• Máhábádian dynasty, its duration, I. 14.
• Mahabet Khan, III. [216].
• Mahábharat, poem, quoted, II. 42, 67 n. 2.
• Mahábharat, translated by Abul Fazil, III. [101]
  • —quoted, [110], [111].
• Mahadéo (Siva), with a serpent round his neck, II. 32, 217
  • —what it means—what his attribute of destroyer, 32.
  • —proceeds from the navel of Víchnu—eight-faced, eight-armed—rides upon a bull—dressed in an elephant’s skin, rubbed with ashes, 217.
  • —three-eyed, ibid.
• Mahadeo, a Saktian, sitting upon a dead body, II. 159.
• Maha jyóti, “great light,” II. 235.
• Mahakah, “assertors of truth,” a class of Muhammedan theologians, II. 380.
• Maharloka, one of the fourteen spheres, II. 12
  • —its situation, ibid. n. 4.
• Mahásebi, a learned Muhammedan, II. 329 n. 2.
• Maha Singh, son of Bahader Singh, the Raja of Kishtovár, disciple of Hara Ramapuri, II. 108, 109.
• Mahá tala loka, one of the fourteen spheres, II. 12
  • —an infernal region, ibid. n. 12.
• Máhatap indra, a Jnanindra, II. 107.
• Mahat tatwam, “essential nature,” II. 10
  • —whence it proceeded, 13 and n. 5.
• Mah-azar, a fire-temple, I. 47.
• Mahdi, “guide,” I. 130 n. 1
  • —title of the twelfth Imám, II. 383.
• Mah-dinah, ancient name of Medina, I. 51.
• Mahésh, see [Siva], II. 4.
• Mah-gah, old name for Mecca, I. 48.
• Mahin-azar, name of a fire-temple, I. 52.
• Mahir Chand, a goldsmith, disciple of Akamnath, II. 116.
• Mahisha Asura, a demon, under the form of a buffalo, killed by Durga, II. 163.
• Máhlad, a governor of Khorassan—orders his head to be cut off by the son of a man whom he had unjustly put to death, I. 159.
• Mahmud (Shaikh), quoted, II. 191.
• Mahmud, son of Malik Shah—his contest with his half-brother, Barkiarok, II. 437 n. 1.
• Mahmud of Ghiznah, son of Sebek teghin, the founder of his dynasty, I. 197 and n. 1.
• Mahmud Beg Timán, disciple of Farzanah Bahram, a seer of one God—his treatment of a wounded dog, I. 135
  • —his devotion, 136.
• Mahmud Sabak teghin, founder of the dynasty of the Ghasnavis, persecutor of Avisenna, II. 170 n. 1.
• Mahmud Shebisteri, I. 82; III. 225 n. [1], 237 n. [3].
• Mahmud Tarabi, head of a sect, III. 12 n. [1].
• Mahna, name of a vein, II. 132.
• Mah Páyah, lunar sphere, I. 289.
• Mahs, mark of a man’s former state, III. [20].
• Mahsan Khan ghazi, a Moghul chief, defeats Miyan Báyazid, III. [41], 42 n. [1].
• Mahtra, Mathura, town in India, account of it, I. 53 and n.
• Máhyár, a person mentioned in the Samrad namah, I. 201.
• Mahyársur ilm, ancient fire-temple, I. 51.
• Mah Zand, “great Zand,” I. 352, 353.
• Magha, January-February, II. 58.
• Mâjazet, “extraordinary thing,” III. 173 n. [1].
• Maibed, a town of Persia, III. 217 n. [2].
• Maibedi, see [Hossain], son of Mâyin eddin, III. [217].
• Majeddin Abu Taher Muhammed ben Yakub, compiler of a celebrated Arabic Dictionary, and of other works, III. [94] n. [1].
• Majed-doulah Abu Taleb Rustam, the eighth prince of the Buyi dynasty, II. 172 n. 2.
• Majezub, a class of Súfis, III. 251 [n.]
• Majezub salik, a class of Súfis, III. [251].
• Mâikail (Mikáil), an angel presiding the truth of professions, II. 337
  • —proceeds from the moon, III. [145].
  • —the greatest of all angels, [193].
• Maiku Khan, or Mangu Khan, son of Tuli Khan, son of Jengis Khan—rules in Tartary, II. 449 n.
  • —orders the death of Rukn-eddin, 450 n.
• Majmirah, a name of the Ismâilahs, II. 421.
• Maimun, surnamed Kaddah, the ancestor of Said Muhammed Obaid-alla, Mahdi, II. 418 and n. 1.
• Maizad, or Miezd, I. 319.
• Makabil Ben Soliman, a Muhammedan theologian, II. 332.
• Makam, “station,” its meaning in the language of the Súfis, III. [242].
• Makhan Afghani, a miscellaneous compilation on the ritual and moral practices of Islam, III. 47 [n.], [48].
• Makhdúm ul mulk, under the reign of Akbar, declares the pilgrimage to Mecca unnecessary, III. [87].
• Maknâyah, a name of the Ismâilahs, II. 421 n. 1.
• Makr Ilahi, “divine fascination,” III. [274].
• Makrisi, his account of the Jews, quoted, II. 304; II. 419 n. 1, 423.
• Maksud chep, a tribe of the people of Shekunah, II. 360, 361.
• Maktul (Shaikh), his opinion about the heavenly bodies, III. [171]
  • —composer of hymns, [205].
• Malá-tulasi, a rosary of the Tulasi shrub, II. 184.
• Malcolm (sir John), author of a History of Persia, quoted, I. 53 n.
  • —of a Sketch of the Sikhs, quoted, II. 246 n. 1, 247 n. 1, 248 n. 1, 249 n. 1, 250 n. 1; III. 24 n. [1], 229 n. [1].
• Malik, the keeper of hell, III. [155].
• Malik Ehn Ans, head of a Muhammedan sect, II. 328 n. 1, 332.
• Malik Salakin, governor of the fort Arak, III. [117]
  • —ravages of the plague during the defence of his post against the Moghuls, [118].
• Malik Shah, son of Alp Arselan, II. 426 n. 1.
• Malik Shah, versified in Persian—Zardusht’s hundred gates, I. 310 n. 1.
• Malik Táj-eddin, king of Ghor, III. [114]
  • —relates an anecdote relative to the discipline of the Moghuls, [115].
• Malik Yakúb, lord of Shekunah, II. 356.
• Malkîah, a Muhammedan sect, II. 355.
• Mamun, the seventh khalif of the Abbasides, restores the castle Feduk to the posterity of Ali, III. 52 [n.]
• Mana, name of a vein, II. 132.
• Manas, mind, the interior sense, possessing the three attributes of the divinity, II. 99, 100, 204.
• Mânavi (Manlavi), his verses quoted, I. 115, 130; III. [242].
• Mandára, mountain, serving as a churn-staff of the ocean, II. 19 and n. 2.
• Mani, painter, son of Fáten, his epoch—doctrine—fate, I. 205 n. 3
  • —further account of him, 372, 373 n.
• Manjíat wa mahelkat, “The Causes of Salvation and Perdition,” a work recommended for perusal in Akbar’s ordinances, III. [123].
• Manichæism, short account of it, I. 372, 373 n.
• Mani puram, pit of the stomach, II. 131 n. 1, 132, 150.
• Manir, a learned contemporary of Mohsan Fáni, III. [204], [205].
• Manistán, world of similitude, I. 21.
• Manishram, name given to Mars in the Desatir, I. 37 n.
• Mankahú, name of a Nosk of the Zand-Avesta, I. 275.
• Mansi, “physiologists,” III. [308].
• Mansur I. son of Abdel malek, sixth king of the Samánis, origin of the dynasty, II. 169 n. 2.
• Mansur, the son of Aziz, surnamed Alhakem ba amra, II. 422 and n. 1.
• Mantek al tair, “the colloquy of the birds,” quoted, III. 249 n. [1].
• Manthar, a region of the human body, II. 131.
• Mantik (Al), logic, II. 327 n. 2.
• Mantra, form of prayer, II. 79.
• Manu, quoted, II. 50, 55 n. 3, 59, 71, 87, 88, 119, 179.
• Manvantara, reign of a Manu, its duration stated, II. 50 n.
  • —Manavanturas innumerable, ibid.
• Manuhar Kuchwáhhah (Rai), quoted, II. 53.
• Manu-Ráma (Sri), an austere Brahman, in Lahore, II. 89, 90.
• Manushya bhakta, worshippers of mankind, II. 244.
• Maragha, in Azerbijan, the residence of Hulagu, famous for its astronomic observatory, under the direction of Nas ir eddin, III. 114 n. [1].
• Márásfand, angel presiding over the twenty-ninth day of the month, I. 62 n.
• Mard, a period of time, I. 14.
• Mardad (Amardad), name of an angel and of a month, I. 61, 62 n.
  • —gives instructions to Zardusht, 243.
• Márga-sirsha, August, II. 83.
• Mârifat, “true knowledge,” III. [29], [36], [37].
• Marikh, Mirrikh (Mars), son of the earth, II. 38
  • —a demon of a malignant influence, 44.
• Marraccius, author of the Prodromus, translator of the Koran, II. 323.
• Mâruf Karkhí, a Súfi, II. 390 n. 2, 276.
• Marzaban, ben Abdullah, ben Maimun al Kadah, the founder of the Batenian, II. 400 n. 1.
• Marzái, name of a Nosk of the Zand-Avesta, I. 275.
• Masakh, “metamorphosis,” III. [150].
• Másháyîn, “Peripatetics,” II. 373 n. 2.
• Mash had, holy sepulchre, III. 2 n. [2].
• Mashia and Mashiana, the first man and woman sprung from earth, I. 268 n. 1, 355 n.
• Masjed al Nabi, the mosque of the prophet, I. 47.
• Masnad, a Guru, or spiritual chief of the Sikhs, II. 271.
• Masnad es sahih, work of Muhammed, called Bocharí, III. [53].
• Mâsúm, “defended, preserved,” a name of Muhammed, the Askerite, II. 386 n. 1.
• Matâh, temporary marriage, III. [62]
  • —various opinions about it, [88] n. [1].
• Matakalem, Matakalman, Matkalmin, II. 327 n. 2, 373, 391.
• Mâtakellam al-Ashari, a title of Sheheristani, II. 323.
• Matákherin (Sûfis), “the modern,” II. 389.
• Mâtalah, Matalites, a Muhammedan sect, II. 325
  • —their opinions, ibid. n. 1.
• Mâtazalah, “separatists,” II. 325, 327, 352 n. 2.
• Matemed Abási, son of Motavakel, his epoch, II. 384 n. 1.
• Materidi, or Abu Mansur Muhammed al Hanefí (Shaikh), II. 349 n. 1.
• Máth, “monastery,” II. 179 n. 1, 180 n. 1.
• Mátris, personified energies of the Gods, eight names of them, II. 220 n. 2.
• Matsherâin (Súfis), orthodox Súfis, II. 374.
• Matsya-Avátar, Fish-Avátar, II. 18.
• Mavafek Nishapuri, a very learned Sonnite, II. 424 n. 2.
• Mawakif, Stations, Posts, or Theses of Metaphysics, title of a celebrated work, II. 323 n. 328 n.
• Maveli (perhaps Mahesvari), an idol in the town of Bister (perhaps Bidzergur), a legend of this deity, II. 163, 164.
• Máuninas, Sanyásis, keeping silence, II. 148.
• Máyá, the magic of God, II. 91.
• Máyá Sakti, spouse of Sivá, II. 149
  • —her seat in the human body—her description, 151.
• Mazak, uncommon exaltation of mind, III. [294] n. [1].
• Mazda, Maz-dao, Mezda, great, or all-knowing, I. 325 and n. 1
  • —a form of prayer, ibid. 331.
• Mazdak, prophet, I. 104 n. 193 n.
  • —unable to injure the pure faith, 267.
  • —contemporary of king Kobad, 373.
  • —put to death under Nushirvan, ibid.
  • —account of his doctrine, 373, 374, 375, 376, 377, 378.
• Mazheri, of Kachmir, quoted, II. 171.
• Mazmaza, rinsing the mouth, III. [259].
• Medina, town in Arabia, burial-place of Muhammed, its ancient name, I. 51 and n.
• Mediomah, couin to Zardusht, I. 231 n.
• Mediozerem, holy oil, I. 290 n. 1.
• Meftah al alum, “the key of sciences,” title of a work, III. 218 n. [5].
• Meiners, denies the authenticity of Zoroaster’s works, published in French, I. 223 n.
• Merad Baigh, an enemy of Jelal eddin, the Roshenian, III. [44].
• Meraséd al ânayet, “Observations upon the blessed Favor,” III. [294].
• Merát ul Mohakakin, “the Mirror of the Investigators of Truth,” work of Shaikh Mahmúd Shosterí, III. [147].
• Merikh (Mars), Muhammed’s arrival at it, III. [247].
• Mershed (Hakim), a disciple of Kamran, III. [219].
• Mertebah, “degrees,” III. [266].
• Mertebah ahadiyat, “degree of unity,” III. [222].
• Mervan, son of Hakim, son-in-law of Osman, the Khalif, III. [55].
• Mervan Muhammed ben Mervan, ben Hakem, the last of the Ommiahs, II. 361.
• Mian Báyezid, the head of a sect, III. [26]
  • —his lineage, [27], [28].
  • —becomes the disciple of Khájah Ismâil, [28].
  • —his sayings and principles, [29], [38].
  • —his deeds—practises highway robbery, [39].
  • —composes works in several languages, [40].
  • —said to have been an illiterate man—makes war upon the Moghuls, [41].
  • —with various success, ibid. n. [1].
  • —date of his death, [42].
• Mian Lal, a Vairagi, II. 196.
• Mian Mir, III. [297].
• Miduyzaram, the first Gáhámbar, I. 346.
• Midyúshaham, the second Gáhámbar, I. 346.
• Mihin Farush, author of a Treatise concerning Zardusht, I. 244.
• Mihr Ized (Mithra), name of an angel and of a month, I. 61, 62 n.
  • —his character—how represented—his functions, 286 n. 1, 287, 311.
• Mihrab arch attar, symbol of Venus, I. 49.
• Mihrab, a disciple of the son of Farhad—how he relieved an old workman, I. 142, 143.
• Mihran, physician, follower of the Shidabían faith, I. 207.
• Mikat ítinás, place of assemblage for the pilgrims of Mecca, II. 409.
• Milad, a follower of the Alarian sect, I. 206.
• Milan, an Iranian, founder of a sect, his opinion, I. 204.
• Milanian, a sect, I. 204.
• Mimansa, explanation of the word, II. 4 n. 66 n.
• Mina, a valley, near Mecca, where the pilgrims throw stones, III. [76].
• Mína, semen virile, I. 227
  • —name of a vein, II. 132.
• Minú, “azure heaven,” I. 150.
• Minucheher, son of Iraj, king and prophet, I. 30, 88.
• Mínúiván Mínü, “heaven of heavens,” I. 152.
• Minu Sar, “celestial abode,” I. 151.
• Miri, a Telinga word for the fig-tree, II. 80.
• Mirkhond, quoted, II. 423 n. 2, 424 nn. 1, 2, 425, 427 n. 1, 437 n. 1, 439 n. 4, 441 n. 1, 446 n. 2, 449 n.; III. 234 [n.]
• Mir Sáid, Sharif of Jarjan (Georgia), quoted, II. 29.
• Mir Said Sherif Amely, a theological disputant under Akbar, III. [90].
• Mirtasi (Said), distinguished among the learned of the Imámîyat, II. 379.
• Mirza, the son of Nur-eddin, son of Báyezid, killed in battle, III. [47].
• Mirza Haider, a noble Muselman, becomes a Vairagi, II. 193.
• Mirza Khan (Mulla), III. [205].
• Mirza Salah, a noble Muselman, becomes a Vairagi, II. 193.
• Mishteri, “Jupiter,” Muhammed’s arrival at it, III. [247].
• Mithra (Mihr), distinct and subordinate to Ormuzd—his character among the Chaldeans and Arabs—his religion and worship in later times, I. 286 n.
• Mitrata, “friendship,” II. 121.
• Miyán Ahdád, son of Omar Shaikh, the son of Báyezid, III. [44]
  • —reduced to great straits by the forces of the Moghuls, killed in the defence of a fort, [44], [45].
  • —heroic conduct of his daughter, [45].
• Mizan, “balance,” title of a book composed by Váhed, III. [16], [17].
• Mizan, one of the compilers of the Testament of Jemshid, I. 195
  • —a travelling merchant of the Yekanah binan sect, ibid.
• Mizumah, name of an angel, I. 231.
• Moallakat, poems suspended in the temple of Mecca, III. 65 [n.]
• Mobed, learned man, ascetic, I. 17, 18.
• Moez eddin (also Jelal-eddin, and Jelal daulet) Abu ’l fettah Malik-Shah, see [Malik Shah], II. 426 n. 1.
• Mohajirin, emigrants from Mecca with the prophet, III. 52 [n.]
• Mohib eddin Abu ’l Valid Muhammed ben Kamal eddin, al Hanefi, known under the surname of ben Shonah, III. 291 n. [1], 312 [n.]
• Mohi eddin Ibn Arabi—his work quoted, III. [91]
  • —the date of his death, [ibid.]
  • —quoted, 232 n. [1], 234 n. [1].
  • —his opinion upon Pharáoh’s faith, [257], 265 [n.], [272], [285], [300].
• Mohi-eddin, son of Zangui and Bibí Fatima, III. 235 [n.]
• Mohl (Julius), translator of Mojmel al Tavarikh, I. 29
  • —editor of “Fragments relative to the Religion of Zoroaster,” 275 n.; III. 245 n. [1].
• Mojassemian, “Corporealists,” a Muhammedan sect, II. 231 n. 1.
• Mojmel al Tavarikh, quoted, I. 29 n. 33 n. 1
  • —furnishes confirmation of Zardusht’s epoch as given in the text, I. 344 n.
• Mokanna, “covered by a veil,” surname of Hakem ben Hasham, III. 3 n. [1]
  • —the mode of his suicide, 26 n. [1].
• Monachism, III. 18 n. [2], 274 n. [2], [275].
• Monkir, an angel visiting the dead, III. [153].
• Montaser, “victorious,” surname of Ismâil Khalif, II. 419.
• Montaśer (also Moadd Mostanser Billah), receives and protects at his court Hassan Sabah, II. 430.
• Moore, author of the Hindu Pantheon, quoted, II. 49 n. 1.
• Moses (Musiâ), II. 298; III. [271] n. [1], [273]
  • —did not open a passage through the Nile—destroyed Korah from covetousness, [70].
  • —performed false miracles, [71].
• Moses Koras, III. 207 n. [1].
• Motasem (Al.), Khalif, II. 329.
• Muadan Ushshaffai Iskandari, a selection taken from several medical treatises, quoted, II. 46.
• Mudgha-Avátar, “the Stupid Avátar,” the meeting of Parasu Ráma and Ráma Chandra, II. 26, 27, 28.
• Muezin, “crier on the top of mosque,” III. 261 n. [1].
• Mugjifat Parsi, work quoted, I. 112.
• Muha, “ignorance,” II. 205.
• Muhammed, the Arabian prophet, selects a class of believers for salvation, II. 324
  • —ascends to heaven, 339 n. 1.
  • —his spirit first created, 344.
  • —the father of all spirits, 347.
  • —date of his death, III. 4 n. [1], 61 [n.]
  • —loses some teeth in battle, [54] n. [1].
  • —undertakes an expedition to Tabuk, [56] n. [1].
  • —falls in love with Zeinah—marries her, 59 n. [1].
  • —passages in the Old and New Testament referred to Muhammed, [66] n. [1], [67] n. [1].
  • —he attacked caravans—killed animated beings—libidinous, [71].
  • —took nine, even twenty-one wives, [79] nn. [1], [2], [100] n. [2].
  • —his ascent to heaven allegorized, [177], [200].
  • —visited and accompanied by the angel Jabril—bestrides Borak, [178], [181].
  • —leaves the mountains without stopping on his way, enters the temple of Jerusalem, [182], [184].
  • —drinks a cup of milk—sees prophets and angels, [184], [185].
  • —upon a ladder, arrives at the heaven of the universe, [186], [187].
  • —at the second—the third—the fourth—and fifth heaven, [187], [188].
  • —sees hell, [188], [189].
  • —the sixth—the seventh heaven, [189].
  • —the eighth heaven—five mansions—four seas, [191].
  • —angels, how occupied, [192].
  • —a sea without borders—a great desert—the angel Mikáil, [193].
  • —the heavenly tabernacle, 194 n. [2].
  • —passes through several thousand curtains—reaches the green rail—receives the Koran, 195 n. [1].
  • —his impressions, [196], [199].
  • —returns to his bed, still warm, [199], [200].
  • —moves about in extacy, [240].
• Muhammed Abu Jafar Ebn Jerir el Tabari, mentions Zardusht’s revelations upon parchment folios, I. 224 n.
• Muhammed Ali, of Shiraz, disciple of Farzanah Bahram: his conversion of a thief, I. 132.
• Muhammed Akil, assumed name of Ayin Hosh, see [the latter], I. 378.
• Muhammed Amin Asterabadi, gives currency to the creed of the Akhbarins, II. 372, 381, 391, 396.
• Muhammed, son of Hassan Askeri (Imám), still alive and concealed—his absence divided into two epochs, II. 383
  • —also called Abu ’l Cassem—the expected—the stable—and, in particular, Mahdi, “the guide,” ibid. n. 1.
  • —the duration of the two epochs stated, 384 n. 2, 399.
  • —his other titles, 403 n. 1.
• Muhammed Báker dámád (Mir), III. [205].
• Muhammed ben Abdullah, Mahdi, the last of the age, II. 418.
• Muhammed ben Ahmed al janaid, eminent in analogy, II. 378.
• Muhammed Ebn Bábúyah Alkamî, II. 380.
• Muhammed Buzerg Umid, third ruler of the Alamutians, II. 442 n. 2.
• Muhammed Ebn Keram, the founder of a Muhammedan sect, II. 331 n. 1.
• Muhammed Doulet, successor to Barkiarok, on the throne of Persia, II. 439.
• Muhammed Habib, successor of Jâfr Mosuddek, II. 399 n. 1.
• Muhammed Hakim (Mirza), son of Humáyun Padshah, contemporary of Bayezid, III. [41].
• Muhammed, son of Hassan, the fifth ruler of the Alamutians—his conduct, and the duration of his reign, II. 446 n. 2.
• Muhammed Khan (Shaikh), minister of Sultan Abed Ullah Kateb, II. 296
  • —verses of his Eulogy quoted, ibid.
  • —his death, ibid.
• Muhammed Kuli, friend of Mohsan Fáni, gives information about the sect of Musaylima, III. [3].
• Muhammed Kuli, a follower of Mazdak’s creed, I. 378.
• Muhammed Kuli Salim, his verses quoted, I. 309.
• Muhammed Láheji (Shaikh), see [Shems eddin Muhammed ben Yahya ben Ali Lahjani].
• Muhammed al mahtadí, ben Abdullah, ben Ahmed, ben Muhammed, ben Ismâil, ben Jafr Sadik, Imám, II. 418.
• Muhammed, son of Malik Shah, II. 437.
• Muhammed Makim (Mirza), III. [297], [298].
• Muhammed Mahadi, the third Khalif of the Abbasides, subdues Mokanna, the chief of a powerful sect, III. 3 n. [1].
• Muhammed Mahdi, descendant from Indian parents—the date of his birth and death—left followers in several parts of India, II. 450 n.
• Muhammed Mâsúm (Mulla), of Kashghar, II. 348
  • —also called Shaikh Hossan, ibid. 349, 364.
• Muhammed Mokhdar, ancestor of Mansur, son of Azíz, II. 422.
• Muhammed (Mulla), a Súfi, translator into Persian of some parts of the Jog Vasishta, II. 28.
• Muhammed Múmin, an authority adduced by the author of the Dabistán, II. 364.
• Muhammed (Nur baksh), author of Sahifah al Auliya, I. 130.
• Muhammed Núrbakhsh Mír Said, III. [245] n. [1], [263], [277].
• Muhammed Razai Kazviní (Amin), quoted by the author of the Dabistán, II. 387.
• Muhammed Sâid Sarmed, a Rabbin, becomes a Muselman, II. 293
  • —falls in love—behaves like a Sanyási, 294.
  • —verses composed by him quoted, 295.
  • —his information concerning the religion of the Jews, 297.
  • —revises the Persian translation of the beginning of the Genesis, 300.
• Muhammed Sáid Beg, assumed name of Farhad, see [Farhad], I. 378.
• Muhammed Said of Isfahan, disciple of Farzánah Bahram, I. 132
  • —how he received a naked Faker—his death, 133.
• Muhammed Said, of Samarkand (Mulla), follower of Bahram, I. 137.
• Muhammed Shariz, of Shiraz (styled Amir ul Unra), his verses quoted, I. 144.
• Muhammed, Sultan of Kharasm, dies on receiving the intelligence of the fort Imbal having surrendered to the Moghul, wherein were his mother and several women, III. [120].
• Muhammad Yzedi (Mulla), his opinion, III. [92].
• Muhammed ben Yákub, compiler of the dictionary Al Kamus, “the Ocean of the Arabic language,” II. 377 n. 2.
• Muhammed Yakub Kashmiri, a Vakil of Sâid Khan Terkhan, III. [47].
• Mujed eddin Muhammed Balkhi Kâderí (Shaikh), III. [300].
• Mujmal al Hikmet, “Compendium of Philosophy,” quoted, II. 45.
• Mujtahid, “Casuist,” II. 391
  • —explanation of the term, ibid. n. 3.
• Mukasa, allotment made by the state to an individual, I. 176.
• Mukayed va Kasret va badáyet, “compass, abundance,” and “primitiveness,” III. [283].
• Mukiman, a class of Súfis, III. [251].
• Mukti, “final beatitude,” II. 94
  • —“emancipation,” 127.
• Mukti, “liberation from the body,” II. 8.
• Múk Zhup, “four blows,” a mode of invoking God, I. 77.
• Muládhara, one of the seven (or six) circles of the human body, II. 131 and n. 1, 150.
• Múlana Sháh, III. [286], [287], [296].
• Mula Prakriti, the root of all, II. 9 n. 1.
• Mulla, Sultan, III. [219].
• Múmin-ábád, or Maimun diz, a fort of the Ismâilahs, besieged and defended, II. 437
  • —taken by Holágu, 449 n.
• Mundi, a name of Vairagis, I. 196.
• Munji, a sort of grass, II. 53 n. 1, 56 n. 5.
• Murad baksh, son of Shah Jehan, imprisoned by Aureng zeb, his brother—dies in prison, III. 285 n. [1].
• Murdah Khab, Murdah Khasp, particular mode of sleeping of the Sipasians, I. 111.
• Mumin, “right faith,” III. [262].
• Murid, “he who wills,” III. [224].
• Murtaza, “the Chosen,” title of Ali, II. 454
  • —collected the Koran, for which was however substituted another, compiled by Osman, 457.
• Musa (Imám), his tomb—date of birth and death, I. 48 n.
• Musa, a Jew, convert and disciple of Farzanah Bahram, I. 136, 137.
• Musaylima, the founder of the sect of Sadikiahs, III. [1], [2]
  • —once a Moslim—declares himself a prophet, 2 n. [1].
  • —his miracles—his book—he is killed in battle, [3], 4 n. [1], [11]
  • n. [1].
• Múshteri, Jupiter, the director of the angels, and teacher of the system of Brahma, II. 44.
• Mussa, son of Jafr Sadik, head of the Saffavean monarchs of Persia, II. 398 n.
• Mutawakal, the tenth khalif of the Abbasides, orders Zardusht’s cypress to be cut down, and to be transported from Kashmar to Baghdád, I. 307
  • —cut in pieces by his guards, 308.
• Mutavel, “Commentary,” title of a work, III. [218] n. [5].

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