Chapter XXI: Epilogue: OF (2)

Enka (also called Simurgh), “the foundation of material substance,”
III. 237
――divinity, 249
――a fabulous bird, _ibid._ n. 1
――an allegory connected with it, _ibid._ n. 1.

Eristratus, grandson of Aristotle, compared to Avisenna, II. 171 n. 1.

Erpenius (Thomas), translator into Latin of Elmacin’s History of the
Saracens, quoted, II. 358 n. 1; III. 8 n. 1.

Erskine (William), translated the Memoirs of Zehir-eddin Muhammed
Baber, quoted, II. 247 n.

Esculapius (Iskalapius), disciple of Hermes, III. 106 n.
――called Apu, 111 n. 2
――confounded with the sun, 112
――with Serapis, _ibid._ n. 1.

Esha âad avizmidi, a form of prayer, I. 318, 319.

Eshem, the demon of envy, wrath, and violence, vanquished by
Káiomers, I. 268 n. 1.

Espintaman, the third ancestor of Zardusht, I. 215 n.
――signifies excellent, _ibid._
――name of Zardusht’s father, I. 233.

Eva, the mystical meaning of the name, III. 146.

Eudemos, disciple of Aristotle, quoted upon the opinion of the Magi
concerning space, II. 41 n.

Eudokia (the empress), attributes to Zoroaster several books, I.
224 n.

Eudoxus, quoted, I. 212 n.

Eusebius, testifies that, in the fourth century after J. C., there
existed sacred works concerning the theology and religion of the
Persians, I. 224 n.

F.

Fabricius, quoted, III. 106 n., 208 n.

Fakher eddin Muhammed Tafresi (Mir), III. 297, 298, 299.

Falek atlas, “the crystalline sphere,” arrival at it, III. 248.

Falek sabitah, “the heaven of the fixed stars,” arrival at it,
III. 247.

Faná, “annihilation,” III. 268, 274.

Farab, a town situated on the occidental confines of Turkestan,
III. 170 n. 1.

Farabí, surname of a great philosopher, III. 170 n. 1, 302.

Faramand, disciple of Fariraj, his opinion, I. 196.

Faramandiyah, a subdivision of the Samradian sect, I. 196.

Fard, a measure of time, I. 14.

Fardát, “inspiration,” I. 11.

Farhád, son of Alad, I. 180.

Farhád, a follower of Mazdak’s creed, I. 378.

_Farhang_, “judge,” I. 166.

_Farhang-dár_, “judge,” I. 160.

Farhang Dostúr, one of the compilers of the testament of Jemshid,
I. 195
――a travelling merchant of the Yekanah binan sect, _ibid._

Farhang Kesh, “excellent faith,” the system of Hushang, I. 145.

Farid eddin (Shaikh), quoted, I. 66.

Faridun, king and prophet, I. 30
――son of Abtin, 88
――kindles the holy fire――his epoch and duration of his reign, 50
and n.
――suspends by his prayer a rock in the air, 51
――enjoins the slaughter of noxious animals, 74.

Far-i-Izad, “the splendor of God,” name of the angel guardian of
Zardusht, I. 221.

Fariraj, son of Farshid, a sectary of the Samradian faith, his
opinion, I. 196.

Farírajíyah, a subdivision of the Samradian sect, I. 196.

_Farishta Manish_, “angel-hearted,” I. 180.

Farjud, “miraculous power,” I. 72.

Farmah, a month of a Farsál (see Farsal), I. 27.

Farnishin, a particular position in praying, I. 78.

Farógh pirai, name of a fire-temple in Najf, I. 51.

Farroz, a day of a Farmáh (see Farmah), I. 27.

Farsál, the revolution of a planet, I. 26, 27.

Farshid, son of Fartosh, a sectary, I. 196
――his opinion, _ibid._

Farshidiyahs, a subdivision of the Samradian sect, I. 196.

Fartáb, “revelation,” I. 11.

Fartosh, a sectary of the Samradians, I. 195
――his doctrine, _ibid._

Fartoshian, a subdivision of the Samradian sect, I. 196.

Fartúsh, a merchant of the Khodayi sect, I. 201.

Faruk, “separator,” surname of the Khalif Omar, I. 98, 99 n.
――name of the Koran――two Faruks, III. 4
――a passage of the second, 5.

Farúmad, or Farúyad, or Ferdid, a town in the country of Tus, where
Zardusht planted a cypress, I. 307 n.

Farun Faro Vakhshur, name given to the conservative angel of
mankind, I. 149.

Farzanah Bahram (doctor), son of Farhad, author of the Sharistan-i
danish wa gulistan-i Binish――a precept of his quoted, I. 77
――his account of Azar Kaiván, 88, 93
――Ferzanah’s descent, life――attainments, with the aid of his
master, Kaiván――anecdote concerning both, 109
――his death, 110
――quoted in the life of Zardusht, 245.

Farzanah Bahram the Less, son of Farhad, author of _Arzhang Máni_,
I. 121
――his death, 122
――he translated into Persian the works of Shaikh Ishrak Shuhab
udden Maktul, 122
――his austerity, 122, 123.

Farzanah Farshid wird, a disciple of Kaiván, his lineage, I. 105
――description of a fight between him and Bahman, 106
――his death, _ibid._

Farzanah Kharrad, disciple of Kaiván, his origin, I. 103
――an anecdote of him, 104
――his death, 105.

Farzanah Khiradmand, disciple of Kaiván, his descent, fight with
Rustam, I. 106, 107.

Farzanah Khushi (Mobed), author of _Bazm gah-i Durvehan_, I. 104, 119
――a quotation from this work, 120, 121.

Farwardin, name of an angel and a month, 60 and n. 1, 61.

Fasakh, “fracture,” III. 150.

Fas hawdi, work of Shaikh Mohí eddin, III. 234.

Fatimah, daughter of Muhammed, wife of Ali, II. 398 n. 1; III. 51
――her inheritance disputed to her――the gate of her house
burnt――she never spoke to the enemies of her husband, 52 n. 1,
53 n.

Fatimite (Khalifs), descendants of Ismâil, II. 398 n.
――of Ali and Fatima, the daughter of the prophet, 401 n.
――the termination of their dominion, 450 n.

Fatúhát, “victories,” III. 281.

Favaid Madaniy, “Useful Notes by a Citizen of Medina,” work quoted,
II. 272, 381, 382.

Favaimasihan, “science of future events,” contained in the sixth
Nosk of the Zand-Avesta, I. 273 and n.

Favardigan, “five supplementary days of the year,” I. 312
――their names, 62, 326, 327.

Favátah, “Prolegomena,” title of a work of Maibedí, III. 226, 237.

Fayz, “emanation,” and other significations, III. 230 n. 2.

Fedak, a castle near the town of Khaibar――an inheritance of Fatima,
III. 51 n. 2
――taken from and restored to the family of Ali, 52 n.

Fedayi, name of the devoted followers of Hassan Sabah, and the
doctrine of the Ismâilahs, II. 435 n. 2.

Ferdid, see Feruyad.

Ferehengiram, name of Venus, I. 38 n.

Ferhad, celebrated architect, I. 112.

Ferhengí Shuuri, quoted, III. 267 n. 1.

Ferhósh, an ancient Persian king, chose seven poets, each of whom,
on one day of the week, recited his verses to the king, III. 107.

Ferid eddin Attlar, a work of his quoted, III. 96 n. 1, 249 n. 1.

Ferishta (History of), I. 41 n. 1.

Ferk, “division,” III. 295 n. 1.

Fersendaj, faith of Máhábad, I. 21 n. 1.

Ferzábad, another name of Máhábad, I. 21 n.

Ferz Desátir, or “the Great Desátir,” I. 65 n. 1.

Ferz-zemiar, “great prayer,” I. 79.

Feśus ul hikem, “the bezels of philosophers,” a work of Mohi eddin
Ibn Arabi, III. 91.

Fikah, “jurisprudence,” II. 375 n. 1.

Firrah Kári, disciple of Shidosh, how he was revenged on the
peasantry of Achan, who had offended him, I. 115, 126.

Foucaud, professor of Tibetan, II. 292.

Foucher (abbé), a learned French author, his opinion about the Zand
books, I. 225 n.
――quoted, 278 n. 373.

Fortia d’Urban (marquis), II. 305, 306.

Frank, his French translation of the Hebrew Bible quoted, II. 301,
302, 303.

Fransâi (Padri), II. 305.

G.

Gada Naráyana, master of a sect, II. 229.

Gahambara, “six periods of creation,” I. 312
――six festivals, 346
――origin of it, and description of the creation, 348, 349, 350.

Gah Havan, “sunrise,” I. 316 n.

Gah-i-zarin, “golden place in heaven,” I. 288.

Gáh-numás, “astrologer,” I. 169.

Gandharva, “science of music,” II. 65 n. 1.

Gandhara-viváhah, a form of marriage among Hindus, II. 72.

Ganésa man, appointed tutor of the author of the Dabistán, II. 145.

Gangavara, place of pilgrimage, in Kachmir, II. 166.

Gangu, a boy ten years old, initiated in idealism, II. 105.

Garbha ádána karma, a rite of the Hindús, II. 54 and n. 2.

Garcin de Tassy, quoted in the notes of vol. I. pp. 1, 2, 3; II.
115, 168, 224, 342, 368; III. 29 n., 235 n., 259 n. 1, 286 n.

Gautama, husband of Ahalya, II. 68.

Gáya, Giya, town in India, a place of pilgrimage, I. 53 and n. about
it.

Gaya mereta, or Gayo mard, the primitive man, I. 355 n.

Gayatri, “sacred prayer,” II. 61 n. 1.

Ghaib al ghaiyub, “the mysterious hidden,” III. 248, 267, 268 n. 1.

Ghaib imkani, “the possible disappearance,” III. 278.

Ghâibet kaberi, “the great absence,” II. 377.

Gházi khan Badakshí, a great logician, III. 97.

Ghaib maháli, “the illusive disappearance,” III. 278.

Ghâibet sârí, “the minor absence,” II. 377.

Ghasal, “ablution,” II. 59, 60, 61
――how interpreted by the Ismâilahs, 408; III. 259.

_Ghalálí Abu Hamed Muhammed Ebn Muhammed Ghazálí_, surnamed _Hajjet
ul islam Zain eddin al Tusi_, II. 349
――a short account of him and his works, _ibid._ n. 2.

Gilshah, assumes the government in obedience to Heaven, I. 29.

Gird-koh, a fort, taken by the Ismâilahs, II. 439
――taken by Holágu, 450 n.

Gita govinda, poem composed by Jayadiva, II. 180 n. 1.

Giti kharid, “a pious gift,” I. 289 and n. 2.

Gladwin, quoted, I. 9 n. 14.

Glaire (Monsieur), his French translation of the Hebrew Bible, II.
301, 302, 303.

Gnostics (The), make great use of Oriental cosmogony and psychology,
as derived from Zoroaster, I. 224 n.

Gódána, “gift of a cow,” II. 57 n. 4.

Gokhastah (Ahriman), I. 345.

Gómedha, “sacrifice of a cow,” II. 83.

Gopinath (Raí), author quoted, I. 54.

Goraknáth, name of the divinity――a saint――adopted by a class of
Yogis, II. 128 n. 1. 129.

Goya Kasem, author of an account of Sectaries, II. 230.

Goyastah, Gojestah, Gosakhtah, the evil spirit, I. 337.

Grihasthà, “married men,” II. 213, 241.

Gul-shen-raz, “The Mystery of the Rose-Bower,” II. 102; III. 142,
228 n., 233.

Guna, “property,” II. 14 n. 1.

Gundwar, a particular sect, II. 241
――kill strangers, 242.

Gurgín, a Persian chieftain, whose dignity remained more than a
thousand years in his family, I. 163.

Guru Govind, son of Tégh Bahader, founder of the national greatness
of the Sikhs, author of the _Dasama Padshah grantha_, “The Book of
the Tenth King,” II. 288 n. 1.

Guru-mata, great council of the Sikhs, II. 288 n. 1.

Guruva gurinah, Brahmans of Kachmir, II. 103.

Gushaspian, a sect, I. 278 n.

Gushtasp, son of Lohrasp, I. 88
――receives Zardusht, 245 and n. 2
――hears his doctrine, 246, 247, 248
――demands a proof of the truth of the Zand-Avesta, and a miracle,
249
――doubts of it, 250
――displeased with Zardusht, 251
――throws away the Zand-Avesta, and imprisons the prophet, 252
――finds his charger palsied, _ibid._
――calls Zardusht, and accepts the conditions for the cure of the
horse, 253
――punishes the enemies of the prophet, 254, 255
――requests the grant of four wishes, 256
――sees four angels, and falls senseless from his throne, 257, 258
――on the tasting of hallowed wine, ascends to heaven, 259
――establishes fire-worship in his kingdom, 260
――calls Jangrangháchah to Iran, 276
――is said to have travelled in India, _ibid._ n. 2.
――relates and explains a parable of Zardusht, 368, 369.

Gwalior, a fort in the province of Agra, II. 274.

H.

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, III. 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.