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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.

N.

Nabhi chakra, a region of the human body, II. 132.

Nader, the sixth Nosk of the Zand-Avesta――its contents, I. 273 n.

Nafhat al Uns, “the fragrant Gales of Mankind,” a work of Jami,
quoted, III. 96, 97 n. 1, 289.

_Nafi_, “negation,” I. 136.

Nagarikot, a fortress in Lahore, II. 109 n. 1.

Nagmeddin Ali Ben Omar al Kazvini, disciple of Naśir eddin, III. 217.

Nahid (Venus), represented in the form of a man, I. 38, 39.

Nakid-azar, a fire-temple, I. 47.

Najem eddin Ahu ’l Hassan Ali, son of Muhammed, surnamed Dabiran al
Katebi al Kazviní, III. 218 n. 1.

Najem eddin Abu ’l Jenab Ahmed, son of Omar, III. 277.

Najf, burial-place of Alí, I. 47
――its ancient name, 51.

Náin Javet, quoted by the author of the Dabistán, III. 87, 89.

Nairrita, regent between south and west, II. 219.

Naisan, a Syrian month (April), also spring-rain――fabulous belief
about it, II. 259 n. 2.

Nakd al Faśus, “the ready Money of Bezels,” work of Jâmi, III. 235.

Nakir, an angel visiting the dead, III. 153.

Nak shatras, twenty-seven stellar mansions, II. 83, 219.

Náma-Karana, a rite of the Hindus, II. 55.

Namaskara, “respectful salutation,” II. 235.

Nan, name of a Nosk of the Zand-Avesta, I. 275.

Nanac, founder of the Sikh religion, II. 246
――a Kchatriya――devoted to piety, 247, 248
――his creed, 248, 249
――favors the Moghul invasion――an anecdote of him, 249, 250, 251
――his poems, 252
――his children――where he died, 253 n. 2
――successors, 252, 253, 254
――supposed to have formerly been Janaka, sovereign of Mithila――a
legend of the latter, 255, 256, 261 to 267
――Nanak appeared successively in the four ages, 268, 269
――for saving the former inhabitants of hell, whom he had once
brought up to the world, 269.

Nânakî, sister of Nanak, II. 247 n. 1.

Nanac-Panthians, or Sikhs, II. 246.

Nánac-pautras, descendants of Nánac, extant in our days, II. 252,
253 n. 2.

Narain Dasi, a Ramanandi, II. 194.

Naráyana, name of God, II. 16
――of Vichnu, 17
――how represented, _ibid._
――the lotus rises from his navel, 217.

Narayanían, a sect of the Hindus, II. 232.

Narmedha, sacrifice of a man, II. 83
――practised by the Saktians, 155.

Narsinha, “Man-lion Avátar,” II. 21.

Nasír eddin (Khajah), the surname of Muhammed ben Hassan, or ben
Muhammed al Tusi, II. 417 n. 2
――is sent to Almut, 447
――accompanies Rukn-eddin to the fort Maimundiz, 449
――instigates Holágu to march to Baghdád, 450
――directs an assembly of philosophers and astronomers at Maragha,
in Aderbijan, III. 114.

Naseb, Navaseb, name of a sect, II. 350, 354, 366.

Naser Khusro, a poet, quoted, II. 312.

Náśer Khusro (Amir), a learned poet, II. 419 n. 2.

Naser Motashem, lord of Kohistan, sends Khajah Nasir to Almut,
II. 447.

Nasikh, “obliteration,” III. 149.

Naśir eddin Abu Said Abdalla ben Omar, III. 218 n. 6.

Náska, Nosk, book, treatise, chapter of the Zand-Avesta――twenty-one
enumerated, I. 272, 273, 274, 275 n.
――three additional expected, 275 n.

Nasudi, “husbandmen,” I. 20 n.

Natik, “speaker, legislator,” II. 403
――seven Natíks enumerated, _ibid._ n. 1.

Natiri, a sect, II. 128.

Navágher, a fort of the Roshenian, III. 44.

_Navand_, “writer,” I. 157, 174.

_Naubar_, name of a Commander――his conduct on a march, I. 161.

Nauder, son of Minutheher, I. 88.

Náúroz, great festival on the first six days of the year, I. 268 and
n. 1
――commemorates several great events of the world and of Persia, I.
268 and n. 1.

Náuzodi, a rite of the Parsees, I. 289 n. 2.

Náya, “ethics,” II. 66 n. 1.

Náyari, a sect, II. 128.

Nazar, the eighth king of the Péshdadians――its epoch, I. 52 and n.

Nazar, son of Montaśer, is superseded in the succession to the
throne by his brother, II. 430.

Nazaratus, perhaps a name for Zoroaster, I. 277 n. 1.

Nazer Ushruf (Maulavi), editor of the printed edition of the
Dabistán――his epilogue, III. 315 to 319.

Nehajat alekdam fi élm al Kelam, work of Sheheristaní, II. 323 n.

Nek Khoy, a person treated of in the Samrad Namah of Kámkar, I. 201.

Nerioseng, a genius, guardian of the germs of Zoroaster’s posterity,
I. 281 n.

Neriosengh, a Dostúr, translator of the Yasna into Sanscrit, I.
226 n.

Nezam Thanasir (Shaikh), II. 273.

Niaram, the sixteenth Nosk of the Zand-Avesta――its contents, I. 274 n.

Nicolaus, of Damascus, mentions Zoroaster’s works, I. 224 n.

Nigamana, “the conclusion in a syllogism,” II. 207 n. 4.

Nigraha, “subjugation, termination of a controversy,” II. 209 n. 5.

Nikudar Oglan, the first of Jengís Khan’s successors who professed
the Muhammedan faith, III. 119 n. 1.

Nimánujas, a class of Vairagis, II. 185.

Nirang, the world of superior bodies, according to the Sipasíans, I.
86.

Nirnéya, “ascertainment,” II. 208 n. 2.

Nirnudis, “rationalists,” a sect, I. 278 n.

Nirukta, explanation of difficult words, II. 65 n. 1.

Nisarian, “warriors,” I. 20 n.

Nish-Kramana, a rite of the Hindus, II. 56 n. 1.

Nívah-i-chaminah, “quitting and reassuming the body,” I. 85.

Niyama, “particular posture,” II. 125 n. 2, 126.

Niyátús, a Greek philosopher, interrogates Zardusht, I. 277, 278,
279.

Niyayish, form of prayer, I. 336 and n. 1.

Nizam al Mulk Tusi, II. 424 n. 2, 425
――his connection with Hassan Sabah, 425, 428
――his work, called his “Testament,” _ibid._ n. 1
――is assassinated by Abu Táher Adani, a Fedáyi of Hassan Sabah, 437.

Nóusarí, a town in the district of Gúzerat, inhabited by
fire-worshippers, III. 95.

Nukeba, “chosen,” III. 265 n.

Nuniar, “vision during sleep,” I. 84.

Nurakhi language, the Greek, I. 278 n.

Nurakhis, a sect, I. 278 n.

Núr allah, of Shoster, author of Mejálísu-’l Múminin, II. 451 n. 1;
III. 1 n. 1.

Nur eddin, son of Miyen Bayezid, III. 42.

Nur eddin Muhammed Jehangir Padshah, appoints Hindu judges for the
Hindus, II. 165.

Nuristan, region of light, I. 7.

Nushád, “law,” I. 15.

Nushirvan, king of Persia, I. 103
――account of his reign, 103, 104 n. 184
――restores the aged world to youth, 266
――praised for his justice, III. 60, 61.

O.

Ohod, a mountain, half an hour’s distance from Medina, III. 54 n. 1.

Ohsson (D’), quoted, III. 19 n., 257 n. 1, 259 n. 1, 260, 261 n. 1.

Oktáyi Khan, son of Jengis Khan, appointed Khalif, III. 115
――the countries which he ruled enumerated, _ibid._ n. 1
――his behaviour to his brother, who had offended him, 116
――date of his death, _ibid._ n.
――was liberal and generous, 117.

Olshousen, editor of fragments relative to the religion of
Zoroaster, I. 275.

Omar Ben al-Khetab, I. 98
――account of his deeds, reign, and death, 99 n. 1; II. 332, 341
――prevents Muhammed from writing a last will, III. 53.

Omar Khayám, of Nishapur (Hakim), II. 425 n. 1.

Omar Shaikh, son of Miyan Báyezid, III. 42.

Omm Hani, daughter of Abu Thaleb, III. 177 n. 2.

Ommiah, son of Abd-ul-Shems, ancestor of the great family of
Mâaviahs, II. 361 n. 1.

Orcha, a place in the district of Narwar, III. 93.

Ormuzd (Hormuzd), the good principle opposed to the evil――statement
concerning both, I. 235, 236 n., 354 n. 2.

Orobio (Isaak), a learned Jew, author of a remarkable work, II. 298
n. 1.

Oshederbámi, the first posthumous son of Zoroaster――epoch of his
appearance and deeds, I. 281 n.
――otherwise called Assar Avaster, 293 n. 1.

_Oshedermáh_, the second posthumous son of Zoroaster, epoch of
appearance and deeds, I. 281 n.
――otherwise called Ozwar túr, 293 n. 1.

Osman, I. 98
――account of his deeds, reign, and death, 99, 100 n.; II. 332, 341
――calls from banishment Hakim, the son of As, III. 54, 55
――several blamable acts attributed to him, 55.

Osman, son of Said ul Umrul Asadi, the first Vakil of the invisible
Imám, II. 384.

Onkelos, a Hebrew commentator of the Bible, quoted, II. 302.

Oweis, great Shaiks, III. 265 n.

P.

Padiav, Pávyáb, “water, plain water,” I. 331 n. 1, 345
――etymology of the word, _ibid._ n. 1.

Padma asan, “lotus-seat,” a particular position in praying, I. 78.

Pajem, the seventh Nosk of the Zand-Avesta, its contents, I. 273.

Paikár, a sage from Iran, founder of a sect, his epoch, and opinion,
I. 204.

Paikarian, a sect, I. 203.

Paikaristan, image-temples, I. 35.

Paikar Pazhuh, of the Paikarian sect, I. 204.

Paíman (Payman)-i-Farhang, “the code of Máhábad,” I. 33, 147
――several translations of it, by whom made, _ibid._

Pámárak, “sacrificial wood,” II. 80.

Pancha-homa, sacrifice of five goats, II. 83 n. 1.

Pancha Kalushani, five failings, II. 120 n. 6.

Panchala, one of the thirty-eight divisions of central India, II. 68.

Pancha tantra, five things, II. 57 n. 5.

Pandu (Raja), the nominal father of the five Pandavas, II. 67, 68.

Pankila, the earthen vein, II. 132.

Panthi, tribe, sect, II. 128, 129 n. 1.

Pápîha, a bird, supposed to drink but rain-water, II. 259 n. 1.

Parama atma, necessary, self-existing Being, II. 96.

Paramátma, great Spirit, II. 96.

Parantarush, or Partarush, or Turbitarosh, name of a celebrated
magician, I. 221
――his declaration concerning Zardusht, 221, 222
――invited to a feast by Zardusht’s father, 228, 229.

Parasara, father of Vyása, II. 67, 68 n. 1, 69.

Parasu Ráma, Ráma with an axe, the sixth Avátar of Vichnu, II. 23
――exterminator of the Kchatriyas, _ibid._

Parbatah, a class of Sanyásis, II. 139.

Pari-dokht Roshenak (Parysatis Roxana), I. 278 n.

Pariksha, “evidence,” II. 203.

Paristar (Mobed), son of Khurshid, disciple of Azar Kaiván, and of
Mobed Sarosh, author of _The Tap-rah-i-Mobedi_――his particular
position at prayers, I. 123
――his death, 124.

Parvardigar-i-gunah, name of an angel, I. 7.

Parviz (Khusro), son of Hormuz, grandson of Nushirvan, I. 145
――expelled from Persia――returns――marries Mary, or Shirin, the
daughter of the Greek emperor Mauritius――his victories, defeats,
death, 145 n. 2
――his verses, addressed to the Roman emperor, quoted, 146.

Pásáyi, the name of a wind, II. 133.

Pashutan Daji (Dostur), brought the Sadder from Kirman to India,
I. 310 n. 1.

Pátála loka, one of the fourteen spheres, II. 13
――an infernal region, _ibid._ n. 2.

Pátanjala, the Yoga system of philosophy, II. 165.

Patanjali, the Sage, founder of a philosophy and of a sect, II. 165
n. 6, 231
――his school and opinion, _ibid._ n. 1.

Patet Iran, a form of prayer, I. 342.

Patirasp, grandfather of Zardusht, I. 215 n.

Pavaj, a particular rite, I. 331.

Pavana bhakta, “worshippers of the wind,” II. 243.

Pavanáhari, “wind-eater,” II. 248 n. 2.

Pawn Pishna, a saint among the Tibetans, II. 290
――singular custom of succession, _ibid._

Pausanius, mentions Zoroaster’s works, I. 224 n.

Pa-Zand, a dialect derived from the Zand, I. 223 n.

Philo, quoted, I. 209 n. 1.

Pend-nameh, III. 229 n. 1.

Perah Káivan, a Yezdanian and Vairági, II. 192
――some of his speeches, _ibid._

Perí, a class of Sanyásis, II. 139.

Pertábmal Chadah, a Jnaní, his dispute with Davárah, a Jat, II. 112
――his free speeches and actions, 113.

Peshkár (Mobed), son of Khurshíd, disciple of Azar Kaiván, adept in
suppressing the breath, I. 124.

Petrus Nicolaus ex Castellaneis Faventinus, III. 207, 208 n. 1.

Phala, “fruit, consequence,” II. 205.

Phani, a serpent, II. 58 n. 5.

Pharâoh (Pharâun), II. 298
――a mention made of a precept of his religion, III. 91
――his faith and character, 272 n. 1.

Píára Panthíán, a sect, II. 233, 234.

Píl Azar, a merchant of the Shidrangian sect, I. 203.

Pimasidim, a name for the sixth Gâhambar, I. 347 n. 1.

Pinda pradána, a rite of the Hindus, II. 58 n. 1.

Pirah-i-Yazdan, “the ornament of God,” I. 151.

Piránah Kohely, a Vaíragi, II. 194
――his opinion, _ibid._ 195.

Pisácha, demon, II. 72.

Pisácha-viváha, a form of marriage among Hindus, II. 72.

Pitishahim, the third Gáhambar, I. 347.

Pivar-asp, name of Zohak, I. 33 n.

Plato, shows a knowledge of Zoroaster’s works, I. 224 n.
――quoted, 237 n. 1, 304 n. 1; II. 374 n. 2, 402 n. 2.

Pliny (H. N.), quoted, I. 218 n.
――mentions Zoroaster’s works, 224 n.
――quoted, 244 n.

Plutarch, I. 209, 212 n.

Pokhtanga (Afghanistan), perhaps the country of the ancient
Aspagani, III. 41 n. 1.

Pocock, quoted, II. 300, 323, 324, 327, 350, 351, 352, 353, 354,
375; III. 171 n. 1, 173 n. 2, 312 n.

Prahlada, son of Kiranya Kashipu, II. 21.

Prakriti, nature, II. 9
――explained, _ibid._ n. 1
――according to the Sankhya system, 119 n. 2.

Pralaya, catastrophe of the world, II. 51.

Pramána, “proof,” subdivided into four parts, II. 203.

Pramiti, “true knowledge,” II. 204.

Prana, “breath,” II. 133 n. 1.

Pranáyáma, peculiar mode of breathing during prayers, II. 125 n. 4,
126, 135.

Prapura paroksha, “absence from the former body,” I. 85.

Pratijná, “proposition in a syllogism,” II. 208.

Pratyáhára, “abstraction,” II. 125 n. 5, 126.

Pratyaya, “evidence,” I. 85.

Pravritti, “activity,” II. 204 n. 8.

Prayága, “place of pilgrimage,” II. 166
――five principal places so termed, _ibid._ n. 2.

Prayójana, “motive,” II. 207 n. 1.

Prester John, name given by Europeans to the king Awenk Khan, or Ung
Khan, III. 119.

Prétya bhava, “reproduction,” II. 205 n. 3.

Prithivi bhakta, “worshippers of the earth,” II. 243.

Puchan-i-Púch, “the hell of hells,” I. 153.

_Pujáris_, worshippers of the image of a Deity, II. 213.

Pungsavana, a rite of the Hindus, II. 54 and n. 3, 55.

Puranas, II. 66 n.

Purshasp, son of Pitarasp, descended from Faridun, the father of
Zardusht, I. 215.

Purva, the sixteenth day of the month, II. 86.

Purusha, the divine male, Brahma himself, the embodied soul, II. 119
n. 1, 120.

Pythagoras, instructed by the Magi, perhaps by Zoroaster, I. 277 n. 1
――placed in the time of Gushtasp, _ibid._ 278.

Q.

Quatremère (Étienne), quoted, II. 430 n. 2.

R.

Rab-un-naw, name of an angel, I. 7.

Rád Gúnah, founder of the Radian sect, I. 201
――his opinion, 202.

Rádah, one hundred Aspár, see Aspár, I. 25.

Radhâ Vallabhis, a sect of Vaichnavas, II. 182 n. 1.

Radian, a sect, I. 201.

Rafíah, poet quoted, I. 129.

Rafíah Mirzah, quoted, II. 109.

Rafiâ ’l Kader, III. 216.

Rafs, Ravafes, name of a sect, II. 350, 353, 365.

Rága, mental affection, II. 120
――sensual lust, 205.

Rah beri, “Way-Guides,” name of occidental philosophers, III. 139.

Rahmániah, a name of the followers of Musaylima, III. 2.

Ráhu, a demon destroyed by Vichnu, II. 42 n. 1.

Rai, the most northern town of Jebal, supposed native place of
Zardusht, I. 264.

Rai, town of Persia, II. 172.

Raja-yogi, a superior Yogí, II. 101.

_Rajas_, passion, one of the three properties, II. 14, 146, 176, 178.

_Ráis sufid_, “chieftain,” I. 176.

Rakshasa, explained, II. 17 n. 4.

Rákshasa-vivaha, a form of marriage among the Hindus, II. 72.

Ram, angel presiding over the twenty-first day of the month, I. 62 n.

Ráma Avátar, II. 23.

Ramachandra, II. 23 n. 2
――son of Dasaratha――when born, _ibid._ 183 n. 1.

Ramachandra deo, raja of Orissa, causes an image of Durga to be cast
by a goldsmith――legend concerning it, II. 161, 162.

Rámadas, the third successor of Nanak, II. 253, 254 n. 3.

Rámánanda, founder of the sect of the Rámánandis, II. 180 n. 1.

Rámánandis, a sect of Vaichnavas, II. 180 n. 1, 181.

Rámánuja acharya, the founder of the sect of Rámánujas, II. 185 n. 1.

Ramanujas, a class of the Vairagis, II. 185 n. 1.

Ramazan, a fast of thirty days, III. 261 n. 1.

Ramazastan, or Ramzsitan, of Zardusht, work quoted, I. 569; II. 136.

Ram Bhot, a Hindu, becomes a disciple of the son of Farhad, I. 139
――his prediction, _ibid._

Ram Chand, a Kchatriya, disciple of Ram Bhot, I. 139.

Rámdais, “servants of God,” name given by the Sikhs to the deputies
of their Gurus, II. 282.

Rang, the elementary world, according to the Sipasians, I. 86.

Rang-a rang, the world of the four elements, according to the
Sipasians, I. 86.

Ras, the head of the dragon――a demon destroyed by Vichnu, II. 41, 42.

Rasakh, “firmness,” III. 150.

Rasan, a linear measure, I. 285 and n. 2.

Rasátála loka, one of the fourteen spheres, II. 13
――an infernal region, _ibid._ n. 1.

Rasi, son of Muktedir Abasi, II. 384.

Rask, establishes the genuineness and antiquity of the Zand
language, I. 223 n.

Rash-Rast, or Rashni Rast――his representation, character, functions,
I. 287 and n. 1, 311.

Rast yug, the age of the righteous, its duration, II. 47.

Raushibár, name of a vein of the human body, II. 134.

Rauzat-us-safa, quoted, I. 33 n. 1, 192 n. 193.

Rauza-us-safa, work of Mirkhond, translated by D. Shea, I. 20 n.
quoted, 243 n.

Ravaets, correspondence between the Dosturs of Persia and India, I.
224 n.

Ravákín, name of Oriental philosophers, III. 139.

Rawal Bundi, a town on the road from Panjab to Kabul, I. 203.

Ravana, sovereign of the demons――of Lanka, overthrown by Ráma, II.
23, 183 n.

_Ravand_, “courier,” I. 157.

Ráz, equal to one hundred Arádah, see Arádah, I. 25.

Razi ben al Khatib, abbreviator and commentator of Avisenna’s work,
entitled Shafa, II. 173.

Razvan, “the porter of heaven,” III. 155.

Refík, “follower,” distinctive name of the Ismâilahs, II. 436 n. 3.

Rehtishtáran, name of the second class of the people, I. 19 n.

Reiske, editor and translator of Abulfeda (quoted with Abulfeda).

Resalah vajudíah, or Resalah fel vujud, “Treatise upon Existences,”
work of Jami, III. 221 n. 1.

Resh, angel presiding over the eighteenth day of the month, I. 62 n.

Reteshtai, the eighth Nosk of the Zand-Avesta――its contents, I.
273 n.

Reza (Imám), son of Musa, the eighth Imám, his mausoleum――date of
his death, I. 48; II. 390.

_Richi_, a kind of saint, explained, II. 27 n. 2
――seven classes of them enumerated, _ibid._

Riccioli, quoted, II. 305 n. 2; II. 305.

Richardson, denies the authenticity of Zoroaster’s works published
in French, I. 223 n.

Rijez, a metre, III. 212 n. 1.

Rig Véda, II. 64.

Rikat, “attitudes of devotion,” III. 260, 261.

Roham, a painter of the Milanian sect, I. 205.

Roseus (Franciscus), III. 207 n. 1.

Roshenian, a sect, III. 26.

Rozah, “fasting,” III. 262.

Roz-azar, name of a fire-temple, I. 52.

Roz-gah, place of assembly, I. 182.

Rozistan, “day-station,” I. 168, 182.

Rozistan, a place in which the king was seated, surrounded by his
ministers, I. 43.

Rubúbiyet, “divinity,” III. 242 n. 1.

Rudbar, a fort in the province Jebal, II. 423 n. 1.

_Rudra_, a name of Mahadeva――eleven of them, II. 34, 218.

Ruhen mar, name of a vein of the human body, II. 134.

Rukn-eddin Khúrshah, son of Ala-eddin, the eighth ruler of the
Alamutians, II. 448
――vanquished by Holagú Khan――is sent to Maiku Khan (or Mangu
Khan), 449 n.
――killed on his journey, 450.

Rukva, bowing the head with the hands upon the knees, III. 260.

Rupa-skandha, “whatever is perceived and understood,” II. 197, 198
n. 3.

Rustam, a son of Zal, restores Kai Kaus to the throne――his epoch, I.
57 and n. 1, 110.

Rustam, a disciple of Kaivan――his descent――fight with Farzanah
Khiradmand――death, I. 106, 107.

Rúya, vision during sleep, I. 84; II. 93.

Rúzistar, name of the fourth class of the people, I. 19.

S.

Saâdah, a tract of Arabia, II. 332 n. 1.

Sâad eddin Taftarani, III. 218 n. 5.

Sâadias, a learned Jew, translator of the Old Testament from Hebrew
into Arabic, II. 300.

Sabæism, worship of the heavenly bodies, I. 379
――ancient and modern, III. 311 n. 312 n.

Sabda, “sound,” II. 203.

Sabiah (Sabæans), III. 310
――derivation of the word, 310 n. 1
――their creed, 311 n.

Sabjana (Sabjaní), III. 256, 265, 269, 270, 281, 282, 283, 299, 301,
302, 303.

Saber Mashedi, quoted, II. 140.

Sada, one of the six regions of the human body, II. 151.

Sada asana, peculiar mode of sitting, II. 134.

Sadah, the sixteenth night of the Persian month Bahman, I. 112 n. 2.

Sadah, a disciple of Hargovind, his character, II. 284, 285.

Sadananda, a chief of the Saktians――uses daughters and wives of his
disciples――sits naked, drinking in a burial place, II. 159.

Sad-der, “hundred gates,” a summary of their contents, I. 310 to 351.

Sad-der nasem, in prose, I. 310 n. 1
――the original in Pehlvi.

Sad-der nazem, in verse, I. 340 n. 1
――by whom versified in Persian――when terminated――by whom brought
to India――translated into Latin, _ibid._ n. 1.

Sadder Bundehesh, work written by a disciple of Zardusht, I. 224 n.

Sader eddin Kautivi, III. 300.

Sader Jehan, adopted the Ilahi religion, III. 104.

Sâdi (Shaikh), quoted, I. 108, 127; III. 126, 128, 229 n. 1, 269 n.
1, 301.

Sadik, true, sincere friend, or instructor――whose epithet, II. 412
n. 1, 413.

Sadikiahs, a sect, followers of Musaylima, III. 1
――their creed, 4 to 11.

Sad-wakshur, name of Hushang, I. 32 n.

Sad yuman (_Sapet man_), “excellent,” name of an ancestor of
Zardusht, I. 215 n.

Safa, and Marvah, two remarkable rocks, near Mecca, II. 339 n. 409,
410 n.

Safandarmuz, the angel of husbandmen, I. 292.

Safiah, a name of the Ismâilahs, II. 421 n. 1.

Safin, a plain on the banks of the Euphrates, the field of battle
between the armies of Mâaviah and Ali, III. 60 n.

Safina, freeman of Muhammed, II. 358 n. 1.

Sag díd, “the dog saw,” presenting a dog to a dying person, I. 335
n. 2.

Saha deva, son of Vyasa, a legend of him, II. 255, 268.

Saheban-i-kereb-i-ferais, “the masters of proximity to divine
precepts,” a sect of Súfis, III. 294.

_Sahi-din_, “upright in faith,” I. 180.

Sahifah al Auliya, “Volume of the Saints,” work of Muhammed Nur
baksh, I. 130.

Sahi Kesh, “flourishing faith,” I. 147.

Sahi Keshan, I. 241.

Sahu, “recovering from ebriety,” I. 85, 86.

Said, Abu-Muhammed Obaid-alla, the founder of the Fatimite Khalifs
in Africa, II. 401 n.
――lays the foundation of a new capital, 418 n. 1.

Said ben Hebatallah, abridged and commented Avisenna’s work,
entitled Shafa, II. 173.

Said (Sayyad) Cabiru ’ddin, a master of the Sadikíyahs in India,
III. 1 n. 1.

Said (Saiyid) Hasan of Shiraz, quoted, I. 90, 91.

Sâid Khan Terkhan, puts to death a son of Jelal-eddin, III. 47.

Saiva-Sanyasis, called also Avadutas, II. 218
――war between them and the Súfis, _ibid._

Saivas, worshippers of Siva, II. 217.

Sajud, “prostration,” III. 260.

Sakah, Sijah, Thegjazis, names of the wife of Musaylima, III. 8 n. 1.

Sakar, a class of Sanyasis, II. 139.

Saklapes, see Serapis, III. 112.

Sakti, power, generic name given to women by the Saktians, II. 154.

Saktians, followers of Siva, of austere manners, II. 164.

Saktian, a sect of Hindus, their belief, worship, and customs, II.
148 to 168.

Sakti púja, profligate intercourse with women――worship of the
Saktians, II. 153.

Sakunat, “dwelling in God,” III. 29, 37.

Salaimaniyat, a branch of the Zaydiyat, II. 363 n. 1.

Salam, a numerical quantity, equal to one hundred thousand, I. 24.

Salarbar, “usher with a silver mace,” I. 169.

Sale (George), translator of the Koran into English, quoted, II.
323, 325, 328, 330, 344 n. 1, 369, 404, 405, 453 n.; III. 76 n. 1,
80 n. 2.

Salikan, a class of Súfis, III. 251 n.

Salim, poet, quoted, I. 88.

_Sama_, tranquillity, II. 126.

Samadharanam, “fortitude,” II. 125 n. 8, 127.

Samadhi, deep and devout meditation, I. 85.

Samak Asur, stole the Veda, II. 18.

_Samán Sálár_, “head-steward,” to be accompanied by two supervisors
and two recorders of occurrences, I. 155.

Samarah, a town in Chaldæa, I. 307 and n. 2.

Samartagans, the orthodox of the Hindus, II. 53.

Sama véda, II. 64.

Sameri, a magician, contemporary with Moses, III. 80
――Aaron himself, _ibid._ n. 2.

Sami, sacrificial wood, II. 80.

Sampradaya, a sect, schism, particular doctrine, II. 186 n. 1.

Samrad, or Samwad, meaning of it, I. 195, 200.

Samradian, a sect, I. 195.

Samrad namah, work composed by Kamkar, I. 201
――quoted, II. 98.

Samudras, seas, seven of them, II. 41.

Sanabad, town of Tus, there is the mausoleum of Imam Reza, I. 48.

Sanakaras, “incorporeal beings,” II. 237.

Sandebar, a cavern and miraculous spring, in Kachmir, II. 166, 167.

Sandhya, a rite of the Hindus, II. 61 n. 1.

Sangati, assembly of the Sikhs, II. 285.

Sanja nath, an adept in restraining the breath, lived seven hundred
years, II. 138.

Sanicher (Saturn), son of the Sun, II. 38.

Sanjnya-skandha, “knowledge or belief arising from words,” II. 198
n. 1.

Sanishin, peculiar mode of sitting, described, II. 135.

Sankara Acharya, a sage, I. 276 n. 1.

Sankara acharya, an author upon the Vedanta, II. 96, 102
――maintains the universality of illusion, 103
――preceptor of Saha diva, Raja of Kachmir, 141.

Sankara Vijaya, a work containing an account of various sects, II.
128 n. 4.

Sankhya (The) doctrine stated, II. 119, 123.

_Sansaya_, “discernment,” II. 206, 207.

Sanskara skandha, “whatever enters the mind,” II. 198 n. 1.

Sanson (D.), traveller in the East, I. 225 n.

Santanu, ancient king, son of Riksha, II. 67 n. 3.

Santarem (viscount), quoted, II. 307 n. 1; III. 87.

Sanyal, book of the Sipasians, II. 136.

Sanyasí, one who resigned the world, divided into ten classes, II.
139, 218
――battle between Sanyasis, and Jelalis and Mandaris, 231.

Saónos, particular mode of sleeping of the Sipasians, I. 111.

Sapta chakra, seven circles of the Yogis, II. 131
――six chakras of Hindu philosophers, _ibid._ n. 1.

Sapt anshis, seven Richis, seven stars in the constellation of the
Great Bear――name given to holes in a cavern, II. 167
――names of the seven Richis, 220 n. 4.

Sarabi, author quoted, I. 9.

Sarai, royal abode, I. 42.

Saraist, a particular rite of devotion, I. 123.

Sarang, the world of human beings, according to the Sipasians, I. 87.

Sarapréma, a state of beatitude, II. 95.

Sarat, bridge of judgment of the Muhammedans, I. 285.

_Sardah_, “primary genus,” I. 324.

Saríra, “body,” II. 204, 205.

Sarosh (Mobed), son of Kaivan, son of Kamkar, his lineage――conduct,
I. 113
――his works, supposed miracles, 114
――causes rain to cease, phantoms to appear, 116.

Sarsash, a descendant from Zardusht, I. 232.

Sarsati, a class of Sanyasis, II. 139.

Sarud-i-Mastan, work of the Mobed Hushyar, quoted, I. 72, 76, 79;
II. 136.

Sarúrak, or Saruregh, a tyrant, I. 314.

Sarush (Mobed), author of the Zerdusht Afshar, I. 77.

Sarúsh (Mobed), a Yazdanian――his account of Zardusht’s origin, I. 213.

Sasan, five individuals of that name, their lineage, I. 87.

Sasan, the Fifth, the last of fifteen Persian prophets, I. 105
――account of him, _ibid._ n.
――his commentary on the Desatir, and the code of Zardusht quoted,
277.

Sasan (Azar), or the first son of king Darab the Less, I. 87.

Sastra, institute, science, II. 141.

Sathrah, “a Fakir,” II. 109.

Satra Payah, sphere of the fixed stars, I. 289.

_Sattee_, a widow burning herself with the corpse of her husband,
her recompense after death, II. 75
――in a future birth appears as a man, 76
――not to be forced into fire, _ibid._

Satva (Satek), one of the three properties, II. 14, 149, 176, 178,
180.

Saturn, description of his form, I. 35, 36.

Satyam, “truth,” II. 125.

Satya loka, one of the fourteen spheres, II. 12
――abode of truth, _ibid._ n. 7.

Satyanath, a sect of Hindus, II. 128.

Satyavati, mother of Vyása, also called Yojana gandha, II. 67 n.

Satya yugam, the age of the righteous, II. 47 n. 1.

Sáut Mutluk, “absolute sound,” I. 81.

Sayah ban, and Sayah dar, umbrella, I. 19.

Schmidt (Isaak Jacob), II. 292 n.; III. 113.

Schmölders (doctor), quoted, II. 391.

Seer, a measure of weight, II. 223 n. 2.

Sefand, the thirteenth Nosk of the Zand-Avesta――its contents, I.
274 n.

Selden, author quoted, I. 18 n.; III. 80 n. 2.

Selsebil, a source, sweet like clarified honey, in Gabriel’s
heavenly mansion, III. 190 n. 1.

Serapis, the sun of autumn――the Egyptian Chmun――Esculapius――has a
serpent――is Osiris――Helios Serapis――Jupiter Serapis――his temples in
different countries, III. 112 n. 1.

Serat ul mustakim, “the Right Road,” a work composed by Mujeddin
Muhammed, son of Yakub, son of Muhammed Firozobadi, III. 94.

Serósh, Serúsh, Ized, or angel, etymology of his name, I. 7 n.
――presiding over the seventeenth day of the month, 62 n.
――his functions, 287, 288, 289.

Serud nath, an adept in restraining the breath, II. 137.

Sésha, the king of the serpent-race, II. 16 n. 2.

Setud-yesht, the first Nosk of the Zand-Avesta, I. 272
――its contents, _ibid._

Seven, a sacred number, principally with the Ismáilahs, II. 400
n. 1.

Sevras, or Sravakas, name given to the Jains in different parts of
India, II. 212 n. 1.

Sewras, pious mendicants, II. 195 n. 1.

Shabdiz, horse of king Parviz, I. 112 n. 3.

_Shabistan_, “night-station,” I. 168, 182, 187.

Shadbar, a Persian festival, I. 63.

Shad darsá, “six objects of the six senses,” II. 206.

Shádib, founder of a sect, his epoch――opinion, I. 207.

Shád Késh, a person mentioned in the Samrad namah, I. 201.

Shádmán (Mirza), a chief of the Házárahs, III. 43 n. 1.
――wounds Miyan Jelal eddin, 44.

Shafa, a work of Avisenna, II. 173 n. 3.

Sháfâya, a Muhammedan sect, II. 355.

Shafei, surname of Muhammed Ebn Edris al Shâfei, the founder of a
Muhammedan sect, II. 329 n. 350.

Shah abad eddin pur, place of pilgrimage in Kachmir, II. 166.

Shahádet, its meaning in the phraseology of the Súfis, III. 238 n. 4.

Shahbáb uddin Maktul (Shaikh), quoted, II. 45.

Shah Badakshi (Mawlana), III. 284.

_Shaher dar_, “governor,” I. 157.

Shah Jhuna, master of the Choharas, II. 245.

Shah Fattah ulla Shirazi (Hakim), establishes the new era of Akbar,
III. 99.

Shah Jehan, opposes Hargovind, II. 275
――sends an army against Harrayi, 282
――is imprisoned by his son Aureng-zeb, III. 285 n. 1
――date of his death, _ibid._
――his whole title, 296.

Shah Mir Kadarí, III. 284.

_Shahnah_, intendant of police, I. 157.

Shah-namah, poem of Ferdusi, quoted, I. 20 n. 31 n. 33 n. 50, 52,
55, 58, 163, 185, 189, 190, 191, 192, 193, 213, 259 n. 344; II. 52,
130.

Shah namah naser, composed by some of the Magi, I. 213
――quoted, 246, 255, 284.

Shah Nasir Khusrau, poet, his verses quoted, I. 365.

Shah ristan, work of Farzanah Bahram, quoted, I. 212.

Shah rivar, name of an angel and of a month, I. 61, 62
――gives instructions to Zardusht, 242.

Shah Salám úlla, quoted by the author of the Dabistán, III. 137, 138.

Shah Zadah (The Dostur), author of the volume of Sad der, I. 310.

_Shaí_ or _Shayi_, “God-worshipper,” I. 24.

Shai Giliv, son of Jai Alád, assumed the government, I. 24, 25, 88,
185.

Shai Mahbul, succeeds to the Shaíyán empire, I. 24, 25
――son of Shai Giliv, 88.

Shal grama, eagle-stone, II. 54 n. 2.

Shamar, a numerical quantity equal to one hundred salám, see Salám,
I. 24.

Shams ed-doulah (or Samsamed dulah), the tenth prince of the Búyi
dynasty, II. 172 n. 3.

Shamsen ul mali Kabus, son of Vashamger, king of Giorgia and other
provinces, II. 170 n. 2
――imprisoned by his ministers, 171.

Shamseyat, minor suns, II. 51.

Shamsiyah, the title of a work, III. 217 n. 1.

Sham-uddin, a surname of Shidab, author of a treatise entitled
Razabad――a follower of the Akhshíyán doctrine, I. 208.

Shanderban Shah Jehani (Munshi), III. 286 n.

Shankar bhat, a Jnanindra, II. 107
――his conversation with a goldsmith, _ibid._

Shapur, king of Persia, contemporary of Mani, I. 205 n. 1
――and of Azarbad, I. 305 n.

Sharf-eddin al Busiri, author of the Arabic poem _Borda_, I. 2 n.

Sharh-i-ashk, “Commentary upon Love,” III. 241.

Sharh-i-Gulshen-raz, “Commentary upon Gulshen-raz,” III. 141 n. 3.

Sharh mahtaśer, “Abridged Commentary upon Gulshen-raz,” III. 237.

Sharh movákef, “Commentary upon the Stations (Theses of Metaphysics),”
II. 379 n. 2.

Shat, a title of honor, I. 36.

Shat Desátir――its prayers recited by the Sipasians, I. 59, 60
――a comparison from that work quoted, 65.

Shat Kaivan, lord Saturn, I. 12.

Shat Mah, lunar lord, I. 12.

Shat Piráyi, name of a fire-temple in Baghdád, I. 51.

Shedad, a fabulous personage, contemporary of Jemshid, II. 459.

Shedosh, ancient chief of poets, III. 107
――resists the love of the queen Shuker――sues a woman, adorer of the
sun, 108
――is afflicted with a malady――the king sends his wife to
him――Shedosh resolves upon a self-sacrifice to the sun, 109
――remains safe in the midst of flames――recites his verses,
confesses his fault, but asserts his respect for the queen, 110.

Shehad eddin Omar Sohrawerdi, quoted, III. 231 n. 2.

Sheheristâni, the surname of Al Fath Muhammed Ben Abdalkerim, a
doctor of the Asharian sect, II. 322 n. 1
――date of his death――two of his works mentioned, 323 n. 1; III.
105 n.

Shekunah, an eastern part of Kohistan, II. 356.

Shemseddin Muhammed ben Yahya ben Ali Lahjani (Shaikh), III. 141 n.
3, 237, 279, 295.

Sherah-feśus, “Commentary upon the Bezels,” work of Dáus Kaiserí,
III. 232 n. 1.

Sheriât, external law, III. 29, 35.

Sherif Khan Atcah, an enemy of the Roshenians, III. 44.

Shesh-kákh, Persian prayer to the stars and to fire, I. 79.

Shiâts, I. 101 n.; II. 324, 327, 362
――their creed, 364, 365, 366, 368.

Shí and láshi, “being and not being,” III. 223 n. 1.

Shidabian, a sect, I. 207.

Shidah, one of the compilers of the Testament of Jemshid, I. 195
――a travelling merchant of the Yekanah-binan sect, _ibid._

Shídastan, region of light, I. 9.

Shídayi (Mulla), an eloquent Hindu and poet, II. 107.

Shidistan, abodes of the forms of the luminous bodies, I. 35.

Shidosh, son of Anosh, quoted, II. 51.

Shidósh, son of Anosh, recounts miracles, I. 117
――descended from Zardusht――disciple of Azar Kaiván, 125
――his travels, mode of devotion, 126
――vision, mode of life, 128
――sickness, 129
――his words quoted, 130
――his death, 131
――verses on his death by the author of the Dabistán, _ibid._

Shidrang, founder of a sect, I. 203
――his epoch and opinion, _ibid._

Shídrangian, a sect, I. 203.

Shid Shídan, effulgence of light, I. 10.

_Shikar-i-dad_, “equity-hunt,” I. 185.

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

Shirín, wife of king Parviz, I. 112.

Shir Muhammed Khan, governor of Kalinga, II. 70.

Shis, see Hermes, III. 105 n.

Shosteri (or Tosteri), surname of Abu Muhammed Sahal ben And, III.
147 n. 1, 236.

Shudah band, “recorder;” two to be attached to every vizir, I. 155.

Shumar Afin, rosary, I. 371.

Siátín, demons, III. 236.

Siddhanta, “demonstrated truth,” II. 207
――is fourfold, _ibid._ n. 3.

Sifáti, “belonging to attributes,” a kind of divine manifestation,
III. 270.

Sifátiah, attributists, II. 324 n. 4, 330.

Sigar-ul Mutakherin, by Mir Gholain Hussein Khan, quoted, II. 289.

Sikhs, followers of the religion of Nanak, II. 246
――their opinions, customs, character, 285, 288
――a short account of them from 1664 to our days, 288 n. 1.

Sikshya, on pronunciation, II. 65 n. 1.

Silkh, “estrangement from exterior observances,” a term of the
Ismâilahs, II. 406.

Silpa, “mechanics,” II. 65 n. 1.

Silvestre de Sacy (baron), quoted, II. 304, 390, 391, 400 n. 1, 404
n., 411, 421 n. 1, 432, 436, 444; III. 27, 64 n., 229 nn. 1, 2, 230 n.
2, 277 n.

Simaí, the universe, II. 13.

Simantónnayana, a rite of the Hindus, II. 55 and n. 1.

Simnad, chapter of the Zand-Avesta, I. 282, 283.

Simúrgh (also called Enka), a fabulous bird, I. 55 and n. 1, 191 n.
1; III. 237.

Sinjar, the sixth Sultan of the Seljucides, sends an army against
the Ismâilahs, II. 440 n. 1
――finds the dagger of an Ismâilah fixed in the ground near his
bed, 440
――makes peace with the Ismâilahs, 441 n. 1.

Sipasi, “adorers,” I. 147.

Sipasian, sect of the Persian religion――their tenets and ceremonies,
I. 5, 6, 32, 33.

Siráj-eddin Ansari, an ancestor of Miyán Báyezid Ansari, III. 27
n. 1.

Sirát, “the bridge of the last judgment,” its allegorical
signification, III. 151, 152.

Siroz, part of the Zand-Avesta, I. 225 n.

Sitá, the daughter of the king of Mithila, wife of Rámachandra, II. 23
――carried away by Rávana, recovered by her husband, _ibid._ n. 3.

Sítanú, name of a Nosk of the Zand-Avesta, I. 275.

Situd gher, the second Nosk of the Zand-Avesta――contains an
interpretation of a tree of four branches seen in a vision by
Zardusht, I. 265 n. 1
――its general contents, 272 n.

Siva rátri, Siva’s night, II. 58 n. 4
――his followers bound to drink wine on that night, 164 n. 1.

Siva, the destroyer of existences, II. 4
――whence he proceeded, 14.

Siyamak, king and prophet, I. 30, 31
――a tradition concerning him, 54
――his words quoted, 69
――son of Kaiomors, 88.

Siya Zhup, “the three weights or blows,” a mode of invoking God,
I. 77.

Smartas, see Samartagans, II. 53.

Smriti sastra, the written law, II. 165.

Smriti, Hindu institutes, II. 88.

Sodarshan, nephew and pupil of a great anonymous Jnání, II. 105.

Sohail, the star canopus, the same as Agastya, a saint, II. 34.

Solinus, quoted, I. 218 n.

Sómana, the lunar vein, II. 132.

Sonnat, Sonnites, explained, II. 324 n. 1
――their creed, 332, 333, 334.

Sosiosh, the third posthumous son of Zoroaster――epoch of his
appearance and deeds, I. 282 n.

Srikakul, the capital of Kalinga, II. 3.

Sri Kanta, a learned Kachmirian, II. 164, 165.

Srivaras, a class of Buddhists, II. 212.

Stephanus, I. 171.

Sthúla sarira, elementary body, II. 176 n. 2, 177 n.

Stone (black), emblem of Saturn, I. 49 and n.

Strabo, author, quoted, I. 17 n. 209
――mentions Zoroaster’s works, 224 n.
――quoted about the _barsom_, 319 n. 2, 340 n. 1.

Sva-bhavah, the self-existing, II. 13.

Svámi préma, a state of beatitude, II. 95.

Svapna, vision during sleep, I. 84.

Svapna avast ha, the state of sleep or dream, II. 92.

Svayuktí, a state of beatitude, II. 95.

Subahani, his verses quoted, I. 195.

Suchi, purity, II. 126.

Sud (Sudi, Sudin), name of the fourth class of the people, I. 19.

Sudarhsan Kal, a Jnanindra, II. 107.

Sud bar, intercalary days of the Persians, I. 62.

Sudras, the fourth class of the Hindus, their destination, II. 49.

Sufiahs, Sufis, derivations of the word, III. 220.

Súfis (Muhammedans), divided into fourteen families, their names,
II. 221.

Sufi uddin, the ancestor of the Safavean dynasty, their origin, I. 52
and n. 6.

Sugriva, chief of savage tribes, called monkeys, ally of Ráma, II. 23
n. 3.

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

Suja, son of Shah Jehan――obliged by Aureng-zeb to fly to Arrakan,
where he dies, III. 285 n. 1.

Suidas, quoted, I. 212 n. 224 n.

Sukha, “sensual delight,” II. 206.

Sukla pakcha, the light half of a month, II. 20.

Sukhá sváda, enjoyment, I. 85.

Sukshma śarira, rudimental body, II. 177 n.

Sultan Khajah, buried according to the old Persian mode, III. 102.

Súm, “fasting,” how interpreted by the Ismâilahs, II. 408.

Sumbul, town where the Kalki-Avátar is to take place, II. 24.

Su-Meru, mountain of gold, abode of celestial beings, II. 41
――account of it, _ibid._ n. 1
――residence of Brahma, 260 n. 1.