_Man’_ A weight varying in different towns. In Yezd it is about 13 lbs. _Manzil_ Halting-place. _Mazra’_ A piece of cultivated land. _Mirzā_ Clerk, secretary. _Muballigh_ A missionary. The word is generally used of the Behāī missionaries in Yezd. _Mujtahid_ The highest class of the Mohammedan clergy. _Mullā_ A word very like our term “clerk.” It is generally used of the clergy, but it is sometimes a mere courtesy title, and sometimes means a man who can read. _Mussulmān_, _Muslim_ A believer in Islam. One who is resigned to God. _Nakhl_ A religious implement. _Nijāsat_ Ceremonial uncleanness. _Paighambar_ Message bearer, prophet. _Paighambarī_ Prophethood. _Qabā_ Outer coat. _Qalāntar_ Head-man. The title is used in Yezd for the head-man of the Parsis. _Qaliān_ Persian hookah. _Qan’āt_ Underground water-channel. _Raiyat_ Agriculturist, a tenant farmer who pays rent in kind. It also means a subject. _Rūza khānī_ Religious recitation. _Saughāt_ A traveller’s present. _Savāb_ Work of merit. _Seyid_ A descendant of Mohammed. _Shiah_ Nonconformist. However, there is a Shiah sect held orthodox in Persia. _Sunnat_ Ancient traditions and Commentary on the Quran accepted by the Sunnis. _Sunnī_ A member of the Mohammedan sect accepting the Sunnat, who are considered orthodox in Turkey, India, and Africa, as opposed to the Shiahs of Persia and elsewhere. _Taqdīr_ Predestination. _Taqīya_ Concealment of faith by denial in times of danger. _Tauhīd_ Assertion of the Divine Unity. _Tomān_ A sum of money, 10,000 dinars, equivalent to about 3s. 8d. _Yailāq_ Summer quarters, generally a village in the hills. _Zardūshtī_ Follower of Zardūsht or Zoroaster, the Parsi prophet. INDEX Abbās, 67 Abu Jahl, 67 Abu Tālib, Mohammed’s uncle, 67 _Aīvan_, 18 Ali, Imam, 75-77 Ali Mohammed (Bab), 90, 91 _Anjuman_, 49 Arbāb Jamshīd, a wealthy Parsi at Tehran, 51 Arches, 16 _Arkhālūq_, 45 Armenian Christians, 58, 107 Aryan Parsis, 62 Atmosphere, absence of moisture in, 13 Bāb, gate of knowledge, 73 ——, first book-bearer of the Behāīs, founder of the Babi sect, 90, 91