Aderian Shah, “the chief of fires,” I. 330 n. 2. Adhad eddin al Iji, author of the Mewákif, “stations, posts” (or theses) of Metaphysics, II. 323. Aditya, the solar vein, II. 132. Adi granth, sacred book of the Sikhs, vol. II. 246 n. 1, 254 n. 4. Adwâr and ikwár, cycles of years, III. 169. Afâali, “belonging to action,” a kind of divine manifestation, III. 270. Aferasdam, raising the breath, II. 135. Afernigan, funeral repasts, I. 315 ――explained, _ibid._ n. 2, 319. Aflátes (Pilatus), II. 307. Aflatun (Plato), II. 374 n. 2. Afrád, “rudimental units,” III. 17. Afrasiab, king of Turan, extraordinary power of retaining his breath, II. 130 ――concealed in a cavern――taken by Hum――dived into water――drawn out and killed by Khusro, _ibid._ n. 1. Agama, a work on sacred science, II. n. 2. Agastya, a star, and a saint――swallows the sea――makes the waters subside, II. 34 ――his birth, _ibid._ n. 1 ――lowers the Vindhya range of mountains, _ibid._ Agathius, quoted, I. 209 n. Agatho demon, III. 105 n. 1 ――an Egyptian king, Knef――the good principle――the inoffensive serpent――Chetnuph, 106 n. Aghlan herbi, a chief of the Moghuls――how he punishes the negligence of two Moghul soldiers, III. 115. Aghush, the first king of the Arsacides, I. 225 n. Agni, or Vahni, regent between south and east, II. 219. Agni chakra, the circle of fire, one of the six regions of the human body, II. 151. Agni Pramána, “the professors of fire,” II. 243. Agnish toma, sacrifice of a goat to Agni, II. 82 ――a sacrifice of five days, _ibid._ n. 1. Ahádis, “traditions,” II. 380 n. 1. Ahalyá, daughter of Gautama, II. 68. Ahankara, a sphere, II. 10 ――three modes of it, 13. Ahdad, son of Jelál-eddin, son of Báyezid, receives the title of Rashid Khan, and is appointed to a command――the date of his death, III. 47. Ahinsa, harmlessness, II. 125 n. 9. Ahmadai of Tiran, a follower of Mazdak’s creed, I. 378. Ahmed, one of the names of Muhammed, II. 456 n. 2. Ahmed, son of Nizam ul mulk, sent against the Ismâilahs, II. 439. Ahmed, surnamed Almistali, son of Montaser, II. 430 ――his whole title Abul Kasem Ahmed al mistáli billah, _ibid._ n. 3. Ahmed Tatvi (Mulla), author of the work Khálasa al hayat, quoted, II. 160. Ahnud-jah, the first additional day of the Persian year, I. p. 62 n. Ahnu Khushi, mechanics, I. 30 n. Ahrá, name of a nosk of the Zand-avesta, I. 275. Ahriman, evil demon, I. 9 ――emblemed in a hawk, 75 ――different statements concerning him, 235, 236 n. Ahriman, evil principle, produced by Time――anterior to Ormuzd, I. 236 n. 354 and n. 2 ――proceeds from apprehension, suspicion, or envy, 357 ――to last only for a certain period, 357, 358 and n. ――an associate of darkness, 359. Ah san Ulla, surnamed Zafer Khan, son of Khájah Abu ’l Hassan Tabrizi, a Moghul general, acts against Miyán Ahdád, III. 44.