Akhshiyan, a sect, I. 208. Akhtaristan, a work containing the Sipasian tenets, I. 35 ――a description of the worship and class of worshippers of each planet, _ibid._ 35 to 41, 42. Akhun (Mulla) Derwezeh, author of the _Makhan Afghani_, a compilation on the ritual and moral practice of Islam, III. 47 n. 1, 48 n. Akhyár, “the best,” III. 265 n. Akl, “wisdom,” its various acceptations, III. 141 n. 2. Akl fâal, “superior wisdom,” III. 181, 202, 203. Akl Kulli, “the universal spirit,” III. 283. Akmian, sect who kill and eat men, II. 129. Akni, the south-east region, II. 35. Aksa, name of a mosque, II. 339. Alabek Tóshacin shergir, or Alabek Nushtekin Shergir, a Persian chief sent against the Ismâilahs, II. 439. Aladed-doulah, son of Jafer Kakyuah, invites Abu Ali to Isfahan, II. 173 ――conquers the country of Tajed ud dóulah, _ibid._ ――employs Avisenna, 174. Ala eddin Muhammed, son of Jelal eddin Hassan, the seventh ruler of the Alamutians, II. 447 ――date of his death, 448. Alâdiliats, “the party of the Just,” I. 101 n. Alámah hallî, “the most learned ornament,” title of a distinguished theologian, II. 379, 380. Alamut, a town and fort near Kazvin, II. 433 ――besieged by the Umrah of Malik Shah, and defended by Hassan Sabah, 436 ――its name changed into Buldet ul ikbal, 437 ――besieged repeatedly by the Persians, 439 ――taken and destroyed by the Tartars, 450. Alar, founder of a sect――an Iranian――his epoch and belief, I. 206. Alartúsh, name of a Nosk, I. 273. Alayi, the name of a wind, II. 133. Alburz, mountain――its situation, I. 22 n. 232 n. ――retreat of Zardusht for consulting Hormuzd, also the abode of Mithra, _ibid._ and 243 n. Alep, or Haleb, a town in Syria, II. 432. Alexander (Sekandr), supposed son of Darab, receives a book of Zardusht, forming a part of the Desátir, I. 278 n. ――orders Persian books to be translated into Greek, _ibid._ ――burnt the Nosks, for which he burns in hell, 279 n. Alhíyát (Ilahyat) shafa, “hymns of recovery,” III. 207, 218. Alhulíyat, a school of Súfis, III. 242 n. 1. Ali, son of Abu Taleb, I. 47, 98 ――account of his deeds, reign, and death, 100 n.; II. 332, 341 ――acknowledged as Imám and Khalif by the Shiáhs, 362 ――a chapter of the Koran, supposed to have been suppressed, concerning Ali, 368 to 371 ――wages war upon Mâaviah――kills with his own hands four hundred enemies, III. 59 n. 2 ――cuts off the head of a seller of onions and garlic, 60 ――was libidinous, 62 ――Muhammed’s eulogy of Ali, 456 n. 1 ――his poems and sayings, _ibid._ ――a verse of his quoted, 232. Ali, the son of Mámun Massar, king of Khórasan, II. 169. Ali Ebn Abbas, Rumi, an illustrious poet――the date of his death, III. 123 n. 4. Ali Ilahian, a sect residing in Kohistan, II. 451 ――numerous in India, _ibid._ n. 1 ――their creed, 452, 460.