The Dabistán, or School of manners, Volume 3 (of 3): translated from the original Persian, with notes and illustrations
Religion
The Dabistán, or School of manners, Volume 3 (of 3): translated from the original Persian, with notes and illustrations
Iran -- Religion; Religions
Alíka, “heaven,” II. 127.
Ali Osman ben Ebil Ali el Ghaznavi (Shaikh), III. 265 n.
Ali Sani Amir Saiyid Ali of Hamadan, quoted, I. 90.
Ali Zikrihi-al sálam, surname of Hassan, son of Muhammed, the fourth
ruler of the Alamutians, II. 442
――various versions upon his origin, 443, 444
――he is also called “the resurrection”――institutes a new era by
the festival of resurrection, 445
――is stabbed, 446.
Alkus, or Malkus, an enchanter, I. 314 and n. 1.
Al Melal u alnahal, “the means of curing wearisomeness and
melancholy,” a work of Sheheristáni, II. 323 n.
Almutiah, a class of the Eastern Ismâilahs, II. 420.
Alp Arselan, the second Sultan of the dynasty of Seljucides, II. 425
n. 2.
Al rais, surname of Avisenna, II. 168, 169 n.
Alrang, the angelic world according to the Sipasians, I. p. 86.
Alráshid billah, the thirtieth Khalif of the Abbasides, killed by
the hand of a Fedáyi, II. 442.
Amara-das, second successor of Nának, II. 253, 254 n. 2.
Amara nath, a sect, II. 128.
Ambaret Kant, author of a mystical work, translated by himself into
Persian, II. 137.
Amedat ul matekad, “the Pillar of Believers,” a learned work, II. 351.
_Amézish-i-Farhang_, “intercourse of science,” how the Abadian
Durvishes behaved to society, and to strangers introduced to them,
I. 141, 142, 145.
Ami, “the Illiterate,” title assumed by Muhammed, II. 454 n. 1.
Amíghistan, work quoted, I. 15, 26.
Amir shir Khan, procures liberty to Jengis Khan, when the latter was
a prisoner, III. 114.
Amir ul Múmenín Karan sani, title of the emperor Jehangir, II. 277.
Ammianus Marcellinus, I. 171.
Amr Khaiam, his verses quoted, I. 196.
Amral Kais, son of Hajr, king of the Arabs, a great poet, III. 65
n. 1.
Amrita Sara, a reservoir of water at Rampur or Ramasdur, in the
Panj-ab, II. 254 n. 3.
Amshasfands (six), first celestial spirits after Ormuzd, I. 235 and
n. 237.
Amur Nuh, son of Manzur Samani, cured by Avisenna, II. 169.
Amuzian, the learned, I. 20 n.
Ana Gura Roshni, one of the seven heavens of the Persians, I. 293
n. 1.
Ana hatam, the root of the nose, II. 131 n. 1.
Anahid, a genius, guardian of the germs of Zoroaster’s posterity,
I. 281 n.
Anahid, “free voice,” I. 81.
Ananta, a Vairagi, II. 196.
Ananta Véda, the eternal Véda, II. 18.
Andarímán, follower of the Alarian sect, I. 206.
Andha-tamasa, great darkness, II. 179 n.
_Anga_, part――six angas of Hindu learning, II. 65 n. 1
――enumerated, _ibid._
Angad (Guru), immediate successor to Nanak, II. 253, 254 n. 1.
Anjir dasti, a Persian word for the Indian fig-tree, II. 80.
Aníran, an Angel presiding over the 30th day of the month, I. 62 n.
Anif-eddin Telmesani, III. 232 n. 1.
Ankahísh, name of a Nosk of the Zend-Avesta, I. 275.
Anna-prasanna, a rite of the Hindus, II. 56 n. 2.
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