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
Khair eddin, son of Báyezid, III. 42 n. 1.
Khákani (Hakim), quoted, III. 14, 168.
Kháki, merchant of the Shidabian sect, I. 207.
Kbala, quitting and reassuming the body at pleasure, I. 86.
Khalâ, “divesting,” a term of the Ismâilahs, II. 406.
Khaled, son of Valid, and general of Abu bekr, defeats the army of
Musaylima, who is killed, III. 4 n. 1.
Kharchang (Crab), constellation which the Persian astronomers
represented by a tortoise, II. 19.
Khatar hari, a sacred tree, II. 80.
Khashar, name of a Nosk of the Zand-Avesta, I. 275.
Khatem, “the seal,” III. 244.
Kherka, the patched coat of ascetics, II. 228.
Khesht, the twelfth Nosk of the Zand-Avesta, its contents, I. 274 n.
Khizr (Elias), discovers the fountain of life, I. 57 n. 2, 58 n. 1.
Khodádád (Mobed), founder of a sect, his opinion, I. 201.
Khoda Jai (Mobed), quoted, I. 76
――disciple of Azar Kaivan――his attainments and austerities, 118
――author of a Commentary upon Kaíván’s poems――his death, 119.
Khodaiyan, a sect, followers of Mobed Khodádád, I. 201.
Khogiah Shams eddin Muhammed, III. 217 n. 1.
Khur, angel presiding over the 11th day of every month, I. 62 n.
Khurastar, noxious animals, I. 292.
Khurdad, name of an angel and a month, I. 61, 62 n.
――gives benedictions and instructions to Zardusht, 242
――appears in Gushtasp’s palace, 257.
Khurramiah, a name of the Ismâilahs, II. 421 n. 1.
Khurshid chehar, one of Zardusht’s three sons, I. 293 n. 1.
Khurshid Páyah, the solar sphere, I. 289.
Khushnudi namah, certificate of good behaviour, I. 176.
Kia Buzerk umid, successor to Hassan Sabah in Alamut, II. 436, 441
――his conduct, 442
――duration of his reign, _ibid._ n. 1.
Kiblah, that part, or object, to which people direct their face in
prayer, I. 33 n.
――term frequently used in the whole work.
Kík Khan, of the family of Chaghat-Khan, proves his love of
practical justice, III. 119, 120.
Kimiáyi Sâadet, “alchymy of felicity,” a work of Ghazáli,
recommended for perusal in Akbar’s ordinances, III. 123.
Kiranya Kashipu, a demon slain by Vichnu, II. 21.
Kirfah, “good deeds,” I. 311, 313 and n. 2.
_Kimna_, a form of prayer, I. 325 and n. 1, 331.
Kisálihazza, place of pilgrimage in Kachmir, II. 166.
Kishtovar, a town in Lahore, II. 108 n. 1.
Kitabal Jafr, III. 234 n.
Kleuker (John Frederic), translated the Zand-Avesta, from French
into German, with Comments, I. 223 n.
Knef, the good principle of the Egyptians, III. 106 n.
Kobad, the eighteenth king of the Sassanians, supports the prophet
Mazdak――expelled from Persia, recovers the throne, I. 193 n. 1.
Koheli, a tribe of Kchatriyas, II. 194.
Kohistan (Khorassan), one of the principal seats of the Eastern
Ismâilahs, II. 423.
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