Máhlad, a governor of Khorassan――orders his head to be cut off by the son of a man whom he had unjustly put to death, I. 159. Mahmud (Shaikh), quoted, II. 191. Mahmud, son of Malik Shah――his contest with his half-brother, Barkiarok, II. 437 n. 1. Mahmud of Ghiznah, son of Sebek teghin, the founder of his dynasty, I. 197 and n. 1. Mahmud Beg Timán, disciple of Farzanah Bahram, a seer of one God――his treatment of a wounded dog, I. 135 ――his devotion, 136. Mahmud Sabak teghin, founder of the dynasty of the Ghasnavis, persecutor of Avisenna, II. 170 n. 1. Mahmud Shebisteri, I. 82; III. 225 n. 1, 237 n. 3. Mahmud Tarabi, head of a sect, III. 12 n. 1. Mahna, name of a vein, II. 132. Mah Páyah, lunar sphere, I. 289. Mahs, mark of a man’s former state, III. 20. Mahsan Khan ghazi, a Moghul chief, defeats Miyan Báyazid, III. 41, 42 n. 1. Mahtra, Mathura, town in India, account of it, I. 53 and n. Máhyár, a person mentioned in the Samrad namah, I. 201. Mahyársur ilm, ancient fire-temple, I. 51. Mah Zand, “great Zand,” I. 352, 353. Magha, January-February, II. 58. Mâjazet, “extraordinary thing,” III. 173 n. 1. Maibed, a town of Persia, III. 217 n. 2. Maibedi, see Hossain, son of Mâyin eddin, III. 217. Majeddin Abu Taher Muhammed ben Yakub, compiler of a celebrated Arabic Dictionary, and of other works, III. 94 n. 1. Majed-doulah Abu Taleb Rustam, the eighth prince of the Buyi dynasty, II. 172 n. 2. Majezub, a class of Súfis, III. 251 n. Majezub salik, a class of Súfis, III. 251. Mâikail (Mikáil), an angel presiding the truth of professions, II. 337 ――proceeds from the moon, III. 145 ――the greatest of all angels, 193. Maiku Khan, or Mangu Khan, son of Tuli Khan, son of Jengis Khan――rules in Tartary, II. 449 n. ――orders the death of Rukn-eddin, 450 n. Majmirah, a name of the Ismâilahs, II. 421. Maimun, surnamed Kaddah, the ancestor of Said Muhammed Obaid-alla, Mahdi, II. 418 and n. 1. Maizad, or Miezd, I. 319. Makabil Ben Soliman, a Muhammedan theologian, II. 332. Makam, “station,” its meaning in the language of the Súfis, III. 242. Makhan Afghani, a miscellaneous compilation on the ritual and moral practices of Islam, III. 47 n., 48. Makhdúm ul mulk, under the reign of Akbar, declares the pilgrimage to Mecca unnecessary, III. 87. Maknâyah, a name of the Ismâilahs, II. 421 n. 1. Makr Ilahi, “divine fascination,” III. 274. Makrisi, his account of the Jews, quoted, II. 304; II. 419 n. 1, 423. Maksud chep, a tribe of the people of Shekunah, II. 360, 361. Maktul (Shaikh), his opinion about the heavenly bodies, III. 171 ――composer of hymns, 205. Malá-tulasi, a rosary of the Tulasi shrub, II. 184. Malcolm (sir John), author of a History of Persia, quoted, I. 53 n. ――of a Sketch of the Sikhs, quoted, II. 246 n. 1, 247 n. 1, 248 n. 1, 249 n. 1, 250 n. 1; III. 24 n. 1, 229 n. 1.