Mertebah ahadiyat, “degree of unity,” III. 222. Mervan, son of Hakim, son-in-law of Osman, the Khalif, III. 55. Mervan Muhammed ben Mervan, ben Hakem, the last of the Ommiahs, II. 361. Mian Báyezid, the head of a sect, III. 26 ――his lineage, 27, 28 ――becomes the disciple of Khájah Ismâil, 28 ――his sayings and principles, 29, 38 ――his deeds――practises highway robbery, 39 ――composes works in several languages, 40 ――said to have been an illiterate man――makes war upon the Moghuls, 41 ――with various success, _ibid._ n. 1 ――date of his death, 42. Mian Lal, a Vairagi, II. 196. Mian Mir, III. 297. Miduyzaram, the first Gáhámbar, I. 346. Midyúshaham, the second Gáhámbar, I. 346. Mihin Farush, author of a Treatise concerning Zardusht, I. 244. Mihr Ized (Mithra), name of an angel and of a month, I. 61, 62 n. ――his character――how represented――his functions, 286 n. 1, 287, 311. Mihrab arch attar, symbol of Venus, I. 49. Mihrab, a disciple of the son of Farhad――how he relieved an old workman, I. 142, 143. Mihran, physician, follower of the Shidabían faith, I. 207. Mikat ítinás, place of assemblage for the pilgrims of Mecca, II. 409. Milad, a follower of the Alarian sect, I. 206. Milan, an Iranian, founder of a sect, his opinion, I. 204. Milanian, a sect, I. 204. Mimansa, explanation of the word, II. 4 n. 66 n. Mina, a valley, near Mecca, where the pilgrims throw stones, III. 76. Mína, semen virile, I. 227 ――name of a vein, II. 132. Minú, “azure heaven,” I. 150. Minucheher, son of Iraj, king and prophet, I. 30, 88. Mínúiván Mínü, “heaven of heavens,” I. 152. Minu Sar, “celestial abode,” I. 151. Miri, a Telinga word for the fig-tree, II. 80. Mirkhond, quoted, II. 423 n. 2, 424 nn. 1, 2, 425, 427 n. 1, 437 n. 1, 439 n. 4, 441 n. 1, 446 n. 2, 449 n.; III. 234 n. Mir Sáid, Sharif of Jarjan (Georgia), quoted, II. 29. Mir Said Sherif Amely, a theological disputant under Akbar, III. 90. Mirtasi (Said), distinguished among the learned of the Imámîyat, II. 379. Mirza, the son of Nur-eddin, son of Báyezid, killed in battle, III. 47. Mirza Haider, a noble Muselman, becomes a Vairagi, II. 193. Mirza Khan (Mulla), III. 205. Mirza Salah, a noble Muselman, becomes a Vairagi, II. 193. Mishteri, “Jupiter,” Muhammed’s arrival at it, III. 247. Mithra (Mihr), distinct and subordinate to Ormuzd――his character among the Chaldeans and Arabs――his religion and worship in later times, I. 286 n. Mitrata, “friendship,” II. 121. Miyán Ahdád, son of Omar Shaikh, the son of Báyezid, III. 44 ――reduced to great straits by the forces of the Moghuls, killed in the defence of a fort, 44, 45 ――heroic conduct of his daughter, 45. Mizan, “balance,” title of a book composed by Váhed, III. 16, 17.