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
Muhammed, the Arabian prophet, selects a class of believers for
salvation, II. 324
――ascends to heaven, 339 n. 1
――his spirit first created, 344
――the father of all spirits, 347
――date of his death, III. 4 n. 1, 61 n.
――loses some teeth in battle, 54 n. 1
――undertakes an expedition to Tabuk, 56 n. 1
――falls in love with Zeinah――marries her, 59 n. 1
――passages in the Old and New Testament referred to Muhammed, 66
n. 1, 67 n. 1
――he attacked caravans――killed animated beings――libidinous, 71
――took nine, even twenty-one wives, 79 nn. 1, 2, 100 n. 2
――his ascent to heaven allegorized, 177, 200
――visited and accompanied by the angel Jabril――bestrides Borak,
178, 181
――leaves the mountains without stopping on his way, enters the
temple of Jerusalem, 182, 184
――drinks a cup of milk――sees prophets and angels, 184, 185
――upon a ladder, arrives at the heaven of the universe, 186, 187
――at the second――the third――the fourth――and fifth heaven, 187, 188
――sees hell, 188, 189
――the sixth――the seventh heaven, 189
――the eighth heaven――five mansions――four seas, 191
――angels, how occupied, 192
――a sea without borders――a great desert――the angel Mikáil, 193
――the heavenly tabernacle, 194 n. 2
――passes through several thousand curtains――reaches the green
rail――receives the Koran, 195 n. 1
――his impressions, 196, 199
――returns to his bed, still warm, 199, 200
――moves about in extacy, 240.
Muhammed Abu Jafar Ebn Jerir el Tabari, mentions Zardusht’s
revelations upon parchment folios, I. 224 n.
Muhammed Ali, of Shiraz, disciple of Farzanah Bahram: his conversion
of a thief, I. 132.
Muhammed Akil, assumed name of Ayin Hosh, see the latter, I. 378.
Muhammed Amin Asterabadi, gives currency to the creed of the
Akhbarins, II. 372, 381, 391, 396.
Muhammed, son of Hassan Askeri (Imám), still alive and
concealed――his absence divided into two epochs, II. 383
――also called Abu ’l Cassem――the expected――the stable――and, in
particular, _Mahdi_, “the guide,” _ibid._ n. 1
――the duration of the two epochs stated, 384 n. 2, 399
――his other titles, 403 n. 1.
Muhammed Báker dámád (Mir), III. 205.
Muhammed ben Abdullah, Mahdi, the last of the age, II. 418.
Muhammed ben Ahmed al janaid, eminent in analogy, II. 378.
Muhammed Ebn Bábúyah Alkamî, II. 380.
Muhammed Buzerg Umid, third ruler of the Alamutians, II. 442 n. 2.
Muhammed Ebn Keram, the founder of a Muhammedan sect, II. 331 n. 1.
Muhammed Doulet, successor to Barkiarok, on the throne of Persia,
II. 439.
Muhammed Habib, successor of Jâfr Mosuddek, II. 399 n. 1.
Muhammed Hakim (Mirza), son of Humáyun Padshah, contemporary of
Bayezid, III. 41.
Muhammed, son of Hassan, the fifth ruler of the Alamutians――his
conduct, and the duration of his reign, II. 446 n. 2.
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