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
Múk Zhup, “four blows,” a mode of invoking God, I. 77.
Muládhara, one of the seven (or six) circles of the human body, II.
131 and n. 1, 150.
Múlana Sháh, III. 286, 287, 296.
_Mula Prakriti_, the root of all, II. 9 n. 1.
Mulla, Sultan, III. 219.
Múmin-ábád, or Maimun diz, a fort of the Ismâilahs, besieged and
defended, II. 437
――taken by Holágu, 449 n.
Mundi, a name of Vairagis, I. 196.
Munji, a sort of grass, II. 53 n. 1, 56 n. 5.
Murad baksh, son of Shah Jehan, imprisoned by Aureng zeb, his
brother――dies in prison, III. 285 n. 1.
Murdah Khab, Murdah Khasp, particular mode of sleeping of the
Sipasians, I. 111.
Mumin, “right faith,” III. 262.
Murid, “he who wills,” III. 224.
Murtaza, “the Chosen,” title of Ali, II. 454
――collected the Koran, for which was however substituted another,
compiled by Osman, 457.
Musa (Imám), his tomb――date of birth and death, I. 48 n.
Musa, a Jew, convert and disciple of Farzanah Bahram, I. 136, 137.
Musaylima, the founder of the sect of Sadikiahs, III. 1, 2
――once a Moslim――declares himself a prophet, 2 n. 1
――his miracles――his book――he is killed in battle, 3, 4 n. 1, 11
n. 1.
Múshteri, Jupiter, the director of the angels, and teacher of the
system of Brahma, II. 44.
Mussa, son of Jafr Sadik, head of the Saffavean monarchs of Persia,
II. 398 n.
Mutawakal, the tenth khalif of the Abbasides, orders Zardusht’s
cypress to be cut down, and to be transported from Kashmar to
Baghdád, I. 307
――cut in pieces by his guards, 308.
Mutavel, “Commentary,” title of a work, III. 218 n. 5.
N.
Nabhi chakra, a region of the human body, II. 132.
Nader, the sixth Nosk of the Zand-Avesta――its contents, I. 273 n.
Nafhat al Uns, “the fragrant Gales of Mankind,” a work of Jami,
quoted, III. 96, 97 n. 1, 289.
_Nafi_, “negation,” I. 136.
Nagarikot, a fortress in Lahore, II. 109 n. 1.
Nagmeddin Ali Ben Omar al Kazvini, disciple of Naśir eddin, III. 217.
Nahid (Venus), represented in the form of a man, I. 38, 39.
Nakid-azar, a fire-temple, I. 47.
Najem eddin Ahu ’l Hassan Ali, son of Muhammed, surnamed Dabiran al
Katebi al Kazviní, III. 218 n. 1.
Najem eddin Abu ’l Jenab Ahmed, son of Omar, III. 277.
Najf, burial-place of Alí, I. 47
――its ancient name, 51.
Náin Javet, quoted by the author of the Dabistán, III. 87, 89.
Nairrita, regent between south and west, II. 219.
Naisan, a Syrian month (April), also spring-rain――fabulous belief
about it, II. 259 n. 2.
Nakd al Faśus, “the ready Money of Bezels,” work of Jâmi, III. 235.
Nakir, an angel visiting the dead, III. 153.
Nak shatras, twenty-seven stellar mansions, II. 83, 219.
Náma-Karana, a rite of the Hindus, II. 55.
Namaskara, “respectful salutation,” II. 235.
Nan, name of a Nosk of the Zand-Avesta, I. 275.
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