Shemseddin Muhammed ben Yahya ben Ali Lahjani (Shaikh), III. 141 n. 3, 237, 279, 295. Sherah-feśus, “Commentary upon the Bezels,” work of Dáus Kaiserí, III. 232 n. 1. Sheriât, external law, III. 29, 35. Sherif Khan Atcah, an enemy of the Roshenians, III. 44. Shesh-kákh, Persian prayer to the stars and to fire, I. 79. Shiâts, I. 101 n.; II. 324, 327, 362 ――their creed, 364, 365, 366, 368. Shí and láshi, “being and not being,” III. 223 n. 1. Shidabian, a sect, I. 207. Shidah, one of the compilers of the Testament of Jemshid, I. 195 ――a travelling merchant of the Yekanah-binan sect, _ibid._ Shídastan, region of light, I. 9. Shídayi (Mulla), an eloquent Hindu and poet, II. 107. Shidistan, abodes of the forms of the luminous bodies, I. 35. Shidosh, son of Anosh, quoted, II. 51. Shidósh, son of Anosh, recounts miracles, I. 117 ――descended from Zardusht――disciple of Azar Kaiván, 125 ――his travels, mode of devotion, 126 ――vision, mode of life, 128 ――sickness, 129 ――his words quoted, 130 ――his death, 131 ――verses on his death by the author of the Dabistán, _ibid._ Shidrang, founder of a sect, I. 203 ――his epoch and opinion, _ibid._ Shídrangian, a sect, I. 203. Shid Shídan, effulgence of light, I. 10. _Shikar-i-dad_, “equity-hunt,” I. 185. Shiráb, a follower of Mazdak’s creed, I. 378. Shirín, wife of king Parviz, I. 112. Shir Muhammed Khan, governor of Kalinga, II. 70. Shis, see Hermes, III. 105 n. Shosteri (or Tosteri), surname of Abu Muhammed Sahal ben And, III. 147 n. 1, 236. Shudah band, “recorder;” two to be attached to every vizir, I. 155. Shumar Afin, rosary, I. 371. Siátín, demons, III. 236. Siddhanta, “demonstrated truth,” II. 207 ――is fourfold, _ibid._ n. 3. Sifáti, “belonging to attributes,” a kind of divine manifestation, III. 270. Sifátiah, attributists, II. 324 n. 4, 330. Sigar-ul Mutakherin, by Mir Gholain Hussein Khan, quoted, II. 289. Sikhs, followers of the religion of Nanak, II. 246 ――their opinions, customs, character, 285, 288 ――a short account of them from 1664 to our days, 288 n. 1. Sikshya, on pronunciation, II. 65 n. 1. Silkh, “estrangement from exterior observances,” a term of the Ismâilahs, II. 406. Silpa, “mechanics,” II. 65 n. 1. Silvestre de Sacy (baron), quoted, II. 304, 390, 391, 400 n. 1, 404 n., 411, 421 n. 1, 432, 436, 444; III. 27, 64 n., 229 nn. 1, 2, 230 n. 2, 277 n. Simaí, the universe, II. 13. Simantónnayana, a rite of the Hindus, II. 55 and n. 1. Simnad, chapter of the Zand-Avesta, I. 282, 283. Simúrgh (also called Enka), a fabulous bird, I. 55 and n. 1, 191 n. 1; III. 237. Sinjar, the sixth Sultan of the Seljucides, sends an army against the Ismâilahs, II. 440 n. 1 ――finds the dagger of an Ismâilah fixed in the ground near his bed, 440 ――makes peace with the Ismâilahs, 441 n. 1. Sipasi, “adorers,” I. 147.