`Abbāsids, the, genealogy of `Abbās, 80 _note_; rise of dynasty and increase in power, 78, 80–85; emissaries sent to Khorāsān, 75; black standard raised in Khorāsān by Abū Muslim, 80; Abū-l-`Abbās (Es-Saffāh) proclaimed Caliph, 85. `Abd el `Azīz, 196–98. `Abd el-Jabbār, revolt against El-Mansūr, 91. `Abd el-Melik, 43–44. `Abd el-Melik II., 118. `Abd er-Rahmān (brother of Kutayba), 57, 59, 65. `Abd er-Rahmān ibn Muslim (_see Abū Muslim_). `Abd ul-Ahad, 257. `Abd ul-Kerīm, _cited_ 204 _note_, _passim_. `Abd ul-Latīf, 176, 177. `Abd ul-Latīf the Uzbeg, 191 _note_. `Abd ul-Mū´min, assassinated, 204. `Abd us-Samad Khān, 215, 218, 219. `Abdullah (brother of Kutayba), 65. `Abdullah ibn `Āmir, 38. `Abdullah ibn Kazghan, 166. `Abdullah ibn Khāzim, 38, 43. `Abdullah ibn Rabī`, 39. `Abdullah ibn Tāhir, 100, 101. `Abdullah ibn Zobayr, 43. `Abdullah Mīrzā, 177. _`Abdullah Nāmé_ of Hāfiz ibn Tānish, _cited_ 186 _note_. `Abdullah (uncle of Abū-l-`Abbās), 85, 86, 87. `Abdullah I., 191 _note_. `Abdullah II., genealogy of, 190; reign, 191–92. Abramoff, General, defence of Yani Kurgān, 252; appointed governor of Samarkand, 255; Katti Tūra defeated and completion of Bokhāran conquest, 256. Abū `Alī Sīmjūr, 117. Abū Bekr, 36. Abū Dā´ūd Khālid ibn Ibrāhīm, 88, 91. Abū Ja`far (_see El-Mansūr_). Abū-l-`Abbās (_see Es-Saffāh_). Abū-l-Fayz, 199. Abū-l-Ghāzi Khān (grandson of Abū-l-Fayz), 205. Abū-l-Ghāzi, Khān of Khiva, revolt against Bokhārā, 197. Abū-l-Husayn Nasr I. (_see Ilik Khān_). Abū-l-Khayr, 183, 190. Abū Muslim, early life, 81; black banner raised in Khorāsān by, 80; entry into Merv, 82; enmity of Caliph towards, 86; murder, 88. Abū Sa`īd Khān, 189, 190. Abū Sālama, 84. Afrāsiyāb identified with Būkū Khān, 115, 397. Āgha Mohammad, 267. Ahmed ibn Asad, 101. Ahmed Khān, 121. Ahmed, Sultan, 178. Akkal Oasis, 265, 268. `Alā ud-Dawlé, war with Ulugh Beg, 176. `Alā ud-Dīn Mohammad, revolt against the Gūr-Khān, 147, 148, 156; extent of possessions on downfall of Kara-Khitāys, 157; rupture with Chingiz Khān, 157; flight and death, 159. Alakush-Tekin, 155. Alexander the Great, conquest of Persian Empire, 4–9. Alexander II., Tashkent captured contrary to orders of, 248; annexation of Kokand authorised by, 260; conference with Skobeleff, 289. Alexandria, 7, 11. Al-Hakam ibn `Āmir al-Ghifārī, 38. `Alī ibn `Isā, 96, 99. `Ali ibn Talha, 101. `Ali, Sultan, 178. Alikhanoff, 298. Almāligh, made his capital by Chaghatāy, 161. Alp Arslān, 130. Alptagin, 112. Altagin, 132. Altuntāsh, 123. Amīn, 96, 99. Amīr `Abd ul-Ahad, 257. Amīr Bāyazīd Jalā´ir, 167. Amīr Haydar (Sayyid Haydar Tura), 208–10, 384 _note_. Amīr Husayn, 169. Amīr Kazghan, 165. Amīr Tīmūr (_see Tīmūr Leng_).