Dasht-i-Kipchāk, extent of empire, 182. Dā ūd, uncle of Abū-l-`Abbās, instrumental in exterminating Umayyads, 85. Dawlat Bi, 204, 205. Dawlat Girāy (Bekovitch Cherkaski), expedition to Khiva, 240–42. Dawlat Girāy, Khān, 237. Dawlat Shāh, _quo._ 113 _note_. Daylamite (Būyide) dynasty, increase in power, 112; overthrow by Toghrul Beg, 129. De Bode, _cited_ 393 _note_. De Guignes, _cited_ 30, 137 _notes_, _passim_. De Maynard, C. Barbier, _cited_ 207 _note_. Defile, battle of the (Ash-Shi`b), 73. Dervishes, various orders in Samarkand, 171 _note_. d’Herbelot, _cited_ 16, 102 _notes_; _passim_. Dhirār ibn Haspan, 47. Dihakān, definition, 46 _note_. Dīn Mahammad, 195. Diodotus, 11. Direm, value of, 40 _note_. Dirgham, battle in valley of, 139. Dirham ibn Nasr, 104. Dmitri, Prince, attempt to throw off Mongol yoke, 235. d’Ohsson, _cited_ 137, 146 _notes_; _passim_. Don (Tanaïs), Jaxartes mistaken by Alexander for, 7. Douglas, R. K., _cited_ 149 _note_. Drangiana (_see Sīstān_). Drapsaca (Andarāb), 6. Drouin, E., _cited_ 11 _note_; _passim_. Eagle, regarded as bird of ill-omen, 220 _note_. Edighei, Khān, 236. El-`Abbās el-Ash`ath, 95. El Barm (Yūsuf ibn Ibrāhīm), 94. El-Fadhl ibn Sulaymān Tūsī, 94. El-Fadhl ibn Yahya, 95. El-Ghatrīf ibn `Atā, 95. El-Hādi, 94. El-Mahdi, 91, 93, 94. El-Mansūr (Abū Ja`far), Es-Saffāh succeeded by, 86; enmity towards and murder of Abū Muslim, 86–88; revolts against, 90–93; death, 93. =England=--missions to Nasrullah, 216–17; =Russia= and, Siberian advance viewed with disfavour, 246; appropriation of territory south of Merv, English indignation, 300; appointment of joint commission to decide boundary, 301–303; commission to demarcate spheres of influence on Pamirs, 303–305; route of Indian overland railway, 317–19; methods of dealing with Orientals contrasted, 410–15; desirability of union, 414–16. Ephthalites, origin, 20; Kushans expelled from Bactria, 20, 21; defeated by Bahrām Gūr, 24; Yezdijerd II. defeated, 25; Fīrūz aided, 25; rupture with Fīrūz, 26; Persia overrun, 26; Kobād received, 28; territory divided between Turks and Persians, 30. Erdmann, _cited_ 149 _note_. Es-Saffāh (Abū-l-`Abbās), 85–86. Ersaris, the, 268. Euthydemus, 11. Fadhl ibn Sahl, 97, 98, 99, 100. Fā´ik, 117. Farghāna, besieged by El-Harashī, 71; Mohammedan governor appointed to, 77; railway to Andijān, 316 (_see also Kokand_). Fath `Ali Shāh, 267. Fāzil Bi, 208. Ferengis, 115 _note_. Feudalism, introduced into Russia from Germany, 231. Forsyth, Mr., _cited_ 119 _note_. Fraser, James Baillie, _quo._ 264 _note_. Gāndhāra (_see Kandahār_). Gardner, _quo._ 11, 12 _notes_, _passim_. Gaugamela (Arbela), battle of, 5. Gengis, Genghiz (_see Chingiz_). Geok Teppe, battle of, 291–97.