Nabíl (numerically equivalent to Mu-
ḥammad), of Zarand, Bahá'í poet
(d. A.D. 1892), 151 n., 187 n.
Nádir-qulí, 116, 132, afterwards Nádir
Sháh (A.D. 1736-1747), 11, 52 n.,
113, 116, 121, 122, 128, 132-8,
139, 141, 144 n., 158, 280, 281,
283, 284, 420
Nafaḥátu'l-Uns (by Jámí, xv), 40 n.,
42 n.
Nafsiyya (prose work by 'Urfí on
Ṣúfíism, xvi), 248
Na'ím (Bahá'í poet, xix), 163 n.,
198-220
Najaf, 58, 59, 76, 251, 370, 372, 376
-Najáshí, Aḥmad b. 'Alí — (author
of the Asmá'u'r-Rijál, d. A.D.
1063), 355, 358, 405
Najíbu'd-Dín Buzghúsh. See below
under Najmu'd-Dín
-Najjár (heretical views of —), 384
Najmu'd-Dín Kubrà (xiii), 37; —
Buzghúsh (d. A.D. 1279), 37, 42
and note; — Mas'úd of Rasht
(called Najm-i-awwal, “the
First Star,” d. A.D. 1510), 59,
74 n.; he was succeeded by
Najm-i-thání, “the Second
Star,” Amír Yár Aḥmad-i-Khúzání
(killed in A.D. 1512), 59, 66, 74,
83, 231; — Ja'far b. Yaḥyà, en-
titled Muḥaqqiq-i-awwal, q.v.
(d. A.D. 1325), 378, 405-6
Nakhjuwán, 76, 93, 104, 109, 130
Nákithín (“troth-breakers,” 'Á'isha,
Ṭalḥa and Zubayr), 392
Nallino, Professor —, 13 n.
Nalu Daman (poem by Fayḍí, xvi), 244
Náma-i-Dánishwarán (xix), 446
Namakdán (by Jayḥún of Yazd), 326;
— -i-Ḥaqíqat (by Shifá'í, d. A.D.
1627), 256
Námí (poet, xvi), 231
Nán u Ḥalwá (“Bread and Sweet-
meats,” by Shaykh-i-Bahá'í, xvii),
253, 407, 428
Napoleon, 128, 199, 209, 325
Náqiẓín (“Covenant-breakers,” a
name applied by the followers of
'Abbás Efendi 'Abdu'l-Bahá to
the partisans of his half-brother
Muḥammad 'Alí), 220
Narjís Khátún (mother of the Imám
Mahdi, A.D. 869), 394
Nasab-náma-i-Silsila-i-Ṣafawiyya (or
Silsilatu'n-Nasab, q.v., xvii), 4, 5,
13 n., 35 and note, 36, 40
Nasháṭ (poet of Iṣfahán, d. A.D. 1828),
225, 307, 311
Násikhu't-Tawáríkh (general history
by Lisánu'l-Mulk, q.v., xix), 145 n.,
148, 326, 413, 445
Nasím (poet), 194; — -i-Shimál
(newspaper), 345, 469
Nasimatu's-Saḥar fí-man tashayya'a
wa sha'ar (biography of Shí'a
poets who wrote in Arabic), 358
Náṣir-i-Khusraw (poet, philosopher
and propagandist, xi), 177, 257,
299, 357, 412, 478, 482, 490;
— 'Alí (poet, xvii), 269; — u'd-
Dín Sháh Qájár (A.D. 1848-1896),
151-8, 161, 224, 298, 319, 329,
336, 344, 370, 441, 450, 454-6,
468; — u'd-Dín (of the Dhu'l-
Qadar dynasty, xv-xvi), 77 n.
Naṣíru'd-Dín-i-Ṭúsí (called Mu-
ḥaqqiq-i-Ṭúsí, d. A.D. 1274), 405
Naṣír b. 'Abdu'lláh, Mírzá — (poet,
d. A.D. 1778), 283
Naṣru'd-Dín Efendi, Khoja (Khwája),
Turkish wit, 416
Naṣru'lláh Zaytúní, Qáḍí — (circâ
A.D. 1500), 54; — (Zoroastrian
general of Afgháns, A.D. 1722),
126, 130
Abú Naṣr Fatḥu'lláh Khán Shaybání
(poet of Káshán, xix), 326, 344
Nassau Lees, 40 n.
Nationalism, ancient and modern,
12-14
Nawá'í, Mír 'Alí Shír — (xv), 83,
163, 227
Naw Bahár (newspaper), 345, 469
Naw'í (poet, xvii), 168, 267
Nawrúz (Persian New Year's Day),
135, 333-4
Nawwáb Mírzá Ḥasan 'Alí Khán
(xix), 301-2, 319
Nayríz, 153, 218 n.
Náẓimu'l-Islám of Kirmán (xx), 413,
446
Naẓírí (poet, xvii), 167, 250, 252, 268
Náẓir u Manẓúr (poem by Waḥshí,
xvi), 238
Nero, 23, 62
Neuburger, Dr Max —, 438
Neue Orient, 484 n.
Nicholson, Dr R. A. —, 431 n.
Nicolas, A.-L.-M. —, 422 n.
Niedermeyer, Captain —, 484
Nietzsche, 431 n.
Nigáristán (palace in Ṭihrán), 479 n.;
— -i-Dárá (biographies of poets
of Fatḥ-'Alí Sháh's reign), 298
Niháwand, 279
Ni'matu'lláh, Sháh — of Kirmán
(saint and poet, xiv-xv), 76; —
-Jazá'irí, Sayyid — (theologian,
xvii), 360-7, 376
Niráqí, Mullá Aḥmad -i- — (theo-
logian and poet, d. A.D. 1828),
411
Nisá, 109
Níshápúr, 132, 133, 252, 456
Niyází (poet, xvi), 81
Niẓámí (poet of Ganja, xii), 229, 244,
248, 299
Niẓámu'l-Mulk (Minister of Alp
Arslán and Maliksháh, xi), 412;
— (King of the Deccan, d. A.D.
1553), 168-9
Noah (Núḥ), 207, 217, 388
Nöldeke, Prof. Th. —, 209 n.
Núḥa-i-Sína-zaní (a special form of
poem by Yaghmá), 339-344
Nujúmu's-Samá (“Stars of Heaven,”
A.D. 1870), 357, 358, 359 n., 449
Nuqṭa (“Point,” title assumed by the
Báb), 197; — -i-A'lá, or — -i-
Bayán (the same), 150
Nuqṭatu'l-Káf (contemporary history
of the Báb by his admirer and
disciple Ḥájji Mírzá Jání of Káshán,
killed in A.D. 1852), 218 n., 446
Nuqṭawiyya sect, 8
Núr (in Mázandarán), 316
Núr 'Alí Sháh (Ṣúfí killed by fanatics,
circâ A.D. 1806), 420
Núr-bakhshí, Qiwámu'd-Dín — (A.D.
1520), 231
Núr-i-Iṣfahání, Qáḍí — (poet, circâ
A.D. 1600), 110
Núru'd-Dín 'Abdu'l-Wahháb (envoy
of Sháh Isma'íl I to the Turks,
about A.D. 1515), 77; — (physician
of Sháh Ṭahmásp, A.D. 1544),
92
Núru'lláh b. Sharíf-Mar'ashí of Shúsh-
tar (author of the Majálisu'l-
Mú'minín, q.v., put to death by
Jahángír in A.D. 1610), 356, 447
Núshírwán (Anúsharwán, Sásánian
king, vi), 52, 96, 391, 464
Nuṣrat College, Hamadán, 464
Nuṣratu'd-Dín Aḥmad, Atábak of
Luristán (A.D. 1324), 443
Abú Nuwás (Arab poet, ix), 357

Occultation (Ghaybat) of the Twelfth
Imám, 150
Occult Sciences, 441-2
Oelschläger. See Olearius
Ogotáy Qá'án (son of Ḥasan 'Alí
Mírzá Shujá'u's-Salṭana, xix), 328
d'Ohsson (author of Histoire des Mon-
gols), 45 n., 322
Olearius, 10, 15 n., 28, 114-115
Olives, Mount of —, 214, 218
Opium-eating, 472-3
'Osmán, Ṭopál — (Turkish general,
killed in A.D. 1733), 134
'Osmánlí. See Ottoman, Turk
Ottoman Turks, 6, 11, 13, 24, 26, 44,
55, 57, 60, 63, 65, 66-9, 80 n.,
87-8, 103-7, 135, 315, 316; —
poetry, Persian influences on —,
163-5
Oude, Catalogue of the Library of the
King of — by Sprenger, 165 n.
Ouseley, Sir Gore —, 227 n.
Oxus (Ámú, Jayḥún), 219