Ka', Amir —, 86
Ka'ba, 177, 226, 231, 314, 403
Kabul, 35
Kafar (for Kafir), 244
Kafi of Karaj (dialect poet),
86
Kafi of -Kulayni (Shi'ite theo-
logical work), 367
Kafir-kubat, 244
Kaikobad Adarbad Nosher-
wan, 9, 108
Kalam. See Scholastic Philo-
sophy.
Kalbatakin (Turkish officer),
342
Ibnu'l-Kalbi (historian and
genealogist), 272, 275, 277
Kalila and Dimna, Book
of —, 76, 110, 275, 332;
Rudagi's Persian version,
457, 474
-Kalini (-Kulayni: Shi'ite
divine), 367
Kalwadha, 397
Kam-baksh, Cambyses ex-
plained as —, 55
Kambujiya, (Cambyses), 31
55, 92
Kamil of -Mubarrad, 221
^*Kamilu't-Tawarikh (of
Ibnu'l-Athir), 360-361, 375
Kanheri Buddhist Caves, 103
Kanzu'l - Ihya (Manichæan
book), 156
Kar- (Persian root), 27
Karach, 360
Karde (divisions of Vispered
so called), 99
Karim b. Shahriyar, 207
Karkas, 94
^*Kar-namak-i-Artakhshatr-i-
Papakano, 9, 106, 108, 122,
136, 137-151
Karshuni (Arabic written in
Syriac character), 8
Kashan, 26, 27, 80, 83, 86, 315
Kashifi, Husayn Wa'idh —,
52
Kashsh (in Transoxiana), 244,
321
-Kashshaf (of -Zamakhshari),
289
<text in Greek script omitted> (= Ketzer), 160
^*Katibi of Nishapur (Persian
poet), 225
Ka'us, Dastur —, 47; Mulla
—, 53
Ka'us, Kay—(mythical king),
116
Kawad, 134, 169, 171. See
also Qubad.
Kawaem Hwareno (= Farr-
i-Kayani, or “Royal Splen-
dour”), 143
Kawa Husrawa, 55. See Kay
Khusraw.
Kawakimardan (near Merv),
318
Kawatan, Khusraw-i- —, 107.
See Nushirwan.
Kayani Dynasty, 115-117, 119,
121, 128
Kay Ka'us (legendary king),
116
Kay Ka'us (Ziyarid prince),
471
Kay Qubad, 116
Kayt (or Kayd), King of
India), 138
Kazarun, 364
Kazimirski, A. de Biberstein
—, 331, 340, 369, 452
Kaysaniyya (Shi'a sect), 392
Kenoma, 408, 410
Kerbela, 226-228, 231, 291,
343
Kern, 64
Keshe (dialect of —), 27
Kessler, 155
Ketzer (= <text in Greek script omitted>), 160
^*“Keys of the Sciences,” 372
Khabbazi of Nishapur (Per-
sian poet), 468
-Khala. See Kenoma
Ibn Khalawayh (gramma-
rian), 370
Ibn Khaldun, 76, 275
Khalid b. 'Abdu'llah - Qasri,
163, 233, 239
Khalid b. Barmak, 258
Khalid b. Fayyad (Arab poet),
14, 17
Khalid b. Yazid (Umayyad
Prince), 274
Khalifa, Khilafat. See Caliph,
Caliphate
Khalil b. Ahmad (gramma-
rian), 275, 276
^*Ibn Khallikan (biographer,
cited generally in de Slane's
translation), 208, 267, 279,
295, 299, 316, 320-321, 324,
330, 331, 363, 370, 374, 445,
448, 470
Khanikoff, 206
Khaqan of Turks, 163, 268,
318
Khaqani (Persian poet), 389,
437
Kharidatu'd-Dahr (antho-
logy), 448
Kharijites (Khawarij), 212,
220-224, 228, 231-232, 240,
263, 279, 280, 350, 386
Kharrad (= Frobag) Fire, 140
Khartum, 245
Khash (brother of Afshin), 334
Khatt-i-badi' (Babi writing),
165
Khattabiyya sect, 396
Khayr - i - Mahd (“Absolute
Good”), 438
Khayyam. See 'Umar Khay-
yam
-Khayzuran (wife of Caliph-
Mahdi), 317
Khazim b. Khuzayma
(general), 317
Khifara (blackmail levied by
Carmathians), 359
Khorda Avesta, 101
Khouabir, Cups with Man-
dæan inscriptions found
at —, 302
Khrafstar (unclean animals so
called), 160
Khshaeta (= -shid), 113
Khshayarsha, 56, 92. See
Xerxes
Khshayathiya Khshayathiya-
nam (= Shahanshah, “King
of Kings”), 66
Khudhay - namak, 107, 123.
See also Shahnama and
Kings, Book of —
Khujistan, 355
Khumani (Humay, Queen —),
117
Khurasan, 13, 35, 146, 148, 164,
189, 200, 207, 237, 239-244,
247, 252, 258, 263, 265, 276,
278, 310, 316, 319, 321, 329,
340, 342, 346, 351, 352, 355,
365, 367, 371, 372, 397, 399,
432, 434, 445-448, 450, 451,
458, 465
Ibn Khurdadhbih (geo-
grapher), 35, 344
Khurra-i-Khuda'ih. See Farr-
i-Kayani
Khurra - Khusraw (satrap of
Yemen), 262
Khurrama (wife of Mazdak),
313
Khurrami sect, 240, 246, 247,
311-313, 315, 323-325, 328,
387
Khurram-abad, 315
Khurra-zadh Khusraw, 174
Khusrawani (minstrel), 18
^*Khusrawani, Abu Tahir —
(Samanid poet), 466-467
Khusrawi of Sarakhs, Abu
Bakr Muhammad b. 'Ali —
(poet of Qabus b. Washm-
gir) 453, 466
Khusraw Firuz, 448
Khusraw Kawadhan and his
Page, Story of —, 9
Khusraw - i - Mihr - Gushnasp
(Sasanian king), 174
Khusraw Parwiz (Sasanian
king), 6. See Parwiz
Khutba, 244
Khuttal (in Transoxiana),
244
Khuzayna (Governor of Khu-
rasan), 237
Khuzistan, 19, 305, 370, 402
Khvetu - das (next - of - kin
marriages), 117 309
Khwaf, 308, 355
Khwarazm, 94, 446, 448
-Khwarazmi, Abu 'Abdi'llah
Muhammad b. Ahmad b.
Yusuf — (author of Ma-
fatihu'l-'ulum, q.v.), 372,
378
Kimiya-i-Sa'adat (of -Ghaz-
zali), 293
-Kindi (Arab philosopher),
278, 288, 356, 357, 372, 381
“King of the Paradises of
Light,” 162, 165
Kings, Book of —, 135. See
Shahnama
Kirman, 27, 83, 87, 105, 109,
138, 145, 207, 343, 347, 364,
371, 448
-Kisa'i (grammarian), 276, 277
Kisa'i (Persian poet), 368,
452
Kisra (= Khusraw, Chosroes),
127-129. See also Nushir-
wan
Kisra (Khusraw) son of Hur-
mazd, 268
-Kisrawi (historian), 110
Kitabu'l-abniya 'an haqa'iqi'l-
adwiya, 478
—— 'l-Aghani, 15, 245, 262,
371, 447
—— 'l-Awa'il, 356
—— 'l-Bayan wa't-Tibyan,
260, 351
—— 'l-Bukhala, 267, 351
—— 'l-Buldan (of Ya'qubi,
q.v.), 314, 321
—— 'l-Futuh, 152, 357. See
-Baladhuri
—— 'l-Hayawan (of -Jahidh,
q.v.), 15
—— 'l-Huda wa't-Tadbir, 156
—— 'l-Ishara bi - 'ilmi'l-
'Ibara, 274
—— 'l-Jawami', 274
—— 'l-Ma'arif (of Ibn Qu-
tayba, q.v.), 169, 277, 324,
357, 387-388
—— 'l-Mahasin wa'l-Addad,
15, 18
—— man la yahdurnhu'l-
Faqih, 375
—— 'l-Masalik wa'l-Mamalik,
344
—— 'l-Milal (of -Shahristani,
q.v.), 169, 220, 396, 420
—— 'l-Mu'ammarin, 350
—— 'l-Mushtarik (of Yaqut,
q.v.), 321
—— Rahati's-Sudur, 85
—— 'sh-Shubuhat (of Yaqut),
321
—— 't-Taj, 372
—— 't-Tanbih wa'l-Ishraf
(of -Mas'udi, q.v.), 119, 127,
328, 368
—— 'l-'Uyun (of Ibn Miska-
wayhi), 362, 428, 430
—— -'l-Yamini, 457
—— 'z-Zuhd, 274
Kitchener, Lord —, 245
Kleuker, 57
Knots, Blowing on —, 366
Knowledge, Travel in search
of —, 271, 272
Krehl, 188
^*von Kremer, 90, 201, 203,
206, 211, 213, 220, 221, 234,
247, 255, 259, 261, 267, 278,
279, 280, 282, 288, 300, 307,
370-371, 373, 419, 426
Kudak-i-dana (“the Wise
Child”), 328
Kudiyya sect, 311
Kufa, 196, 199, 203, 210, 216,
218, 219, 222, 224, 230, 234,
243, 244, 263, 298, 359, 363,
370, 385, 396, 403, 405
Kufic character, 103
Kuh-i-Bibi Shahr-banu, 131
Kuhistan, 428, 429, 448
Kun- (Persian root), 27
Kunik, 304
<text in Greek script omitted>, 26
Kurdistan, 19, 83, 87
Kurds, 137, 139, 388, 463
Kurush, 92. See Cyrus
Ibn Kushajim (poet), 253, 371
Kushiya, 94
Kushti (sacred girdle), 99
Kuthayyir (poet), 235
Kyuprulu-zade Library (Con-
stantinople), 276, 383