'ABBÁSIDS, dynasty of, 13, 14
Abbreviations, list of, 93
Abtín, father of Farídún, 144, 151, 153, 171, 174
Abú-'Alí Muhammad, Sháhnáma of, 69
Abú Bakr, Khalífa, 12
Abú Dulaf, friend of Firdausí, 35, 39
Abú'l 'Abbás Fazl bin Ahmad, minister of Mahmúd, 30–32, 36
Abú'l Kásim, Firdausí, 24, 38, 112
Abú Mansúr bin Abdu'r-Razzák, Sháhnáma of, 67–70, 99
Abú Mansúr bin Muhammad, patron of Firdausí, 29, 110
Abú Tálib, uncle of Muhammad, 12
Afrásiyáb, ruler of Túrán, xv, 42, 55, 72, 337, 342 seq., 362, 366 seq., 374 seq., 381, 382
'Afrít, genie, 42
Aghrérad, prince (Ighríras), 338
Ahmad Hasan Maimandí, minister of Mahmúd, 32, 39, 45
Ahmad ibn Muhammad, patron of Firdausí, 29
Áhriman, the Evil Principle, xii, 5, 6, 50, 138, 159, 194, 287
ridden by Tahmúras, 125
Ahura Mazda (Urmuzd), 235
Ahwáz, place, 286
Aláns (Alani), people, xiii, 19, 217, 223
Alburz, mountain, xv, 4, 71, 145, 152, 168, 235, 248, 250, 277, 298, 351, 373, 382 seq.
Alexander, the Great (Sikandar), 14, 49
persecutor of Zoroastrianism, 15, 59, 61, 63, 338
legendary barrier of, 16
paternity of, 55
'Alí, Khalífa, 12, 40, 41, 106, 107 cult of, 13
assassination of, 13
Firdausí's references to, 24, 37, 40, 41, 106, 107
'Alí Dílam, friend of Firdausí, 35, 39
Allah, Muhammadan name of the Deity, 50
Alptigín, chief, 20
Amín, Khalifa, 14
Ámul, city, 145, 177, 289, 298, 344, 366, 367
Anæsthetics, employment of, 236, 321 seq.
Anbar, city, founded by the Azdites, 11
Animals, domestication of, 126
Ant, the poet's plea for the, 201
Apsheron, peninsula of, 58 note
Áptya, Vedic form of Abtín, q.v., 171–174
Arabia, 189 ancient trade of, 11
Arabic, language, 32 infrequent in Sháhnáma, 47
Arabs, their raids into and domination over Írán, 11–14
Aras, river, 9 confused with the Oxus, 71
Architecture, invention of, 129, 133
Ard, day of, 24, 88
Ardshír Pápakán, Sháh, 42, 62–64
Aries, constellation, 88, 310, 335
Arjásp, ruler of Túrán, 61
Arnawáz, wife of Farídún, 142, 146, 147, 148, 161 seq., 166, 177
Arrán, district, 9
Arslán Jázib, general, 100 referred to, 114
Artaxerxes II., Sháh, 59
Arwand, river (the Tigris), 160
Árzú, wife of Salm, 188
Aryan, meaning of, 7
race, 7; relations of Indian branch with Íránians, 15
Asfandiyár, Íránian hero, 42, 55
Ashkánian, dynasty, 49
Asoka, Indian king, 15
Assyrians, their attacks upon Írán, 10
Astrologers, important figures in the Sháhnáma, 52, 251, 278
Astyages, king of the Medes (Manda), 18, 72, 144
Áthwya, Zandavastic form of Abtín, q.v., 171–174
Atropatane, province (Azarbái-
Ázarakhsh, fire-temple, 61
Ázarbáiján, province (Atropa-
Ázargashasp, spirit of the lightning, 73, 248, 309, 349
Azdites, Arab tribe, 11
Azhi and Azi, demon, 142. See too Daháka and Zahhák
BADAKHSHÁN, region, 300
Baghdád, city, 14, 160
Bahman, Sháh, 42
Bahrám, Chubína, 14
Bahrám Gúr, Sháh, 42
Baisinghar Khán, his Life of Firdausí, 23
his Preface to the Sháhnáma, 67–68
Bait al Mukaddas, city, 161
Báj, Zoroastrian system of praying, 80
Baku, town, 58 note
Balkh, ancient seat of Aryan civilisation, 7
situated on ancient trade-
route, 57 seat of the Magi and of legend, 60
Zoroaster's successful evangel at, 61
as rhyme-word, 74
Bármán, Túránian hero, xv, 342, 346 seq., 354, 356
Barsam, implement in Zoroastrian ceremonial, 80
Barzín, fire-temple, 237
Barzín, Íránian hero, 365
Bástán Náma, 66–67
Bazh, suburb of Tús, 38
Bedouins, 135, 179
Bihistún, trilingual inscription on rock of, 16
Birmáya, cow, 151–153, 162
Bishop, as castellan, 373, 378
Bístún, mountain, 328, 379
Bíwarasp (Zahhák), 72, 135, 144
Brains, human, prescribed to Zahhák by Iblís, 139, 146
Buddhism, 15; regarded as idolatrous by Zoroastrians, 16
Bundahish, Pahlaví treatise, 70 note, 91, 92, 117, 125, 131, 235, 236, 337 note, 338, 369
Bust, place, 252 stream of, id.
Búzurjmihr, chief minister of Sháh Núshírwán, 27
CÆSAR, 84, 262
Cæsarean birth, of Rustam, 236, 321 seq.
Calendar, old Persian, 88
Cancer, Moon in, an evil omen, 188
Canopus, star, 188, 266
Caspian, sea, 3, 4, 16, 19, 56, 57, 338
Castellan, bishop as, 373, 378
Castes, division of Aryans into, 7; of Íránians into, 130–133
Castle, White (Sipand), 236, 354, 369.
Catullus, quoted, 60
Caucasus, 16
Cháha, hostelry of, 45
Chahár Makála, treatise, 23
account of Firdausí in, 38, 39, 45.
Chálandshán, Ahmad ibn Muhammad of, 29
Chamrosh, mythical bird, 235
Characters, chief of Sháhnáma, 49
Characteristics, of Írán, 3
Charrae, defeat of Crassus at, 15
Children, sometimes brought up un-named, 8, 179
Chín, country (often=Túrán), 189, 229 seq., 261, 262, 351, 371
brocade of, 269, 333, and passim
sea of, 252, 349
Climate, of Írán, 4, 5
Climes, the seven, 40, 71, 122, 123, 238
Clouds, personified as water-stealing demons, 7
Cocks and hens, taught to crow at daybreak, 126
Companions, the Prophet's, praise of, 106
Cosmogony, ancient Íránian, 5, 71; Firdausí's, 102
Crassus, defeat of at Charrae, 15
Creation, Zoroastrian account of, 5, 117
Firdausí's, 102–106
Culture-heroes. See Gaiúmart, Húshang, Tahmúras, and Jamshíd
Cyrus, the Great, 18
DAÉVAS, demons (dívs), 130
Daháka (Zahhák), 7, 142, 172
Dahistán, fortress, 280, 344 seq., 349, 353, 363
Dakhma, 81
Dakíkí, poet, 28, 67, 69, 109 verses by, 69
Damáwand, mountain, 143, 144, 148, 169, 173
Dámdád, Nask, 70 note
Dánishwar, the dihkán, 67, 68
Dárá, son of Dáráb, Sháh (Darius Codomanus), 42, 49
Dáráb, Sháh, 42, 49
Darband, town and pass of, 16
Darius, Hystaspis, 6, 9, 65
Codomanus, 49, 64
Dastán (Zál), 84, 248, 264
Dastán-i-Sám (Zál), 84
Dastán-i-Zand (Zál), 245, 248
Daulat Sháh, his Life of Firdausí, 24
Destiny, Muhammadan and Zoroastrian conceptions of, 52
Dihkán, generic title, 56
Dihkán=minstrel, 66, 81
Dijla, river (the Tigris), 160
Dílamids, dynasty, 14
Dínár, coin, 81
Dínkard, Pahlaví treatise, 70 note, 373
Diram, coin (drachm), 81
Dív, demon (Daéva), xii, 42, 50, 82, 130, 209
Black, xii, 82, 117, 120, 121, 126, 127
Binder of the (Tahmúras), 42, 124
White, 82
Divining cup, 51
Drachm, coin (diram), 81
Dragon=Zahhák, 158, 161, 163, 169, 275, 288
Farídún as, 186
of the Kashaf, 235, 296
Dragon's child (Rúdába), 304
Drangiana, province (Sístán), 4
Dreams, veridical, 51
Drought and famine, in Írán, 370, 371.
Dualism, 5, 49, 50, 52, 56, 58
Dunbar, place, 252, 256,
Dust, prevalence of, in Írán, 3 as a metaphor, 73
Dynasties, Íránian, in Sháhnáma, 49
EDESSA, S. James of, 374
Ekbatana, city (Hamadán), 17
Elements, the four, 102, 286
Elephant, White, xiv, 327, 377
Ellipi, kingdom of, 9, 17
Euxine, sea, 16
Eyes, metaphor for children, 178, 180, 181, 194
FAGHFÚR, dynastic title of the princes of Chín and Máchín, 262
Fakká, a kind of drink, 43 note
Famine and drought, in Írán, 370, 371
Farának, mother of Farídún, 145, 151, 157, 175
Farídún, Sháh, xii, xiii, 30, 42, 54, 55, 142 seq., 149 seq., 170, 278, 286, 288, 329, 335, 341, 349, 351, 364, 370, 382, 384, 385
flag of, 293, 295
Farr, divine Grace or Glory, 82
Farsang, measure of length (parasang), 82
Farúd, son of Siyáwush and half brother of Kai Khusrau, 370
Farwardín, name of day and month, 88, 133 263
Fátima, daughter of Muhammad and wife of 'Alí, 12
Fazl, son of Ahmad. See Abú'l 'Abbás Fazl
Firdausí, materials for life of, 23
autobiographical references of, 24 seq.
Nizámí's account of, 38, 45
bitterness against Mahmúd of, 33
Satire on Mahmúd of, 40
referred to, 373
takes up the Sháhnáma on Dakíkí's death, 28
writes Yúsuf and Zulíkha, 45
death of, 45
his epic method contrasted with Homer's, 47
his adulation of Mahmúd, 30, 112
Fire, ancient cult of the Aryans, 7, 49, 56
priests. See Magi
region of, 56
Húshang's discovery of, 123
his institution of feast of (Sada), 123
Fish, mythological, 71, 72, 148, 252
Flesh-meats, introduction of, attributed to Áhriman, 138
Forts, hill, description of, 236, 329
Frangrasyan (Afrásiyáb), 338
Frásíyáv (Afrásiyáb), 338
Fravashí, immortal principle, 369
GAIÚMART, Sháh, xii, 117–121, 123
Gandarep, monster, 143, 172–173
Gang-i-Dizhukht, city, 161, 226
Garshásp (Keresaspa), 174
Garshásp, Íránian hero, 42, 144, 207, 212, 214, 239
Garshásp, Sháh, xv, 174, 373 seq.
Garsíwaz, brother of Afrásiyáb, 342, 349
Gaumata, Magus (the false Smerdis), 58, 59
Gazhdaham, the castellan of White Castle, 354, 369
Genealogical tables, 90–92
Ghazní, city, 20, 357
Ghúl, sorceress, 42
Gíl (Gílán), 231
Gílán, region, 230
Gimirrá. See Kimmerians
Glory, the divine. See Grace
Go-between, old woman as, 280 seq.
Gog, and Magog, 16
Golden Fleece, land of the, 57 age, 129, 134
Gomer. See Kimmerians
Grace or Glory, the divine, 82, 116, 130–135, 208, 237, 338, 340, 341, 351, 369, 370, 374, 378
visible appearances of, 82, 130, 374, 385
Greeks, 10, 14
Griffon, 235
Gúdarz, Íránian hero, 42
Gushtásp, Sháh, 42, 61
Gustaham, son of Naudar, 351, 353, 364, 369, 370
Gustaham, son of Gazhdaham, 369
Ha'íy, son of Kutíba, patron of Firdausí, 35, 39
Haitálians, people, 20
Hámávarán, country, 338 king of, 338
Harát, city, 7, 39 battle of, 21
Hárunu'r-Rashíd, Khalífa, 14
Háshimí, a descendant of Háshim, the great - grandfather of Muhammad, 25
Hauz, 203
Hawk, domestication of, 126
Heroes, chief, of mixed descent, 55
Hindústán, 163, 231, 261
Hira, city, 11
seat of dynasty of Al Munzir, 55
Hirmund, river, 358, 359
Homa or Soma, 8, 143
Homer, his epic method contrasted with Firdausí's, 47
Horoscopes, 152
of the sons of Farídún, 188
of Zál, 251, 278
of Rustam, 278, 307
Hourí, maid of Paradise, 272
Huns, 10, 19
Húshang, Sháh, xii, 42, 122, 126, 341
IBLIS, the Muhammadan Devil, xii, 136 seq.
occasional substitution of for Áhriman, 50, 70
Íd-i-Kúrdí, feast of, 143
Ighríras, brother of Afrásiyáb, xv, 55, 337, 343 seq., 347, 363 seq., 374
Imagery, of Sháhnáma, 72
Indo-European race, its divisions, 7
Indus, 71, 252
Introduction, to Sháhnáma, viii, 3–95
Íraj, youngest son of Farídún, xiii, 54, 174, 195–205, 217, 335, 349
naming of, 188
daughter of, xiii, 205, 206
Iram, gardens of, 100, 113
Írán, xv, 113, 152, 153, 189, 364 and passim
boundaries and characteristics, 3 seq.
gradual desiccation of, 3
drought and faminein, 370, 371
a land of contrasts, 5, 58, 60
Arab conquest of, 12
Íránians, the, 9 passim
their historical relations with the Semites, 10; Greeks and Romans, 14; Aryans of India, 15; Túránians, 16
their traditional relations with ditto, 54, 55, 66
Írán-vej, region, 9, 62
Irmá'íl, Zahhák's cook, xii, 145
Irmán, region, 345, 358
Ismá'íl, brother of Sultán Mah-
Ispahán, city, 351
Istuvegu. See Astyages
JALÚLÁ, battle of, 12
Jámásp, chief minister of Sháh Gushtásp, 42
James, S., bishop of Edessa, 374
Jamshíd, Sháh, xii, 42, 129 seq. meaning of name, 130
Jandal, envoy of Farídún, xii, 177–183
Jasha, king, 67, 68
Jesus, 42
Jewels, discovery of, 133,
Jíhún, river (the Oxus), 215, 375
as boundary between Írán and Túrán, 71, 370, 371
Julian, Emperor, 12
Jupiter, planet, 72, 161, 188, 281
Justinian, Emperor, 16
KÁBUL, city, 57, 234, 256, 262, 268, 277, 282, 283, 286, 294, 298, 300, 302 seq., 365, 378
Kábulistán, country, 15, 252, 263, 286, 299, 316, 357
idolatry in, 16, 258
the Beauty of (Rúdába), 302
Kádisiyya, battle of, 12, 143
Kahtán, desert, 287
Kaiánian, dynasty, 49, 373
Kaiánúsh, brother of Farídún, 158 seq.
Kaid, dynasty of, 55
Kai Káús, Sháh, 42, 338, 373
Kai Khusrau, Sháh, 42, 369
Kai Kubád, Sháh, xv, 42, 373, 382 seq.
Kákwí, grandson of Zahhák, xiii, 225 seq.
Kandahár, city, 286
Karabagh, district, 9, 56
Káran, Íránian hero, xiii, 207, 211, 214–226, 249, 337, 344 seq., 361, 365, 370
Kargasárs, tribe, 253, 277, 279, 286, 290, 294, 298, 319, 340.
Kannúj, city, 99, 115, 261, 357
Karkwí, descendant of Zahhák, 290 seq.
Karmá'íl, Zahhák's cook, xii, 145
Karshipta, mythical bird, 235
Kashaf, river, 235, 296 seq. dragon of, id.
Kastarit. See Kyaxeres
Káús. See Kai Káús
Káwa, the smith, xii, 155 seq., 160, 214, 361
flag of, 143, 157, 160, 211, 217, 218, 237, 332
Keresáspa, Íránian hero, 171 seq., 234, 235, 373
Khár, of Rai, 368, 374, 381
Kharijites, Muhammadan sect, 13
Kharrád, Íránian hero, 365
Khazars, people, 17
Khazarwán, Túránian hero, xv, 345, 358 seq.
Khil'at, robe of honour, 82
Khudai Náma, 66
Khusrau. See Kai Khusrau
Khutan, region, 371
Khvaitúk-das, next-of-kin marriage, 60
Kishwád, Íránian hero, 207, 344, 354, 365, 367
Kimmerians, people, 10, 17
Kitradád, Nask, 373
Knathaiti, Pairika, female personification of idolatry, 172
Kubád, brother of Káran, xv, 207, 217, 218, 346 seq.
Kubád, Sháh. See Kai Kubád
Kulbád, Túránian hero, 361
Kulún, Túránian hero, 382, 383, 386, 387
Kundrav, minister of Zahhák, xii, 143, 164 seq.
Kur'an, 99
Rustam referred to in, 236
Kúrds, people, 9, 64, 147
Kurúkhán, Túránian hero, 353
Kús, place, 177
Kyaxares, king, 18
LIBRA, constellation, 310
Lion's House (constellation of Leo), 188
Luhrásp, Sháh, 42
Lumsden, his edition of the Sháhnáma, 76
MACAN, his edition of the Sháhnáma, 76
Madá, the Medes, 18, 56
Magi, priests of the Medes, 9, 56
preservers of tradition, 56, 60
principal seats of, 60
literature of, 61
language of, 64
Magic, 51
derivation of word, 56
sympathetic, 8
Magog, Gog and, 16
Magophonia, 59
Magus, a priest of the Medes. See Magi
Máh Áfríd, the mother of Minú-
Máh-i-Ázáda Khú, the wife of Túr, 188
Mahmúd, Sultán, 21 seq., 31–45, 84
Firdausí's panegyrics on, 29 seq., 112 seq.
Satire on, 23, 40 seq.
spiteful allusions to in Sháhnáma, 33, 34
Mai, city, 252, 256, 261
Maidán, riding-ground, 83
Mámún, Khalífa, 14
Man, the first, 5
Firdausí's discourse on the nature of, 104
Manáchihr, 206
Manda, nomad tribes, 17, 18
Mansúr, Sámánid, prince, 20, 21
Mánúskihar (Minúchihr), 338
Mardás, Arab king, 135 seq.
Margh, city, 256
Mars, planet, 72, 332, 339
Marv, city, 7, 45
Máshya, and Máshyóí, 117, 131
Mayors of the palace, Oriental, 14
Mázandarán, country, 4, 5, 12, 253, 290, 294, 296, 298, 319, 323, 339, 378
Mazdak, heresiarch, 63
Medea, land of, 57
Medes, 9, 10, 17, 18, 56, 58, 72
Median, language (Zend), 64 seq.
Mercury, planet, 72
Mihráb, king, xiv, xv, 234, 256 seq., 275 seq., 284 seq., 299 seq., 358, 359, 361
Míl, as rhyme-word, 75
Minúchihr, Sháh, xiii seq., 42, 206, 209 seq., 234 seq., 337, 339 seq., 348, 363
Mohl, his edition and translation of the Sháhnáma, 76, 77
Moola Firúz, 201
Moon, Firdausí's discourse on the nature of, 05
one of the seven planets, 72
Moses, of Chorene, 72, 144, 236
Mu'áwiya, Khalífa, 12, 13
Múbid, 83
Muhammad, the Prophet, 12, 13, 40, 41, 106
Muhammad, son of Abdú'r-
Muhammad Lashkarí, friend of Firdausí, 99
Muhammad Mahdí, his edition of the Sháhnáma, 76
Mumasenni, tribe, 237
Munzír, dynasty of Al, 55
Mutawakkil, Khalífa, 14
NAHÁVAND, battle of, 12
Names, in sympathetic magic, 8, 117, 179
Naphtha, wells of, 56
Narímán, Íránian hero, 42, 174, 207, 239, 329, 333
Narimanau, epithet of Keresáspa, 172, 174
Nárwan, forest of, 217, 218
Násiru'd-Dín, title of Subuktigín, 21, 114
Nasr, brother of Sultán Mahmúd, 21
Nature-worship, of the Aryans, 7, 51
Naudar, Sháh, xv, 248, 288, 289, 326, 337 seq., 369
Níl, as rhyme-word, 75
Nile, 40, 71, 114
Nímrúz=Sístán=Zábulistán,* 252, 264, 346, 357
Nineveh, fall of, 10
kings of that attacked Írán, 10
Níshápúr, city, 36, 45
Nisibis, sieges of, 374
Nizámí-i-'Arúdí, author, 22
his account of Firdausí, 38 seq., 45, 46
Noah, the Íránian, 129
Nuh bin Mansúr, Sámánid prince, 36
Nuh II., Sámánid prince, 21
Núshírwán, Sháh, 16, 27, 42 has Bástán-náma compiled, 67
OCEANUS, Homeric and Oriental, 71
Ox, the first, 5, 117
Oxus (Jíhún), ancient trade-
confused with Aras, 71
PADASHKVÁR, mountain-range, 338
Pahlaván, 83
Pahlaví, meaning of, 64, 83
Firdausí's use of the word, 69
Parí, 83
Párs, country, 351, 353 seq., 357, 368, 371
Parthians, people, 10, 19, 60, 61, 64
Pashang, father of Minúchihr, 205
Pashang, father of Afrásiyáb, xv, 336, 337, 342 seq., 374, 375
Patrons, of Firdausí, 29
Perfumes, invention of, 133
Periods, mythic and historic, of Sháhnáma, 49, 53
Persians, 8, 9
Petroleum, in ancient cult and modern industry, 56 seq.
Píl, as rhyme-word, 75
Pírán, Túránian hero, character of, 55
Pisces, constellation, 310
Pishdádian, dynasty, 49, 116, 373
Planets, created by Áhriman, 52
Pleiades, 245, 267, 332
Prelude, to Sháhnáma, 99
Prometheus, 57
Purmáya, brother of Farídún, 158 seq.
RAI, city, 363, 366 seq.
Khár of, 368, 374, 381
Rakhsh, Rustam's steed, xv, 373, 378 seq., 386
Roc, mythical bird, 51, 235
Romans, the, 10, 14
Rúdába, the mother of Rustam, xiv, 145, 234, 280 seq., 299 seq.
described, 257, 259 seq.
Rue, wild, as a preservative from harm, 380
Rúm, the Eastern Roman Empire, 15, 183, 189, 229
brocade of, 157, 252, 316, and passim
Rustam, Íránian hero, xiv, xv, 42, 56, 68, 174, 234, 236, 237, 320 seq., 373, 376 seq.
his birth prophesied, 278, 307, 321
Cæsarean birth of, 236, 321 seq.
origin of name, 322
SACAE, Scythians, 17, 19
Sacaestan. See Sístán
Sacrifice, human, and Serpent worship, 143
Sada, feast of, xii, 123, 124
Sagittarius, constellation, 188
Sagsár, and Sagsárs, district and tribe, 279, 290, 323, 339
Sahí, wife of Íraj, 188
Saifu'd-Daula, title of Sultán Mahmúd, 21
Salm, eldest son of Farídún, xiii, 42, 54, 174, 183 seq., 335, 342, 344, 362
naming of, 187
Salt, Rustam's caravan of, 330 seq.
desert, 3
Sám, Íránian hero, xiii, xiv, 42, 95, 174, 207, 212, 231, 234 seq., 337, 339 seq., 345, 346, 358, 375
“One blow,” 297, 299
slays dragon of the Kashaf, 296 seq.
mace of, 235, 290, 297, 328, 378
Sáma Keresáspa Narimanau, Íránian hero, 171 seq.
Sámánides, dynasty, 14
Samarkand, city, 7, 19
Sapandarmad, month and day, 24, 88, 89
Sapor II. See Shápúr, son of Urmuzd
Saráparda, 84
Sarí, city, 230, 289, 363, 366, 367
Sarv, king of Yaman, xii, xiii, 178–186, 211, 214, 218, 286
Sásánian, empire, 11
dynasty, 49
Sásánians, 374
Satire, Firdausí's on Sultán Mahmúd, 40
Saturn, planet, 72, 245, 295, 311
Scriptures, Zoroastrian. See Zan-
Serpent, on Zahhák's shoulders, 139
worship and human sacrifice, 143
Shabdíz, Mihráb's steed, 326
Sháhnáma, original compilation of, 66
more than one, 29, 66, 67, 69
Dakíkí's beginning of, 28
Firdausí's, viii, 23 seq., 108 seq.
scene of, 3
date when finished, 24
length, metre, language, and theme of, 47
anomalies of, 48
divisions and chief characters of, 49
machinery of, 51
leading motives of, 53
cosmogony of, 71
imagery of, 72
editions of, 76
translations of, 87
Shahrináz, wife of Farídún, 142, 146, 164 seq., 177
Shamásás, Túránian hero, xv, 345, 346, 358 seq.
Shapígán, treasury of, 61, 62
Shápúr, Íránian hero, 210, 211, 215, 352
Shápúr, son of Ardshír, Shápúr I. (Sapor I.), Sháh, 42, 63
Shápúr, son of Urmuzd, Shápúr II. (Sapor II.), Sháh, 62, 63, 374
Shídásp, minister of Tahmúras, 127
Shídúsh, Íránian hero, 211, 354
Shí'ite, Firdausí a, 24
Shí'ites, Muhammadan sect, 13
Shíráz, city, 236
Shírwí, Íránian hero, 207, 215, 223, 225, 230, 232
Shíz, seat of the Magi, 60
Sikandar (Alexander the Great), Sháh, 42, 49
legendary barrier of, 16
paternity of, 55
Símurgh, mythical bird, 51, 235, 242, 253, 276, 302, 326
nest of described, 244
efficacy of feathers of, 246, 320
Síndukht, wife of Mihráb, xiv, 259, 281 seq., 299 seq.
Sipand, mountain, xiv, 236, 329 seq., 377
Sipanjáb, region, 375
Sístán,* 4, 119, 120, 159, 168, 173, 182
origin of name, 19
Siyámak, son of Gaiúmart, xii, 117, 119 seq.
Siyáwush, son of Kai Káús, 55
Soma. See Homa
Sóshyans, the Zoroastrian Messiah, 131
Spica, star, 245, 271
Spityura, brother of Yima (Jam-
Sróvbar, mythical serpent, 172
Subuktigín, the father of Sultán Mahmúd, 20, 21
Sughd, district, 19
Sun, Firdausí's discourse on the nature of the, 105
one of the seven planets, 72
Sunnites, orthodox Muham-
Surúsh, angel, 51, 119, 120, 159, 168, 173, 182
Sviatoi, island, 58 note
TABARISTÁN, chief of, a patron of Firdausí, 39, 40
Tahmásp, father of Zav, 369, 370
Tahmúras, Sháh, xii, 42, 125 seq.
Talímán, king, 211, 217, 352
Tammísha, wood, 177, 230
Taráz, city, 257, 266, 269
Tausar, high priest under Ardshír Pápakán, 62, 63
Thornbrake town, the world, 310
Thraétaona, 171 seq.
Thrita, 171 seq.
Tishtar, Sirius, 235
Trade-routes, ancient, 11, 57
Traitana, 7, 8, 171 seq.
Translation, the principles adopted in present, 77–86
Translators, of the Sháhnáma, list of previous, 87
Trita, 7, 8, 171 seq.
Túmáspa (Tahmásp), 369
Túr, second son of Farídún, xiii, 42, 54, 174, 183 seq., 335. 342, 344, 362
naming of, 187
Túrán, 189, 229, 351, 371
Túránians (Turkmans), 9, 10, 54
relations of the Íránians with, 16
Turkmans (Túránians), 20, 189, 371
Turks, 10, 20
Tús, son of Naudar, 351, 353, 364, 369, 370
Tús, city, 38, 39, 41, 45
prince of, 100, 114
governor of, 39
'UMAR, Khalifa, 11 seq., 67
Umayyads, dynasty, 12, 13
Urmuzd, the Good Principle, 5, 50
Utbí, Al, historian, 32
'Uthmán, Khalífa, 12
Uzava (Zav), 369
VALKASH (Vologeses), king, 62, 63
Varengana, the raven, 235
Vedas, 129, 144, 171, 234, 337
Venus, planet, 72, 303, 322, 332, 339
Vivanghat, 129
Vologeses I. (Valkash), 62, 63
Vologeses II., 19
WATER, scarcity of, 3
stealing demons, 7, 338
Water-courses, underground, 3
West, the, Salm's portion of the world, 189
Wísa, Túránian hero, xv, 337, 353, 356 seq., 361, 362
Wisdom, discourse in praise of, 101
White Castle (Mount Sipand), 236, 354, 369
Writing, art of, taught by the dívs to Tahmúras, 127
YA'KÚB LAIS, chieftain, 67, 68
Yama (Yima, Jamshíd), 7, 129
Yaman, country, 178, 181 seq., 266, 286
king of (Sarv), xii, xiii, 178, 179, 182
Yima (Yama, Jamshíd), 7, 129, 130, 374
Yúsuf and Zulíkha, Firdausí's, 45, 46
ZÁBUL, Zábulistán, country,* 248, 252, 254, 264, 282, 324, 345, 357, 358, 361, 364, 366, 367, 371, 375, 381
Zádsham, king of Túrán, 342 seq., 376
Zahhák, Sháh, xii, 42, 54, 72, 135 seq., 173 seq., 275, 278, 288, 290, 292, 303, 326, 338, 358
his minister (Kundrav), xii, 164 seq.
his capital, 161
Zál, the father of Rustam, xiii seq., 95, 145, 235 seq., 337, 345, 346, 358 seq., 364 seq., 370 seq., 381, 382, 384, 387
Zál-i-zar (Zál), 84, 248
Zamyád, Yast, 338
Zand, comment, 65
Zandavasta, 64 seq., 70 note, 129, 144, 171, 172, 174, 234, 337, 338, 369
Zarang, city, 4
Zarasp, son of Minúchihr, 248
Zarathustra (Zarduhsht, Zoroaster), 235, 236
Zarduhsht (Zoroaster), 53, 61
title of a line of priest-princes, 61
Zarír, Íránian hero, 42
Zav, Sháh, xv, 369 seq.
Zend, language, 64
Zirak, an archimage, 149, 150
Zirih, sea or lake, 4
Zoroaster (Zarduhsht), 53, 61, 62
Zoroastrian calendar, 59
cosmogony, 5
conception of destiny, 52
propaganda, 58 seq.
scriptures, 61 seq.
Zoroastrianism, 49
conceptions of, 5, 51, 52
original seat of, 56 seq., 62
scriptures of, 61 seq.