Nabúmiya tribe, i. 292
Nádir Sháh of Persia, sends embassy to
India, viii. 76, 126; invades India,
60, 74, 126; causes of the invasion,
60, 76, 126; march opposed by the
Afgháns, 78; defeats Násir Khán, 77
joined by Násir Khán, 60; crosses the
Indus, 80; defeats Indian army, 60,
80, 82; takes ransom from Láhore,
60, 80; takes Burhánu-l Mulk prisoner,
61, 84; makes Burhánu-l Mulk his
representative, 63; his retinue, 233;
interviews with Muhammad Sháh, 22,
62, 85, 86; enters Dehlí, 64, 86;
attack upon the Persians, 64, 88;
orders massacre, 23, 64, 88; his plun-
der, 64, 88, 233, 346, 347; marries
his son to an Indian princess, 90;
takes ransom from Dehlí, 90, 346, 347;
treaty with Muhammad Sháh, 91; his
return home, 24, 65, 93; annexes part
of the Panjáb, 95; letter to Zakariya
Khán Názim of Láhore, 96; treat-
ment of Khudá-yár Khán of Amarkot,
97; further embassy to India, 132
Nagarkot, taken by Mahmúd, ii. 34,
444; by Fíroz, iii. 317, iv. 12, vi.
227; by Muhammad Tughlik, iii. 570;
by Tímúr, 465, 515; siege of in Akbar's
reign, v. 356, 507; its name changed,
vi. 227; books at, 227
Náhid Begam, v. 337
Nahmrúí tribe, i. 286
Nahrwálá, ii. 162; taken 228
Najaf Khán, viii. 227, 297, 366, 410
Najíb Khán Rohilla, Najíbu-d daula,
viii. 137-9, 146, 148; quarrels with
Gházíu d dín, 168-9; invites Ahmad
Sháh Abdálí, 168, 268; contests with
Mahrattas, 169, 242, 266, 268, 363-4;
relieved, 170, 243, 270; joins Ahmad
Abdálí, 170, 270, 398; appointed
bakhshí, 171, 265; services to Ahmad
Sháh, 266, 276, 279
Nanda, Jám, i. 233
Nanda bin Babiniya, Jám, i. 273, 275,
276
Nanda Rája, ii. 463-4, 467
Naphtha, use of, vi. 456
Nar Singh Bundela, murderer of Abú-l
Fazl, vi. 3, 107, 108, 113, 114, 154,
160, 288, 316, 442; vii. 6
Náráín Ráo, Peshwá, viii. 291-2
Nardajan Pál, ii. 12, 403, 461
Ná-shudaní, vii. 5
Nasíbín, capture of by scorpions, v. 550
Násir Jang succeeds Nizámu-l Mulk,
viii. 113; defeats Mahrattas, 66-7;
resigns government, 69
Násir Khán defeated by Nádir Sháh,
viii. 77-8; agent of Ahmad Abdálí, 115
Nasírí Khán (Khán-daurán), vii. 25,
38, 41
Násiru-d dín, title, iii. 525
Násiru-d dín. See Subuktigín
Násiru-d dín Kubácha, i. 131; ii. 201,
240-1, 301-2, 323-6, 396, 484, 554,
563; iv. 146
Násiru-d dín Mahmúd Sultán, ii. 241,
345, 365, iii. 38, 98, 592
Násiru-d dín. See Muhammad Sháh,
Prince
Násiru-d dín, son of Balban, killed by
Hulákú Khán, iii. 38, 122
Násiru-d dín (Bughrá Khán), Sultán
of Bengal, iii. 111, 120-4, 129, 234,
524, 595-7
Násiru-d dín Muhammad Sháh, of
Gujarát, iv. 39
Násiru-d dín Nusrat Sháh, iv. 31-3
Násiru-d dín Sultán of Mándú, vi.
349, 350
Násiru-l Mulk, vi. 21. See Pír Mu-
hammad
Nathují, vii. 276-7, 281-2
Naushírwán, i. 407, ii. 162, 184
Naval fights in Sind, i. 241, 245, 248, 277
Nawáb Bahádur. See Jáwed Khán
Nawáb Kudsiya. See Udham Báí
Nawásá Sháh, ii. 32, 443, 461; iii. 65;
iv. 172
Názir Mansúr 'Alí, viii. 244, 246
Nekú Siyar, Prince, vii. 308, 482-9, 509
New Amírs (or Foreign Amírs), iv. 16,
18, 20
New Musulmáns, iii. 75, 127, 148, 164,
172, 178-9, 205
Níázís, iv. 428, 431, 487, 492, 493,
496, v. 488
Niba Sindhia,
Nímá Sindhia,
vii. 362, 408, 452
Nidar Bhím, ii. 38, 427, 451
Nigúdárí Mughals, iii. 48
Nímroz, King, i. 139, 407
Nizám 'Alí Khán takes Púna, viii. 286
Nizám Sháhí Kings, vi. 235
Nizám Sháhís, vi. 70, 87, 91, 131, 144,
319, 343, 379, 412, 415-6, 433; vii.
11; king murdered by Fath Khán,
27; raise a child to the throne, 51;
campaign against, 51; child taken and
confined, 61; territories absorbed, 256
Nizámu-d dín Ahmad, his services, v.
178; at Kábul, 424; in Gujarát, 428-
447; recalled, 447, 458; against Af-
gháns, 462-533; death, vi. 130
Nizámu-d dín Auliya, iii. 554, 7
Nizámu-d dín II., Jám, i. 227, 233
Nizámu-d dín minister of Kai-Kubád,
designs upon the throne, iii. 126; his
murders, 127; poisoned, 132
Nizámu-l Mulk, 'Asaf Jáh, Chín Kalich
Khán, created Nizámu-l Mulk, vii.
442; authority in the Dakhin, 446;
controls the Mahrattas, 450-1, 466;
governor of Murádábád, 460; re-
moved, 469, 473: joins the Saiyids,
479; súbadár of Patna, 480; made
súbadár of Málwá, 488; differences
with Husain 'Alí, 489; obtains Ásír,
Burhánpúr, etc., 490-1; defeats
armies of Husain 'Alí, 496-7; ap-
pointed wazír, 517; his difficulties,
518, 524; departs for the Dakhin,
522-5; ministerial plans, 524; drives
back Mahrattas, 525; crushes Mu-
báriz Khán, 525; receives title
“ÁsafJáh,” 45, 527; his administration
in the Dakhin, 530; disagrees with
his father, 554; retires from court,
viii. 44; governor of the Dakhin, 45:
removed from Málwa, 57; his crafty
conduct in Nádir's invasion, 60-2, 74,
79; becomes amíru-l-umará, 62, 84;
with Nádir Sháh, 63, 84, 86, 234;
induces Burhánu-l Mulk to take poison,
64, 421; returns to the Dakhin, 68;
quarrels with his son, 69
Nizámu-l Mulk Násir Jang, viii. 391
Nizámu-l Mulk Túsí, ii. 485, 488
Nizámu-l Mulkís. See Nízam Sháhís
Nizárians, i. 129
Nobles, grades of, iii. 576; allowances,
577
Núnís, ii. 311
Núr Jahán, her parentage, vi. 397; her
husband, Sher-Afgan, killed, 402;
married by Jahángír, 403, 404; gains
the love of Jahángír, 398; called
“Núr Mahal” and “Núr Jahán,”
398, 405; her great power and in-
fluence, 398, 405, 451; coins in her
name, 398, 405; shoots a tiger, 366;
controls Jahángír in his drinking, 381;
endeavours to rescue Jahángír, 424;
effects the escape of Jahángír, 429;
her proceedings on death of Jahángír,
436; favours Shahriyár, vii. 5; death,
69; her tomb, vi. 311
Nusrat Jang, title of Sháh Jahán's
Khán-daurán, vii. 60
Nusrat Jang. See Zú-l fikár Khán
Nusrat Khán, general of 'Aláu-d dín,
iii. 157, 163, 164
Nusrat Khán, son of Fíroz, iv. 31. See
Násiru-d dín Nusrat Sháh
Nusrat Khokar, iii. 415, 485
Nusrat Sháh, of Bengal, iv. 260
Nuwul Ráí, Káyath, viii. 350
Nuwul Singh Ját, viii. 226-7, 366

Obelisks, moved by Sultán Fíroz, iii.
350; examined by Tímúr, 353
Ogtai, Mughal, ii. 389-90, 559
Ordeals, i. 329, iii. 145
Orissa, v. 299; seized by Sulaimán
Kirání, vi. 36; conquered by Akbar,
v. 465; restored to Katlú, vi. 79; re-
covered, 86, 88; summary of history,
88; made over to Mahrattas, viii. 129
Osteomancy, i. 331

Padres, at Akbar's Court, vi. 60, 85
Paharí Jíú, v. 460
Pál dynasty, ii. 12, 403, 425
Pándavas, i. 54, 105, vi. 536
Pándya Kings, iii. 32, 49, 53, 88, 91
Pánípat, battles at, iv. 251, v. 28, 63,
252, vi. 295, viii. 145, 171, 401
Páp Ráí, vii. 410
Parama Deo, ii. 474
Paras Deo Dalvi, iii. 88
Parenda, siege, vii. 22, 43; surrendered,
263
Parí, Amír, ii. 268
Parker, General, viii. 305
Parmár, Ráí of Kálinjar, ii. 231
Pársí language, iii. 556, 562
Partáb Ráí, v. 85
Parwárís, iii. 211, 218, 221
Parwez, Prince, vi. 301, 381; sent to
Dakhin, 321, 323; sent against Sháh
Jahán, 386, 393, 408; defeats him, 393,
413, 416; in Bihár, 417; marches to
Dakhin, 395; doings in the Dakhin,
412, 418; death, 429, 432
Páshíbs, iii. 75, 165, 174
Patáns, vi. 568
Patna, foundation of fort, iv. 477; cam-
paign against, v. 372; taken by Akbar,
iv. 512, v. 379; outbreak at, vi. 321
Patwárí, viii. 315
Peacock throne, construction of, vii. 45
carried off by Nádir Sháh, viii. 89
Pehlvi language, i. 133
Persian Kings, Ancient, connexion with
India, vi. 548
Peshrau Khán (Asad Beg), v. 413, 420,
vi. 136, 150
Pestilences, v. 384, 395, vi. 346, 357,
405, 406, vii. 328, 337, 566
Petroleum, vi. 456
Pilgrimage, Akbar's provision for, v. 391;
opinion about, 519; passes for ships,
520
Pilgrim tax, abolished, vi. 29, viii. 38
Pílájí
Pílújí
(Mahratta), vii. 528, viii. 51,
262, 282, 400
Pindus, i. 379
Pír Muhammad of Balkh, v. 227, 230-1
Pír Muhammad, Prince, a grandson of
Tímúr, iii. 398; takes Úch, i. 229,
iii. 399, 480, iv. 33; at Bhatti, i. 229;
Multán, iii. 417, 486; at Delhí, 440;
services, 457, 511, pass.
Pír Muhammad Sarwání, v. 250, 254, 257,
264, 271, 275, vi. 21
Pír Roshanáí, v. 450
Pithaura, Ráí, ii. 200, 213, 295-6, 398,
418, 422, vi. 198
Pitthú, i. 216
Plassy, battle of, viii. 329, 426
Polyandry, viii. 202
Portuguese, v. 347; vi. 18, 340, 466;
vii. 344, 351; viii. 127, 385
Post, for news, iii. 203; for letters, 581,
587, iv. 418
Prester John, i. 498
Prisoners of war, not to be slaves, vi. 25
Provisions, prices, iii. 192, 583, iv. 475
Púlád Turk-bacha, iv. 68, 73, 74; death,
79
Púna, taken from Sivají, vii. 262; re-
covered by Sivají, 269; retaken, 272;
taken by Nizám 'Alí, viii. 286
Púr Jaipál,
Purú Jaipál,
ii. 47, 50, 427, 451, 461,
463
Púran Mal, of Raisín, iv. 392, 397, 399;
massacre of him and his followers, 402
Pyramids of heads. See Heads