INDEX
This Index and the Table of Contents at the beginning of the volume are complementary. References to the latter are in Roman numerals.
A

ABBREVIATIONS, list of, xi
Abtín, father of Farídún, 53, 103
Abú Bakr, Khalífa, 76
begins war with Persian
Empire, 66
Abú 'Ubaida, Arab general, 66
supersedes Khálid in Syria,
66
Abú 'Ubaida, Arab general, 67
made commander in Persian
campaign, 67
slain, 67
Afrásiyáb, ruler of Túrán, 25,
103
Áhriman, the Evil Principle, 8,
18, 73, 74, 79, 91
Ál, place, 93
Alburz, Mount, 25
'Alí, the Dílamite, friend of Fir-
dausí, 121
Altúníya, place, 92
Ámul, city in Mázandarán, 86
Apologue, 86
Apothegms, 87, 88, 110
Arab, Arabs, 3, 5, 25, 60, 69, 70,
72, 75 seq., 79, 89, 92,
94, seq., 114, 117
invasion of Írán by, 3, 65
seq.
steeds, 11
tribes, 65
triumph of, over Dhú Kár,
66
chieftain, incites Abú Bakr
to invade Persia, 66
concentrate at Kádisíya, 67
Arab, Arabs, booty found by, at
Ctesiphon (?), 68
annex Mesopotamia, 68
Khuzistán, 68
='Umar, 72
seal, 82
=Sa'ad, 84
defeated, 85
Núshírwán's dream of, 92
Arabian, Arabians, 74, 85
Arabic, 81
Archmages, viii
Ard, day, 70, 122
Ardshír Pápakán, first Sásánian
Sháh, 105, 109, 111
Ardshír; son of Shírwí, Sháh,
vii, 43 seq.
makes Pírúz general, 44
entertains Pírúz at feast,
48
death of, 49
treasury of, squandered by
Guráz, 53
Árish, famous Íránian archer, 25
Arjásp, king of Túrán, 104
Armaní, Íránian chief, 74
'Arús, treasure, 20
Arwand (Tigris), river, 85, 92
Asfandiyár, son of Sháh Gush-
tásp, 25, 26 note, 104
Ashtád, Íránian chief, 11 seq.
chosen to visit Khusrau
Parwíz at Taisafún, 9
and Kharrád parley with
Galínúsh, 11
visit Khusrau Parwíz,
12
report to Shírwí, 27
Astrolabe, 73
Astrologer, 73
Ázar, month and day, 17
Ázar, Ábádagán (Ázargashasp
q.v.), 74
Ázargashasp, spirit of the light-
ning, 55
temple of (Ázar Ábádagán)
at Shíz (Takht-i-Salai-
mán) in Ázarbáiján, 75
Ázarmdukht, Sháh, viii, 56, 59,
69
reproaches Kubád, 7
end of, 59, 60

B

BABYLON, 65, 92
Zahhák, king of, 65
Bactrian, camels, 93
Bád Áwar, treasure, 20
Baghdád, Persian settlement of,
67
raided by Arabs, 67
Baghdád, city (Cf. Vol. viii, p.
109 note), 88
Yazdagird quits, 88
Bahrain, group of islands in
Persian Gulf, 68
Bahrám Chúbína, Íránian hero,
6, 15, 16, 22, 91, 105
assassination of, referred
to, 4
Romance of, 5
Bahrám Gúr, Sháh, 26, 77
Baigand, city and fortress
between Bukhárá and
Oxus,
Máhwí encamps at, 118
Balkh, city, 116
bestowed by Máhwí on his
son, 115
Bandwí, maternal uncle of Khus-
rau Parwíz 4
execution of, referred to, 4,
16, 104
Bárbad, minstrel, vii, 29 and
note
visits Khusrau Parwíz in
prison, 29
lament of, 30
Barda', city on the borders of
Ázarbáiján and Armenia,
15
Barsám, general of Bízhan 97,
117
marches on Marv, 97, 116
Máhwí's conduct to, 117
pursues and overtakes
Máhwi, 118
captures Máhwí, 119
Bartás, region in Turkistán, 19
Barzín, father of Kharrád, 4, 9,
12, 27
Basra (Bassora), city on the
Shatt-el-Arat, 68, 69
founded by 'Umar, 67
Battle of the Bridge, 5, 67
Bízhan, Khán of Turks, viii, 70,
96
Máhwí writes to, 96
consults his minister, 97
sends troops to Marv, 97
Máhwí makes war on, 115
marches against Máhwí, 117
lays ambush for Máhwí, 118
sends Barsám in pursuit of
Máhwí, 118
hears of Máhwí's capture,
119
puts Máhwí to death, 120
goes mad and kills himself,
120, 121
Brahman, 21
Bridge, Battle of the, 5, 67
Bukhárá, city on the Zarafshán
river in the province of
Sughd, 97, 115, 117
Bust, city in Sístán, 89

C

CÆSAR, 10, 23
letter of, about the True
Cross referred to, 22
Chách (Táshkand), city in Túrán,
115, 116
battle-axes of, 118
Chahram (Jahram), city in Párs
29, 61
Chín country (often = Túrán), 10,
19, 41, 107, 118
sashes from, 12, 53
gold thread of, 82
Khán of, 87
merchantmen of, 89
shields of, 118
Christ, 24, 109
Cross of, 23
Christian, 23
Commander of the Faithful, 72
'Umar, the first 72 and note
Contents Table of, vii
Cross, the true, 4, 5, 10, 24
restoration of, 7, 56
of Christ, 23
Elevation of, 43
Crystal, House of, 25 and note
Ctesiphon (Taisafún q.v.), 65
seq.
taken by Shahrbaráz, 43, 44
Sa'ad, 67
booty found at, 68

D

DAHISTÁN, town, also district
north of the Atrak, 95
Dai, day, 17
Dáng, coin, 94 and note
Darkness, House of, 7
Dastagird, city, 7
Dhú Kár, Battle of, 4, 5, 66
Dílamite, 'Alí the, friend of Fir-
dausí, 121
Dív, dívs, 18, 25
=Áhriman, 47, 102, 104

E

EGYPTIAN, 110
linen, 110

F

FAGHFÚR of Chín, 87, 97, 102
Faithful, Commander of the, 72
'Umar, the first, 72 and note
Farab (Firabr), town on the
Oxus opposite to Ámwí,
desert of, 115, 118
Faráyín (Guráz, Shahrbaráz q.v.),
Sháh, vii, 50, 53, 105
accession-speech of, 52
counselled by his eldest son,
52
counselled by his youngest
son, 53
misrule of, 53
plot against, 54
Farídún, Sháh, 25, 39, 53, 71,
86, 103
Farruhán (Farrukhán). See Far-
áyín.
Farrukhán (Farruhán). See Far-
áyín.
Farrukh-Hurmuzd (Hurmuzd
q.v.), father of Rustam, 69
Farrukhzád, Sháh, viii, 61 seq.,
70
Siyah Chashm and, 62
poisons, 63
Farrukhzád, son of Hurmuzd,
brother of Rustam, and
favourite of Khusrau Par-
wíz, 23, 87, 92, 95
bribes Mihr Hurmuzd to
murder Khusrau Parwíz,
33
defeats the Arabs, 85
counsels Yazdagird, 86, 87
leads the host to Khurásán,
89
entrusts Yazdagird to
Máhwí, 95
goes to Rai, 96
Farúd, son of Shírín and Khusrau
Parwíz, 39
Firdausí, 69
account of Arab conquest
by, supplemented, 65
Yazdagird's death, 70,
107
reflections on, 108,
111
on completion of Sháhnáma,
121
friends and assistants of, 121
exempt from taxation, 121
Firdausí, time spent on Sháh-
náma, by, 122
praise of Sultán Mahmúd,
by, 122
Flight of Muhammad, referred
to, 122
Ford and toll-house of Zark, 100
and note, 116

G

GALBWÍ, Íránian chief, 74
Galínúsh, Persian general, 5, 11,
12
parley of, with Kharrád and
Ashtád, 11
Gang-dizh, stronghold, 25
Garsíwaz, brother of Afrásiyáb,
103
Garsiyún, Íránian chief, 115
Gashasp, father of Ashtád q.v., 11
Gemini, constellation, 73
Gil (Gíl, Gílán ?), district on
south-west coast of Cas-
pian, 93
Glory. See Grace.
Grace or Glory, the divine, 8, 26,
30, 31, 41, 44, 47, 73, 74,
79, 90, 91, 95, 99, 100,
101, 116
Gúdarz, Íránian hero, 25
seventy sons of, 25
Gumbadán, Mount, 93
stronghold on, 93
Guráz (Shahrbaráz, Faráyín
q.v.) general of Khusrau
Parwíz and Sháh, vii, 44
rebellion of, 45
message of, 45
writes to Pírúz, 46
Pírúz writes to, 47
account of, 50
meaning of, 50
dual personality of, 50
marches on Taisafún, 51
confers with Íránian mag-
nates, 51
misrule of, 53
conspiracy against, 54
goes hunting, 55
Guráz, end of, 55
Guráz, son of Máhwí,
referred to, 107, 115
governor of Marv, 120
put to death with his sons,
120
Gurdwí, brother of Bahrám
Chúbína, 6
Gurdya, sister of Bahrám Chú-
bína, 6
Gurgán, province on the south-
eastern shores of the
Caspian, 89
Gushtásp, Sháh, 25
Gustaham, maternal uncle of
Khusrau Parwíz, 4, 6
assassination of, referred to,
16, 104

H

HAMADÁN, city in 'Irák 'Ajamí,
68
Haram, of Khusrau Parwíz, 4, 5
Harát, city in north-western
Afghánistán, 115
bestowed by Máhwí on his
son, 115
Háshim, Arab general, 68
sent by 'Umar in pursuit of
Yazdagird, 68
wins battle of Jalúlá, 68
takes Hulwán, 68
Háshimite=Muhammad, 81 and
note
Heraclius, Eastern Roman Em-
peror, 5, 7
Shírwi's letter to, 7
alliance of, with Shahr-
baráz, 44
Hilál, Arab, 69
slayer of Rustam son of
Farrukh-Hurmuzd, 70
Hindústán, 17, 20
Híra, city, west of the Euphrates
near Nedjef, 5, 66
kingdom of, 65
abolished by Khusrau
Parwíz, 66
attacked by Persians, 67
Houri, 81
House of Darkness, 7
Crystal, 25 and note
Hulwán, town on the border of
'Irák 'Ajamí, west of Kir-
mánsháh
Yazdagird retires to, 67
taken by Háshim, 68
Hurmuzd, son of Núshírwán,
Sháh, 4, 15, 104
Hurmuzd (Hurmuzdsháh, Far-
rukh-Hurmuzd q.v.),
father of Rustam, 72, 78
85, 89, 96
Hurmuzd Shahránguráz (Shah-
ránguráz q.v.), 54
Hurmuzd, devotee, 102
pleads with Máhwí for Yaz-
dagird, 102
Husain, friend of Firdausí, 121
Húshang, Sháh, 25, 41

I

INDIAN, scimitar, 17
script, 17
scribe, 17
Íraj, son of Farídún, 103
'Irák, 66
Írán, vii, viii, 9 seq., 15, 21, 22,
31, 36, 38, 39, 44, 45, 51,
66, 74, 75, 79, 85, 86, 88,
92, 96, 103, 106, 108, 113
Íránian, Íránians, viii, 22, 23,
40, 47, 48, 63, 73, 76, 88,
90, 116
homage Shírwí, 8
choose two chiefs to visit
Khusrau Parwíz in prison,
9
plot against Guráz, 54
go hunting with Guráz, 55
race, 65
enmity of, with Semite,
65
announces arrival of Shu'ba
Mughíra to Rustam, 82
defeat of, at Kádisíya, 84
retreat to Yazdagird, 85
—born, 99
Íránians, defeat of, at Marv, 116
ambushed, 118
Istakhr (Persepolis), 50, 54
Yazdagird taken to, 64
made Sháh at, 65

J

JAHRAM. See Chahram.
Jalúlá, 68
Jámásp, minister of Gushtásp, 26
Jamshíd Sháh, 25, 39, 103
Jarmana, place, 93
Jerusalem, 43
Elevation of the True Cross
at, 43
Jesus, 10
Jíhún (Oxus), river, 77, 115, 118
Jins, 81

K

KÁBUL, city
falchion of, 98
Káchár Báshí, city in Túrán, 117
Kádisíya, town west of Euph-
rates and near
Nedjef, 5, 73, 74, 77, 78
Battle of, 5, 67, 69
date of, 67
canal of, 69
Rustam advances to, 73
Kaian, crown, 11, 105
Kai Káús, Sháh, 25
Kai Khusrau, Sháh, 25, 103
Kai Kubád, Sháh, 25
Kalát, stronghold, 91
Káran, Íránian hero, 25
Karkh, a suburb of Baghdád, 85
Arab defeat at, 85
Kashmigán, son of Farrukhzád,
92
Káwa, the smith, 30
flag of, 30, 67
Khálid, Arab general, 66
begins hostilities against
Persian Empire, 66
recalled to lead Syrian cam-
paign, 66
Khán of Chín, 87, 102
=Bízhan, 97
Kharrád, son of Barzín, Íránian
minister, 4, 11, 12, 24
end of, 4
chosen to visit Khusrau
Parwíz at Taisafún, 9
Ashtád and, parley with Gal-
inúsh, 11
visit Khusrau Parwíz, 12
report to Shírwí, 27
Kharrád, father of Hurmuzd, 102
Khurásán, province in north-
eastern Írán, viii, 59, 69,
87, 88, 92
Máhwí becomes master of,
114
Khusrau Parwíz, Sháh, vii,
4 seq., 11, 12, 25, 26 note,
30, 31, 33 seq., 38 seq.,
45 seq.
charges against, 4, 5, 9, 10
reply of, to charges, 5, 14
seq.
Haram of, 4, 5
last days of, Theophanes'
account of, 6
Shírwí's treatment of, 7
sons of, executed, 7, 35
Shírín and, 7
imprisoned at Taisafún, 9
companioned by Shírín, 29
Bárbad visits, 29
laments over, 30
steed of, 30
son of, 31
referred to, 33 and note
kingdom of Híra abolished
by, 66
Muhammad's letter to, 66
Khusrau, father of Pírúz, vii, 44,
46, 48, 49, 51, 57
Khusrau, a miller, viii, 99. See
Miller.
Khúzistán (Susiana), province at
head of Persian Gulf
annexed by Arabs, 68
Khuzrá, treasure, 20
Kibchák, region east of the Jax-
artes and north of Tásh-
kand, 93
Kírwán (Karwán, district north
of Jaxartes?), 93
Kisrá Núshírwán. See Núshír-
wán.
Kubád, son of Pírúz, Sháh, 22,
25
Kubád (Shírwí q.v.), Sháh, vii,
3, 4, 9, 11, 12, 14, 24, 32,
47, 64
tragic reign of, 3
pestilence during, 3
boorishness of, 3
difficult situation of, 3
reproached by his sisters, 7
Kúfa, city, west of Euphrates
and north of Nedjef, 68,
69
founded by Sa'ad, 67
Kurán, 81
quoted, 81 and note
Kutíb, father of Husain, 121

L

Lázhawardí fort, 93
Luhrásp, Sháh, 104

M

MÁCHÍN (China), 107
Mahmúd, Sultán, praise of 122
Makhzúm, place, 93
Máhwí, Persian chief, viii, 70, 74,
89, 95, 97, 100 seq. 118
described, 87
Farrukhzád entrusts Yaz-
dagird to, 95
accepts charge of Yazda-
gird, 96
becomes disaffected to Yaz-
dagird, 96
writes to Bízhan, 96, 116
betrays Yazdagird, 97, 98,
116, 117
quest of, for Yazdagird, 100
has tidings of Yazdagird,
101
consults his warriors, 106
son of, counsels, 107
Máhwí, son of, receives Balkh and
Harát, 115
governor of Marv, 120
put to death with his
sons, 120
sends miller to slay Yazda-
gird, 107, 116
troops after miller with
instructions, 107
troops of, strip corpse of
Yazdagird, 108
hears of death of Yazdagird,
108
bids miller throw corpse of
Yazdagird into stream,
108
slays monks, 113
consults his intimates and
minister, 113
advised by his minister, 113
claims the throne on false
pretences, 114
becomes master of Khur-
ásán, 114
evil rule of, 114
makes war on Bízhan, 115
conduct of, to Barsám, 117
crosses Oxus and camps at
Baigand, 118
flees, 118
overtaken by Barsám, 118
captured by Barsám, 119
put to death by Bízhan, 120
Marchlords, viii
Mardánsháh (Yalán-sína q.v.),5, 6
son of, 5, 6
conspires against Khusrau
Parwíz, 6
mutilation and execution of,
6
Mardánsháh (Mardásas), son of
Shírín and Khusrau Par-
wíz, 39
Mardásas (Mardánsháh q.v.), 7
execution of, 7
Mars, planet, 73, 89
Márúsipand, palace, 11
Marv, oasis and city in ancient
northern Khurásán, now
in Turkistan, 70, 89, 116,
117
Marv, traditional scene of Yaz-
dagird's death, 70
Yazdagird at, 97, 116
thane of, 110
apothegm of, 110
conduct of Máhwí to Bar-
sám at, 117
Guráz, son of Máhwí, gov-
ernor of, 120
Mázandarán, region between
Alburz range and Caspian,
74
Mecca, city, 69
Mercury, planet, 73
Mesopotamia,
annexed by Arabs, 68
Mih-Ázar-Gushnasp, minister of
Ardshír, son of Shírwí, in
Arabic Tabarí, 43
put to death, 43
Mihr, feast, 40
Mihr 'Hasis, minister of Ardshír,
son of Shírwí, in Persian
Tabarí, 43
put to death, 43
Mihr Hurmuzd, murderer of
Khusrau Parwíz, vii, 34
account of, 5
referred to, 6, 33
conspires against Khusrau
Parwíz, 6
put to death, 7
described, 33
Mihr-i-Núsh, 103
pleads with Máhwí for Yaz-
dagird, 103
Mill, viii, 98, 116
Miller, viii, 70
Yazdagird and, 99
ínforms chief of Zark about
Yazdagird, 100
informs Máhwí about Yaz-
dagird, 101
bidden to slay Yazdagird,
107
bidden to fling corpse into
stream, 108
Minúchihr, Sháh, 103
Mír Khánd, distich of, quoted, 56
Monks, 109
find Yazdagird, 109
Monks, lament over and entomb
Yazdagird, 109 seq.
sentences of, over Yazda-
gird, 110
slain by Máhwí, 113
Mughíra, son of Shu'ba. See
Shu'ba Mughíra, 69
Muhammad, the Prophet, 69, 81
seq.
letter of, to Khusrau Par-
wiz, 66
Flight of, referred to, 122
Muslim, 85

N

NAHÁVAND, city, south of Ham-
adán, 68, 69
Yazdagird concentrates his
forces at, 68
Battle of, 69
Nárwan, forest of, 86
Nastúr, son of Shírín and Khus-
rau Parwíz, 39
Nile, 98
Nímrúz*,

5, 6
satrapy of, 69
Nishápúr, city in Khurásán, 95
Niyátús (Theodosius, son of
Maurice), 23
Note on Pronunciation, xii
Nu'mán bin Munzír, prince of
Híra, 5
Nu'mán, Arab general, 68
sent by'Umar to fight Yaz-
dagird, 68
defeats Pírúzán at Nahá-
vand, 68
slain, 69
Núshírwán, Sháh, 22, 26, 71; 80,
92, 105, 109, 110, 119
Letter of Counsel of, 22
division of Empire by, 69
dream of, 92

O

OMEN of the quince, 13, 14
Oxus (Jíhún), river
referred to, 117 and note, 118

P

PAHLAVÍ, middle Persian Jan-
guage of Ashkánian (Par-
thian) and Sásánian times,
50
Paidáwasís, Persian coin=five
dínárs, 19
Párs (Persis, Farsistán), country
on eastern shore of Per-
sian Gulf, 68
Parsís, 64
Parwíz. See Khusrau Parwíz.
Persepolis (Istakhr), 65
Persia, 66
Persian, Persians, 5, 7, 20, 37,
40, 54, 60, 66, 67, 69, 70,
72, 77, 79, 85, 121
ideas on marriage, 7
language, 12, 65
=Ashtád and Kharrád, 24
exonerate Shírín, 38
empire, 65, 66
Gulf, 66, 68
win “The Battle of the
Bridge,” 67
fail in attack on Híra, 67
defeat of, at Kádisíya,. 67,
84
Jalúlá, 68
Nahávand, 69
Shu'ba Mughíra's embassy
to, 69
robes, 94
transcribe Sháhnáma for
Firdausí, 121
Pestilence, in reign of Kubád,
3, 7
Pírúz, son of Khusrau, minister
of Ardshír son of Shírwí,
vii
appointed general, 44
Pírúz, letter of Guráz to, 46
takes counsel, 46
writes to Guráz, 47
Guráz marches against, 48
appeals to Tukhár, 48
feasts with Ardshír, 48
informs Guráz of the death
of Ardshír, 51
put to death, 57
Pírúz, Íránian prince, 59
Pírúz, son of Shápúr, Íránian
noble
takes Rustam's letter to
Sa'ad, 80, 81
Pírúzán, Persian general,
commands Persian forces at
Nahávand, 68
slain, 69
Pisces, constellation, 71
Plague. See Pestilence.
Pronunciation, Note on, xii
Púrándukht, Sháh, vii, 56
reproaches Kubád, 7
makes Shahránguráz prime
minister, 56
True Cross and, 56
Pusfarrukh, 50

Q

QUINCE, omen of the, 13, 14

R

RÁDA, Mount, 91, 94
Rádwí, archimage
pleads with Máhwí for Yaz-
dagird, 102
Rai, city and district near Tih-
rán, 68, 69, 89, 95, 96
Rája, 17
letter of, 17
put in charge of Shírín, 17
Raven, Raven-head, 91 and note,
95 note, 96
Revellers Rosary of 38, 40
Roman, 50, 66
Rosary of Revellers, 38, 40
Rúína, place, 91
Rúm, Eastern Roman Empire,
10, 11, 20, 39, 41, 45, 46,
113
brocade of, 99, 101
monks of, slain by Máhwí,
113
Rúman, Rúmans, 23, 60
Russian, cloth, 110
Rustam, son of Zál, Íránian hero,
25
Rustam, Persian commander
in chief under Yazdagird
III., viii, 66, 67, 69, 73,
81 seq., 90, 95
overthrows Ázarmdukht, 59
advances to Kádisíya, 67,
73
end of, 69
finds evil aspects in the stars,
73
writes to his brother, 73
hears of Shu'ba Mughíra's
arrival, 82

S

SA'AD, son of Wakkás, Arab
general, viii, 67, 68, 82
seq., 90
succeeds Abú 'Ubaida, 67
at Kádisíya, 67, 69
founds Kúfa, 67
takes Ctesiphon, 67
recalled, 68
sent by 'Umar to invade
Írán, 72
letter of Rustam to, 78
taken by Pírúz 80, 81
Sada, feast, 40, 92
Samarkand, city in Turkistán,
96, 115
Sapandármad, month, 70, 122
Sarí, city in Mázandarán, 86
Sásán, son of Dárá, 105 and note
lineage of 56, 105
Sásánian, Sásánians, 4, 5, 46,
47, 50, 54, 65, 72, 73, 76,
77, 83, 105
Dynasty, 4
Sásánian, Empire, conquered by
the Arabs, 65 seq.
Satrapy, satrapies, Núshírwán's
four, 69
Saturn, planet, 73
sphere of, 92
Seasons, confusion of the, 77 note
Semite, race, enmity of, with
Íránians, 65
Shabdíz, steed of Khusrau Par-
wíz, 30
Sháhnáma, viii, 4 seq., 43, 50, 61,
70
completion of, Firdausí on,
121
length of, 122
date when completed, 122
Shahrán, 102
pleads with Máhwí for Yaz-
dagird, 102
Shahránguráz (Hurmuzd Shah-
ránguráz, Guráz q.v.), vii,
50
heads conspiracy against
Guráz, 54
Shahrbaráz (Guráz q.v.), Íránian
general, 43, 50
rebellion of, 43, 44
alliance of, with Heraclius, 44
Shahr-Barz. See Shahrbaráz.
Shahguráz (Shahrbaráz q.v.), 50
Shahrwaráz (Shahrbaráz q.v.), 50
Shahryár, son of Shírín and
Khusrau Parwíz, 39
father of Yazdagird, 64
Shamírán, stronghold north of
Harát (?), 91, 94
Shápúr, father of Pírúz, 80
Shatt-al-Arab, the combined
streams of the Tigris and
Euphrates, 67
Shírín, wife of Khusrau Parwíz,
vii, 28, 36
Khusrau Parwíz and, 7
has charge of Shírwí's horo-
scope, 16
Raja's letter, 17
companions Khusrau Par-
wíz in prison, 29
reproached and summoned
by Shírwí, 36
Shírín, makes her will, 36
goes to Court 37
justifies herself, 38, 40
sons of, 39
unveils to the Court, 39
Shírwí falls in love with,
39
makes request of Shírwí, 40,
41
goes home, 40
distributes her wealth, 40
frees her slaves, 41
poisons herself, 42
Shírwí (Kubád q.v.), Sháh, vii,
7, 8, 11, 27, 28, 31 seq.,
36, 45, 47, 64
treatment of Khusrau Par-
wíz by, 7
writes to Heraclius, 7
horoscope of, 16
kept by Shírín, 16
Ashtád and Kharrád report
their interview with Khus-
rau Parwíz to, 27
reproaches and summons
Shírín, 36, 37
falls in love with Shírín, 39
grants Shírín's requests, 40,
42
poisoned, 42
son of, 42
length of reign of, 42
Shu'ba Mughíra, companion of
the Prophet, 69, 83
embassy of, 69, 82
Sikandar (Alexander the Great),
Sháh, 26
Siyah Chasm, slave of Farrukh-
zád, 62
handmaid of Farrukhzád
and, 62
imprisoned, 62
released, 62
poisons Farrukhzád, 63
Siyáwush, son of Kai Káús, 25
and note, 26 note, 103
Snakes=Arabs, 91
Súr, Súrán, city near Ispahán,
74, 89, 95, 97, 100, 116,
118
Syrian, 66

T

TABARÍ, historian, 4, 56, 61, 64,
69
Arabic, 4, 5, 7, 43, 50
Persian, 4, 5, 43, 70
Tabaristán (Mázandarán), 74
Table of Contents, vii
Tahmúras, Sháh, 25
Taisafún (Ctesiphon), city on left
bank of Tigris, 9, 10, 90
Khusrau Parwíz imprisoned
at, 9
Bárbad visits Khusrau Par-
wíz at, 29
Taráz, city north-east of Tásh-
kand, 41
Taxation, Firdausí's exemption
from, 121
Theophanes, Greek Chronicler,
account of last days of
Khusrau Parwíz by, 6
Tigris, river, 67
Toll-house and ford of Zark, 100
and note, 116
Tukhár, Íránian general,
refuses to help Pírúz against
Guráz, 48
Túr, son of Farídún, 103
Túrán, 11, 89, 99
Turk, Turks, 70, 96 seq., 105, 114,
117, 120
Turkish, 87
Turkistán, 15
Turkman, Turkmans, 25, 76, 94
king=Afrásiyáb, 25
Tús, city in Khurásán, viii, 90,
95
governor of, 92

U

'UMAR, Khalífa, 66 seq., 72, 76,
121
founds Basra, 67
sends Háshim in pursuit of
Yazdagird, 68
Nu'mán to fight Yazda-
gird, 68
Sa'ad to invade Írán, 72
Urmuzd, the Good Principle, 24

V

VENUS, planet, 26, 73
Victory of Victories, The, 69
Virgo, constellation, 71

W

WAKKÁS, father of Sa'ad q.v.,
viii, 72, 78, 82, 90

Y

YALÁN-SÍNA (Mardánsháh q.v.),
6
Yazdagird, Sháh, viii, 5, 61, 64
seq., 68 seq., 72, 81, 90,
101, 105, 106, 113, 115,
116, 122
Era of, 64
taken for safety to Istakhr,
64
age of, at accession, 65
difficult position of, 65
historical importance of
reign of, 65
flight of, from Ctesiphon, 67
Hulwán, 68
last attempt of, to recover
his empire, 68
concentrates his forces at
Nahávand, 68
defeated and a fugitive, 69
death of, referred to, 69
host returns to, after Kád-
isíya, 85
hears of Rustam's death, 85
quits Baghdád, 88
makes for Marv, 89
entrusted to Máhwí by
Farrukhzád, 95, 96
at Marv, 97, 116
hears of the coming of the
Turks, 97
betrayed by Máhwí, 98
defeated, 98, 116
Yazdagird, miller and, 99 seq.
described, 99, 101
Máhwí bids miller slay, 107,
116
slain, stripped and flung into
stream, 108, 109 and note
corpse of, recovered, lam-
ented over and entombed,
109 seq.
Firdausí on, 111

Z

ZÁBULISTÁN, 75*


Zahhák, Sháh, 25, 65, 103
Zahhák, an Aryan myth, 65
king of Babylon, 65
an Arab, 65
Zál, son of Sám and father of
Rustam, 25
Zark, town south-east of Marv,
98
canal of, 98
corpse of Yazdagird flung
into, 109
recovered from, 109
ford and toll-house of, 100
and note
chief of, 100
hears from miller about
Yazdagird, 109