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THE
AIN I AKBARI
BY
ABUL FAZL 'ALLAMI
Volume III
Page
TITLE PAGE
ADDENDA ET CORRIGENDA. VOL. II
PREFACE
i
ETHNOGRAPHY OF HINDUSTAN. PREFATORY REMARKS
1
THE BOUNDARIES OF HINDUSTAN AND A BRIEF DESCRIPTION THEREOF
7
THE COSMOGONY
10
ON THE INFERIOR AND SUPERIOR COSMIC PHENOMENA
12
NAMES OF THE PLANETS AND OF THE DAYS OF THE WEEK
15
THE INSTITUTION OF THE
Ghaṛyál
15
THE ORDER OF THE SPHERES
17
CIRCUMFERENCES OF THE SPHERES
20
LUNAR STATIONS
21
MAGNITUDES OF THE FIXED STARS
23
DESCRIPTION OF THE EARTH
25
DESCRIPTION OF THE INSULAR CONTINENTS
28
DESCRIPTION OF JAMBU DWÍPA
29
ON TERRESTRIAL LONGITUDE
33
ON TERRESTRIAL LATITUDE
35
EXTENT OF DESERT AND HABITABLE LAND
39
DIVISION OF THE EARTH INTO COUNTRIES
43
PLACES BEYOND THE CLIMATES, ADJOINING THE EQUATOR
46
THE FIRST CLIMATE
49
THE SECOND CLIMATE
54
THE THIRD CLIMATE
61
THE FOURTH CLIMATE
76
THE FIFTH CLIMATE
93
THE SIXTH CLIMATE
100
THE SEVENTH CLIMATE
102
TO FIND THE DISTANCES OF PLACES
105
SINGULAR RESULTS ARISING FROM ACCIDENT OF LOCATION
106
THE SCALE OF NOTATION
111
THE QUARTERS OF THE GLOBE
113
ANIMAL LIFE
114
LANGUAGES
119
FAUNA
120
WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
123
Measures
123
JEWELLER'S WEIGHTS
125
BANKER'S WEIGHTS
125
OTHER TRADE-WEIGHTS
125
THE LEARNING OF THE HINDUS
125
DESCRIPTION OF THE NINE SCHOOLS
127
NYÁYA
127
THE SIXTEEN PREDICAMENTS
129
VAI´SESHIKA
150
Mímáṃsá
152
Vedánta
158
Sánkhya
167
Pátañjala
177
Jaina
188
Bauddha
211
Nástika
217
THE EIGHTEEN SCIENCES
(Aṭhára Vidyá
)
218
KARMA-VIPÁKA
225
Svara
232
Answers to inquirers
236
A´GAMA
237
´SAKUNA
237
SÁMUDRIKA
238
GÁRUDA
238
INDRA-JÁLA
239
RASA-VIDYÁ
239
RATNA-PARÍKSHÁ
239
KÁMA-ŚÁSTRA
239
SÁHITYA
239
SANGÍTA
245
The First Kind, or Stringed Instruments
254
The Second Kind of Instruments
255
The Third Kind of Instruments
256
The Fourth Kind of Instruments
256
On the Classes of Singers
256
The Akháṛá
258
Gaja ´Sástra
258
´Salihotra
,
258
Vástuka
258
Súpa
258
Rájaníti
259
Vyavahára or The Administration of Justice
261
The Four Periods of Religious Life
271
WORSHIP OF THE DEITY
279
I´´SVARA-PÚJÁ,
or
Divine Worship
279
YAJṆÁ,
or Sacrifice
281
DÁNA,
or
Alms giving
282
´SRÁDDHA,
or
Ceremonies in honour of deceased ancestors
284
AVATÁRAS,
or
Incarnations of the Deity
284
MATSYÁVATÁRA,
or
Fish-Incarnation
284
KÚRMÁVATÁRA,
or
Tortoise-Incarnation
285
VÁRÁHÁVATÁRA,
or
Boar-Incarnation
286
NARA-SINHA,
or
Man-Lion-Incarnation
287
VÁMANA,
or
Dwarf-Incarnation
288
PARAŚURÁMÁVATÁRA,
or
Incarnation of Ráma with the axe
289
RÁMÁVATÁRA,
or
Ráma-Incarnation
291
KṚISHṆÁVATÁRA,
or
Incarnation as Kṛishṇa
291
BUDDHÁVATÁRA,
or
Buddha-Incarnation
292
KALKYAVATÁRA,
or
Kalkí-Incarnation
293
UNCLEAN THINGS
293
PURIFIERS
294
STATE OF PURIFICATION
294
IMPROPER DRESS
296
PROHIBITED FOOD
296
CEREMONIES IN COOKING AND EATING
297
RULES OF FASTING
298
ENUMERATION OF SINS
300
INTERIOR SINS
302
SACRED PLACES OF PILGRIMAGE
303
CUSTOMS OF MARRIAGE
307
´SṚINGÁRA,
or Ornaments of Dress
311
JEWELS
312
WORKMEN IN DECORATIVE ART
314
CEREMONIES AT CHILDBIRTH
316
THE NUMBER OF FESTIVALS
317
CEREMONIES AT DEATH
321
MERITORIOUS MANNER OF DEATH
324
COMERS INTO INDIA
324
ADAM
325
HUSHANG
325
HAM
327
JAMSHÍD
327
ZOHÁK
328
GARSHÁSP
328
ISFANDYÁR OF THE BRAZEN BODY
328
NARÍMÁN, SON OF GARSHÁSP, THE SON OF UTRUT. SÁM, SON OF NARÍMÁN. ZÁL, SON OF SÁM. FARAMARZ, SON OF RUSTAM. BAHMAN, SON OF ISFANDYÁR
329
ALEXANDER OF GREECE
330
MÁNI THE PAINTER
336
BAHRÁM GOR
337
BURZÚYAH
338
MUḤAMMAD ḲÁSIM
340
AMÍR NÁṢIRÚDDÍN SABUKTIGÍN
340
AMÍR SULṬÁN MAḤMÚD GHAZNAVÍ
340
SULṬÁN MASAÚD
340
SULTÁN IBRÁHÍM, SON OF SULṬÁN MASAÚD
340
SULṬÁN MASAÚD-B-IBRÁHÍM
341
BAHRÁM SHÁH-B-MASAÚD-B-IBRÁHÍM
341
KHUSRAU SHÁH-B-BAHRÁM SHÁH
341
SULṬÁN MỤIZZ'UDDÍN MUḤAMMAD SÁM
342
SULṬÁN ḲUṬBU'DDÍN AIBAK
342
MALIK NÁṢIRU'DDÍN ḲABÁCHAH
342
SULṬÁN SHAMSU'DDÍN ALTMISH
342
SULṬÁN GHIYÁṠU'DDÍN BALBAN
342
SULṬÁN MUḤAMMAD-B-SULṬÁN MALIK SHÁH SALJÚḲÍ
343
SULṬÁN JALÁLU'DDIN MANKBURNÍ
343
TURMATAI NOVIAN
344
MALIK KHÁN KHALAJ
344
ṬÁHIR
345
MANKÚYAH
345
SÁRÍ NOVIAN
346
TÍMÚR NOVIAN
346
ABDU'LLAH KHÁN
346
ṢALDI
347
ḲAṬLAGH KHWÁJAH
347
TARGHÍ NOVIAN
347
ALI BEG AND TARTÁK
348
KAPAK MUGHAL
348
IḲbÁLMAND
348
KHWÁJAH RASHÍD
348
LORD OF THE FORTUNATE CONJUNCTION. (TIMÚR)
349
BÁBER
349
HUMÁYÚN
349
SAINTS OF INDIA. (AWLIYÁ-I-HIND)
349
ḲÁDIRÍ
357
YASAWÍ
358
NAḲSHBANDÍ
358
SHAYKH BÁBÁ RATN
360
KHWÁJAH MỤÍNU'DDÍN ḤASAN CHISHTÍ
361
SHAYKH ALÍ GHAZNAVÍ HAJÚBARÍ
362
SHAYKH ḤUSAYN ZANJÁNÍ
362
SHAYKH BAHÁU'DDÍN ZAKARÍYÁ
362
ḲUṬBU'DDÍN BAKHTYÁR KÁKÍ
363
SHAYKH FARÍDU'DDÍN GANJ I SHAKKAR
363
SHAYKH ṢADRU'DDÍN AÁRIF
364
NIẒÁMU'DDÍN AULIYÁ
365
SHAYKH RUKNU'DDÍN
365
SHAYKH JALÁLU'DDÍN TABRÍZÍ
366
SHAYKH ṢÚFÍ BADHNÍ
366
KHWÁJAH KARAK
366
SHAYKH NIẒÁMU'DDÍN ABU'L MUAYYAD
366
SHAYKH NAJÍBU'DDÍN MUḤAMMAD
367
KÁẒI ḤAMÍDU'DDÍN NÁGORÍ
367
SHAYKH ḤAMÍDU'DDÍN SUWÁLÍ OF NÁGOR
367
SHAYKH NAJÍBU'DDÍN MUTAWAKKIL
367
SHAYKH BADRU'DDÍN
368
SHAYKH BADRU'DDÍN ISḤÁḲ
368
SHAYKH NAṢÍRU'DDÍN CHIRÁGH-I-DIHLAVÍ, OR THE LAMP OF DELHI
368
SHAYKH SHARAF (U'DDÍN) OF PÁNÍPAT
368
SHAYKH AḤMAD
369
SHAYKH JALÁL
369
SHAYKH SHARAFU'DDÍN MUNÍRÍ
370
SHAYKH JAMÁLU'DDÍN HÁNSAWÍ
370
SHÁH MADÁR
370
SHAYKH NÚR ḲUṬB-I-AÁLAM
371
BÁBÁ ISḤÁḲ MAGHRABÍ
371
SHAYKH AḤMAD KHAṬṬÚ
371
SHAYKH ṢADRU'DDÍN
371
SHAYKH ALÁU'DDÍN MUḤAMMAD
372
SAYYID MUḤAMMAD GE´SÚDARÁZ (LONG HAIR)
372
ḲUṬB-I-AÁLAM
372
SHÁH AÁLAM
372
SHAYKH ḲUṭBU'DDÍN
372
SHAYKH ALÍ PAYRAV
373
SAYYID MUḤAMMAD JAUNPÚRÍ
373
ḲÁẒI KHÁN
373
MIR SAYYID ALI ḲAWÁM
373
KÁẒI MAḤMÚD
373
SHAYKH MAUDÚD AL-LÁRI
374
SHAYKH ḤÁJÌ ABD'UL WAHHÁB-AL-BOKHÁRÍ
374
SHAYKH ABDU'R RAZZÁḲ
374
SHAYKH ABDU'L ḲUDDÚS
374
SAYYID IBRÁHÍM
375
SHAYKH A´MÁN
375
SHAYKH JAMÁL
375
KHIẒR
375
ELIAS
377
CONCLUSION
378
BOOK THE FIFTH. COMPRISING THE HAPPY SAYINGS OF HIS MAJESTY, AND THE CONCLUSION,
With a brief notice of the Author
380
CONCLUSION
400
REGARDING SOME ACCOUNTS OF THE AUTHOR
417
INDEX TO THE THIRD VOLUME OF THE A´I´N-I-AKBARI´
453
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