INDEX.
A.

A’AD, People of, 99, 101, 102, 105

A’amil, 356-358

Aaron. See Harûn

Abbasides, The, viii.

Abd-ul-hâkum Jauhari, 120

Abdullah Bin Abbas, 61, 129

Abdullah Bin Omar, 122

Abdullah Bin Shuhub, 288

Abel, 14, 51. See Habil

Abraham, 3. See Ebrahim

Abu Ali Ja’fer Bin Yaqûb ul Isfa­hani, 40, 41

Abu Harira, 61

Abu Mâlek Ush-shujayi, 61

Adam, History of, 41-51. His transactions with Cain and Abel, 51-54. His fall and punishment, 47, 48. His progeny and prophecy, 54-56. His death, 56. His names and surnames, 58. His afflictions, 60. His miracles, 64. His book, 40, 64. The number of his children, 65. The sciences and trades of his time, 64. His building the Ka’bah, 50, 170. His journey to Mekkah, 50. His meeting Eve on A’ra­fat, 50

A’is [Esau], 190-192, 196, 197

Aiûb [Job], 191. Record of, 291-299. His personal description, etc., 299, 300

Akbar, The Emperor, viii. Trans­lations ordered by him, viii.

Alexander the Great, 10. See Eskander

Alfaragius, 124

Aliamani Aliafai, 35

Ali, son of Abu Tâleb, 165

Amalekites, The, 365, 366

Amir Ali Shir, 19, 33

A’mra, wife of Esmail, 183

Anus Bin Mâlik, 300, 353

Anûsh [Enos], 67

Anka, or Zuleikha, 227

Anssari, or auxiliary, 34; note 34

Aqlemia, sister of Cain, 51, 52

Arabic, vii., viii., xi.

‘Arabic Authors,’ viii.

Ardan [Jordan], The, 148; notes 135 and 136; 365

Ariha [Jericho], 341

Ark of the Testimony, The, 354, 355

Ark, Record of Nûh’s, 88

Ashir, 194

Asia, wife of Fara’ûn, 308, 309, 311, 313, 327, 329

Avuj, son of Anaq, 366, 368

Azar (also called Târakh), father of Abraham, 126-128

Azazil, 38; note 41. See Eblis

Azrayil, the angel of death, note 41; 42, 55, 57, 70, 71, 87, 109, 110, 176

Azûlûn, 194. See Zebulun

B.

Baghdad, vii.

Bakhtanassar [Nebuchadnezzar], 126

Bard [Jared?], 67

Barzachumir, 26

Beards of the children of Adam, 59

Bedayet we Nihayet, 54, 121, 312

Beidhâvi, 63, 126

Benjamin. See Ebn Yâmin

Bezoar Stone, The, note 97

Bible, The, vii., xi., 3, 8

Birds in the Desert, 369

Black Stone, The, 49; note 56; 50, 172

Bodleian, The, xi.

Boraq, 18; note 17; 141, 161, 162, 183-185

British Museum, The, vii., xi.

C.

Cain, 14, 51. See Qabil

Cainan, 67. See Qenân

Caleb. See Kalûb

Calmet, 8, note *

Camel, The Story of the female, 112-114. Her death, 115

Christians, The, 3. Their sects, 6. Their belief, 6-8

Cloud, The, 340, 343, 358, 359

Commandments, The Ten, 349, 350

Contracts, Use of, 55

Councils of Nice and Constanti­nople, 8, note *

Courteille, Pavet de, note 63

Cow, The, 357, 358; note 317

Creation of Genii, 34, 36. Of the Light of Muhammad, 35; note 123

Cup, The Divining, note 1, note 180; 271

D.

Dan, 194. See Vân

Daûd, 126

David, 3, 55; note 73. See Daûd

Documents, Use of, 55

E.

Eblis [Satan], Dominion of, 36; note 41. His career, 38-40. His remarks about Adam, 43. His temptation of Adam and Eve, 47. Mentioned 73, 74, 79, 87, 149, 167, 294, 295, etc.

Ebn Abbas, 36, 49, 84, 89, 103, 119, 138, 149, 173, 308, 314, 319

Ebn Jûzi, 144

Ebn Kathir, note 281; 121

Ebn Yahia, 62

Ebn Yâmin [Benjamin], 194, 197, 201, 258, 261, 262, 265-267

Ebrahim [Abraham], 61. Record of, 126-140. His birth, 129, 132. His early intelligence, 129, 130, 133. His destruction of idols, 131, 135, 136. His appearance before Nimrud, 134. His being thrown into the fire, 137. His adventures there, 138. His struggles with Nimrud, 139, 140, 143. His departure from that country, 144. His sojourn in Egypt, 145. Sarah’s adventures there, 145, 146. His departure from Egypt and journey to Filis­teen [Palestine], 146. His settling at Qasat, 147. The sacrifice of his son Esma’il, 165-168. His building the Ka’bah, 171, 172. His prayer there, 173. Some details about his life, 174; and his death, 175. Further details about his life, 176, 177. His sayings, 178. His appearance, 180; and other information about him, 181-183

Editor’s Preface, vii.-xii.

Edris [Enoch], The prophet, record of, 68, 72; note 77 (a). His personal appearance, 72. His maxims, 72, 73

Edris, Book of, 59

Egyptians, note 275. See Qabats

Elghâzâr, son of Aaron, 356, 379

Emâm Abul-Hasan Fariâbi, 62

Emâm Anjum-ud-din Omar Nashafi, 249

E’mran, father of Moses, 308

Enoch, 68. See Edris

Enos, 67. See Anûsh

Esahâq [Isaac], his birth, 163-165. His mission, 189. His marriage, 189. His twin sons, Esau and Jacob, 190. The story about them, 190. His death, 191. His description, miracles, and tomb, 191, 192

Esau, 190. See A’is

Eskander, 10

Esma’il [Ishmael], his birth, 157. His story, 158-163. How he was about to be sacrificed, 165-168. His building of the Ka’bah with Abraham, 171, 172. His record, 183 - 186. His mission, 186. Further details about him, 187. His death, 187. His tomb at Mekkah, 188

Esrafil, 138; note 129

Esrâil [Israel]. See Ya’qûb

Esrâil, Children of, 321, 329, 331, 333-348, 358, 360, 370, 378, 379

Ethe, Professor, xi.

Evangel, or Gospels, 6; note 187

Eve, her creation, 45. Her mar­riage, 45, 46. Her temptation and fall, 47. Her punishment, 48. Her transfer to Jeddah, 48. Her rejoining Adam at A’rafat, 50. Her death, 65.

F.

Fara’ûn [Pharaoh], 306. His tyr­anny over the children of Israel, 306. His order to kill their children, 307. The events at Eskanderia, 308. His daughter, 309. His wife Asia, 308, 310. His bringing up of Moses, 310, 311. His intention to kill him, 313. His castle, 323. His reception of Moses and Aaron, 324-328. The building of his lofty castle, 333. His pursuit of the children of Israel, 336. His destruction in the sea, 338, 339

Fariâbi, 62, 207

Farsakhs, 123; note 117; 351, 368

Fasan sacrifice, The, 335; note 296

Fathehah, The, 283; note 248

Feast of unleavened bread, 335

Firdausi, 10; note 196

Flood, The, 83-85.

Farqân, 350; note 311

G.

Gabriel, The angel, 14. See Jeb­râil

Gad, 194

Gayangos, 11, note *

Genii, Creation of, 34, 36

Gibbon, 8, note *

Gog, 5. See Yajûj

Gospels, The, notes 67, 187

Greek, vii.

Gulistân of Sa’di, notes 77, 102

H.

Habil [Abel], 14. Story of, 51-53. His sacrifice, 52. His death, 52

Hadith Quds, or Sacred Tradition, notes 12-16

Hâfez Abru, 40, 56, 67, 153, 191, 225, 269, 270

Hagar, 146. See Hâjar

Hâjar, 146; note 134; 148, 157-161

Hâm, 85, 86. His record, 96. His sons, 97. Their territories, 97

Hamâm Bin Munia, 288

Hâmân, Fara’ûn’s Wazir, 324, 327, 332, 333, 337

Harûn [Aaron], Record of, 305, 307. His mission to assist Moses, 320. His going to Pharaoh with Moses, 323. Commands the van­guard at the Exodus, 335. Moses’s wrath with him, 346. His appointments, 355. The death of his two sons, 356. Goes with Moses to the country of the Amalekites, 368. His return, 371. His death, 378

Harût, Story of, 75-78

Hasan Bossri, 90, 288

Heber, note 107

Historians, Qualities necessary to, 29-31. Names of Arab, 31. Of Persian, 32

History, Uses of, 24-27. Why governors should be acquainted with, 28

Hodaifa Alyamani, 61

Holy Land, 365

Homâi, The, 208; note 179; 281

Horoscope, note 87

Hûd, His record, 98. His mission to the people of A’ad, 98-105. His death, 105. Description of his person, his qualities, his miracles, etc., 106

Hûmal, son of Job, 299

I.

Idolatry, Beginning of, 73-75. Further record of, 188. Among the descendants of Ishmael, 189

Ignolatry, 75

Imâd-ud-din Bin Kathir, 121; note 281

Injil, or Evangel, 6, 7

Isa [Jesus], 14

Isaac, 173. See Esahâq

Ishmael. See Esma’il

Islâm, 1; note 159

Israel. See Esrâil

Issachar, 1. See Yashkar; also called Shâkhâr and Yashkûr

J.

Jâbur the auxiliary, 34

Jacob, 192. See Ya’qûb

Jacobites, The [a sect of Chris­tians], 6, 7

Jâmi, note 196

Jan Bin Jan, 36. The sons of, 37, 38

Japheth. See Yâfuth

Jared, 67. See Bard

Jebrâil [Gabriel], 14, 41, 49, 50, 57, 58, 83, 87, 92, 138, 150-154, 158, 161, 163, 168, 195, 210, 211, 216, 217, 223, 225, 232, 248, 278, 298, 311, 336, 353

Jesus, 3, 14; note 81. See Isa

Jethro, 300. See Shoa’ib

Jews, The. Their sects, 3. Their books, 4-6. Histories of, 358, 369

Jinns, The, 36

Job, 291. See Aiûb

Jordan, The. See Ardan

Jorham, The tribe of, 160, 161, 183

Joseph, 3, 14, 194. See Yusuf

Joshua, 3. See Yoshua

Judah, 194. See Yahuda

K.

Ka’bah, The, 50, 170, 171

Ka’b-ullâkhbâr, 71, 165, 300, 315

Kalbi, 186, 288

Kalûb [Caleb], 366, 367, 371, 378

Kama Shastra Society, note 77

Kasâi, 128

Kelim Allah, a name of Moses, 289; note 253, note 273

Khizer, note 189; 371, 373-377

Khodayjah, wife of Muhammad, 2

Korah, 360. See Qârûn

L.

Labân, 193-195

Labûda, Abel’s sister, 51

Lâvi [Levi], 194

Leah, 194. See Lia

Levi, 194. See Lâvi

Lia, 194, 280

Loqman A’ad, 99, 104

Lot. See Lôt

Lôt, the Prophet, 144, 145. His record, 148-155. His departure from the Mutafakât, or cities of the plain, 152. Details about him, 156

M.

Madian, People of, 300. Shoa’ib’s mission to them, 300, 301. Their destruction, 302

Madinah, xii.; notes 34 and 35; 225, 353

Mahalaleel, 67. See Mahallayil

Mahallayil, 67

Mahi-ud-din Maghrabi, 37, 377

Magog, 5. See Majûj

Majûj [Magog], Notice of, 122. Wall built against, 123. Its description, 123; note 116

Makarri’s history, 11, note *

Mâlek Bin Za’r, 217-224, 227, 228, 270

Mâmun, The Khalif, vii.

Manna, 369

Mariam, sister of Moses, 359, 360

Marriage of Adam and Eve, 45. The oration pronounced by God, 45

Marût, Story of, 75-78

Masu’di, note 63; 182, 183

Max Müller, Dr., note 40

Mekkah, note 34; 50, 170-172, 174, 353

Melikites, The [a sect of Chris­tians], 6-8

Meynard, Barbier de, note 63

Michael the Angel, 41, 338

Mirkhond, the author, x., xi., 11. His preface, 15-24. How he wrote this book, 18-21. Its contents, 22, 23

Mosaic Law, The, 353, 354

Moses, 3, 14, 305. See Mûsa

Moslem, xi.

Moslems, 1, 2, 3

Muhâjers, The, 225; note 188

Muhammad Bin Almansûr Al-Nishapuri, 164

Muhammad Bin Esahâq, 59, 89, 98, 126, 288

Muhammad Bin Muhammad Shah­aruzzi, 72

Muhammad, The Apostle, viii., xi., 2. His denial of working miracles, 9. His life, 13. Dedi­cation to him, 17, 18, 31; notes 33, 34

Mujâhad, 165, 229

Mulâvi Makhdûmi, 235

Muqadasi, 97

Muqâtl, 89, 90

Mûsa [Moses], record of, 305. His birth, 307, 308. His mother, 308-310. Stories of his babyhood and youth, 310, 311. His flight from Egypt for killing a man, 312, 313. Meets Shoa’ib [Jethro], and his marriage, 314. His staff, 315, 316, 319. His starting to return to Egypt, 316. The fire near Mount Sinai, 317. His interview with God, 318, 319. His mission to Fara’ûn, 320. Harûn [Aaron] to assist him, 320. His going to Egypt, 322. His and Harûn’s visit to Fara’ûn, 323. His miracles, 325, 326, 328, 334. His departure with the Israelites, 335. His dividing and crossing of the sea, 337. His going to Sinai and what happened there, 342-346. His return, and his anger about the molten calf, 346, 347. The massacre of the calf-worshippers, 348. His return to Sinai, 348, 349. Goes again to Sinai, and asks to see God, 351. What happened there, 352, 353. His return to his people, 353. Erects the ark of the testimony, 355. Appoints Harûn to the office of Emâm, etc., 355. Fur­ther wanderings in the desert, 358. His appointment of a chief to each tribe, 359. His sentence on Qârûn, 363. Goes to the country of the Amalekites, 368. Kills Avuj. 368. Strikes the stone for water, 369. Goes to meet Khizer, 372. His adven­tures with him, 373-377. Is present at Harûn’s death, 378.

Mutafakât, or cities of the plain, 145; note 131; 149, 151, 152, 154

N.

Naphtali, 194. See Tha’bali

Naushirwan, vii.; note 29

Nebuchadnezzar. See Bakhtanassar

Nestorians, The [a sect of Chris­tians], 6, 7

Newton, 8, note *

Nimrod. See Nimrud

Nimrud, Story of, 126. His attempts to prevent the birth of Ebrahim, 127, 128. His inter­view with Ebrahim, 134. His casting him into the fire, 137. The result, 139. His challenge to fight Ebrahim, 140, 143. His attempted ascents to heaven, 141, 142. The army of gnats, 143. Was bitten by one, 143. His order to Ebrahim to depart from Babel, 144. His death, 144

Nizami, 10; note 196

Noah. See Nûh

Nûh [Noah] the Confidant, Record VOL. I. of, 78-87. His ark, 81-84. Its inhabitants, 89. His external description and characteristics, 88. His miracles, 90. His mis­sion, 91. His death, 91. Referred to, 170

O.

O’mar, 165, 225; note 187

Oriental Translation Fund, viii., ix., 11, note *; note 33 (a)

P.

Palmer, viii.

Paradise, Description of, 61-63

Passover, The, note 296. See Fasah

Pentateuch, The, 3, note *; note 67; 62, 225; note 187; 288

Persian, vii., viii., xii.

‘Persian Portraits,’ xii.; note 313

Pharaoh. See Fara’ûn

Plagues of Epypt, 330

Porson, 8, note *

Prophets, The, 3, note †

Psalms, The, 5; notes 67, 187

Q.

Qabats [Egyptians], The, 307; note 275; 309, 312, 329, 331, 336

Qabil [Cain], 14. Story of, 51-54. His sacritice, 52. Murder of Abel, 52, 53. The consequences, 54, 56

Qabus Bin Masâb, 285, 305

Qarravi, The [a sect of Jews], 3

Qârûn [Korah], Story of, 360-364

Qatfirnai, 227, 229

Qâzi Abd-ur-rahman-ajjâmi, 228

Qâzi Nassir-ud-din Beidhâvi, 63, 126

Qenan [Cainan], 67

Qitby, 147, 148

Qotâda, 89, 90, 229

Qurân, The [Koran], viii., xi., xii. Origin and source of all sacred and profane history among Mos­lems, 2; notes 67, 187. Many quotations from, see footnotes for chapter and verse

R.

Râa’il, or Zuleikha, 227

Rabbani, The [a sect of Jews], 3, 6

Rachel, 193. See Rahil

Rahil [Rachel], 193, 194, 197, 201, 261

Rahmat, wife of Job, 291, 295, 298, 300

Rass, The People of, 304

Rauzat-ullabâb, 126

Rauzat-us-safa, 11-13. Its con­tents, 22, 23

Rebecca, 189. See Rufqah

Rehatsek, E., xii.

Reuben, 194. See Rubil

Riân, son of Waleed, 228, 285, 305

Rieu, Dr., xi.

Rodwell, viii., 10, note *; notes 84, 86

Rubil [Reuben], 194, 200, 201, 209, 214, 226, 271

Rufqah [Rebecca], 189, 190, 192

Rûm, 191; note 169

S.

Sachau, Professor, xi.

Sâduq Al Muhammad, 169

Sa’id, son of Jabir, 165

Saida, wife of Ishmael, 184, 185

Salah the prophet, Record of, 111-120. His miracle, 112. Descrip­tion of his person and qualities, 120. His age and his death, 120. His tomb, 121

Sale, George, viii., 10, note *; [notes 36, 84, 86, 148, 167]

Salmân Fârsi, the Persian, 26; note 28; 288; note 251

Sâm [Shem], 85, 86. His record, 97. His sons, 98. Their terri­tories, 98

Sâmari, The [a sect of Jews], 3, 4

Sâmeri, 340, 344, 347

Sanân Bin Thabut Allashbuhi, 121

Sanscrit, viii.

Sarah, wife of Abraham, 144-146, 157, 163, 164. Her death, 174

Sari Bin Yahia, 288

Satan, 38; note 41; 46, 47. See Eblis

Savary, viii.

Sects, Seventy-two Muhammadan, note 73

Serpent, The, 46-48

Seth. See Sheth

Shadâd, Record of, 107-110

Shadeed, Record of, 107

Sharastani, 3

Shea, David, 13; note 101

Shekh Mahi-ud-din, 37, 377

Shem. See Sâm

Sheth [Seth], 58, 59, 65, 66

Shima’ûn [Simeon], 194, 208, 226, 262

Shoa’ib [Jethro], His record, 300. His mission, 301, 302. His death, 303. His description, etc., 303. His visit to Moses, 358

Simeon, 194. See Shima’ûn

Simum, The, 36; note 39

Sinai, Mount, 316, 317, 319, 342

Sirat, The bridge, 70; note 74

Society, Royal Asiatic, ix., x.

Solomon, 4. See Suleimân

Sonna, The, 63; note 71

Sprenger, Aloys, [notes 63, 71, 148, 223]

Sufis and Sufism, note 127; 177; [notes 286, 313]

Suhaba [Companions], note 66

Suleimân, 126

Syriac, vii.

T.

Tabari, 56, 65, 67, 80, 99, 140, 142, 147, 152, 153, 168, 191, 225, 237, 262, 291

Tâbi [Followers], 60; note 66

Table, The preserved, 35; note 36; 39, 351

Târikh-uz-zaman, 144

Testaments, The Old and New, xii., 3

Tha’bali [Naphtali], 194

Thalebi, 59, 288, 350

Thamûd, People of, 111-116. Their destruction, 117, 118

Translations, vii., viii.

Translator of this work, 14. The Persian text used by him, 14. His footnotes, 14

Translator’s Preface, 1-14

Tribes of Ya’qûb, Record of the, 194, 289

Trinity, The, 8, note *

U.

Uvlu-l-azm, 79; note 84; 88

V.

Valeed Bin Masab, 306. See Fara’ûn

Vân [Dan], 194

Vaqidi, 180

Venus, note 80; 133. See Zohra

W.

Wall of Zulqarneen, 123; [notes 116, 222]

Warakah Bin Nowfil, 2

Wisdom, House of, vii.

Wuhub Bin Muniah, 86, 240, 300

Y.

Yâfuth [Japheth], 85, 86. His record, 92. His sons, 92-96. Their territories and their doings, 92-96

Yahuda [Judah], 194, 206, 207, 209, 211, 264, 276, 286

Yajûj [Gog], Notice of, 122. Wall built against, 123. Its descrip­tion, 123

Ya’qûb [Jacob], Story of, 192-197. His dream, 192. His going to Laban, 193. His marriage to Leah, 194. To Rachel, 194. His maid-servants, 194. His sons, 194. Story of the sheep, 195. His leaving Laban, 195. His meeting Esau, 196, 197, 199. His advice to Joseph, 199, 200. His mistrust of his other sons, 203. His grief for the loss of Joseph, 213, 216. His consent to his sons going to Egypt, 258. His grief about Simeon, 263; and about Benjamin, 271. His letter to the A’ziz, 272. His certainty about Joseph being alive, 277. His departure to Egypt, 278. His reception there, 279. His death, 281. His personal description, etc., 281. His burial, 282

Yashkhar [Issachar], 194

Yathrab. See Madinah

Yoshua [Joshua], 335, 340, 341, 366-368, 378

Yûnas [Jonah], note 84

Yusuf [Joseph], 14, 194. Story of, 198. His beauty, 199. His dreams, 199-203. His theft when a baby, 202. His brothers’ envy and hatred, 203. Ya’qûb’s refusal to let him go with them to the desert, 203, 205. His request to his father for permission to go, 206. His going with his brothers and what happened, 207-213. The story of the wolf, 214. His father’s lamentations, 213, 216. His sale to the mer­chants, 217-219, 227. His journey to Egypt, 227. What happened on the road, 220-222, 227. His sale by auction in Egypt, 223, 228. His purchase by the A’ziz of Egypt, 228. His adventures with Zuleikha, 229, 230, 233-243. His message to his father, 231. His imprisonment, 243, 245. His interpretation in prison of the dreams of the king s table-decker and cup-bearer, 245-247. His interpretation of the king’s dreams, 248-250, 252, 254. His appointment as A’ziz, 254. The famine years, 255, 256. His brothers come to Egypt, 257, 258. Their adventures there, 259-262. Their return to Canaan without Simeon, 262-264. Their return to Egypt with Benjamin, 264, 265. Their departure again, 266. The drinking-cup found in Ben­jamin’s luggage, 267. The shame and rage of his brothers and their return to the city, 267-270. What the cup said, 271. They return to Canaan without Ben­jamin and Reuben, 271. Cor­respondence between Jacob and Joseph as A’ziz, 272-274. Return of the brethren to Egypt, 274. Their recognition of Joseph, 275. Judah’s mission to Jacob, 276. The journey of the whole family to Egypt, 278. Their reception, 279. Joseph’s marriage with Zuleikha, 282, 283. His miracle, 283. The witness to his chastity, 284. His final instructions, 286. His death, 287. His personal description, etc., 287. His tomb, 288. Discovery of his tomb, 334. Removal of his coffin, 334, 335

Z.

Zabâlûn, 194

Zafar-namah, The, 96; note 100

Zartusht, 75

Zebulun, 194. See Zabâlûn

Zemzem Well, The, 159; note 147; 160, 183

Zend Avesta, 75

Zendiq, 75

Zohâk, 80, 108, 126, 229

Zohra, 76, 77

Zoroaster, 75. See Zartusht

Zuleikha, 227-230, 233-243, 248, 251, 252

Zulqarneen, Story of, 121, 122. Not Alexander the Grecian, 121. His deeds, 123-125. His descrip­tion, 125, 126

END OF VOLUME I.