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Kāshifī

p. 650

for ’ izáz . ↩ Sag-magas ‘dog-fly.’ The word does not occur in the dictionary, and I know not which of the detestable insect-brood is intended. ↩ S’ad-i akbar signifies, also, ‘the

Firdawsī

p. 176

lb. av. P. reads “three” for “thirty.” ↩ Alláh akbar. Properly “God is greatest.” This part is very Arabic. ↩ See p. 80. ↩ The weight of the “man” varies with the locality. The

Mīr Khvānd

p. 61

these; for I have not proved them.’ ↩ Ibid. , 43: ‘And the Philistine said unto David, Am I a dog, that thou comest to me with staves?’ ↩ By shouting Allahu-akbar —‘Allah is greatest

The Geographical Part of the Nuzhat-al-Qulub

Ḥamd-Allāh Mustawfī

p. 214

Shāh Ṭabrīzī, see Tāj-ad-Dīn `Alīābad, 60 Alīd, guardhouse, 169 `Ālij, desert, 266 Alīshār, 76 Alīshtar, 106 Allāh Akbar, district, 214 Allāh Akbar, island, 232 Almagest , 99 Almāliq

Šīr Henry M. Elliot

p. 622

Blochmann has ample authority for asserting the existence of such a place. He refers to Badáúní (ii. 207), who says that Akbar attacked Rantambhor from “the top of the hill of Ran, which commands

Al-ʿUtbī

p. 270

three months, and seven days, and deceasing at Bukhárá, on Tuesday, the nineteenth day of Rabia-Al-Akbar, in the year 343, his dignity devolved upon his son, Abdul-Malik-’bn-Núh, who governed

Al-Ḥarīrī

p. 39

meaning lies, untruth, falsehood), and desire from us sound food, then listen and answer, so that thou mayest get thee thy due. He replied: “God is greatest (Allah akbar), the truth will become

Ibn Isfandiyār

p. 167

But as the latter was sitting rejoicing over this message, he suddenly heard the cries of “ Alláhu akbar! ” and saw around him the white standards of the 'Alawís, and heard the shouts of their

Mīr Khvānd

p. 381

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

Badāʾūnī

p. 504

Makkah. The word nīshtar records the date of this occurrence. 504 These incidents have only been briefly alluded to here, because they are related 504a fully in the Akbar Nāma and the (Tārīkh-i

Mīr Khvānd

p. 530

Yamâmah, claimed to be a prophet, and was killed during the Khalifate of Ssiddyq Akbar, 348 as shall be narrated in detail in this volume if it pleaseth Allah the Most High. In this year also the

Šīr Henry M. Elliot

p. 135

good figure, and was about thirteen years of age, who had been lately purchased by Nawáb Shujá'u-d daula, and calling him Akbar Sháh, placed him on the throne, and constituted himself Wazír . Zú

E. G. Browne

p. 500

that no single individual (except, perhaps, Jalálu'd-Dín Rúmí) produced a greater effect on the thought of his successors than the Shaykh-i-Akbar (“Most Great Shaykh”) of Andalusia. The

E. G. Browne

p. 132

mentioned, by the teachings of “the most great doctor” ( ash-Shaykhu'l-akbar ) Muḥiyyu'd-Dín ibnu'l-'Arabí, by origin of the famous Arabian tribe of Ṭayy, and by birth a Moor of Andalusia

Mīr Khvānd

p. 398

The shout Allahu-akbar , ‘A’lah the greatest,’ is meant. ↩ Qurân, ch. xxii. 40. ↩ Qurân, ch. ii. 151. ↩ Hamzah, an uncle of the prophet, fought on his side at Ohod, and was killed in

Davvānī

p. i

age, be procurable; but the study of the Akhlāk-i-Nāsiry and Akhlāk-i-Jalāly will afford you ample occupation.” Letter from the Minister of Akbar to the Khānkhānān or Commander in Chief

Al-Ḥarīrī

p. 367

i. 87 Sarḥah tree, ii. 3 Sarî‘, an Arabic metre, i. 292, 384, 448, 469 Ṣa‘ṣa‘ah, or Ṣa‘ṣa‘at ibn Najiyeh, grandfather of the Poet Farazdaḳ, i. 349, 436 Sâsân al Akbar, son of

Mīrzā Ḥaydar Dughlāt

p. 259

infer that it derived its name from Shah-Rukh Mirza, fourth son of Timur, who reigned in Khorasan, etc., from 1405-1447, and that it was a silver coin, though Col. Malleson, in his Life of Akbar

Mīrzā Ḥaydar Dughlāt

p. 325

same as the Tanáb of Persia, and the Bigah of India, but that its value differs greatly according to locality and different historical periods. In Akbar's time it was fixed at 3600 Iláhi gaz ; while

Mīrzā Ḥaydar Dughlāt

p. 191

is the person here referred to as an “execrable devil.” ↩ This must have been written about the time when, according to Abul Fazl (the historian of Akbar), Mirza Haidar was giving so much