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Ḥazīn Lāhījī

p. 91

Revered he came to Isphahan, and was much respected by the late Sultan, who had the intention of honouring him with the dignity of Sadr Os Sodôr. 1 But the aspirers to that office exerted their

Abū al-Fażl ʿAllāmī

p. 15

Soná B. Bázú, see Sonágháti B. Bázú, see Sultán B. Bázúchap, s. Maḥmúdábád, S. Bengal, 132. Bázú Faulád Sháhi, s. Ghorághát, S. Bengal, 135. Bázúrást, s. Maḥmúdábád, S

Al-Ḥarīrī

p. 489

Assemblies were composed, and there is a propriety in making Abû Zayd speak of it as a place of refuge. It was afterwards, under the reign of Joscelin II., captured by the Sultan ‘Imâd ad Dîn

Al-Ḥarīrī

p. 252

probable by the fact that one of the titles of the Turkish Sultan is ‘Lord of the two seas,’ i.e. , the Black Sea and the Mediterranean.” This is ingenious enough, as far as it goes, but it

Mīr Khvānd

p. 517

AND JUDGES OF THAT EPOCH. When the apostle began to entertain the idea of sending letters to the Sultâns of various countries inviting them to profess Islâm, many persons represented to him that

Mīr Khvānd

p. 125

and having expelled us from the abode of the Sultanate and the residence of our fathers and ancestors, they are bent upon subjugating the whole monarchy to its furthest boundaries. It being incumbent

Mīr Khvānd

p. 398

there is no God but Allah, and that Muhammad is the apostle of Allah.’ ↩ Quran, ch. ii. 151. ↩ Amir A’li Shir, the prime minister of Sultân Husain Mirza, ruler of Khorâsân, was the patron

Firdawsī

p. 62

to the story. Kaid's dreams are a veiled presentment of Firdausí's own discontent with the circumstances of his own time, and contain a fierce arraignment of Sultan Mahmúd himself. 62b Kait, Kaihan

Mīr Khvānd

p. 27

Arabian and foreign Sultâns. One of his acts was the deepening of the well Zamzam. RECORD OF THE CAUSES OF THE FILLING UP OF THE WELL ZAMZAM, AND ITS BEING DEEPENED IN CONSEQUENCE OF A REVELATION OF

E. G. Browne

p. xiv

ACCESSION OF SULTÁN MAḤMÚD OF GHAZNA (A.D. 850-1000) X. THE GENERAL PHENOMENA OF THE FIRST PERIOD OF THE DECLINE OF THE CALIPHATE (A.D. 847-1000), FROM THE ACCESSION OF AL-MUTAWAKKIL TO THE

[Pseudo-] Muḥsin Fānī

p. 89

in Lahor, the capital of the sultan, a Brahman, called Sri Manu Rama, who would not accept any nourishment from the Musulmans, nor keep society with strangers. It was said, that an Umra of the

Firdawsī

p. 448

his daughter entertain Bahrám Gúr, 59 seq. Mahmúd, Sultán, 277, 431 Máhwí (= Sháhwí?), one of Fir- dausí's authorities, 382 Mái, city between the Oxus and Bukhárá? 91, 331, 385, 421 Mái

W. A. Clouston

p. 352

question and answer occur in the story of “The Sultan of Yaman and his Three Sons,” one of the tales translated by Jonathan Scott from the Wortley-Montague MS. text of the Alf Layla wa Layla , or

Niẓāmī Ganjavī

p. 50

sultan’s name, somewhat more joyfully should offer thanks. By such a king 636 636 636a 636a on mountain or on plain the onager when branded brands escapes.— In such a place of tombs there is no

E. G. Browne

p. 454

successively bore the titles of Ṣaní'u'd-Dawla, Mú'tamanu's-Sulṭán, and I'timádu'd-Dawla, and was the son of Ḥájji 'Alí Khán of Marágha, originally entitled Ḥájibu'd-Dawla and later I

Abū al-Fażl ʿAllāmī

p. 103

Ṣarái, capital of the Barakah country 85 . 48 . Ibn Baṭúṭah visited this town from Astrakhan (II 446). The town was called Sera Barakah, the capital of Sultan Uzbec. This name is also given to

Niẓāmī Ganjavī

p. 139

kings and sultans bear the exactions of (their) guests. When once again I had no patience left, she said, It will be so, withhold your hand. Though life they touch, I’ll suffer your demands—you

E. G. Browne

p. 111

its ultimate development in the celebrated epic of the Sháhnáma , or “Book of Kings,” an immense poem, generally computed at about 60,000 couplets, composed by Firdawsí for Sulṭán Maḥmúd

The Dabistān, or School of Manners, Volume 1

[Pseudo-] Muḥsin Fānī

p. cxl

executioners were unknown save at the fatal moment of action; mighty khalifs and sultans met with their murderers among their most intimate servants, or the guardians of their doors, in the midst of

The Rauzat-us-Safa (Rehatsek), Part 1, Volume 1

Mīr Khvānd

p. 12

historicis illustravit. Fredericus Wilken. Berolini, 1831, 1 vol., 4to.’ ‘Geschichte der Sultane aus dem Geschlechte Bujeh, persisch und deutsch Von Friedr Wilken. Berlin, 1835, 4to