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INDEX 521
277 j capture of Babylon and Susa, 277 ;
'
Ahura Mazda (Ormuzd, or Hormuzd), i.
Egypt, 271-272 ; battle of Arbela, 273- 467
in, 112, 113, 116, 117, 118, 189, occupation of Persepolis and Pasarj'
194, 419, 420, 428, 515
277-279 ; capture of Ecbatana, 279,
Ahwaz, i. 43, 44, 45, 46, 48, 277, 298, 280 j pursuit and death of Darius C<
417, 425, 541 j
mannus, 280-2825 conquest of Hyrcania-
ii.
72 sack of, 85 ;
;
British expedition to, 454
P:irthia, and Areia, 283-285 j
annexation
of Sistan and march up the Hel-
Ain Tamar, i. 533
Ajami, ii. 257
mand, 285-286 crosses Hindu Kush
j
Akaba, Gulf of, i.
418 ;
and annexes Bactria, 286-287 ; captures
ii.
19
Akbar, Moghul Emperor, ii. 248, 256
Bessus, 287 j
advance to Sir Daria,
Akbar Khan, son of Dost Mohamed, ii. 287-288 ;
first Macedonian reverse,
436
288 5 capture of the Soghdian Rock,
Akhal Oasis, i.
330, 331
288-289 j
invasion of India, 289-290 ;
Akkad, i. 40, 42 ; meaning of, 50 5 early
battle with Porus, 290-293 ;
limit of
history, 64 et seq., 79, 83, 96, 300
Ak-Kuyunlu, or "White conquest, 293-294 ; expedition to the
Sheep" Dynasty, Indian Ocean, 295-296 march from
;
q.v.
the Indus to Susa, 296-298 ; voyage to
Ala (Governor of the Bahrein Province), Babylon, 298-300 ; death, 300 ;
character
S4i
and achievements, 303-304, 305,
Alafrang, son of Gaykhatu, ii. 193
307, 308 ;
destruction of his family,
Ala Kapi (" Lofty Gate "), at Isfahan, ii. 309-310 ; 315, 318, 324, 325, 326, 338,
286
35*. 35737i 382, 394, 399,411,419,
Ala Kush-Tekin, chief of the White 423, 451, 454, 455, 456, 458, 520, 524,
Tartars, ii. 148
ii.
543 ; 44, 48, 152, 164, 197, 198, 305
Alamut, chief fortress of the Assassins, ii. Alexander, son of Amyntas, King of
109, no, 120, 172
Macedon, i. 202, 220, 253
Alamut, or Alwand, Prince of the Ak- Alexander, King (son of Roxana), i. 306,
Kuyunlu Dynasty, ii. 241
Alani, the, i. 409, 413, 439 ;
310
Alexander (Satrap of Persis), i.
334
ii. 166
Alaric, i. 464
Alexander, Tsar, ii. 403
Ala-u-Din, the "World-Burner," ii. 120, Alexander Balas (the Pretender), i.
354,
121
355
Ala-u-Din Juwayni (historian),
ii. 226 Alexandria, i. 271-272, 350, 389; captured
Ala-u-Din Mohamed, Shah of Khwarazm,
by the Persians, 522-523 }
besieged
ii.
126, 127, 128 j pursuit and death of,
by Omar, ii. 30 j 32
Alexandria i.
(now Kandahar), 286
Ala-u-Dola, nephew of ii.
Ulugh Beg, 218 Alexandria (apud Caucasum),
i.
286, 289
Albania, province in the Caucasus, i. 23, Alexandria (modern Gulashkird),
i.
298,
370, 372, 472, 524
326
Albigenses, the, i. 438
Alexandria (on the Hari Rud),
i.
326
Albinus, Roman general, i. 415
Alexandria Eschate (the modern Khojand),
Al-biruni (historian),
i.
436, 437 j
ii.
92,
i. 287
93 footnote, 132-133
Alexis, Emperor, ii. 300, 301
Al-Duruzi, Vizier of Hakim Biamrillah, Alexius, Emperor, ii. 115, 116
ii. 108
Alfred the Great,
i. 186
Aleppo, i. 521 j
Al-Ghazali (theologian), ii.
103 ; career
ii.
167, 175, 179, 189,
263
Alexander the Great,
i. 12, 23, 30,45, 65,
180, 194, 195, 207, 225, 240, 250, 251
of, 138-139
Al Hurr, Arab chief, ii. 41, 42
Ali, Caliph (son of Abu Talib), ii. n, 18,
footnote, 252, 255 ; quarrel with his 315 elected Caliph, 335 war against
father, Philip of Macedon, 256 ;
extraordinary
Muavia, 34-35 j arbitration, 35 j
last
fame of, 257 j myths con-
years of and assassination, 36 }
character,
cerning, 258 5 youth and accession of,
36-37 ; 39, 44, 45, 46, 47, 55,
258-259 $ recognised by Hellas, 259- 57, 65, 82, 193
260 j
destruction of Thebes, 260 j
campaigns
Ali (general in Amin's army),
ii.
72
of, 261 et seq. ;
battle of the Ali, Khoja, ancestor of the Safavi Dynasty,
Granicus, 264-265 surrender of
j
Sardes,
265 $ campaign in Caria, Lycia, Pamphylia,
ii.
240
Asghar, son of Husayn, ii. 43
Pisidia and Phrygia, 265-267 ;
Ali Asghar Khan, Grand Vizier, ii. 485
battle of Issus, 267-270 ; siege and capture
Ali bin Buwayha, ii. 93
of Tyre, 270-271 ;
annexation of Ali Khan, Chief of the Sarbandi, ii.
466,