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Leonidas, i. 213, 214 footnote, 343<br />

179 ;<br />

Lepiclus, Marcus Aemilius, i. 385<br />

ii.<br />

Lesghians, the; 204, 313, 317;<br />

Nadir's campaign against, 360-361;<br />

362<br />

Le Strange, Guy,<br />

i.<br />

24 footnote, 75 footnote<br />

Leuctra, i. 243<br />

Levant, the, ii. 77<br />

Libya, i. 210, 228, 300<br />

Lignitz, Battle <strong>of</strong>, ii. 144<br />

Li-Kien (Chinese for Hyrcania), i. 366<br />

Lingah, i. 38, 47<br />

Little Balkans, i. 2<br />

L<strong>of</strong>tus, W. K.,<br />

i. 59, 60<br />

Lohrasp, King, i. 146<br />

Lomakin, general, ii. 463<br />

Longfellow, H. W. his ; poem " Kambalu,"<br />

ii. 174<br />

Lop Lake, i. 366<br />

Lop, River, i. 12, 13<br />

Loti, Pierre, i. 21, y> footnote<br />

Louis, St. (Louis IX.), ii. 159, 169<br />

Louis the Pious, son <strong>of</strong> Charlemagne 5<br />

embassy to Mamun, ii. 114<br />

Louis XIV.,<br />

ii. 28<br />

Lovett, Major Beresford, ii. 466<br />

Lucian, i. 318<br />

Lucullus, i. 367, 368, 369, 370<br />

Ludhiana, ii. 403<br />

Lulubi, district <strong>of</strong>, i. 71, 73<br />

320<br />

Luristan, i. 43, 47, 299, 351 5 Dynasty<br />

established, 128 ii. ; 179-257, 258<br />

Lut, The, the great desert <strong>of</strong> <strong>Persia</strong>, i. 4,<br />

17 ; description <strong>of</strong>, 19-22 ; 25, 30, 37,<br />

120, 121-122, 166, 286, 298, 329, 338 ;<br />

ii.<br />

32,48, 184<br />

Lutf Ali Khan, <strong>Persia</strong>n general, ii. 304,<br />

312 dismissal<br />

; <strong>of</strong>, 313<br />

Lutf Ali Khan, Zand, ii. 380, 381 campaigns<br />

<strong>of</strong>, and death, 382-384<br />

;<br />

Lycia, i. 173, 265, 266<br />

Lycus, River, i. 314<br />

Lydia, i. 133 et seq., 136; invention <strong>of</strong><br />

coinage, 137-138; war with Media, 138;<br />

153, 154, 159, 162, 167, 173, 209, 232,<br />

233 ; conquered by Alexander the<br />

Great, 265<br />

Lynch, Messrs., ii. 476, 477<br />

Lyons, 1.415 council<br />

; <strong>of</strong>, ii.<br />

168-169<br />

Lysander, i. 236<br />

Lysias, guardian <strong>of</strong> Seleucid prince, i. 352<br />

Lysimachia, city in Thrace, i. 342, 345<br />

Lysimachus, i. 310 battle <strong>of</strong><br />

; Ipsus, 312-<br />

313 ; 314 defeat and<br />

; death, 315-316 ;<br />

Macan, Dr. R. W., i. 198 footnote, 253<br />

footnote<br />

Maccabees, Book <strong>of</strong>, i.<br />

351, 352<br />

M'Crindle, Alexander, i. 289 footnote<br />

Macdonald, Sir John, ii. 420, 421<br />

Macedonia, i. 176, 177 submission<br />

5 <strong>of</strong>,<br />

INDEX 543<br />

1 80, 198, 202, 224, 249 rise<br />

; <strong>of</strong>,<br />

under Philip and Alexander, 251-260;<br />

geography <strong>of</strong>, 251-252 ; people <strong>of</strong>, 252-<br />

253 ; early history, 253 ; 259, 260,<br />

262 ; start <strong>of</strong> the Great Expedition,<br />

263 ; 267, 300 Macedonians and<br />

;<br />

Scotch compared, 302 ; 303, 309, 310 ;<br />

throne occupied by Demetrius, 314;<br />

invaded by the Gauls, 317-318 First<br />

;<br />

Macedonian War, 338 et Second<br />

seq. ;<br />

Macedonian War, 340 et Third<br />

seq. ;<br />

Macedonian War, 350 ; 359, 362, 363,<br />

383<br />

M'Mahon, Sir Henry, i. ii, 286 ;<br />

ii.<br />

469<br />

M'Neill, Sir John, ii. 428, 431, 432, 434,<br />

43?<br />

Macrianus, Prefect, i. 432, 433<br />

Macrinus, i. 417<br />

Madagascar, ii. 76<br />

Madain (Ctesiphon) ; capture <strong>of</strong>, i. 538-<br />

5395 54-Q, 541<br />

ii.<br />

; 39, 57, 65<br />

Madaktu, city <strong>of</strong>, i. 47, 91, 96<br />

Madrasa-i-Shah Husayn,<br />

ii.<br />

287<br />

Maerli, the, i. 259<br />

Magas, half-brother <strong>of</strong> Ptolemy II., i. 319<br />

Magi, the, i. 103, 115-116, 398, 428<br />

Magnesia, i. 214; Battle <strong>of</strong>, 343-346;<br />

348, 349, 362<br />

Mahaffy, Pr<strong>of</strong>essor J. P., i. 315 footnote ;<br />

Mahdiya (near Tunis),<br />

Mahmud, ii. 91, 95 ;<br />

career <strong>of</strong>, 96-97 ;<br />

and the Seljuks, 99; 100 ; 132, 133,<br />

*34> 135<br />

Mahmud, Ghilzai Chief, ii.<br />

310 ; first<br />

ii. 108<br />

expedition, 312 ;<br />

second expedition, 313,<br />

et seq. ; 321, 322, 323 ;<br />

massacres at<br />

Isfahan, 324-325;<br />

attack on Bandar<br />

Abbas, 325 ;<br />

death and character, 326-<br />

327 ; 329 ;<br />

tomb desecrated, 333<br />

Mahmud, brother <strong>of</strong> Zaman Shah, ii. 396,<br />

403, 404. 415<br />

Mahmud <strong>of</strong> Ghazna, Sultan, ii. 132<br />

Mahmud Shah, Prince <strong>of</strong> Kerman, ii. 190<br />

Mahmud (son <strong>of</strong> Malik Shah),<br />

ii.<br />

in,<br />

1 12<br />

Mahoz Malka (fortress), i.<br />

Mahun 454<br />

;<br />

shrine at, ii.<br />

238<br />

Majd-u-Dola, Buwayhid Prince, ii. 95<br />

Maka, now Makran,<br />

i.<br />

173<br />

Makran, province <strong>of</strong>, i.<br />

160, 179, 257,<br />

296, 297, 304, 470, 543<br />

ii.<br />

; 53, 164 ;<br />

Boundary Commission, 465-466<br />

Malamir, plain <strong>of</strong>, i. 48<br />

Malay Peninsula, ii. 76<br />

Malcolm, Sir John, ii. 196 footnote, 214,<br />

240, 260 footnote, 261, 314 footnote, 317<br />

footnote, 327, 381, 382 footnote, 387, 388<br />

footnote, 391, 395 footnote, 397 ; his first<br />

mission, 398-399 ; 400 ; his second<br />

mission, 404-405 ;<br />

third mission, 406-<br />

407; 413

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