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548 HISTORY OF PERSIA<br />

Nasrulla Mirza, grandson <strong>of</strong> Nadir Shah,<br />

ii.<br />

386-387<br />

Naus, M., ii. 483<br />

Nautaka, i. 289<br />

Naxos, i. 201, 203<br />

Nazir Mohamed (Uzbeg monarch),<br />

ii.<br />

300<br />

Nearchus, i. 27 ; voyage <strong>of</strong>, 45-47, 149,<br />

295, 298, 309<br />

Nebuchadnezzar I., King <strong>of</strong> Assyria, i. 83,<br />

*33 '34. X 35, 160, 162 j ii. 3<br />

Necho II., King <strong>of</strong> Egypt, i. 134, 135<br />

Nectanebo, i. 245, 247, 248<br />

Nefud (desert),<br />

i.<br />

533<br />

Negritos, aborigines <strong>of</strong> Susian i.<br />

plain,<br />

54-55<br />

Nehemiah, i. 351<br />

Nejd,<br />

ii. 1-2<br />

Nephorites, King <strong>of</strong> Egypt, i. 244<br />

Nero, Emperor, i. 406, 407, 408<br />

Nerva, Emperor, i. 410<br />

Nestorius, the Patriarch, i. 475<br />

Newell, G., ii. 478 footnote<br />

Nicaea, Council <strong>of</strong>, i.<br />

465, 475 ; captured<br />

by Crusaders, ii. 116; 209<br />

Nicaia (the modern Kabul),<br />

i.<br />

289, 293<br />

Nicanor, satrap <strong>of</strong> Media, i. 311<br />

Nicholas, Tsar, ii. 417, 422<br />

Nicholson, R. A., i. ii. i<br />

482 footnote ;<br />

footnote ; 24<br />

Nicobar Islands, ii.<br />

76<br />

Nicopolis, ii. 209<br />

Nidintu-Bel, i. 171, 189 footnote<br />

Niebuhr, Barthold G.,<br />

i. 512<br />

Niffer, i. 400<br />

Niger, Pescinnius, i. 414, 415<br />

"Night <strong>of</strong> Clangour, the," i. 537, 539<br />

Nile, River, i. 40, 47, 51, 168, 206, 229,<br />

245, 306<br />

Nimrod, i. 85<br />

Nineveh, i. 55, 61, 86, 90, 91, 92, 94, 95,<br />

96, 99, 124, 128 first ; siege by Cyaxares,<br />

130; second siege and fall, 131-132;<br />

J 33, i34 175. 2 74> 526, 544<br />

Ningirsu, god <strong>of</strong> Lagash, i. 73<br />

Ninmar, goddess, i. 70<br />

Ninni, goddess, i. 71<br />

Nippur, i. 70, 74<br />

Nisa (or Nasa),<br />

i. 101 ;<br />

ii. 99, 153, 154,<br />

156<br />

Nisaean horses, i.<br />

121, 299, 540<br />

i.<br />

Nisaya, 101<br />

Nishapur, city <strong>of</strong>, i. 101, 329, 436, 460,<br />

ii.<br />

486 ; 32, 48, 58, 64, 83, 89, 91, 99,<br />

100 ; observatory at, 105 ; 126, 137,<br />

139, 140, 141, 142, 152 ;<br />

destruction<br />

by Mongols, 155-156; 178, 184,211,<br />

258 ; captured by Nadir Kuli, 341<br />

Nisibis, i. 368, 412, 414, 415, 417, 431,<br />

442, 446, 447,448, 451 ;<br />

restored to<br />

Shapur, 457-458 ; 460, 467, 475, 476,<br />

479, 480, 494, 517<br />

Nizami <strong>of</strong> Ganja (poet), ii. 140 ; 141<br />

Nizami ai-Arudi, poet, i. ii.<br />

508 ; 131 ;<br />

account <strong>of</strong> Omar Khayyam, 137; author<br />

<strong>of</strong> the Chahar Makala, 140 ; 227 footnote<br />

Nizam-ul-Mulk, i. 487 ; ii. 103, 104, 105 ;<br />

downfall <strong>of</strong>, 106-107; 109, m, 112,<br />

119; Siasat-Nama, written by, 136;<br />

Omar Khayyam and, 137; Al-Ghazali<br />

and, 139<br />

Nizar, Fatimite Prince, ii.<br />

109, 172<br />

No Deh River,<br />

i.<br />

Noh 284<br />

I., or Noah, ii. 90<br />

Noh II., reign <strong>of</strong>, ii.<br />

90-91 ; 133<br />

NSldeke, Pr<strong>of</strong>essor Th., i. 176, 228 footnote^<br />

427 footnote, 506, 521 ;<br />

ii.<br />

37<br />

Nomads, the, i.<br />

359; victories over<br />

Parthians, 360-361<br />

Noman (Arab Prince), i.<br />

521, 522, 542<br />

Norman mercenaries,<br />

ii.<br />

104<br />

Noruz, Mongol general, ii. 188, 195<br />

Noshirwan the Just, King, i. 479, 480,<br />

485 footnote ; reign <strong>of</strong>, 486-499; birth<br />

and accession, 486 ; peace with Rome,<br />

487 sack <strong>of</strong> ; Antioch, 488 ; campaigns<br />

in Lazica, 489-491 ;<br />

second peace with<br />

Rome, 491 ; subjugation <strong>of</strong> the White<br />

Huns, 492 ;<br />

Arabian campaign, 493 ;<br />

Turkish campaign, 494 ;<br />

third war with<br />

Rome, 494-495 ; position <strong>of</strong> Christians<br />

under, 495-496 character and achievements,<br />

;<br />

496-499 ; 500 ;<br />

land tax, 501 ;<br />

improvements in irrigation, 501-502 ;<br />

his army, 504; his palace, 509-510;<br />

515, 516, 528 ;<br />

ii. 8, 36, 54, 348, 479<br />

Nott, General, ii. 436<br />

Nozar, Prince, i. 144<br />

Nubia,<br />

i. 168<br />

Nuchens, the, ii. 121, 122, 147<br />

Nur-u-Din, Sayyid ;<br />

shrine at Mahun, ii.<br />

238<br />

Nushishad, Christian son <strong>of</strong> Noshirwan, i.<br />

495<br />

Nysa, alleged foundation by Bacchus,<br />

i.<br />

290<br />

Oannes, legend <strong>of</strong>, i. 64-65<br />

Obayd-Ulla, Uzbeg monarch, ii. 243<br />

Obaydulla, governor <strong>of</strong> Kufa, ii. 41, 42,<br />

43<br />

Obolla, i. 532 ; capture <strong>of</strong>, 540<br />

Ocatz, fair at, ii. 9<br />

Ochus, Prince, afterwards Artaxerxes III.,<br />

q.-v.<br />

Ochus, Prince, afterwards Darius II., q.v.<br />

Octavia, i. 385<br />

Octavius, i. 378<br />

Odenathus <strong>of</strong> Palmyra contest with<br />

;<br />

Shapur I., i. 434-435<br />

O'Donovan, E., i. 29 ; ii. 458 footnote, 464<br />

Odzayb, i. 536<br />

Ogotay, Khakan, son <strong>of</strong> Chcngiz Khan,

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