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INDEXBO considered,;246 Fatimid, 397. See also MessianicIdea-Mahdi (/Abbasid Caliph),159, 162, 207, 254, 267, 276,37, 317, 3i8, 322, 328Mahdiyya (city <strong>of</strong> ), 353,359, 397Mahfurudhin, 308Mahmud <strong>of</strong> Ghazna, HI, 337,339. 371, 376, 456, 457, 468,471Mahmud Shabistari (poet andmystic), 282, 444Mahmud Warraq (<strong>Persia</strong>npoet), 355Mahmud (elephant), 177Mah-Sa/. anda ("Moonmaker"),319. See -Muqanna'Mahyar b. Marzuya-Daylami,448Mainvo-i-Khirad, 82, 106, 159Ibn K'laja, 357Ifajalisu'l-Mu'minin (<strong>of</strong> SayyidNuru'llah -Shushtari),349. 437Maiaz ("the Metaphorical"),442Abu'l-Majid Rayagani (dialectpoet), 86Mujniii'ii'l-Fusaha, 449, 455Majnun, 84-Majusi, 'AH b. -'Abbas(physician), 375Makhul (traditionist), 272MaK|0 117. Se Longimanus-Mala. See PleromaMalabar Coast, 103Malahida. 408. See AssassinsMalahim (Apocryphal books),241Malabo, John, 169, 172Malcolm, Sir John ,212Malik b. Anas, 274, 276, 277,295, 298, 386Malikite sect, 294, 295, 298Malka, Malkan-malka, 58, 66,71, 76-Ma'mari, Abu Mansur(author <strong>of</strong> <strong>Persia</strong>n proseversion <strong>of</strong> Book <strong>of</strong> Kings),123Mamelukes, 209-Ma'mun ('Abbasid Caliph),13, 104, 105, 164, 166, 168,292, 254, 238, 239, 267, 276,283, 284, 288, 302-303, 307,323, 336, 339, 340, 343, 346,351. 352, 452, 479, 480Manaqibu'sh-Shu'ara. 449M a'nawi <strong>of</strong> Bukhara (<strong>Persia</strong>npoet), 468Manchester Library, 452(Mandxans, 158, 302Manes (Mani), 136, 137, 184-189, 308, 415, 422 Gate <strong>of</strong>;, 158Manichxans, 43, 104, 106, 184-166, 170, 172, 202, 207, 301,807, 362, 382, 387, 431, 443-bee also Zindiq'*-Manini .(commentator <strong>of</strong>-Utbi), 456Manjak (dialect poet), 453,462-Mansur ('Abbasid Caliph),254, 257, 258, 265, 276,288, 295, 305, 313-317, 343,344-Mansur (Fatimid Caliph), 403Mar.sur-i-Hallaj. See Husaynb. MansurMansur b. Ishaq (Samanid),363Mansur b. -Mahdi ('Abbasid),254Mansur I b. Nuh (Samanid),ii, 356, 368, 455, 461, 477Mansur lib. Nuh (Samanid),468Abu Mansur <strong>of</strong> Aba (<strong>Persia</strong>npoet), 464Abu Mansur 'Abdu'l-Malik.See Tlta'alibiAbu Mansur b. 'Abdu'r-Razzaq, 123Abu Mansur-Ma'mari, 123Ibn Mansur (disciple <strong>of</strong>-Hallaj), 435Mansuri (<strong>of</strong> -Razi), 363*Mantiqi <strong>of</strong> Ray, Mansur b.'AH (Buwayhid poet), 453,463, 465. 466Maiitiqit't-Tayt (<strong>of</strong> 'Attar,q.v.), 444Manuchihr (legendary <strong>Persia</strong>nKing), 116Manuchihri, Dastur, 47Manushchihar (author <strong>of</strong>Datistan-i-Dinik, 105Manuchihri (poet). SeeMinttchihriManuscript, Oldest Post-Muhammadan <strong>Persia</strong>n,riMaqamat (<strong>of</strong> Hariri), 464-Maqdisi (geographer), 293Mara-bokht (name), 145Marcion, 160Marcionites, 382, 387Mardanshah (<strong>Persia</strong>n general),200Mardanshah - i - Zadan-i-Farrukh(<strong>Persia</strong>n accountant),205Mardan-S'tna, 129Mardawij b. Ziyar, 359, 360,365Mardin, 302Marianus (alchemist), 274Maria Theresa, 153Markham, Clements 212,Marriage Contract, Form <strong>of</strong>, 109Mars (Planet), 461Martyn, Henry , 423Ma'riif -Karkhi (Sufi), 298,42,1*Ma'rufi <strong>of</strong> Balkh (Samanidpoet), 463Marv, Marw. See MervMarv-Dasht, 70Marvels <strong>of</strong> India ('Aja'iMl-Hind), 368Marwan I.(Umayyad), 215,263Marwan II. (Umayyad), "theAss," 215, 240-245, 265Marwan b. Abi Hafsa (poet),276Marwarudh, 242, 244Maryam, Suratu (ch. xix<strong>of</strong> Qu'ran), 187Maryam Utakhim (mother <strong>of</strong>Manes), 158Marzuban (Ispahbad), 478Marzuban b. Rustam (Ispahbad),159Marzuban-nama, 478Abu Ma'shar (astronomer),357Ma siwa'a'llah ("What isbeside God"), 438Masjid -i - Madar-i-Sulayman,'13Masruq (Abyssinian King),178Masrur (executioner), 254Ibn Mas'ud (Companion). 217*-Mas'udi (historian), 14, 109,1 10, 119-120, 127-128, 169,217, 218, 230, 237, 267, 297,314, 324, 328, 368, 417Abu'l-Mathal <strong>of</strong> Bukhara(<strong>Persia</strong>n poet), 468Mathalib (satires), 269Mathematics, 380, 382, 386Mathnawi form <strong>of</strong> verse, 18,473-474- 476Mathnawi (<strong>of</strong> Jalalu'd-DinRumi), 423, 434, 437. 44,441, 444Main (text <strong>of</strong> a tradition), 271Ibn Matran, Abu Muhammad(Samanid poet), 365-Maturidi (theologian), 367Mawali ("Clients," pi. <strong>of</strong>Mawla), 229, 230, 232-235,242, 247, 260, 263, 264, 266.See Racial Prejudice, SubjectRacesMa wara'u'n- Nahr. SeeTransoxianaMax Miiller, 33-34, 57Maymadh (or Mimad), 324Maymuniyya (sect). 396Mays (mother <strong>of</strong> Manes), 158Maysara -'Abdi ('Abbasidda'i), 236Mazamir (Psalms <strong>of</strong> David.q.v.), 113Mazandaran, 19, 26, 83, 86 ;Dialect <strong>of</strong>, 348, 478Mazda. See Ahura Mazda,HurmazdMazdak, 135, 136, 137, 166-178, 202, 247, 312-313, 316,318, 323, 324, 326, 328, 362,387-Mazdak-nama, 169, 332Mazyar, 33O-33I, 334-33^Mecca, 173, 174, 176-178, 186,189, 213, 216, 224, 228, 230,231, 245, 261, 270, 307, 316,345, 357, 358, 359, 3^7, 4*.403, 405

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