'The History of Persia, from the most early period to the present time: containing an account of the religion, government, usages and character of the inhabitants of that kingdom. By Colonel Sir John Malcolm, KCB, KLS Late minister plenipotentiary to the court of Persia from the supreme government of India. In two volumes.' [‎693] (758/786)

INDEX.
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Sooffee teacher, an account of his proceedings
and death, 419—422.
Noor Bukshee^ih, a Sooffee sect, their particular
tenets, ii. 418, n.
Nooredn, a Sooffee sect, ii. 392, n.; 393.
Noorudeen, the son of Zenghi, i. 374, n.
Noosky, village of, i. 3.
Nostrums, hereditary right to, ii. 534.
Nour-e-khodah, i. 4.
Nouroze, the festival of, instituted by Jemsheed,
i. 17, ii. 62; offerings made to the king on the,
478; causes assigned for its origin, 560; the
ceremonies observed on the, 561.
Nouroze Khan, the Yeshk^ssee-bashce to the
reigning monarch, ii. 263, n.
Nour-u-decn.—See Atta-beg Aboubeker.
Nour-u-deen Mahmood, ruler of Balbcck, i. 379.
Nouschizad, the son of Nousheerwan, his disaffec
tion, i. 142; rejects, as impious, the rites of the
magi, ib.; is confined, ib.y escapes, collects a
force, and attempts to establish himself in Fars
and Ahwaz, ib. ; attacked, and slain, 144.
Nousheerwan, his birth, i. 131; the kingdom be
queathed to him, 135; ascends the throne, and
makes a speech on the occasion, 136; puts
Mazdak and all his followers to death, 137;
promotes the prosperity of his dominions, 139 ;
divides the empire info four great governments,
ib.; his war with the Romans, 140; makes se
veral conquests, and compels the Roman Empe
ror to become his tributary, 141; his wars with
the Emperors Justin and Tiberius, ib.; conquers
Dara, plunders Syria, and extends his empire in
other quarters, 141; disaffection ofhis son, Nous
chizad, 142; the splendid embassies by which
his court was visited, 144 ; presents received by
him from the Emperor of China, 144, n.; also
from the Emperor of India, 145, n.; his internal
regulations, 145; his military discipline, 146;
his character, and government, 147; is the first
founder of a college, 272.
Nousheerwan, tribe of, i. 262, n.; ii, 238.
Nousheerwan, of the family of Chehghiz, i. 445, n.
Nouzer, succeeds his father, Manucheher, i. 28;
his subjects revolt, 28; solicits Sam to take
charge of his government, but is refused, ib.;
his country invaded by the King of Turan, 29;
taken prisoner, and slain, ib.; is the Sosarmus
of Grecian writers, 212, n.; 220, n.
Nubeez, a kind of wine, ii. 353, n.
Nubia conquered by the Persians, i. 158.
Nubobelazar.— See Raham Gudurz.
Nujuddee, province of, ii. 378, n.
Nujuff, i. 307; recovered by Abbas the Great,,543.
NujuffKooli Khan, of Khorassan, betrays Lootf
Aly Khan, ii. 196.
Nukshevan, province of, i. 459, n.; submits to, the
Turks, ii. 22.
Nukud Aly Beg, a nobleman of the Court of Ab
bas the Great, i. 550, n.
Nummud, or felt, that of .Chenghiz, kept as a
sacred relic, i. 410.
Nunda, Rajah of Kalinjur, 1. 330; retreats on the
approach of Mahmood, 331; comes to terms
with that monarch, ib.
O.
Obeid Khan, ruler of the Usbegs, invades Khoras-
san, i. 505; defeated by TAmasp, 506; plunders
Herat, and retreats across the Oxus, 508.
Obeid Ullah, Sovereign of the Usbegs, ii. 358.
Occa, river of, ii. 4, n.
Ochus, his reign supposed to be, included in that of
Ardisheer Dirazdust, i. 239.
Octal, succeeds his father, Chenghiz, i. 419;
crowned Khakan, 420; his character, #.
Odenathus, chief of Palmyra, i. 98, n.
Offerings of the wandering tribes for the recovery
of diseases, ii. 534.
Oghouz Khan, grandson of Moghul Khan, ii.
239, n.
Olearus, an author, i. 522, n.
Olympias, repudiated by Philip, i, 242, n.
Omah Mukhtoom, ii. 363, n.
Oman Shaikh, father of the celebrated Baber, i. 489.
Omar, Caliph, i. 20, n.; sends an army into Persia,
170; which is attacked, and defeated, and its
leader slain, 171 ; sends a reinforcement, which