INDEX.

A.

Abbas, Shah, 335.

Accad, 1, 2, 3, 4, 33, 51.

Accadian, 66.

Accadian Tongue, 6, 31, 55.

Achæmenes, n 46.

Achæmenian, 44, 46, 48.

Achæmenidæ, 50.

Adarbad, 114.

Adonis, 68, 77.

Adonis Phrygian, 42.

Afrasiyab, the Tartar Chief, 244, 245, 247.

Age, Babylonian, 7.

Agathokles, 10.

Agni, 66, 107.

Ahasuerus, 49.

Ahriman, 48, 54, 99, 106, 129.

Ahura Mazda, 86, 94, 99, 108, 128, 161.

Akbar, Shah, 334, 335.

Akhuni, 59.

Alborz, Mount, 91, 98, 103.

Alexander, 13, 14, 20, 21, 52, 112, 113, 406; book of, 333.

Allah-il-Allah, 23.

Al-Fateh, 333.

Almokaffa, 190.

Alp Arslan, 27.

Amicable Instruction, 189, 203.

Anāhid, 69.

Anat, 56.

Anderson, n 96.

Angra Mainyu, 127, 129.

Annatu, 70.

Antelope and Crow, 189, 205.

Anthon, 76.

Anu, 56, 69, 70.

Anwāri, 284.

Anwār-i-Suhali, 189, 215; history of, 190; preface of, 192.

Apaosha, 101, 105.

Aphrodite, 76.

Apis Egyptian, 87.

Arabs, 166, 176, 183, 188.

Arabia, 7, 46, 48, 166.

Arabian Conquest, 1, 22, 25.

Arabian Nights, 28.

Arbela, 40.

Architecture of Persepolis, 18.

Ardvi Sura Anāhita, 93, 94.

Arjasp, 272; defeated by Isfendiyār, 276.

Armenia, 15, 48, 69.

Arrianus, n 36.

Art, Asiatic, 17.

Art, Greek, 5.

Art, Persian, 1, 16, 17, 18.

Artaxerxes, 13, 30, 44, 49, 50.

Aryan, 23.

Arzang, the Demon Chief, 259.

Asia, 1, 8, 23, 39, 48.

Ashtaroth, 8, n 10, n 54, 67, 68, 77, 108.

Assur, 53, 58, 59.

Assur-banipal, 6, 36, n 37, 55, 69.

Assyria, 6, 15, 33, 34, 35, 39, 46, 48.

Assyriologists, 34.

Astarte, n 10, 68.

Asura, 404.

Asteria, 68, 70.

Atar, 86, 100.

Augustus, 7.

Aulād, 252; capture of, 257.

414Avesta, 23, 54, 104, 107, 114, 115, 116, 404.

B.

Baal, 8, 53, 66, 76, 107, 108.

Baal Moloch, 10.

Babylon, 1, 6, 7, 10, 17; fall of, 30, 36, 39, 41, 43.

Babylonia, 3, 6, 15, 33, 55, 61; North, 3, 40, 65.

Babylonians, 9, 41.

Bāhram Gor, 214.

Bagdad, 311, 321, 407.

Balder, 77.

Bardes, 47.

Bāzindah, 195; misfortunes of, 198; return of, 201.

Beer, 44

Bees and their Habits, 189, 193.

Behistun Inscriptions, 17, 30, 45, 114.

Behistun Rock, n 20.

Bel, 10, 36, 40, 42, 52.

Bel Merodach, 56, 61, 62.

Bellona, 69.

Belshazzar, 35, 40, 42, 43.

Benfey, 44.

Berosus, 69.

Beth-anath, 56.

Bi-frost, (Rainbow Bridge), 103.

Birds, Mythical, 86, 95.

Bird, My, 321, 329.

Birs, Nimrud, 37.

Blackstone, Sir Wm., 156.

Blind Man and his Whip, 189, 201.

Bokhāra, 309, 323, 407.

Bombay, 161.

Bores, 309, 320.

Boscawen, W. St. Chad, 40, n 43.

Bosphorus, 13.

Bournouf, 31, 44, 116.

Brāhman and Ichneumon, 208.

Brockhaus, 116.

Buddha, 227.

Budge, E.A., n 5, n 37.

Bundehesh, 112.

Bustān, 25, 225, 309; extracts from, 313.

C.

Calligraphy, 19, 335.

Cambyses, 44, 45, 87.

Canaan, 63.

Canopus, lights of, 190.

Captives, The, 383.

Capua, John of, 190.

Capture, the, 351, 352, 362.

Cappadocia, 48, 69.

Carthage, 48.

Carthaginians, 10.

Caucasus, 7.

Cerberus, 102.

Chaldea, 4, 64, 65, 103.

Chaos, wife of Hea, 59, 60.

Chemosh, 53, 60, 63, 64, 65, 108.

Chinvat Bridge, 86, 103, 141, 153, 157, 158.

Chips from a German Workshop, n 109, n 126.

Christians persecuted, 104, 121.

Christianity, 125, 167.

Citagriva, 204.

Circe, 74.

Commentary, 127, 140.

Comrades, the two, 338, 340.

Conquest, Mohammedan, 165.

Constellations, King of, 67.

Coptic Girl, 174, 184, 185.

Creation, legend of, 54.

Cuneiform inscriptions, 3, 6, 30.

Curtius, n 36, n 113.

Cutha, 54, 61.

Cyprus, 6.

Cyrus, 12, 15, 20, 28, 30, 40, 44, 47, 52, 118; decree of, 20.

D.

Dagon, 63.

Daniel, n 36, 40, 41.

Damascus, 311.

Darius, 9, 13, 20, 29, 45, 47, 49, 50, 52; and his Horsekeeper, 309, 316.

Darmesteter, Prof., 20, n 110, n 150, n 156.

Dastur, 125.

Datilla, River of Death, 107.

Dead, Disposition of, 146, 153.

Delos, 68.

Devas, 105.

415Demon, White, 248, 252, 257, 260; slain, 260.

Desert, the, 351, 353.

Diana, 75, 108.

Dihkans, 22.

Diodorus, 5, n 113.

Diocletian, 114.

Domitian, 50.

Dogs, importance of, 147, 152, 153, 156; of Yama, 153.

Druj, 152.

Dungi, 3.

Duza, 42.

Dynasty, Achæmenian, 25; Gaznevides, 24, 25; Sassanian, 20, 21, 22.

E.

Eastwick, Prof., xiii, 191.

Ecbatana, 20, n 43.

Ecclesiastes, book of, 310.

Egebi, 9.

Egypt, 6, 7, 15, 39, 46, 48, 49, 61.

Elam, 7, 11, 69.

Elamites, 3.

Elephant and Jackal, 189, 209.

England, 16, 411.

Epic, Persian, 24, 25, 214.

Ephesus, 76, 108.

Ephesians, 76.

Eridu, 56, 67.

Esar-haddon, 9, n 37.

Euphrates, 3, 5, 16, 35, 37.

Evil Spirits, seven, 56, 57.

Exiles, the, 351.

Exodus, 3.

F.

Features, physical, 1, 15.

Fimbul Eddic, 130.

Fire god, 56, 57, 66, 107, 124.

Fire, sacred, 100, 124, 154, 155.

Fire worshippers, 124.

Firdusi, 22, 25, 26, 118.

Firdusi, life of, 216; invective of, 214, 219; death of, 214, 223.

Flattery, wiles of, 206, 209, 210, 212.

Flood, 33.

Formulas, 140.

Fravishas, 140, 160.

France, 16.

Frey, 77.

Freyja, 76.

Fugitives, the, 365.

G.

Ganges, 92, 96, 107.

Garuda, 96.

Garden scene, 365, 377, 381.

Gāthas, 20, 111, 113, 119, 127, 130, 144.

Gātha, Last, 135.

Gaznevides, dynasty of, 24, 25.

Genesis, 33.

Genghis Khān, 309, 323.

Gold, chain of, 333.

Gobyras, 43.

Greece, 4, 17, 27, 75.

Griffin of Chivalry, 96.

Grotofend, 31, 44.

Gulf, Persian, 3, 15, 51.

Gulistān, 25, 309; stories from, 317.

Gushtasp, 272, 277.

Gyöll, 93, 107.

H.

Hades, 78; queen of, 60.

Hāfiz, 26, 321, 323, 331, 337; songs of, 313, 326, 327.

Halicarnassus, 49.

Haoma, 142.

Hara Berezaita, 93, 99, 107, 158.

Haug, Dr., 116.

Hea, 53, 59, 60, 82.

Hea-bani, 53, 60, 61.

Heaven, 165, 180.

Hecate, 70, 74, 75.

Helbon, 14.

Hel, 77.

Hell, 165, 181.

Herodotus, 20, n 36, 45, n 87, 129.

Hercules, 63.

Hermöd, 77.

Hezekiah, King, 35.

Higrah, the, 165, 172.

Hindus, 9, 58, 65, 92, 95; mythology of, 89, 104.

Hincks, Dr., 32.

Hitopadesa, 22, 189, 191, 310; gems from, 189, 210.

416Holtzman, 44.

Homer, 225; of Iran, 215.

Hyde, Dr., 118.

I.

Iliad, 97.

Ifing, 93.

Im, 53, 57, 66.

Incantations, 53, 65.

India, 4, 6, 15, 27, 48, 78.

India House, 62.

Indra, 66, 87, 95, 99, 404.

Indus, 15.

Inscriptions of Artaxerxes, 30, 49.

Inscriptions, Bavian, 36; Cuneiform, 3, 30; Darius, 17, 30, 45, 114; Western Asia, n 34, n 41, n 67; of Nebuchadnezzar, 30, 38; of Xerxes, 30, 49.

Invasion, Turānian, 228, 245.

Ionians, 48.

Irān, 1, 11, 52; laws of, 12.

Irānian romance, 27.

Isaiah, 21.

Isfendiyār, 226, 272, 274; conflict with Rustem, 276; death of, 272, 282.

Israel, prophets of, 39.

Israelites, 35.

Ishtar, 10, 42, 53, 60, 68, 69, 74, 75; of Arbela, 53, 69; of Erech, 53, 70; descent of, 53, 78.

Ishtar and Izdubar, 53, 71.

Isis, 95.

Ithaca, 74.

Iyar, month of, 50.

Ixion, wheel of, 77.

J.

Jalal-uddin Rumi, 309, 310, 331.

Jāmi, 26, 321, 330, 332; works of, 321, 332, 333; grave of, 332.

Jehān, Shāh, 332.

Jericho, 38.

Jeremiah, n 11, 39, n 41, n 62.

Jerusalem, 38, 42; siege of, 35.

Joel, Rabbi, 190.

Jones, Sir Wm., 191.

Joshua, book of, 56.

K.

Kaābah, 173, 175, 184.

Kabul, 234, 245.

Kai-kaus, 248, 257, 258.

Karsipta (mythical bird), 97, 120, 151.

Khorassān, 216, 285, 331.

Kindness to the unworthy, 309, 314.

Kine, soul of, 141.

Kine, wail of, 127, 131.

Kings, Achæmenian, 20.

Kings, Assyrian, 5, 36, 58, 88.

Kings, book of, 67.

Kings, Babylonian, 88; of Judah, n 62; literary, 321; Moslem, 27; Persian, 35, 43, 54, 78; Samanian, 214; Sassanian, 23, 24, 189, 336.

Korān, 19, 23, 103, 165; arrangement of, 168; author of, 165, 168; extracts from, 180, 182, 183; literary style of, 165, 188; teaching of, 165, 178, 179, 185.

Krishna, 67.

L.

Lady of battles, 69; of kingdoms, 10, 41; of Tiggaba City, 80.

Laili, description of, 287; wedding of, 284, 296, 297; deliverance of, 299; death of, 304; and Majnun, 233, 284, 286.

Land, fairest, 310.

Lassen, 31, 44.

Layard, 31.

Law, Mosaic, 64, n 156.

Leopard, torn by dogs, 73, 75.

Leviticus, n 82.

Literature, Assyrian, 76; BabylonianBabylonian, 4, 6; early, 1, 19; modern Persian, 1, 24; of Nineveh, 1, 5; Persian, 1, 28, 54, 409; Oriental, 17.

Loftus, 44, 50.

Loki, 66.

Lydia, 6, 7, 15.

M.

Mahā-bhārata, 90, 106, 225, 334.

Majnun, 284, 286; temptation of, 302; 417victory of, 303; death of, 306.

Manuscripts, 1, 19, 35, 109, 115.

Manuscripts, Persian, 19, 20, 224, 331, 339.

Manuscript, Yasna, xvii, 117.

Marathon, 52, 121.

Marchesvan, month of, n 43.

Mardtmann, 44.

Marriage song, 127, 135.

Mazdeism, 118, 121, 129.

Mazinderān, 248, 251, 261.

Medea, 74.

Medes, 20, 40, n 43.

Media, 7, 11, 15, 48, 49.

Medians, 12, 47.

Meher and Mushteri, 338.

Merodach, 8, n 36, 53, 61.

Mesapotamia, 30.

Metamorphoses, Ovid’s, n 75, 76.

Mir Amar, 19.

Moabite stone, 64.

Mobeds, 20.

Mohammed, 165; birth of, 168; family of, 168, 169, 171, 175, 184; death of, 165, 175.

Mohammedanism, see Koran.

Molech, 8, 10, 63, 64, 108.

Mountains, Alborz, 91, 103, 229; Ausindom, 28; Elvend, 18, 44, 49; Median, 13; Meru, 90, 107; mother of, 91; mythical, 88, 88; Nida, 90, 107; Nubian, 7; Oāf, 90, 180, 322; twin, 89; world, 107.

Müller, Prof. F. Max, xiii, 109, 117, 191.

Museum, British, n 5, 33, 35, 37, 49, 67, n 84.

Muhteshim, 214, 221.

Mythology, Asiatic, 108; Assyrian, 53, 55, 61, 65, 76; Chaldean, 54, 107; early, 1, 53; Greek, 5, 54, 63, 66, 68, 70, 75, 77; Hindu, 99, 128; Indo-European, 105; of Mazdeism, 105; Norse, 66, 76, 77, 90, 96, 103; Persian, 53, 54, 93, 98, 403; of tablets, 53.

N.

Nabonidas, 40, 41.

Nadir Shāh, 336.

Nawāzindah. 195.

Naram Sin, 33.

Nebo, 8, 36, 40, 52, 53, 62, 69.

Nebuchadnezzar, 7, 8, 9, 31, 36, 40, 62.

Neptune, 59, 63, 227.

Nergal, 53, 61.

Nile, 3, 92.

Nineveh, 5, 6, 14, 51, 54, 60, 76; arts of, 17, 18.

Ninip, 53, 60, 63.

Nin-ci-gal, 53, 60, 79, 82, 83.

Nimrod, n 2, 43.

Nisan, month of, 40.

Nizāmi, 25, 285, 307, 331.

Norris, 44, 45.

Noufal, 292.

Nushirvan, 22, 190.

O.

Odin, 77.

Odyssey, 74.

Olympus, 107, 108.

Olympians, 77.

Omar, 22, 216.

Omar Khayyām, 215.

Oppert, Dr., 31, 32, 44, 49, 61, 66, 68, 114.

Oppression, priestly, 403, 410.

Ormazd, 12, 48, 106, 112, 121, 161; symbol of, 17.

Osirus, 77.

Ovid, 74.

Outline, Historic, 1.

P.

Pacorus, 50, 51.

Pahlavi, 22, 109, 112, 117.

Palestine, 7, 39.

Pancatantra, 22, 189.

Pārsis Early, 109, 121.

Pārsis Modern, 109, 123, 161; teachings of, 146, 161; laws of, 146; anglicized, 163.

Pearl, the, 309, 313.

Periods, Seven, 214.

Period, First, 214; second, 284; third, 309; fourth, 321; fifth, 321, 330; 418sixth, 321, 334; seventh, 321, 335; later, 321.

Persia, 1, 46, 49; government of, 14; modern, 15, 24; physical features of, 1, 15, 87.

Persian corruption, 14; magnificence, 14; romance, 1, 27, 338; scholars, 27, 191, 216, 284, 309, 323, 330, 334; texts, 44, 45.

Persians, 12, 14, 40, 50.

Persepolis, 13, 18, 20, 30, 44, 47, 49, 113, 340.

Pigeons, the two, 189, 195.

Pigeons and the Rat, 189, 204.

Pir-i-sebz, 321, 325.

Pinches, Theo. G., xiii, n 3.

Pleiades Persian, 332.

Pliny, n 36, n 69.

Pluto, 60, 102.

Polygamy, 165, 184.

Prophets, Hebrew, 11, 41, 163.

Proserpine, 60, 77.

Prosperity, dangers of, 309, 319.

Proverbs, Book of, 310.

Punishment, 146, 156.

Purification, laws of, 146, 154.

Pyramus and Thisbe, 76.

Q.

Qāf Mount, 90, 180, 332.

Queen, the, 338, 345.

Quāris, 170, 172.

R.

Rakush, 226, 252, 278.

Rāmayāna, 96, 225, 334.

Rassam, 31.

Rask, Dr., 116, 117.

Rawlinson, Sir Henry, 32, n 35, 44.

Records of the Past, n 34, n 38, n 84.

Rivers, mythical, 86, 91.

Rig Veda, 114.

Rule, priestly, 403, 408.

Rudabeh, 228, 234, 243, 244.

Russian influence, 16, 403, 410.

Rustem, birth of, 244; labors of, 226, 252, 254, 259; marriage of, 252, 262; conflict with Isfendiyār, 276; battle with his son, 269; death of, 283.

S.

Sacred Books of the East, n 20, n 115, n 150, n 156.

Sa’di, 25, 286, 311, 331; works of, 309; death of, 312.

Sag-did, 152, 153.

Samanians, dynasty of, 24.

Samarcānd, 309, 323, 371, 373, 407.

Sam Suwār, 228, 261, 279.

Sardanapalus, 6.

Sargon, 3, 33, 51, 60.

Sayce, Prof. A.H. xiii, 2, n 4, n 9, n 10, 31, n 34, 55, 64, n 95.

Sea, Ægean, 6, 107; Arabian, 15; Caspian, 15.

Sennacherib, 31, 34, 85, 36, n 37.

Serpent King, 235, 241.

Seven Eras, 214.

Shapur, 114, 121, 397, 400.

Shāh Mahmud, 216, 218, 222.

Shāh Nāmah, 19, 22, 25, 214, 228; extracts from, 228, 232, 234, 241, 287.

Shinar, 2, 4.

Shirāz, 11, 14, 311, 321, 326.

Sidon, 67, 108.

Silver, value of, n 9.

Silence the Safety of Ignorance, 309, 315.

Silence, towers of, 155.

Simurgh, 91, 200, 279, 322; nest of, 98, 228, 229.

Sin, the Moon God, 53, 60, 65, 76.

Siva, 67, 161.

Sleipner, 77, 227.

Society, Royal Asiatic, 32, 45.

Sohrab, 252, 266, 269.

Spiegel, 44, 110, 116, 117.

Spenta Armaita, n 150, 153, 155.

Storm Spirits, Seven, 56.

Styx, 107.

Sumer, 1, 2, 3.

Suez, 44, 49.

Susa, 44, 49, 50, 69.

419T.

Tablets, 1, 3, 30, 53; historic, 5, 30, 33; Persian, 50.

Talbot Fox, 31, 32, 56, n 84.

Tamineh (wife of Rustem), 266; death of, 271.

Tammuz (the sun god), 42, 53, 63, 67, 68, 108; month of, 42, 43.

Tantalus, 77.

Tazieh, the (Persian Drama), n 410.

Tiamat, 55, 56.

Tigris, 5, 16, 40.

Tiglath-Pileser, 32, n 36, 67.

Timur, 322, 330, 332, 334.

Tistrya (storm god), 98, 100, 102.

Transactions Vic. Institute, n 37, n 40, n 43.

Tukulti-Ninip, n 36.

Tyre, 2, 38, 66.

U.

Ur of the Chaldees, 3, 40.

Ugbaru, n 43.

Ulysses, 74, 75.

V.

Valhal, 90.

Var or Vara of Yima, 97, 146, 147, 150, 151.

Vārengana (the raven), 97.

Varuna, 99, 128.

Vedas, 58, 110.

Vedic deities, 25.

Vedfolner (hawk), 96.

Vendidad, 95, 111, 126, 146, 151, 159

Venus, 69, 76; Babylonian, 87.

Vishnu, 92, 96, 161.

Visparad, 111, 146, 158.

Vouru Kasha, 94, 95.

Vulcan, 63.

W.

Water, sacred, 154.

Water Dog, 157.

Westergaard, 44, 110, 116.

Williams, Sir M. Monier, xiii, 161, n 164.

Women, penalties upon, n 157.

Women, unprincipled, 123.

Wrestler, the Wise, 309, 317.

X.

Xerxes, 44, 52; inscriptions of, 30, 49.

Y.

Yasna, 111, 126, 127, 137, 142; concluding, 127, 144.

Yasts, 112, 119, 127, 142.

Yasna Haptang-haita, 127, 141.

Yast Sraosha, 127, 142.

Yazatas or Angels, 100, 112.

Yemen, 2, 23.

Yezdejird, 22, 215, 216, 225.

Ygdrasil, 96.

Yima, 86, 97, 98, 102, 148; Vara of, 146, 147, 150, 151.

Yusuf and Zulaikhā, 26, 333.

Z.

Zal (the white-haired child), 18, 228, 234, 245, 261; banishment of, 229; sheltered in Simurgh’s nest, 230; restoration of, 233.

Zedekiah, king, 38.

Zend, 110, 117.

Zend Avesta, 20, 109, 111: age of, 109, 113; divisions of, 109, 111; derivation and language of, 109; extracts from, 135, 140, 142, 148, 152, 159; teaching of, 127, 146.

Zoroaster, or Zarathustra, 109, 112, 118, 127, 141, 144, 148; life of, 118.

Zoroastrianism, 124, 162.

Zoroastrian Period, 25.

Zyd, vision of, 284, 306.

Footnotes:

Transcriber’s Note

Footnote 172, the first on p. 123, has no referent in text, and refers to a topic that is not obviously apparent in the text.

Small lapses of punctuation in the Index have been regularized with no further comment.

Errors deemed most likely to be the printer’s have been corrected, and are noted here. The references are to the page and line in the original. For index entries, the middle reference is to the column. Corrections in footnotes are referred to solely by the number as it appears, re-sequenced, in this version.

10.21 to Baal-Moloch[.]” Added.

17.6 tropical in its luxuriance and gorgeous in its decor[r]ations. Removed.

37.18 from the river of Egypt unto the river Euphrates.[”] Added.

48.19 and the Maka.[”] Added.

59.16 Hea was the god of ch[oa/ao]s or the deep Transposed.

45.22 The casts of the S[c]ythic version Inserted.

65.9 the[,] god of day, Removed.

76.n105 which fell down from Jupiter?[”] Added.

99.9 the As[u/ū]ra is represented as a black demon Replaced.

102.5 We sacrifice unto Tiśt[yr/ry]a Transposed.

113.20 are writ[t]en in the old Āryan metre Inserted.

116.19 were also enthus[i]astic students Inserted.

120.10 which Ah[u/ū]ra gave him Replaced.

147.28 the seed of all animal and vegetable life[./,] and Replaced.

158.14 [“]She makes the soul of the righteous one Added.

192.26 [“]With a view to the universal diffusion Added.

201.14 With home and friends perpetual pleasures reign.[”] Removed.

205.18 And gnawing dil[l]igently away Removed.

249.12 against their mon[o/a]rch’s insane idea Replaced.

249.28 the columns came near to Mazinder[a/ā]n Replaced.

278.7 Rustem sat [n/u]pon Rakush Inverted.

293.11 The generous No[n/u]fal was not content Inverted.

341.21 even during their early chi[l]dhood Inserted.

345.15 in the richest mos[ia/ai]cs Transposed.

358.23 she could the coming peril[,/.] Replaced.

377.7 she knew so well[.] Added.

384.28 what portion of Persia [t]he new comers Added.

408.21 boasted of one literary king[,/.] Replaced.

416.2.39 Ba[b]ylonian, Inserted.