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General Index

‘Abbasid caliphate 111 Aq Qoyunlu 141-42 ‘Abd-Allah b. Salih, scribe 38 Aqa Mirak 203 ‘Abd al-Rahim, Khan-i Khanan 201-3 Arab conquests 89 Abu Muslimnama 12, 293 architectural elements 164, 226, 229 Abu’l-Fazl, historian 181, 187 Ardashir Papakan 3, 25, 86, 91, 186-87, 256 added verses 237, 240, 250-53 Ardavan 186-87 Adina Bukhari, scribe 216-18 Arday Viraf 3, 79-94 Adurbad Mahrasfandan 87, 88, 91 Arday Virafnama 79-99 Afghanistan 292 ‘Arif Qandahari 205 Aflatun Shivani 149-50, 151 Arifi, Fethullah Çelebi 127, 133, 150 Afrasiyab 20, 27, 31, 132, 272, 297 Aristotle 24 Ahmad b. Sahl 35 27 Ahmedi, Tacaddin 153, 170 Arzhang 41 Ahriman 92 Arzu‘ad 31 A’in-i Akbari 182, 186 Asaf, vizier 164 ‘Aja’ib al-makhluqat (Wonders of Creation) Asafi Dal Mehmed Çelebi 151, 153 5, 267-79 Aşık Paşazade 172 by Qazvini 268-74 Ato Jabbarov 296-97 Persian translations 270-74 ‘Attar, Farid al-Din 161 by Tusi 274-76 Aulad 41-44, 220 Akbar, Mughal ruler 181-87, 189, 193, 195, Awadh 195 197, 205 Avesta 32n, 284 Alaaddin Keykubad III 172 Avkhast 241 ‘Ala’ al-Din Khalji 196 Aydos castle 150 ‘Ala’ al-Din Korp Arslan 188 Azada 183, 188-90, 195-97, 200, 203-204, albums 149, 164n, 169, 183n, 190, 194, 221n, 206, 219, 273, 279 227 Azadsarv 35, 65 Alexander see Iskandar Azarbarzinnama 36, 289 ‘Ali (cousin of Prophet) 106, 288, 306 Azarbarzu 283, 285 ‘Ali Bakir b. Sha‘ban 142 Ali Paşa, of Buda 126 Babr-i bayan 36 ‘Ali Quli, painter 206 Bada’uni, historian 182 ‘Ali b. Mubarak al-Fahraji, scribe 186 Badi‘ al-Zaman Mirza 125, 143 Alkus 40, 272 Baghdad 6, 44, 107, 122, 134, 162, 167, 274n Alp Er Tonga 132 Bahman 26, 28, 32, 66, 187 Alqas (Elkas) Mirza 125, 149-50 Bahmannama 36, 37, 68 Akman-e Div (Akvan-div) 288 son of Gudarz 45-46 Amasya 141, 144 Bahram Gur () 6, 28, 181-209, 273, Amid–Diyarbakir 146 279 Amir Hamza, see also Hamzanama 182 Bahram Mirza, Safavid prince 149 Amir Khusrau Dihlavi 6, 181, 196-204 Bahram Pazhdu 79, 82, 89, 90 Ancient India & Trust 218 Bahur, div 44 angels 101, 103-4, 164, 267-68, 276 Baihaqi, Zahir al-Din ‘Ali 82 Anjavi Shirazi 292 Bairam Khan 202 Anushirvan 20, 85, 96, 203 227 Anvari, poet 181 Banu Gushasp 36 310 general index

Baqi Muhammad Khan 228-29 Damad İbrahim Paşa 126 Barlaam and Joasaph 87, 94-95 Dara (Darius) 277 Barman 238, 241, 244-45, 250 Darab 26, 306 Barquq, Mamluk sultan 146 Darabnama 3, 12, 30-32, 187 Barzu 4, 36, 283, 285, 289, 295-99 Darir 146 Barzunama 289, 295-99 Darvish Mahmud b. ‘Abd-Allah, scribe 144 Basawan 186 dastans (prose romances) 11-33, 51 Batyara 36 Davazdah Rukh 238-46, 250-51 Baysunghur Mirza 11, 121 Davud Paşa 125 Baysunghuri preface 218 De materia medica 268, 277 Beeman, William 295 dialects 283, 300-301 Beşir Ağa 123, 126 didactic literature, see also Mirrors for Bestiaries 267 princes 94-99, 105 Bidil 293 Dilaram 183, 196-204 Bidlisi, Idris 172 Din Muhammad Khan 227-29 Bighami, Muhammad 3, 12 Dioscorides 268 Bihzad 202 dispersed manuscripts 8, 237 Bilqis (Sheba) 164 Divs (demons) 3, 35, 41-42, 101-17, 224 binding 151, 163, 202 Div-i Safid, see White Div Bisutun 269 , see Shabrang 21-22, 44, 54, 221, 238, 241-45 Black Div, 102-4 blackbuck 190, 195 dragons 46, 97, 215, 220, 262, 269, 270-71, booty 125, 227 275, 276 Boysun 4, 293, 295 Dragon Island 5, 269-71, 278 break-line verse 243-44 Bukhara 62, 84, 216, 224, 228, 231, 293 Edirne 151 Bulbulnama 95 Egypt 71, 129n, 147, 277 Bundahishn 93 encyclopaedia 267-68, 278 al-Bundari al-Isfahani 127 Eyyubi 129, 131, 149 Bursa 141 Buzurjmihr 85, 96 Fahri (Fahruddin Ya’kub) 128 Faizi, poet 181 Celalzade Mustafa Çelebi 149 Faraghan, div 44 celestial bodies 267, 274 Farahan, div 44-45 Celsin, Gustav 131 , Faramard 2-3, 36, 44, 49-76, 261, Cem, Ottoman prince 129, 161 285 Central Asia, see also Janids, Uzbeks and Faramarznama 2, 36, 37, 46, 49-76 Shahnama in, Shaibanids 223-31 Farangbanu 297 Cevri, İbrahim, scribe 131 Farasan, div 45-46 Chaldiran (Çaldıran) 177 Farfuriyus the Rumi 20 Changranghacha 85, 86 Farghana, king of 27-28 Changranghachanama 90 Farhad 269 Chester Beatty Library 255-60 Faridun (Afridun) 24, 31, 92, 175 chivalry 306 Firdausi, Abu’l-Qasim 92, 94, 101, 137, 146, Choiseul-Gouffier, Count 170 151, 153, 175, 177 and passim circumcision ceremonies 298 Firdevsi of Bursa 134 Cleopatra 277 Firdevsi of the Morea 134 confiscation 126 Firdevsi et-Tavil 127 Crimean Khans 153 Firuzshahnama 3, 12-13, 15-23 critical verse 237, 243-44 Fitna 183, 188-90, 193, 205, 208 Ctesiphon 44 Fire 275 Firuzkuh 305-7