Ma’bar (Malabar?), temple of, destroyed, v3.p120
Ma’bar, possibly Malabar, v5.p141
Ala-ad-din’s campaign in, v5.p141
Twelve months’ journey from Delhi, v5.p142
Macao, in China, Spanish-Portuguese right to, v6.p226
Macassar in the possession of the English, v8.p35
Macassar, factories in, turned over to the Joint Stock, v7.p287
Maccoba, a sub-caste of the Sudras, v9.p245
Mace
One of the precious spices of the Eastern Archipelago as distinguished from the cheaper spices of the Malabar coast, v6.p126
Portuguese trade in, v6.p151
Macedonia, Asoka’s mission to, v2.p166
Macedonian conquests in India, v9.p3
Machado, Diogo Barbosa, quoted, v6.p103, v6.p104, v6.p115
Macnaghten attempts to raise a standing army for Shah Shuja, v8.pp402–403
Madagascar (Island of the Moon)
Covilham’s notice of, v6.pp60–61
French expedition for colonization of, ends in disaster, v8.p89
Portuguese expedition to (sixteenth century), v6.p106
Madeira
Early discovery of (1344), v6.pp50–51
Albuquerque demands miners from, v6.p104
Madhava, legend of king, v1.p113
Madhu Rao, king of Poona, v4.p268
Relations of, with Raghunath Rao, v4.pp262–274
Madonna, the Blessed Virgin, painting of, in Jahangir’s palace, v4.p66, v4.p133
Madras, v4.p165
Besieged by Labourdonnais, v8.p104
Coast factories in dependencies of, turned over to the Joint Stock, v7.p287
Controls Bantam and Persian factories, v7.p247
English Company settles at, v8.p23
Headquarters of the English Company, strongly fortified, v8.p99
Made headquarters of England in Eastern India, v7.p232
Origin of the name of, v7.p228
Raised to an independent presidency in 1653, v7.p231
Restored to England by the French in return for Louisburg, v8.p107
Settled by the English in 1639, v7.p226, v7.p228
Siege of, raised by Lally, v8.p144
Staff at, reduced by orders from England, v7.pp231–232
Surrendered to the French, v8.p104
The central post of the English Company in Eastern India in 1687, v8.p41
Treaty of, with the Nizam of Haidarabad, v8.p212, v8.p214
War of, against Hyder Ali, v8.p212
Madrasa (college) of Shams-ad-din Altamish rebuilt by Firoz Shah, v5.p165
Madre de Deos, Portuguese ship captured by the English (1592), v6.p207, v6.p227
Madrid, treaty of, makes peace between English and Portuguese in India, v7.p204
Madura, later Pandya capital, v2.p366
Magadha kingdom, v2.pp26–40, v2.p105, v2.p177
Hinduized, v1.p184
Jain council of, v1.p226
Kingdom of, v1.p284
Later Gupta dynasty of, v2.p283
Province of ancient and medieval India, v3.p23
Towns of, v2.p268
Magadhas, explained as a caste, v1.p231
Magas, King of Cyrene, v2.p166
Magas, priests of the Sun, v9.p185
Magellan
South-western expedition of, to India and round the world (1519–1522), v6.pp169–170
Discovers the straits to which he gives his name, v6.p169
Magellan, Straits of, v6.p169, v6.p173, v6.p189, v6.p190, v6.p192, v6.p213, v6.p219, v6.p231
Magistrates
In charge of a city, v9.pp40–42
Specific duty of various groups of, v9.pp40–42
Duties of, in general, v9.pp40–42
Maha Rahula Sutta, preached, v1.p327
Mahaban = Aornos, v2.p50
Mahabat Khan promoted by Jahangir, v5.p312
Mahabat Khan, a general of Jahangir, v4.p84
Joins Shah Jahan, v4.pp86–87
Campaigns of, v4.p97
Death of, v4.p97
Mahabharata, Sanskrit epic, v1.p83, v2.p10
A work of later ages, v1.p136
Description of Kurn-Panchala war in, v1.p98
Extract from the, as to which wife shall perform suttee, v9.pp102–103
Lessons of the, v1.p111
Suttee alluded to in the, v9.p71
Mahadaji Sindhia
Increasing power and territories of, v8.p289
Death of, v8.p289
Mahadeva (Siva)
Directions for constructing an idol of, v9.p180
Worshipped by anchorites, v9.p185
Description of the temple of, at Ahmadabad, v9.p300
Mahadeva, Yadava king, v2.p361
Maha-kal
Temple of, at Ujjain, destroyed, v5.p101
Stone image of, taken to Delhi, v5.p101
Mahal, seraglio, or harem, v4.p132
Maham Anaga, foster-mother of Akbar, v4.p6
Intrigues against Bairam, v4.pp6–7
Death of, v4.pp8–9
Mahan ibn Fazl ibn Mahan conquers Sindan, but is slain, v5.p23
Mahanadi, a river in Orissa, small party of English from Masulipatam land at, v7.p235
Mahanandin, king, v2.p87
Mahapadma Nanda, king, v2.p37, v2.p105
Maharashtra kingdom of ancient India, v3.p100
Maharat-al-Hind (Mathura)
Description of city of, v5.p67
Description of temple at, v5.p68
Mahavamsa, chronicle, v2.p11, v2.p37, v2.p168
Mahavira, founder of Jainism, v2.p24, v2.p29
Mahavira, son of Siddhartha of Kundagrama, v1.p323
Death of, v1.p324
Entered the Holy Order at the age of twenty-eight, v1.p324
Founder of Jainism, v1.p323, v1.p324
Mahayana Buddhism
In Burma, v2.p169
Monastery of, v2.p258
Mahdi, a saviour to come, v4.p46
Mahé acquired for France, v8.p100
Taken by the English, v8.p250
Mahendra
(1) brother of Asoka, v2.p167
(2) King of South Kosala, v2.p252
Mahendravadi, cave-temples at, v2.p384
Mahendra-varman I and II, Pallava kings, v2.pp384–387
Mahinda, son of Asoka, v1.p320
Mahindri, a river, v4.p13
Mahipala, King of Bengal, v2.p344
Mahmud Gawan, Bahmanid vizir, v3.p192
Mahmud I of Gujarat, v3.p183
Mahmud Khalji I
Besieges Delhi in 1462, v3.p180
Defeated by the rana of Chitor in 1440, v3.p182
Takes Ajmir, v3.p181
Takes Elichpur, v3.p181
Takes Ka1pi, v3.p181
Takes Rantambhor, v3.p181
Takes the throne of Malwa, v3.p181
Mahmud Khalji II, defeated by Sanga, rana of Chitor, v3.p182
Mahmud Lodi, brother of Sultan Ibrahim, v3.p217
Last hope of an Afghan restoration, v3.p217
Afghans flock to standard of, v3.p217
Flees from before Chunar, v3.p218
Seeks refuge with Bengalis, v3.p218
Defeated by Humayun near Lucknow in 1531, v3.p228
Mahmud of Ghazni, son of Sabuktagin, king, v2.p16, v2.p319, v2.p328, v2.p342
A staunch Moslem, v3.p19
Advances and defeats Nidar Bhim, v5.pp61–62
Appointed king of Ghazni, v3.p19
Attacks and demolishes the kingdom of Rai Andpal, on his way to Multan, v5.pp50–51
Benevolence of, v3.p33
Campaign of, in 1018, v3.p26
Captures fort of Chand Rai, v5.p72
Conquers Jaipal at Peshawar, v3.p19
Death of, at Ghazni, in 1030, v3.p29
Decline of kingdom under successors of, v3.p36
Defeats Puru Jaipal, v5.p76
Despatches a victorious expedition against Waihind, v5.pp46–47
Destroys Somnath, v9.p200, v9.pp202–203
Determines to invade the capital of Hind, v5.p57
Development and expansion of territory of, v2.pp33–34
Difficulty of march of, toward Hind, v5.p58
Encouragement of art in reign of, v3.p33
Establishes peace with the King of Hind, v5.p57
Expedition of, against Afghans, v5.p74
First holy war against Jaipal, v5.pp42–45
Goes into winter quarters on way toward Hind, v5.p58
Hardships of, in 1013, v3.p24
In command of Khorasan, v3.p18
Incapable of organizing a government, v2.pp34–36
Invasion of Gujarat by, v3.p27
Is victorious over Biji Rai at Bhatia, v5.p48
Is victorious over Brahmanpai, v5.p54
Is victorious over Ilak Khan, v5.p52
Is victorious over Nawasa Shah, v5.p52
Later career of, v3.p22
Leader of sixteen campaigns in India, v3.p19
Marches to Kanauj, v5.p65
Orders his men to swim the Rahib and attack Puru Jaipal, v5.p75
Overthrows Arab dominion in Sind, v5.p33
Personality of, v3.p31
Raids by, v4.p188
Resumes his march toward Hind, v5.p58
Returns to Hind, v5.p74
Ruled over the greater part of Persia, v3.p80
Takes all forts held by Rai Jaipal, v5.p68
Takes Multan by assault, v5.p51
Tomb of, spared by Afghans, v3.p62
Treasures obtained by, at the fort of Bhimnagar, v5.p55
Victorious over Anandpal, v3.p21
Victorious over the chief of Thanesar, v5.pp63–64
Victory of, at Gandhara, v3.p24
Victory of, at Gwalior, v3.p27
Victory of, at Kalinjar, v3.p27
Victory of, at Kanauj, v3.p26
Victory of, at Lahore, v3.p27
Victory of, at Mira, v3.p20
Victory of, at Somnath, v2.pp27–28
Victory of, at Thanesar, v3.p24
Victory of, at the “Rahib”, v3.p27
Victory of, at the fortress of Kangra, v3.p22
Victory of, over Ilak Khan, in 1006, v3.p34
Mahmud Shah I, brother of Humayun (Sikandar Shah)
Death of, in 1412, v3.p170
Emperor of Delhi for eighteen years, v3.p161
Leads Indian army against Timur in 1398, v3.p166
Returns to Delhi on death of Ikbal Khan, v3.p170
Sets up a separate court at Kanauj, v3.p170
Mahmud Shah II, Bahmanid Sultan, v3.p192
Death of, v3.p192
Mahmud, emperor of Delhi
Defeated by Timur, v5.p210
Description of the battle of, With Timur, v5.pp207–209
Flees to the jungles, but is pursued by Amir Sald, v5.p212
Strength of army of, v5.p206
Mahmud, Sultan of Gujarat, sends fleet, which is defeated, against Christians at Chand, v6.pp291–292
Mahoba, a city in the Northwest Provinces, v3.p23
Mahoba, town, v2.p335, v2.p340
Mahur, city of the Deccan, western limit of the Bahmanid kings of the Deccan, v3.p186
Maiandros, formation of the plain of, v9.p6
Maimandi, prime minister of Mahmud and Mas’ud, v3.p40
Description of ceremony of reinstallation of, v2.pp40–41
Released from prison by Mas’ud, v3.p40
Maine, Sir Henry, takes charge of the Indian legislative department, v8.p458
Maitreyi, discussion of, with Yajnavalkya, v1.pp151–162
Majd-ad-din Tolaki, general of Mu’izz-ad-din, furnishes men to hold fort of Sarhind, v5.pp82–83
Majd-al-Umara Zia-ad-din Junaidi, chief justice of Gwalior, v5.p107
Makbul Khan, vizir of Firoz Shah, v3.p149
Death of, in 1371, v3.p157
Government skilfully administered by, v3.p150
Makhdum-al-mulk, an orthodox Mohammedan leader, v4.p39, v4.p45
Maksudabad Lake, in Bengal, v4.p229
Mal Bhatti, Hindu king, v3.p146
Malabar (province), also see Ma’bar and Maliba.
Origin and extent of chiefdoms of, v6.pp75–77
Port of Indo-Egyptian trade-route, early trade of, v6.p23, v6.p24, v6.pp77–78
Ports reached in 1498 by Vasco da Gama, v3.p183
Religious toleration in, v6.pp77–79
Royal marriage customs of, v9.p234
Royal succession in, v9.p234
Size, boundaries, and natural defences of, v9.pp233–234
Temples supposed by Da Gama to be Christian churches, v7.p40
Malacca, v4.p143
Albuquerque’s conquest of (1511), v6.pp106–107, v6.p120
Captured by the Dutch from the Portuguese, v7.p65
Country around, swears allegiance to the Dutch, v7.pp69–70
English reach (1591), v6.p193, v6.p212
Garrison of, (1530), v6.p163, (1567), v6.p142
Portuguese at, attacked by the King of Achin, v7.p39
Portuguese factory at (1508), v6.p106
Portuguese power in, advanced by Albuquerque, v9.p227
Revenues of, v6.pp153–154, v6.p157
Straits and ancient trade emporium, v6.p29, v6.p78, v6.p106
Straits of, a Dutch waterway, v7.p65
Turks attack (1547), v6.pp109–110
Malakottai, country, v2.p368
Malava, kingdom, v2.p142, v2.p262, See Malwa kingdom
Malayalam alphabet, v6.p80
Maldah, town in Bengal, v3.p69
Malgarh, a fortress at Asir, v4.p206
Maliba (Malabar) entered by force under Habib ibn Marra, v5.p17
Malik Amber, vizir, v4.p82, v4.p106, v4.p107
Malik Balban Khishlu Khan joins Katlagh Khan, v5.p130
Malik Ghazi Shalma, an architect in the reign of Firoz Shah, v3.p151
Malik Kafur
Compared with Samudra-gupta, v2.p254
In the Deccan, v2.p360
Destroyed importance of Chola kingdom, v2.p380
Malik Kafur, general under Ala-ad-din, v3.p119
Marches against Warangal, v3.p119
Successful at Devagiri, v3.p119
And Khwaja Hajji take old capital of Dvara-samudra, v3.p120
Death of, v3.p122
Malik Khan (Mealecão), Portuguese contract with (1555), v6.p128
Malik Shah, Seljuk emperor, v3.p48, v3.p69
Malka, a, Hindu chief of the hill country about Delhi, v5.p134
Completely routed by Ulugh Khan, v5.pp137–138
Malloi, a tribe of Northern India, v9.p25
Malloi, autonomous tribe in the Panjab, v2.p69, v2.pp81–87
Mallu Khan and his army march against Jahan-numa, v5.p200
Defeated by Timur’s army, v5.pp200–201
Flees in vain to the jungles, v5.p212
Malwa kingdom (see Malava) = Avanti, v2.p23
Conquered by Chandragupta II, v2.p261, v2.p262
Described by Fa-hien, v2.p269
Unnamed king of, v2.p297
Malwa, a Hindu state, v4.p2, v4.p8, v4.p179, v4.p194, v4.p214, v4.p222
Malwa, a province of Central India and city of Northwest Provinces, v3.p23, v3.p76, v3.p82, v3.p181, v3.p182
Insurrections in, in 1294, v3.p101
King of, captures Kalpi, in 1435, v3.p178
In possession of Zafar Khan in 1407, v3.p183
Taken by Bahadur Shah in 1531, v3.p182
Annexed by Bahadur, v3.p185
In possession of Humayun, v3.p230
Festivities instituted by Humayun at, v3.p231
Again joined to Gujarat, v3.p232
Malwa, Hindu kingdom, v1.p126
Mamallaipuram, “Seven Pagodas” at, v2.p381
Mamandur, cave-temples at, v2.p384
Mamluk Sultans of Egypt
Slave ancestry of, v2.pp69–70
Fleet defeated off Din by the Portuguese, v3.p185
Mamluks attack the Portuguese in Arabian Sea, v3.p184
Mamun, caliph of Baghdad, v5.p21
Man Singh, a commander under Akbar, v4.p23, v4.p30
Man, as protector and head of the family, v1.p7
Manasa, a sacred pond, v9.p192
Manda, a sacred pond, v9.p192
Mandakini, a river having its source in the sacred pond Manda, v9.p192
Mandanis, a Hindu gymnosophist
Discourse of, with Onesikritos, v9.pp56–57
Considered superior to Kalanos, v9.p63
Mandelslo, a German traveller in India, v4.p66, v4.p92, v4.p93, v4.p94, v4.p95
Description of Agra by, v4.pp96–97
Describes the military force of Shah Jahan, v4.p99
Mandi Khwaja
Sent by Babar against Sultan Ibrahim, but returns unsuccessful, v5.p254
Ordered to enter the fort of Delhi and take possession of the treasuries, v5.p259
Mandu, a place in Central India, v4.p199
Mandu, city of Central India, built by Hushang, v3.p181
Humayun pursues the king of Gujarat, v3.p230
Mandur, fort of, in the Siwalik Hills, captured by Shams-ad-din Altamish, v5.p98
Mangalore, town, v2.p167, v2.p363
Mangalore, western boundary of kingdom of Vijayanagar, v3.p188
Mangu Khan, a prince of Turkistan and a Moghul general
Marches into Sind, v5.p114
Flees with his army from Ulugh Khan, v5.p116
Mangu Khan, Mongol leader, v3.p82
Mani, quotation from, regarding worship of the heavenly bodies, v9.p188
Manila, Spanish-Portuguese right to, v6.p226
Manipur
Captured by the Burmese, v8.p389
Temporarily occupied by the English, v8.p430
Manjanik, a catapult or ballista, v5.p8
Manju Patan, oldest capital of Nepal, v2.p140
Mankot, v4.p6
Manrique, Sebastian, an Augustinian missionary, v4.p100, v4.p133
Mansabdar, title of commander of horse, a life-peer, v4.p15, v4.p32, v4.p62, v4.p65
Salary of a, under Jahangir, v4.p77
Salary of a, under Aurangzib, v4.pp140–141
Mansfield, Lord, v6.p116
Mansur Ghori, Sultan of Egypt, sends fleet, which is defeated, against Christians assembled at Chand, v6.pp291–292
Mansur ibn Jamhur
Defeated by Musa ibn Kab at-Tamimi, v5.p18
Death of, v5.p21
Mansura, city of, founded by Amr ibn Mohammad ibn Kasim, v5.p18
Mansura, in lower Sind, Arab dynasty at, v3.p13
Mansura, one of the two principal kingdoms of Sind, under Yalub ibn Lais, v5.p26
Occupied by Karmathians, v5.p33
Manu, date of code of, v2.p279
Manu, legend of, in Satapatha Brahmana, v1.pp163–167
Manucci, a Venetian traveller in India at Aurangzib’s court, v4.p66, v4.p138
Manufactures
Allusions to, in Rig-Veda, v1.pp26–27
Commencement of, v1.p7
In Brahmanic and Epic periods, v1.p160
Of ancient India known to the Greeks, v1.p218
Regulation of, v2.p118
Map, new, with the Augmentation of the Indies (1600), v6.p228
Mappillas (Moplahs), old term for both Mussulmans and Christians in Malabar, v6.p199
Mara, an evil spirit, v1.p289
Marathas, a Hindu people
Chronicle of the, by Ibrahim Khan, v4.pp215–276
Divided into factions, v4.p177
Fight with the Afghans at Panipat, v4.pp184–188
Food, dress, and arms of the, v4.p224
French overtures to the, v8.p247
Hardiness of the, v4.p166
In the Karnatic, v8.p213
Increase of the power of the, v4.pp178–179, v4.p182
Internal contests of, and flight of the Peshwa, v8.pp320–321
Invade Haidarabad, v8.p302
Invade Upper India in 1758, v8.pp191–193
Invasion of 1740, v8.p100
Language of the, v4.p153, v4.p216, v4.p224
Menace Rohilkhand, v8.p238, v8.p241
Method of fighting, v4.p106, v4.p167
New system of war tactics of the, v8.pp290–292
Oppose Bahadur Shah, v4.p176
Origin and early history of the, v4.p162
Overthrown in Panipat, v8.p237
Plunder the Moghul army, v4.p170
Power, rise of, under the chief Sivaji, in 1660–1680, v8.pp42–43
Rise to power, v4.p163
Rising power of the, v8.pp173–175, v8.pp237–239
Strength and position of the, v8.p246
Strength of, on the western side of India, v8.p99
Tactics of the, v8.p238
Wars of the, v4.pp145–166
Wars of, with Aurangzib, v4.pp153–166
Zenith of the power of the, v4.p183
Mardan Daulat, a noble of the court of Firoz Shah, v3.p163
Marine surveying in Asia, commencement of, v6.pp146–147
Marinus of Tyre, v6.p48
Marion, M., on French finance, v8.pp134–135
Maritime discovery, made possible by the progress of nautical science, v6.pp50–73, v6.p145, v6.pp199–201
Maritime travel not forbidden in ancient India, v1.p50
Marmagao, v6.p135
Maros, Mount, v2.p46
Marriage
Caste and affinity rules regulating, v9.p142
Customs, Hindu, v9.pp261–273
Marriage
Among blood relations prohibited, v1.p154
Among kinsfolk permitted by Baudhayana, v1.p239
Among kinsfolk prohibited by Vasishtha and Apastamba, v1.p239
Eight varieties of, v1.pp238–239
Laws of Akbar concerning, v4.pp16–17
Not compulsory in Vedic India, v1.p54
Of children forbidden, v4.p16
Of students, v1.p146
Of widows allowed, v4.p17
Of widows, v1.p239
Ritual of, v1.pp244–246
Vedic ceremony of, v1.pp65–67
Marseilles, mediaeval Eastern trade of, v6.p168
Martin, Francois, founder of Pondicherri, v8.p92
Maruts, storm gods, legend of, v1.p72
Marwar, district of Rajputana, Rathor principality founded at, v3.p58
Lords of, rally to Rana Sanga’s standard, v3.p211
Marwar, rana of, v4.p88, v4.p112, v4.p148
Mary, Queen of England, English trade and explorations under, v6.pp181–182, v6.p220, v6.p236
Mas’ud Mirza, ruler of Kabul and Zabul, v5.p227
Mas’ud, nephew of Raziya, brief reign of, v2.pp79–80
Mas’ud, son of Mahmud, v3.p37
Defeat of, at Dandanakan, in 1040, v3.p37
Orgies at court of, v2.pp38–40
Personality of, v3.p42
Defeat of army of, at Karman, v3.p46
Fall of empire of, v3.p47
Death of, v3.p47
Descendants of, v3.p48
Mas’udi, an Arab traveller, account of India given by, v5.pp27–28
Mas’udi, Arab traveller of the tenth century, v3.p13
Masianoi, a tribe of India, v9.p18
Masjid-i Jami’, see Jami’ Masjid.
Masoga (Massaga?), capital city of the tribe of Assakanos in India, v9.p18
Massaga (Mazaga), town, v2.p47, v2.p50
Massagetai, Cyrus marches against the, v9.p5
Master, treaty of, in 1648, v8.p23
Masulipatam, a town in the Madras territory, v4.p94, v4.p136
Masulipatam, English Company settles at, v8.p23
Taken by the English, v8.p142
Masulipatam, on the Bay of Bengal, v7.p20
Chief seaport of Moslem kings of Golkonda, v7.p223
Description of, v7.pp221–222
Dutch and English struggle for, v7.pp224–225
English abandon, in 1628, v7.p225
Famine at, v7.pp225–226
Growth of the trade of, v7.p223
Hippon sails to, v7.p221, v7.p223
Masulipatan, city of Madras, taken by Bahmanid Sultan Mohammad II, v3.p191
Matchlocks, v4.p11, v4.p22, v4.p99, v4.p113
Mathura (Madura), capital of the Pandyas, v1.p207
Mathura (Muttra), a city of India on the Jumna, reached by Mahmud of Ghazni, v3.p25
Mathura, city
Buddhist monasteries at, v2.p240, v2.p268
Iron pillar of Delhi probably erected originally at, v2.p329
Reasons for the sanctity of, v9.p199
Satraps of, v2.p191
Upagupta a native of, v2.p172
Matriarchy, no trace of, in India, v1.p7
Matricola, the Register of Portuguese possessions in the East Indies, captured by the English (1592), v6.p227
Matsya Purana, date of, v2.p11
Matsya Purana, quotation from the, regarding places of pilgrimage, v9.pp191–194
Matter, in Hindu philosophy, v1.p267
Maudud, viceroy at Balkh, v3.p45
Maues, king, v2.p206
Mauritius, island of
Occupied by the French, v8.p91, v8.p103
Reduction of, v8.p258
Maurya, origin of name, v2.p105
Empire, v2.p128, v2.p141, v2.p166
Mawara-an-nahr
Conquered by the Samanids, v5.p25
Men of, engage in holy war, v5.p64
Mawas, rebellion of, crushed by Ulugh Khan, v5.p114
Maximilian, Emperor of Austria, vengeance of, on Bruges for its revolts, v6.p202
Mazarin, policy of the French under, v8.p83
Meat, eating of, v1.p8, v1.p50
Meats, kinds of, permitted and forbidden to the Hindus, v9.p152
Mecca conquered by Karmathians, v5.p25
Mecca
Akbar contemplated a pilgrimage to, v4.p41
Cabot visits, v6.p175
Europeans grant passes for ships to, v6.pp270–272
Pilgrimages to, v4.p7, v4.p45, v4.p122, v4.p166
Sanctity of, v9.p198
Medical treatment, Hindu, v9.p148
Medicean map (Laurentian portulan), v6.p49, v6.p199
Medina, Pilgrimages to, v4.p122
Medini Rao, lord of Chanderi, v3.p182
Death of, v3.p182
Rajput vizir of Malwa, v3.p216
Mediterranean
Charts of the, v6.p47, v6.pp199–201
Early commerce on the, v6.p1, v6.p3, v6.p10, v6.p12, v6.p13, v6.p199
Early fleets on the, v6.pp52–53
English trade in the, v6.p167, v6.p204, v6.p209, v6.p221, v6.p222
Spanish command of the, v6.p209, v6.p221
Struggle for, and Turkish control of the, v6.pp31–35
Trade to India, by way of the (sixteenth century), v6.pp92–93, v6.pp168–169
Meds, tribe of Northern India
Aid Mohammedan invaders, v3.p10
Defeat Rashid ibn Omar al-Judaidi, v5.p4
Defeated by Mohammad ibn Fazl ibn Mahan, v5.p23
Medway, Dutch sail up, v6.p215
Megasthenes, a Greek writer, v9.p1
Account of India, v1.p204, v1.pp205–207, v1.pp210–212, v1.p214, v1.p219, v1.p234, v1.p235
Discredits the ancient histories of India, v9.p4
On India, v2.p109
Subdivides the philosophers into Brahmans and Sramans, v1.p236
Takes up residence in India, v1.p204
Meghavarna, King of Ceylon, v2.p256
Mekong River, British influence advances to, v8.p487
Mekran, a province of Persia, subdued by Sinan, v5.p4
Mekran, seacoast district of Persia, Arab invasion from, v3.p4
Mekran, see Gedrosia
Melinde, in Africa, Portuguese control of, v6.p94
Menander, Indo-Greek king, v2.p179, v2.p203, v2.p204, v2.p215
Mercantile system, early enunciation of, v7.p172
Mercator, Gerard, geographer, v6.p200
Merchants of the Staple, v6.p236
Merchants, abodes of, at Delhi, v4.p131
Meropis see Kos
Merv, a city of Turkistan, Mas’ud defeated near, in 1040, v3.p37, v3.p47
Mesopotamia, ancient trade-route, by way of, v6.p2
Metals
In ancient India, v1.p9, v1.p218
In the Rig-Veda, v1.p26
Knowledge of, in Brahmanic times, v1.p147
Precious, measure of a nation’s wealth, v7.p6
Precious, of India, v9.p153
Metaphysical views in India, v4.p40
Mete (“Island of the Dead”), Portuguese cruelties at (1535), v6.p118
Metempsychosis the shibboleth of the Hindu religion, v9.p160
Methods of treatment by the physicians of, v9.pp235–236
Metre, science of, v1.p192
Metrics, Hindu, Chinese account of, v9.pp125–126
Mewar, v4.p148
Mewat, religious insurrection at, v4.p147
Mewat, territory of Delhi, tribute exacted from, v3.p171
Michelborne, Sir Edward
Attacks the Dutch at Bantam, v7.p8
Compromises the position of the East India Company in the Spice Archipelago, v7.p9
Disfranchised by the East India Company in 1601, v7.p8
Obtains royal license of trade and discovery from James I, v7.p8
Plunders a Chinese ship, v7.p8
Middleton, Captain Sir Henry
Attempt of, to establish trade with the Red Sea, v7.p20
Attempt of, to trade at Surat frustrated by the Portuguese, v7.p20
Commander of the English East India Company’s second expedition, v7.p6
Commander of the sixth expedition of the English East India Company, v7.p12
Death of, v7.p13
Forced back to old trade stations in the Eastern Archipelago, v7.p20
Lands at Suwali near Surat, v7.p194
Reprisals of, arouse Nfoslems against the English, v7.p20
Return of, to England, v7.p6
Middleton, David, one of the captains of the third expedition of the East India Company, v7.p9
Mihintale, seat of an Indian monastery, v1.p320
Mihiragula (Mihirakula), Sakala capital of, v2.p317
History of, v2.p286
“Milinda, Questions of”, Buddhist book, v2.p204
Mihran (Indus) river, Mohammad ibn Kasim encamps on banks of, v5.p10
Milak Deo, Hindu raja, besieged by Shams-ad-din Altamish in Gwalior for eleven months, v5.p100
Milan, Spanish control of the duchy of, v6.p209
Mildenhall (or Midnall), John, commercial mission of, to India (1599), v6.p222
Military affairs in India controlled by six divisions of governors, v9.p42
Mill, James, on the success of England, v8.p124
Scheme of, for conquering Bengal submitted to the Austrian emperor, v8.p162
Millennium, doctrine of a, v4.p46
Milwat
Captured by Babar, v5.p241
Given to Mohammad Ali Jang-jang, v5.p246
Mind, according to Sankhya philosophy, v1.pp264–255
Minhaj-as-Siraj, native historian of Ghor, v5.p77
Appointed by Raziya, to the Nasiriya college, v5.p108
Directed to offer terms of peace to Ulugh Khan, v5.p126
Made judge of Gwalior, v5.p108
Selections from the work of, v5.pp77–86, v1.pp88–102, v5.pp104–109, v1.pp111–140
Minjah-as-siraj, contemporary of Shams-ad-din Altamish, v3.p73
Minto, Lord, Governor-General of India, v8.p349
Embassies from, v8.pp353–354
Mir Ali, a commander of the left wing of Sultan Mahmud’s army, v5.p206
Mir Fakhr-ad-din
Sent against fort at Shakar, v5.p328
Victorious at fort of Shakar, v5.p329
Mir Jafir
Death of, v8.p187
Deposed, v8.p186
Proclaimed Nawab in place of Siraj-ad-daulah, v8.p168
Restored in 1763, v8.p187
Mir Jumla, a Persian vizir of Golkonda, an ally of Aurangzib, v4.p110
Expedition of, against Assam, v4.p142
Succeeded in office by Shayista Khan, v4.p143
Mir Kasim ascends the throne, v8.p186
Miraim’s Kothi, room in Akbar’s palace, v4.p37
Miran, Sadr-i Jahan, sent as envoy by Akbar, v4.p196, v4.p197, v4.p209
Mirat, city of the Northwest Provinces
Captured by Kutb-ad-din Aybek, v3.p70
Taken by Timur in 1399, v3.p168
Mirich (Miraj) a town in the Bombay Presidency, v4.p154
Mirza Ghiyas Beg, father of Nur Jahan, v5.pp316–317
Mirza Haidar, Arab historian, v3.p237
Mirza Jani Beg of Tatta, an amir under Akbar, v4.p210
Mirzas, of Surat, cousins of Akbar, v4.p13
Missionaries, Christian, at court of Akbar, v6.pp269–270
Missionaries, Portuguese, v4.p100
Mithila, social life in, in Brahmanic period, v1.p149
Mithradates Parthian king, v2.p206
Mitra, an Aditya, v1.p69
Mitradeva, assassinated Sumitra Sunga, v2.p186
Miyan Sayyid, an officer of Akbar, v4.p209
Mocha, Van Speult dies in, v7.p151
Modo-Galingoi (Madhya-Kalingas), Hindu tribe, v1.p205
Moga, king, v2.p206
Moggali, father of Tissa, v1.p319
Moggallana, convert to Buddhism, v1.p292
Moghul
Architecture, v4.pp100–103
Army under Aurangzib, v4.p140
Battles begin with au artillery engagement, v4.p113
Cavalry, v4.p157
Cities, v4.p132
Court, v4.pp52–53, v4.p124, v4.p162
Emperors, dynastic list of the, v4.p279
Emperors, portraits of the, v4.p37, v4.p134
Empire, golden age of the, v4.p1
Empire, extent of the, v4.p2
Empire, fall of the, v4.pp173–190
Forces, v4.p4
Governor forbids all trade on shore with the English, v7.p46
Parallel of the Domesday Book, v4.p26
Princes, v4.p125
Rule, beginnings of the downfall of, v7.p288
Valour, decline of, v4.p165, v4.p166, v4.p176
Moghul Emperors, dynastic list of the, v3.p254
Moghul Empire
Administrative system of the, v8.p453
Rapid decline of the, v5.p331, v8.p75, v8.pp76–78
Effect of its establishment and its decline on European Powers in India, v6.pp149–150
Not established when Portuguese landed in India (1498), v6.p74, v6.p83
Dependence of, on the English at Surat to hold the sea, v7.pp204–205
Development of, as a land power, v7.p205
Moghuls, founding of dynasty of, v3.p193
Moghuls, Maratha hostility toward the, v7.p287
Moghuls, Great, Babar first of the, v3.p208
Moha, Bay of, Best anchors in, v7.p28
Mohammad A’zam, son of Aurangzib, attends his father’s funeral, v5.p347
Mohammad Ali Jang-jang, Babar bestows territory upon, v5.p235
Mohammad Ali tacitly recognized as Nawab of the Karnatic, v8.p123
Mohammad Azad
Sent by Timur to get intelligence of Burhan Aghlan, v5.p190
Difficulty of march of, to fort of Siyah-poshes, v5.pp191–192
Defeats infidels at fort of Siyah-poshes, v5.p192
Advanced in rank by Timur, v5.p194
Followers of, rewarded by Timur, v5.p194
Mohammad Baka, Mohammedan historian, selection from works of, v5.pp331–339
Mohammad Bakhtiyar, a Mohammedan general, v3.p59
Makes Lakhnauti his capital, v3.p71
Mohammad Ghori (Mu’izz-ad-din)
Again encamps near Narain, v5.p84
Again goes to capture Sarhind, v5.p84
Attacks and conquers fort at Sarhind, v5.p82
Becomes king of Ghazni, v5.p78
Conquers Anhalwara in 1178, v3.p54
Conquers Gurdez in 1174 A.D., v5.p81
Conquers Multan in 1175, v3.p54
Conquers Peshawar in 1179, v3.p64
Death of, v5.p86
Death of, in 1200, v3.p60
Defeat of, in battle of Andkhod, v5.p95
Defeated at Narain by Rajputs, in first encounter, v3.p57
Defeats Gakkars and hill tribes of Jud, v5.p85
Defeats Khusru Malik in 1185 or 1186, v3.p55
Defeats Kolah Pithaura at Narain, v5.p83
Defeats people of Sankaran, v5.p81
Defeats Rai Jai Chand near Chandawal, v5.p85, v5.p90
Delivers Multan from the Karmathians, v5.p81
Duration of the reign of, thirty-two years, v5.p86
Fortifies Sialkot in 1184, v3.p66
Gains territory by victory over Kolah Pithaura, v5.p85
Invades Khwarizm, v3.p60
Is assigned to Kasr-kajuran and Istiya, v5.p78
Is assigned to Takinabad, largest town in Garmsir, v5.p78
Minar of, repaired by Firoz Shah, v5.p165
Narrow escape of, in battle of Narain, v5.p83
Purchases Kutb-ad-din, v5.pp88–89
Ravages Hindustan for 30 years, v3.p64
Ravages Lahore in 1184, v3.p66
Résumé of career of, v2.pp60–62
Retreats to Mohammedan territory, v5.p83
Seizes and garrisons Sirhind, v3.p56
Succeeds to the throne at Ghiyas-ad-din’s death, v5.p85
Sultan of the house of Ghor, v5.p77
Tomb of, repaired by Firoz Shah, v5.p165
Victorious at Anhalwara, v3.p59
Victorious at Badaun, v3.p59
Victorious at Gwalior, v3.p59
Victorious at Kalinjar, v3.p59
Victorious at Kalpi, v3.p59
Victorious over Kolah Pithaura, v5.pp84–85
Victorious over the Rajputs in the second encounter at Narain, v3.p58
Victorious over the Rathors on the Jumna, v3.p58
Mohammad ibn Harun ibn Zara an-Namari, appointed successor to Mujja’ ibn Si’r at-Tamimi, v5.p5
Mohammad I, Bahmanid Sultan of the Deccan, reduces Warangal, v3.p187
Subdues raja of Vijayanagar, v2.pp188–189
Mohammad ibn Fazl ibn Mahan, ruler of Sindan, v5.p23
Mohammad ibn Kasim
Adventures of, v2.pp5–6
Arab invader of India, v3.p5
Battle of, with Dahir, v5.p11
Completes Mujja’ ibn Si’r at-Tamimi’s conquest of the tribes about Kandabil, v5.p5
Crosses the Mihran, v5.p11
Death of, v2.pp11–12
Garrisons Daibul, v5.p9
Goes to Brahmanabad, v5.p11
Imprisoned by Salih ibn Abd-ar-Rahman at Wasit, v5.p14
Is appointed to govern the Sindian frontier, v5.p7
Marches through, v3.p6
Preparations of, for defence of Dai-bul, v5.p8
Returns to Alrur and Baghrur, v5.p13
Terms given to Hindus by, v2.pp10–11
Torture and death of, v5.p14
Victorious at Kannazbur, v5.p8
Mohammad ibn Khalil, ruler of Kan-dabil, defeated and slain by Amran ibn Musa ibn Yahya, v5.p22
Mohammad ibn Mus’ab, expedition of, into Sadusan, v5.p10
Mohammad II, Bahmanid Sultan, conquests of, v3.p191
Mohammad Murad left by Zafar Khan in charge of Tibet, v5.p330
Mohammad of Yazd maligns Islam to Akbar, v5.p280
Mohammad Shah, a Moghul emperor, v4.p178, v4.p180, v4.p221
Mohammad Sultan, cousin of Humayun, makes bid for the throne, v3.p227
Proclaimed king at Kanauj, v3.p231
Mohammad Taghlak
Abolishes all but two taxes in 1341, v3.p139
Aided in vain by Abbasid caliph of Cairo, v3.p144
All efforts of. unavailable to restore loyalty of people, v3.p145
Army of, completely destroyed at Kara-jal, v5.p162
Attitude of subjects toward, v5.pp154–155
Beginning of decline of power of, v5.p157
Changes capital to Deogir, v5.p157
Character of, v3.pp130–134
Coinage of, v5.pp158–160
Death of, v2.pp131–132, v3.p145
Death of, in 1351 A.D., v5.p162
Discusses with Barani certain questions of government, v2.pp132–133
Empire impoverished at time of death, v3.p132
Excessive taxes of, on lands of the Doab, v5.p156
Extravagances of, v2.pp134–135
Firoz Shah endeavours to atone for cruelties of, v5.p169
Generosity of, v2.pp134–135
Innovations in government cause revolts, v2.pp130–131
Last king of Delhi to hold authority south of the Vindhyas, v2.pp185–186
Massacres natives who abandon their laud, v3.p136
Orders the population of Delhi to move to Daulatabad, v2.pp137–138
Organizes system of government loans to agriculturists, v3.p139
Revolts in kingdom of, v3.p143, v3.p188
Rules twenty-three provinces at beginning of his reign, v3.p143
State of empire at beginning of reign of, v3.p139
Succeeded by Firoz Shah, v3.p145
Token currency of, v2.pp139–142
Tortures and kills his subjects, v3.p133
Transfers capital to Devagiri, v3.p136
Treatment of strangers by, v2.pp134–135
Treatment of subjects by, v5.pp154–156
Unsuccessful reign of, v5.pp154–155
Mohammad Zaman, cousin of Humayun, makes bid for the throne, v3.p227
Mohammad, a son of Dara, v4.p114, v4.p117
Mohammad, grandson of Dilawar Khan, murdered in 1435, v3.p181
Mohammad, prince, a son of Aurangzib, v4.p138
Mohammad, son of al-Haras al-Alafi, opposes and slays Sa’id ibn Aslam, v5.p5
Mohammad, son of Balban, v3.p86
Death of, in 1285, v3.p91
Mohammad, son of Firoz Shah, allowed to rule his father’s domains in 1387, v3.p158
Misgovernment of, causes revolt among slaves, v3.p158
Secures Delhi in 1390, v3.p161
Four years’ reign of, a series of rebellions, v3.p161
Mohammed, Camoens’s conception of, v6.p71
Albuquerque’s design to carry off the bones of, v6.p104
Mohammed, son of Bakhtiyar, v2.pp345–347
Mohammed, the prophet, character of, v4.p39
An inspirer of saints, v4.p43
Time reckoned from the death of, v4.p46
Precept of, about learning a trade, v4.p122
Mohammedan
Architecture, v4.p189
Conquest, v2.p9, v2.p346, v2.p360
Dynasties of India, list of, v2.pp251–258
Government, disorder and corruption of, v3.p2
Invaders intermarry with Hindus, v3.p2
Law of taxation, v4.p148
Merchants, v4.p96
Sects, v4.p39, v4.p41, v4.p89, v4.p110
See also Moslem
Mohammedanism
Enforced conversion of some Christians to, by Shah Jahan, v6.pp283–284
Rise of, v6.p287
Secret of its success in India, v2.pp67–68
Mohammedans, (See also Moslems)
And European Christians, conflicts between, v6.pp286–288, v6.pp291–297
Hindu treatment of, as described by Ibn Haukal, v5.p31, v5.p32
In India, number of, v3.p1
Taught Persian by Hindus, v4.p30
Moluccas, English reasons for asserting right to a factory in the, v7.p74
Dutch allow the English one-third of the trade of the, v7.p93
Moluccas, see Spice Islands
Mombassa, Portuguese control over, v6.p94
Monasteries, Buddhist, architecture of, v9.p131
Monastery, Indian, at Mihintale, v1.p320
Money, in the Rig-Veda, v1.pp19–20
Monghyr (Mungir), district, v2.p27
Monghyr, town in Bengal, Humayun marches to, v3.p236
Mongol
Description of, in writings of Amir Khusru, v3.p86
Devastate Asia and obstruct the trade-routes, v6.p13, v6.pp18–20, v6.p31
In great fear of the army of Islam, v3.p118
Invasion, danger of, v3.p86
Invasion, results of, v3.p75
Invasions of, from 1296 to 1305, v3.p101, v3.p115
Massacre inhabitants of Lahore, in 1241, v3.p80
Under Babar, the first to attack Sultan Ibrahim’s army, v3.p207
Monkeys in India, v9.pp20–21
Two methods followed in capturing, v9.p21
Size of, v9.p30
Monks, Buddhist, costume of, v9.pp133–134
Monopolies abolished by Queen Elizabeth in 1601, v7.p7
Monotheism, v1.pp172–173
In the Rig-Veda, v1.pp80–81
Monson, Colonel, defeated by Holkar, v8.p330
Monson, Sir William, “Naval Tracts” of, quoted, v6.p199
Monsoons, discovery of, and effect on Indo-Egyptian trade, v6.pp22–23, v6.p31
Montesquieu declares against emigration, v8.p151
Month, Hindu, divisions of the, v9.p127
Moon
Fanciful comparison of the, with India, v9.p122
Regulation of sacrificial rites by position of, v1.p157
Moors
Expulsion of, from Spain, v6.p32
Piracy of, in the Mediterranean, v6.pp31–32
Possessions of, in Spain, v6.p38
Struggle of, with the Portuguese, v6.p40, v6.pp42–44, v6.pp54–55, v6.pp89–90
Morellet, Abbé, report of, concerning the finances of the French Company, v8.p147
Morning hymn to the sun, v1.p70
Morocco, English embassy to the Emperor of (1577), and establishment of trade in, v6.pp204–205
Moscow, v4.p122
Moslem (See also Mohammedan)
Architecture, v4.p189
Eulogists of Shah Jahan, v4.p92
Kings of Golkonda advance their boundaries to the Madras coast, v7.p218
Practice of learning a trade, v4.p122
Saints, tombs of, v4.p34
Teachers at Akbar’s court, v4.p30
Moslems
Akbar’s attitude toward, v4.p43
Aurangzib praised by, v4.p129
Conquest of India by, v3.p1
Disordered after Aurangzib’s death, v4.p176
Fighting strength of, derived from hill tribes of Afghanistan and men of the Oxus, v3.p226
Hate idolatry, v4.p145
In India, number of, v3.p1
In the battle at Panipat, v4.p187
Indian, native converts from Hinduism, v3.p2
Mosques of, v4.p150
Of India, decline of, v2.pp194–195
Pilgrimage one of the duties of, v4.p122
See also Mohammedans
Sivaji’s behaviour toward, v4.p166
Struggle of the Egyptian, with the Portuguese for the Indian seas, v6.pp94–104, v6.pp109–110, v6.pp114–115, v6.p131
Mosque at Delhi, description of, v3.p72
Mosque at New Delhi, v4.p103
Of Aurangzib at Benares, v4.p145, v4.p146, v4.p147
Mosques at Agra, v4.p96
Desecrated by Hindus, v4.p149
Mosques, Portuguese protection of (1534), v6.p128
Motley, John Lothrop, quoted, v6.p35
Mousikanos, king of Alor in Upper Sind, v9.p12, v9.p13
Customs of the inhabitants of the country of, v9.p27
Inhabitants of the country of, are long-lived, v9.p27
Mousikanos, king, v2.p89
Moutrea, sub-caste of the Sudras, v9.p246
Mozambique, Portuguese control of, v6.p94, v6.p108, v6.p153
Mu’awiya ibn Yazid killed by Hilal ibn Ahwaz at-Tamimi, v5.p15
Mu’awiya, caliph of Baghdad, v5.p3
Mu’awiya, son of al-Haras al-Alafi, opposes and slays Sa’id ibn Aslam, v5.p5
Mu’azzam, prince, a son of Aurangzib, afterwards the emperor Bahadur Shah, v4.p138, v4.p149, v4.p160, v4.p169, v4.p176
Mu’in-ad-din, a commander of the right wing of Sultan Mahmud’s army, v5.p206
Mu’iniyyah, religious teacher, v5.p278
Mu’izz-ad-din, see Mohammad Ghori
Mu’izz-ad-din placed on ruined throne of Mahmud, v3.p54
Mu’izz-ad-din, brother of Raziya
Ascends throne, v5.p108
Tomb of, at Malikpur, restored by Firoz Shah, v5.p166
Mu’tamad Khan, Mohammedan historian, selection from the works of, v5.pp316–319
Mubarak Shah, successor of Khizr Khan
Death of, v3.p172
Daughter of, marries the crown prince of Jaunpur, v3.p178
Mubashar Bahadur left in command of Jahan-numa by Timur, v5.p200
Mucknell, Captain of the East India Company, loyalty of, to Charles I, v7.p189
Mudkal, city of the Carnatic, attacked by raja of Vijayanagar, v3.p190
Mudki, battle of, v8.p410
Mudra Rakshasa, drama, plots described in (quotation), v2.p117
Mughalpur, quarters of “new Moslems” in Delhi, v3.p102
Mughira, brother of Hakam and Osman ibn Abu-l-Asi, victorious at Bay of Daibul, v5.p2
Muhallab ibn Abu-Safra and his army slain on the frontier of Hind, v5.pp3–4
Mujahid, Al-, Mohammad ibn Taghlak, title assumed by Prince Jauna, v3.p129
Mujahid, Bahmanid Sultan, attacks kingdom of Vijayanagar, v3.p189
Mujja’ ibn Si’r at-Tamimi
Appointed to the frontier of Hind, v5.p5
Death of, v5.p5
Mujtahid, an authority in religious matters of the Mohammedan faith, v4.p43
Mukdal, fortress of the Raichur Doab, v3.p188, v3.p189
Mukran = Gedrosia, v2.p93
Muktapida. = Lalitaditya
Mulla Ahmad, a historian, v4.p18
Mulla Mohammad Husain of Kashmir, an expert calligrapher of Jahangir, v5.p303
Mulls Murshid, unsuccessfully sent by Babar as an ambassador to Sultan Ibrahim and Daulat Khan, v5.pp228–229
Multan, a city in the Panjab, v4.p231, v4.p240
A former place of Hindu pilgrimage, v9.p199
Arab dynasty of, v3.p13
Besieged by advance force under Pir Mohammad, v3.p165
Conquered by Mohammad Ghori in 1175, v3.p64
Delivered from the hands of the Karmathians by Mu’izz-ad-din, v5.p81
Hereditary for many years in family of Abu-l-Dalhat al-Munabba ibn Assad as-Sami, v5.p27
In the eighth century, as described by Ibn Haukal, v5.pp28–31
Inhabitants of, taxed by Mahmud of Ghazni, v5.p51
Mahmud of Ghazni said to have built a fleet at, v3.p28
Occupied by Karmathians, v5.p33
Once held by Malik Karakash, v5.p108
One of the two principal kingdoms of Sind under Ya’kub ibn Lais, v5.p26
Reduced by Caliph al-Mansur, v5.p21
Sacred pond of, v9.p197
Subject to Mohammad Taghlak, v3.p143
Surrenders to Mohammad ibn Kasim, v3.p9
Taken by Mahmud of Ghazni, v3.p9
Taken by Mohammad Ghori, v5.pp12–13
Multasim bi-Allah, caliph of Baghdad, v5.p5, v5.p22, v5.p23
Muluk-at-tawaif (“Faction kings”), v3.p196
Mumtaz-i-Mahal, empress of Shah Jahan and the lady of the Taj, v4.p89, v4.p104
Mun, Thomas
Defends the East India Company in his “Discourse of Trade”, v7.p168
Draws up the “Remonstrance”, v7.p170
Municipal administration in Maurya age, v2.p116
Municipal government iu the Brahmanic and Epic periods, v1.p141
Munj, Brahman stronghold, taken by Mahmud of Ghazni, v5.p70
Munja, Paramara Raja, v2.p341
Murad Bakhsh, son of Shah Jahan, v4.p111
Death of, v4.p119
Fights against Dara, v4.p113, v4.pp115–116
Joins with Aurangzib, v4.p112
Murad, son of Akbar, v4.p41, v4.p49, v4.p59, v4.p193, v4.p194
Murshid Kuli Khan, Governor of Bengal, v8.p164
Musa ibn Kab at-Tamimi
Appointed to the frontier of Sind, v5.p18
Repairs city of Mansura and enlarges mosque, v5.p21
Victorious over Mansur ibn Jamhur, v5.p18
Musa ibn Yalaya ibn Khalid
Appointed to the frontier of Sind, v5.p22
Death of, v5.p22
Muscat
Harbour of, v9.p331
Portuguese bombard and take (1507), v6.p100
Turks sack (1581), v6.p110
Muscovy, Grand Duke of, embassy to the, v4.p92
Musketeers, v4.p140
Muskets, see Matchlocks
Mussooree, city in the Northwest Provinces, v3.p169
Mussulmans, in Southern India
Indian and Arab elements of, v6.p79, v6.pp81–91
Struggle of, with the Portuguese, v6.pp92–165
Allowed by the inhabitants to settle in the Deccan and Hindustan, v6.p287
Mustafa, cannoneer in the army of Babar, v3.p207, v3.p213, v3.p218
Mutiny of 1857, v3.p1, v3.p193
Mutiny, political and legal reorganization after the, v8.p452
Muttra, see Mathura
Muzaffar Jang, accession of, v8.p118, v8.p119
Death of, v8.p120
Muzaffar Khan, chancellor of Akbar, v4.p26
Muzid reports on kingdom of Kator to Timur, v5.p184
Myos Hormos, trade emporium, founded by Ptolemy Philadelphus (274 B.C.), v6.pp22–23
Myrmekes (ants), habits of, v9.p36
Mysore = Gangavadi, v2.p390
Hoysala dynasty of, v2.p360
Mysore a city in the Madras Presidency, v4.p164
Mysore, a Hindu principality, v8.p211
Partition of, v8.p310
Reconstitution of native government in, v8.p431
This collection transcribed by Chris Gage