The Bābur-nāma in English (Memoirs of Bābur)
quoted 630;
sent to Samarkand 653.
+Mughūls and Bābur+:—a faithful Mughūl 87-8;
Mughūls enter his service 58-9, 189, 190-2-4, 245;
support Jahāngīr against him _see i.a. snn._ Taṃbal, `Alī-dost;
offer to supplant him by Sa`īd _Chaghatāī_ 351;
sent to help him 101-4,
oppose him 115;
desert him 86-7, 104-5;
Five Rebellions against him 105, 208, 313-4, 345-9, 361-2-3, 397;
his following purged of them 427;
his comments on them 66, 104-5, 115-40, 172;
a Mughūl chief's dying comment on them 363;
"Mughūl dynasty" a misnomer 158.
_Muhammadan Dynasties_, Stanley Lane-Poole—Table of Timurids 262;
various 479-82;
certain Aūzbeg deaths 636.
Mu'inu'd-dīn al Zamji (_J.A. xvi, 476, de Meynara's art._)—Kīchīk
Mīrzā's Egyptian information 257.
_Muntakhabu'l-lubāb_, Muḥ. Hāshim _Kh(aw)āfī_ Khān—[_see nn. on pp.
named_], a source for filling Bābur-nāma gaps 208;
Sihrind, Sar-i-hind 383;
siege of Chandīrī 596;
varies Bābur's chronogram of the victory 596.
_Muntakhabu't-tawārīkh_, `Abdu'l-qādir _Badāyūnī_ (_trs. Ranking,
Lowe_) Ḥasan _Hijri_ 153;
Bābur's Script 228, App. Q, lxii, arrow-sped couplet 361;
_Mubīn_ 437-8;
Chronogram of Sikandar _Ludi's_ death 427;
the haunted field of Pānīpat 472;
Hasan _Miwāti_ 523;
Shaikh Gūran 526;
Fārighī 621;
Muh. _Ghaus̤_ 690;
quotes Bābur's Funeral Ode 709.
"Musalmān" as used by Bābur 99, 104, 268, 481,
and by Shaikh Zain 553-5.
_Musalman Numismatics_, O. Codrington—various coins 632 [_see JRAS.
1913-4_].
Music—+instruments+:—`_aūd_ (lute) 292, 395;
_chang_ (jews'-harp) 303;
drum _see s.n._;
_ghachak_ (guitar) 291;
_nāī_ (flute) 291, 303;
_qānūm_ (dulcimer) 278;
_qūbūz_ (guitar) 39;
—+modes+:—76 n. 5, 136, 287, 422;
—+performers+:—39, 278, 286-7, 291, 292, 422 (Bābur);
at entertainments _passim_;
—Banā'ī's rapid progress as a musician 287.
+Noticeable words+:—
_āīmāq_ 51 _etc._ Add. Note P. 51;
_mīng_ = P. _hazāra_ 52;
_mīng-begī_ see _qūchīn_;
_mihman-beg_ 227.
Nadir Shāh Pref. xlvii.
_Nagarahāra_, Simpson [JASB. xiii?]—App. E. xxiii.
_Narrative of the Journey of the Embassy to Kashghar_ (_Yarkand_),
H. W. Bellew—Satūq-būghrā Khān 29.
Nasal utterance—its seeming products "_nīng_" (var.) = nine, App. E,
xviii, xix, and "Tānk" = Tāq 233.
Natural History—+Beasts+:—those common to Kābul and Hind 222;
wild ass 224, 325;
wild buffalo 490, 657;
_būghū-marāl_ 8, 10, 114, 373, 491, 500;
—elephant described 488,
encounters with rhino and camel 451, 631, 657,
in battle 463-70, 457-66-68, 529, 668,
in hunting 657,
killed by a fleeing foe 662,
killed in Makka 563,
statues of, at Gūālīār 609,
various 590, 628-58;
—ermine-weasel 492;
yellow fox 114;
flying-fox (bat) 500 (_and n. 6 where read f. 135_);
_gainī_ cattle 492;
goat 16, 83;
hare 10, 114;
—_kīyīk_:—black buck, hog-deer and a smaller deer 222, 491,
_āq kīyīk_ (white) 6, 8, 10, 491,
_qīzīl kīyīk, arqārghalcha_ (dun sheep) 224, 491;
—tree-mouse 492;
monkey, ape 211, 222, 492;
musk-rat 214;
_nīl-gau_ 222, 490;
pig 114;
_qūchqār_ (ram) 492;
_karg_ (rhinoceros) 378, 450-1-89, 557;
squirrel 492;
flying squirrel 213[2957];
tiger 393, 664;
_yāk_ (_qūtās_) 55, 155,
_baḥrī qūtūs_ 485, 490, App. M.
—+Birds+:—migration 220-4;
catching 220-4-5;
common to Hind and Kābul 220;
decoy-birds 225;
impeded flight 214, 496;
special notes on App. B and N;
combined sex-name 500;
_dīng_ (adjutant) 398, 498;
_bak-dīng_[2958] (adjutant) 499;
_bāghrī-qarā_ _see_ sand-grouse and App. N.;
Indian bustard and Great bustard 498;
Large _buzak_ (black ibis) 499;
white _buzak_ 499, 500 l. 2;
buzzard (T. _sār_) 499, 500[2959];
chameleon-bird _see lūkha_;
cranes var. 224, 499;
crow var. 500;
ducks var. 224, 500;
egret (_qarqara_) 224;
golden eagle (_būrgūt_) 373, 500;
florican 498[2960];
goshawk (T. _qārchīgha_ and _qīrghīcha_) 34, Add. Note, P. 34,
385;
grey heron (_aūqār_) 224, 499;
jungle-fowl var. 497;
_kabg-i-darī_ 214, 496-7, App. N, xlix (_see lūkha_);
kūīl, koel 501;
Indian loriquet 494 n. 5;
_lūkha_ var. 213, 222, 496, Add. Note, P. 496
(_see kabg-i-darī_);
magpie 500;
green magpie 501;
_mānek_ (beef-steak bird) 499;
_monal_ 496, 497, App. N, _phūl-paikar_ 497;
_bulbul_ (nightingale) 420, 501;
northern-swallow 495;
parrot var. 493-4;
partridge var. 421-93-96-97;
peacock 493;
pelican (_qūṯān_) 224, App. N, 1;
pheasant (_qīr-ghāwal_) 3, 8, 10, 34, 114, 493-97 (_chīr_);
_qīl-qūyirūgh_ (_Qarshī-birdie_) 84, App. B;
quail var. 34, 497-8;
sand-grouse (_bāghrī-qarā_) 84, 498,[2961] App. B;
_sārīgh-aūsh_[2962] 373;
_sharak_;
—Himālayan starling? 495 n. 3;
_pindāwati_ 495;
house-_mīna_ 495 (_add n. ref. 5_);
pied-_mīna_ _ib._—sparrow (_chūchūq_) 8;
snow-cock 213, 421, App. N, 1, (_see_ _lūkha_ and _chīūrtīka_
_ib._);
white stork 499;
_karcha_ (swift) 501;
wag-tail 498, 501;
wild fowl 497;
little green wood-pecker 501;
_zummaj_ 500 ("eagle," _add_ Its colour is black);
—+Fish and amphibia+:—migration 225;
catching 225-7, 406, 682;
of Hindustan fish 503;
cray fish 502;
unnamed 663;
frog 503;
porpoise 502;
crocodile var. 501-2, 663;
—+Various+:—lizard 501-2;
locust (_chīūrtīka_) 421, App. N, 1;
mosquito 204;
snakes, 8, 147, 406;
+Flowers+:—Farghāna 5, 10;
Kābul 215-7;
Peshāwār 393;
Hind 513-5;
—_arghwān_ (red, the Judas-tree) 216-7, 305,
(yellow) 217;
hibiscus 513;
jasmine 515;
oleander 514, 580, 610;
roses 5, 321 (couplet), 513;
screw-pine 516;
tulips 5, 215, 321;
violets 5;
—+Fruits+:—Farghāna 2, 3, 6, 8, 10;
Samarkand 77, 82-4;
Kābul 202-3-8-9-10-12-16-18-20-21;
Hind 503 to 513, App. O;
—`_ain-ālū_ 506;
almond 6, 7, 9, 223, 507-8;
_ālū-bālū_ 203;
apple 2, 8, 77, 202-20, 507;
apricot 6, 202;
_badrang_ 203;
plantain (banāna) 208, 504;
cherry 203;
_chīrūnjī_ 508;
citron var. 203-8-10, 501-11;
clustered-fig 508;
coco-nut 509;
colocynth-apple (_wild gourd_) 410-11 (_where for khunṯal read
ḥunẕal_);
coriander 211;
corinda 507;
date-palm 410-24, 506-8;
date-plum (T. _qarā-yīmīsh_) 203-10;
fig 508;
grape 3, 77, 202-3-10-12-18-21, 507-8, 646-86-87;
jack-fruit 506;
_jāman_ 506, 606;
_jīlghūza_ (pine-seeds) 203-13;
jujube (_sinjid_) 196, 203;
_chīkdā_ 506;
_kamrak_ 506 (_where add, It has no stone_);
lemon 512, 614;
lime var. 512;
lote-fruit 507;
lotus-seed (_dūdah_) 666;
mango 503;
melon var. 10, 82-4, 92, 411, 645-6, 686-7;
mimusops 505;
myrobalan 508;
_nāshpāti_ 3;
orange var. 203-10-11, 414, 510, 512, Add. N. P. 512, 614, App.
O, liii;
pear 203;
peach 203;
pistachio 508;
plum 82;
monkey-jack 506-7;
pomegranate 6, 8, 77, 202-8, 507;
quince 202, 507-12;
tamarind 505 (_n. ref. to būīā_);
walnut 203, 508;
—+Trees and plants+:—_amān-qarā_, maize (?) 504,
small almond 233,
_būīā_ 505,
_būtā-kūh_ 221,
clover, trefoil, _sih-barga_, _yūrūnchqā_ 6, 209, 346,
conifers, archa, 221-2,
cypress 81, 222,
_dhak_ 472;
ebony-tree 585, 614,
hardwood-elm 81,
grass (_cuscus_) 631 n. 2,
holm-oak 213-16-23,
madder 218,
_mahuwā_ 505-8,
male-reed 514,
mandrake and its similars 11,
mastic 213-23,
millet 81, 215,
mulberry (_tūt_) 248, 494,
olive 222,
palmyra palm 509, App. O, liv,
Pinus Gerardiana, _jilghūza_ 203-13,
plane 216, 398,
poplar var. 13, 15, (_tūrūk_) 145 and 156, 414 (_where for
"purslain" read poplar_),
_qarqand_ 223,
reed 514,
rice 210, 342,
rhubarb 203, 345, 507,
spikenard 392,
sugar-cane 208, 388,
_tabalghū_ 11,
tamarisk 14, 463 (_where, wrongly, "Tamarind"_);
—willow 217, 306,
(weeping) 304, App. I,
(_amāl-bīd_) 512;
—+Physical various—Climate+:—change on the Kīndīrlīk-pass (?) 2;
meeting places of hot and cold in Kābul 208 and 229, 220;
both near the town 202;
good climate Aūsh 4-6,
Kāsān 10,
Soghd 84,
Kābul 263;
—+Climes+:—Farghāna and Samarkand in the 5th 1, 74;
Kābul in the 4th 199;
—cold, Akhsī 116,
Hasht-yak 151,
Ghazni 219, 526,
Khwārizm 219,
upper Herī-rūd valley 311,
Kābul 314;
—+Various+:—dust-storm 520, 32-6;
earthquake 247, 367;
solar eclipse 659;
ice,—Sīr-daryā crossed on 151;
Kābul ice-houses 215;
near Parhāla 452;
none had in Hind 518;
—+malaria+:—Andijān 4,
Khujand 8;
—+rain+:—384, 425;
rain-making _see_ magic;
rain-talisman 423;
rainy season (various) 405, 507, 514-19, 677-8;
—+snow+:—208, 215, 252, 314, 373;
Himālayan snows 485;
perilous journey in snow 309-11;
snowfall of Samarkand and Kābul compared 77;
—+wind:+—Farghāna 9 and n. 2, 151;
Kābul 201;
upper Herī-rūd valley 310;
Hind 520, pestilential 524, 532, 654-7,
does damage to Bābur's writings 658.
Nestorian Church 2.
_New account of the East Indies_ (Edin. 1727), Alex. Hamilton—Malabar
succession customs 482.
_Nigār-nāma-i-hind_, Sayyid Ghulām-i-`alī—a British monument
at Pānīpat 472.
Nine a mystic number—9 Tarkhān privileges 250;
9 allowed offences 250;
gifts by nines;
[Cf. _Shajaratu'l-atrāk, Miles trs. p. 530_, for the root of
reverence for the number nine].
_Notes on Afghanistan and Baluchistan_, H. G. Raverty—[_see nn. on pp.
named_], Kābul rulers and river 200;
river called Nīl-āb 206;
`Aqabain 201;
Adīnapūr-region 207;
Ghazni magic spring 219;
migration of fowlers 225;
Tīmūr's pillars of heads 232;
place of Ẕū'n-nūn's death 327;
"Kakar" 386;
"Pātakh" (= _bāt-qaq_ = quagmire) 403;
But -khāk a vahāra-site 409;
—+Various places+ 206, 220, (Gūm-rahān) 236, 238-47-48 (2),
"Chāriākar" (_Chār-yak-kār_) 295, 345-73, 403, (Zābul) 405;
—+Routes+ 206-9, 212, 228-35-54;
book needs revision 330-67;
a collaborator 213.
_Notes on the Chugani and neighbouring tribes of Kafiristan_, Col.
H. S. Tanner (_JRGS. 1881_)—map mentioned 209;
Dara-i-nūr 210, App. F;
Nīng-nahār App. E, xix.
[_Cf. Index II s.n. chīqān._]