Mempnis, seat of government of the shepherds,
73 . .
___} one quarter of, occupied by the Tyrian
merchants, 92
Menahem, king of Israel, 138
I purchases peace of Pul, 138
■-----■, his war with Judah, 138
Menes introduced refinement into Egypt, 90
Menon turns the Cilician gates and plunders
Tarsus, 209
.___ induces the Greeks to cross the Euphrates,
213
and others beheaded by Artaxerxes,
221
Mentz, the archbishop of, goes to the Holy
Land, 473 I B i
Mepang, or Manas Sorowar lake, the source
of four noble rivers, 369
Mercantile establishments in London, 588
.------------in France, 589
Merchants settle in Constantinople, 586
Merkez, castle near the Syrian gates, 211
Merkez-suï, or ancient Kersus, 211
Merodach Baladan, 144,145
Meroë, Mâreb and Mariaba, once baba, 47
, probably named Saba, from Seba, son
of Cush, 50
founded by the Cushites, 73
, t or Saba, probably the Sheba, whose
queen visited Solomon, 123
Meru conquered by the Seljukides, 470
Merv, route through, 572, 581
Merw-el-Rud, on the Murgh-âb, formerly
Alexandria, &c., 317, 318
Mesambria, peninsula of Nearchus, near
Sous Poshoon, or Cape Bang, 354
Mesha, probably Mekkah, 49
Meshak built by Meshok, afterwards Mazaca
and Cæsarea, or Gaysarey, 43
Meshech, posterity of, in Cappadocia, 43
| from whom the Muscovites are descended,
44
Mesjid-i-Madreh Suleiman, possibly Pasar-
gada, 301, 607, 618, 619^
, —y translation of the inscriptions, 301
( n o t e , and A p p e n d i x A . )
Mesjid ’Ali, 613 . . . . » A Mesopotamia, the principal seat ot the descendants
of Shem, 17, 48, 77
3 I the Shemitic Chaldeans on the steppes
. language of the Chaldeans used in, 53
I Abraham’s departure from, 63
'i a separate government from Assyria,
under Cushan-Rishathaim, 106
I Cyrus’ march through the desert ot,
214
___, and Alexander’s march, 285
___ Xenætas carries the war into, 403
. f Mithridates, obtains possession of, 405
’invaded by Crassus, 407 .
declared a Roman province by Trajan,
420 ,
!___ invaded by the Parthians, and campaign
Mesopotamia subjected by Zenobia, 427
I Upper, Persians defeated in, by Galerius,
of the Romans under Severus, 421
ravaged by the Persians under Sapor,
423-425
430
invaded by Sapor II., 431, 433
t march of Julian’s forces through, 438
— —, and retreat of the Romans through, 441
g Sal&h-ed-din’s campaign in, 478
— subjected by Genghis Khdn, 489
Upper, subjected by Taïmür, 493
Mesopotamian commerce, 591,592,598,600,
602, and ( A p p e n d i x N . )
and Assyrian remains, 604
canals, antiquity of, 612, 613
wool ( A p p e n d i x iV.),
Mespila, or Messila (the site of Nineveh),
the Greeks reach, 223
Messene, island in the Tigris, taken by Pra-
jan, 420
Messomordacus, king of Babylon, 145
Metals, use of, by the ancients, 89, 616, 617
Methrines, satrap of Armenia, under Alexander,
297
I Mexican pyramids, 607 #
Midianites and other Arabs, since called
Saracens, 76 . . .
, advanced state of the civilization ot
the, at the time of the Exodus, 100
Midianitish polity imparted to the Israelites
by Jethro, 100,101
Milan, Chaldean district, ¿ear the Centrites,
226 ( n o t e )
Milesian commerce and colonies, 574
Miletus taken by Alexander, and escape of
the Persian fleet, 265
Miltocythes, deserts with the Thracians to
Artaxerxes, 218
Mineralogy, eastern knowledge of, 531
Minerva, altar consecrated by Alexander to,
276
Mines and excavations of the ancients,
614, 615, 617 .
Mines, explosive, used at the siege ot Rhodes
by Suleïmân II., 396
Minnow, the, or Anamis river, 351
Minorca conquered by the Arabs, 457
Misr, city and castle of, fortified by Salah-
ed-dm, 477
Misis, the Jaïhan crossed by Cyrus at, 211
Mithras, or Mudross, caves of, 607
Mithridates, brother of Phroates, and king
of Parthia, 404
, Parthian dominions of, 405
succeeded by his son Phraates, 405
adds Mesopotamia and Babylonia to
the Parthian empire, 405
Mitylene, death of Memnon at, 268
Mixed tribes of Arabia, 70
Miyândâb, defeat of the Romans by the
Parthians at, 414
f Antony’s route into Parthia by, 413
Mizraim, son of Ham, born in Peraea, 19
f occupied the region southward of
Canaan, 20 .
j. the descendants of, migrated into
Africa, Yemen, &c., 23
, extent of the territory of his descendants,
30
Mizraim, also called iEgyptus, 45
and Thoth lead the Hamites into
Africa, 46
• * gives the name of Sanc’ha-dwipa to the
country about the Nile, 46
, part of the followers of, remain in
Arabia, 50
, spread of the sons of, 506, 507, 508
Moabites and Ammonites, origin of the, 68,
69
, the territory occupied by the, 69
expelled the Emims from the river
Arnon, 69
, the, were chiefly Cushite, 69
, the, continued separate from the Ammonites,
69
Moawiyah contends for the khaliphat with
’Ali, 456
causes translations of foreign works
to be made, 544
Moctadi, khaliph of Egypt, offers a hospitable
reception to the Crusaders, .475
Moctasi, Al, Mohtadi, Al, Mo’tadid, and
Al, Mo’tamed, khaliphs of Arabia, 467
Moeris, king of Egypt, digs the lake bearing
his name, 108
Mogos, or Sidodone, a station of Nearchus,
352
Moguls, Great, of India, the descendants of
Tai'mur, 496
Mohammerah and its trade ( A p p e n d i x N . )
Mokateb, inscriptions at, 629
Moktader Bi’llah, khaliph of Arabia, and
learned men of his reign, 467
Molo, brother of Antioclius the Great, satrap
of Media, 402
, rebellions, defeat and death of, 403
Molopus, city of, probably represented by
Mazaca, 150
Moneidera Castle taken from the Crusaders,
476
Mongishlak, trade through, 582
Mongol nation founded by Mizraim’s descendants,
30
Mongolia, limits and superficies of, 487
Mongolians resemble the Kirghis Kazaks,
487
Mongols, or Southern Huns, origin of, 468
, territory and early history of the, 468,
487, 488
, the Scythians of Herodotus, 487
territory of the, in Russia, named
Kiptshak, 490
•-----, Tamerlane descended from the, 491
—=— and Tartars under Tai’mur, 491-495
supposed to have spread into America,
508, 509
Monsaly, R6s, and bay, a station of Nearchus’
fleet, 353
Monsoons discovered by Hippalus, 579
Monte Santo, igulf of, and Xerxes, canal
through Mount Athos, 191
Moola, or Alindse, 266
Moon, the (see Baaltis), 20
Moors, or Mauri, and commencement of
their dynasty in Africa, 456
— ■■■■■invade and conquer a part of Spain, 457
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Moors, or Mauri, commencement of their
dynasty in Spain, 457
, the, overrun a part of France, but at
length are obliged to retreat into Spain,
458
, attempt of the Normans to expel the,
from Spain, 465
Mophis, or Taxiles, 323
Moral law given to the Israelites, 102
Morontobara, a haven of Nearchus’ fleet, 346
Mosambique, the, and products brought
from, 125
, distance and time consumed in a voyage
to, 125
Mosarna, where Nearchus obtains a Gedro-
sian pilot, 348
Moschus founds colonies in Greece, 94
Moscow, Tai'mur advances to, 494
Moses receives instruction in government
from Jethro, 100, 101
Mosul, Eski, and Alexander’s advance
against Darius, 286
, bridge placed by Tai’mur over the
Tigris at, 495 . '
, a commercial city, 581
, Pasha of, his exactions on trade, 595
(and A p p e n d i x J E . )
, proposed as a vice-consulate for trade
601 (and A p p e n d i x N . )
, comparative exports and imports in
1835 and 1841 ( A p p e n d i x J E . )
Mossynseci, the, Cushites, and probably a
portion of the Chasdim, 36
, or Moschi, the march of the 10,000
through the territory of the, 236 -•----■, territory, manners, and derivation of
the name of the, 236
Mu’tasem obtains a portion of the empire,
459
Mo’tazz, Al, and decline of the empire, 467
Mounds of Assyria anjl Babylonia, 606
Mozauz, or Modhaudh, chief of the tribe
Jorham, his daughter marries Ishmael, 70
Mubarrack, Kove, or Bambarak, 350
Mugharebeh, or body-guard, raised by Al
Mu’tasem, 463, 464
Muziris, or Mangalore, port of, 576
Muhammed, Abu Kasem, birth and early
youth of, 451-454 -•---- , the state of Arabia favourable to the
ministry of, 450, 451
, tenets of the religion of, 451-453
respects the prejudices of the Arabs,
and enjoins toleration, 453
——, death, and character of, 453, 454
succeeded by Abu Bekr, 454
(see Togrul Be'i), 470
, Al Saleh Isma’il, son and successor of
Ndr-ed-dm, 477 -•----«, defeated by Salah-ed-din, 477
I.j expels the Seljukians from Karamania,
499
II., reigns over Turkey, 499
takes Constantinople, 499
, artillery used by, 499, 500 • III., extent of the Turkish empire
under, 502
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