Muhammedan account of Abraham*s exile, 62
sects of Sunnie and Shi’ah, 456, 457^
Mujayah, the mound of, identical -with Aur,
Our, or U’r of the Chaldees, 37 _
Mujellibeh, at Babylon, its construction, 606
f } probably the citadel of Babylon, 167
Mult&n, or MallitMn (place of the Malli),
335
reduced by Genghis KMn, 489
Multan, commerce of, 581
Munoara point, rounded by Nearchus fleet,
Mysia, and campaign of the 10,000 under
the Lacedæmonians in, 241, 242
invaded by the Turks under Urklan, 498
Mythology of Ahrimdn probably that ot the
Celts, 513 _
of Greece borrowed from Egypt, 51b
518
Nabathean laws, customs, &c„ 890, 891
Nabatheans of Trdk, or Nabt el Irâk, a
tribe of Syrians or Assyrians, 31
distinguished from the northern Cushites
346 . TT , ,
Murad I., or Amurad, successor ot Urklan,
498 .
takes Adrianople and most of European
Turkey, 498
,___ II., successes of, 499
III., and IV. reign over Turkey, 501,
502 , ,
Murad-chai, or Euphrates, crossed by the
10,000 Greeks near its springs, 228, 229
Murgh’-ab, plains of, and tomb of Cyrus,
173,301 (and A p p e n d i x A.)
Musa Khor, a station of Nearchus fleet
called Kataderbfs, 354
A1 Hadi, khaliph of Arabia, 459
Muscovites, descendant from Meshech, 44
Musendom, Eds, and Nearchus’ fleet, 350
Music cultivated by the Arabs, 545 ^
Musicanus submits to Alexander, 338
— again revolts, and is crucified, 341
—, probable position of the capital of, 341
- and the Brahmins, 341
Musk, from Thibet, 583
Muslim wars with the Christians, 473-48b
separated into two empires, 487
Muslims, the, encourage pilgrims to the
Holy Land previous to the Crusades, 473
(and the differences between the Sunme
and Shi’ah, 47 5 .
Muslin, named from Mosul, 583
Musnad. inscriptions on the dyke of Mareb,
83
Mu’tasem, Al, terminates the war with
Theophilus, 462, 463
. encourages architecture, &c., 463
founds the city of Sammarrah, 465
Mutawakkel, Jaaser Abu-1-Fadl, ^»successor
of the khaliph El Wathek Billah,
wars with the Greeks, 466
.----- builds a palace, 466
his death and character, 466
progress of civilization and literature
raider, 467
encourages commerce, 581
Myafdrekih (Martyropolis) submits to the
Romans, 444
Mycale, destruction of Xerxes army and
fleet near, 197
Mvedonian and other mercenaries oppose
the 10,000 Greeks at the Centrites, 226
Mygdonius, river, turned by Sapor XI->
when besieging Nisibis, 432
Myos Hormos, ASlius Gallus crosses to, 415
Myriandrus, Cyrus arrives at, 212
_ desertion of Xemas and Pasion at, 212
52 i
and the northern Cushites amalgamate,
537 the people to whom the name of was
a^ ‘and Antigonus’ expeditions, against
thé, 390, 391 - ’ , . . H
Nabatheans, a branch of the Syro-Arabians,
509 -L
Nabend, Eds, or Ochus, where Nearchus
fleet anchored, 353 ,
Nahochodrossor, name assumed by the rebel
Naditabirus, 178 . _
Nabonassar, son of Pul, and viceroy at Babylon,
destroyed the records of his country,
133 Babylon under Semiramis II., and,
139,140
, successors of, 140
Nabonnedus or Nabonmdich (see Bel-
shazzar), 163 . . «
Nabopolasar assumes the sovereignty ot
Babylonia, and revolts from Saracus, 152
also named Busalossorus, besieges
Nineveh, and on the death of Saracus,
removes the seat of government trom
Nineveh to Babylon, 153 . ■.
t Pharaoh Necho advances against him,
but is defeated, 155
Nabopolasarus, son of Nabopolasar, marries
the daughter of Astyages, 153
Nabuchodonosor, the Saosduchmus ot Ju-
dith, 146 , g better known as Nebuchadnezzar (see
Nebuchadnezzar), 155
Nâbulus, discord among the Crusaders at,484
Nacumbra, or Symbra,reached by Julian,439
Nadir Shah’s early history and conquests,
497
Naditabirus’, or Nabachodrossor, rebellion
in Babylonia, quelled by Darius, 178
Nadius usurps the government of Babylon,
and is succeeded by Chinzius and Porus,
140
Nahavend, victory gained by’Omar at, 455
Nahraw&n canal, one portion attributed to
Nebuchadnezzar, 160, 612
Nahr-el-Kelb, sculptures at, 630
Nahr I’sa canal, Nahr Kutea, Nahr Malkâ,
and Nahr Sersâr canals, 612
Nahr, Kuthah, canal, 612
Sersâr, crossed by the ten thousand
Greeks, 219 . . ,,
Nahrawân, Alexander passed by into the
Ghoasnes, 364
Naiads, or Shipmen, derivation of, 15 ( n o t e )
Naimans, the, subjected by Genghis Khan,
488
Nakhsivan, probably the Aporateeion of
Josephus, from which the first colonies
emigrated, 8
Nakhshab, town, captured by Taimur, 492
Napoleon invades Egypt and besieges ’Akka,
503, 535
------, designs of, against India, 535, 536
Naphtha, how collected, and use of, 625,
626
Narra, bifurcation of the Indus, 371
Narses, king of Persia, sues for peace from
the Romans, 430
, Roman general, defeats the rebel
Varanes, 445
Narsis and Charmalik ruins described, 610-
612
Naszeb, El, inscriptions a t , 629
Ndsir-ed-dm’s demonstrations of Euclid
translated, 5b9
Natolia invaded by H&riin-el-Rashid, 459
Native traders in the east, and disadvantages
of, 595 (and A p p e n d i x J Y . )
Naucratis on the Nile, 574
Nautaka in Sogdiana, now Karshi, 316
Navarino, battle of, 504
Navigation and trade of the early Phoenicians,
&c., 124, 569
——, mercantile fleets of the ancients, and
vessels used, 124, 125
— —, distance and time consumed in a
voyage to Mosambique, 125
—— ■ promoted by Pharaoh Necho, 154
----- , commercial of the Euphrates ( A p p
e n d i x N . )
of the Euphrates, reports upon, 599
(and A p p e n d i c e s I . to N . )
Naxos, revolt at, causes Darius to make war
on Greece, 181, 182
Nearchus left by Alexander to watch the
Assakenes, 323
4; appointed to conduct the fleet down
the Hydaspes, 335
—■ ■ acquires a knowledge of the sources of
the Indus, 344
»-■ •, his fleet descends the Indus to Coreatis,
345
•— — avoids the bar of the river Indus, and
sails to the island of Krokola, 345
takes shelter at Bibacta from the monsoon,
345, 346
rounds Munoora point to the Saranga
country, 346
^TtHrr arrives at Morontobara, and enters
Sonm^any, 346
——- sails past the Oritse, and anchors near
Pagala, 347
»----- encounters a storm off Kabana, 347 -•---- reaches Kokala, and the Port of Rambacia,
where he refits, 347 -•---- reaches the Tomerus river, and defeats
the natives, 347
arrives at Horm&rah (Ras Malin), and
the territory of the Ichthyophagi in the
bay of ’ Arabah, 347
Nearchus arriyes at Kalama, and is hospitably
entertained at Karnine, 348
----- puts to shore on the coast of Karbis,
and obtains a pilot at Mosarna, 348 -•---- reaches the coast of Balomus and
Kophanta, 349 • surprises a small town and obtains a
supply of corn, 349
•----- proceeds to the island of Bagia, and
the haven of Talmona, 349
reaches Kanasis, and the country of
the Traesi, 349
■— arrives at Dagasira and quits the coast
of the Ichthyophagi, 350
reaches Badis, Bamb&rak, and Cape
Maceta, and Ras Musendom, 350 -•---- enters the Persian Gulf, and reaches the
mouth of the Anamis river, 350
danger and difficulty of the voyage,
350, 351 ■ ----- , his voyage partly predatory, 351
meets Alexander and retains the command
of the fleet, 352
—:— encounters a storm at Angar Island
and Bassadore bank, 352
arrives at Sidoddne, 352
rounds Cape Certes to Cataea and Busheab,
353
passes R£s Nabend, and arrives at
Alsaloo and Apostani, now Congoon, 353
—— reaches Monsaly and Sitakus, now Abu
Shehr, where he refits, 353
advances to Hierates, Brizana, and
the Arosis or Indian, 354
, his fleet reaches Kataderbis and Diridotis
(Teredon), 355
distances of his voyage from the Indus
to Babylon, 355
sails back to the Pasitigris, and meets
part of the army on that river, 356 • waits upon Alexander at Susa, 356,
358
—— ■, and his account of the distances compared
with modern surveys, 357
entrusted with the circumnavigation
of Africa and Arabia, &c., 366
—— , a general of Antigonus’ army, 385
| marches across the Cosssean mountains,
385
Nebuchadnezzar, or Nabopolasarus, son of
Nabopolasar, sent against the [Egyptians
and Syrians, 153, 155
> '■ defeats Pharoah Necho, and imposes a
tribute on Judea, 155
b S takes Ezekiel and others as hostages to
Babylon, ascends the throne, besieges and
destroys Nineveh, 155, 156.
invades Judea, and carries the inhabitants
captive to Babylon, 156, 157.
besieges Jerusalem the second time,
carrying away more captives, 157 ■ adorns and enlarges Babylon, 157,160
fPpfl again besieges Jerusalem, 157, 158 . ■ carries Zedekiah and others captive to
Babylon, 158
-— , Tyre besieged and Egypt invaded and
despoiled by, 159
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