544 n.
Manucci, on Akbar, 325 n., 354 n.
Manuscript works of author, xxxvii.
Marathas, 294; defeated, 421 n., 566 n.
Marble Rocks, 1; quarries, 318.
Marriage, of trees, 32, 122, 143; of Hindoos, 37-40.
Maryam-uz-Zamani, queen of Akbar, 348 n.
Mashhad (Meshed), 288.
Material progress of India. 414 n.
Mathura (Muttra), 383.
Mau (Mhow), town, 247.
Mauritius, 311 n., 620 n.
_Mauza_ defined, 60 n.
Medicine, systems of, 107, 571.
Meerut, military and civil station, xxiv, 80, 544 n., 567-70, 579;
sacked by Timur, 529.
Megpunnaism (Megpunnia Thugs), xxxii, 91, 593 n.
Metcalfe, Sir Charles, 347, 461, 563 n.
Meteors, 34-7.
Mewatis, 420.
Mihrauli, tombs at, 500 n.
Mihr-un-nisa, 328 n.; _see_ Nur Jahan.
Military discipline, xxxiii, 615-40.
_Minars_, 492 n.
Mir Jumla, _see_ Amir Jumla.
Miracles, 337.
Mirzapur, 250, 445.
_Mishkat-ul-Masabih_, 35.
Missionaries, Jesuit, 337 n.
Mogul (Moghal, Mughal), defined, 80 n.; raids, 490.
Molony, Report on Narsinghpur, xxxvii.
Monastic orders, 592.
Monghyr (Munger), 642.
Monkeys, 383.
Monson's retreat, 474, 566 n.
Months, Hindoo, l.
_Moti Masjid_ (mosque), 322.
Muazzam, Prince, 274 n.
Muhammad, Ghori, Sultan, 269 n.; Shah, 291 n., 518; tomb of, 510; son
of Isa, architect, 319 n.; bin Tughlak, Sultan, 457 n., 487 n.
Muhammadabad, in old Delhi, 487.
Muhammadan schools, 480; year, 482; prayers, 489.
Muharram celebrations, 482.
Mumtaz-i-Mahall, 315, 325.
_Music of Hindostan_, by Strangways, 561 n.

Nabha, chief of, 476.
Nadir, Shah, 288, 510, 516.
Nagaudh (Nagod), 33 n.
Nagpur (Nagpore), Bhonslas of, 286, 292.
Nahan, Raja of, 209 n.
Najaf Khan, 599.
Nana Sahib, 381 n.
Narsinghpur, xxii, xxxvii, 167.
Nasir-ud-din of Tus, 341, 524.
Nepal, war with, xxi, 122, 598, 636.
Nerbudda (Narbada) river, 2, 5, 14, 17, 18, 203.
Newspapers, 640.
News-writers, 249 n., 388 n.
_Nilgai_, a kind of antelope, 244.
Nineveh, history of, 452.
_nisar_ coins, 479 n.
Nizamuddin Auliya, saint, 490-2, 507.
Noer, Count von, on Akbar, 324 n.
Norman-French formula, 475.
North-Western Provinces, 434 n.
Nur Jahan, 325 n., 329, 332, 568 n.
Nur Mahall, 325 n., 329, 332.

Oaths, 391.
Obsequies, funeral, 620 n.
Ochterlony, Sir David, 598 n., 635.
_Ocymum sanctum_, basil or _tulasi_ plant, 121 n.
Og (Uj), King, legend of, 374.
O'Halloran, Major-General Sir Joseph, 344 n.
Omar ('Umar), Khalif, 199 n.
Omens, taken by Thugs and robbers, 297, 651.
Opium department, 324 n.
Oracle of Mahadeo, 484.
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