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overlordship in Arabia

plague mortality of ruling class

rivalries within

supervision of
hajj

Mangalore

Manisa

Manjurur
see
Mangalore

Mannar, gulf of

mansas

see also
Mali; Musa, Mansa; Sulayman, Mansa

al-Maqrizi

Marbella

Mardin

Mari-Jaata
see
Sunjaata

Marinid sultanate

compared to Mamluks

Maristan

Marmara, sea of

Marrakech

Marseille

al-Marwa

Mashhad ’Ali
see
al-Najaf

Masira

Masufa Berbers

Mawarannahr
see
Transoxiana

Mawj-Darya, ’Ali al-Din

Mecca

see also hajj

Medina

Mediterranean Sea

climate compared to Indian Ocean

trade on

Medjerda river

Meghna river

Mehmed, amir

Mekong river

Menteshe, amirate of

merchants

European: in Black Sea

in Eastern Mediterranean

in North Africa

in Persia

Muslim: expansion of

in African Sudan

in Bay of Bengal and China Seas

in China

in Indian Ocean region

Mercy, mount of

Mesopotamia

see also
Ilkhans, khanate of the

Michael VIII, emperor

Middle Period, defined

migration, of literate Muslims

Milas

Miliana

Mina

Ming dynasty

Minya

Misr
see
Fustat

Miuss river

Mogadishu

Mombasa

money

Indian government policy on

paper

Mongols

and Islamic expansion

conquests of

in Anatolia

in Persia

in Russia and Eastern Europe

in Transoxiana

raids in India

rule in China

wars with Mamluks

see also
Chagatay, khanate of; Ilkhans, khanate of the; Kipchak, khanate of; Yuan dynasty

monsoon winds

Morocco

see also
Marinid sultanate

Mosul

Mozambique channel

Mreyye

Mubarak Shah, Fakhr al-Din, sultan

Mudurnu

muezzin

Muhammad

Muhammad V, king

muhtasib

mujawir

Multan

Muqaddimah, The

see also
Ibn Khaldun

Musa, mansa

musalla

Muscat

Muslim rulers, duties of

Mustansiriya,
madrasa

Mustawfi, Hamd Allah

Muturni
see
Mudurnu

al-Muwaffaq, Sufi lodge

Muzaffariya,
madrasa

Muzaffariya, mosque

Muzdalifah

Nablus

Nafud desert

al-Nafzawi, Abu ’Abdallah

al-Najaf

Nakhshab

Narmada river

Nasir al-Din, sultan

al-Nasir Muhammad ibn Qala’un sultan

Nasrid sultanate

Nazwa

Nejd plateau

Nestorian Christians

New Saray

Niani

Nicaea
see
Iznik

Nicomedia
see
Izmit

Niger river

Nile, Blue

Nile delta

Nile river, trade of

Nishapur

Nizamiya,
madrasa

Nizwa
see
Nazwa

nomads

see also
Arab nomads, Mongols, Turks

North Africa
see
Maghrib

Nur al-Din ’Ali, Malik Mujahid, sultan

Odoric of Pordenone

Ogedei, khan

Old Saray

see also
New Saray

Oljeitu, ilkhan

Oman

Oman, Gulf of

Oran

ordu

Orkhan, sultan

ortakh

Osman, sultan

Osmanlis
see
Ottomans

Ottoman state

Ozbeg, khan

reign of

Palestine

Palk strait

Palmyra

Panjshir valley

Pattan

Pax Mongolica

Pemba island

Pergamom
see
Berganma

Persia

effects of Mongol conquest on

see also
Ilkhans, khanate of the

Persian gulf maps

Persian language

Persians

cultural influence: in Anatolia

in India

in China

migration to India of

Pharos island

Phrygia

pilgrimage
see
caravans,
hajj

pirates
see
bandits and pirates

Pisa

plague

see also
Black Death

Polo, Maffeo

Polo, Marco

book by

compared to Ibn Battuta

Pompey’s pillar

Pontic mountains

Provençals

Punjab

Puttalam

Pyatigorsk
see
Bish Dagh

Pyrard, François

qadi

defined

of caravan

qadi al-quadt

al-Qahirah
see
Cairo

Qais

Qala’un, Sayf al-Din, sultan

Qalhat

Qandahar
see
Gandhar

Qanjanfu

Qaqula

al-Qatif

Qatya

Qena

Qinnawj
see
Kanauj

al-Qiram

Qiwam al-din, Khudhawand-Zada

Quanzhou

Quilon

qumizz

Qunduz

Qur’an

qurqura

Qus

Qutb Minar

Qutlugh Khan

Rabigh

Rafidi

rafiq

rajas

Ramadan

Ramhormoz

Ramiz
see
Ramhormoz

Ras Abu Shagara

Ras al-Hadd

Ras Asir

Ras Dawa’ir
see
Ras Abu Shagara

Rashid al-Din, Fazlullah

Rasulid sultanate

see also
Yemen

Ratnapura

Ravi river

reconquista see
Iberia

Red Sea

Red Sea Hills

Rehendi Kabadi Kilege
see
Khadija, queen

Rif mountains

Rifa’i brotherhood

rihla
(genre of literature)

defined

of al-Abdari

of Ibn Jubayr

Rihla
, of Ibn Battuta

authenticity of

chronology and itinerary problems: Anatolia

China

Constantinople

Egypt and Syria

India

journey to Bulghar

journey to East Africa

journey to India

Khurasan

Yemen

composing of

contents described

descriptions: of China

of Delhi

of India

domestic and marital affairs in

historical value of

history of

maritime technology in

notes for

organization of

translations of

see also
Ibn Battuta, Ibn Juzayy

Rio Guadiaro

Rio Salado, battle of

Riyadh

Rock of Zion

Ronda

Rosetta branch, of the Nile

Rubruck, William of

rukhkh

Rumi, Jalal al-Din

Russia, Mongol rule of

Russian Orthodox Church

Rusticello, of Pisa

Sabta
see
Ceuta

sadaqa

Sa’di

al-Safa

Safi

Sahel

al-Sahili, Abu Ishaq

St. Thomas

Sakarya river

Saladin

Salé

salt, trade in

Samannud

Samarkand

sambuq

Samudra

samum

San’a

Sandapur

raja of

map

Sankarani river
see
Sansara river

Sanguinetti, B.R.

Sansara river

al-Sara’
see
New Saray, Old Saray

Saray
see
New Saray, Old Saray

Saraychik

Sardinia

Sargadwari

Sarju river

Sartiz, Imad al-Mulk

Sarukhan, amirate of

Satgaon
see
Chittagong

Satpura range

sa’y

sayyids see sharifs

scholars, Muslim

in Anatolia

in Damascus

in Delhi sultanate

in Egypt

in Mecca

in Persia

in Sudan

migrations of

Ségou

Sehwan

Seljukids
see
Seljuks, of Anatolia

Seljiks, Great

see also
Turks

Seljuks, of Anatolia

Semeonis, Symon

Senegal river

Serbia, kingdom of

Seville

Sfax

Shafi’i legal school
see
legal schools

Shagara

Shah, Jalal

Shalia
see
Shaliyat

Shaliyat

shari’a

see also
legal schools; scholars, Muslim

Sharif Ibrahim

sharifs

in East Africa

of Mecca and Medina

Shatt al-’Arab

shaykh

Shi’a
see
Shi’ism

Shihab al-Din

Shi’ism

ships

Chinese junks

of Arabian Sea

of Mediterranean

of Red Sea

see also jalba, sambuq

Shiraz

Shiva

shurbdar

Shushtar

Sicilian channel

Siddhartha Gautama (Buddha)

Sierra Bermeja

Sierra de Mijas

Sierra de Ronda

Sijilmasa

Sinai peninsula

Sinhalese

Sind

Sinjar

Sinope

Siraf

Siri

Sirte
see
Surt

Sitt Zahida

Sivas

Slave dynasty

Smyrna
see
Izmir

Socotra island

Sofala

Sohar

Sokolo

Soldaia
see
Sudak

Solomon, temple of

Somali, Somalia

Sonargaon

Soninke

Souman river

Sousse

South China Sea

Sri Lanka
see
Ceylon

states, educated Muslims’ view of

Stavropol plateau

Suakin

Subedei

Suchem, Ludolph von

sudak

Sudan

see also
Mali

Sudkawan
see
Chittagong

Suez Canal

Suez, Gulf of

Sufis, Sufism

growth of

Suhayl

Suhrawardiya brotherhood

Sulayman, mansa

Sulayman mountains

Sultan Daghlari mountains

Sultaniya

Sumatra

see also
Samudra

Sumbul, sultanate official

Sumra revolt

Sunisa

Sunjata

Sunni Islam

Sunusa
see
Sunisa

Sur

Surt

Swahili

Sylhet

Syr Darya river

Syria

see also
Damascus

Takedda

Tabriz

al-Tabrizi, Jalal al-Din
see
Shah Jalal

al-Tabrizi, Sharif al-Din

Tabuk

Tadmor
see
Palmyra

Tafilalt

Taghaza

Taghribirdi

Ta’izz

Tajo river

takshif

Tamattu’

Tamils

Tana
see
Azak

T’ang empire

Tangier

Tanja
see
Tangier

Tankiz, Saif al-Din

Tapti river

taqyid

Tarifa

Tarmashirin, khan

Tasarahla
see
Bir al-Ksaib

Tashkent

Tatars
see
Mongols

Taurus mountains

tawaf

Tawalisi

Taza

Teke

Tenasserim coast

Tenès

Thousand pillars, hall of the

Thrace

Tigris-Euphrates basin

Tigris river

Timbuktu

Tirmidh

Tlemcen

Toghon Temur, emperor

tombs, as religious institutions

Tonkin

Touat
see
Tuwat

trade, European
see
merchants

trade, Muslim

see also
merchants, ships

Transoxiana

travel

of Europeans

of Muslims

see also
Ibn Battuta; merchants; scholars, Muslim

Trebizond

Tripoli

Tripolitania

Tuchman, Barbara

Tughluq, Firuz

Tughluq, Ghiyas al-Din

Tughluq, Muhammad

and China

and Mongols

and religious scholars

brutality of

character of

conquests of

death of

employment of foreigners

hunting expeditions of

patronage of

rebellions against

scheme to move capital

unorthodox policies of

Tughluqabad

Tughluqid dynasty

Tuluktemur

Tunis

Turcomans

see also
Turks

Turkey
see
Anatolia

Turkmens
see
Turcomans

Turks

conquests: of Anatolia

of India

Tus

Tustar
see
Shustar

Tuwat

al-Tuzari, al-Hajj ‘Abdallah

Ubulla canal

Uigur

Ujjain

Ukrainian steppe

‘ulama

see also
scholars, Muslim

‘Umar, caliph

‘Umar, Jalal al-Din, sultan

al-Umari, Ibn Fadl Allah

umma

Umm ‘Ubaida

‘umra

Ural river

Urganj
see
Urgench

Urgench

Urmiya, lake

Ustyurt plateau

Valencia

Vega

Velez Malaga