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. 
Orchha, State and Raja of, 132, 139, 193 n., 251 n. 
Orpheus, mosaic of, 516. 
O’Shaughnessy, Dr. W. B., scientific publications of, 571 n. 
Osman (Othman), Khalif, a Sunni, 48 n., 483 n. 
Otaheite sugar-cane, 208. 
Oudh (Oude), Sleeman’s work in, xxiv-xxvii; A Journey through,
xxxvi; MS. history of reigning family of, xxxvii; infanticide in, 28
n.; Jamaldehi Thugs in, 82; recruits from, 146, 624; annexation of,
187 n.; disorder in, 248,252; Chief Commissioner of, 347 n.; Nawab
Wazirs of, 473 n.; magisterial powers in, 552 n.; capitals of, 641;
Thuggee in, 653.