attacked by pirates;
  purchases Fatimah, an Arab girl
Meer Hasan Ali, husband of the authoress
Meer Hasan Ali, Mrs., the authoress
Meer Nizaam ood deen, Mir Nizam-ud-din
Meer Syaad Mahumud, Mir Sayyid Muhammad
Meetah, meettah, mitha, mithai, sweet, sweetmeats
Melons,
  cider made from the juice
Metals transformed into gold
Mhembur, minbar, mimbar, the pulpit of a mosque
Mhidie, al Mahdi, ‘the Directed One’;
  signs of his coming;
  his birthday
Mina, maina, the bird Gracula religiosa
Minerals, medicinal use of
Missee, missi, a preparation for staining the teeth
Mittie wallah, mithaiwala, a sweetmeat vendor
Moat, moth, the aconite-leaved kidney bean
Mocha, Mokha, a port on the Red Sea
Moghdhur, mugdar, a sort of dumb-bell or club used in athletic exercises
Mohur, a gold coin
Monkeys;
  and alligators;
  affection for their offspring;
  and snakes;
  wounded;
  and treasure;
  use of antidotes for poison
Moollakhaut, mulaqat, a mourning assemblage
Mooltanie mittee, multani mitti, fuller’s earth
Moon, new, festival at;
  influence of;
  when full auspicious;
  drinking the;
  influence on wounds
Moonkih, Munkar, Munkir, the Recording Angel
Moonshie, munshi, a writer, secretary
Moosa, Musa, Moses;
  Musa al-Kazim, the Caliph
Moosul, musal, a pestle used for husking rice
Mortem, matam, mourning
Moses, Musalman title of;
  tale regarding
Moslem, Muslim, cousin of Husain
Mosque, absence of decoration in;
  caretakers of;
  at Kanauj;
  pollution of
Mosquitoes
Mourning, dress worn during the Muharram festival;
  chaff thrown on the head;
  head and feet left bare;
  for forty days after a death;
  shaving forbidden during
Muchullee, machhli, fish
Mucka Beg
Muckunpore, Makanpur
Mudgeluss, majlis, a mourning assembly
Muggalanie, Mughlani, a Moghul woman, a needlewoman
Mugganee, mangni, the marriage engagement
Muggrib, maghrib ki namaz, sunset prayer
Mukburrah, Mukhburrah, maqbarah, a mausoleum
Mukhdoom Jhaunneer, Makhdum Jahaniya Jahangasht, the saint
Mukhun, makkhan, butter
Mulberries
Mullie, malai, cream
Munall, munhnal, a pipe mouth-piece
Muntah, mantra, spells, incantations
Murdanah, mardanah, the men’s quarters in a house
Murseeah, marsiyah, a funeral elegy;
  see MUSSEEAH
Musheroo, mashru, silk cloth permitted to be worn at prayer
Mushukh, mashk, a skin water-bag
Music in the zenanah
Musnud, masnad a pile of cushions, a throne
Musseah, Musseeah;
  see MURSEEAH
Mustaches
Myriam, Maryam, the Virgin Mary
Myrtle, the tree