Index 327
Malaia Pereshchepina 8–9, 13, 187, 189,
190 notes 86–87, 191, 252
Malamir, Bulgar ruler 79 and n. 278
Mälaren Lake 148
malik/melek (king) 48, 62–63, 87, 98, 234
Manasseh, Tribe of 42
Mangup 11, 161, 162 n. 58, 204
Manich River 131, 144 n. 87, 209
Manichaeism 110–111
Marazov, Ivan 108
Mari, Finnic tribe 208, 231
Marko, Bulgarian epic hero 83, 121 n. 492,
125 and n. 520
Markov, Gennadii 177–178, 274
Marr, Nikolai 213, 260 n. 179
Marshak, Boris 190 n. 86
Marvakov, Todor 204 n. 145
Marwan ibn Muhammad, Umayyad
caliph 61
Maskuts (Massageteans) 252 and n. 125
Maslamah ibn Abd al-Malik, Umayyad
Prince 76
Al-Masudi, Abuʾl-Hasan Ali 38, 46, 53, 55,
58, 66, 68, 94, 141–144, 158–159, 162
and n. 60, 168, 193 n. 93, 210 n. 171,
233–234, 241 and n. 75, 258, 262
Matrakha, see Samkerts
Maurice, Byzantine Emperor 38
Mavrodin, Vladimir 138 n. 57, 213, 260 n. 178
Mawarannahr 277
Medveditsa River 172
Melchizedek, Jewish King and Priest 88
Meletinskii, Eleazar 121
Meon, Lydian king 106
Meotida, see Azov, Sea of
Merv 15, 41, 150
Merya, Finnish tribe 153
Meshech, son of Japheth 43
Methodius, St. 161
Michael III, Byzantine Emperor 161
Michael the Syrian 38–40
Midas, son of Cybele 106 n. 405
Middle East 245–246, 248
Mikhailov, Emil 201 n. 129
Mikheev, Vladimir 55, 56 n. 166, 130, 182
n. 57, 186 n. 71, 196, 198 n. 119, 219 n. 224,
260–261
Minaeva, Oksana 24 n. 28, 66 n. 210,
67 n. 219, 115, 125
Minusin Valley 278
miraculous pebble 100 and n. 383
Misia 39
Mithra, Iranian god 72, 73 n. 239, 74–75, 77,
79, 86 n. 312, 105, 110 and n. 431, 112, 115,
116 n. 461, 123 n. 503
Mithraism 77, 111 n. 432
Modun, Hunnic Chanyu 22, 70 n. 231, 280
Mojilian (Bilge) Khagan, Turkic Khagan
61–62, 65, 70
Mokhnach hillfort 8–9, 199 n. 120
Mokhodo Heu (Sipi khagan, Ziebel), Turkic
Khagan 52–53
Moldavia 188 n. 81
Mollov, Todor 82, 85, 122 n. 495, 123 n. 500
Mologa River 152
Mongolia/ Mongols 22–23, 29, 132 n. 26,
282 n. 55
Moon 105–106, 111–112, 115 n. 455, 123,
125 and n. 520
Mordovians 173
Morskoe village 19 n. 12
Moses/Moyses, Jewish Prophet 59, 75, 88,
90, 107
Moskalenko, Anna 173
Mosul 15, 150
Movses Kalankatvatsi 43 n. 110, 76, 116 and
n. 462, 117, 233 n. 37
Muhoderovka hillfort 248
Al-Muqaddasi, Muhammad ibn Ahmad
Shams al-Din 64
Murom 14, 16, 153, 164
Murom Township 14, 16, 244 n. 87, 246–247
Muslims 41, 63, 87, 89 n. 328, 139, 162, 221,
237–238, 261–262N.n.d.r., see V.n.nd.r.
Nagy-Szent-Miklos Treasure 115–116
Nana, Kushan goddess 106 n. 404, 112 n. 440
Nanshan 278
Nart epos 108 and n. 418, 117, 120 n. 486, 123
Narts 120
Nasonov, Arsenii 201 n. 129
Naumenko, Valerii 190 n. 87
Nazarenko, Aleksandr 165 and n. 69,
169 n. 90
Nehemiah,governor of Judah 88
Neikova, Ruzha 69, 74 n. 247, 116 n. 461
Nekrasovka hillfort 12, 244 n. 87, 245