(says Gibbons), one of the most illustrious ministers of the east, was honoured by the caliph as an oracle of religion and science; he was trusted by the sultan as the faithful vicegerent of his power and justice. After an administration of 30 years, the fame of the vizir, his wealth, and even his services, were transformed into crimes. He was overthrown by the insidious arts of a woman and a rival; and his fall was hastened by a rash declaration, that his cap and inkhorn, the badges of his office, were connected by the divine decree with the throne and diadem of the sultan. At the age of 93 years, the venerable statesman was dismissed by his master, accused by his enemies, and murdered by a fanatic: the last words of Nizam attested his innocence, and the remainder of Malek's life was short and inglorious.

(Jeremiah, Ezekiel), No-Ammon, (Nahum); a considerable city of Egypt, thought to be the name of an idol which agrees with Jupiter-Ammon. The Septuagint translate the name in Ezekiel, Diopolis, "the city of Jupiter." Bochart takes it to be Thebes of Egypt; which, according to Strabo and Ptolemy, was called Diopolis. Jerome, after the Chaldee paraphrast Jonathan, supposes it to be Alexandria, named by way of anticipation; or an ancient city of that name is supposed to have stood on the spot where Alexandria was built.

No-Man's-Land, a space between the after part of the belfry and the fore-part of a ship's boat, when the said boat is flowed upon the booms, as in a deep-waited vessel. These booms are laid from the forecastle nearly to the quarter-deck, where their after-ends are usually sustained by a frame called the gallows, which consists of two strong polls, about six feet high, with a cross piece reaching from one to the other, athwart ships, and serving to support the ends of those booms, masts, and yards, which lie in reserve to supply the place of others carried away, &c. The space called No-Man's land is used to contain any blocks, ropes, tackles, &c. which may be necessary on the forecastle. It probably derives this name from its situation, as being neither on the starboard nor larboard side of the ship, nor on the waist or forecastle, but, being situated in the middle, partakes equally of all those places.