Glossary of Minbari Terms and Names

• Alyt
  Title given to the 2nd in command of a Minbari ship, especially when the captain is not on board.

• Anla'shok
  The Rangers. Tradition dictates that all members of the Anla'shok are Minbari, although during the few years leading to and encompassing the Shadow War humans were allowed to join. Once the war finished it was decreed that any race may join the Anla'shok.

• Anla'shok Na
  Ranger One.

• Battle of the Line, The
  The final conflict in the Earth-Minbari War. The Minbari bypassed many colonies to attack Earth in a final assault. Earth mounted a defense of 20,000 fighters but they could not hold the line against the Minbari. While victory was certain, the Minbari suddenly surrendered after discovering that some humans had a Minbari soul. Only 200 humans survived the Battle of the Line, including Jeffrey Sinclair.

• The Black Star
  The Minbari flagship destroyed by Captain John Sheridan during the Earth -Minbari War. He sent a distress signal which lured the ship and three heavy cruisers to their destruction after he'd mined an asteroid field. Although the Black Star was preparing to open fire on the defenseless ship, it was perceived by the Minbari as a dishonourable victory and earned Sheridan the name of 'Starkiller'.

• Chudomo, Third Fain of
  Noble and honoured sect within the religious caste which has served for over 500 years. Its members include Ashan, Lennier and Lovell.

• Cole, Marcus
  A human member of the Anla'shok.

• Cole, William
  A human member of the Anla'shok. Brother of Marcus Cole. Killed whilst trying to warn Marcus of an impending Shadow attack.

• Data Crystals
  The most common means of information storage. The Minbari provide many of them for other races.

• denn'bok
  Minbari fighting pike, the traditional weapon of the Anla'shok.

• denn'sha
  Ritual fight to the death, whereby the Minbari involved agree to take responsibility for their own death (should they lose), thereby removing any responsibilty for their death from the opponent. [since Minbari do not kill Minbari]

• 'De Farhurst'
  Minbari phrase meaning 'I yield to your authority.'

• 'Drala Fi'
  Minbari name for 'The Black Star'.

• Entil'zha
  A word thought to be of Vorlon derivation, possibly meaning 'The One'.

• Entil'zha veni!
  In Valen's name!

• F'hurs
  Minbari equivalent of Mayor.

• Flarn
  Minbari food.

• Flyer
  Minbari shuttle.

• Fortress of Light
  Delenn's term for the role of Babylon 5 in the Shadow War.

• Goks
  Minbari equivalent of cats.

• Ingata, The
  The War Cruiser used to carry Branmer's body back to the Homeworld in 2258.

• Interstellar Alliance
  Newly formed alliance(2262) of races, including many of the League of Non-aligned worlds, as well as all the major races (Minbari, Human, Narns and Centauri).

• 'In the Light of Two Moons'
  A poem by Shal Mayan that took many years to write.

• Isil'zha veni
  To the Future?

• Kosh
  The first Vorlon ambassador to Babylon 5. He was killed by the Shadows after Sheridan persuaded him to order the Vorlons to attack the Shadows in Brakiri space.

• Mora'Dum
  A minbari rite meaning 'the application of terror' whereby the person involved must learn to face their own fears.

• 'Ni sec schlect slem wa'
  Minbari phrase meaning 'I am your friend, in peace'.

• N'Kai
  A word which appears in all 97 Minbari sub-tongues and dialects, but never means the same thing twice.

• One, The
  Name used by Zathras to refer to the galaxy's 'geat hope' during a terrible war aginst the forces of darkness. Sinclair is 'The One' who was. Delenn, 'The One' who is, and Sheridan is 'The One' who will be.

• Ranger Pin
  A special brooch worn by each and every Ranger, with a centre stone called Isil'zha by the Minbari. When it is made, a Ranger pin is forged in the white of a flame and then cooled in three bowls: one of holy water, one of Minbari blood and the third of Human blood.

• Sakai, Catherine
  Human fiancee of Ambassador Sinclair, who became lost in time when a Shadow allies ship shot at her. The resultant blast directed her into a time rift that closed soon afterwards. (Novel 9)

• Satai
  Honourary title given to members of the Grey Council.

• Shag Toth
  Minbari name for a Soul Hunter.

• Shai Alyt
  Name give to Minbari captains.

• Sha'neyat
  Roughly translated = death destroyer.
  A potent liquid, of great symbolic significance. distilled from a combination of flowers, fruits and grains. Deadly poison to Humans.
  Used in certain Minbari religious ceremonies.

• Shi-Ki
  Instillation ceremony of a new Minbari leader.

• Soul Hunters
  A little known race, believed to be immortal. They can capture the soul as the body dies and add it to their collection. For the Minbari belief that souls reincarnate, this explains why they fear the Soul Hunter.

• Star Riders
  A clan of the warrior caste. Neroon is a member of the Star Riders clan.

• The Tak'cha
  An ancient alien race, seemingly wiped from the memory/records of the minbari, Delenn knew nothing of them.

• Taralenn II
  Minbari penal colony.

• Third Principal of Sentient Life, The
  The Minbari belief that refers to 'the capacity for self-sacrifice: the conscious ability to override evolution and self-preservation for a cause, a friend or a loved one.'

• Ti'Lar
  Minbari poem songs that attempt to prompt new ideas and recall old memories.

• Trigati, The
  Minbari war cruiser commanded by Sineval during the Earth-Minbari War. After the ship disappeared into self-imposed exile it became a legend that lasted 10 years.

• Triluminary
  A mysterious object with more than one purpose. There are only 3 in existence. It can be used to scan or restore a missing memory. Other purposes include creating the Chrysalis cocoons of Delenn and Valen, and stunning the guards who were protecting Branmer's body on Babylon 5.

• Tuzanor
  A phrase in the ancient Na'sen dialect of the religious caste meaning 'The City of Sorrows'. It is said that 'to dream in the City of Sorrows' means to dream of a better future. Said to have been Valen's favourite place on Minbar.

• Ulkesh
  The Vorlon ambassador to Minbar. Subsequently replaced Kosh as ambassador to Babylon 5 after Kosh's death.

• Valen'tha
  The War Cruiser aboard which the Grey Council reside.

• White Star ships
  A revolutionary warship incorporating Minbari and Vorlon technology. It is capable of making its own jumpgate, and is used by the religious caste and the Anla'shok. It was built to fight against the Shadows in the Shadow War.

• Wind Swords
  The most militant clan in the warrior caste. In return for sheltering the last of the Dilgar race, Jha'dur, they were able to provide the Grey Council with weapons she created at the start of the Earth-Minbari War.

• Zarwin
  One of the Tak'cha, served valen, misunderstood the teachings of Valen and ordered his race to attack the helpless races that weren't interested in helping with either side of the last shadow war. He claimed that those who didn't want to follow valen into fire, darkness and death didn't DESERVE to follow and that instead they must precede him. Valen then banished them from his presence and they returned to their homeworld, although they never understood where they'd gone wrong.

• Zathras
  An alien of unknown origin who travelled back 1000 years into the past with Sinclair.

• Zhalan
  Delenn's flyer.

• Zoful
  A Minbari liner.

• Z'ondar
  Tak'cha word meaning 'great one'.