Gatekeeper of Cairo and the Cunning She-thief, The, v. 307.
Girl, Tale of the Hireling and the, i. 279.
Good and Evil Actions, Of the Issues of, i. 93.
Goodwife of Cairo and her Four Gallants, The, v. 251.
Greedy Sultan, Story of the Darwaysh and the Barber’s Boy and the, v.
105.
Hajjaj (Al-) and the Three young Men, i. 47.
Harun Al-Rashid and Abdullah bin Nafí, Tale of, ii. 67.
Do. and the Woman of the Barmecides, i. 51.
Do. and the Youth Manjab, Night Adventure of, v. 61.
Do. Tale of the Damsel Tohfat al-Kulub and the Caliph, ii. 70.
Haykar the Sage, The Say of, vi. 1.
History of King Azadbakht and his Son, The Ten Wazirs; or the, i. 55.
Do. of what befel the Fowl with the Fowler, vi. 151.
Hireling and the Girl, Tale of the, i. 279.
How Allah gave him relief, Story of the Prisoner and, i. 151.
How Drummer Abu Kasim became a Kazi, iv. 210.
Husband, Tale of the Simpleton, v. 116.
Ibn al-Sammak and Al-Rashid, i. 171.
Ibrahim and his Son, Story of, i. 121.
Ill Effects of Impatience, Of the, i. 89.
Impatience, Of the Ill Effects of, i. 89.
Ins bin Kays (King) and his Daughter with the Son of King Al-’Abbás,
Tale of, ii. 191.
Isa, Tale of the Three Men and our Lord, i. 250.
Issues of Good and Evil Actions, Of the, i. 93.
Ja’afar bin Yahya and Abd Al-Malik bin Salih the Abbaside, i. 159.
Kazi and the Bhang-Eater, Tale of the, iv. 187.
Do. and the Slipper, Story of the, iv. 212.
Do., How Drummer Abu Kasim became a, iv. 210.
Do. schooled by his Wife, The, v. 361.
Do. who bare a babe, History of the, iv. 167.
Khalbas and his Wife and the Learned Man, Tale of the, i. 267.
Khudadad and his Brothers, Adventures of, iii. 269.
Khwajah Hasan al-Habbal, History of, iii. 341.
King and his Chamberlain’s Wife, Tale of the, i. 308.
Do. Azadbakht and his Son. The Ten Wazirs; or the History of, i. 55.
Do. Bakhtzaman, Story of, i. 102.
Do. Bihkard, Story of, i. 107.
Do. Dadbin and his Wazirs, Story of, i. 94.
Do. Ibrahim and his Son, Story of, i. 121.
Do. of Al-Yaman and his Three Sons and the Enchanting Bird, Story of
the iv. 258.
Do. of Hind and his Wazir, Tale of, i. 352.
Do. Shah Bakht and his Wazir Al-Rahwan, i. 191.
Do. Sulayman Shah and his Niece, Story of, i. 131.
Do. Tale of himself told by the, v. 463.
Do. Tale of the Merchant, the Crone and the, i. 235.
Do. who kenned the quintessence of things, Tale of the, i. 212.
Do. who lost Kingdom and Wife and Wealth and Allah restored them to
him, Tale of the, i. 319.
King’s Son of Sind and the Lady Fatimah, The History of, v. 1.
Do. The Linguist-Dame, the Duenna and the, vi. 87.
Kurd Sharper, Tale of Mahmud the Persian and the, iv. 242.
Lady and the Captain, The Tailor and the, v. 261.
Do. Dunat al-Ghawwas, History of Prince Habib and what befel him with
the, vi. 223.
Do. Fatimah, The History of the King’s Son of Sind and the, v. 1.
Do. with the two Coyntes, The, v. 279.
Larrikin and the Cook, Story of the, i. 4.
Do. concerning himself, Tale of the Third, vi. 329.
Do. History of the First, iv. 281.
Do. History of the Second, iv. 290.
Do. History of the Third, iv. 294.
Leach (Tale of the Weaver who became a), by order of his wife, i. 282.
Learned Man, Tale of Khalbas and his Wife and the, i. 267.
Lewdness, Tale of the Devotee accused of, i. 270.
Limping Schoolmaster, Story of the, iv. 101.
Linguist-Dame, the Duenna, and the King’s Son, The, vi. 87.
Locust, Story of the Falcon and the, i. 305.
Looking to the Ends of Affairs, Of, i. 73.
Lovers, Cœlebs the Droll and his wife and her four, v. 295.
Do. of Bassorah, The Loves of the, v. 65.
Do. of Syria, History of the, v. 19.
Loves of Al-Hayfa and Yusuf, The, v. 121.
Do. of the Lovers of Bassorah, The, v. 65.
Luck, Story of the Merchant who lost his, i. 65.
Lunatic, Story of the First, iv. 49.
Do., Do. Second, iv. 67.
Mahmud the Persian and the Kurd Sharper, Tale of, iv. 242.
Man of Khorassan, his Son and his Tutor, Tale of the, i. 194.
Do. whose Caution slew him, Tale of the, i. 258.
Do. who was Lavish of his House, and his Provision for one whom he knew
not, i. 259.
Malice, Of Envy and, i. 111.
Melancholist and the Sharper, Tale of the, i. 264.
Merchant and his Sons, Tale of the, i. 73.
Do. of Baghdad, Story of Ali Khirajah and the, iii. 405.
Merchant’s daughter and the Prince of Al-Irak, The, v. 371.
Merchants, Tale of the Cheat and the, i. 302.
Merchant, the Crone and the King, Tale of the, i. 235.
Do. who lost his luck, Story of the, i. 65.
Merry Jest of a Clever Thief, A, ii. 56.
Mistress and his Wife, Mohammed the Shalabi and his, v. 333.
Mohammed, Story of a Sultan of Al-Hind and his Son, iv. 297.
Do. Sultan of Cairo, History of, iv. 37.
Do. the Shalabi and his Mistress and his Wife, v. 333.
Mohsin and Musa, Tale of, v. 319.
Musa, Tale of Mohsin and, v. 319.
Niece, Story of King Sulayman Shah and his, i. 131.
Night Adventure of Sultan Mohammed of Cairo with the Three foolish
schoolmasters, The, iv. 90.
Night Adventure of Harun Al-Rashid and the Youth Manjab, v. 61.
Ninth Constable’s History, ii. 44.
Nur al-Din Ali of Damascus and the damsel Sitt al-Milah, ii. 151.
Omar Bin Abd Al-Aziz and the Poets, The Caliph, i. 39.
Patience, Of the advantages of, i. 81.
Persistent Ill Fortune, Of the Uselessness of Endeavour against the, i.
63.
Picture, Tale of the Prince who fell in love with the, i. 226.
Pleasant History of the Cock and the Fox, The, vi. 143.
Poets, The Caliph Omar Bin Abd Al-Aziz and the, i. 39.
Poor man who brought to him Fruit, Tale of the Sultan and the, iv. 242.
Do. old man, Tale of the Richard who married his beautiful Daughter to
the, i. 218.
Prince Ahmad and the Fairy Peri-Banu, Adventures of, iii. 419.
Prince Bihzad, Story of, i. 89.
Do. Habib and what befel him with the Lady Dunat al-Ghawwas, History
of, vi. 223.
Prince of Al-Irak, The Merchant’s Daughter and the, v. 371.
Princess of Daryabar, History of, iii. 281.
Prince who fell in love with the Picture, Tale of the, i. 226.
Prisoner and how Allah gave him relief, Story of, i. 151.
Quintessence of things, Tale of the King who kenned the, i. 212.
Richard, Tale of the, who married his beautiful daughter to the Poor
Old Man, i. 218.
Righteous Wazir wrongfully gaoled, The, v. 229.
Robber and the Woman, Tale of the, i. 246.
Sage and his Three Sons, Tale of the, i. 222.
Do. the Scholar, Story of the, iv. 74.
Salim the Youth of Khorasan, and Salma his Sister, Tale of, i. 332.
Salma, his Sister, Tale of Salim the Youth of Khorasan and, i. 332.
Say of Haykar the Sage, The, vi. 1.
Scholar, Story of the Sage and the, iv. 74.
Schoolmaster, Story of the Broke-Back, iv. 95.
Do. Story of the Limping, iv. 101.
Do. Story of the Split-mouthed, iv. 97.
Second Constable’s History, ii. 16.
Do. Larrikin, History of the, iv. 290.
Do. Lunatic, Story of the, iv. 67.
Seventh Constable’s History, ii. 30.
Shah Bakht and his Wazir Al-Rahwan, King, i. 191.
Sharpers with the Shroff and the Ass, Tale of the, i. 298.
Sharper, Tale of the Melancholist and the, i. 264.
Do. Tale of the old, ii. 57.
Shroff and the Ass, Tale of the Sharpers with the, i. 298.
Sidi Nu’uman, History of, iii. 325.
Singer and the Druggist, Tale of the, i. 203.
Simpleton Husband, Tale of the, i. 239.
Do. Do. v. 116.
Sitt al-Milah, Nur al-Din Ali of Damascus and the Damsel, ii. 151.
Sixteen Captains of Police, Al-Malik Al-Zahir Rukn Al-Din Bibars
Al-Bundukdari and the, ii. 3.
Sixteenth Constable’s History, ii. 63.
Sixth Constable’s History, ii. 27.
Sleeper and the Waker, The, i. 1.
Slipper, Story of the Kazi and the, iv. 212.
Solomon, Story of David and, i. 244.
Sons, Tale of the Merchant and his, i. 73.
Speedy relief of Allah, Of the, i. 151.
Split Mouth Schoolmaster, Story of the, iv. 97.
Sulayman Shah and his Niece, Story of King, i. 131.
Sultanah, Story of three Sisters and their Mother the, iv. 109.
Sultan and his Three Sons and the Enchanting Bird, Tale of the, iv.
244.
Do. and the Poor Man who brought to him Fruit, Tale of the, iv. 242.
Do. Mohammed of Cairo with the Three Foolish Schoolmasters, The Night
Adventure of, iv. 90.
Sultan of Al-Hind and his Son Mohammed, Story of the, iv. 297.
Do. of Al-Yaman and his Three Sons, Story of, iv. 1.
Do. who fared forth in the habit of a Darwaysh, The, iv. 35.
Syria, History of the Lovers of, v. 19.
Syrian and the Three Women of Cairo, The, v. 271.
Tailor and the Lady and the Captain, The, v. 261.
Tale of Himself told by the King, v. 463.
Tenth Constable’s History, ii. 47.
Ten Wazirs; or, the History of King Azadbakht and his Son, The, i. 55.
Thief’s Tale, The, ii. 42.
Third Constable’s History, ii. 19.
Third Larrikin concerning himself, Tale of, iv. 329.
Do. History of the, iv. 294.
Thirteenth Constable’s History, ii. 53.
Three Foolish Schoolmasters, The Night Adventure of Sultan Mohammed of
Cairo with the, iv. 90.
Three men and our Lord Isa, Tale of the, i. 250.
Do. Princes of China, The, v. 211.
Do. Sharpers, Story of the, iv. 17.
Do. Sisters and their Mother the Sultanah, Story of the, iv. 109.
Do. Sons, Tale of the Sage and his, i. 222.
Do. Women of Cairo, The Syrian and the, v. 271.
Do. Young Men, Al-Hajjaj and the, i. 47.
Tither, Tale of the Unjust King and the, i. 242.
Tohfat al-Kulub and the Caliph Harun Al-Rashid, Tale of the Damsel, ii.
70.
Trooper, Tale of the Fuller and his wife and the, i. 231.
Trust in Allah, Of, i. 102.
Tutor, Tale of the Man of Khorassan, his Son and his, i. 194.
Twelfth Constable’s History, ii. 52.
Two Kings and the Wazir’s daughters, Tale of the, ii. 263.
Two Lack-Tacts of Cairo and Damascus, Story of the, v. 453.
Do. Sharpers who each cozened his Compeer, Tale of the, i. 288.
Do. Sisters who envied their Cadette, Tale of the, iii. 491.
Ugly man and his beautiful Wife, Tale of the, i. 315.
Unjust King and the Tither, Tale of the, i. 242.
Uselessness of Endeavour against the Persistent Ill Fortune, Of the, i.
63.
Virtue, The whorish wife who vaunted her, v. 287.
Waker, The Sleeper and the, i. 1.
Warlock and the Young Cook of Baghdad, Tale of the, vi. 119.
Wazir Al-Rahwan, King Shah Bakht and his, i. 191.
Do. Tale of the King of Hind and his, i. 352.
Do. (The Righteous) wrongfully gaoled, v. 229.
Wazir’s Daughters, Tale of the Two Kings and the, ii. 263.
Wazirs; or the History of King Azadbakht and his Son, The Ten, i. 55.
Do. Story of King Dadbin and his, i. 94.
Weaver who became a Leach by order of his wife, Tale of the, i. 282.
Whorish wife who vaunted her virtue, The, v. 287.
Wicked wife, The Fellah and his, v. 345.
Wife, Firuz and his, i. 185.
Do. History of the Bhang Eater and his, iv. 202.
Do. Story of the Crone and the Draper’s, i. 309.
Do. Tale of the King and his Chamberlain’s, i. 308.
Do. do. Ugly man and his beautiful, i. 315.
Do. do. Weaver who became a Leach by order of his, i. 282.
Do. The Kazi schooled by his, v. 361.
Wives, Story of the Youth who would futter his father’s, v. 439.
Woman of the Barmecides, Harun Al-Rashid and the, i. 51.
Do. Tale of the Robber and the, i. 246.
Do. who humoured her lover at her husband’s expense, The, v. 355.
Women’s Wiles, ii. 137.
Wonderful Lamp, Alaeddin; or the, iii. 51.
Do. do. (English Translation of Galland), iii. 195.
Young Cook of Baghdad, Tale of the Warlock and the, vi. 119.
Do. Sayyid, History of Al-Hajjaj bin Yusuf and the, v. 37.
Youth Manjab, Night Adventure of Harun Al-Rashid and the, v. 61.
Do. who would futter his father’s wives, Story of the, v. 439.
Yusuf, The Loves of Al-Hayfa and, v. 121.
Zayn al-Asnam, Tale of, iii. 3.
Do. (Turkish version by E. J. W. Gibb), iii. 41.
Zubaydah, Al-Maamun and, i. 175.
_VARIANTS AND ANALOGUES BY W. A. CLOUSTON._
Aladdin; or the Wonderful Lamp, iii. 564.
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, iii. 590.
Ali Khwajah and the Merchant of Baghdad, iii. 596.
Al-Malik Al-Zahir and the Sixteen Captains of Police, ii. 369.
Blind Man, Baba Abdullah, The Story of the, iii. 582.
Damsel Tohfat al-Kulub, The, ii. 371.
Devout woman accused of Lewdness, The, ii. 340.
Fifteenth Constable’s Story, The, ii. 369.
Firuz and his Wife, ii. 301.
Fuller, his Wife and the Trooper, The, ii. 329.
Khudadad and his Brothers, iii. 576.
Khwajah Hasan al-Habbal, History of, iii. 587.
King Aylan Shah and Abu Tammam, ii. 297.
Do. Dadbin and his Wazirs, ii. 296.
Do. Ins bin Kays and his Daughter, ii. 377.
Do. Shah Bakht and his Wazir Al-Rahwan, ii. 302.
Do. Sulayman Shah and his Niece, ii. 298.
Do. who kenned the Quintessence of things, The, ii. 320.
Do. who lost Kingdom, Wife and Wealth, The, ii. 343.
Melancholist and the Sharper, The, ii. 333.
Ninth Constable’s Story, The, ii. 369.
Nur al-Din and the Damsel Sitt al-Milah, ii. 277.
On the Art of Enlarging Pearls, ii. 303.
Prince Ahmad and the Peri Banu, iii. 600.
Prince who fell in love with the Picture, The, ii. 328.
Sidi Nu’uman, History of, iii. 585.
Simpleton Husband, The, ii. 332.
Singer and the Druggist, The, ii. 305.
Sleeper and the Waker, ii. 291.
Ten Wazirs, or the History of King Azadbakht and his son, ii. 295.
Thief’s Tale, The, ii. 369.
Three men and our Lord Isa, The, ii. 332.
Two Sisters who envied their Cadette, The, iii. 617.
Weaver who became a leach by order of his wife, The, ii. 341.
Women’s Wiles, ii. 372.
Zayn al-Asnam, The tale of, iii. 553.
_ADDITIONAL NOTES BY W. A. CLOUSTON._
Aladdin, or the Wonderful Lamp, iii. 650.
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, iii. 650.
Firuz and his Wife, ii. 378.
Fuller, his wife and the Trooper, The, ii, 379.
Prince Ahmad, The Tale of, iii. 652.
Singer and the Druggist, The, ii. 378.
Zayn al-Asnam, The Tale of, iii. 649.
_BY W. F. KIRBY._
Additional Notes to some of Tales in vol. iv.; v. 505.
Additional Notes to some of Tales in vol. v.; v. 513.
Additional Notes to some of Tales in vol. vi.; vi. 351.
Additional Bibliographical Notes to the Tales in the Supplemental
Nights, vi. 356.
Appendix II.
_ALPHABETICAL TABLE OF THE NOTES_ (_ANTHROPOLOGICAL, &c._)
“A King and no Army,” vi. 10.
“A mighty matter” may also mean “A masterful man” (reading Imraan = man
for Amran = matter), ii. 204.
A’atú Al-Wírah = gave in their submission, v. 405.
—— corresponds with Turk. “Wírah wírmek” = to capitulate (ST.) v. 405.
Abadan = never at all, iii. 52.
Abadid (like Khadídán) non-significant, i. 103.
Abárík (Al-), _pl._ of Ibrík, an ewer containing water for the
Wuzu-ablution, ii. 170.
’Abbás bin Mirdás (Chief of the Banu Sulaym) i. 40.
Abbasides traced their descent from Al-Abbas, i. 14.
’Abbús Al-, an intensive word meaning “Very stern faced,” vi. 232.
Abd al-Malik bin Marwán (not to be confounded with the Caliph, the
tenth of the series) vi. 179.
Abd al-Malik bin Sálih, i. 159.
Abdullah Chelebi, called in old translation “Scheffander-Hassan,” vi.
177.
Abhak (composite word) i. 40.
Abíkám = “Abicam,” a Chaldæan Astrologer (Chavis) and Abimacam
(Gauttier) vi. 26.
Ablution of whole body necessary after car. cop., v. 93.
Ab o hawá = climate, iii. 362.
Abraham (according to Jews and Christians emigrated to Harrán from “Ur
of the Chaldees”) iii. 270.
—— (according to Moslem born in Harrán) iii. 269.
—— the “Friend of Allah,” vi. 104.
Absurdities to a European reader, are but perfectly natural to an
Eastern coffee-house audience, v. 477.
Abtál (_pl._ of Batal) = champions, athletes (_tr._ “braves”) ii. 42.
Abtar = tailless (as applied to class of tales such as “Loves of
Al-Hayfa and Yusuf”) v. 210.
Abú al-Hasan (cleverness of) i. 30.
—— al-Hasan-al-Khalí’a, _i.e._, The Wag (old version “debauchee”) i. 1.
—— al-Tawáif (_pron._ “Abu tawáif”) the Father of the (Jinn-) tribes,
ii. 84.
—— Antiká = father of antiquities (new noun in Arabic) iii. 11.
—— Hamámah = “Father of a Pigeon” (_i.e._, surpassing in swiftness the
carrier pigeon) v. 380.
—— Ishák, _i.e._, Ibrahim of Mosul the Musician, i. 14.
—— Ja’dah = father of curls (=a wolf) iv. 14.
—— Kásim al-Tambúrí = Abú Kásim the Drummer, iv. 209.
—— Niyyah and Abu Niyyatayn, History of various versions of the names,
iv. 334.
Abú Nowás (appearing in The Nights, a signal for an outburst of
obscenity), ii. 153.
—— Sábir = Father of the Patient (one), i. 81.
—— Sahíh = (flight to) a sure and safe place, vi. 149.
—— Sumayk = “Father of the Fishlet” (in old ver. “Yapousmek”) vi. 16.
—— Sumayk the Pauper, _i.e._, “The Father of the little Fish,” vi. 15.
Abúyah (a Fellah, vulg. for “Abí”) v. 418.
Adab = accomplishments, ii. 68.
“Adab” _translated_ “Arabic,” i. 48.
Adam’s Sons = a term that has not escaped ridicule amongst Moslems,
iii. 149.
Addíki = I will give thee (in the language of Fellahs) vi. 189.
Address to inanimate object highly idiomatic and must be cultivated by
practical Arabists, iii. 150.
’Adu = an enemy (_tr._ “foe”) ii. 14.
Adi (_Arab._) = So it is, v. 448.
Adí in Egypt. (not Arabic) is = that man, the (man) here, v. 118.
’Adím al-Zauk (_Arab._), _tr._ “Lack-tacts” = to our deficiency in
taste, manners, etc. (Here denoting “practical joking”) v. 455.
Adíní = Here am I, v. 118.
’Adl (Al-) = the Notary, i. 219.
Adoption of slave lads and lasses common among Moslems, i. 76.
’Adrán (_Arab._) _tr._ “Sheeted,” the ✓ being ’Adr = much and heavy
rain, iv. 7.
’Adúl = Assessors, i. 327.
Áfák Al- (_pl._ of Uík) “elegant” for the universe (_tr._ “all the
horizons”) v. 66.
Afandiyah Al- (_Arab._) = Efendis, iv. 41.
’Afár, _tr._ “sand devils,” a word frequently joined with “Ghubár” =
dust (ST.) iv. 262.
Affidavit amongst Moslems, iii. 411.
Afkah, a better Fakih or theologian, i. 244.
Afrákh al-Jinn, _lit._ = Chicks of the Jinns (_tr._ “Babes of the
Jinns”) v. 202.
Afras = _lit._ a better horseman (_tr._ “doughtier”) ii. 105.
Africa (_Arab._ “Afrikíyah”), here used for the limited tract about
Carthage (Tunis), _i.e._, Africa Propria, iii. 76.
Aghá of the Janákilah = the Chief man (Aghá) of the Gypsies, iv. 72.
Ágháwát (Aghas), meaning Eunuch officers and officials, iii. 112.
“Ahádís” esp. referred to the sayings of Mahommed, vi. 41.
Ahádís al-Kudus = sentences attributed to Archangel Gabriel, vi. 41.
—— al-Nabawí = the actual words pron. by Mahommed, vi. 41.
Ahbábu-ná _pl. for sing._ = my beloved (_tr._ “my friends”) ii. 103.
Ahmar = red, ruddy brown, dark brown, v. 347.
Ahú ’inda-k, _tr._ “Whatso thou broughtest here it be” (Pure Fellah
speech), v. 366.
—— ma’í = “Here it is with me” (Pure Fellah speech), v. 265.
Ahwas al-’Ansárí (Al-) (Al-Akhwass _Breslau Ed._) i. 42.
Ahyaf (alluding to Al-Hayfá) = (with waist full-) slight, v. 175.
“Ahy Tys” for which read “Tuhà Tays” a general feast (Houdas), vi. 187.
“Air hath struck me and cut my joints,” _i.e._, “I suffer from an
attack of rheumatism” (common complaint in even the hottest
climates), v. 160.
’Ajáib (_pl._ of ’Ajíb) = “Marvellous!” (used in Pers. as well as
Arab.) iii. 181.
Ajal = the appointed day of death (_tr._ “appointed term”) i. 129.
’Ajam = Barbarian-land, v. 213.
Ajdár = Malady, vi. 162.
Ajíjíyah, possibly Ajínniyah = a dish of dough, vi. 160.
’Ajlan = a hasty man, i. 265.
Ajr (Al-) = Heaven, i. 290.
’Ajúz, a woman who ceases to have her monthly period (_tr._ “the old
woman”) v. 52.
’Ajúz nahs = a foul crone, i. 310.
’Akákír (_pl._ of ’Akkár) = aromatic roots (_tr._ “simples”) i. 282.
Akbá’ _pl._ of “Kub’” = in pop. language, any part of garment covering
head (ST.) vi. 48.
“Akbá’ wa Zarábíl” _tr._ “Caps and slippers,” vi. 48.
Akhaztu dam wajhhi-há (_Arab._) = “I bled her of the hymeneal blood,”
iv. 42.
Akhbarú-hu (_Arab._) = have given him (Yahyà) tidings, v. 156.
Akhmitu Ghazla-há _lit._ = thicken her yarn or thread, i. 206.
Akhyash Abná Sháh (second name may be “Shah of the Ebna” or Persian
incolæ of Al-Yaman) vi. 12.
Akík = carnelian stone, v. 130.
—— Al- (_Arab._) = carnelian, v. 52.
’Akíl, first cousin of Mahommed, ii. 164.
“Akkada la-hu ráy,” plur. of “ráyat” = a banner, i. 137.
“Akkál bula’hu” = commit all manner of abominations, vi. 70.
’Akl (_Arab._) = comprehension, understanding, iv. 193.
“Akram” = the more generous (ST.) iv. 304.
“Akrás al-Jullah,” _tr._ “dung cakes” (ST.) v. 292.
Akwà min dahni’l-lauz = more strengthening than almond oil, ii. 75.
Akyál, _pl._ of “Kayl” = Kings of the Himyarite peoples, vi. 232.
“Ál bin Imrán” probably the name of some Prince of the Jinns, vi. 126.
’Alà al-Kaylah = “the place where they usually slept the siesta,” i.
34.
’Alà-Aklí, _tr._ “thou deservest naught for this,” v. 85.
“’Alà bábi ’lláh” (_Arab._) = for the love of the Lord, gratis, etc., a
popular phrase (_tr._ “At the Gate of Allah Almighty”) iv. 138.
“’Alà ghayri tarík” (_Arab._) = “out of the way” (like _Pers._ “bí
Ráh”) (ST.) v. 224.
A hámati-hi = “upon the poll of his head” (rendered here “upon the nape
of his neck”) v. 191.
Alà hudúd (or Alà hadd) al-Shauk (_Arab._) = fulfilling all our
desires, iv. 114.
Alà kám (for “kam,” how much?) peasants’ speech, iv. 224.
Alà kulli hál = “whatever may betide” or “willy nilly,” ii. 283.
“Alà Tarík al-Satr wa al-Salámah,” meaning that each other’s wives did
not veil before their brothers-in-law, i. 270.
’Alá Yadín = Aláeddín, 265.
Alaeddin, a favourite with the stage, iii. 51.
Alaeddin, _i.e._ the “Height or Glory (’Alá) of the Faith (al-Din),”
_pron._ Aláaddeen, iii. 51.
“’Alái al-Din” = Alaeddin, vi. 50.
’Alaka = he hung, iv. 149.
’Alakah khárijah = an extraordinary drubbing, vi. 84.
’Alam = a pile of stones (_tr._ a “mark”), i. 229.
’Alam al-Din = “Flag of the Faith,” ii. 4.
’Alamah = an undeflowered virgin, iii. 119.
’Álamína (’Awálim) = the (three) worlds, vi. 249.
Alaykum = “Peace be on you” (addressed to a single person) ii. 52.
Alexander the Great = Lord of the Two Horns, iii. 148.
“Alfi Hájatan” meaning “What dost thou want (in the way of amusement)?
I am at thy disposal,” vi. 178.
“Alhamdolillah = Glory be to God!” = grace after meat, iv. 337.
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves (variants) iii. 369.
Ali bin Ibrahim, “a faithful Eunuch” (Scott) v. 184.
Ali, son-in-law of the Prophet (supposed author of Al-Jafr) vi. 168.
“Al-’iddah,” term of widowhood of divorcée, pregnant woman, etc., vi.
178.
“Alif, bá, tá, sá” (A.B.C.D.). The latter written with a Sin instead of
a Thá, showing vulg. use which extends from Alex. to Meccah, vi. 37.
’Álim = a learned man, iii. 119.
’Alkam = the bitter gourd, colocynth, ii. 218.
Alkermes, _i.e._, “Al-Kirm” (_Arab._ and _Pers._) = a worm, cochineal,
vi. 5.
Allah (accomplish on them the ordinance of the Almighty) i. 100.
“Allah! Allah!” here meaning “Haste! haste!” iv. 71.
—— = “I conjure thee by God,” v. 302.
—— (Allah! Allah! sign of impatience) = Look sharp! i. 231.
—— Almighty hath done this = _here lit._ “hath given it to him,” v. 27.
—— (“An alms, for the love of”) ii. 44.
—— (and again by Allah) i. 9.
—— (be the judge between me and thee), ii. 52.
Allah! (called upon to witness a lie) i. 261.
—— (decreed of old), ii. 90.
—— (do thou be steadfast of purpose and rely upon) = “Let us be off,”
pop. parlance, v. 66.
—— (“Enter in the name of” = Bismillah), ii. 38.
—— (Gifted of) ii. 200.
—— háfiz-ik (_Arab._) = the pop. _Pers._ expression, “Khudá Háfiz”
(“Allah be thy safeguard”) iv. 218.
—— (in peace of) i. 6.
—— (I look to, for aid) ii. 202.
—— (“I seek refuge with,” _i.e._, Allah forfend) ii. 9.
—— (I seek refuge with) = God forfend, i. 185.
—— (I will give him the covenant of) i. 179.
—— (is All-great) ii. 125.
—— (is threatening unbelievers) i. 51.
“—— kill all woman-kind,” v. 304.
—— (made easy to me) ii. 53.
—— (Men who resign themselves to = _i.e._, Moslems who practise the
Religion of Resignation) ii. 271.
—— (name of, taken in vain) i. 87.
—— (O spirit of) i. 251.
—— (O worshipper of) (_i.e._, “O Moslem, opposed to enemy of Allah) = a
non-Moslem,” v. 460.
“—— openeth,” “Allah veileth,” civil forms of refusal, iv. 315.
—— (open to thee the door of subsistence) ii. 44.
—— (Prince ’Ajíb forbidden to call upon name of), iii. 18.
—— (removed to the mercy of = he died) ii. 78.
“—— sent down a book confirmed,” a passage not Koranic, v. 47 (not a
literal quotation, but alludes to Koran iii., 5) (ST.) v. 47.
—— Shadow of—a title of the Shah, iii. 531.
—— (sued for pardon of Almighty) a pious exclamation (“Astaghfiru
’llah”) v. 136.
—— (Take refuge with, from the Evil eye of her charms) ii. 245.
—— (the peace of, be upon you and the ruth of Allah) i. 14.
Allah (This is the deposit of, then thy deposit = “I commit him to thy
charge under God”) ii. 184.
—— (while Almighty Allah willed) = a long time, i. 351.
—— (whom Allah save and assain) ii. 173.
—— ya’tik = Allah will give it thee, (not I) ii. 44.
Allah’s path (a Martyr on) = a Martyr of love, vi. 131.
Alláho Akbar = God is most Great (war cry) v. 403.
“Allazí ’amaltu fí-him, etc.” = Those to whom I did a good turn,
requite me with the contrary thereof (ST.) iv. 253.