dancing girls, iii. 119.
Almás, _Arab._ (from ἀδάμας, and in _Hind._ “Hírá” and “Panná”) =
diamond, iii. 354.
Almond-Tree “Be not like unto the,” (a _lieu commun_ in the East) vi.
7.
—— = the _Heb._ “Sháked” and the fruit is “Loz” (_Arab._ Lauz) =
_Amygdalus communis_, vi. 7.
Alms-gift = whatso exceedeth Viaticum (“Jáizah”), or the three days
guest hospitality, vi. 26.
Alwán, _pl._ of Laun, meats of all kinds and colours, vi. 122.
“Amán” (_Arab._) = quarter, mercy (_tr._ “safety”) iv. 30.
Amán = Pardon (_lit._ “security”), i. 118.
Amawi Mosque of Damascus, one of the four Wonders of the Moslem world,
iv. 36.
“Ambergris’d” coffee, sherbet, etc., (aphrodisiac) iii. 31.
’Amil Rasad (_Arab._) = _lit._, acting as an observatory, iv. 341.
Amín = Overseer, i. 67.
—— al-Hukm = “Faithful of Command,” ii. 7.
—— (Al-) Sixth Abbaside A.D. 809–13, i. 175.
Áminah, _i.e._, the secure (_fem._) iii. 326.
Amírala (wife of Emir-Ben-Hilac-Salamis) meaning, if anything,
“Colonel” or Captain, R.N., vi. 225.
Ammál (_Arab._), vulg. written with initial Hamzah = “Verily”, “I
believe you my boy” (_tr._ “Assuredly”), vi. 11.
’Ammál (_Arab._). With the Ayn may mean “he intended,” or “he was about
to,” vi. 11.
’Ammir = cause to flourish (_tr._ “Take and people”), i. 243.
Amourist justified in obtaining his object by fair means or foul, i.
313.
Amsaytu = I came at evening, i. 316.
Amsik (_Arab._), a “chaff” with the Turks—meaning cunnus-penis, iv. 93.
—— lisána-k (_Arab._) = “hold thy tongue,” iv. 93.
’An Abí = (a propitiatory offering) for my father, i. 265.
“Ana ’l-Tabib, al-Mudáwi” (_Arab._) = I am the leach, the healer, v.
326.
“Aná min ahli zálika,” _tr._ “I am of the folk of these things” (vulg.
equiv. would be “Kizí,”) (for “Kazálika,” “Kazá”) = so (it is) v.
50.
Anakati-h (_Arab._) _tr._ “neck,” v. 427.
Anbar (_tr._ “Ambergris”) ii. 67.
“—And the Peace!” = “There is an end of the matter,” vi. 105.
’Andalíb, nightingale, iii. 506.
Andromeda and Perseus, Myth of, brought down to St. George and the
Dragon, iv. 261.
’Anfakati-h = the hair between the lower lips and the chin, also chin
itself (ST.), v. 427.
’Anká (Al-) = _lit._ “The long-necked” (bird), ii. 128.
Animals (lower) breeding with men, iv. 331.
Anjar = a flat platter (_Pers._) iv. 143.
“Annus Domini” = Age (the worst disease in human life) iv. 3.
Ant, Koranic legend of the, vi. 99.
Ant’ amilta maskhará (for maskharah) matah (for matà) idiomatical
Fellah-tongue, v. 269.
—— aysh (for “man” decidedly not complimentary) “What (thing) art
thou?” v. 298.
“Anta jáibb(un) bas rájul (an) wáhid (an)” = veritable and
characteristic peasant’s jargon, v. 359.
Antum fí Kháshin wa básh (an error for Khásh-másh) = a miserable
condition, vi. 137.
Anushirwán (in full Anúshínrawán) = sweet of soul, P.N. of Pers. King,
vi. 44.
Aorist, preceded by preposition “bi,” v. 432.
Aphrodisiacs, iii. 133.
Apocrypha, Tobias, etc., iv. 78.
“Après moi le déluge,” ii. 123.
’Arab al-’Arbá = Arabian Arabs, iii. 134.
Arab al-Arbá = prehistoric Arabs, iii. 145.
—— lovers jealous of their mistresses’ nightly phantom, ii. 179.
——, of noble tribe, always first to mount his own mare, ii. 248.
“Arabia Deserta” (Mr. Doughty’s) quoted v. 10, 53, 405.
’Arafát, fête of; the day of the Sermon, when pilgrims sleep at
Muzdalifah, vi. 41.
Arafshah = superintendent, i. 20.
’Arakiyah = Skull-cap, vi. 48.
Arám (pl. of Irm), a beautiful girl, a white deer (_tr._ “Reems”) i.
43.
’Aramramí = flocking and crowding, vi. 195.
Ardabb (_prop._) “Irdabb” = five bushels, iv. 290.
Ardashir (King), son of Bábak, iii. 180.
“Arghá” for “Arkhá” = he “brayed” (like an ostrich) for “his limbs
relaxed,” iv. 31.
Arja’ = _lit._ return (_tr. here_ “Desist”) ii. 105.
Armaghánát (_Arab._) pl. of “Armaghán” (_Pers._) a present, iv. 59.
Arm-pit, Hair shaven or plucked from, iv. 153.
’Arsah (_Arab._) akin to Mu’arris = a pimp, a pander, iv. 208.
“Arsh,” = the Ninth Heaven, v. 178.
Arstable (astrolabe) iii. 159.
“Art thou (Al-Hajjáj) from Cairo,” a neat specimen of the figure
anachronism. (Al-Hajjáj died A.H. 95; Cairo built A.H. 358) v. 41.
’Arús muhallíyah “a bride tricked out,” v. 468.
Arwà written with a terminal yá is a woman’s P.N. in Arabic, i. 94.
Arz (_Arab._), from the _Heb._ “Arz” or “Razah” (✓ raz = to vibrate) =
Cedar (of Lebanon), vi. 5.
Arzi-há = in its earth, its outlying suburbs (_tr._ “Environs”) ii.
198.
’Asá = Staff, one of the properties of Moslem Saints, iii. 183.
“’Asá Fír,” _i.e._ “Fír is rebellious,” vi. 102.
’As’as = to complicate a matter, vi. 174.
Asáfír, _pl._ of “’Usfúr” = a bird, a sparrow, vi. 102.
Asáfírí (olives, etc.) iii. 405.
Asár, clerical error for Sár = Vendetta, blood revenge, i. 134.
Asfandíyâr = two heroes of the Shahnameh, both types of reckless
daring, iii. 524.
’Ashama, _lit._ = he greeded for, v. 285.
Ashdak, usually applied to a wide-chapped face, iv. 91.
Ashghaftíní (_see_ Shaghaftíní) vi. 15.
Ashírah = clan, ii. 225.
Ashkhákh Al- (_Arab._), _pl._ of Shakhkh = _lit._ the “Stales” (_tr._
“Skite and piss”) (Steingass reads “bi ’l-Shakhákh” the usual modern
word for urine) v. 265.
Ashkhás (_pl._ of Shakhs) = images = (_vulg._ used in Moslem realms in
the sense of persons or individuals) iii. 12.
Ashrafí (_Port._ Xerafim), a gold coin whose value has varied, iii.
294.
’Asharah Mlah (Al) = ten times one, hundred, _ib._ “one hundred for the
(_i.e._, every) ten” (ST.) iv. 28.
Ashrafi, a gold coin of variable value, iv. 143;
the Portuguese Xerafim, iv. 38.
Ash-Shabakah bitáht al-Sayd = thy net for fishing, iv. 9.
’Ashshár or Tither, i. 243.
Ashur, four sons of (according to Arabs) vi. 3.
’Ásí (Al-) = rebel, syn. with Pers. “Yághí,” i. 134.
Aská-hu ’alakah = gave him a sound drubbing (’alakah), vi. 58.
Asmá al-Adwíyah = names of the medicines, i. 283.
Ass (loan of) usually granted gratis in Fellah villages and Badawi
camps, v. 460.
—— (the “cab” of modern Egypt), v. 281.
Assemblage of dramatis personæ at end of a scene highly artistic and
equally improbable, v. 31.
Asshúr = Assyria, vi. 3.
Assyrian correspondence, the simplicity of, vi. 12.
“Astaghfiru ’llah,” a pious exclamation, humbling oneself before the
Creator (_tr._ “sued for pardon of Almighty Allah”) v. 136.
Astrology and astronomy, iii. 159.
Astrolabe (_tr._ “Astronomical-gear”) iii. 159.
Asúr, in the text, “Atúr,” the scriptural “Asshur” = Assyria, vi. 3.
At her last breath, when cured by the magic of love, ii. 243.
Athr = sign, mark, trail (_tr._ “Scar”) i. 280.
’Atík = antique, iii. 11.
Atrábulus (also Tarábulus), Arabisations of Tripolis, iv. 169.
Atráf (pl. of “Tarf”) = great and liberal lords (_tr._ “chiefs”) i. 58.
’Atrús, King (? Heron’s “Illabousatrous”) vi. 234.
Attáf (named by Heron Chebib, also “Xakem Tai-Chebib” = Hátim Tayy
Habíb), vi. 169.
Attáf, Tale of (Cotheal MS.), vi. 196.
—— Tale of, title compared with Gauttier and Heron, vi. 167.
“Atúr,” scriptural “Asshur” = Assyria, vi. 3.
Atwash (Al-) = one notable for levity of mind, ii. 16.
Audáj (_Arab._) _pl._ of “Wadaj,” applying indiscriminately to the
carotid arteries and jugular veins, v. 340.
Audán (_pl._ of the pop. “Widn” of “Wudn” for the literary “Uzn” = ear)
(ST.), v. 301.
Aulád-i = sons (vulg. plural for dual), i. 132.
’Aun, a high degree among the Jinns, a tribe of the Jinn, sometimes
syn. with Márid, iv. 80, 302.
’Aurat = nakedness, _tr._ “shame,” v. 75.
’Ausaj = bushes, v. 456.
Auzah (_Arab._), a popular word in Egypt and Syria (_Pers._ “Oták,” and
_Turk._ “Otah”) iv. 40.
A’úzu bi ’lláhi min al-Sháytáni’l-Rajím = I take refuge with Allah
against Satan the Stoned (ST.) iv. 242.
’Awán _lit._ = aids, helpers (_tr._ “guards”), i. 253.
Award o burd (Pers.) = brought and bore away, i. 210.
Ay Ni’am (Yea, verily, Yes indeed), an emphatic and now vulgar
expression, iii. 14, 31.
’Ayn turned into H., _i.e._, Bitáht for Bitá’at, iv. 9.
“Ayoh” (in text), _tr._ “here he is”; a corr. of “Í (or Ayy) hú” = yes
indeed he, v. 265.
Aysh = Ayyu Shayyin, what? iv. 207.
—— (_Arab._) = Ayyu Shayyin and Laysh = li ayyi Shayyin, a popular
corruption of olden date, iii. 122.
“—— Khabara-k?” = how art thou? iii. 122.
Aywah (different spelling for “aywa”) = “yes indeed,” or contraction
for Ay (Í) wa ’lláhi = “yes, by Allah” (ST.) v. 265.
Ayyám al-Nifás (_Arab._) = the forty days after labour, during which a
woman may not cohabit with her husband, iii. 502.
“’Ayyik” or “Ayyuk” = a hinderer (of disease), vi. 174.
’Ayyinah, probably a misreading for ’Ayniyyah = a sample, pattern (ST.)
iv. 290.
’Ayyúk = Capella, a bright star, vi. 174.
Azán-hú = _lit._ “its ears” (_tr._ “its pegs”) ii. 159.
Azay má tafút-ní? = how canst thou quit me? vi. 290.
Azbad (_Arab._) from ✓ Zbd (Zabd) = foaming, frothing, iv. 31.
“Azlam” = the more iniquitous (ST.), iv. 304.
Azm = Koranic versets, which avert evil, vi. 19.
Aznání = emaciated one, ii. 214.
Azzamín = Charmers, _i.e._, men who recite the Azm, vi. 19.
Baba Abdullah = Daddy Abdullah, iii. 311.
Báb al-Nasr, the grand old Eastern or Desert-gate of Cairo, v. 457.
Baba used in Pers., Turk., and Hindostan, for Dad! Dear! Child! iii.
311.
Bábúj (from “Bábúg” from the _Pers._ “Pay-púsh” = foot-clothing), _tr._
“papoosh,” v. 442.
Bábúk, or “Bábúnak” (_Pers._) = the white Camomile flower, vi. 27.
Backgammon = “(jeu de) dames,” a term of European origin, iii. 180.
Bádám or Bídám (almond), used by way of small change, iii. 348.
Badawí dogs dangerous, i. 316.
—— tent, v. 116.
Badr, Al- (_pl._ Budúr) = the “Full Moon,” v. 198.
Badrah, _lit._ a myriad, ten thousand dirhams, i. 278.
—— (_Arab._) = a purse of ten thousand dirhams, v. 58.
Badr al-Budúr, _i.e._ Full moon of full moons, iii. 95.
Badrat Zahab = a purse of gold (ST.) v. 58.
Bágh = Royal tiger, iii. 530.
Baghdad (explained), iii. 25.
Bahár = ox-eye, ii. 13.
—— (_Arab._) often used for hot spices (_tr._ “pimento”), iv. 138.
Bahlúl, a famous type of madman, v. 88.
—— Al- = the “Bahalul” of D’Herbelot, vi. 155.
Bahluwán (Arab. for Pers. Pahluwán) = a brave, a warrior, i. 131.
Bahman, meaning one of the Spirits that presides over beasts of burden,
iii. 502.
Bahr al-Azrak = the Blue Sea (Mediterranean) vi. 256.
—— al-Muhít (_Arab._) = Circumambient Ocean, iv. 323.
Bahrjaur (in Pers. Bahr-i-Jaur = luck of Jaur-city) i. 57.
Bak’ah (=“a hollow where water collects”) and “Buk’ah” (=“a patch of
ground”) compared, vi. 12.
Bakar (Ox) and Taur (Bull) Moslem emblems of stupidity, ii. 178.
Bakar = black cattle, whether bull, cow, or ox, vi. 136.
Bakhshísh (written “Bakshísh” after Fellah-fashion) iv. 243.
Bakht = luck, good fortune, iii. 331.
—— (i) Zamán (Persian) = Luck of the Time, i. 102.
Bákiyah = may also mean Eternal, as opposed to Fániyah = temporal
(_tr._ “abide”) i. 39.
Bákúlat = pot-herbs (_tr._ “almond cakes”), probably clerical error for
“Bakláwát,” i. 261.
Bákúr = driving-sticks, v. 10.
Bál (_Arab._) sing. Bálah = a tale, iv. 210.
Balass ruby = of rare wood, set with rubies, ii. 251.
Balát = the flags (slabs of limestone and sandstone) ii. 21.
Baliyah = bane and bale (to jingle with “Bábiliyah”) ii. 153.
Ballát, limestone, slabs cut in the Torah quarries south of Cairo, v.
80.
Baltah, for Turk. “Báltah” = an axe, a hatchet, v. 336.
Baltah-ji, a pioneer, one of the old divisions of the Osmanli troops,
surviving as a family name amongst Levantines, v. 336.
Bámiyah = Gumbo, etc., of Brit. India (_tr._ “rose-mallows”) iv. 243.
Banát al-hawá = _lit._ daughters of love (_tr. here_ “a merry girl”)
ii. 137.
Bandukah = a little bunduk, nut, bullet, (_tr._ “degrees”) i. 353.
Banj akrítashí = Cretan Bhang, i. 9.
Banj al-tayyar, _i.e._, volatile = that which flies fastest to the
brain (_tr._ “flying Bhang”) v. 26.
Bánú = a lady, a dame of high degree, iii. 419.
Banú Adam = Sons of Adam (as opposed to Banú Elohim = Sons of the Gods)
iii. 88.
Banú al-Asfar = Sons of the yellow (Esau’s posterity in Edom) iii. 88.
Banú al-Khashkhash = Sons of the (black) poppy (viz. Ethiopians) iii.
88.
Banú Ghálib, v. 43
Banú Hilál, a famous tribe, vi. 225.
Banú Shaybán = the King’s own tribe, ii. 199.
Banú Tay, the tribe of the chieftain and poet Hátim Táí, i. 179.
Banú Thakíf, a noble tribe sprung from Iyád, v. 46.
Barári or deserts, ii. 16.
Barbarians (Matthew Arnold’s) iv. 280.
Barbasa (with dental sibilant “Sín”) = he sought, looked for (with
palatial sibilant “Sád”) = he watered the ground abundantly (ST.)
iv. 291.
Barbastu = besmeared, iv. 291.
Barber, being a surgeon ready to bleed a madman, v. 277.
—— the usual operator in circumcision, ii. 116.
Bardawán, the well-known city in Hindostan whose iron was famous, vi.
71.
Barniyah = Pot (in which manna was collected) i. 265.
“Bartamán” for “Martaban” = a pot, jar, etc. (_tr._ “a crock”) iv.
204–223.
Báshá (_Arab._ form of _Turk._ “Pasha”) derivation, iv. 137.
“Bashákhín,” _pl._ of “Bashkhánah” = hangings, arras, vi. 44.
Bashárah, can hardly be applied to ill news (faulty text), i. 34.
Bashárah, Al- (_Arab._) = a gift of good news, iv. 307.
Basíl, son of “Ashur,” vi. 3.
Bashkhánah (corr. of _Pers._ “Peshkhánah = state-tents sent forward on
march”) _tr. here_ “a hanging,” v. 131.
—— custom of, among Eastern Moslems, v. 106.
Bashkhánah (Al-) = the Curtain, ii. 165.
Bassorah-city = “Balsorah” (Galland), “Bansrá” (H.V.) iii. 3.
Bast, a preparation of Bhang (_Cannabis sativa_) iv. 19.
Bastinado used to extort confession, i. 148.
Bát (for “Bit”) = Pass the night here (in Fellah speech) iv. 246.
—— = “the night has passed” (ST.) iv. 246.
Bathá = lowlands and plains outside Meccan Valley, i. 42.
Bathah = inner court, i. 284.
Bathing after copulation kept up by both sexes in ancient Rome, ii.
142.
Batiyah (_Arab._) gen. = a black jack, a leathern flagon (_tr._ “Keg”)
iv. 125.
Bayt al-Mukaddas = Sanctified House, iii. 407.
Bazzistán (_Arab._-_Pers._) = market-place for Bazz = cloth, iii. 431.
Bawwábah Al = a place where doorkeepers meet, a police-station (_tr._
“guard-house”) v. 309.
Baybúnah (_prop._ “Bábúnaj” in _Arab._, and “Bábúk” in _Pers._) = the
white Camomile flower, vi. 27.
Bayn farsi-k wa ’l-damí = _lit._ between fœces and menses (_tr._ “thy
droppings and drippings”) i. 41.
Baysár or Baysárah, a dish peculiar to Egypt = beans seasoned with milk
and honey, iv. 176. Also “Baysár” or “Faysár,” iv. 291.
Bayzah (_Arab._) = an egg, a testicle, v. 360.
Bazaka = brought out, i. 209.
“Bean and ’twas split, A,” proverb suggesting “par nobile fratrum,”
iii. 179.
Beating the bosom with a sunbaked brick, i. 34.
Bed (on roof) made of carpet or thin mattress strewn upon the stucco
flooring of the terrace roof, v. 219.
Beef, causes dysenteric disease, v. 51.
Bell as a fringe to the Ephod of High Priest, vi. 100.
Bel the idol (or Ba’al or Belus, the Phœnician and Canaanite head-god)
vi. 26.
Bghb (evidently for “Baght,” or preferably “Baghtatan”) vi. 78.
Bhang-eaters, indecencies of, iv. 196.
“Bi,” the particle proper of swearing, v. 470.
Bí-adabí = being without Adab, (means rudeness, etc.) ii. 68.
Bi al-Salám = in the Peace (of Allah) i. 6.
“Bi Asri-hi” (_Arab._) _lit._ “rope and all;” metaphorically used =
altogether entirely (_tr._ “the World universal”) vi. 108.
Bibars (_pron._ “Baybars”) ii. 3.
“Bí, Bí, Bí,” compare the French “Brr”, vi. 77.
Bid’ah = _lit._ an innovation, a new thing (_tr. here_ “accursed
custom”) ii. 266.
Bíhkamál (Pers. and Arab.) = “Good Perfection,” i. 107.
Bihkard = “Well he did,” i. 107.
Bihzad (Persian) = Bih (well, good) Zád (born) i. 89.
Biiru-milyánah Moyah (with various forms of “Moyah”) v. 323.
“Bi-izá-humá” _lit._ vis-à-vis to the twain, v. 69.
Bi jildi ’l-bakar = a cow hide, ii. 96.
Bi-Khátiri-k = Thy will be done (_tr._ “At thy pleasure”), v. 322.
“Bilád al-Maghrib (al-Aksa” in full) = the Farthest Land of the Setting
Sun (_tr._ “Sundown-Land”) ii. 252.
Bilal = moisture, beneficence, etc., i. 40.
“Bilám” here = the headstall of the bridle (ST.) v. 381.
“Billáhi,” _i.e._, “by Allah,” v. 470.
Bilisht = The long span between thumb-tip and minimus-tip, iii. 353.
“Bi-Má al-fasíkh ’alà Akrás al-Jullah” (_tr._ “Save with foul water
upon the disks of dung”) v. 292.
Bímáristán (_Arab._ from _Pers._) = a “sick house”, hospital, madhouse,
iv. 48.
Bir al-Khátim = Well of the signet, i. 165.
Birkah = a fountain basin, lake, pond, reservoir (_tr._ “hole”) v. 117.
Birkat Far’aun = Pharaoh’s Pool, vi. 98.
Bi-sab’a Sikak = _lit._ “with seven nails” (meaning here posts whereto
chains were attached) v. 380.
Bisáta-hum = their carpets (_tr._ “warehouses”) vi. 124.
Bishangarh, iii. 422.
Bishr and Hind (two well-known lovers), ii. 211.
“Bismillah” = Enter in the name of Allah, ii. 38.
Bísmillah = grace before meat, iv. 337.
“Bismillah; in the name of the Lord” = “Let us go,” etc., ii. 85.
Bisnagar (corruption of Sanskrit Vijáyanagara = City of Victory) iii.
422.
Bitá’i (_Arab._) = my own, iv. 9.
“Bi-Wujúh al-Fániját al-Miláh” (reading “al-Ghániját” in app. with
“al-Miláh”), render “the faces of the coquettish, the fair” (ST.) v.
80.
Biyarza’ fí Asábí-hi (only instance in MS. where the aorist is preceded
by preposition “bi”) (ST.) v. 432.
Blackening faces a promise of Hell-fire, ii. 42.
Bloody sweat, v. 149.
Blood-feuds troublesome to travellers, ii. 222.
“Blood hideth not from blood” (_equiv. to_ Scotch “Blood is thicker
than water”) iii. 54.
Blood moved between them (a “pathetic fallacy”) i. 77.
—— red tears, v. 149.
—— revenge religiously laudable, iii. 180.
“—— speaking to blood,” popular superstition, excusing unwarrantable
liberties in Royal personages, iii. 531.
Blowing a man up with bellows, i. 351
Book of Bakhtyár (Persian Bakhtyár Námeh) “The ten Wazirs, etc.,” i.
55.
Bostán al-Nuzhah = the Garden of Pleasance, i. 29.
Bráhmani = Hindu, Indian, ii. 111.
Brain-pans (good old classical English) v. 219.
Branchlet = a youth’s bending form, ii. 162.
Breslau Edition quoted, i. 1, 4, 15, 25, 39, 42, 47, 51, 55, 58, 60,
121, 131, 134, 159, 165, 171, 175, 179, 185, 191, 266, 334, 359; ii.
3, 54, 55, 63, 67, 151, 183, 191, 259, 263, 275; iii. 51; v. 117,
118, 419.
Bribing the Kazi’s wife, v. 364.
Bridegroom offers coffee and Halwá to friends after a “happy night,”
ii. 142.
Bridge at Baghdah made of the ribs of Og bin ’Unk (=Og of the Neck)
iii. 19.
—— of Sanjia in Northern Syria is one of the four Wonders of the Moslem
world, iv. 36.
Brow white as day and hair black as night (common conceit) iii. 96.
Brutality of a Moslem mob, ii. 168.
Buk’ah (=“a piece of low ground”) and Bak’ah (=“a hollow where water
collects”) compared, vi. 12.
Bukhári = a place for steaming, iii. 355.
Bakhtí = The Bactrian or double-humped dromedary, ii. 235.
Buksumah (_Arab._) = “hard bread” (_tr._ “biscuit”) iv. 169.
Bulaybul (Al-) = the little nightingale, Philomelet, iv. 245.
Bulbul-i-hazár-dástán (_Arab._), usually shortened to “Hazár” = bird of
a thousand tales = the Thousand, in Arab. called ’Andalíb, iii. 506.
“Bull- (Taur for Thaur or Saur)—numbered-and-for-battle-day-lengthened”
(_tr. The Bull-aye-ready-and-for Battle-aye-steady_) v. 160.
Bull used in the East to turn the mill and water-wheel, iv. 294.
Bundukáni (Al-) = the cross-bow or pellet-bow man, vi. 53.
Bunduki (adj. of Bunbuk) = Venetian, ii. 204.
Bunúd (pl. of Pers. “band”) = hypocrisy, deceit (_tr._ “quiddities”) i.
353.
Burd (_pl._ of Burdah) = mantle or woollen plaid of striped stuff, v.
42.
Burka’ = the face veil of Egypt, etc., ii. 172.
—— = Nosebag, v. 91.
—— veil or “Nosebag,” iv. 282.
Burúj (pl. of Burj) = _lit._ towers (_tr._ “mansions”) i. 353.
Búsah (doubtful meaning), possibly reed used as a case or sheath (ST.)
v. 108.
But-Khánah = idol house, _syn._ with But-Kadah = image cuddy (_tr._
“Pagodas”) iii. 427.
Búyúrdi, Al- (_cler. error_ for “Buyúruldi”) = the written order of a
Governor, vi. 180.
“By the life of my youth,” a “swear” peculiarly feminine, and never
used by men, v. 85.
Bye Names, vi. 84.
Byron in England, v. 274.
Bystanders excited about some matter in no way concerning them, i. 303.
Cafilah, _i.e._, caravan, iv. 222.
“——” (Shaykh of) for Cafila, v. 419.
“Cage of Clapham,” iii. 501.
Cairo (magnificent city of Egypt), iii. 58.
Calcutta Edition quoted, ii. 137, 141.
Caliph can do no wrong, i. 167.
—— Omar bin Abd al-Aziz (The Good Caliph) i. 39.
Caliphs under the early Ommiades, v. 39.
“Camaralzaman” (olden versions) = “Complete Time,” for “Moon of the
Age,” vi. 233.
Camel (not customary to mount lady upon in India) iii. 294.
—— (“Ushtur” or “Unth”) iii. 294.
Camels made drunk with Bhang, or Indian hemp, to make extended marches,
vi. 244.
Camel’s pasture divided into “Khullah” (Sweet food called bread) and
“Hámiz” termed fruit, iv. 7.
Camomile flower (white), vi. 27.
Camphor, use of, iii. 361.
“Can play with the egg and the stone,” _i.e._, “can play off equally
well the soft-brained and the hard-brained,” v. 277.
Cap of the “Sútarí” or jester of the Arnaut (Albanian) regiments, v.
276.
—— worn by professional buffoon, v. 276.
Carpet (the Flying), prototype of, iii. 425.
Carrion (animals that died without being ceremonially killed) ii. 175.
Cat, a sacred animal amongst the Egyptians, vi. 31.
Cedar of Lebanon, vi. 5.
Census of the Exodus (Exposition by Mr. Thayer), vi. 113.
—— should not be made without direct command of Creator (superstitious
idea) iv. 308.
“Chafariz” (fountain) of Portugal (der. from Sakáríj) v. 5.
Chamber (a dangerous word in English) ii. 129.
Change from first person into third, looseness of style in the MS.
(ST.) iv. 282.
Changes, contradictions and confusions inherent in Arab. stories, iii.
93.
“Changul” (with three dotted Chím) = red gold, vi. 251.
Chapter of the Cow (Koran) ii. 175.
Chaugán (Persian) = the crooked bat used in polo, i. 109.
Chavis quoted, vi. 12, _ib._ 15, 16, 53, 54, 56, 59, 63, 68, 72.
Chavis and Cazotte quoted, i. 55, 60, 65, 73, 81, 89, 94, 95, 97, 102,
103, 107, 112, 121, 131, 147, 151; iv. 49, 64, 66; v. 27.
Cheek, he set his right hand upon, meaning he rested his cheek upon his
right hand, v. 9.
Chenery quoted, iv. 7; vi. 7, 54, 73, 84, 89, 94, 97, 124, 159, 183,
225, 241.
Chess rarely played for money in Europe, ii. 205.
Chhuchhundar, _Hind._ (_Sorex cœrulescens_) = musk-rat, iii. 500.
“Chifte,” from _Pers._ “Juft” = a pair, any two things coupled together
(ST.) vi. 67.
Child-bed customs amongst Moslems, iv. 177.
“Children” used for fighting men, ii. 224.
China = the normal Oriental “despotism, tempered by assassination,”
iii. 164.
Chob-dár = rod-bearer, mace-bearer, usher, etc., iii. 125.
Church of Rohah (Edessa), one of the four Wonders of the Moslem world,
iv. 36.
Circumcision, ii. 90.
—— (Jewish rite), must always be performed by the Mohel, an official of
the Synagogue, v. 217.
—— three operations of, v. 217.
Circumstantial (affecting the), a favourite manœuvre with the Ráwí, v.
233.
—— evidence not lawful amongst Moslems, i. 112.
Circus tricks with elephants, horses, etc., iii. 430.
Cistern or tank in terrace-roof of Syrian houses, v. 246.
Citadel of Lead = Capital of King Al-Shisban, ii. 117.
Cloud (which contains rain) always typical of liberality and generous
dealing, v. 179.
—— of Locusts believed by Arabs to be led by a King locust (the Sultan
Jarád) i. 305.
Chronique de Tabari quoted, iv. 3–5.
Cob-houses, iv. 214.
Cock and the Fox (Fable of whose moral is that the biter is often bit)
vi. 145.
Cock-speak = a natural clock called by West Africans Cokkerapeek, i.
10.
Coffee, iv. 198.
—— and sherbet, mention of, makes the tale synchronous with that of
Ma’arúf, or the xvii. century, iv. 55.
—— and smoking, v. 236.
Cohen = a priest either of the true God or of false gods, vi. 109.
Coinage of Baghdad, iii. 294.
Concealments inevitable in ancient tale or novel, v. 417.
Conclusions of Tales compared, iii. 303.
Condition of forfeits (_lit._ order and acceptance), i. 175.
Confections, or sweetmeats used by way of restoratives in the Bath, iv.
56.
Conjuration, a specimen of Islamised Mantra (in Sanskrit “Stambhaná”)
intended to procure illicit intercourse, vi. 126.
Connexion of Beasts with Humans, and consequences thereof, iv. 331.
Conundrum or riddle, vi. 97.
Cook and Cooking, Egyptian or Syrian compared with English, iv. 174.
Corpse sprinkled with water, etc., iv. 257.
Cossid (_Arab._ Kásid), an Anglo-Indian term = a running carrier, iv.
123.