Perceval C. de, quoted, vi. 89.
Peri-Banu (The Fairy) iii. 419.
—— (Parí) in its modern form has a superficial resemblance to “Fairy,”
iii. 419.
Peris, iii. 419.
Perízádah = Fairy-born, iii. 502.
Perjury easily expiated amongst Moslems, ii. 38.
Perspired in her petticoat trowsers (a physical sign of delight in
beauty, usually attributed to old women) v. 142.
Pertinence (in couplets) not a _sine quâ non_ amongst Arabs, v. 135.
Phantasms from the Divine presence of ‘Ali ’Aziz Efendi, the Cretan,
iii. 41.
Pharaoh (of Hebrew Scriptures) has become with the Arabs “Fir’aun,” the
dynastic name of Egyptian kings, vi. 12.
Pharos of Alexandria, one of the four Wonders of the Moslem world, iv.
36.
Philomelet, The shrilling, iv. 245.
Physiognomist, a favourite character in Arabic folk-lore, iv. 107.
“Physiognomy (‘Firásah’) unless there be the science of, other science
availeth not,” iv. 10.
Piastre (Egyptian) = one-fifth of a shilling, iv. 72.
Pictures of faces whose eyes seem to follow beholders, iii. 427.
Pigeon blood, used to resemble the results of a bursten hymen, v. 29.
Pilaff (Turco-English form of Persian Puláo) iii. 326.
Pilgrimage quoted, i. 285, 337, 228, 207, 205, 42, 165, 194; ii. 20,
71, 281, 54, 152, 9, 63, 220, _ib._, 222, 59, 22, 51; iii. 314, 330,
405, 406; iv. 35, 38, 153, 196, 208, 343; v. 43, 180, 214; vi. 9,
83, 99, 104, 105, 131, 174.
Pilgrims settle in the two Holy Places, iii. 406.
Pír = saint, spiritual guide, iii. 8.
Pírozah = turquoise (_Arab. form_ Fíruzah) iii. 270.
“Písh-namáz” (_Pers._) = fore-prayer, iii. 380.
Pit = grave, i. 88.
“Plied him with wine,” a favourite habit with mediæval Arabs, ii. 50.
Poetry (Persian) often alludes to the rose, etc., ii. 99.
“Pointing the moral,” iii. 265.
Police (Eastern) ii. 6.
Porphyry quarries in Middle Egypt, rediscovery of, vi. 60.
Practical joking, a dangerous form of fun, as much affected by
Egyptians as Hibernians, v. 455.
“Prayer of Moses, the man of God,” vi. 103.
Prayers at burial, beginning with four “Takbírs,” i. 290.
—— for the dead recited over bier, iii. 380.
——, whilst at, the Moslem cannot be spoken to, i. 197.
Precious stones, Arab superstitions concerning, v. 130.
Precocious children, iii. 416.
Pretext for murdering an enemy to his faith (Jewish) an idea prevalent
in Eastern world utterly wrong, v. 214.
“Pretty Fanny’s ways” amongst Moslems, v. 85.
Priah = tearing the foreskin (second operation of circumcision) v. 217.
Primitive attire of Easterns in hot climate, iii. 20.
Prince, petty Indian, preceded in state processions by led horses whose
saddles are studded with diamonds, iii. 134.
Prison had seven doors (to indicate its formidable strength) v. 233.
Prisoners expected to feed themselves in Moslem lands, v. 338.
Professional dancer, _i.e._, a public prostitute, iv. 29.
—— singers, become freed women, turned out “respectable,” ii. 254.
Prothesis without apodosis, figure, iv. 29.
Public gaol = here the Head Policeman’s house. In mod. times it is part
of the wall in Governor’s palace, v. 337.
Pummel of the saddle, ii. 85.
Punishment by flogging, vi. 9.
Purse = Kis = 500 piastres = £5, iv. 74.
Purses, one thousand compose the Treasury (“Khaznah”) = £5,000, iv. 74.
Puzzling questions and clever replies, a favourite exercise in the
East, vi. 97.
Quarters, containing rooms in which girls are sold, ii. 71.
Queen Shu’á’ah = Queen Sunbeam, ii. 107.
“Quench that fire for him” (_i.e._ hush up the matter) ii. 15.
“Quicker to slay than Amrú bin Kulsum” (Proverb) vi. 94.
Raas Ghanam = a head of sheep (form of expressing singularity common to
Arabic) ii. 207.
—— Sukkar = Loaf sugar, v. 352.
Raba’ = _lit._ spring quarters (_tr._ “a lodging house”) ii. 19.
Rabí’a vi. 245.
Rabite (steed of purest) = an Arab of noble strain, iii. 287.
Radáh (a form of “Rádih”) = “the large hipped,” v. 198.
Radíf or back-rider, common in Arabia, v. 162.
Rádih, a P.N. (ST.) v. 161.
“Rafá al-Bashkhánah” = he raised a hanging, a curtain (_tr._ “the
arras”) iii. 121.
Rafaka (and “Zafaka”) = took their pleasure, v. 282.
Rábíb = monk or lion (_tr._ “God-fearing”) vi. 155.
Rahíl = Rachel, iii. 355.
Ráhilah = a riding camel, i. 315.
“Rahúm” for “Rahím” (Doric form) = compassionate, vi. 18.
Rahwán (cor. of Rahbán) = one who keeps the (right) way, i. 191.
“Rá’ih fayn” = wending (art thou) whither? iv. 207.
Ráih yasír (_Arab._) = about to become (peasant’s language) iii. 131.
Rain and bounty are synonymous, i. 43.
Ra’ís (_fem._ Ra’ísah) the captain, the skipper (not the owner) iv.
125., v. 22.
Raisins, an efficacious “pick-me-up,” v. 51.
Rajah of Baroda, iii. 134.
Rajul ikhtiyár, _tr._ “a man of a certain age” (polite term for old
man) v. 402.
—— Ja’ídí = Larrikin, iv 280.
—— Khuzari (_Arab._) = a green-meat man (_tr._ “costermonger”) v. 291.
—— Khwájá = Gentleman, v. 254.
“Rákiba-há”; the technical term for demoniac possession, v. 326.
Ram’s mutton preferred in wilder tribes of the East, because it gives
the teeth more to do, v. 299.
Ramaha bi-h = bolted with him, v. 382.
Rankah or “Ranakah” prob. for “Raunakah,” which usually means
“troubled” (speaking of water) (ST.) v. 66.
Rape, i. 311.
Rasátík (_pl._ of Rusták) = villages, i. 256.
Rashákah Al- (_Arab._) a word not found in common lexicons, said to be
a fork with three prongs, here probably a hat stand (_tr._ “peg”)
(ST.) v. 244.
Rasílah = a (she) partner (_tr._ “accompanyist”) ii. 44.
Rasmál (vulg. Syrian and Egyptian form of Raas al-mál = stock in trade)
= capital in hand, i. 248.
Ratl (_Arab._) _pron._ by Europeans “Rotl” (Rotolo) = a pound, iii.
128; iv. 295.
“Rauzah” in Algiers was a royal park, vi. 243.
“Rauz al-Sanájirah” = plain of the Sinjars, vi. 243.
Ráwi = a professional tale-teller (_tr._ “Seer”) i. 56.
Rayhánah, _i.e._ the “Basil,” mostly a servile name, ii. 20.
Razah = cedar or fir (old controversy) vi. 5.
Rází (Al-) = a native of Rayy City, i. 288.
Reading of “meat and drink” enjoyed by Arabs as much as by Englishmen,
iv. 160.
Reading placed in more honourable place than writing (“Writing and
reading,” as opposed to “Reading and writing”) vi. 5.
Red camel (Ahmar) ii. 248.
Red robes a sign of displeasure, iv. 297.
Red Sea (Holy Writ does not say that Pharaoh was drowned in) vi. 99.
Rent his robes (usually a sign of quiet, here a mark of strong
excitement) v. 71.
Retribution confined to this life, and belief that Fate is fruit of
man’s actions (Mosaic theory) vi. 140.
Re-union after severance—modesty in Alaeddin as contrasted with Kamar
al-Zamán, etc., iii. 176.
Revetment of old wells in Arabia, mostly of dry masonry, v. 132.
Rheumatism, a common complaint in even the hottest climates, v. 160.
Riddle or conundrum, vi. 97.
Riding men as asses, a facetious exaggeration of an African practice,
vi. 240.
Right hand (seated at the) a place of honour in Europe; amongst Moslems
the place would be to the left, iii. 136.
Ríh = Wind, gust (of temper), pride, rage, v. 58.
Rikáb (_Arab._) = Stirrup + “dár” (_Pers._) = holder (_tr._ “groom”)
iv. 24.
Rikkí al-Saut = soften the sound (or “lower thy voice,”) ii. 89.
“Ring and the Lamp” have a magical effect over physique and morale of
the owner, iii. 104.
Ring given as token to show fair play, i. 248.
Rísah (copyist’s error for “Rishah”) = a thread, feather, line, iv.
259.
“Rise that I may seat myself in thy stead” (addressed to the full
moon)—true Orientalism, iii. 151.
Ríshah = feather, plume, (usual meaning) Dr. Steingass explains, iv.
259.
Rising up and sitting down, usual sign of emotion, i. 348.
Riyál (from, the _Span._ “Real”) = royal (coin) _tr._ “real”, iv. 284.
“Rizk” equiv. for “Al-Rizku ’l-hasanu” = any good thing obtained
without exertion (ST.) iv. 245.
—— maksúm (Al-), an old and sage byword pregnant with significance, iv.
245.
Roc or vulture, vi. 23.
Rod of Moses became a common symbol of dignity, etc., vi. 157.
Rods of Moses and Aaron, vi. 98, 99.
Rodwell quoted, v. 42, 48.
Roger, old name of the parish bull in rural England, iv. 203.
“Rose up and sat down,” a sign of agitation, v. 328.
Rosso antico (mostly a porphyry) iii. 139.
Roum = Greeks, i. 134.
—— city of (Rúmí) vi. 89.
“Rub’a” (_Arab._) _pl._ Arbá = the fourth of a “Waybah” (_tr._ “half a
quartern”) iv. 128.
“Rudaynían,” from “Rudaynah,” either a woman or a place, vi. 230.
Rúh Allah _lit._ = breath of Allah (_tr._ “Spirit of Allah”) i. 251.
Rúhi = _lit._ my breath (_tr._ “my sprite”) ii. 120.
Rukh = Roc, iii. 186.
—— (the mythical—mixed up with the mysterious bird Símurgh) iii. 188.
Rukhám = marble or alabaster, here used for building material, vi. 60.
Rumh = lance, i. 90.
Rúmí (“Roum”) in Marocco and other parts of Moslem world is still syn.
with our “European,” vi. 89.
Rusáfiyah = a cap, i. 160.
“Rushdu ’llah” or “Al-Hudà,” spiritual direction or divine grace
received from Allah, vi. 104.
Russians (Asiatics have a very contemptible opinion of the) v. 119.
Rustáki, from Rusták, a quarter of Baghdad, ii. 209.
Rutab wa manázil = degrees and dignities, i. 217.
Sá’ah = the German _Stunde_, our old “Stound” (meaning to Moslems the
spaces between prayer-times) v. 151.
“Sa’alab” or “Tha’lab” = Fox, vi. 146.
Sabba raml = cast in sand (may be clerical error for “Zaraba raml” = he
struck sand, _i.e._, made geomantic figures), _here tr._ “striking a
geomantic table,” iii. 68.
“Sabbal’alayhim (for ’alayhinna, the usual masc. _pro fem._) Al-Sattár”
(_Arab._) = _lit._ “the Veiler let down a curtain upon them,” v.
276.
Sabbath (the) = the Saturday, iii. 64.
Sabt = Sabbath, Saturday, v. 228, 324.
Sa’d = prosperity, iii. 341.
Sádah (Al-) wa al-Khatáyát _tr._ “various colors both plain and
striped,” v. 223.
“Sádát wa Ashráf” = Sayyids and Sharífs, vi. 233.
Sa’dí = prosperous, iii. 341.
Sàdir (Al-) w al-Ghádí = those who went forth betime (the latter may
mean those who came for the morning meal) iii. 27.
Saff Kamaríyát min al-Zujáj = glazed and coloured lunettes, ii. 39.
Safíh = slab over the grave (_tr._ “pave”) i. 41.
Safúl (Al-) = ranks of fighting men, or rows of threads on a loom, i.
48.
Sáhah = courtyard (as opposed to “Bathah” = inner court), i. 284.
Sáhal for Sahal (broad “Doric” of Syria) iii. 125.
Sahará _pron._ Sahrá, i. 251.
Sahbá = red wine, ii. 99.
(“Sahha) ’alakah (=a something) fí hazá ’l-Amri” = albeit I will take
no part, vi. 245.
Sáhib = owner (same as “Dallál” = broker) iv. 224.
“—— al-Hayát” = astronomer (may also = a physiognomist) v. 289.
“—— al-jayyid” (Al-) (_Arab._) = excellent companion, vi. 5.
Sáhibi-h = his mate (masculine) iv. 346.
Sáhils, or shorelands, ii. 3.
Sahl _meaning_ “the easy tempered” (Scott writes “Sohul”) v. 138.
Sahrá (_Arab._) = desert (applied by Persians to waste grounds about a
town: _hereto_ “barren hill-country”) iii. 67.
Sahríj = Cistern, v. 5.
Sails hoisted and canvas loosed (anchors weighed and canvas spread) i.
321.
Sajálmah-bird, unknown to dictionaries, prob. species of hawk, vi. 35.
“Sakalat” (_Pers._) or “Saklatún,” whence Mr. Skeat would derive
“scarlet,” vi. 5.
Sakf (flat roof), must have a parapet (a Jewish precaution neglected by
Al-Islam) v. 219.
Sakhrah = labour, i. 84.
Sakhtúr (_Arab._) for “Shakhtúr” _tr._ “batel,” v. 163.
Sákiyah = water-wheel, ii. 47.
Sakk (_pl._ “Sikák” and “Sukúk”) = “nail” (ST.) v. 380.
Sakká (_Arab._) = a water carrier, vi. 46.
“—— Sharbah,” who supplies water to passengers in streets, vi. 46.
Salaku-hu wa nashalú-hu = “they scored it,” v. 395.
“Salám” here = Heaven’s blessing, vi. 97.
Salám pronounced after prayers, i. 14.
Salásín = thirty (a clerical error for “three”) iv. 310.
Salát, sundry technical meanings, vi. 103.
—— = the formal ceremonious prayer, vi. 103.
“Salb” = impalement, everywhere else meaning crucifixion, vi. 206–1.
“Sálihín” (_Arab._) = the Saints, the Holy ones (_tr._ “the Hallows”)
iv. 218.
Salkh (_Arab._) = flaying (meaning also a peculiar form of
circumcision) v. 214.
Salt rubbed on wounds to staunch the blood, v. 97.
Samár (_Arab._) from _Pers._ “Sumar” = a reed, a rush, v. 226.
Samaria (according to Moslems, Shamrín and Shamrún) iii. 271.
Samaritans, vi. 160–1.
Samáwah, confounded with Kerbela—a desert with a place of pilgrimage,
iii. 484.
——, Desert of, iii. 484.
—— (Town on Euphrates) iii. 484.
Samd = carpets and pots and pans (_tr. Vaiselle_) vi. 64.
Samhari, vi. 229.
Sámiri Al-, Golden Calf of, vi. 160.
——, translated by Christian commentators as “Samaritan,” vi. 160.
Sammán = quail, v. 151.
“Samman” (for “Sammán”) = quails, vi. 66.
“——” or “Summán” (classically “Salwá”) = quails, vi. 147.
Sammár = reciters, ii. 3.
Samm Sá’ah (in text), _tr._ “poison of the hour,” v. 352.
Samson’s enigma (Judges xiv. 12), vi. 106.
Sandarúsah (_Arab._) = red juniper gum (from _Pers._ “Sandar” = amber)
_tr._ “Sandarach,” vi. 141.
Sanják (in modern parlance) = minor
province, iv. 245.
—— (_Turk._) = flag, banner, iv. 245.
—— -dar = the banner-bearer, ensign, iv. 245.
Sankharíb the Sovran, vi. 3.
Santír = psalteries, ii. 246.
Sapídaj (corresponding with “Isfidaj”), _tr._ “ceruse” or white lead,
v. 130.
Sára’a hu wa láwa’a-hu = he rushed upon him and worried him (ST.) iv.
266.
Sára la-hu Shanán, _tr._ “In his new degree he was feared,” v. 472.
—— (Steingass reads “Thániyan” = and he became second to him (the
Sultan), _i.e._, his alter ego) v. 472.
Sar’a’l-Lijám, _tr._ “bridal thongs,” v. 385.
“Sárayah” (for “Saráyah,” Serai, Government House), _tr._ “Palace,” v.
6.
Saráy not to be confounded with Serraglio = Harem, iv. 234.
—— (_Pers._) official head-quarters of the Walí, iv. 234.
Sára yuráshí-h, _tr._ “kindness and liberality,” v. 473.
—— (“Yuráshí” and “Yuráshú” are the 6th form of “rashá, yarshú”) = he
bestowed a gift (principally for the sake of bribery), he treated
kindly (ST.) v. 473.
Sardáb = a souterrain, v. 117.
Sarhádún = “Sarkhadom” (_Gauttier_). The great usurper Sargon, vi. 6.
Sarír = a bier without the corpse, iv. 289.
“Sarkhah adwat la-há al-Saráyah” = a cry to which the Palace women
raised an echo (ST.) iv. 272.
Sarmújah (_Arab._) = sandals, slippers, etc., v. 442;
from _Pers._ “Sarmúzah,” a kind of hose or gaiter worn over a boot
(ST.) v. 217.
Sarráf = a money changer (_tr._ “shroff”) iii. 333.
—— Sarra Surrah (Surratan) = he tied up a purse (ST.) v. 412.
Sarsarah (cler. error for “Akhaza (?) surratan”) = he took a purse, v.
462.
Sárú (dakhalú, jalasú, etc.), in the plural for the dual—popular and
vulgar speech, iii. 66.
Sat down (in sign of agitation) ii. 211.
Satíhah (_Arab._) = a She-Satíh, iv. 69.
Satl = water-can (Lat. and Etruscan Situla and Situlus, a water-pot) i.
291.
Sattár (_Arab._) = “The Veiler” iv. 31 (corresponding with “Jupiter
Servator”) iv. 270.
Sawábi (a regularly formed broken plural of a singular “Sábi’” = the
pointing one) (ST.) v. 419.
Sawáki = channels, ii. 93.
Sayabán (_Pers._) = canopy, iv. 129.
Sayf kunúzí = a talismanic scymitar (_tr._ “magical sword”) v. 426.
Sayfu (Al-) w’-al Kalanj = scymitar and dagger, v. 381.
Sayyád, _lit._ = a fisherman, vi. 161.
Sayyáh (Al-) = the Shrieker, iv. 245.
Sayyid (descendant of Hasan) and the Sharíf (der. from Husayn) =
difference between, v. 39.
“Sáza, Yasízu” (_Arab._) _tr._ “genealogist,” not a dictionary
word—perhaps a clerical error for “Sāsa” = he groomed or broke in a
horse, iv. 21.
Scarlet (red, violet, white, green) vi. 5.
“Sciences are of three kinds, etc.” iv. 10.
Scott quoted, iv. 3, 7, 14, 19, 27, 35, 43, 45, 55, 56, 59, 67, 74, 80,
90, 95, 97, 109, 127, 169, 176, 189, 244, 297, 303, 307, 334, 351;
v. 3, 17, 21, 22, _ib._ 24, 30, 36, 39, 44, 50, 63, 65, 105, 114,
116, 119, 120, 123, 125, 138, 153, 184, 210, 213, 214, 227, 231,
253, 263, 273, 321, 335, 347, 357, 465.
Seal-ring (or Signet-ring) iii. 72.
Second-sight (_Egypt._ “Darb al-Mandal”) iv. 45.
Secret, difficult for an Eastern to keep, i. 342.
Seed pearls made into great pearls (also rubies and branch-coral) i.
197.
Seeking to release Soul of Prince who had perished, iii. 298.
Semi-abortions (preservation of, a curse in sixth century) iii. 498.
Sentiment, morbid and unmasculine French, contrasted with the healthy
and manly tone of the Nights, v. 267.
Serraglio-palace; _der. from_ Serai (_Pers._) = a palace, _also der.
from_ Cerrar (Spanish and Portuguese) = to shut up, iii. 128.
Service (yearly value of his fief), i. 256.
Seven ages of woman-kind, v. 56.
—— handwritings, vi. 226.
Severance-spies = stars and planets, ii. 236.
Sha’abán (his face gladdening as the crescent moon of) v. 142.
Shabakah = net (hung over shop during absence of shopkeeper) i. 205.
Shabaytar = the Shuhrúr (in MS. Suhrúr) = a blackbird, v. 151.
—— also called “Samaytar” and “Abu al-Ayzar” = the father of the brisk
one (a long-necked bird like heron) (ST.) v. 151.
“Shadow of Allah,” a title of the Shah, iii. 531.
Shaghaf = violent love, joy, grief, vi. 15.
Shaghaftíní (also “Ashghaftíní”) from Shaghaf = violent love, joy,
grief = “Thou hast enamoured me,” vi. 15.
Shaghrí (_Pers._), _e.g._ “Kyafsh-i-Shaghri” = slippers of shagreen,
iii. 282.
Shagreen (_der. from Pers._) “Shaghri,” produced by skin of wild ass,
iii. 282.
Shah Bakht = King Luck, i. 191.
Shah-Goase (Shah Ghawwás = King Diver), vi. 233.
Shahbán, Bresl. Edit. form of Shahryár = City-keeper, for City-friend,
i. 334.
Sháhbander = King of the port, a harbour master, v. 254.
Sháhinsháh = King of kings, iii. 534.
—— a title first assumed by Ardashír, iii. 500.
Sháhmiyánah = a huge marquee or pavilion tent in India, iii. 469.
Sháhrazád (in Mac. Edit. Shahrázád) i. 334.
Shahrazád and Shahryar, ii. 259.
Shahr-Bánu (_Pers._) = City-queen, iii. 486.
Shahrbáz (W. M. MS.) = City-player or city-falcon, iv. 6.
Shahrzádah (W. M. MS.) = “City born” (for “Shahrázád”) iv. 6.
Shahwah (_Arab._) = lust, iii. 33.
Shahwah dáram = I am lustful, iii. 33.
Shá’il, copyist’s error for “Shághil,” act. part of Shughl = business
affairs, v. 245.
—— (Here probably for the fuller “Shughl shághil”) = an urgent business
(ST.) v. 245.
Shajarat al-Durr = Branch of Pearl, i. 12.
—— Rih = Wind-tree (?) iv. 138.
Shakbán = the end of cloth, gown, cloak, etc. (Houdas) vi. 189.
Sháked (_Heb._) = Almond-tree, vi. 7.
Shakhat, _tr._ here “revile” (ST.) v. 3.
Shakhs = carven image, v. 30.
—— either a person or an image (_here tr._ “Image”) iii. 18.
—— mafsúd = man of perverted belief (_i.e._, an infidel) i. 352.
Shaking his clothes (in sign of quitting possession) ii. 205.
“—— out his skirts,” a sign of willingly parting with possessions, iii.
316.
Shakk (_Arab._) = splitting or quartering, v. 96.
Shaklaba (here = “shakala”) = he weighed out (money), he had to do with
a woman (_tr._ “tumbled”) v. 291.
Shalabi = a dandy, a macaroni (from the Turk. Chelebi) v. 243.
Shám = Syria (and its capital) called Damascus (Cotheal MS.) vi. 167.
Sham’ádín, a would-be Arabic plural of the Persian “Sham’adán” =
candlestick, chandelier, iii. 109.
Shamámah (or “Chamama,” accord. to Gauttier and Heron) vi. 68.
Shámat = cheek mole (beauty spot), applied to Damascus (Shám) vi. 167.
“Shám ba’d az nisf-i-shab” = dinner after midnight = supper (ST.) iv.
244.
Shame (uncovered my), in this instance “head and face,” v. 329.
Shámiyánah = a royal pavilion (_cor._ of _Pers._ “Sayabán” = canopy)
iv. 129.
Shámiyát bi al-Nár, an Inquisitorial costume (_tr._ “a black habit
bepatched with flame colour”) iv. 79.
Shampooing (practice of) i. 116.
Shamrín (and Shamrún) = Samaria, iii. 271.
Shamúl (fem.) = liquor hung in the wind to cool, i. 42.
Sharárah = a spark, ii. 87.
Sharí’at, forbidding divorce by compulsion, ii. 147.
Sharif (a descendant from Mohammed) i. 285.
Sharífí = a sequin, ii. 143.
Sharkh (_Arab._) = in dicts. the unpolished blade of hiltless sword
(_tr._ here “a butcher’s chopper”) iv. 220.
Sharkíyah (province in Egypt) ii. 16.
Sharr (Al-) (“the wickedness”) last city in Meckran before entering
Sind, i. 336.
—— fi al-Haramayn = wickedness in the two Holy Places, ii. 220.
Shásh = a small compact white turband and distinctive sign of the true
Believer, v. 143.
Shashmah (from _Pers._ “Chashmah” = fountain) _tr._ “privies,” v. 458.
Shástras—Hindu Scripture or Holy Writ, iii. 429.
Shatárah (prop. cleverness), signifying vileness and rashness (ST.) v.
220.
Shawáhid (meaning that heart testifies to heart) _tr._ “hearts have
their witnesses,” ii. 87.
Shawwara binta-hu = he gave a marriage outfit to his daughter (ST.) v.
28.
Shaybání (Al-) = “Of the Shaybán tribe” ii. 191.
Shayh = Artemisia, iv. 343.
Shaykh becomes ceremonially impure by handling a corpse, i. 290.
——, for humility, sits at the side of room, not at the top (“Sadr”) iv.
84.
—— of Islam, v. 317.
—— or head of the Guild for thieves, iv. 282.
—— al-Hujjáj = Shaykh of the Pilgrims, ii. 63.
—— al-Islám, the Chief of the Moslem Church, iv. 69.
“—— al-Tawaif” may mean “Shaykh of the Tribes” (of Jinns) ii. 117.
Shayyan li’lláh = _lit._ (Give me some) Thing for (the love of) Allah
(_tr._ “An alms, for the love of Allah”) ii. 44.
Shayy bi-lásh = _lit._ “a thing gratis or in vain” (_here tr._ “matters
beyond the range of matter”) iii. 68.
Sházz = Voice (doubtful if girl’s, nightingale’s, or dove’s) ii. 244.
“She had never gone or come” = she was in her own home, iii. 183.
“—— heard a blowing behind her” (a phenomenon well known to
spiritualists) ii. 101.
“—— will double thy store of presents,” ii. 111.
Sherbet and coffee, mention of, makes the tale synchronous with that of
Ma’aruf or the xvii. century, iv. 55.
Sherífí _pl._ of Sherífíyah (Egyptian form); here “Ashrafis,” iv. 336.
Shi’ah doctrine, v. 178.
Shikk (_Arab._) = Half-man, iv. 69, 76.
Ship’s crew run on shore on their own business immediately the vessel
cast anchor, v. 475.
Shísheh-ká paysá = a (pice) small coin of glass, iii. 351.
Shīve-Zād, iii. 47.
“Shobási,” for “Sobáshí,” vi. 191.
Shooting shafts and firing bullets at the butt, practised by Easterns
on horseback, v. 421.
Shroft (Arab Sayrafi) i. 298.
Shubbák = lattice (also “Mashrabiyah” = latticed balcony) i. 29.
“Shúf-hu,” (_Arab._) (colloquial form of “Shuf-hu”) = look upon him,
iii. 58.
Shuhbá (Al-) = Ash-coloured, verging upon white, ii. 110.
“Shuhrúr al-kanísah” = the Blackbird of the Church (Christians in Syria
call St. Paul, on account of his eloquence) (ST.) v. 151.
“Shurbah” (_Pers._ Shorbah) = mess of pottage (_tr._ “dish of roast
meat”) iv. 22.
Shúwár (_Arab._) = trousseau (ST.) v. 28.
Si’at rizki-h = the ease with which he earned his livelihood (_tr._
“fortune”) i. 282.
Sibák (_Arab._) usually = a leash (for falconry) _tr._ “silken cord,”
vi. 46.
Sídí mistaken for Sayyid, iii. 321.
—— = my lord, iii. 321.
—— = “my lord” here becomes part of a name, ii. 151.
—— Nu’uman (sometimes “Sidi Nouman,” or “Sidi Nonman”) iii. 321.
Sífah (_Arab._) _lit._ = a quality (_tr._ “property”) iv. 102.
Signet-ring made of carnelian, v. 52.
—— of kingship (important sign of sovereignty) v. 112.
Sijn al-Dam = the Prison of Blood, ii. 161.
Sikálah (_Sing._) = scaffolding, vi. 61.
Sikbáj a marinated stew like Zirbájah, vi. 160.
—— (_Pers._ Sikbá) called “Mother of Hospitality,” being principal dish
set before guests, vi. 159.
Sikkah (_pl._ Sikak) = (amongst other meanings) “an iron post or stake”
(ST.) v. 380.
Silk, Moslems may be shrouded in it, i. 26.
Silken napkins, iv. 55.
—— platters, iii. 93.
Simá’a _lit._ hearing applied idiomatically to the ecstacy of
Darwayshes when listening to esoteric poetry, v. 151.
Sim’án-son = son of Simeon, _i.e._, a Christian, ii. 175.
Símiyá = fascination (a form of magic) vi. 132.
Simsim (or “Samsam”) The grain = _Sesamum Orientale_, iii. 370.
Sin akhi-irib = Sini (Lunus, or the Moon-god) increaseth brethren
(Etymology of “Sankharíb”) vi. 3.
Sín Al- (in text) = China (here “Al-Sind”) v. 194.
Sinaubar (_tr._ “pine”) may also mean pistachio-tree, vi. 163.
Sind Revisited quoted, iv. 8; v. 3.
—— (so-called from Sindhu, the Indus, _Pers._ “Sindáb”) v. 3.
Sindiyán (from the Persian) = holm-oak, i. 247.
Singing and music blameable (Makrúh), though not actually damnable, ii.
46.
Síníyah = tray of tinned copper, iv. 170.
Sir fí hálik (_pron._ Sirfhák) = Go about thy business, ii. 44.
Sirhán = wolf, iv. 19.
Sirr (a secret), afterwards Kitman (concealment) = keeping a lover
down-hearted, ii. 218.
“Sirru ’l-iláhi,” _i.e._, the soul which is “divinæ particula auræ”
(_tr._ “Divine mystery”) v. 466.