JA AL-SHARIFAH, the halting-ground, ii. 63

Ja’afar al-Sadik, the Imam, his tomb, ii. 40, 41, n.

Ja’afar Bey (governor of Suez), i. 147 Account of him, 160

Jababirah (giants), who fought against Israel, i. 344

Jabariti, from Habash, i. 177

Jahaydah, a straggling line of villages, i. 262

Jama, meaning of, i. 97

Jama Taylun, mosque, i. 96

Jama’at, or public prayers, in Al-Rauzah, i. 330, n.

Jami al-Sakhrah, at Arafat, ii. 192

Jami Ghamamah at Al-Manakhah, i. 395

Jannat al-Ma’ala (the cemetery of Meccah), visit to, ii. 248

Jauf, Al-, excellence of the dates of, i. 383

Jauhar, founder of the Mosque of Al-Azhar, i. 102

Jaundice, common in Arabia, i. 387 Popular cure for, 387

Java, number of Moslem pilgrims from, to Meccah, i. 179

Javelin, (Mizrak), description of the Arab, i. 237

Jazb al-Kulub ila Diyar al-Mahbub, the work so called, ii. 358, n.

Jabal, observations on the word, i. 220, n.

Jabali, the date so called, i. 401

Jeddah, slave trade at, i. 47 Price of perjury at, 47 Value of the

exports from Suez to, 178 Jews settled in, 346, n. Population of, 393,

n. Unsuccessful attempt of the Wahhabis to storm it, ii. 265, n.

Considered by the Meccans to be a perfect Gibraltar, 265 The Wakalah of

Jeddah, 266 The British Vice-Consul, Mr. Cole, 266 Different

descriptions of the town, 267, 268 The fair Corinthians at, 270 How the

time passes at Jeddah, 272

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Jahaymah, tribe of Arabs, i. 145

Jamal, Amm, his advice to the pilgrim, i. 233 Reproved for his

curiosity, 243

Jamal al-Din of Isfahan, his improvements of the Prophet’s Mosque, i.

366, n.

Janabah, low development of the indigens of, ii. 77

Janazah, Darb al- (Road of Biers), at Al-Madinah, i. 395

“Jangli,” an opprobrious name applied to the English rulers of India, i. 36

Jarid, or palm-sticks, with which the houses of the Arabs were made, i.

357

Jazzar Pasha, i. 263

Jews, former settlements of, in Arabia, i. 345 Entirely extinct at

present, 347, n. Take refuge from Nebuchadnezzar in Arabia, 347 Towns

founded by them in Arabia, 347 Fall into idolatry, 347 Given over to

the Arabs, 347 Their power in Al-Madinah, 350 Their conspiracy against

the Prophet, 358 Their expectation of the advent of their Messiah, 358

Jibrail, Mahbat, or place of Gabriel’s Descent, i. 326, 333, n.

Jibrail, Makam (Gabriel’s Place), in the Mosque of the Prophet, i. 336

Jibrail, Bab al- (Gabriel’s Gate), i. 333

Jinn, the Masjid al- (Mosque of the Genii), at Meccah, ii. 250

Jin-seng, or China root, notice of, i. 56, n.

Jiyad, Jabal, the two hills so called, ii. 174

Jizyat, or capitation tax levied on infidels, i. 233, n.

Job, tomb of, ii. 275, n.

Journey, a day’s length of, ii. 63, n.

Jubayr, Ibn, on the position of the tombs of the Prophet and the first

two Caliphs, i. 324 Referred to, i. 399, n., ii. 40

Jubayr bin Mutin, his march to Ohod, i. 433

Jubbah, i. 17, n.

Judari, Al- (or Small-pox), indigenous to the countries bordering the

Red Sea, i. 384 Inoculation practised in Al-Madinah, i. 385 The disease

how treated, i. 385 Inoculation in Yaman, i. 385, n. Diet of the

patient, i. 385

Jumah, Bab al-, or Friday gate, of Al-Madinah, i. 391 The cemetery of

Schismatics near, 395

Jumah, the Masjid al-, near Al-Madinah, ii. 45

Jumma Masjid, of Bijapur, the third largest cathedral in the world, i.

364, n.

Jurh al-Yamani (the Yaman ulcer), i. 390

Jurham, the Benu, their mixture with the Himyaritic tribes, ii. 79

Their foundation of the sixth House of Allah, 322 Legend of their

origin, 322

Justinian, i. 202, n.

KA’AB, the Jewish priest of Al-Madinah, i. 350, n.

Ka’ab al-Ahbar (or Akhbar), poems of, i. 107, n., 146

Ka’abah (or Bayt Ullah) i. 305, 321, n. Superstitious reverence of the

Jews of Al-Madinah for, 350, n. Miraculously shown to Mohammed by the

archangel Gabriel, 361. Times of the opening [p.445] of, ii. 398

Extracts from Burckhardt’s description of, 294 Its dimensions, ii. 294

Its domes and pillars, 294 Its bad workmanship, 295 Periods of opening

it, 298 The doors of, 298 The famous Hijar al-Aswad, or Black Stone,

300 The Rukn al-Yamai, 303 Al-Ma’ajan, or place of mixing, 304 The Myzab,

or water-spout, 304 The mosaic pavement, 305 Tombs of Hagar and

Ishmael, 305 Limits of the Ka’abah, 306 Al-Mataf, or place of

circumambulation, 307 The four Makams, or stations for prayer, 307

Zemzem, or the holy well, 307 Al-Darah, or the ladder, 311 Stone on

which Abraham stood, 311 The boast that the Ka’abah is never, night nor

day, without devotees, 317, n. Legends of the Ten Houses of Allah, 319,

et seq. Proofs of the Ka’abah’s sanctity, 325 The pilgrim’s first visit to

it, 160 Legend of the Bab Benu Shaybah, 161 Ceremonies of the visit,

162, et seq. Visit of the pilgrim to, 206 Sketch of the interior of the

building, 208 Ceremony of opening, in Ibn Jubayr’s time, 209, n. Expenses

of visiting, 209 Reasons for all pilgrims not entering, 211 The first

covering of the, 212 Changes in the style and make of the Kiswah, or

curtain, 213 Inscriptions on the Kiswah, 215

Ka’aka’an, Jabal, the residence of the Benu Jurham, ii. 322

Kabirah, Al-, or lady of the house, ii. 160 Kindness of one to the

pilgrim at Meccah, 216 Her affectionate farewell of the pilgrim, 259

Kadiriyah, an order of Darwayshes, i. 14

Kaf, “to go to Kaf,” explained, i. 17, n.

Kafr al-Zajyat, i. 30

Kaid-Bey, the Mamluk Sultan of Egypt, i. 313, n. Rebuilds the Mosque of

the Prophet, 324, n., 340

“Kayf,” explanation of, i. 9 Sonnini’s description of, 9, n. Kayf on the

brink of the well at Al-Kuba, 412

Kairom and its potteries, i. 29

Kalaun, Sultan of Egypt, his improvements of the Mosque of the Prophet,

i. 366, n.

Kalka-shandi, Al-, his testimony respecting the tomb of the Prophet, i.

323

Kamis, or cotton shirt, of Arab Shaykhs, i. 236

Kanat (spears), of the Badawin, ii. 106

Kanisat, or Christian Church, i. 365

Kansuh al-Ghori (Campson Gaury), King of Egypt, i. 202, n.

Kara Gyuz, the amusement so called, i. 81

Karashi tribe of Arabs, i. 145

Kasr, Al-, the village of, i. 376, n.

Kaswa, Al-, the she-camel of Mohammed the Prophet, i. 354, 360, 407

Kata, or sand-goose, the (Pterocles melanogaster), i. 154

Katibs, or writers of the tomb of the Prophet, i. 371

Katirah race, its mixture with the Himyaritic tribes, ii. 79

Kaukab al-Durri, or constellation of pearls suspended to the curtain

round the Prophet’s tomb, i. 322 It[s] apparent worthlessness, 322

Plundered by the Wahhabis, 369

Kawwas, or police officer, of Egypt, i. 20

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{|Kazi (Cadi), or chief judge of Al-Madinah, i. 373 Customs of the, ii.

87

Kerbela, battle of, ii. 40, n.

Khadijah (one of the Prophet’s fifteen wives), her burial-place, ii. 38

Khadim, or guardian, of a Mosque, i. 411 Of the tombs at Al-Bakia, ii.

36

Khakani, the Persian poet, quoted, ii. 162

Khalawiyah tribes of Arabs, despised by the other clans, ii. 121

Khalid Bey, brother of Abdullah bin Sa’ud, his noble qualities, ii. 272

Khalid bin Walid, i. 425 Anecdote of him, ii. 230

Khaluk, a perfume so called, i. 335

Khandak (the moat) celebrated in Arabian history, i.399

Khasafat al-Sultan, of the Mosque at Al-Madinah, i.316, n.

Khatan bin Saba, tribe of, i. 340

Khatbys, of the Mosque of the Prophet, i. 375

Khatim, Bir al-, or Kuba well, i. 382, n.

Khattabi, Al-, his opinions respecting Al-Madinah, i. 379, n.

Khatyb, or Moslem preacher, ii. 313

Khaybar, in Arabia, Israelite settlements at, i. 346, 347 The colony

entirely extinct, 347, n. Capture of, 361 Its distance from Al-Madinah,

ii. 30

Khayf, Al-, i. 262 The Mosque of, at Muna, ii. 179

Khaznadar, the treasurer of the Prophet’s tomb, i. 371

Khazraj, its mixture with the Amalikah, i. 79 Arab tribe of, 347 Its

wars with the Aus, 349 Converted by Mohammed, 352 Its plot against

Mohammed, 358

Khitbah, or betrothal in Arabia, ii. 23

Khitmahs, or persuals of the Koran on behalf of the reigning Sultan, i.

316, n.

Khubziyah, one of the orders of the Eunuchs of the Tomb, i. 371

Khudabakhsh, the Lahore shawl merchant, his profuse pilgrimages, ii.

210, n.

Khurunfish, Al-, the manufactory at which the Kiswah is now worked, ii.

215

Khusraw, his work on divinity, “Al Durar,” i. 106

Khutaba, the Shaykh al-, of the Prophet’s mosque, i. 374

Khutbah, or Friday Sermon of the Prophet, i. 335

Khutbat al-Wakfah (“Sermon of the Standing” upon Arafat), ii. 197

Khuzayriyah, the date so called, i. 401

Khwajah Yusuf, his adventures, i. 122

Kiblatayn, the Mosque Al-, foundation of the, ii. 44

Kichhri, the Indian food so called, i. 182, n. ii. 63

Kilis, or Christian Church, of Abrahah of Sana’a, i. 321, n.

Kiman, the relationship among the Badawin so called, ii. 313

Kiram al-Katibin (the generous writers), the personifications of man’s

good and evil principles, i. 314, n.

“Kirsh Hajar,” a sound dollar, so called by the Badawin, i. 370, n.

Kisra, goblet and mirror of, i. 365, n.

Kissing the hand, ii. 164, n.

Kiswah, or “garment” or curtain round the Prophet’s tomb, i. 321, n.

Description of a Kiswah, 322, n. Purloining the bits of, ii. 176 Notice

of, 215

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Kiswah, or cover of a saint’s tomb, i. 429

Knight-errantry, Arab, ii. 95 Derivation of the word knight, 95, n.

Kohl (antimony), a pigment for the eyes, i. 381, n. Used as a remedy in

small-pox, 385

Koran, beautiful penmanship exhibited in some copies of, i. 103, n.

Intonation of, taught in Schools, 106 Expositions of, 109 Mode of

wearing the pocket Koran, 142 Precepts respecting the profession of

belief in the saving faith, 167 Texts of, respecting Moses, Abraham,

David, Solomon, and Mohammed, 212, n. The Hamail, or pocket Koran, of

pilgrims, 239 The, suspended over the head of the Prophet’s tomb, 322, n.

That of the Caliph Osman, 322, n. The Ya-Sin usually committed to

memory, 330, n. A curious one kept in the library of the Mosque of the

Prophet, 338. n. The Cufic MSS. written by Osman, the fourth Caliph, 368

Koraysh, tribe of Arabs, i. 145

Kotambul, island of, i. 376, n.

Kuba, Mosque of, i. 279, n. Gardens of, 285 Receives the Prophet, 355

Date-groves of, 381 The Kuba well, 382, n. Cool shades of Kuba, 403

Description of the village, 406 Its inhabitants, 406 History of its

Mosque, 407 Purity of the place and people of Al-Kuba, 410 The Mosque

called Masjid al-Takwa, or Mosque of Piety, 411 The Mosque of Sittna

Fatimah, 411 That of Arafat, 412 Date trees of, ii. 338

Kubar, or great men of the Mu’ezzini of Al-Madinah, i. 373

Kubbat al-Masra, at Ohod, i. 432

Kubbat al-Sanaya, or Dome of the Front Teeth, at Mount Ohod, i. 430

Kubbat al-Zayt (Dome of Oil), or Kubbat al-Shama (Dome of Candles), in

the Mosque of the Prophet, i. 337, n.

Kulsum bin Hadmah, gives refuge to Mohammed at Kuba, i. 355

Kummayah, Ibn, the infidel, i. 430

Kuraysh, legend of their foundation of the eighth House of Allah, ii.

322

Kurayzah, a tribe of the Benu Israel, i. 349

Kurayzah, town of, founded by the Jews, i. 347

Kurayzah, the Masjid al-, ii. 46 Extermination of the Jewish tribe of

Al-Kurayzah, 46

Kurbaj, or “Cat o’ Nine Tails,” of Egypt, i. 21

Kus Kusu, the food so called, i. 198

Kusah (scant-bearded man), ii. 14

Kusay bin Kilab, his foundation of the seventh House of Allah, ii. 322

Kuwwat Islam (strength of Islam), the building near Al-Madinah, so

called, ii. 49

LA’AB al-Barut (gunpowder play) of the Arabs, ii. 86

Labid, the poet, his description of the rainy seasons of Al-Hijaz, i.

383 His suspended poem, ii. 98 Quoted, 147

Labour, price of, at Al-Madinah, ii. 9

Lance, the Arab. See Javelin

Land-cess (Miri), not paid by the Madani, ii. 6

Lane, Mr., reference to, i. 12, n. His discovery of the frauds of the

Cairo magician, i. 388, n.

Language; difference between the Japhetic and Semitic tongues, ii. 79,

n. Resemblance between Pahlavi and Hebrew, 79, n. Traditions [p.448]

respecting the origin of Arabic, i. 344 See Arabic language

Lapidation (Rajm), punishment for adultery, ii. 19 Diabolical practice

of, in Arabia, 180 Antiquity of the custom in token of hate, 282, n.

Lapidation (Rami), ceremony of, ii. 203 The second day’s ceremony, 222

Larking, Mr. John, i. 7

Latakia tobacco, i. 65, n.

Latrinæ, not allowed in Al-Madinah, i. 65, n.

Laun, the date so called, i. 401

Law-suit, a Mohammedan, description of, i. 46

Laymun, Wady, or Al-Mazik, ii. 147 Its celebrity, 147

Legends of the House of Allah, ii. 319, et seq.

Lentils (Adas), the diet during an attack of small-pox, i. 385 Their

cheapness on the banks of the Nile, 385 Revalenta Arabica, 385, n.

Leprosy, the kind called Al-Baras only known in Al-Hijaz, i. 389

Considered incurable, 389

Levick, Henry, Esq., late Vice-Consul at Suez, i. 170 His remarks

respecting Suez, 170, et seq.

Lex scripta, strictness of everywhere in inverse ratio to that of

custom, ii. 87, n.

Libraries, decay of, in Cairo, i. 101, n. The library of the Mosque of

the Prophet, i. 338 The only object of curiosity in it, 338, n.

Lift (turnips), i. 404

Light-extinguishers, sect of, ii. 235, n.

Lisam, of Constantinople, i. 229, n. The, of the Arab Shaykhs, 235

Literature, periodical, state of, in Egypt, i. 109, n.

Litholatry, ii. 300, n.

Litter (Shugduf), description of, as used in Al-Hijaz, i. 233, n. The

mahmil, or Syrian litter, 234, n.

Locusts eaten as food by the Badawin, ii. 117 Method of cooking them,

117

Logic, study of, little valued in Egypt, i. 107, n. Works on logic,

107, n.

Lots, pillar of, in the Mosque of the Prophet, i. 325, n.

“Lotus eaters,” i. 405

Lubabah, Abu, column of, in the Rauzah, i. 325, n., 326, n., 336 Story

of him, 336

Lukman the Elder (of the tribe of Ad), i. 348

Lying among Orientals, ii. 211

MA’ABIDAH, AL-, or northern suburb of Meccah, ii. 153 Origin of the name,

153, n.

Ma’ajan, Al-, or place of mixing, at the Ka’abah, ii. 304 Its origin, 304,

n.

Ma’amun, Al-, makes additions to the Mosque of the Prophet, i. 367

Mabrak al-Nakah (place of kneeling of the she-dromedary), at Al-Kuba,

i. 410

Madinah, Al-, the first Mosque erected at, i. 91 Its smallness an

annoyance to the people of, 94, n. Men of, respected by Badawin

robbers, 96, n. First view of the city of, 279 Place [p.449] whence the

city is first seen by the pilgrim, 279, n. Poetical explanations and

enthusiasm of the pilgrims, 279, 280 Distance of, from the Red Sea to,

281 View of, from the suburbs, at sunrise, 285 The scenery of the

neighbourhood, 285 The Ambari gate, 285-287 The Takiyah erected by

Mohammed Ali, 285 Fortress of, 286 Its suburb “Al-Manakhah,” 286 “The trees

of Al-Madinah,” 286 The Bab al-Misri, or Egyptian gate, 288 Good quality

of the coffee of Al-Madinah, 290, n. Coolness of the nights at

Al-Madinah, 300 Pugnacity of the horses and dogs of, 301 Account of a

visit to the Prophet’s tomb at, 304, 342 Tents of the people of

Al-Madinah compared with those of the Meccans, 306 Its Mosque compared

with that of Meccah, 307 Ludicrous views of Al-Madinah as printed in

our popular works, 341, n. Moslem account of the settlement of

Al-Madinah, 343 Destruction of the Jewish power in Al-Madinah, 349

Al-Madinah ever favourable to Mohammed, 351 The Prophet escorted to the

city, 354 Joy on his arrival, 356 Tomb of the Prophet, 359 Various

fortunes of the city, 359 Present state of the revenue of the holy

shrines of, 359 The Prophet builds his Mosque at Al-Madinah, 360 The

second Mosque erected by the Caliph Osman, 363 The Masjid erected with

magnificence by Al-Walid the Caliph, 364 The second Masjid erected by

Al-Mahdi, the Caliph, 367 Additions of Al-Ma’amun, 367 Erection of the

fifth and sixth Mosques, 368 Besieged and sacked by the Wahhabis, 369,

370 Almost all the people of, act as Muzawwirs, 374 Epithets of

Al-Madinah, 377, n. Its geographical position in Arabia, 379 All

Muharramat, or sins, forbidden within it, 379, n. Cause of its

prosperity, 380 Manner of providing water at, 381 Its climate, 382, 383

Diseases of, 384, et seq. The three divisions of the city, 391 The

gates of the town, 391 The bazar, 391 The walls, 392 The streets, 392

The Wakalahs, 392 The houses, 392 Population, 393, 393, n. The fortress

of, 394 The suburbs of Al-Madinah, 395 The Khamsah Masajid, 395 The

suburbs to the south of the city, 396 Inhabitants of the suburbs, 397

Celebrity of the dates of Al-Madinah, 400 The weights of Al-Madinah,

402, n. Cereals, vegetables, &c., of the Madinah plain, 404 The fruits

of, 404 Arrival of the Damascus Caravan, 416 The “Affair of the Ridge,” 421

Account of the people of Al-Madinah, ii. 1 The present ruling race at

Al-Madinah, 5 Privileges of the citizens, 6 Trade and commerce of, 8

Price of labour at, 9 Pride and indolence of the Madani, 9 Dearness of

provisions at, 10 Tariff of 1853, 10 The households of the Madani, 12

Their personal appearance, 13 Scarcity of animals at Al-Madinah, 16 The

manners of the Madani, 17 Their character, 19 Their marriages and

funerals, 20-24 Abundance of books at, 24 The two Madrasah or colleges,

24 The Olema of Al-Madinah, 25 Learning of the Madani not varied, 25

Their language, 26 Their apprehensions at the appearance of a comet, 28

Their cemetery of Al-Bakia, 31 The Mosques in the neighbourhood of the

city, 44-48 Vertomannus’ description of the city, 338 The four roads

leading from Al-Madinah to Meccah, 58

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Madrasah (or colleges), the two of Al-Madinah, ii. 24

“M’adri,” village of, i. 245, n.

Madshuniyah, Al-, the garden of, near Al-Madinah, i. 415

Ma al-Sama, “the water, or the splendour, of heaven,” a matronymic of Amr

bin Amin, i. 348

Mafish, meaning of the term, i. 8, n.

Maghrabi pilgrims, i. 156, 187 Their treachery, 156 Observations on the

word and on words derived from it, 187, n. Habits and manners of the

Maghrabis, 190, 191 Their bad character, 191 Frays with them on board,

191, 192 Their dislike to tobacco, 194, n. Their repentance of their

misdeeds, 198 Their guttural dialect, 198, n. Their efforts to get the

ship off the sand, 201 Return of their surliness, 203 Their desire to

do a little fighting for the faith, 206 Effect of a strange place on

them, 252, n.

Mahamid, a sub-family of the Benu-Harb, i. 256

Mahar, Marsa (Maliar anchorage), i. 220

Mahattah Ghurab (Station of Ravens), halt at, ii. 66

Mahdi, Al-, the Caliph, erects the fourth Mosque of Al-Madinah, i. 367

His additions to the House of Allah, ii. 324 His enlargement of the

Mosque at Meccah, 296

Mahjar, or stony ground, ii. 70

Mahmil, the Sultan’s, turned back by robbers in Arabia, i. 257 Its

appearance in the Caravan, ii. 65 Place of the Egyptian and Damascus

Mahmils during the sermon on Arafat, 194

Mahmud, the late Sultan, his dream, i. 12

Mahmudiyah Canal, i. 29 Barrenness of its shores, i. 29

Mahmudiyah College, at Al-Madinah, ii. 24

Mahr, or sum settled upon the bride before marriage, ii. 23 Average

amount of such sums, 23, n.

Mahrah, the indigens of, ii. 77 Their low development, 77

Majarr al-Kabsh (Dragging-place of the Ram), notice of, ii. 219

Majidi Riwak, or arcade of the Sultan Abd al-Majid at Al-Madinah, i. 308

Makam Ibrahim, at Meccah, ii. 311

Makam Jibrail (place of Gabriel), at the Ka’abah, ii. 304, n.

Makan al-Ayat (place of signs), at the Mosque of Kuba, i. 410

Makams, the four, or stations for prayer, at the Ka’abah, ii. 313

Maksurah, or railing round a cenotaph, i. 314, n.

Malabar, Suez trade in the pepper of, i. 179

Malaikah, or the Angels, at Al-Madinah, i. 326 Prayer at the, i. 326

Malakayn, Al- (the two Angels), personifications of the good and evil

principles of man’s nature, i. 314, n.

Malbus (religious frenzy), a case of, at Meccah, ii. 175

Malik, the Imam, i. 305, n. His followers, 306, 311, n. Few of them in

his own city, 373, n. His strictness respecting Al-Madinah, 379, n.

School of, reference to, 373, n. Mufti of, at Al-Madinah, 373 Its

station for prayer at the Ka’abah, ii. 308

Malik ibn Anas, Imam, his tomb, ii. 38

Malta, i. 7 The Maltese regarded with contempt by Egyptians, 111

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Mambar, or pulpit of the Prophet’s Mosque, i. 310 Origin of, 362 Various

forms of, 362, n. The Mosque of Meccah, ii. 313

Manakhah, Al-, the suburb of Al-Madinah, i. 286 The Harat or Quarter,

Al-Ambariyah, 288 Omitted in our popular representations of the city,

341 Population of, 393

Mandal, its celebrity in Europe owing to Mr. Lane, i. 12, n., ii. 175

Mandeville, Sir John, his opinion of the Badawin, i. 147 His remarks on

the word Saracen, 187, n. Reference to, 286, n.

Manners, Oriental, compared with European, i. 6 Manners of Eastern

officials, 27

Mansur, the camel-man, i. 262 Bullied by Mohammed Al-Basyuni, i. 277

Marble, white (Rukham), of Meccah, ii. 295, n.

March, distance of a, ii. 63, n. The Sariyah on night march, 67

Mareb, dyke of, i. 348 Accounts of its bursting, 348, n. The ruins

visited by a late traveller, 348 n.

Mariyah, the Coptic girl of Mohammed, house of, i. 362, n. The infant

son Ibrahim, ii. 37 Jealousy of Ayishah of her, 47, n.

Maryam, Al-Sitt (the Lady Mary), i. 243, 264, 271. Affection of her

younger son, 287

Markets of Al-Madinah, i. 391

Marriage, an Armenian, i. 123 An Arab, ii. 23 The Kitbah, or betrothal,

23 The Mahr, or sum settled upon the bride, 23 The marriage ceremony, 23

Martineau, Miss, her strictures on the harim, ii. 91

Martyrs, in Moslem law, not supposed to be dead, i. 339, n.

Martyrs of Mount Ohod, i. 328 Of Al-Bakia, 328, n. Visitation to the,

of Mount Ohod, 419

Marwah, meaning of the word, ii. 244, n. Ceremonies at, 245, 246

Marwan, Al-, governor of Al-Madinah, i. 381 Removes Osman’s grave-stones,

ii. 32

Mas’hab, or stick for guiding camels, i. 237

Mas’ad, the Benu (a Jewish tribe), in Arabia, i. 347, n.

Masajid, Khamsah, of the suburb of Al-Madinah, i. 395

Mashali, the Madani children’s bodies marked with, ii. 13

Mashals (lights carried on poles), ii. 132, 382 The Pasha’s mashals 132,

n.

Mashar al-Harim (place dedicated to Religious Ceremonies), at Muna ii.

181

Mashrabah Umm Ibrahim, the Masjid, ii. 46

Mashrabiyah, or famous carved latticed window of Cairo, i. 35, 99, n.

Masjid, a place of prayer, i. 97, n.

Masjid al-Jum’ah, i. 356

Maskat, i. 3 Importation of slaves into, ii. 13, n. The ancient Caravan

from Maskat to Al-Madinah, 29, n.

Masruh tribe of Arabs, ii. 120 Its subdivision, ii. 120

Mastabah, of the shops in Cairo, i. 68

Mastabah, or stone bench before the Mosque of Al Kuba, i. 409

Mastich-smoke, the perfume, i. 298 Arab prejudice against the fumes of

gum, i. 298, n.

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Mas’ud, of the Rahlah, engaged for the journey to Meccah, ii. 52, 59, 67,

70 Heavy charges for watering his camels, 129 His dislike of the

Shamar, 134 His quarrel with an old Arnaut, 136 His skill in steering.

the Desert-craft, 144 His disgust at the dirt of the Meccans, ii. 190

Maula Ali, leader of the Maghrabis, i. 191

Maulid al-Nabi, or the Prophet’s birthplace, ii. 254

Maulid Hamzah, or birthplace of Hamzah, at Meccah, ii. 254

Maundrell, his error respecting the curtain round the Prophet’s tomb, i.

321, n.

Mauza al-Khatt (place of writing) at Meccah, ii. 250

Mawali, or clients of the Arabs, ii. 349

Mayda, Al-, or the Table, in the Mosque at Al-Madinah, i. 316, n.

Maysunah, the Badawi wife of the Caliph Mu’awiyah, ii. 190 The beautiful

song of, 190 Her son Yazid, 191, n.

Mazdak, the Persian communist, ii. 3, n.

Mazghal (or matras), long loopholes in the walls of Al-Madinah, i. 392

Mazik, Al-. (See Laymun, Wady)

Measures of length, Arab, ii. 63

Meccah, remnants of heathenry in, i. 4 Visit of M. Bertolucci to, 5, n.

And of Dr. George Wallin, 5, n. “Tawaf,” or circumambulation of the House

of Allah at, 305 Its Mosque compared with that of Al-Madinah, 306, 359,

n. Pride of the Meccans of their temple, 359, n. A model to the world

of Al-Islam, 360 Population of, 393, n. Vertomannus’ description of the

city, ii. 345 Pitts’s account of, 365, et seq. Finati’s adventures at, 393

The four roads leading from Al-Madinah to Meccah, 58 The Sharif of

Meccah, Abd al-Muttalib bin Ghalib, i. 259, ii. 150 The Saniyat Kuda’a,

near, 152 The old gates of the city, 152, n. The Sharif’s palace at, 152

The haunted house of the Sharif bin Aun at, 153 The Jana’at al-Ma’ala, or

cemetery of Meccah, 153 The Afghan and Syrian quarters, 153 Extracts

from Burckhardt’s description of the Bayt Ullah, or Ka’abah, 294, et seq.

The gates of the Mosque, 316 Expenses during “season” at Meccah, 317

Description of a house at Meccah, 171 Resemblance of the city to Bath

or Florence, 173 Admirable linguistic acquirements of the Meccans, 223

Life at Meccah, 227 The city modern, 229 Character of the Meccans, 232

Immorality of, 233 Appearance of the Meccans, 233 Their “beauty-masks,” 233

Their pride and coarseness, 235 Good points in their character, 237

Dangers of visiting Meccah, 239 Places of pious visitation at Meccah,

247

Medicine, Oriental practice of, i. 12, 13 The chronothermal practice,

13, n. Experiences respecting the medicine-chest, 26 Asiatic and

European doctors contrasted, 50 A medical man’s visit in the East, 52

Amount of a doctor’s fee, 53 Asiatic medical treatment, 54 A

prescription, 55 Method of securing prescriptions against alteration,

57 Medical practitioners in Cairo, 57 Inefficiency of European

treatment in the East, 57 Superstitious influences of climate, 58

Description of a druggist’s shop, 67, 68

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Meerschaum pipe, i. 144, n.

Melancholia, frequent among the Arabs, i. 299, n. Probable cause of it,

299, n.

Mihrab al-Nabawi, or place of prayer, i. 310 Origin of, 361, n., 364,

n. The Mihrab Sulamanyi of the Prophet’s Mosque, i. 310

Milk, laban, both in Arabic and Hebrew, i. 246 Food made by Easterns

from milk, 246 Milkseller, an opprobrious and disgraceful term, 246 The

milk-balls of the Badawin, ii. 117 The Kurut of Sind and the Kashk of

Persia, 117, n. Method of making, 117, n.

Mimosa, compared by poetic Arabs to the false friend, i. 276

Minarets, the five, of the Mosque of the Prophet, i. 333 Invention of,

334, n. Origin of the minaret, 361, n., 364 The erection of the four,

of the Mosque of the Prophet, 366, ii. 318, n. Dangers of looking out

from a minaret window, 318, n.

Mir of Shiraz, the calligrapher, i. 104, n.

Mirba’at al-Bayr, “place of the beast of burden,” in the Mosque of the

Prophet, i. 336

Mirbad, or place where dates are dried, i. 360

Mirage, ii. 72 Beasts never deceived by, 72

Mirayat (magic mirrors), used for the cure of bilious complaints, i.

387 Antiquity of the Invention, 387, n. The magic mirrors of various

countries, 387, n. The Cairo magician, 388, n. Mr. Lane’s discovery, 388,

n. Sir Gardner Wilkinson’s remarks respecting, 388, n.

Miri, or land-cess, not paid by the Madani, ii. 6

Mirror, the Magic, i. 12 See Mirayat

Mirza, meaning of, i. 14, n.

Mirza Husayn, “Consul-General” at Cairo, i. 86

Misri, Bab al-, or Egyptian gate, of Al-Madinah, i. 391

Misri pomegranates of Al-Madinah, i. 405

Misriyah, the opprobrious term, i. 175

Miyan, or “Sir,” a name applied to Indian Moslems, i. 232

Miyan Khudabakhsh Namdar, the shawl merchant, i. 35

Moat, battle of the, ii. 44, n., 47

Mohammed Abu See Mohammed. His mandate for the destruction of the

diseased population of Al-Yaman, i. 390

Mohammed Ali Pasha, his improvements in the Greek quarter of Cairo, i.

81, n. His mosque, 84, 99 His establishment of a newspaper in Egypt,

109, n. His wise regulations for insuring the safety of travelling

across the Desert, 136 His expedition to Al-Hijaz, 177 His

strong-handed despotism capable of purging Al-Hijaz of its pests, 258

The “Takiyah” erected by him at Al-Madinah, i. 285 Purchases all the Wakf

in Egypt, 359, n. His introduction of professed poisoners from Europe,

ii. 86, n. His defeat of the Wahhabis at the battle of Bissel, 89, n.

Mohammed bin Aun, (quondam prince of Meccah), his palaces, ii. 252, 266

His imprisonment at Constantinople, 253 His history, 253, n.

Mohammed at-Attar, the druggist, i. 67 Description of his shop, 67 His

manners, 69 His sayings and sarcastic remarks, 71-73

Mohammed al-Bakir, the Imam, tomb of, ii. 40, n.

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Mohammed Al-Basyuni, account of, i. 123 Starts for Suez, 124 Meets the

author in the Desert near Suez, 151 His boundless joy, 151 His

treatment of the Badawin, 152 His usefulness at Suez, 159 His savoir

faire, 160 His joke, 176 Promises to conduct the devotions of the

Maghrabis at Meccah, 199 Change in his conduct at Yambu’, 232 His quarrel

with the Badawin, 256 And with the Madinites, 271 Bears the brunt of

the ill-feeling of the pilgrims, 276 Bullies the camel-men, 277

Downcast and ashamed of himself in his rags at Al-Madinah, 290 Made

smart, 294 Confounded by a Persian lady, 303 Distributes the pilgrim’s

alms in the Mosque at Al-Madinah, 312 Takes a pride in being profuse,

331 Accompanies the pilgrim to the Mosque of Kuba, 398 His economy at

Al-Madinah, 411 His indecorous conduct, 431 His fondness for clarified

butter, ii. 12, 67 His adventures in search of water on the march to

Meccah, 66 Mounts a camel, 130 But returns tired and hungry, 135 His

house at Meccah, 153 His welcome home, 159 Becomes the host of the

pilgrim, 159 His introduction of hard words into his prayers, 168 His

resolution to be grand, 184 His accident at the Great Devil, 204

Conducts the pilgrim round the Ka’abah, 206 His sneers at his mother, 216

His taunts of Shaykh Nur, 218 Receives a beating at Jeddah, 270 Departs

from the pilgrim with coolness, 271

Mohammed Al-Busiri, the Wali of Alexandria, tomb of, i. 12

Mohammed Ibn Abdillah Al-Sannusi, his extensive collection of books,

ii. 24 Celebrated as an Alim, or sage, 24, n. His peculiar dogma, 25

Kindness of Abbas Pasha to him, 25, n. His followers and disciples, 25,

n.

Mohammed Jamal al-Layl, his extensive collection of books, ii. 24

Mohammed Khalifah, keeper of the Mosque of Hamzah, i. 427

Mohammed Kuba, founder of the first Mosque in Al-Islam, i. 91

Mohammed of Abusir, the poet, works of, i. 107, n.

Mohammed Shafi’a, his swindlings, i. 46 His lawsuit, 46

Mohammed Shiklibha, i. 165

Mohammed the Prophet, his traditionary works studied in Egypt, i. 106

His cloak, 146 The moon and Al-Burak subjected to, 212 The “Badr,” the

scene of his principal military exploits, 260, 274, n. Gives the

Shuhada the name of the “Sejasaj,” and prophecies its future honours, 274,

n. His attack of Abu Sufiyan, and the Infidels, 275, n. Distant view of

his tomb at Al-Madinah, 286 His recommendation of the Kaylulah, or

mid-day siesta, 299 Account of a visit to his Mosque at Al-Madinah, 304

A Hadis, or traditional saying of, 305 His tomb, how regarded by the

orthodox followers of Al-Malik and the Wahhabis, 306 Al-Rauzah, or the

Prophet’s garden, 308 His pulpit at Al-Madinah, 310 Efficacy ascribed to

the act of blessing the Prophet, 313 Enjoins his followers to visit

graveyards, 314, n. The Shubak al-Nabi, or Prophet’s window, 316 The

Prophet, how regarded as an intercessor, 318 His prayers for the

conversion of Omar, 320 The Kiswah round his tomb, 321, n. The exact

place of the tomb, 322 The Kaukab al-Durri, suspended to the Kiswah,

322 The tomb and coffin, 323 Position of the body, 324 Story of the

suspended coffin, 325, n. [p.455] Reasons for doubting that his remains

are deposited in the Mosque at Al-Madinah, 339 His ancestors preserved

from the Yamanian deluge, 348 Doubts respecting his Ishmaelitic

descent, 350, n ii. 76, n. Finds favour at Al-Madinah, i. 351 Tombs of

his father and mother, 351, n. Meets his new converts on the steep near

Muna, 352 Receives the inspired tidings that Al-Madinah was his

predestined asylum, 354 Escorted to Al-Madinah, 354 His she-camel,

Al-Kaswa, 354, 355 His halt near the site of the present Masjid

al-Juma, 356 Joy on his arrival at Al-Madinah, 356 His stay at the

house of Abu Ayyub, 357 Builds dwellings for his family, 357 The

conspiracy of the “Hypocrites,” 358 The prophet builds the Mosque, 360

Abode of his wives, family, and principal friends, 363 Place of his

death and burial, 363 Attempt to steal his body, 367 His Mosque in the

suburb of Al-Manakhah at Al-Madinah, 395 Foundation of the Mosque of

Al-Kuba, 407 His “Kayf” on the brink of the well at Al-Kuba, 412 His

miraculous authority over animals, vegetables, &c., 422 His battle with

Abu Sufiyan on Mount Ohod, 423, 425 Anecdote of the origin of his

Benediction of Al-Bakia, ii. 34, n. Tombs of his wives, 38 And of his

daughters, 38 Origin of his surname of Al-Amin, the Honest; 323 His

tradition concerning the fall of his birth-place, 231 The Prophet’s old

house (Bayt al-Nabi) at Meccah, 251 The birth-place of the Prophet, 254

Momiya (mummy), medicinal qualities attributed to, ii. 344

Monday, an auspicious day to Al-Islam, i. 355

Money, the proper method of carrying in the East, i. 25, 25, n. Value

of the Turkish paper money in Al-Hijaz, 393, n. Value of the piastre,

the Turkish parah, the Egyptian faddah, and the Hijazi diwani, ii. 11,

n. Of Al-Hijaz, 111, n. The Sarraf, or money-changer, 235

Monteith, General, i. 1

Moon, the crescent, ii. 71

Moonlight, evil effects of the Arab belief in, i. 154

Moor, derivation of the name, i. 187

Moplah race, foundation of, i. 344, n.

Moresby’s Survey, i. 215, n.

Mosaic pavement of the Ka’abah, ii. 305

Moses’ Wells (Uyun Musa), at Suez, i. 158, n., 195 Visit to the, ii. 203

Hot baths of, 203 His “great tallness,” according to Moslem legends, i. 204

“Moses’ Stones,” the bitumen so called, 204, n. His pilgrimage to Meccah, 345

Inters his brother Aaron on Mount Ohod, 346 His tomb, ii. 275, n.

“Moskow,” the common name of the Russians in Egypt and in Al-Hijaz, i. 292

Mosque, the origin of, i. 90 Form and plan of, 91, 92 Erection of the

first Mosque in Al-Islam, 91 First appearance of the cupola and niche,

92 Varied forms of places of worship, 92 Byzantine combined with

Arabesque, 93 Use of colours, 94 Statuary and pictures forbidden in

Mosques, 94 The Meccan Mosque a model to the world of Al-Islam, 95

Immense number of Mosques at Cairo, 96 Europeans not excluded from

[p.456] Mosques, 96 The Jami Taylun, 96 The Mosque of the Sultan

Al-Hakim, 97 The Azhar and Hasanayn Mosques, 97 That of Sultan Hasan,

98 Of Kaid Bey and the other Mamluk Kings, 98 The modern Mosques, 98

That of Sittna Zaynab, 98 Mohammed Ali’s “Folly,” 98 The Al-Azhar Mosque, 100

Mode of entering the sacred building, 100 Details of the Al-Azhar, 100

Scene in it, 101 The Riwaks, 101 The collegiate Mosque of Cairo, 102

Mosque of Al-Shafe’i, 106, n. The Mosques of Suez, 173 The Mosques of Zu’l

Halifah, i. 279 Account of a visit to the Prophet’s, 304, 342 The Masjid

al-Nabawi, one of the two sanctuaries, 304 The Masjid al-Harim at

Meccah, 305 The Masjid al-Aksa at Jerusalem, 305 How to visit the

Prophet’s, 305 Ziyarat, or visitation, 305 Points to be avoided in

visiting the Prophet’s, 305 Comparison between the Al-Madinah and Meccah

Mosques, 306 Description of the Masjid al-Nabi, 307 Burnt by lightning

and rebuilt by Kaid Bey, 324, n. The gates of the Mosque, 322, 323 The

five minarets of the Mosque, 333 The four porches of the Mosque, 334

The celebrated pillars, 335 The garden of our Lady Fatimah in the

hypæthral court, 337 Gardens not uncommon in Mosques, 337 The pilgrim

makes a ground-plan of the Prophet’s Mosque, 341, n. The Prophet’s Mosque

built, 360 The second Masjid erected by Osman, 363 The Masjid erected

with magnificence by the Caliph al-Walid, 365 Various improvements in

the, 366 Burnt by fire and by lightning, 366 The fourth Mosque of

Al-Madinah erected by the Caliph Al-Mahdi, 367 Additions of Al-Ma’amun,

367 Erection of the fifth and sixth Mosques, 367, 368 The treasures of

the tomb stolen by the Wahhabis, 369 The “sacred vessels” repurchased from

the Wahhabis, 370 The various officers of the Mosque, 371 The executive

and menial establishment of the Prophet’s Mosque, 373 Revenue of the

Prophet’s Mosque, 374 Pensioners of the, 375 Description of the Prophet’s

Mosque at Al-Manakhah, 395 History of the Mosque of Al-Kuba, 407 The

Mosque of Sittna Fatimah at Al-Kuba, 411 The Masjid Arafat at Al-Kuba,

412 Hamzah’s Mosque, 426 The Mosques in the neighbourhood of Al-Madinah,

ii. 44-49 The former Masjid al-Ijabah at Meccah, 153 Description of the

Mosque at Meccah, 294, et seq. The mosque Al-Khayf at Muna, 180 The

Mosque Muzdalifah, 181 The Masjid al-Jinn, 250

Mother-of-pearl, brought from the Red Sea, i. 179

Mothers of the Moslems, (the Prophet’s wives), i. 328, n.

“Mountains of Paradise,” i. 222

Mourning forbidden to Moslems, ii. 16 Mourning dress of the women, ii.

16

MSS. “bequeathed to God Almighty,” i. 101, n.

Mu’awiyah, Al-, Caliph, i. 258, n. His Badawi wife Maysunah, ii. 190 His

son Yazid, 191, n.

Muballighs, or clerks of the Mosque, i. 311, n.

Mubariz, or single combatant of Arab chivalrous times, i. 302

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Mudarrisin, or professors, of the Prophet’s Mosque, i. 375

Mudir, or chief treasurer, of the Prophet’s Mosque, i. 337

Mu’ezzin, i. 78, 84 The Prophet’s, 334 The Ruasa, or chief of the, 334

Mu’ezzins, of Al-Madinah, 373 Reasons for preferring blind men for

Mu’ezzins, ii. 318, n.

Muftis, the three, of Al-Madinah, i. 373

Muhafiz, or Egyptian governor, i. 19

Muhajirin, or Fugitives, from Meccah, i. 360

Muhallabah, the dish so called, i. 79

Muharramat, or sins, forbidden within the sanctuary of the Prophet, i.

379, n.

Mujawirin, or settlers in Al-Madinah, i. 375

Mujrim (the Sinful), the pilgrim’s friendship with him, ii. 29

Mujtaba, Al- (the Accepted), a title of the Prophet, ii. 37, n.

Mukabbariyah, of the Mosque, i. 311

Mukuddas, Bayt al- (Jerusalem), prostrations at, i. 408

Mukarinah, Al- (the uniting), the pilgrimage so called, ii. 280

Mukhallak, Al-, the pillar in the Mosque of the Prophet so called, i.

335

Mukattum, Jabal, i. 58

Mules, despised by the Badawin, i. 304 Not to be found at Al-Madinah,

ii. 17

Multazem, Al-, the place of prayer in the Ka’abah so called, ii. 299, n.

Mulukhiyah (Corchoris olitorus), a mucilaginous spinach, i. 404

Muna, place of meeting of the new converts with the Prophet, i. 353

Sanctity of, ii. 179, 180 Derivation of the name, 180, n. The pebbles

thrown at the Devil at, 180, n The Mosque Al-Khayf, 180 Sacrifices at,

217, 218 A storm at, 218 Coffee-houses of, 222 Its pestilential air, 224

Munafikun, or “Hypocrites,” conspiracy of the, i. 358

Munar Bab al-Salam, of the Mosque of the Prophet, i. 332 Munar Bab

al-Rahmah, 333 The Sulaymaniyah Munar, 333 Munar Raisiyah, 334

Murad Bey, the Mamluk, i. 98

Murad Khan, the Sultan, his improvements in the building of the House

of Allah, ii. 324

Murchison, Sir Roderick, i. 1

Murshid, meaning of the term, i. 14 Specimen of a murshid’s diploma, ii.

327

Musab bin Umayr, missionary from the Prophet to Al-Madinah, i. 352

Musafahah (shaking hands), Arab fashion of, ii. 52

Musahhal, village of, i. 245

Musalla al-Id, the Mosque of Ali at Al-Madinah, i. 395

Musalla al-Nabi (Prophet’s place of prayer), in the Mosque of Al-Madinah,

i. 395, 409

Musannam, or raised graves, of the Badawin, i. 430

Music and musical instruments, of the Badawin, i. 145, ii. 107 Of

Southern Arabia, remarks on, and on the music of the East, 223, n.

Musket-balls, Albanian method of rifling, i. 267, n.

Muslim bin Akbah al-Marai, his defeat of the Madani, i. 421, n.

Mustachios, clipped short by the Shafe’i school, ii. 53

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Mustafa, Al- (the Chosen), a title of the Prophet, ii. 37, n.

Musattah, or level graves, of the Badawin, i. 430

Mustarah, or resting-place, on Mount Ohod, i. 424

Mustasim, Al-, last Caliph of Baghdad, his assistance in completing the

fifth Mosque of the Prophet, i. 368

Mustaslim, or chief of the writers of the tomb of the Prophet, i. 371

Mustazi b’illah, Al-, the Caliph, i. 366, n.

Mutamid, Al-, the Caliph, his additions to the House of Allah, ii. 324

Mutanabbi, Al-, the poet, i. 107, n. His chivalry, ii. 96 Admiration of

the Arabs for his works, 97

Mu’tasim, Al-, the Caliph, his chivalry, ii. 96

Mutazid, Al-, the Caliph, his additions to the House of Allah, ii. 324

Muttaka, Al-, legend of the stone at Meccah so called, ii. 254

Muwajihat al-Sharifah, or “Holy Fronting,” in the Prophet’s Mosque, i. 309

Muzaykayh, Al-, a surname of Amir bin Amin, i. 348

Myzab (water-spout), of the Ka’abah, ii. 304 Generally called Myzab

al-Rahmah, 304, n.

Muzaynah tribe of Arabs, i. 145 Its antiquity and nobility, 145 Its

purely Arab blood, 146

Muzdalifah (the approacher), the Mosque so called, ii. 181

“Muzzawir,” or conductor of the pilgrim to the Prophet’s tomb, i. 305 Almost

all the Madinites act as, 374 Importance of, 374

NABAWI, the Mihrab al-, in the Mosque of the Prophet, i. 335

Nabi, Bir al-, at Kuba, i. 414, n.

Nabi, Masjid al-, description of, i. 307

Nabi, the Masjid al-, or the Prophet’s Mosque at Al-Madinah, built by

Mohammed, i. 360

Nabi, the Shubak al-, or Prophet’s window, i. 316

Nabi Bir al-, or the Prophet’s well, i. 338 Superstitions respecting, 338

Nafi Maula, Al- (Imam Nafi al-Kari), son of Omar, tomb of, ii. 38

Nafil, the Hijazi, his pollution of the Kilis, or Christian Church, i.

321, n.

Nafr, Al- (the Flight), from Muna to Meccah, ii. 206

Nahl, Al-, visit to, i. 11

Nahw (syntax), study of, in schools, i. 104

Naib al-Harim, or vice-intendant of the Mosque of Meccah, ii. 319

Najjar, Benu, i. 357 Meaning of the name, 357, n.

Nakb, the valley of, i. 279, n.

“Nakh, to,” the camels, i. 244

Nakhawilah, the race of heretics so called, at Al-Madinah; ii. 1 Their

principles, 2

Nakhil (or palm plantations), of Al-Madinah, i. 399

“Nakhwali,” i. 403

Nakib, or assistant Mustaslim of the tomb of the Prophet, i. 372

Nakil, or apostles, of the Prophet, i. 353. n.

Namrud (Nimrod), dispersion under him, i. 343

Nassar, Shaykh, the Badawi of Tur, i, 141, et seq. His finesse, 153

Nasur, or ulcer of Al-Hijaz. See Ulcer

Natak al-Nabi, at Meccah, origin of, ii. 253

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Nazir, a tribe of the Benu Israel, i. 349

Nebek, the fruit of a palm-tree so called, i. 337

Nebek, or jujube tree, of Al-Madinah, i. 404 Supposed to have been the

thorn which crowned our Saviour’s head, 405, n.

Nebuchadnezzar (Bukht al-Nasr), invasion of, i. 347

Nijd, i. 266, n. Its choice horses and camels, 266, n. The greatest

breeding country in Arabia, 266, n. View of the ground of, 285

Excellence of the dates of, 383 The Nijdi tribes of Badawin, their

temperament, ii. 78

Newspaper, establishment of a, in Egypt, i. 109, n.

Niebuhr, his remarks on the Sinaitic Arabs referred to, i. 147 His

description of the Oriental sandal, 236 Reference to, 265, n., 385, n.

His incorrect hearsay description of the Prophet’s tomb, 323, n.

Night journey in Arabia, description of, ii. 132

Nile, steamboat of the, i. 29 Description of, 29 The Barrage bridge, 30

Objects seen on the banks of the, 31 Compared with Sind, 31

Nimrah, Masjid, or Mosque without the minaret, ii. 181

Nisa, the Bab al-, or women’s gate, at Al-Madinah, i. 308

Niyat, in Moslem devotions, i. 76 In the visitation of the Mosque of

Al-Kuba, 409 Repeated when approaching Meccah, ii. 139

Niyat, or the running, at the Little Pilgrimage, ii. 244

Nizam, or Turkish infantry, i. 226

Noachians, in Arabia, ii. 77 Their many local varieties, 78, n.

Noah, account of Ibn Abbas respecting the settlement of his family, i.

343

Nolan, Captain, reference to his work on Cavalry, i. 263

Nullah, the Indian, identical with the Fiumara of Arabia, i. 3, 4

Nur al-Din, al-Malik al-Adil, i. 367

Nur al-Din Shahid Mahmud bin Zangi, the Sultan, i. 367

Nur, Jabal, anciently Hira, ii. 398, n. Its celebrity, ii. 179

Nur, Shaykh, sensation caused by his appearance in the streets of

Cairo, i. 126 His defection, 159 His return, 161 His fishing tackle,

198 His dirty appearance at Al-Madinah, 290 His improved aspect, 294

Enraptured with Al-Madinah, ii. 5 His preparations for leaving

Al-Madinah, 51 His ride in the shugduf of Ali bin Ya Sin, ii. 126

Accompanies the pilgrim to the Ka’abah, 172 Becomes now Haji Nur, 260 His

quarrel with Mohammed al-Basyuni, 271

OASES, the, i. 149 Derivation of the word, 149, n. Vulgar idea of an

oasis, 150, n. Love of the Badawin for them, 150, n.

Officials, Asiatic, how to treat, i. 20 Habits and manners of, 27

Ogilvie, Mr., English Consul at Jeddah, shot at for amusement by

Albanian soldiers, i. 133

Ohod, Jabal (Mount Ohod), i. 279, n., 285 Prayer in honour of the

martyrs of, 328 Grave of Aaron on, 346 Its distance from Al-Madinah,

379 Winter on, 382 Visitation to the martyrs of, 419 The Prophet’s

declaration concerning it, 421 Supposed to be one of the-four hills of

Paradise, 421, n. Meaning of the word, 422, n. Causes of its present

reputation, 423 Its springs, 423, n. The Mustarah or resting-place, 424

The Fiumara of, 424 Its distance from Al-Madinah, 425 Its appalling

look, 425

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Olema, their regulation respecting the prostration prayer, ii. 312

Their opinion respecting the death of Moslem saints, &c., 340, n. One

of the five orders of pensioners at the prophet’s Mosques, 375

Omar, the Caliph. His window in the Prophet’s Mosque, i. 316 Benediction

bestowed on him, 320 His tomb, 325 His Mosque at Jerusalem, 325, n.

Sent forward by the Prophet to Al-Madinah, 354 Improves the Masjid at

Al-Madinah, 363 Supplies the town of Al-Madinah with water, 381 Mosque

of, at Al-Madinah, 395 His respect for the Mosque at Al-Kuba, 408 His

tomb defiled by all Persians who can do so, 431, 435 His murderer

Fayruz, 435

Omar Bin Abd al-Aziz, governor of Al-Madinah, i. 327, n.

Omar Effendi, his personal appearance, i. 161 His character, 161 His

part in the fray on board the ship, 192 Effects of a thirty-six hours’

sail on him, 209 His brothers at Yambu’, 230 His alarm at the Hazimi

tribe, 231 Takes leave of Yambu’, 241 His rank in the camel file, 243 His

arrival at Al-Madinah, 281 His house in Al-Barr, 297 His intimacy with

the pilgrim, 300 His gift of a piece of a Kiswah to the pilgrim, 322,

n. His account of the various offices of the Mosque of the Prophet, 311

His share of the pensions of the Mosque, 375 Accompanies the pilgrim to

Ohod, 419 Bids him adieu, ii. 54 His brothers the shopkeepers of

Al-Madinah, 8, n. Runs away from his father at Jeddah, 270 Caught and

brought back, 271

Omar ibn Fariz, poems of, i. 107, n.

Onayn, the Masjid, near Al-Madinah, ii. 49

Onions, leeks, and garlic, disliked by the Prophet, i. 357 Abominable

in the opinion of the Wahhabis, 357, n.

Ophthalmia in Egypt, i. 181 Rarity of, in Arabia, 385 Allusions of

Herodotus to, 385, n. An ancient affliction in Egypt, 385, n. A scourge

in Modern Egypt, 386, n. Origin and progress of the disease, 386, n.

Practices of Europeans to prevent, 386, n. Remedies of the author, 387,

n. Errors of native practitioners, 387, n.

Orientals, their repugnance to, and contempt for, Europeans, i. 110

Discipline among, must be based on fear, 212 Effect of a strange place

on them generally, 232, n.

Osman Effendi, the Scotchman, i. 388, n.

Osman, the Caliph, his Cufic Koran, ii. 322, n. His wish to be buried,

near the Prophet, 325 Prayers for, 328 The niche Mihrab Osman, 330

Assists in building the Prophet’s Mosque, 361 Builds the second Mosque at

Al-Madinah, 363 Enlarges the Mosque of Al-Kuba, 408 Loses the Prophet’s

seal ring, 413 His troubles, 413, n. Visit to his tomb at Al-Bakia, ii.

32 His funeral, 35 His two wives, the daughters of the Prophet, 36, n.

Osman, the Pasha, the present principal officer of the Mosque at

Al-Madinah, ii. 371

Osman, Bab, i. 361

Osman bin Mazun, his burial-place, ii. 32

Ostriches, found in Al-Hijaz, ii. 106, n. Arab superstition respecting

them, 106, n.

Ovington, reference to, i. 281, n.

Oxymel. See Sikanjabin

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PALM-GROVE, of Al-Madinah, i. 360

Palm-trees, venerable, of the hypæthral court of the Prophet’s Mosque, i.

337 Extensive plantations of, in the suburbs of Al-Madinah, 397

Loveliness of the palm-plantations of Al-Madinah, 399 Celebrity of its

dates, 400 The time of masculation of the palms, 403 The Daum or Theban

palm, ii. 62

Parah, value of the Turkish coin so called ii. 11, n.

“Paradise, Mountains of,” i. 222, ii. 274, n.

Parasang, the Oriental, in the days of Pliny, and at the present day,

ii. 343, n.

Pashin valley, inhabitants of, i. 246, n.

Pass, Arabic terms for a, ii. 61

Passports in Egypt (Tazkirah) inconveniences of, i. 19 Sir G. Wilkinson’s

observations on, 18, n. Adventures in search of one, 19 British,

carelessness in distributing, in the East, 46 Difficulty of obtaining

one in Egypt, 127, et seq.

“Path” (Tarakat) to heaven, i. 15

Pathan (Afghan), the term, i. 45

Paul’s, St., in London, the fourth largest cathedral in the world, i.

364, n.

Pebbles of the accepted, ii. 180, n.

Pensioners, orders of, at the Prophet’s Mosque, i. 375

Perceval, M.C. de, reference to, i. 275, n. His account of Amlak, 343,

n. His remarks on the title “Arkam,” 345, n. Quoted, 347, n., 350, n.

Referred to, 353, n., 354, n., 384, n., 399, n.

Perfumed pillar, in the Mosque of the Prophet, i. 335

Perfumes, of the Zair, i. 309, n.

Perjury, price of, at Jeddah, i. 47

Persia, tobacco and pipes of, i. 179

Persian Pilgrims, a disagreeable race, i. 205 They decline a challenge

of the orthodox pilgrims, 222 Persecutions they suffer in Al-Hijaz,

232, n. Luxuriance of the plains of, 251 The Persians’ defilement of the

tombs of Abu Bakr and Omar, 431, n. Eunuchs among the, 371, n.

Fire-temples of the ancient Guebres in, 379, n. Large number of, in the

Damascus caravan, 434 Treatment of the “Ajami” at Al-Madinah, 434 Charged

with having defiled the Ka’abah, ii. 168, n.

Peter’s, St., at Rome, the second largest cathedral in the world, ii.

364, n.

Pharaoh, the “Cæsar aut Diabolus” of the Nile, i. 10, n. Spot where he and

his host were whelmed in the “hill of waters,” 199 Arab legends respecting

that event, 199, n.

Pharaoh’s Hot Baths (Hammam Faraun), i. 197

Philosophy (Hikmat), study of, little valued in Egypt, i. 107, n.

Phœnician colony on the Red Sea, i. 202 The Phœnicians identified with the

Amalik of Moslem writers, i. 343, n.

Physicians, Arab, not so skilful as they were, i. 390

Physiologists, their errors respecting the food of the inhabitants of

hot and cold countries, ii. 11, n.

Piastre, value of, ii. 11, n.

Pickpockets in Egypt, i. 25

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Pigeons, sacred at Meccah, ii. 174 Enter almost everywhere into the

history of religion, 175

Pilgrims, distribution of, at Alexandria, into three great roads, i.

168 Pauper pilgrims, 168 Steady decrease of the number of pilgrims who

pass annually through Suez, 176 Reasons assigned for this, 177 Takrouri

pilgrims, 177 The Hamail, or pocket Koran of, 239 How they live on the

march, ii. 63 Ordinances of the pilgrimage, 140 Offerings for

atonements in cases of infractions of, 140 Observations on, 279 Common

to all old faiths, 279 Conditions under which every Moslem is bound to

perform the pilgrimage, 279 The three kinds of pilgrimage, 280 The

treatise of Mohammed of Shirbin respecting pilgrim rites, 281, et seq.

Directions to the intending pilgrim, from other books, 281, n. The

Prophet’s last pilgrimage, the model for the Moslem world, 290 The

reckless pilgrimages of poor Indians, 185 Note on the ceremonies of the

Wahhabi pilgrimage, 195, n. The change from Ihram to Ihlal, 205 The

Umrah, or little pilgrimage, 251

Pilgrim’s tree, i. 154 Probably a debris of fetish-worship, i. 155, n.

Its practice in various Eastern countries, 155, n.

Pistols, of the Badawin, ii. 105

Pitts, Joseph, his pilgrimage to Meccah and Al-Madinah; ii. 358 Sketch

of his adventures, 358, et seq.

Plague. See Taun

Poetry, Arab, those generally studied, i. 107, n. The Burdah and

Hamziyah of Mohammed of Abusir, 107, n. The Banat Su’adi of Ka’ab al-Ahbar,

107, n. The Diwan Umar ibn Fariz, 107, n. Al-Mutanabbi, 107, n.

Al-Hariri, 108, n. Simplicity of ancient Arab poetry, 108, n.

Degenerate taste of the modern Egyptians in, 108, n. Poetical

exclamations of the pilgrims on obtaining the first view of Al-Madinah,

279, 280 Tenderness and pathos of the old, ii. 93 The suspended poem of

Labid, 93 The poetic feeling of the Badawin, 97 The improvisatore of

the Benu Kahtan, 98, n. Arabic suited to poetry, 99 The rhyme of the

Arabs, 101, n.

Poison. The Tariyak of Al-Irak, the great counter-poison, ii, 108

Poisoners, professed, introduced by Mohammed Ali, ii. 86, n.

“Poison-wind,” i. 265, n. Its effects, 265, n.

Police of Egypt, curiosity of, i. 2 Police magistrates in Cairo, scenes

before, 120 The “Pasha of the Night,” 120

Politeness of the Orientals, i. 210 Unpoliteness of some “Overlands,” 210

Polygamy and monogamy, comparisons between, ii. 91, n.

Pomegranates, of Al-Madinah, i. 405 The Shami, Turki, and Misri kinds,

405

Pompey’s pillar, i. 10, 29

Prayer, the Abrar, or call to, i. 88 The Maghrib, or evening, 151, n.

The Isha, or night prayer, 233 Prayer to prevent storms (Hizb al-Bahr),

211 The prayer recited, 211 Prayers on first viewing the city of

Al-Madinah, 259 The prayer at the Prophet’s Mosque, 309 The places of

prayer at, 311 The afternoon prayers, 312 The Sujdah, or

single-prostration prayer, 312 The Dua, or [p.463] Supplication after

the two-bow prayer, 312 The position during, 313 Efficacy ascribed to

the act of blessing the Prophet, 316 Prayer at the Shubak al-Nabi, 316

Ancient practice of reciting this prayer, 316, n. The Testification,

318 The benedictions on Abu Bakr and on Omar, 320 The two-bow prayer at

the Rauzah or Garden, 325, n. The prayer at the Malaikah, or place of

the angels, 326 The prayer opposite to the grave of the Lady Fatimah,

327, n. The prayer in honour of Hamzah and of the martyrs of Mount

Ohod, 328 Prayers for the souls of the blessed who rest in Al-Bakia,

328 At the Prophet’s window, 329 Public service in Al-Rauzah, 330, n.

Origin of the prayer-niche in the Mosque, 361, 364, n. Al-Kuba, the

first place of public prayer in Al-Islam, 407 The Niyat, or intention,

409 The Prophet’s place of prayer at Al-Kuba, 409 The prayers at the

Mosque of Al-Kuba, 409 The prayers at Hamzah’s tomb, 427 The Niyat when

approaching Meccah, ii. 139 The Talbiyat, or exclaiming, 139 The

prayers on sighting Meccah, 152 The four Makams, or stations for

prayer, 307, 308 The prayers at the Ka’abah, 164, et seq., 209

Procrastination of Orientals, ii. 21

Preacher, at Meccah, his style of dress, ii. 225 Origin of his wooden

sword, 226, n.

Presents of dates from Al-Madinah, i. 400

Pressgangs in Cairo, i. 117

Price, Major, referred to, i. 384, n.

Prichard, Dr., on the Moors of Africa, i. 187, n.

Pride of the Arabs, i. 246

Printing-press, in Egypt, i. 108, n.

Prophets, in Moslem law, not supposed to be dead, i. 340, n.

Prosody (Ilm al-’Aruz), study of, among the Arabs, i. 107

Prostration-prayers, i. 311, n., 312, n.

Proverbs, Arab, i. 149, 277, n.

Ptolemy the geographer, i. 225

Puckler-Muskau, Prince, his remarks on the reflected heat of the

Desert, i. 144, n.

Pulpit, the Prophet’s, at Al-Madinah, i. 311

Pyramids, i. 30 Their covering of yellow silk or satin, ii. 213, n.

RABELAIS, on the discipline of armies, i. 268

Races of Badawin. See Badawin

Radhwah, Jabal (one of the “Mountains of Paradise”), i. 122

Rafik, or collector of blackmail, ii. 112

Rafizi (rejector, heretic), origin of the term, ii. 4, n.

Rahah, meaning of the term, ii. 256

Rahmah, Bab al-, i. 307, 308, 361 Jabal al- (Mount of Mercy). See

Arafat, Mount

Rahman of Herat, the calligrapher, i. 104, n.

Rahmat al-Kabirah, the attack of cholera so called, i. 384

Railway, in Egypt, i. 113

Rain, want of, at all times, in Egypt, ii. 180, 181 The rainy season

expected with pleasure at Al-Madinah, i. 383 Welcomed on the march, ii.

142

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Raisiyah minaret of Al-Madinah, i. 373

Rajm (lapidation), practice of, in Arabia, ii. 180

Rakb, or dromedary Caravan, ii. 50

Rakham (vulture), ii. 62

Ramazan, i. 74 Effects of, 75 Ceremonies of, 77 The “Fast-breaking,” 79

Ways of spending a Ramazan evening, 79 The Greek quarter at Cairo, 81

The Moslem quarter, 81 Beyond the walls, 84

Ramy, or Lapidation, ceremony of, ii. 203

Ramlah, or sanded place, i. 307

Ras al-Khaymah, i. 248, n.

Ras al-Tin, the Headland of Figs (the ancient Pharos), i. 7

Rashid, Bir (well of Rashid), ii. 59

Rauzah, Al-, or the Prophet’s garden, at Al-Madinah, i. 310 Traditions

respecting it, 310, n. Description of it, 312 The two-bow prayer at

the, 325 Public prayers in, 330, n. Farewell visits to, 56

Rayah (the Banner), the Masjid al-, near Al-Madinah, ii. 48

Rayyan, the hill near Meccah, ii. 147

Raziki grapes, of Al-Madinah, i. 404

Red Sea, view of, on entering Suez, i. 158 Injury done to the trade of,

by the farzh or system of rotation at Suez, 170 Shipbuilding on, 177

Kinds of ships used on, 178 Imports and exports at Suez, 179, 180

Description of a ship of, 188 Course of ships on, 195 Observations on

the route taken by the Israelites in crossing, 195 Scenery from, 195

Bright blue of the waters of, 196 Phœnician Colony on, 201 Christian

colony on the shores of, 202 Jabaliyah, or mountaineers of, 202, n.

Morning on, 207 Fierce heat of the mid-day, 208 Harmony and majesty of

sunset, 208 Night on, 209 Marsa Damghah, 213 Wijh harbour, 214 The town

of Wijh, 215 Coral reefs of the Red Sea, 218 The Ichthyophagi and the

Badawin of the coasts of, 218 Arab legends respecting the phosphoric

light in, 219 Al-Kulzum the Arabic name for the, 250, n. The great

heats near, in Arabia, prejudicial to animal generation, 266 The shores

of, when first peopled, according to Moslem accounts, 343, n.

Rekem (Numbers, xxxi. 8), identified with the Arcam of Moslem writers,

345, n.

Religion of the Badawin, ii. 109

Religious phrenzy (Malbus), case of, at Meccah, ii. 175 Susceptibility

of Africans to, 175

Rhamnus Nabeca (the Nebek or Jujube), of Al-Madinah, i. 405, n.

Rhazya stricta, used as a medicine by the Arabs, ii. 137

Rhetoric, study of, in Egypt, i. 107, n.

Rhyme of the Arabs, ii. 101, n.

Ria, or steep descents, i. 251

Rida, Al- (portion of the pilgrim dress), ii. 139

“Ridge, Affair of the,” the battle so called, i. 421, n.

Rifkah, Al-, the black-mail among the Badawin, ii. 114

Rih al-Asfar (cholera morbus), in Al-Hijaz, i. 384 Medical treatment of

the Arabs in cases of, 384 The Rahmat al-Kabirah, 384

Ring (seal), of the Prophet, i. 413

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Rites of pilgrimage, ii. 281, et seq.

Riwaks, or porches, surro[u]nding the hypæthral court of the Mosque at

Al-Madinah, i. 334

“Riyal Hajar,” a stone dollar so called by the Badawin, i. 370, n.

Riza Bey, son of the Sharif of Meccah, ii. 150

Robbers in the Desert, mode of proceeding of, i. 127, 249 Sa’ad the

robber-chief of Al-Hijaz, 256 Shaykh Fahd, 257 How Basrah, a den of

thieves, was purged, 258, n. Indian pilgrims protected by their

poverty, 265

Rock inscriptions near Meccah, ii. 147

Ruasa, or chief of the Mu’ezzins, residence of, i. 334

Ruba al-Khali (the empty abode), its horrid depths and half-starving

population, i. 3

“Rubb Rumman,” or pomegranate syrup, of Taif and Al-Madinah, i. 405

Rukham (white marble) of Meccah, ii. 295, n.

Rokn al-Yamany, of the Ka’abah, ii. 303

Rumah, Bir al-, or Kalib Mazni, at Kuba, i. 414, n.

Rumat, Jabal al- (Shooters’ Hill), near Al-Madinah, ii. 49

Rangit Singh, his paramount fear and hatred of the British, i. 39

Russia, opinions of the Madinites on the war with, i. 292 The present

feeling in Egypt respecting, 111

Rustam, battles of, i. 94

Rutab (wet dates), i. 402

SA’AD AL-JINNI (the Demon), description of his personal appearance, i.

162 His character, 162 Equipped as an able seaman on board the

pilgrim-ship, 189 His part in the fray on board, 192 Effects of a

thirty-six hours’ sail on him, 210 His quarrel with the coffee-house

keeper at Wijh, 216 His sulkiness, 223 Leaves Yambu’, 240 His

apprehensions in the Desert near Yambu’, 244 Purchases cheap wheat at

Al-Hamra, 254 His fear of the Badawin, 261 His fear of the robbers, 272

Takes his place in the Caravan, 272 Forced to repay a debt to the

pilgrim, 276 Arrives at Al-Madinah, 280 His intimacy with the pilgrim,

300 Accompanies the pilgrim to Ohod, 418

Sa’ad bin Ma’az, converted to Al-Islam, i. 352 His tomb, ii. 44, n.

Condemns the Kurayzah to death, 46

Sa’ad ibn Zararah, his tomb, ii. 44, n.

Sa’ad, the robber-chief of Al-Hijaz, i. 256 Particulars respecting him,

256 His opponent Shaykh Fahd, 257 His blood-feud with the Sharif of

Meccah, 259 Description of Sa’ad, 259 His habits and manners, 260 His

character, 260 He sometimes does a cheap good deed, 265 Conversation

respecting him, 270 Description of his haunt, 270

Saba, the land of, i. 348

Sabæans, their claim to the Ka’abah as a sacred place, ii. 302, n.

Sabatier, M., i. 112, n.

Sabil, or public fountain, of Al-Madinah, i. 391

Sabkhah, or tufaceous gypsum of the Desert, ii. 134

Sacrifices in cases of infractions of the ordinances of the pilgrimage,

ii. 140 At Muna, 217, 218

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Sadakah, or alms, sent to the Holy Land, i. 139, n.

Sadi, the Bayt al-, the makers of the Kiswah of the Ka’abah, ii. 215

Safa, Al-, the hill, at Meccah, i. 364 The ceremonies at, ii. 44

Meaning of “Safa,” 44, n.

Safk (clapping of hands), practice of, in the East, ii. 223

Sahal, sells ground to Mohammed, i. 357

Sahil, the Sufi, i. 10, n.

Sahn, Al-, or central area of a Mosque, i. 307, 333

Sahrij, or water tank, on Mount Ohod, i. 429

Sai, Al-, the ceremony so called, ii. 170, n. Compendium of the

ceremony, 288

Saidi tribe of Arabs, i. 145

Saint Priest, M. de, i. 112, n.

Saints, in Moslem law, not supposed to be dead, i. 340 Their

burial-place at Al-Bakia, ii. 31

Saj, or Indian teak, i. 364

Sakka, or water-carrier of the Prophet’s Mosque, i. 331, 373

Salabah bin Amru, i. 349

Salam, among the Moslems, i. 143, 151 Not returning a salam, meaning

of, 231, n.

Salam, or Blessings on the Prophet, i. 76

Salam, the Bab al-, at Al-Madinah, i. 307, n., 309, 313

Salat, or mercy, in Moslem theology, i. 313, n.

Salatah, the dish so called, i. 135

Salih Shakkar, description of, i. 164 Effects of a thirty-six hours’ sail

on him, 210 Leaves Yambu’, 241 Arrives at Al-Madinah, 280

Salihi tribe of Arabs, i. 145

Salim, the Benu, their subdivisions, ii. 120, n.

Salim, Sultan, of Egypt, i. 146

Salkh, the kind of circumcision among the Badawin so called, ii. 110

Salma al-Mutadalliyah, great-grandmother of the Prophet, i. 351, n.

Salman, the Persian, companion of the Prophet, i. 414, n.

Salman al-Farsi, the Masjid, ii. 48

Salmanhudi, Al- (popularly El Samhoudy), his testimony respecting the

tomb of the Prophet, i. 323 Remarks on his name, 323, n. His

burial-place, 323, n. His account of the graves of the Prophet and the

first two caliphs, 340 Unsuccessful endeavour to purchase a copy of

Al-Samanhudi, 340, n. Visits the tombs of the Hujrah, 368, n.

Salt, sacredness of the tie of “terms of salt,” ii. 53, n. The bond of,

sacredness of, among the Badawin, 112 The Syrians called “abusers of the

salt,” 133, n.

Salutation of peace in the East, i. 143, 151, 287

Samanhud, the ancient Sebennitis, i. 323, n.

Sambuk, i. 178 Description of, 188

Samman, Mohammed al-, the saint, i. 426 His Zawiyah, or oratory, near

Ohod, 426

Samun wind, i. 149, 265, n. Its effects on the skin, ii. 69 And on the

travellers’ temper, 127 The, on the road between Al-Madinah and Meccah,

129

Sanctuary, right of, in the Ka’abah, ii. 325 The Prophet’s. See Ka’abah

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Sand, pillars of, in Arabia, ii. 69 Arab superstition respecting them,

66

Sandals donned when approaching Meccah, ii. 139

Sandal, the Oriental, i. 236 Uncomfortable and injurious to wearers of

them, 236, n.

Sanding instead of washing, when water cannot be obtained, i. 261

Sandstone, yellow (Hayar Shumaysi), of Meccah, ii. 295, n.

Saniyat Kuda’a, near Meccah, ii. 152

Saracen, derivation of the word, i. 187, n.

Saracens, Gibbon’s derivation of the name, ii. 76, n.

Saracenic style of architecture, i. 90, 92, 364

Sarf, Al- (grammar of the verb), study of, in schools, i. 104

Sariyah, or night march, disagreeableness of, ii. 67, 68

Sarraf, or money changer, ii. 235

Sarsar wind, i. 151, n.

Sa’ud, the Wahhabi, i. 242 Besieges the city of Al-Madinah, i. 369

Saur, Jabal, Mohammed’s stay in the cave of, i. 355, n. Its distance from

Al-Madinah, 379

Sawadi, or black grapes, i. 404

Sawik, the food so called, i. 275, n.

Sayh, Al-, the torrent at Al-Madinah, i. 395, 399, 420

Sayhani, Al-, the date so called, i. 401

Sayl, or torrents, in the suburbs of Al-Madinah, i. 380

Sayyalah, the Wady, i. 274 The cemetery of the people of, 274, n.

Sayyid, Abu ’l Hayja, Sultan of Egypt, his present to the Mosque of the

Prophet, i. 366, n.

Sayyid Ali, vice-intendant of the Mosque of Meccah, ii. 319

Sayyidna Isa, future tomb of, i. 326

Sayyids, great numbers of, at Al-Madinah, ii. 3 Their origin, 3, n.

Dress of Sayyids in Al-Hijaz, 4 The Sayyid Alawiyah, 4 Graves of the,

at Al-Bakia, 32

Schools in Egypt, i. 102 Course of study in Al-Azhar, 103, et seq.

Intonation of the Koran taught in, 106

Science, exact and natural, state of, in Egypt, i. 108, n.

Scorpions near Meccah, ii. 179

“Sea of Sedge,” i. 196

Seasons, divided into three, by the Arabs, i. 383

Sebastiani, General, i. 112, n.

Sebennitis, the modern Samanhud, i. 323, n.

Semiramis, eunuchs first employed by, i. 371, n.

Sena’a, city of, its depravity, ii. 107, n.

Senna plant, abundance of the, in Arabia, ii. 72 Its growth in the

Deserts, 137

Sepulchre, the Holy, imitations of, in Christian churches, i. 95

Sermons, Moslem, ii. 313 The Sermons of Sa’adi, 165 The sermon on Mount

Arafat, 290 The Khutbat al-Wakfah, Sermon of the Standing (upon

Arafat), 197 The Sermon at the Harim, 225 Impression made by it on the

hearers, 226

Sesostris, ships of, i. 189 His blindness, 385

Shafe’i, Al-, Mosque of, i. 105, n.

Shafe’i, Imam, his vision of Ali, ii. 184, n.

Shafe’i, Masalla, or place of prayer of the Shafe’i school, i. 310, n.

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Shafe’i pilgrimage, the compendium of Mohammed of Shirbin relating to,

ii. 281 et seq.

Shafe’i school, mufti of, at Al-Madinah, i. 373

Shahan, the Benu (a Jewish tribe), in Arabia, i. 347, n.

Shajar Kanadil, or brass chandelier of the hypæthral court of the Prophet’s

Mosque, i. 339

Shaking hands (Musafahah), Arab fashion of, i. 52

Shame, a passion with Eastern nations; i. 37

Shami, Bab al-, or Syrian gate, of Al-Madinah, i. 391

Shami pomegranates, of Al-Madinah, i. 405

Shamiyah, or Syrian, ward of Meccah, ii. 153 Quarrels of the, with the

Sulaymaniyah quarter, 153

Shammas bin Osman, his tomb at Ohod, i. 429

Shamsan, Jabal, the burial-place of Cain, ii. 160, n.

Sharai and Bi-Sharai, the two orders of Darwayshes, i. 15

Shararif, or trefoiled crenelles in the walls of Al-Madinah, i. 392

Sharbat Kajari, the poison of the Persians, ii. 86

Shark, Al-, i. 266 Explanation of the name, 266, n.

Sharki, the Darb al-, i. 380

Sharzawan, Al-, or base of the Ka’abah, ii. 298, n.

Shaving in the East, ii. 14

Shaw, Dr. Norton, i. 1, 5

Shawarib, Abu, the father of mustachios, ii. 53

Shaybah, generally called Abd al-Muttalib, grandfather of the Prophet

i. 351, n.

Shaybah, Ibn, his account of the burial-place of Aaron, i. 346

Shaybah, Bab Benu, legend of, of the Ka’abah, ii. 161, n. The true sangre

azul of Al-Hijaz, 206 Keepers of the keys of the Ka’abah, 206 The chief

Shaykh Ahmad, 206, n.

Shaykh, explanation of the term, i. 14 Description of an Arab, fully

equipped for travelling, 234

Shaykhayn, the “two shaykhs,” Abu Bakr and Osman, ii. 2

Shaytan al-Kabir (the Great Devil), ceremony of throwing stones at, ii.

203

Sheep, the three breeds of, in Al-Hijaz, ii. 17 The milk of the ewe, 17

Shems al-Din Yusuf, al-Muzaffar, chief of Yaman, his contribution to

the fifth Mosque of the Prophet, i. 368

Sharifs, or descendants of Mohammed, i. 327 Great numbers of, at

Al-Madinah, ii. 3 Their origin, 3, n. Their intense pride, 79, n.

Forced celibacy of their daughters, 79, n. Their bravery, 150, n.

Causes of their pugnacity, 150, n.

Sharifi, Al-, the grape so called, i. 404

Shi’ahs, their defilement of the tombs of Abu Bakr and Omar, i. 321, n.

Their antipathy to the Sunnis, 321, n. Their aversion to Abu Bakr, 354,

n. Their detestation of Syria and of the Syrians, ii. 138, n.

Shibr Katt, i. 30

Shibriyah, or cot, for travelling, ii, 65

Ship-building on the Red Sea, i. 177

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Ships. The toni or Indian canoe, i. 188, n. The “catamaran” of Madras and

Aden, i. 189, n.

Shiraz, boasts of the Shi’ahs at, i. 321, n.

Shisha, or Egyptian water-pipe, i. 80

Shisha, or travelling pipe, ii. 125

Shopping in Alexandria, i. 11

Shuab Ali, valley of, i. 279, n.

Shuab al-Hajj, (the pilgrim’s pass), scene in, i. 272

Shugduf, difference between the Syrian and Hijazi shugduf, i. 418

Dangers to, in “acacia-barrens,” ii. 69

Shuhada (the Martyrs), i. 274 Remarks on, 274 Its past and future

honours, 274, n. Visit to the graves of the, at Mount Ohod, 426, 427

Shumays, Bir, yellow sandstone of, ii. 295, n.

Shurafa, pl. of Sharif, a descendant of Mohammed, i. 327

Shurum, i. 145

Shushah, or tuft of hair on the poll, i. 163

Sicard, Father, i. 195

Sidr or Lote tree of the Prophet’s Mosque, i. 337

Sie-fa of the Bokte, in Tartary, i. 58

Siesta, i. 299, n. The Kaylulah, or noon siesta, 299 The Aylulah, 299,

n. The Ghaylulah, 299, n. The Kaylulah, 299, n. The Faylulah, 299, n.

Sikandar Al-Rumi, tomb of, i. 12

Sikanjabin (oxymel), used as a remedy in fevers in Arabia, i. 387

Silk-tree of Arabia. See Asclepias gigantea

Sinai, Mount, i. 202

Sinaitic tribes of Arabs, modern, observations on, i. 145, et seq.

Chief clans of, 145 Impurity of the race, 146 Their ferocity, 147 How

manageable, 147

Sind, dry storms of, i. 247, 265

Singapore, pilgrims from, to Meccah, i. 179

Silat al-Rasul, referred to, i. 384, n.

Sittna Zaynab (our Lady Zaynab), Mosque of, at Cairo, i. 98

Siyuti, Al-, his theological works, i. 106, n.

Sketching, dangerous among the Badawin, i. 240

Slaves, trade in, at Jeddah and in Egypt, i. 47 Reform in our slave

laws throughout the East much needed, 49 Abyssinian slave, style of

courting, 59 Slave-hunting in Africa, 60 Condition of slaves in the

East, 61 The black slave-girls of Al-Madinah, ii. 12 Value of

slave-boys and of eunuchs, 12 Value of the Galla girls, 13 Price of a

Jariyah Bayza, or white slave-girl, 13 Female slaves at Meccah, 233 The

slave-market of Meccah, 252 The pilgrim’s resolve, if permitted, to

destroy the slave-trade, 252 Ease with which the slave-trade may be

destroyed in the Red Sea, 252

Small-pox in Arabia. See Judari

Smith, Sir L., his defeat of the Beni Bu Ali Arabs, i. 248

Smoking the weed “hashish,” i. 44

Soap, tafl or bole earth used by the Arabs as, i. 415

Sobh Badawin, their plundering propensities, ii. 58

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Societies, secret, in Egypt, i. 113

Sodom, the long-sought apple of, ii. 138, n.

Sola, plain of, near Meccah, ii. 148

Soldier-travellers, fatalities which have befallen them lately, i. 1

Soldiers in Egypt, i. 118

Solomon, King, i. 212 Mosque of, at Jerusalem, connected with, 305

Somalis, dislike of, to tobacco, i. 194, n. Foundation of the tribe,

344, n.

Songs of the Badawi Arabs, i. 145 Of Maysunah, ii. 190 Specimen of one,

223

Sonnini, his description of the “Kayf,” i. 9, n. Reference to, 299 His

testimony to the virtues of the Harim, ii. 91, n.

Sophia’s, St., at Constantinople, the largest Cathedral in the world, i.

364, n.

Spanish cathedrals, Oriental origin of, i. 307

Spears (Kanat), of the Badawin, ii. 106

Sports of the Badawin, ii. 104

Springs of Mount Ohod, i. 423, n.

Stanhope, Lady Hester, her faith in magic mirrors, i. 288, n.

Statuary and pictures forbidden in Mosques, i. 94

Stimulants, effects of drinking, in the East, i. 265, n.

Stoa, or Academia, of Al-Madinah, i. 338

Stocks, Dr., of Bombay, reference to, i. 246, n.

Stone, obtained near Meccah, ii. 295, n. That of Panopolis, 296

Stone-worship, ii. 301, n.

Storm, description of one at Muna, ii. 218 Dry storms of Arabia, i. 247

Streets, of Al-Madinah, i. 392

Students, Moslem, i. 104, n. Wretched prospects, 108

Sudan (Blacksland), i. 177

Suez (Suways), a place of obstacle to pilgrims, i. 128 Safety of the

Desert road to, 156 Its want of sweet water, 158, n. Its brackish

wells, 158, n. No hammam (or bath) at, 158, n. Number of caravanserais

of, 159, n. Want of comfort in them all, 159, n. The farzah, or system

of rotation, in the port of, 170, 178 Exorbitant rate of freight at,

170, n. The George Inn at (see George Inn), 173, et seq. Decrease in

the number of pilgrims passing through Suez to Meccah, 176 The

ship-builders of Suez, 177 Kinds of ships used at, 178 Number of ships

at, 178 Imports and exports, 179, 180 Average annual temperature of the

year at, 180 Population of, 181 State of the walls, gates, and defences

of, 182 Food of the inhabitants of, 182, 183 Their fondness for

quarrels, 183 A “pronunciamento” at, 183 Scene on the beach on a July

morning, 186

Sufayna, Al-, the village of, ii. 128 Halt of the Baghdad Caravan at,

128 Description of the place, 130

Sufat (half-caste Turk), the present ruling race at Al-Madinah, ii. 5

Suffah, or sofa, companions of the, i. 363

Sufiyan, Abu, his battle with Mohammed at Mount Ohod, i. 423, 425, ii.

47 His daughter, ii. 35

Sufrah, i. 76 “Sufrah hazir,” i. 76, n.

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Suhayl, sells ground at Al-Madinah to Mohammed, i. 357

Sujdah, or single-prostration prayer, i. 312

Suk al-Khuzayriyah, or greengrocers’ market of Al-Madinah, i. 391 Zuk

al-Habbabah, or grain market of Al-Madinah, 391

Sula, or Sawab, Jabal, near Al-Madinah, ii. 48

Sulayman the Magnificent, the Sultan, his donations to the shrines of

Meccah and Al-Madinah, i. 310, n., 368

Sulaymani, the poison so called, ii. 86

Sulaymaniyah Munar, i. 333

Sulaymaniyah, or Afghan quarter of Meccah, ii. 153 Quarrels of the,

with the Shamiyah ward, 153

Suls character of Arabic, i. 322, n. A Koran in the library of the

Prophet’s Mosque written in the, 338, n.

Sumaydah, a sub-family of the Benu Harb, i. 256

Sun, his fierce heat on the Red Sea, i. 207 Effects of, on the mind and

body, 208 Majesty of the sunset hour, 208 Heat of, in the Deserts of

Arabia, 251 Remarks on sunstrokes, in the East, 365, n. Hour at which

it is most dangerous, 275 Adoration of, by kissing the hand, ii. 165, n.

Sunnat, or practice or custom of the prophet, i. 340, n.

Sunnat al-Tawaf, or practice of circumambulation, ii. 170

Sunnis, their antipathy to the Shi’ahs, i. 321, n. Their reverence for

the memory of Abu Bakr, 354

Superstitions of the Arabs, i. 427 Error of Niebuhr respecting, ii.

153, n. That respecting the ceiling of the Ka’abah, 207 The superstitions

of Meccans and Christians compared, 237 Those of Arabs and Africans

respecting the aloe, 248

Supplication, efficacy of, at the Masjid al-Ahzab, ii. 47

Surat, tobacco of, i. 179

Surgery among the Badawin, ii. 108

Suri (Syrian), Shami, or Suryani, tobacco, i. 65, n.

Surrah, or financier of the Caravan, i. 374

Suwan (granite), of Meccah, ii. 295, n.

Suwaykah, celebrated in the history of the Arabs, i. 275 Origin of its

name, 275, n.

Suwayrkiyah, headquarters of the Benu Hosayn, ii. 3 Confines of, 72 The

town of, 124 The inhabitants of, 123

Swords of the Arabs, i. 248, ii. 106 Their sword-play, 107

Syria, expedition of Tobba al-Asghar against, i. 350 Abhorrence in

which it is held by the Shi’ah sect, ii. 133, n. Wars in, caused by

sectarian animosity, 133, n.

Syrians on the Red Sea, i. 202 Detestation in which Syria and the

Syrians are held by the Shi’ahs, ii. 133, n. Called “abusers of the salt,”

133, n.

TABRANI, AL-, his account of the building of the Prophet’s Mosque, i. 361

Tafarruj, or lionising, i. 308

Tafl, or bole earth, eaten by Arab women, i. 415

Tafsir (exposition of the Koran), study of, in schools, i. 107

Tahamat Al-Hijaz, or the sea coast of Al-Hijaz, i. 377

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Taharah, the kind of circumcision among the Badawin so called, ii, 110

Tahlil, or cry of welcome, ii. 159

Taif, population of, i. 393, n. Pears of, 405, n. The “Rubb Rumman” of, 405

The blue peaks of, ii. 148

Takat al-Kashf (niche of disclosure), of the Mosque of Al-Kuba, i. 410

Takiyah, or Darwayshes’ dwelling-place in Cairo, i. 85 The Takiyah

erected at Al-Madinah by Mohammed Ali, 285

Takruri pilgrims, their wretched poverty, ii. 62

Takht-rawan, or gorgeous litters, i. 418 Expenses of one, from Damascus

and back, ii. 65, n.

Talbiyat, or exclaiming, when approaching Meccah, ii. 139 Derivation of

the term, 140, n.

Talhah, friend of Mohammed, sent forward by the Prophet to Al-Madinah,

i. 354

Tamarisk tree, i. 403

Tamattu, Al- (possession), the pilgrimage so called, ii. 281

Tanzimat, folly of, i. 286

Tarawih prayers, i. 80

Tarbush and fez, ii. 15

Tarik al-Ghabir, the road from Al-Madinah to Meccah, ii. 58

Tarikh Tabari, referred to, i. 347

Tarikah bin Himyariah, wife of Amru bin Amin, i. 348

Tariyak (Theriack) of Al-Irak, the counter-poison so called, ii. 108

Tarshish, i. 189

Tarwiyat, origin of the ceremony of, ii. 289, n.

Tashrih, the Madani children’s bod[i]es marked with, ii. 13

Tashrit (gashing), the ceremony at Meccah so called, ii. 234, n.

Taslim, to say “salam,” i. 329

Tatarif, or cartridges of the Badawin, ii. 116

Taun (the plague), never in Al-Hijaz, i. 384

Tawaf, or circumambulation of the House of Allah at Meccah, i. 305

Ceremonies of, at the Ka’abah, ii. 165 Its probable origin, 165, n. The

Sunnat al-Tawaf, or practice of circumambulation, 170 Sketch of the

ceremony of Tawaf, 286

Tawarah tribes of Arabs. See Arabs, and Sinaitic tribes

Tawashi, the generic name of the eunuchs of the Mosque, i. 371, n.

Taxation in Egypt, i. 112, n. Capitation tax levied on infidels, 233,

n. No taxes paid by the Madani, ii. 6

Tayammum, the sand-bath, i. 261

Tayfur Agha, chief of the college of eunuchs at Al-Madinah, i. 371

Tayr Ababil, i. 384, n.

Tayyarah, or “flying Caravan,” ii. 50

Tazkirah. See Passports

Testification, the prayer so called, i. 318, n.

Thamud tribe, of tradition, i. 221

Theology, Moslem, observations on, i. 105, et seq. Poverty of an Alim,

or theologian, 131

Thieves in the Desert, i. 248

Thirst, difficulty with which it is borne by the Badawin, ii. 69 How to

allay, 69, n.

Tigritiya, the Abyssinian malady so called, ii. 175, n.

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Timbak (tobacco), from Persia or Surat, i. 179

Tinder, Nubian and Indian, ii, 138, n.

Tipu Sahib, his treatment of his French employes, i. 39, n.

Tobacco of Egypt, i. 65 Latakia, 65, n. Suri (Syrian), Shami, or

Suryani, 65, n. Tumbak, 66, n. Hummi, 66, n. The Shisha, or Egyptian

water-pipe, 80 Pipes of the Badawin and Arab townspeople, 144, n. The

old Turkish meerschaum, 144, n. Aversion of the barbarous tribes of

Africa to the smell of, 194, n. The shisha (hooka) of Arabia, 296

Syrian tobacco generally used in Al-Madinah, 298 Its soothing

influence, ii, 63 Waterpipes, 63 Salary of a pipe-bearer, 63, n.

Smoking among the Badawin, 118 The shisha, or travelling pipe, 125

Instance of the Wahhabi hatred of, 129, 142

Tobba Abu Karb, i. 350, n.

Tobba al-Asghar, his expedition to Al-Madinah, i. 350 And to Syria and

Al-Irak, 350 Abolishes idolatry, 351

Tobba, “the Great,” or “the Chief,” i. 351, n.

Tombs: that of Daniyal al-Nabi (Daniel the Prophet), i. 12 Of Sikandar

al-Rumi, 12 Of Mohammed a1-Busiri, 12 Of Abu Abbas al-Andalusi, 12 Of

the martyred grandsons of Mohammed, Hasan, and Husayn, 97, n. Of Kaid

Bey and the other Mamluk Kings, 98 Peculiar form of the sepulchre now

common in Al-Hijaz, Egypt, and the Red Sea, 155, n. The tomb of Abu

Zulaymah, 199 Of Shaykh Hasan al-Marabit, on the Red Sea, 218 Distant

view of the Prophet’s tomb at Al-Madinah, 286 Account of a visit to it,

304-342 The Lady Fatimah’s at Al-Madinah, 308, n., 327, 328 Exact place

of the Prophet’s tomb, 322 The tombs of Abu Bakr and of Omar, 324 The

future tomb of Sayyidna Isa, 326 Tombs of the father and mother of the

Prophet, 351, n. Tomb of Mohammed, 359, 363 Attempted robbery of the

tombs of Mohammed and of his two companions, 367 The tombs in the

Hujrah visited by Al-Samanhudi, 368, n. The tomb of Aaron on Mount

Ohod, 423 Hamzah’s tomb, 426 That of Abdullah bin Jaysh at Ohod, 428

Visit to the tombs of the saints of Al-Bakia, ii. 31, et seq. Tombs of

Hagar and Ishmael at Meccah, 305 Burial-places of Adam, Abel, and Cain,

160, n. Tombs of celebrity at the cemetery of Meccah, 249, et seq. Eve’s

tomb near Jeddah, 273

Tott, Inspector-General, i. 112, n.

Trade and commerce, condition of, at Al-Madinah, ii. 8 The three vile

trades of Moslems, 149, n.

Trafalgar, Cape, i. 7 Remarks on the meaning of the word, 7, n.

Travellers, idiosyncrasy of, 16

“Trees of Al-Madinah,” the celebrated, i. 286

Tripoli, i. 190

Tumar character, of Arabic, ii. 215

Tumbak tobacco, i. 66, n.

Tunis, i. 190

Tur, the old Phœnician colony on the Red Sea, i. 201 Terrible stories

about the Badawin of, 201 The modern town, 202 The inhabitants of, 202

The delicious dates of, 204

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Tur, Jabal (Mount Sinai), i. 202

Turki pomegranates of Al-Madinah, i. 405

Turks on the pilgrimage, i. 191 Turkish Irregular Cavalry in the

Deserts of Arabia, 249 Imbecility of their rule in Arabia, 257 Delenda

est marked by Fate upon the Ottoman empire, 259, n. Probable end of its

authority in Al-Hijaz, 259 Douceurs given by them to the Arab shaykhs

of Al-Hijaz, 266 Their pride in ignoring all points of Arab prejudices,

304 Their difficulties in Arabia, 359 One killed on the march by an

Arab, ii. 127 Their dangerous position in Al-Hijaz, 151, n. Turkish

pilgrims at Meccah, author’s acquaintance with, 171

Tussun Bey, defeat of, by the Badawin, i. 262 Concludes a peace with

Abdullah the Wahhabi, i. 370

Tutty (Tutiya), used in Al-Hijaz for the cure of ulcers, i. 390

UHAYHAH, of the Aus tribe, i. 351, n.

Ukab, the bird so called, ii. 62

Ukayl bin Abi Talib, brother of Ali, his tomb, ii. 38, 44

Ulcers (Nasur) common in Al-Hijaz, i. 390 Antiquity of the disease in

Arabia, 390 Death of Am al-Kays, the warrior and poet, 390 Mandate of

Mohammed Abu (see Mohammed), 390 The Hijaz “Nasur,” and the Yaman ulcer,

the “Jurh al-Yamani,” 390, n. Popular treatment of, 390

Umar ibn Fariz, poems of, i. 107, n.

Umbrella, the sign of royalty, ii. 150, n., 196

Umrah (the little pilgrimage), ii. 281 The ceremonies of, 241, 292 et

seq. Its situation, 341

Urdu, or camp of soldiers in Al-Hijaz, i. 394, n.

Urtah, or battalion of soldiers, i. 394, n.

Usbu, or seven courses round the Ka’abah, ii. 167, n

Ustuwanat al-Ashab, or the Companions’ column, at the Mosque of the

Prophet, i. 326, n. Ustuwanat al-Mukhallak, or the perfumed pillar, 335

Ustuwanat al-Hannanah, or weeping pillar at the Prophet’s Mosque, 335

Ustuwanat al-Ayishah, or pillar of Ayishah, 335 Ustuwanat al-Kurah, or

pillar of Lots, 335 Ustuwanat al-Muhajirin, or pillar of Fugitives, 335

Ustuwanat al-Abu Lubabah, or pillar of Lubabah or of repentance, 336

Ustuwanat al-Sarir, or pillar of the Cot, 336 Ustuwanat Ali, or column

of Ali the fourth Caliph, 336 Ustuwanat al-Wufud, 336 Ustuwanat

al-Tahajjud, where the Prophet passed the night in prayer, 336

Utaybah Badawin. Ferocity of, ii. 136, 144 Charged with drinking their

enemies’ blood, 136 Their stoppage of the Damascus Caravan, 143 Dispersed

by Sharif Zayd 144

Utbah bin Abi Wakkas, the infidel, i. 430

Utum, or square, flat roofed, stone castles in Arabia, i. 347

VALLEYS in Arabia, longitudinal, transversal, and diagonal, i. 252

Vasco de Gama, his voyage to Calicut, i. 187, n.

Vegetables of the plain of Al-Madinah, i. 404

Vena, common at Yambu’, i. 389 Treatment of, 389

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Venus, worship of, by the Hukama, ii. 162

Verdigris used in Arabia for the cure of ulcers, i. 390

Vertomannus Ludovicus, his pilgrimages to Meccah and to Al-Madinah, ii.

333, et seq.

Victims, ceremonies of the Day of, ii. 202, et seq.

Villages frequently changing their names, i. 245

Vincent on the Moors of Africa, i. 187, n.

Vine of Al-Madinah, ii. 404

Visions in the East, ii. 184, n.

Visits of ceremony after the Ramazan, i. 116 Of the middle classes in

Egypt, 135, n. After a journey, 190

Volcanoes, traces of extinct, near Al-Madinah, ii. 61

WADY, the Arabian, i. 150, n. The Wady al-Ward (the Vale of Flowers),

150

Wady, al-Kura, town of, founded by the Jews, i. 347 The route from

Al-Madinah to Meccah so called, ii. 58

Wady al-Subu, town of, founded by the Jews, i. 347

Wady, the Masjid al-, ii. 49

Wahhabis, aversion of to tobacco, i. 194, n. Ruinous effect of the wars

between them, and the Egyptians, 254, n. Their defeat of Tussun Bey and

8000 Turks, 262 Their tenets, 306 Their opposition to Ali Bey, 306, n.

Their rejection of the doctrine of the Prophet’s intercession, 318, n.

Their dislike to onions, 357, n. And of Turkish rule in Al-Hijaz, 360

Their siege of Al-Madinah, 369 Defeated by Mohammed Ali at the battle

of Bissel, ii. 89, n. Instance of their hatred of tobacco, 129, 142

Description of their march on the pilgrimage, 142 Their bravery, 143

Their appearance at the ceremonies of the day of Arafat, 193, n. Their

destruction of the Chapel on Arafat, 193, n. Note on the ceremonies of

the Wahhabi pilgrimage, 197, n. Their unsuccessful attack on Jeddah,

265, n.

Wahshi, the slave, slays Hamzah, i. 433

Wahshi, Al-, the date so called, i. 401

Wahy, or Inspiration brought by the Archangel Gabriel from heaven, i.

333. n.

Wa’iz in the Mosque, i. l00

Wakalah, or inn of Egypt, description of, i. 41 The Wakalah Khan Khalil

of Cairo, 42 The Wakalah Jamaliyah, 42 Those of Al-Madinah, 392 The

Wakalah Bab Salam, 392 The Wakalah Jabarti, 392 The, of Jeddah, ii. 266

Wakf, “bequeathed,” written in books, i. 340 Bought up by Mohammed Ali

Pasha, 359, n. Abolished in Turkey, 359, n. Established by the Sultan

Kaid Bey, 368

Wakil (or substitute), in pilgrimage, ii. 243

Wakin, Al-, or Al-Zahrah, the Harrah so called, i. 421, n.

Walid, Al-,the Caliph, i. 327, n. Inventor of the mihrab and minaret,

361, n. His magnificent buildings at Al-Madinah, 364 Visits the Mosque

in state, 366 Mosques built by him at Al-Madinah, ii. 48

Walis (holy men), of Alexandria, i. 12

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Wallin, Dr. George, of Finland, his visit to Meccah, i. 5, n. His

death, 5, n. His Eastern name, Wali al-Din, 5, n. His remarks on the

Arab tribes referred to, 145, n. His admiration of Badawi life, ii. 97

Walls of Al-Madinah, i. 391

“War of the Meal-sacks,” i. 275, n.

War-dance (Arzah) of the Arabs, i. 419

Wardan and the Wardanenses, i. 30, n.

Warkan, Jabal, one of the mountains of Paradise, i. 270, n.

Wasitah, Al-. See Hamra, Al-, i. 253

Watches worn in Arabia, i. 166

Water-bags in the East, i. 24, 125 Value of water in the Desert, 149

Carried across the Desert to Suez, 158 Water-courses (Misyal) of

Arabia, 250, 254 The water found in the Deserts of Arabia, 254 “Light”

water, 338 Oriental curiosity respecting, 338 Manner of providing, at

Al-Madinah, 381 Music of the water-wheels, 400 Quantity of, in the

palm-gardens of Al-Madinah, 403 Purity of, throughout Al-Hijaz, ii. 194

Water-spout (Myzab) of the Ka’abah, ii. 304

Weapons of the Badawin, ii. 106

Weeping-pillar in Mohammed's Mosque, i. 335, 362, n.

Weights, the, of Al-Madinah, i. 402, n.

Welcome, the Oriental cry of, (Tahlil, or Ziralit), ii. 159

Well, Moses’, at Sinai, i. 204 Ancient wells at Aden, 204, n.

Wells of the Indians in Arabia, i. 274, n. The Bir al-Aris at Kuba, 412

The pilgrim’s “Kayf” on the brink of, 412 Former and present number of wells

of Al-Kuba, 414 The Saba Abar, or seven wells, 414 The Bir al-Nabi,

414, n. The Bir al-Ghurbal, 414, n. The Bir al-Fukayyir, 414, n. The

Bir al-Ghars, 414, n. The Bir Rumah, or Kalib Mazni, 414, n. The Bir

Buza’at, 414, n. The Bir Busat, 414, n. The Bir Bayruha, 414, n. The Bir

Ihn, 415, n. The three wells of the Caliph Harun at Al-Ghadir, ii. 134

Wellington, Duke of, his remark on the means of preserving health in

India, i. 264, n.

West, Mr., sub-vice-consul at Suez, his kindness to the pilgrim, i. 169

Wijh Harbour, on the Red Sea, i. 214 The town, 215

Wilkinson, Sir Gardner, his observations on Egyptian passports, i. 18

Wind, the Samum, i. 149 The Sarsar, 151, n. The “poison-wind,” 265, n. The

eastern wintry winds of Al-Madinah, 382

Wishah, the style of dress so called, ii. 139

Wives of the Prophet, tombs of, ii. 38 His fifteen wives, 38

Wolf’s tail (Dum i Gurg), the grey dawn, i. 154

Women, shrill cries of joy with which Arab women receive their husbands

after returning from a journey, i. 357, ii. 154 Flirtation and

love-making at festivals, i. 116 The public amusements allowed to

Oriental women, 118 The death-wail, 118 An Armenian marriage, 123

Faults of Moslem ladies’ dressing, 123, n. Condition of, in Egypt, at the

present day, 175 The opprobrious term Misriyah, 175 Dress of the women

of Yambu’, 229 The face-veil, 229 The lisam of Constantinople, [p.477]

229, n. Retired habits of the women at Al-Madinah, 297 Soft and

delicate voices of the Somali women, 297 The Gynæconitis of Arab women,

298 Ablutions necessary after touching the skin of a strange woman,

298, n. A Persian lady’s contempt for boys, 303 The Bab al-Nisa, or women’s

gate at Al-Madinah, 308 Disgrace of making a Moslemah expose her face,

365, n. The women of the farmer race of Arabs, 406 Tafl, or bole earth,

eaten by them, 415 Women devotees at the Harim, 434 Women sometimes not

allowed to join a congregation in Al-Islam, 434, n. Dress and customs

of the Indian women settled at At-Madinah, ii. 6 Value of black

slave-girls, 12 Price of a Jariyah Bayza, or white slave-girl, 13 Dress

of the women of Al-Madinah, 15, 16 Their mourning dress, 16 Decency of

the women of Al-Madinah, 19 Their pleasures, 20 Their bad language, 20

Arab marriages, 22, et seq. Unwillingness to name the wife among the

Arabs, 84 And in other countries, 84, n. Uncomeliness of the women of

Al-Hijaz, 85 Softening influences of the social position of the women

among the Badawin, 90 Polygamy and monogamy compared, 91, n. The

daughters of a higher clan of Arabs not allowed to marry into a lower,

92 Heroism of women, 94 The Arab oath, “by the honour of my women,” 94

Marriage ceremonies of the Badawin, 111 Frequency of divorces among

them, 111 Dress of the Badawin women of Al-Hijaz, 116 Unchastity of the

women of the Hitman tribe of Arabs, 121 Ejaculations of women when in

danger of exposing their faces, 134, n. Strange dress of pilgrim women,

141 Wahhabi women on the pilgrimage, 142 Place for the female pilgrims

in the Ka’abah, 309 The Kabirah, or mistress of a house, 160 How directed

to perform the Sai, 288 Moslem prayers for the souls of women, 293

Superstitious rite on behalf of women at Arafat, 189 Manner of

addressing respectable Moslem women, 190, n. An adventure with a fair

Meccan, 197-199 The slave market of Meccah, 252 Appearance of the

slaves, 252

“Wormwood of Pontus,” i. 155

Wounds, Badawin method of treating, i. 271, n., 389

Writing, Oriental, remarks on, i. 103 Skilful penmanship but little

valued at the present day, 103, n. The Turkish ornamental character

called “Suls,” 103, n. The Persian character, 103, n. The Egyptian and Arab

coarse and clumsy hand, 104, n. The Mirza Sanglakh, 104, n. Writing and

drawing generally disliked by Arabs, 240 Writing on noted spots, the

practice both classical and Oriental, 432

Wuzu (the lesser ablution), i. 6, 77, 230

Wukuf, or standing upon Mount Arafat, Arab legend respecting, ii. 289,

n. The pilgrim rites of, 289

Y.S., the chapter of the Koran, i. 366, n., 429

Yaman, Al-, tamarinds from, i. 180 Mountains of, 265, n. Coffee of,

290, n. The birthplace of the Aus and Kharaj, 348 Sufferings of the

people of, from ulcers, 390 Mandate of the conqueror Mohammed Abu. See

Mohammed, 390 Demoralisation of the Arabs of, ii. 107 Former horse

trade of, 195, n.

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Yambu’, tribes inhabiting the deserts about, i. 145 Yambu’ al-Bahr (or Yambu’

of the Sea), 225 The Iambia of Ptolemy, 225 The Sharif of Yambu’, 226

Description of the town, 226 Varieties of the population at, 228 An

evening party at, 232 Strength of the walls and turrets of, 242

Attacked by Sa’ud the Wahhabi, 242 Jews settled in, 347, n. Diseases of,

389 Population of, 393, n.

Yanbua of the palm grounds, i. 225

Yarab bin Kahtan bin Shalik bin Arkfakhshad bin Sam bin Nuh,

descendants of, i. 348

Yasir bin Akhtah, plots against Mohammed, i. 358

Yasrib (now Al-Madinah), settled by fugitive Jews, i. 347

Yaum al-Tarwiyah, ii. 289 Description of, 178

Yaum al-Nahr (the day of throat-cutting), 202, 290

Yazid, son of the Caliph Mu’awiyah and his Badawi wife Maysunah, ii. 191,

n. His contempt for his father, 191, n. Cursed by the disciples of the

Shafe’i school, ii. 37

Yorke, Colonel P., i. 1

Yusuf, the Jewish “Lord of the Pit,” ii. 78, n.

ZA’ABUT, i. 17, n.

Zabit, or Egyptian police magistrate, i. 19 Scenes before, 119 The “Pasha

of the Night,” 121

Zafar, the Masjid Benu, also called Masjid al-Baghlah, ii. 45

Zafaran Point, i. 196, n.

Zaghritah, or cry of welcome, ii. 159

Zahra, or “bright blooming Fatimah,” i. 327, n.

Zahrah, Al-, or Al-Wakin, the Harrah so called, i. 421, n.

“Zairs,” visitors to the sepulchre of the Prophet, i. 305, n. Dress and

perfumes of the Zairs, 309, n.

Zakariya al-Ansari, his theological work. i. 106, n.

Zamakhshari, Al-, his grammatical adventures, ii. 98, n.

Zananire, Antun, visit to his harim, i. 122

Zarb al-Mandal, the magical science so called in Egypt, i. 388, n.

Zaribah, Al-, description of the plain of, ii. 138

Zarka, of Yamamah, story of, referred to, i. 181, n.

Zat al-Rika’a, the expedition so called, i. 155, n.

Zat al-Salasil (the “Affair of Chains”), ii. 89, n.

Zat Nakhl, or “place of palm trees” (Al-Madinah), i. 346

Zawiyah, or oratory, of Mohammed al-Samman, i. 426

Zawwar, or visitors to the tomb of the Prophet, i. 329, n.

Zayd, Sharif, his bravery, ii. 144 Disperses the Utaybah robbers, 144

Zaydi sect, ii. 307, n.

Zayn al-Abidin, prayers for, i. 328 Tomb of, ii. 40

Zaynab, wife of the Prophet, i. 365, n.

Zemzem, the holy well of the Mosque of the Prophet, i. 6, 70, 331 Its

supposed subterranean connection with the great Zemzem at Meccah, 338

Rows of jars of the water at the Mosque of Meccah, ii. 297 Description

of the building enclosing the well, 309 The Daurak, or earthen jars,

for cooling the water, 310, n. Doubtful origin of the word, 162 Esteem

in which the water is held, 163 Its qualities, 163 How transmitted to

distant regions, 163 Superstitions respecting it, 164

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Zemzemi, or dispenser of the water of the holy well at Meccah, ii. 125

Ali bin Ya Sin, the zemzemi, 125

Zemzemiyah, or goat-skin water-bag, i. 24

Zikrs, or Darwaysh forms of worship, in Egypt, i. 86

Ziyad bin Abihi, his destruction of robbery in Basrah, i. 258, n.

Ziyafah, Bab al-, or gate of hospitality, of Al-Madinah, i. 391

Ziyarat, or visitation, of the Prophet’s Mosque, i. 305, 319 Distinction

between Ziyarat and the Hajj Pilgrimage, 305 Where the ceremony begins,

307, n. How regarded by the Maliki school, 311, n. The visitation to

Kuba on the 17th Ramazan, 408, n. Ziyarat al-Wida’a, or “Farewell

Visitation,” ii. 55 The ceremony of the visit to the Prophet’s tomb, 292

“Ziyaratak,” or “blessed be thy visitation,” the benediction, i. 331

Zubaydah Khatun, wife of Harun al-Rashid, ii. 58 Her celebrated

Pilgrimage, 136, n.

Zu’l Halifah, the Mosque, i. 279, n. Also called the “Mosque of the tree,”

279, n., 364 Its distance from Al-Madinah, 379

Zuyud schismatics, ii. 6