travellers.
Footnote 521:
I have explained "Nu'uman's flower" as the anemone which in Grecised
Arabic is "Anúmiyá." Here they are strewed over the tomb; often the
flowers are planted in a small bed of mould sunk in the upper surface.
Footnote 522:
Arab. "Barzakh" lit. a bar, a partition: in the Koran (chapts. xxiii.
and xxxv.) the space or the place between death and resurrection where
souls are stowed away. It corresponds after a fashion with the
classical Hades and the Limbus (Limbo) of Christendom, _e.g._ Limbus
patrum, infantum, fatuorum. But it must not be confounded with
Al-A'aráf, the Moslem purgatory.
Footnote 523:
Arab. "Zukák al-Nakíb," the latter word has been explained as a chief,
leader, head man.
Footnote 524:
Moslems never stand up at such times, for a spray of urine would make
their clothes ceremonially impure: hence the scrupulous will break up
with stick or knife the hard ground in front of them. A certain
pilgrim was reported to have made this blunder which is hardly
possible in Moslem dress. A high personage once asked me if it was
true that he killed a man who caught him in a standing position; and I
found to my surprise that the absurd scandal was already twenty years
old. After urining the Moslem wipes the _os penis_ with one to three
bits of stone, clay or handfuls of earth, and he must perform Wuzu
before he can pray. Tournefort (Voyage au Levant iii. 335) tells a
pleasant story of certain Christians at Constantinople who powdered
with "_Poivre-d'Inde_" the stones in a wall where the Moslems were in
the habit of rubbing the _os penis_ by way of wiping. The same author
(ii. 336) strongly recommends a translation of Rabelais'
_Torcheculative_ chapter (Lib. i., chapt. 13) for the benefit of
Mohammedans.
Footnote 525:
Arab. "Nuhás ahmar," lit. red brass.
Footnote 526:
The cup is that between the lady's legs.
Footnote 527:
A play upon "Sák"=calf, or leg, and "Sákí," a cup-bearer. The going
round (Tawáf) and the running (Sa'í) allude to the circumambulation of
the Ka'abah, and the running between Mount Safá and Marwah (Pilgrimage
ii. 58, and iii. 343). A religious Moslem would hold the allusion
highly irreverent.
Footnote 528:
Lane (i. 614) never saw a woman wearing such kerchief which is
deshabille. It is either spread over the head or twisted turband-wise.
Footnote 529:
The "Kasabah" was about two fathoms of long measure, and sometimes 12½
feet; but the length has been reduced.
Footnote 530:
"Bat and ball," or hockey on horseback (Polo) is one of the earliest
Persian games as shown by every illustrated copy of Firdausi's
"Shahnámeh." This game was played with a Kurrah or small hand-ball and
a long thin bat crooked at the end called in Persian Chaugán and in
Arabic Saulaján. Another sense of the word is given in the
Burhán-i-Káti, translated by Vullers (Lex. Persico-Latinum), a large
bandy with bent head to which is hung an iron ball, also called
Kaukabah (our "morning-star") and like the umbrella it denotes the
grandees of the court. The same Kaukabah particularly distinguished
one of the Marquesses of Waterford. This Polo corresponds with the
folliculus, the pallone, the baloun-game (moyen âge) of Europe, where
the horse is not such a companion of man; and whereof the classics
sang:—
Folle decet pueros ludere, folle senes.
In these days we should spell otherwise the "folle" of seniors playing
at the ball or lawn-tennis.
Footnote 531:
"Dalíl" means a guide; "Dalílah," a woman who misguides, a bawd. See
the Tale of Dalílah the Crafty, Night dcxcviii.
Footnote 532:
_i.e._ she was a martyr.
Footnote 533:
Arab. "Ghashím" a popular and insulting term, our "Johnny Raw." Its
use is shown in Pilgrimage i. 110.
Footnote 534:
Bathers pay on leaving the Hammam; all enter without paying.
Footnote 535:
_i.e._ she swore him upon his sword and upon the Koran: a loaf of
bread is sometimes added. See Lane (i. 615).
INDEX.
Aaron's Rod, 242
Abá, Abá'ah=cloak of hair, 133
Abad=eternity without end, 205
Abbasides (descendants of the Prophet's uncle), 61
—— (black banners and dress), 64; 292
Abd al-Azíz(Caliph), 166
Abd al-Malik (Caliph), 77; 167
Abhak=Allah bless him and keep (_see_ Sal'am), 24
Abraham (an Imám to mankind), 203
—— (place of), 272
Abú Bakr (Caliph), 167; 197
Abú Hanífah (founder of the Senior School), 207
—— —— (scourged for refusing to take office), 210
Abú Házim, 205
Abú Ishak (Hárún's cup-companion), 302
Abú Lúlúah (murderer of Caliph Omar), 162
Abú Músá al-Ashári, _ib._
Abú Riyáh=father of winds, a toy, 93
Abú Zarr (companion of the Prophet), 200
Acquit me of responsibility=pardon me, 76
Æolipyla, 101
Afridun (Furaydun) absurd name for a Greek king, 82
Agha=sir, gentleman, to a Eunuch, 50
Ahmad=the praised one, Mohammed, 226
Ahmad bin Hanbal (founder of the fourth Moslem School), 204
Ahnaf (Al-) bin Kays, 160
Ahr (ihr)=fornication, in the sense of irreligion, 258
Akhzar (green, grey, fresh, applied to cheek-down), 292
Ali (Caliph), his deeds of prowess, 108
Alam (not Ilm) al-Dín=flag of the faith, 19
Alexander (of the Koran) not to be confounded with the Macedonian, 199
Alms to reverend men for securing their prayers, 71
Allah (names, by Edwin Arnold), 28
—— Wa'lláhi tayyib (exclamation of the Egyptian Moslem), 34
Allaho akbar (as a war-cry), 89
Amazon (a favourite in folk-lore), 96
Ammá ba'ad=but after, initiatory formula, 37
Anemone on a tomb, 325
Anis al-Jalis=the Cheerer of the Companion, 5
Anklet-ring and ear-drops (erotic meaning of), 318
Arab exaggerates generosity, 36
—— shouting under his ruler's palace, 39
—— Temperament, 54, 101, 181
—— Cap (Turtúr), 143
—— Derivation of the name, 140
Arafat day, 169
Aráki (capparis shrub), 54
Ardeshir (Artaxerxes), three Persian Kings of the name, 156
Arman=Armenia, 273
Ashhab=grey-white, 116
Aslah=head-kerchief, 59
Ass held ill-omened, 25
Attraction of like to like, 296
Awáh! Awáh=Alas! Alas!, 321
Ayát (Coranic verses), 242
Aylúlah (slumbering after morning prayers), 178
Ayyúb=Job, 45
Azal=eternity without beginning, 205
Azán (call to prayer), 306
Azghán=camel litters, 282
Azíz (f. Azízah)=dear, excellent, highly prized, 298
Azrár (buttons), 318
Badawi not used in the Koran for Desert Arab, 140
—— bonnet, 143
—— a fool as well as a rogue, 146
Bád-i-Sabá=breeze o' the morn, 181
Bakh! Bakh!=bravo! brava!, 151
Bakláwah=almond-pastry, 311
Balah=green date, 314
Banú 'l-Asfar (people of the yellow faces), 220
Beni Udhra (tribe famous for love-passion), 304
Barr al-Manákhah in Al-Medinah, 139
Barsh=matting, 18
Barzakh=bar, partition, Hades, 325
Bathers pay on leaving the Hammam, 332
Bátiní=gnostic, 29
Batrak (Batrik)=patriarcha, 89
Batrík (Bitrík)=patricius, _ib._
Bayt al-Mukaddas=Jerusalem, 132
Bayzatán=testicles; egg-story, 55
Belle passion in the East, 62
Bhang (its kinds and use), 123
Biká'a=low-land, 109
Bilál (first Muazzin), 306
Bilkís and her throne, 79
Birth-stool (Kursí al-wiládah), 80
Bishr al-Háfi (Barefoot), 203
Biting the finger ends (not nails) sign of confusion, etc., 38
Bismillah parodied, 223
Black (colour of the Abbaside banner), 292
Boccaccio quoted, 112
Brother of Folly=a very fool, 279
Brotherhood of futurity=lookers out for a better world, 197
Buka'ah=Cœlesyria, 109
Bukhait=little good luck, 48
Bukhti (dromedaries), 177
Bull (followers preceding), 98
Burka'=nose-bag, 52
Bursting of the gall-bladder=our breaking of the heart, 322
Burying a rival, 58
Buttons (azrár), 318
Cabbala=Spiritual Sciences, 151
Caliphs:
Abú Bakr, 167, 197
Abd al-Azíz, 166
Abd al-Malik, 77, 167
Ali, 108
Hishám bin Abd al-Malik, 170
Mansúr (Al-), 142, 158, 210
Mu'áwiyah, 160, 161
Omar, 158, 159
Othmán, 163
Walíd bin Marwán, 167
Caitiff=Captivus, 109
Camel-load=lbs. 300, for long journeys lbs. 250, 45
—— men do not accept drafts on futurity, 69
Cannibal tribes in Central Africa, 48
Caravan (each one's place to be kept in), 184
Carob (Cassia fistularis), 241
—— bean, emblem of constancy, 315
Carrier-pigeons, 247
Cesarea, 77
—— "of Armenia", 273
Chaff, 15
Chewing a document that none might see it after, 39
Chess and chessmen, 104
China-ware displayed on shelves, 52
Clapping hands preliminary to a wrestling-bout, 91
Clerical error of Bulak Edition, 114
Climate (water and air), 4
Coffee (_see_ Kahwah), 261
Cohen (Káhin)=diviner, priest, esp. Jewish, 221
Continuation in dignities requested by office-holders from a new ruler,
192
Coptic convents, 86
—— visitations to, still customary, 110
Copulation, praying before or after, 161
Coral (name of slave-girl), 101
Cousin (term of familiarity=our "coz."), 43
Cursing intelligible, swearing meaningless, although English, 312
Cup and cup-bearer, 327
Cutting (alluding to the scymitar), 231
Dakianús=Decianus, 244
Dalíl=guide; f. Dalílah=misguiding woman, bawd, 329
Dandán (N.P.)=tooth, 83
Dánik=sixth of a drachma, 204
Dáúd=David, 286
David (makes coats of mail), 286
Dawn-breeze, 181
Daylamites, 94
Deeds of prowess not exaggerated, 108
Destructiveness of slaves, 55
Devil (the, was sick, etc.), 264
Dirás=thrashing-sled, 108
Dirham-weight=48 grains avoir, 316
Doomsday, horrors of, come upon a man, 232
Door-hinges, 214
Dove and turtle-dove female, 23
Down (of the cheek), 246
Dozd o Kázi (Persian book), 55
Draught of air (Zug) feared by Orientals, 9
Drawbridges in Coptic convents, 94
Drinking in the dark disliked, 59
"Drugging" not a Badawi sentiment, 122
Dúbarah (Dubárá)=Dubrovnik, Ragusa, 219
Dung (used as fuel, etc.), 149
Ear-drop=penis, 318
Eedgáh see Idgáh, 202
Eggs for testicles, 55
Emancipation, the greater=pardon for sins or holy death, 165
Elephant (derivation of the word), 104
Enemy his offered hand to be kissed or cut off, 142
Eunuchs, if without testes only, highly prized, 50
Expiration of oaths, 186
Eyes, hot=full of tears, 99
—— becoming white=blind, 283
Fadaises of a blue stocking, 156
Falling on the back a fair fall in wrestling, 92
Familiarity between the great and paupers, 32
—— of girls with black slave-boys, 49
Farj=slit; Zawi'l-Furúj=slit ones, _ib._
Faisakh=three English miles, 114
Faylúlah=slumbering after sunset, 178
Fass (fiss, fuss)=bezel; hillock, 97
Finger in mouth (sign of grief), 302
Fish begins to stink at the head, 168
Fitnah=seduction, charmer, 76
Fits of religious enthusiasm, 132
Flatterers (the worst of foes), 11
Flowers of speech, 88
Folk follow their King's faith, 157
Fountain-bowl, ornamented with mosaic, etc., 310
"Fundamentals (Usúl) remembered"=the business is not forgotten, 15
Funerals (meritorious to accompany), 46
Furaydun (_see_ Afridun), 82
Gardeners touchy on the point of mated visitors, 22
Generosity an Arab's ideal because the reverse of his nature, 36
Ghábah=thicket, 85
Ghashím="Johnny Raw", 330
Ghaylúlah=slumbering in the morning, 178
Ghazá (Artemesia, a desert shrub), 24
Ghazban (N. P.)=an angry, violent man, 125
Gházi=fighter for the faith, 240
Ghazwah=raid, foray, razzia, 217
Ghussah=calamity which chokes, wrath, 147
Glance compared with a Yamáni sword, 127
Grandfather's name given familiarly, 15
Gospel of Infancy, 228
Hadíd=iron, 316
Hafsah (Caliph Omar's daughter and wife of Mohammed), 165
Hafsites (Dynasty in Mauritania), _ib._
Hajj al-Akbar and Hajj al-Asghar, 169
Hájib=groom, chamberlain, 304
Halfah-grass (Poa), 18
Halwá=sweetmeats, 47, 212
Hamah=Hightown, 178
Hanbal (_see_ Ahmad bin Hanbal), 204
Hanien=pleasant to thee! after drinking, 5
Hanífah (_see_ Abu Hanífah), 207
Hard of heart and soft of sides, 5
Harf=letter, syllable, 307
Hasan al-Basrí (theologian), 165
Háshimi vein, 19
Hátim al-Asamm (the Deaf), 207
Hawá al-'Uzrí=platonic love, 304
"He" for "She" out of delicacy, 179
Head-kerchief (deshabille), 328
Hibá=cords, garters, 236
Hijáz (al)=Moslem Holy Land, 306
Himalayan brothers, 211, 260
Hips (their volume admired), 285
Hishám bin Abd al-Malik (Caliph), 170
Holiness supposed to act as talisman, 251
Honour amongst thieves, 159
Horses not taught to leap, 89
Hospitals hated, 70
Hubb al-Watan=patriotism, 183
Hunger (burns), 144
Hungry judges "hanging judges", 198
Hymeneal blood resembles that of pigeon-poult, 50
Hysterical Arab temperament, 54, 101,
Ibn Abi Aufa, 200
Ibráhím bin Adham, 203
Idgáh (place of prayer), 202
Ikh! Ikh! (cry to a camel to make it kneel down), 139
Imám=leader, antistes, 203
Incest repugnant to Moslem taste, 172
Index finger (Sháhid), 300
Inshád=reciting, improvising, 126
Inshallah bukra=to-morrow if, Allah please, 324
Intercession-doctrine disputed amongst Moslems, 40
Inverted speech (forms of), 265
Irák=level country beside river banks, 132
Iron (conjures away fiends), 316
Istikbál=coming forth to greet, 287
Ithmid (stibium, antimone)=Sp. Althimod, 103
J, how it came to take the place of Y in the English Bible, 43
Jabarti=Moslem Abyssinian, 15
Jamíl ibn Ma'amar (poet), 102
Janázah=bier with corpse, 46
Jars for cooling water, 21
Jásalík (Al-)=Καθολικὸς, Primate, 228
Jawarnah (Júrnah)=Zara, 219
Jáwísh=apparitor, sergeant, royal messenger, 49
Jews adepts in magic, 233
Jokh=broadcloth, 111
Jujube-sherbet, 317
Juráb mi'adat-hu (bag of his belly=scrotum), 233
Káfir=Infidel, Giaour, 292
Kafur=Camphor, 47
Kahwah (Kihwah)=strong old wine, 261
Kalam=leg cut, 107
Kalám wáti=vulgarism, 113
Kámah=fathom, 56
Kanmakan (p. n.) "was that which was", 280
Kantár (quintal)=98·99 lbs. avoir, 233
Karím=generous (cream of men), 35
Kasabah=rod (measurement), 328
Kasabát=canes, bugles, 298
Kasr al-Nuzhat=palace of delights, 22
Kausar (fountain)=nectar-amrita, 186
Kaywán (Persian for Saturn), 75
Kayim (professional wrestler, names of such), 93
Kaylúlah=siesta, 178
Kazi al-Kuzát=Chief Justice, 90
Kazis (the four of the orthodox schools), 39
Kazíb al-Bán=willow-wand, 66
Khalbús=buffoon, 143
Khálid bin al-Walíd, 203
—— bin Safwán, 170
Khalílu 'llah (friend of Allah=Abraham), 132
Khara=dung, lowest insult, 56
Khara (Holy Merde), 223
Khalanj (a hard kind of wood), 269
(Vol. I. 154)
Khattíyah=writer, f.;
spear, from Khatt Hajar, 1
Khatt Sharif=a royal hand letter, 39
Khayzarán=rattan, 66
Khaznah (Khazinah)=1,000 kís of £5 each, 84
Khiláf (Khaláf)=Salix Ægyptiaca, 66
Khusyatán=testicles, 55
Kirámat=prodigy, 237
Kissís=ecclesiast, 228
Knight errant of the East, 77
Knuckle-bone, 314
Kohl-powder keeps the eyes from inflammation, 291
Koran quoted (xxxviii. 19), 37
—— (xciv. 11; cv. 57), 38
—— (iv.), 64, 78
—— (iii. 57), 79
—— (vii., lxxvi. lxxxvi.), 91
—— (iv., xxii.), 95
—— (iii. 89), 132
—— (ix., xxxiii.), 140
—— (iv. 88), 146
—— (v.), 186
—— (ii. etc.), 198
—— (ii. 185), 199
—— (lxxiv. 1, 8; xcvi.), 201
—— (xvi. 74; ii. 118), 203
—— (lvi. 6; xxviii.; vii.; ix), 205
—— (xxviii. 22-27), 207
—— (xiv. 34), 225
—— (lxi.), 226
—— (ii.), 228
—— (iii. 141), _ib._
—— (x. 25), 239
—— (ii. 149; xcv.), 242
—— (xlx. 170), 281
—— (xviii.), 293
—— (xcvi. 5), 298
—— (xxiv.), 312
—— (vii. 21), 316
Koss ibn Sa'idat (Bishop of Najrán), 37
Kubád=shaddock, 310
Kuds (Al-) _see_ Bayt al-Mukaddas, 132
Kúfiyah=coif, etc., 230
Kulaib allows no one to approach his camp-fire, 77
Kunfuz=hedgehog, 88
Kurrah=ball in the Polo game, 329
Kursí al-wiládah=birth-stool, 80
Kutait=little tom cat, 39
Kuthayyir (poet), 102
Kuzia Fakán (P.N.) "it was decreed by destiny; so it came to pass", 175
Labbayka=here I am, 227
Lá iláha illa 'llah=there is no God but _the_ God (tahlíl), 236
Language of signs, 304
Lá rayba fí-hi, 210
Layl (night) frequently=the interval between sunset and sunset, 260
Laza (Hell for Jews), 140
Leg-cut (severs horse's leg), 226
Letter (reading _not_ always understanding), 112
Li-ajal=for the sake of, low Egyptian, 113
Lice bred by perspiration, 69
Lion at home, lamb abroad, 183
Lisám (mouth-band for men), chin-veil(=Yashmak) for women, 31, 230
Locks (Mohammed's), 230
Lost on Allah's way=martyr, 330
Loving folk=something more than benevolence, 2
Lukmán (Æsop of the Arabs), 199
Lullilooing (Tahlíl, Zaghrutah, Kil), 80
Lupin-flour used as soap, 136
Lynx (trained for hunting), 293
Má al-Khiláf, 136
Magic studied by Jews, 234
Mahmil (mahmal)=litter, 131
Ma'ajanah (a place for making bricks), 17
Makhaddah=pillow, 70
Malik, used as in our story-books, 1
—— bin Dinár, 204
Mandíl=kerchief, 301
Manumission of slaves, 55
Man's creation, 91
Mansúr (Al-) Caliph, 142, 153, 210
—— bin Ammár, 204
Maragha=he rubbed his face, 60
Mardán-i-Ghayb (Himalayan brothers), 211
Marhúm (f. Marhúmah)=late lamented, 129, 196
Marjánah=coral branch (P.N.), 100
Marriage-sheet inspected, 50
Martyrs (still alive), 242
Maskharah=buffoon, 143
Maslamah bin Abd al-Malik, 167
Matmúrah=underground cell, 39
Mayzún (Badawi wife of Caliph Mu'áwiyah), 160
Mitrahinna (Minat-ro-hinnu)=port at mouth of canal, 237
Mohammed (best of the first and last), 11
—— (Mustafá), 40
—— (Periclytus and Paracletus), 226
—— His letter to the Mukaukis, 79
—— abhors the shaveling, 248
—— (Bearer of glad and bad tidings), 257
—— (Congratulator and Commiserator), 260
—— (Best of mankind), 263
Money weighed when old and worn, 145
Monkery abhorred by Mohammed, 248
Moon (blighting effect of its rays), 4
—— masculine in Semitic, 45
Mooring-pole customary in Tigris-Euphrates land, 20
Moses (derivation of the name), 205
—— and Jethro, _ib._
—— and the next world, 206
—— and Al-Khizr, 263
Moslems, model Conservatives, 13
—— external, 29
—— peasants kind-hearted, 69
—— familiarity between high and low, 32
Mosques serving as lodgings for poor travellers, 69
Mother's milk=nature, 44
Mu'áwiyah (Caliph), 160; 161
Muazzin (who calls to prayer), 306
Mu'ujizah=miracle of a prophet, 237
Músá=Moses, 205
Musakhkham (Al-)=the defiled Cross, 220
Musk (scent of heaven), 300
Muzaní (Al-), 208
Mu'ayyad (Sultan and calligrapher), 32
Mustafá (the chosen)=Mohammed, 40
Nahás ahmar=copper, 327
Na'íman=may it benefit thee! after bathing, etc., 5
Nájiyah=Salvadora, 145
Najrán (in Syria), 232
Nakfúr=Nicephorus, 77
Nakh=make a camel kneel down by the cry Ikh! Ikh!, 139
Nakl-i-safar (move preliminary to a journey), 84
Naming of a child, 174
Nár (fire), 163
Narcissus (with negro eyes=yellowish white), 24
Nawá=date-stone; Nawáyah=severance, 315
Nat'a=leather of blood, 41
Názir=Overseer, 304
Neighbour before the house, companion before the journey, 207
Negroes (_see_ Slaves) familiarity of boys with white girls
—— skin assumes dust-colour in cold, etc., 127
Nimrod of the desert, 291
Nimsá=Germans, 219
Nímshah (Namshah?)=dagger of state, 193
Nufs (nifs, nuss)=half (a dirham), 37
Nu'uman's flower=anemone, 325
Nuzhat al Zamán=delight of the age, 81
Oath (inconsiderate), 136
Obscene abuse meant as familiarity, not insult, 88
Offering for naught=closing with the offer, 4
Ohod (battle of), 165
Omar bin al-Khattáb (Caliph), 158; 159; 162; 164
Othmán (Caliph), 163
Palm-stick (a salutary rod), 22
Payne quoted, 19; 185; 304
Pen and Preserved Tablet, 68
Periphrase containing a negative adds emphasis, 83
"Philippi" and "Alexanders" in Sidon, 82
Physical prognostication familiar to Mesmerists, 72
Pièces d'occasion mostly sad doggrels, 261
Pillow (wisádah, makhaddah), taking to=taking to one's bed, 70
Pilgrimage quoted (i. 11; iii. 285), 5
—— (i. 261; iii. 7), 15
—— (i. 210, 346), 31
—— (ii. 77), 40
—— (iii. 330), 113
—— (ii. 113), 114
—— (iii. 333), 124
—— (iii. 12), 131
—— (iii. 254), 132
—— (i. 222; ii. 91), 139
—— (ii. 118), 140
—— (i. 121), 163
—— (ii. 227), 165
—— (iii. 226, 342, 344), 169
—— (ii. 49), 178
—— (i. 305), 180
—— (iii. 322), 203
—— (ii. 89), 220
—— (iii. 115), 224
—— (iii. 232), 227
—— (i. 346), 230
—— (iii. 78), 236
—— (ii. 110), 242
—— (iii. 171-175, 203), 272
—— (iii. 113), 286
—— (iii. 71), 293
—— (ii. 105, 205), 317
—— (ii. 58; iii. 343), 327
—— (i. 110), 330
Pitching tents within dog-bark from Royalty disrespectful, 294
Plunder sanctioned by custom, 68
Prayer for the dead lack the Sijdah, 10
—— of Ramazán, 202
Preserved Tablet, 68
Prognostication frequently mentioned, 72
Preliminaries of a wrestling bout, 92
Prominence of the pugaic muscles insisted upon, 98
Prophets (have some manual trade), 286
Province ("some"=Sancho Panza's "insula"), 188
Puns (wretched and otherwise), 64, 179, 182
Purifying (after evacuation), 326
Racing a favourite pastime, 273
Rank (derived from Pers. rang=colour), 192
Rasm=usage (justifies a father killing his son), 7
Rayháni (handwriting), 301
Reed=pen (title of the Koranic chapt. lxviii.), 68
Rijál al-Ghayb (invisible controls), 211
Rising up and sitting down sign of agitation, 112
Robing one's self in rags=becoming a Fakir, 171
Rubb=syrup "Rob", 3
Rudaynah and Rudaynian lances, 1
Sabab=rope (hence "a cause"), 14
Sabbágh=dyer, 305
Sabt=Sabbath, _ib._
Sadd=wall, dyke, 128
Saffron (Aphrodisiac), 234
Safíyu 'llah (Adam)=pure of Allah, 124
Sahákah=tribadism, 234
Sa'í=running between Safá and Marwah, 327
Sa'íd bin Jubayr, 201
Sayhún and Jayhún=Jaxartes and Bactrus, 78
Sák=calf of the leg, 327
Sáki=cup-bearer 27, 327
Saker=hawk, 293
Sal'am=S (alla) A (llah) a (layhi) wa S (allam) see Abhak, 24
Salám (to be answered by a better salutation), 146
—— (of prayers), 243
Samsam (sword of the Tobba Amru bin Ma'ad Kurb), 127
Sapphic venery, 234
Sarír=bier (empty), 46
Saulaján=bat in "bat and ball", 329
Scrotum curdling in fear, 233
Seditions in Kufah caused by Caliph Othman's nepotism, 163
Septentriones (four oxen and their wain), 3
Serving the Lord by sinning against one's body, 208
Seven deadly sins, 175
Sháfi'i (school of Theology), 151
Sháhid=index, pointer, 300
Sháhmiyánah (large tent), 194
Shahrazad (various explanations of the name), 1
Shakespeare and musical glasses, 3
Shambar=Cassia fistularis, 241
Sharrkan (Sharrun kána)=bane to the foe, 78
Shaukat=sting, pride, 106
Shaving and depilation, 160
Shaykh=elder, chief, 144
Shawáhi (from Shauh)=having a fascinating eye, 269
Shirk=giving a partner to Allah, 202
Shiyár (old name for Saturday), 305
Shouting under a ruler's palace to attract attention, 38
Shu'aib=Jethro, 205
Siddík=true friend, 197
Sign of the cross on the forehead, 224
Sin=China, 77
Sins (seven deadly), 175
Sijdah=prostration, 10
Siláh-dár=armour-bearer, 215
Slander (poisoned=fatal), 264
Slaves, Cannibals, 48
—— Familiarity, 49
—— called "Camphor," like "Snowball", 47
—— refuse to be set free, 55
—— Manumission of, _ib._
—— Destructiveness, _ib._
—— Girls' names, 57
—— Returning from a journey, 65
—— Christian girls sent to Moslems, 79
—— Girls examined as to virginity, 147
—— Behaving like one, 270
Sledge (thrashing=tribulum), 23
Sleeping and slumbering, 178
Smoking out (a common practice), 255
Smothering a rival common in Harems, 58
Softness of skin highly prized, 295
Sole of a valley often preferred to encamp in, 85
Solomon and al-Sakhr, 97
Sons of the Road=wayfarers, 23
Son (the lamp of a dark house), 280
Sophia (P.N. and Mosque), 79
Speaking _en prince_, 184
Spiritual Sciences (Moslem form of Cabbala), 151
Spurring=kicking with the shovel-stirrup, 89
Standards reversed in sign of defeat, 259
Sucking the dead mother's breast, touch of Arab pathos, 128
Sufyán al-Thaurí, 202
Sulaymán bin Marwán (Caliph), 167
Sweet, the (slang for fire), 163
Swearing on Blade and Book, 332
Syria (Shám)=left-hand land, 224
Táb (game)=tip-cat, 314
Tábút=bier (empty), 46
Ta ám=meat; millet, 67
Tabzír=female circumcision, 234
Tafazzal=favorisca (have the kindness), 103
Taggáa, 88
Tahlíl=Refrain of Unity, 236
Taj al-Mulúk Khárán=crown of the kings of amorous blandishment, 291
Takht-rawan=travelling litter, 180
Talbiyat (formula labbayka), 227
Takrúrí=Moslem from Central and Western North Africa, 15
Tarhah=head-veil, 52
Tasnim (from sanam)=a fountain in Paradise, 100
Taswif=saying "Sauf" a particle to express near future, 296
Tawashshuh=shoulder-cut, 107
Taub (Saub, Tobe)=loose garment, 206
Tawáf (circumambulation of the Ka'abah), 327
Testimonies (the two Shahádatain), 10
Testicles (names for), 55
—— (curdling in fear), 233
Thigh-bite allowed in wrestling, 93
Thrusting (applied to spear and lance), 231