INDEX.
Aạshà, El- (poet), [155]
Aạwar, El- (son of Satan), [33]
´Abd-El-Ḳádir El-Jeelánee (saint), [50], n.
´Abd-El-Melik (Khaleefeh, A.D. 685-705), [113], [114], [156], [168]
Abel, [92]
Ablutions, [11]
—— before meals, [136]
Abodes of the Jinn (Genii), [37], [104]
Aboo-Bekr Eṭ-Ṭoosee (theologian), [73]
Aboo-Murrah (surname of Satan), [31]
Aboo-Zeyd, romance of, [127]
Abraham, [2], [93]
Abstinence, [14]
Abu-l-´Atáhiyeh (poet), [114], [115]
Abu-l-Ghimr (surname of Satan), [31]
Abu-l-Ḳásim El-Jeelánee, [55]
Abyssinian slaves, [250], [253], [254]
Accomplishments, [205], [239]
´Ad, ancient tribe of, [105], [265]
Adam, [2]
Adán (call to prayer), [11], [186]
Adhriyoon (anemone), [166], n.
´Adid, El-, (Fáṭimee Khaleefeh, A.D. 1160-1171), [216], n.
Adultery, [17]
Agathodaemon, [39]
Aḥmad El-Bedawee (saint), [50], n., [62], [63], [72]
Aḥmad Rifá´ah (saint), [50], n.
Aḥmedeeyeh darweeshes, [50], n.
´Aïsheh (wife of Moḥammad), [34], [239]
´Ajameeyeh (a sweet paste), [23]
´Ajweh (pressed dates), [160]
´Aḳeeḳah (victim), [191]
Alchymy, [94]
´Alee, [266]
´Alee's wives, [222]
´Alee El-Bekree (saint), [65]-[69]
´Alee ibn-El-Ma-moon, [53]
´Alee El-Leythee (saint), [60]-[63]
´Alḳamah, [45]
Alláh (God), [133]
Alláhu Akbar! (God is Great!), [37]
Almond, [161], [167]
Almsgiving, [14], [23]
Aloes-wood, [157]
Ambassadors of Constantine VII., [121]
Ambergris, [157]
Ammooneh (female saint), [65]-[67]
Amphora, [158]
Amputation for theft, [17], [20], [21]
Amulets, [85]
Analysis of Arabian beauty, [215]
Anemone, [166]
Angel of Death, [90]
Angel who bears the earth, [106]
Angels, [2], [25], [26]
——, fallen, [82]
´Annáb (jujube), [161], n.
´Antarah, romance of, [127]
Antechamber of bath, [180]
Antelope hunting, [183]-[185]
Apartments, [145]
Apostasy, [18]
Apostles, [2]
Apostolic angels, [26]
Apple, [161]
Apricot, [161]
Arabs, early, [109]-[112]
´Arafát, Mount, [14], [21], [39]
Arba´een, El- (fortieth day after funeral), [263]
Archangels, [26]
Arms, [183]
´Arsh Er-Raḥmán (Throne of the Compassionate), [99]
´Arsh Iblees, [102]
Ás (myrtle), [165]
Asaf (Wezeer of Solomon), [40], [81]
Ascension of Moḥammad into Heaven, [164]
Asceticism, [53], [55]-[59]
Aṣḥáb ed-Darak (overseers), [48]
´Asḳalán, [141]
Asma´ee, El- (poet), [114], [124]-[126]
´Asr (afternoon prayer), [11]
Ass of Umm ´Amr, [213]
——, wild, hunting the, [185]
Astrology, [84], n., [86], [237]
Atlantic Ocean, [102]
Auguration, [86], [87]
Author made a darweesh, [62]
´Azázeel (the youthful Satan), [30], [31]
Azhar (the university mosque in Cairo), [50]
´Azraeel (Angel of Death), [26], [33], [90]
Bábil (Babel), [82]
Baghdád, literary period at, [112], [114]
Bahamoot (the fish that bears the earth), [107]
Bahár (buphthalmum), [167], n.
Baḥr el-Moḥeeṭ, El- (Circumambient Ocean), [100], [102]
Baḥr el-Muzlim, El- (Atlantic Ocean), [102]
Baḥr eẓ-Ẓulumát, or eẓ-Ẓulmeh (Sea of Darkness, i.e. Atlantic Ocean), [102]
Bakhteree, El- (poet), [118]
Báḳillà (beanflower), [167], n.
Bán (willow), [167], n.
Banana, [161]
Banquets, public, [139]-[141]
Baráhimeh darweeshes, [50], n.
Barahoot, well of, [264], [266]
Báriḥ (inauguration), [87]
Barḳooḳ (plum), [161], n.
Barmekees (Barmecides), [115]
Basil, sweet, [24], [167]
Basket-making saint, [52]
Baṣrah, owl of El-, [114]
Bath, [179]-[183]
—— spirits, [37], [38]
Báṭiyeh (jar), [158]
Baṭṭah (leather bottle), [158]
Baṭṭeekh (water-melon), [160]
Battues, [184]
Bat-winged Jinn, [46]
Beanflower, [167]
Beasts, language of, [133]
Beauty, Arab ideal of, [213]-[216]
Bedawee, El-, [50], n.
——, poetic, [116]
——, love of the, [211]-[213]
Beer, [149]
Behaviour, [198], [199]
Behemoth, [107]
Bekree, El- (saint), [65]-[69]
Belaḥ (date), [159]
Benefsej (violet), [165]
Beshneen (lotus), [167], n.
Betrothal, [230], [231]
Betrother, professional, [225]
Beverages, [142]
Beyt-owwal (antechamber), [180]
Biers, [258], n.
Birds, language of, [133]
Birth, ceremonies attending, [186]-[192]
Bisected Jinn, [45]
Biṭṭeekh (water-melon), [160]
Blacks, country of the, [102]
Blood, [15]
Blood-revenge, [19]
Blood-wit, [18], [35]
Books, destruction of, [54]
Boots, [169], n.
Boozeh (beer), [149]
Bottles, leather and glass, [158]
Bout of wine, [159]
Bow, [183]
Brandy, [154], [157]
Bread and salt, [144]
Breeding, good, [198], [199]
Bridal ceremonies, [232]-[238]
Bridegroom's ceremonies, [236], [237]
Buffalo sacrificed at funerals, [261]
Bull who bears the earth, [106]
Bunduḳ (hazel-nut), [161], n.
Buphthalmum, [167]
Burák, El- (the miraculous beast), [164]
Burckhardt, criticism of, [208], n.
Burial, [258]-[262]
Burḳo´ (face-veil), [225], n.
Burning the dead, [117]
Burtuḳán (orange), [161] n.
Butchering, [15]
Cain, [92]
Cakes, [23]
Call to prayer, [11], [12]
Camel's flesh, [15]
Camp, rules of hospitality, [143]
Cannibal Jinn, [41]-[44]
Carouse, [159]
Carpet, [146]
Carving, [147]
Cask, [158]
Ceiling, [147]
Censer, [157]
Centre of earth, [101]
Ceremonies attending death, [258], ff.
Chamomile, [167]
Chant of Muëddin, [11], [12]
—— of the Zikr, [75], [76]
Character, national, [205]
Charity, [14], [15], [54]
Charms, [6], [8], [82], [193]
Childhood and education, [186]-[206]
China, [44], [46], [102]
Chiromancy, [87]
Chrysolite, green, [104]
Circassian slaves, [249]
Circumcision, [15], [192], [200]
Cities, immorality of European, [243]
Citron, [161]
Civet, [157]
Civil laws, [16], [17]
Clean and unclean food, [141]
Clogs, [180]
Clothes, [16]
Cock, cry of, [133]
Code of Islám, [1]
Coffee, [150]
Coffee-seller, [235]
Coffee, white (brandy), [154]
Coiffure, [216]-[218]
Concubines, [17], [119], [124], [209], [222], [227], [247], [250]-[257]
Congress, literary, [109]
Coral, [218]
Corpse, treatment of, [258], [259]
Correspondence of Muslims, [127]
Corrupt dialect, [113]
Cosmography, [97]-[108]
Couch, [139]
Cousins' marriages, [227]
Creation of Jinn, [26]-[29]
Creed, [1]-[10]
Cremation, [117]
Cressets, [236]
Crier, [11]
Cries of birds, [133], [134]
Criminal law, [17]-[21]
Crocus, [167]
Crops of birds, [265]
Crossbow, [183]
Crowns, women's, [218]
Cruciform hall, [147]
Culture, Muslim, [202]
Cup, [158], [159]
Cupboards, [147]
Cup companion, [172]
Cushions, [146]
Da´eefeh (a slave-girl), [210]
Dahlán (species of Jinn), [44]
Daïs, [145]
Damascus, [118], [119]
Dancers, [201], [235]
Daniel, [86], n.
Darabukkeh (drum), [205]
Dár el-Jelál (Mansion of Glory, first stage of Paradise), [90]
Dár es-Selám (Mansion of Peace, second stage of Paradise), [99]
Ḍarb el-Mendel (mode of divination), [85], [94]
Ḍarb er-Raml (geomancy), [86], n.
Dar-gáh, [145]
Dark regions, [103]
Darkness beneath the earth, [107]
Darkness, Sea of, [102]
Ḍarrah (co-wife), [245], n.
Darweeshes (Dervishes), [47], [48], [50], n.
Darweesh performance (zikr), [73]-[77]
Dásim (son of Satan), [33]
Dásooḳee, Ed-, [50], n.
Date, [159]
Date-wine, [148], [149]
Day of Judgment, [108]
Days, lucky and unlucky, [92]
Dead, examination of, [262]
Death, Angel of, [90]
——, ceremonies of, [258]-[266]
Debts, [17]
Deenár (gold coin), [14], etc.
Deev (spirit), [27]
Deewán (divan), [146]
Degrees, prohibited, [226]
Delhán (species of Jinn), [44]
Delláleh (female broker), [239]
Demonology, [25]-[46]
Denn (earthen vessel), [158]
Dervishes, [47], [48], [50], n.
Destiny, [3]-[10]
Destoor yá mubárakeen! (Permission, ye blessed!), [37]
Devils, [2], [25], ff.
Dhu-l-Ḥijjeh (last month of the Muslim year), [15], [21]
Dhu-l-Kaạdeh (eleventh month), [110]
Dhu-l-Ḳarneyn, [103]
Diabolic magic, [82]-[93]
Dialect, corrupt, [113]
Dilḳ (a loose coat), [63]
Dinners, public, [139]-[141]
Dirhem (silver coin), [14], etc.
—— (a governor of Sijistán), [144]
Diseases, [7], [10]
Dishes, [137] ff., [159]
Divan, [146]
Divination, [82], [84], [85]
Divine magic, [81], [82]
Diving Jinn, [44]
Divorce, [17], [222], [240]-[248]
Dogmas of Islám, [1]-[10]
Doors, [147]
Dóraḳ (water-bottle), [188]
Dove, cry of, [133]
Dowry of a bride, [229], [230]
Dreams, [88]-[92]
Dress at wine-parties, [157]
Dresses of honour, [116]-[118]
Drinking, [150]
—— moderate, [154]
Drinks, [142]
Drives in hunting, [184]
Drum, [205]
Drunkenness, [18]
Duck, hawking, [183]
Dukhool, or dukhleh (visit), [237]
Dungeon under the Devil's jaw, [265]
Durḳá´ah (floor), [145]
Earth, [99]-[104]
—— divisions of, [101]-[104]
—— what it stands upon, [105]-[108]
Earths, the seven, [97], [105]
Earthquakes, [105], [107], n.
Eating, manner of, [135]-[137], [242], n.
Ecstasy, [50], [59], [77]
Education, [186]-[206]
´Eed (festival), [21]
Eewán, El- (daïs), [145]
Eezár (veil), [225], n.
´Efreets (species of Jinn), [27] ff.
Eglantine, [167]
Eiyoob (Job), [93]
Elias, [49], [103]
Emancipation, [250]-[253]
Emblematic conversation, [129]-[133]
Embroidery, [205], [239]
Emeen, El- (Khaleefeh, A.D. 809-813), [256]
Enchantment, [82], [83]
´Eneb (grape), [161], n.
Enoch, [86], n.
Epistles, Mohammadan, [127]
´Erk-soos (licorice), [149]
´Eshè (nightfall prayer), [11]
Establishment of Khaleefeh, [121]
Etiquette, [16]
—— in correspondence, [128]
Eunuchs, [254]
Ewers, [158]
Excitement, religious, [77]
´Eyáfeh, El- (auguration), [86]
Eye, evil, [84], [188], [193]-[195]
Eyes, blue, [214], n.
Ezbekeeyeh (quarter in Cairo), [68]
Faḍl ibn Yaḥyà (the Barmekee), [151]
Fághiyeh (privet), [165], n.
Fair of ´Okáḍh, [109]-[111]
Faith, confession of, [1]
Fál (omen), [87]
Family duty, [192]
Fans, [159]
Fasting, [14], [21]
Fate, [3]-[10]
Faṭeerehs (pancakes), [235]
Father and sons, [194], [195]
Fátiḥah, [24], [62], [74], [229], [230]
Fáṭimee Khaleefehs, A.D. 909-1171, [139]
Fáṭimeh (daughter of Moḥammad), [186], [222], [228]
Feasting and merrymaking, [135]-[185]
Feasts, public, [139]-[141]
Female education, [204], [205]
Festivals, [14], [15], [21]-[24]
—— of saints, [71],
[72]
Fig, [161]
Fig wine, [149]
Filial respect, [194]
Fines, [18]
Fire, smokeless, [27], [28]
Fire-eating saints, [49]
Fish that bears the world, [107]
Flax, [167]
Flowers, [161]-[167]
—— for graves, [24]
Fly-whisks, [159]
Food, [137]
—— manner of eating, [242], n.
—— clean and unclean, [15], [141]
Forms of the Jinn, [34]-[36]
Formulæ of faith, [1]
Fortune-telling, [85]
Fountain, [145], [180]
—— of Life, [138]
—— of Paradise, [239]
Freethinkers, [28]
Freewill, [5]
Friday prayers, [12]
Fruits, [159]
Funerals, [260] ff.
Furniture, [146]
——, bridal, [230]
Fustuḳ (pistachio-nut), [161], n.
Gabriel, [26]
Gait of women, [178], [219]
Galen, [166]
Galla slaves, [253]
Gallantry, affairs of, [220]
Game, [183]-[185]
Gaming, [15]
Gardens of Rest, of Eternity, of Delight, of Paradise, and of Eden (or Perpetual Abode), third to seventh stages of Paradise, [99]
Gazelle hunting, [183]-[185]
Genii, [2], [25]-[46]
Geography, Arab, [101]-[104]
Geomancy, [38], [86], n.
George, St., [103]
Georgian slaves, [249]
Ghareeb (a slave poetess), [256]
Gharrár (species of Jinn), [43], [44]
Gházool el-azrár (a plant), [130], n.
Ghools, [41]-[43], [104]
Ghós, El- (chief saint), [48]
Ghowwáṣah, El- (diving Jinn), [44]
Gilding, [147]
Gilliflower, [166]
Glass bottles, jugs, and cups, [158]
Glass, coloured, [147]
Gluttony, [141]
Goat, sacrifice of, [191]
God, [2]
Gog and Magog, [101], [102], [104]
Gold and silver ornaments, [16]
Goose, wild, hawking, [183]
Gospels, [3]
Gourmets, [141]
Grape, [161]
Grave, [262]
—— clothes, [259]
—— stones, [261]
—— visiting, [23], [69]-[71], [263]
Grouse, hawking, [183]
Guard, [254]
Guardian angels, [26]
—— genius, [38], [39]
Guests, [143]
Ḥabarah (kind of veil), [225], n.
Ḥabbábeh (Yezeed's slave-girl), [209]
Hábeel (Abel), [92]
Habitations of the Jinn, [37]
Ḥadeed (iron), [36]
Haḍramót (province), [45], [264], [266]
Hagiology, [47]-[79]
Hair-dressing, [216]-[218]
Hair, sign of submission, [216], n.
Ḥájj (pilgrimage), [14]
Ḥalḳat eṣ-ṣeyd (circle of the chase), [184]
Hall, [147]
Ham, [86], n.
Hambelees (Muslim sect), [1]
Ḥammád Er-Ráwiyeh (poet), [118]-[120]
Hammám (bath), [179]-[183]
Ḥanafee quarter in Cairo, [88]
Ḥanafees (sect), [1], [20]
Ḥaráreh (chief room in bath), [180]
Hare, [183]
Ḥareem (women's apartments), [194]
—— employments, [238], [239]
Ḥárith, El- (surname of Satan), [31]
Hároon Er-Rasheed (Khaleefeh, A.D. 786-809), [114]-[117], [169], [171], [172], [210], [256]
Hároot and Mároot, [82], [83]
Ḥasan, El- (grandson of Moḥammad), [186]
Ḥashr (formula of faith), [198]
Hat, sugarloaf, [169]
Hawking, [183]
Hazel-nut, [161]
Heavens, the seven, [97]
Heirs, [17]
Hell, [105], [108]
Hemp, [149], [150]
Hennà, [215], [234]
Heresy, [1]
Hermes Trismegistus, [86], n.
Heroic age of literature, [109]-[111]
Hijár, [160]
Hind, El- (India), [45], [102]
Hippocrates, [167]
Hishám (Khaleefeh, A.D. 724-743), [118]-[120]
Ḥobaḳ (sweet basil), [167], n.
Holiday meetings, [22]
Homicide, [18]
Honour, place of, [146]
Hood, [93]
Horoscope, [237]
Hospitality, [143]
Houses, Arab, [145]
Hunting, [183]-[185]
Iblees (Satan), [2], [27], [28], [30]-[33], [38], [105]
Ibráheem (Abraham), [103]
Ibráheem Ed-Dásooḳee, [50], n.
Ibráheem El-Khowwáṣ (saint), [51]
Ibráheem El-Móṣilee (poet), [169]-[172]
Ibráheem ibn-El-Mahdee (poet), [176]
Ibreeḳ (ewer), [119], [158]
Ibn-´Obeyd El-Bakhteree (poet), [118]
Idrees, [86], n.
Ijjás (plum), [161], n.
Iḳámeh (form of praise), [186], n.
´Ilm en-Nujoom (astrology), [86]
´Ilwee, or high, magic, [81]
Ilyás (Elias), [49], [103]
Images, [15]
Imám (minister), [12]
Improvisation, [203]
Incarnations of Jinn, [34]-[36]
Incense, [157]
India, [46], [102]
Infants, [186]-[192]
—— in Paradise, [196]-[198]
Infatuation, [213]
Infidels, distinguishing marks, [183]
Inheritance, [17]
Initiation of a darweesh, [62]
Ins (mankind), [25]
Insanity, [60]
In sháa-lláh (If it be the will of God), [61]
Inspector of markets, [158], n.
Intemperance, [151]-[157]
Intercession of saints, [4]
Interpretation of dreams, [88]
Intoxication, [18]
——, penalty of, [155]
Invocations, [38], [39], [81], [82], [84]
Isḥáḳ El-Móṣilee (poet), [169], [171], [172]
Islám, [1]-[24]
Ism el-Aạẓam, El- (the most great name of God), [81]
Isráfeel (blower of Last Trump), [26]
Izár (veil), [225], n.
Jaạfar El-Barmekee, [115], [117], [256]
Jaạfar Káshif, [67]
Jabart, [50]
Jabartee's mother, El-, [246]-[248]
Jábeh (Java), [45]
Jahennem (Hell), [105], [108]
Jám (empty cup), [159]
Jánn (i.q. Jinn), [27] ff.
—— ibn-Jánn, [29]
Jar, [158]
Jasmine, [167]
Java, [45]
Jebraeel (Gabriel), [26]
Jeelánee, El-, [50], n.
Jemmeyz (sycamore-fig), [161], n.
Jennet ´Adn (Garden of Eden, seventh stage of Paradise), [99]
Jennet el-Firdós (Garden of Paradise, its sixth stage), [99]
Jennet el-Khuld (Garden of Eternity, fourth stage of Paradise), [99]
Jennet el-Ma-wà (Garden of Rest, third stage of Paradise), [99]
Jennet en-Na´eem (Garden of Delight, fifth stage of Paradise), [99]
Jerusalem, [101]
——, Temple of, [40]
Jesus, [2]
Jewish and Muslim social systems, [242]
Jibreel (Gabriel), [26]
Jinn (Genii), [2], [25]-[46]
—— abode of, [37], [104]
Jinnee (singular of Jinn), [25]
Jinneeyeh wife, [36]
Job, [93]
Jonas, [92]
Joseph, [92]
Józ (walnut), [161], n.
Judgment, [3]
—— day, [108]
Jug, [158]
Jugglers, [24], [235]
Jujube, [161]
Jullanár, or Julnár (pomegranate flower), [167], n.
Jum´at el-Arba´een (the Friday forty days after funeral), [263]
Jummár (pith of palm), [160]
Jummeyz (sycamore-fig), [161], n.
Kaạb El-Aḥbar, sayings of, [206]
Kaạbeh (temple at Mekkeh), [48]
Ḳá´ah (hall or saloon), [147]
Ḳábeel (Cain), [92]
Ḳaḍà, El- (fate), [3]
Ḳaḍà el-moḥkam, El- (absolute fate), [3], [4]
Ḳaḍà el-mubram, El- (alterable fate), [3], [4]
Ḳadaḥ (empty cup), [159]
Ḳadar, El-, (destiny), [3]
Ḳádee (judge), [67], [151], [229], [230]
Ḳádireeyeh darweeshes, [59], n.
Ḳáf, mountains of, [37], [100], [104]
Káfoor, El-Ikhsheedee, Governor of Egypt, [131]
Kafráwee, El-, [95]
Ḳafṭán (long vest), [259]
Kaḥk (cake), [23]
Ḳahweh (coffee), [151]
Ḳahwejee (coffee-seller), [235]
Ḳalensuweh (sugarloaf hat), [169]
Karámeh (saint's miracle), [49]
Kás (full cup), [159]
Ḳaṣab es-sukkar (sugar-cane), [161], n.
Ḳaṣeedah (ode), [76]
Ḳaṭà (grouse), [133], [134], [183]
Kebbád (citron), [161], n.
Keemiyà, El- (alchymy), [94]
Ḳeerát (1/20th of a deenáar), [117]
Kelimeh (profession of faith), [198]
Kereem (bountiful), [133]
Ketmia, [167]
Kettán (flax), [167], n.
Ḳeys ibn Aṣim, [156]
Khaláf (willow), [167], n.
Khaleefehs' magnificence, [119], [121], [122]
Khaleel, El- (Abraham), [93]
Khárijeh, [224]
Khashkhash (poppy), [167], n.
Khaṭeeb (minister), [12]
Khátibeh (betrother), [224]
Khátimeh (epilogue), [45], n.
Khatmeh (recitation of the whole Ḳur-án), [24], [78], [187], [201], [258]
Khaṭṭ (geomancy), [38], n.
Kheeree (gilliflower), [166]
Khiḍr, El- (a mythological saint), [49], [62], [63], [103]
Khiláf (willow), [167], n.
Khiṭb (I ask), [224]
Khiṭmee (Ketmia), [167], n.
Khokh (peach), [161], n.
Khowwás (basket-maker), [52]
Khuffs (soft inside boots), [169]
Khuṭbeh (minister's prayer and exhortation), [13], [22], [229], [230]
Kiháneh, El- (divination), [81]-[86]
Kináạ (face veil), [225], n.
Kinneeneh (glass bottle), [158]
King of flowers, [161]-[165]
——, niggardly, [124]-[126]
Kiyáfeh, El- (chiromancy), [87]
Koḥl (collyrium), [214], [234]
Koobeh (wine-cup), [159], n.
Koofeh El- (city in ´Iráḳ), [118]
Koran. See Ḳur-án and index of authors
Ḳulleh (sherbet-cup), [159], n.
—— (water-bottle), [188]
Kumeyt (red), [151], n.
Kummetrè (pear), [161], n.
Ḳur-án (Koran), [3]. (See index of authors.)
—— recitation, [24], [78], [187], [201], [258], [263]
——, style of, [111], [112]
Ḳurṣ (crown), [218], n.
Ḳuṭb (chief saint), [47]
Ḳuṭb el-Ghóth (chief saint of invocation), [47]
Ḳuṭrub (species of Jinn), [43]
Kuyootà (the bull who carries the earth), [106]
Lá-iláha-illa-lláh! (There is no deity but God!), [58]
Lamentations, [258]
Lamp, miraculous, [50]
Language of birds and beasts, [133], n.
Last day, [108]
Lattice-work, [147]
Laws, civil, [16], [17]
—— criminal, [17]-[21]
—— moral and ritual, [10]-[16]
Lebláb (beanflower), [167], n.
Leewán (daïs), [145]
Lemon, [161]
Letters, [109]-[134]
Leylà and Mejnoon, [208]
Leymoon (lime), [161], n.
Leythee, El-, (saint), [60]-[63]
Libation at the tomb, [156]
Licorice beverage, [149]
Life, fountain of, [103]
Lily, [167]
Lime, [161]
Limitations of polygamy, [241]
Limits of Arab geography, [101]
Looṭ (Lot), [93]
Lotus, [161], [167]
Love, true, [207]-[213]
Lóz (almond), [161], n., [167], n.
Liqueur-glass, [159], n.
Liquors, fermented, [148]-[159]
Literature, [109]-[134]
Lunatic saints, [60]
Lute, [168], [170], [174], [178]
Mace, [183]
Mádineh (minaret), [11]
Madness, [60]
Magic, [38], [39], [80]-[96]
Magician, a famous, [91]-[96]
Magnificence of Khaleefehs, [119], [121], [122]
Magog, [101], [102], [104]
Mahdee, El- (Khaleefeh, A.D. 775-785), [176]
Májooj, [101], [102], [104]
Maḳṣoorah (railed enclosure), [68]
Málikees (sect), [1]
Ma-moon, El-, (Khaleefeh, A.D. 813-833), [117], [172]-[175], [256]
Manners, [16], [198], [199]
Mansions of Glory and of Peace, first and second stages of Paradise, [99]
Manṣoor Effendee, [153], n.
Mantle of prophecy, [50]
Manufactures, [235], [236]
Manumission, [252]
Marble pavement, [145]
Márids (species of Jinn), [27], ff.
Máristán (hospital and madhouse in Cairo), [64], [67]
Market streets, [177]
Mároot and Hároot, [82], [83]
Marriage, [16], [203], [204], [207]-[248]
—— contract, [230], [231]
—— feasts, [232]
—— law, [221]
—— short form of, [224]
—— with slaves, [252]
Martyrs, [265], n.
Marwán (Governor of Medeeneh), [211], [212]
Masks, [111]
Maṣyedehs (enclosures for battues), [184]
Mat, [146]
Mattress, [146]
Meals, [135] ff.
Meạráj (ascension into Heaven), [146]
Meats, clean and unclean, [15], [141]
Meded (support), [76]
Medicines, [6], [8]
Meekaeel or Meekál (Michael), [26]
Mejzoob (lunatic), [65], [67]
Mekkeh, [12], [14], [21], [39], [101], [247]
Melek (angel), [25]
Memlooks (male white slaves), [254]
Menárehs, street of the, [123]
Menfooḥah (in Yemámeh), [155]
Menou, General, [64]
Mensej (embroidery frame), [239]
Menthoor (gilliflower), [166]
Meshoom (unlucky), [36]
Meslemeh (Yezeed's brother), [209]
Meslakh (disrobing room in bath), [180]
Michael, [26]
Middle Age of Arab literature, [112]
Midwife, [187]
Minaret, [11], [12]
Minè, Valley of, [21]
Minister, [12]
Miracles of saints, [49]-[52]
Mirwaḥah (fan), [130]
Mishmish (apricot), [161]
Mizmár (a musical pipe), [38]
Moạjizeh (prophet's miracle), [49]
Moạtaḍid, El- (Khaleefeh, A.D. 892-902), [158]
Moạtaṣim, El- (Khaleefeh, A.D. 833-842), [256]
Moạtezileh (freethinkers), [28]
Mo´áwiyeh (Khaleefeh, A.D. 661-680), [210]-[213]
Moderation in wine, [154]
Moḥammad the Prophet, [2]
—— sayings of. See index of authors, under Ḳur-án and Mishkát
Moḥammad, praise of, [75]
Moḥammad ´Alee's funeral, [261], n.
Moḥammad El-Ashwam (a Tunisian saint), [50]
Moḥammad Ibn-Eṭ-Ṭeiyib (dyer of Baghdad), [224]
Mohammadanism, [1]-[24]
Moḥeeṭ (circumambient ocean), [102]
Moḥtesib (inspector), [158], n.
Mole, a beauty spot, [214]
Monogamy, [223], n.
Monopoly, [17]
Moolids, or Mólids (saints' festivals), [71], [72]
Moral laws, [10]-[16]
Mosaic legislation, [242]
Moses, [2]
Móṣil, owl of El-, [114]
Mosque, [12], [21]
—— teaching, [202]
Mourning, [258]
—— colour, [261]
Móz (banana), [161]
Muballigh (transmitter, at public prayers), [111]
Muëddin (crier), [11], [12], [38]
——, Devil's, [168]
Mugheyreh ibn-Sheạbeh, [223]
Mujáhid, adventure of, [83]
Mukháriḳ (a singer), [171]-[175]
Muḳtedir, El-, (Khaleefeh, A.D. 908-932), [121], [201]
Mulberry, [161]
Munádee, El-, (saint), [62]
Munkir (angel who examines the dead), [26], [262]
Munshids (singers of odes), [71], [74]
Murder, [17], [18]
Muṣḥaf (copy of the Ḳur-án), [16], n.
Music, Arab, [15], [167]-[176], [178], [179]
—— of the Zikr, [75], [76]
Musical parties, [174]
Musician's fees, [157]
Muṣṭafà El-Munádee (saint), [62]
Mutanebbee, El-, (poet), [131]-[133]
Mutawekkil, El-, (Khaleefeh, A.D. 847-861), [45], [161]
Mutilation, [20]
Muweshshaḥ (ode), [76]
Myrtle, [165]
Mythology, [25]-[46]
Nabḳ (lote), [161], n.
Naked saints, [63]
Naḳeeb, [50]
Nakhleh (near Mekkeh), [110]
Nákir (i.q. Munkir), [26]
Name, assumed, [153], n.
——, the Most Great, [81]
Naming a child, [189], [190]
Napkin, [159]
Nárahs (Persian Jinn), [27]
Narcissus, [166]
Narcotics, [149], [150]
Nárinj (Seville orange), [161], n.
Narjis (narcissus), [166]
Narseen (myrtle), [165]
Naṣeeb (a slave), [156]
National character, [205]
Natural magic, [93]
Nebboot (long staff), [65]
Nebeedh (new wine), [148], [149]
Nedeem (cup companion), [172]
Needlework, [204]
Neelófar (Nenuphar), [167], n.
Negro slaves, [250], [253]
Nekeer (angel who examines the dead), [26], [262]
Nemám (wild thyme), [167], n.
Nenuphar, [167]
Nesnás (species of Jinn), [45], [46]
Nets in hunting, [184]
Niche, [12]
Nikḥ (I accept), [224]
Nimrod, [93]
Nisreen (eglantine), [167], n.
Noah, [2]
Noạmán (blood), [166], n.
Noạmán Ibn-El-Mundhir (King of El-Ḥeereh), [166]
Noor-ed-deen Maḥmood (Sulṭán of Syria), [216], n.
Nuḳl (fruits), [159]
Nuḳuldáns (saucers), [159]
Numrood (Nimrod), [93]
Nuts, [161]
Oaths, [16], n.
Obeisance, degrees of, [119], n.
Ocean, circumambient, [100], [102]
Odes, [68], [76]
—— singers of, [72], [74], [236]
Odium irrevocabile, [241], n.
´Okáḍh, fair of, [109]-[111]
Olive, [161]
´Omán, Sea of (Persian Gulf), [44]
´Omar (Khaleefeh, A.D. 634-644), on women, [42], [219]
Omens, [87]
Oneromancy, [88]-[92]
´Onnáb (jujube), [161], n.
´Ood, El-, (lute), [178]
Opium, [93], [96], [149]
Orange, [161]
Orders of Darweeshes, [48]
Ornaments, [16]
Orthodox theology, [1]
´Oṣfur (safflower), [167], n.
´Othmán (Khaleefeh, A.D. 644-656), [255]
Outwitting a king, [124]-[126]
Pages, [253]
Palm, praise of, [160]
Palm-branch, [23]
Palm-tree fibre, [181]
Pancakes, [235]
Panels, [147]
Paradise, [98], [99]
Parents and children, [192]
Parrot, talking, [134]
Partridge, hawking, [183]
Pavilion, royal, [119]
Peach, [161]
Peacock of the angels (surname of Satan), [31]
Pear, [161]
Pentateuch, [3]
Perees (fairies), [27]
Perfumes, [93], [157]
Persia, dress of the King of, [123]
Persian sect, [1]
Pharaoh, [93]
Pictures, [15]
Pie, a famous, [138], [139]
Pigeon, cry of, [133]
Pilgrimage, [14]
Pillar spirits, [29]
Pints, [159]
Pistachio-nut, [161]
Pitch for curing wine, [158]
Plague, [10]
—— a dream of the Great, [88]-[92]
Platform, [13]
Pleiades, [87]
Plum, [161]
Plunging Jinn, [44]
Plurality of wives, [222]
Poems, examples, [115], [116]
Poetic contests, [110]
Poetry, [109]-[134], [203]
Polygamy, [221], [240]-[248]
Pomegranates, [161], [167]
Poppy, [167]
Potations, interrupted, [153]
Psalms, [3]
Prayers, [8], [11]-[14], [22]
—— call to, [11], [12]
Preadamite Jinn, [29], [40]
Predestination, [3]-[10]
Pre-islamic Arabs, [109]-[112]
Presents, [116]-[120]
Preserved tablet, [5]
Price of blood, [18], [35]
Privet, Egyptian, [165]
Procession, bridal, [233]-[236]
Prophets, [2], [29]
Proverb, [133], [134], [245], n.
Ptolemy, [99]
Pulpit, [13]
Punishments, [3]
Purifications, [11]
Pyramid builders, [29]
Quail, hawking, [183]
Quarantine, [10]
Quince, [161]
Rabáb (viol), [178]
Rabeeạ eth-Thánee (the fourth month of the Muslim year), [65]
Raḥmánee or divine magic, [81], [82]
Raïj, Island in Chinese sea, [46]
Raisin-wine, [149]
Ram, sacrifice of, [191]
Ramaḍán (month of fasting), [14], [21], [39], [41]
Rasheed, Er-., See Hároon.
Ráwiyeh (reciter), [118]
Recording angels, [26]
Reeḥán (sweet basil), [167], n.
Rek´ah (form of Prayer), [11]-[13], [22], [237]
Religion, [1]-[24]
Religious excitement, [77]
Resurrection, [3]
Retaliation, [19]
Revenants, [265], [266]
Rewards of literature, [116]-[120], [171], [172] ff.
Rifá´eeyeh darweeshes, [50], n.
Ringdove, cry of, [133]
Ring signature, [128]
Ritual laws, [10]-[16]
Riwáḳ (division in the Azhar), [50]
Robber thwarted, [144]
Rock of ruby beneath the earth, [106]
Romances, [127]
Rooḥánee or spiritual magic, [81]-[93]
Room in Arab house, [145]
Rose, [161]-[165]
—— miraculous, [163], [164]
—— preserved, [163]
—— beds, [165]
—— lover, [162]
—— season, [162]
—— sellers, cry of, [164]
—— water, [157], [162]
Royal economy, [124]-[126]
Rowḥ ibn-Ḥátim, [163]
Rummán (pomegranate), [161]
Ruṣáfeh quarter in Baghdád, [173]
Ruṭab (fresh dates), [159]
Saạláh (species of Jinn), [43]
Ṣabbárah (aloe plant), [131]
Ṣabr (patience), [131]
Sacrifice, [15], [190], [191], [261]
Ṣádoomeh, the magician, [94]-[96]
Ṣafà (head-dress), [217]-[218]
Safarjal (quince), [161], n.
Ṣaffár, Eṣ-, (the brazier), [144]
Safflower, [167]
Saffron, [167]
Saints, [47]-[79]
Ṣaláh (prayer), [11]
Ṣáliḥ's camel, [93]
Saloon, [147]
Salt, [144]
—— sprinkling, [41], [188]
Salutation of Friday, [12]
Salutations, [119], n.
Samoom, [28], [43]
Sániḥ (inauguration), [87]
Satan, [2]
Satanic magic, [82]-[93]
Saucers, [159]
Schools, [201], [202]
Scriptures, [2]
Sea of Darkness (Atlantic), [102]
—— of light, [98]
Seal of Solomon, [40]
Seạláh (species of Jinn), [43]
Second sight, [61], [62]
Secret drinking, [153]
Secret signs, [132]
Sects of Islám, [1]
Seemiyà, Es-, (natural magic), [93]
Ṣeen, Eṣ-, (China), [44], [46], [102]
Seestán, or Sijistán, [144]
Seḥr, Es-, (enchantment), [83]
Selám (salutation), [12]
Selsebeel (fountain of Paradise), [239]
Semennood, [94]
Sereer (couch), [139]
Serpent, [28], [34]
Serpent-worship, [39]
Service in mosque, [12]
Seville orange, [161], [167]
Shaạbán (eighth month of the Muslim year), [8]
Sháfi´ee, Esh-, (the founder of the Sháfi´ee sect), [19]
Sháfi´ees (sect), [1], [19], [20]
Sháh El-Karmánee (saint), [54]
Shaḳáïḳ (anemone), [166], n.
Sharáb (wine: now sherbet), [131]
Sharaïbee, mosque of Esh-, [68]
Shaving the head, [191]
Sheba, Queen of, [81]
Shell-fish, forbidden, [141]
Sherbet of violets, [165]
Sheyṭán (devil), [25] ff.
Sheyṭánee or Satanic magic, [82]-[93]
Shiháb (shooting-star), [33]
Shiḳḳ (species of Jinn), [45]
Shiya´ees (heretic sect), [1]
Shoes, [146]
Shooting-stars, [85]
Shroud, [259]
Shurraábeh (tassel), [131]
Sidr (lote), [161], n.
Sieve, for infants, [187]
Signature by ring, [128]
Signet, [128]
Signs, secret, [132]
—— language by, [129]-[133]
Sijdeh, Soorat es- (32nd chapter of Ḳur-án), [134]
Sijistán (province of Persia), [144]
Sijjeen (dungeon under Devil's jaw), [264]
Simát (platform), [140]
Sin of cities in Europe, [243]
Singers, female, [177]
Ṣiyám (fasting), [14]
Slaughter of beasts, [15]
Slavery, [250]-[257]
Slaves, accomplishments of, [253]
—— murder of, [251]
—— offspring of, [250]
—— treatment of, [253]-[255]
Slave-girls, price of, [256]
Smokeless fire, [27], [28]
Soạdà (a Bedaweeyeh), [211]
Social system, Mohammadan, [240]-[248]
Solomon, [29], [81], [93], [139]
Son, duty of a, [194]
Songs, [179]
Soodán (country of the Blacks), [102]
Sooḳ (market street), [177]
Soorah (= chapter of the Ḳur-án), [24]
Soorat en-Noor (24th chapter of Ḳur-án), [204]
Soorat es-Sijdeh (32nd chapter of the Ḳur-án), [134]
Soorat Yá-Seen (36th chapter of the Ḳur-án), [24], [134]
Soorat Yoosuf (12th chapter of the Ḳur-án), [204]
Soosan (lily), [167], n.
Sorcery, [80]-[96]
Sortes Koranicae, [81]
Sóṭ (son of Satan), [33]
Soul, [262]-[265]
Spear, [183]
Spells, [84]
Spheres of Heaven, [97], n.
Spinning, [238], [239]
Spirits, [25]-[46]
Spirits of dead, [263]-[266]
Spiritual magic, [81]-[93]
Sport, [183]-[185]
Stages of Hell, [108]
—— of Paradise, [99]
Star, shooting, [33]
State after death, [263]-[266]
Stealing, [17], [20]
Stelae, [262]
Stoning to death, [17]
Story-tellers, [24]
Straining wine, [157]
Street of the Menárehs, [123]
Subterranean cosmography, [105]-[108]
Suckling, [193]
Suflee or low magic, [81]
Sugar-cane, [161]
Sugarloaf hat, [169]
Sukkar nebát (sugar-candy), [131]
Suleymán (Solomon), [29], [39], [40], [81], [93]
——, son of Aboo-Jaạfar, [210]
Sumbul the slave-dealer, [256]
Sunnees (orthodox party), [1]
Sunneh (Traditions of the Prophet), [19]: and see index of authors under Mishkát.
Supernatural appearance, [59]
Superstitions, [25]-[46]
Surnames, [189], [190]
Sweat of the Prophet, [164]
Sweetmeat mountains, [140]
Sword, [183]
—— at prayers, [13]
Swine's flesh, [15]
Sycamore-fig, [161]
Table, [135], [136], [140]
Ṭáif, Eṭ-, (near Mekkeh), [110]
Ṭalsam (talisman), [38], [39], [84], n.
Tambourine, [205], [258]
Ṭanṭà Festival, [72]
Ṭanṭáwee, Eṭ-, Sheykh, [88], [238]
Táoos (Peacock: surname of Satan), [31]
Tár (tambourine), [205]
Ṭarboosh (skull cap), [218], n.
Tattooing, [38], n.
Teen (fig), [161], n.
Teer (son of Satan), [33]
Tefául, Et-, (augury), [87]
Temer el-ḥennà (privet), [165], n.
Terrae incognitae, [102]
Theft, [17], [20]
Throne of the Compassionate, [99]
—— of Iblees, [102]
—— verse, [198]
Thureiyà (cluster of lamps), [87]
Thyme, wild, [167]
Tides caused by Bull Kuyootà, [107]
Tiffáḥ (apple), [161], n.
Tihámeh (in Western Arabia), [44]
Tiles, [145]
Tobacco, [150]
Ṭóḳ (collar), [117]
Tomb, [262]
—— of saints, [69]
—— visits to, [23], [69]-[71]
Ṭoosee, Et-, (theologian), [73]
Toot (mulberry), [161], n.
Topers, royal, [152]
Towwáb (propitious), [133]
Trade, learning a, [199]
Trades, [235], [236]
Tramp, Last, [26], [262]
Tuffáḥ (apple), [161]
Tuition, [202]
Turunj (lemon), [161], n.
Uḳḥowán (chamomile), [167], n.
´Ulamà (sheykhs or doctors of the law), [64]
´Ulamà's dictum on saints, [64]
Umm-´Amr and her ass, [213]
Umm-Khárijeh, [224]
Universe, Arab notions of, [97]-[108]
Unveiling the bride, [237]
Usury, [17]
Utrujj (lemon), [161], n.
Vault, [262]
Veil, [111], [225], n.
—— disuse of, [177]
—— of Heaven, [99]
Vendetta, [19], [110]
Verse, [203]
Vessel for wine, [158]
Viol, [178]
Violet, [165]
—— sherbet, [165]
Virtues, [15], [16], [220]
Visits to the tombs, [23], [69], [263]
Vulgarisms, [113]
Wahhábee women, 225, n.
Wailing, [258], [262]
Wa-lláhi-l-´Aẓeem! (By God the Great!), [16], n.
Walls, [147]
Walnut, [161]
Ward (rose), [161]-[165]
Warning of death, [88]
Washing, [11]
—— before meals, [136]
—— the dead, [258]
Water-bottles, [188], n.
Water-melon, [159], [160]
Waterspout spirits, [37]
Weapons, [183]
Weaving, [205], [238]
Wedding ceremonies, [232]-[238]
—— propitious months for, [230]
Weleed, El-, (Khaleefeh, A.D. 705-715), [112], [118]
Welees (saints), [47]-[79]
Weleeyeh (female saint), [66]
Well of Bábil, [83]
—— spirits, [37]
Weshm (tattooing), [38], n.
Whirlwind spirits, [36]
White coffee (brandy), [154]
Wickedness of women, [219]
Widows, objections to, [228]
Wife, advice of, [219]
—— choice of, [224]
—— duties of, [238], [239]
—— fellow-, [245], n.
—— of the Jinn, [36]
—— qualifications of, [227]-[229]
Wiláyeh (saintship), [57], [62]
Willow (oriental), [167]
Windows, [147]
Wine, [15], [148]-[159]
——, Book of, [151]
Witnesses to a marriage, [229]
Wives, [207]-[248]
—— love between two, [246]-[248]
—— plurality of, [222], [223]
Women, [207]-[248]
—— in Hell, [219]
—— position of, [240]-[248]
—— wickedness of, [219]
World, Arab notions of, [97]-[108]
Wuḍoo (ablution), [11]
Yaạḳoob Eṣ-Ṣaffáree, [144]
Yájooj and Májooj, [101], [102], [104]
Yásameen (jasmine), [167], n.
Yá-Seen (= Y. S.; title of 36th chapter of Ḳur-án), [24]
Yemen, El-, (South Arabia), [44], [45]
Yezeed (Khaleefeh, A.D. 720-724), [208]-[210]
Yóm es-Subooạ (7th day after birth), [187]-[189]
Yoonus (Jonas), [92]
Yoosuf (Joseph), [92], [204]
——, the Prophet of the Jinn, [29]
Yoosuf Bey, [95]
Zaạfarán (crocus or saffron), [167], n.
Zacharias, [93]
Ẓáhir, romance of Eẓ-, [127]
Zahr or Zahr-Nárinj (Seville orange-flower), [167], n.
Zebeeb (raisin wine), [149]
Zekáh (alms), [14]
Zekeriyà (Zacharias), [93]
Zeleekhá, [248]
—— (Potiphar's wife), [204]
Zelemboor (son of Satan), [33]
Zemzem, will of, [264]
Zeyn el-´Ábideen, [255]
Zeytoon (olive), [161], n.
Zijr, Ez-, (auguration), [86]
Zikkeers (performances of a zikr), [73]
Zikr (Darweesh performance), [73]-[77], [201], [233]
Zinj, Ez-, (S. Ethiopia), [102]
Zodiacal signs in horoscopes, [238]
Ẓulumát, Eẓ-, (Dark Regions), [103]. See Baḥr.