B.
Badger (Rev. G.P.), on Muhammad, 120
Badger (Rev. G.P.), about the Koran, 140
Badr, battle of, 127
Baghdad, founding of, 12; description of 96; fall and conquest of, 12
Baital Pachesi, 183
Baladori (Al), the translator and chronicler, 91
Barmekides, The, 12, 98-101
Bashshar bin Burd, the poet, 77, 78
Battani (Al), or Albategnius, the astronomer, 25, 43
Bekri (Al), the traveller and geographer, 49, 50, 52
Benjamin's (Mr.) 'Persia and the Persians,' 6
Beruni (Al), the traveller and geographer, 49, 50, 51
Biblos, or Book, or Bible, 139; the work of many men, 139; its increased interest after visiting Egypt, Palestine and Syria, 139; can be read in various ways, 139; its description by 'Il Secolo,' 140 as a scientific work of little value, 140
Birgeli, or Birkeli, the dogmatist and grammarian, 112
Bohtori (Al), the poet, 76, 77, 84
Boulak (Cairo) text of the 'Nights,' 156, 180
Breslau (Tunis) text of the 'Nights', 156, 174, 175, 180
Buddha, 119
Buddha compared with Jesus, 142, 143
Buddhism and Christianity, 142
Buddhist birth stories, or Jataka tales, 184
Bujeir bin Zoheir, the poet, 32
Bukhari (Al), the traditionist, 38, 39
Burton (Richard F.), description of his 'Nights' translation in
Sixteen volumes, 155, 156, 175-180
Busiri (Al)'s poem of the Mantle, 21, note