INDEX.

Aámir, Beni, [26]
Abbâs, prays for rain, [233]
Abbassides, [432], [448], [450] et seq.
Abd al Cays, Beni, [51], [360]
Abdallah Abbâs (see [Ibn Abbâs])
Abdallah, son of Abu Bekr, [65]
„ „ Hosein, [440]
„ „ Khâlid, [37], [319]
„ „ Omar, [46], [281], [287], [288], [325], [355], [392], [394], [430], [434]
Abdallah, son of Zobeir (see [Ibn Zobeir])
Abd al Malik, [446], [447]
Abd al Masîh, [80], [82]
Abd al Rahmân, first Caliph in Spain, [449]
Abd al Rahmân ibn Awf, [65], [117], [189];
Elector, [280], [286], [287];
Umpire, [289];
nominates Othmân Caliph, [290] et seq., [309];
death, [324]
Abd al Rahmân, son of Abu Bekr, [44], [119];
enamoured of Leila, [272], [430], [434]
Abd al Rahmân, son of Khâlid, [394]
Abd Shems, Beni, [294]
Abd Yaghûth, [54]
Abrac, [17]
Abs, Beni, [13], [17]
Abu Bekr, described, [1], [120];
election, [3], [5], [7];
addresses troops, [10], [96], [13], [16], [18];
derivation of name, [24];
burns a rebel, [29];
justifies Khâlid, [35], [45], [90];
angry with Khâlid, [46], [50];
pardons Ashâth, [58], [64], [77], [78];
angry with Khâlid ibn Saîd, [94];
transfers Khâlid to Syria, [100];
orders levy, [114];
last pilgrimage, [115];
sickness, [116];
names Omar his successor, [117];
death, [119];
character, [120] et seq.;
family, [122], [223];
compiles Corân, [231], [275], [286], [456]
Abu Catâda, [33] et seq.
Abu Cays, [301]
Abu Dzarr Ghifâry, [309]
Abu Hodzeifa, [42]
Abu Horeira, [426]
Abu Jandal, [273]
Abul Abbâs, Al Saffâh, [449]
Abul Aûr, [151], [394]
Abu Lulû, assassin of Omar, [278] et seq.
Abu Mihjan, [168]
Abu Musâ, Governor of Bussorah, [266];
deposed, [305];
Governor of Kûfa, [320];
deposed, [359] et seq.;
Umpire, [385];
decision, [391] et seq., [408]
Abu Muslim, [449]
Abu Obeid, [126];
killed, [130]
Abu Obeida, [2], [95] et seq., [108];
commands in Syria, [143];
attacks Fihl, [151], [198], [200], [207], [216];
sends grain to Hejâz, [233];
will not quit Syria in the plague, [234];
death, [235], [276], [286]
Abu Rabia, [290]
Abu Sarh (see [Ibn Abu Sarh])
Abu Shajra, [28]
Abu Sofiân, [96], [108], [109], [237];
death, [277]
Abu Talha, [281], [288]
Abu Zobeid, [304]
Abyssinia, [264]
Ackîl deserts his brother Aly, [410]
Ackka, [85], [86]
Acra, [50]
Acraba (Yemâma), battle of, [39] et seq.
Aden, [54], [55], [57]
Adî ibn Hâtim, [15], [24], [72]
Adzân, call to prayer, [18], [238]
Adzrâat, [153]
Africa, [298]
Aghlabite dynasty, [450]
Aghwâth (Câdesîya), [167], [170]
Ahnaf ibn Cays, [385]
Ahwâz, [249], [251]
Ain Shems, [241]
Ain Tamar, [85], [101]
Ajâ and Salmâ (mountains), [22]
Ajnadein, [206]
Akk, Beni, [53]
Alâ, [18], [47], [49], [50], [249]
Alcama, [27]
Aleppo, [200], [216]
Alexandria, [216], [239] et seq.;
capitulates, [243];
second siege, [247], [298];
naval victory off, [301]
Ali Bey, travels of, [209]
Allîs, battle of, [76], [82], [132]
Aly, [21] note, [64], [65];
his slave girls, [89], [123], [207];
appointed Elector, [280], [282], [287], [289];
swears allegiance to Othmân, [291], [293], [295], [308], [316], [317];
expostulates with Othmân, [321], [327], [329] et seq.;
sends son to protect Othmân, [334];
elected Caliph, [342] et seq.;
would supersede Muâvia, [345];
appoints new governors, [347];
defied by Muâvia, [349];
pursues rebels, [355];
advances on Bussorah, [360];
negotiates with rebels, [361];
Battle of Camel, [363];
enters Bussorah, [366];
transfers government to Kûfa, [369];
sends envoy to Muâvia, [376];
invades Syria, [377];
battle of Siffîn, [380] et seq.;
accepts arbitration, [386];
opposed by Khârejites, [388];
Syrian campaign ordered, [397];
defeats Khârejites, [399];
loses Egypt, [401] et seq.;
attitude towards Christian captives, [406];
truce with Muâvia, [410];
assassination, [411] et seq.;
burial-place unknown, [414];
character, [415], [433], [451], [456]
Aly Akbar, [440]
Aly Asghar, [440], [441]
Alyites (see [Shîyas]), [454]
Aly, son of Hosein, [439]
Ameer al Momenîn, title of Caliph, [285]
Amghîsia, [78]
Amida, [217], [219]
Amina, Mahomet’s mother, [289]
Ammân, [153]
Ammâr, Governor of Kûfa, [268], [269], [284], [290], [325], [359], [363], [368], [380];
killed, [382]
Amr ibn Mádekerib, [53], [55], [56], [138], [158], [168], [173]
Amr, son of Sád, [437], [445]
Amru, [12], [18], [93], [95], [97] et seq., [108], [153], [205] et seq., [208];
sends grain to Medîna, [233];
conquers Egypt, [239] et seq.;
Mosque of, [244];
Feast in Egypt, [246];
conquests in Africa, [247], [264], [276], [288];
displaced in Egypt, [299], [326];
joins Muâvia, [373];
commands Muâvia’s army, [378], [382];
appointed Umpire, [385];
decision, [391] et seq.;
escapes assassination, [412];
his death, [422]
Amwâs, [206]
Anbâr, [85], [89], [138]
Ansâr, citizens of Medîna, [3], [5], [32], [126]
Antioch, [200], [216]
Apology of Al Kindy, [23], [75], [220], [416], [452]
Apostasy, of Arabia, [11];
left a stigma, [28], [63];
subdued, [60];
ban removed, [126]
Araba, [97]
Arabia, exodus from, [60];
to be wholly Moslem, [224], [230]
Arab slaves set free, [63]
Arabs, militant race, [62];
pensioned, [226];
nobility of the Moslem world, [260];
antagonism between, and Coreish, [294], [454], [455]
Arbitration at Siffîn, [386]
Ardshir (city), [406]
Ardshîr (king), [76]
Arfaja, [18], [51], [134], [191]
Arîsh, [241]
Armâth (Câdesîya), [167]
Armenia, [217]
Arrestân, [199]
Artabûn, [206], [207], [241]
Asad, Beni, [22], [25], [26], [27], [169]
Ascalon, [206]
Ashár, Beni, [53]
Asháth ibn Cays, [56] et seq., [64], [219], [385]
Ashtar, [317], [319], [337], [360];
precipitates Battle of Camel, [362];
at Siffîn, [384] et seq.
Asia Minor, [217], [297], [298]
Asim, his feat at Câdesîya, [168]
Asim fords the Tigris with cavalry, [183]
Asma, wife of Abu Bekr, [118] et seq., [446]
Aswad, the false prophet, [52]
Atîck (see [Bâdacla])
Attâb, [52], [65]
Aus, Beni, [5], [61]
Ayesha, [2], [5], [120], [276], [281], [338];
her sedition at Mecca, [351];
character, [352];
her camel, [353];
alarmed on march to Bussorah, [354];
occupies Bussorah, [356];
at Battle of Camel, [361] et seq.;
camel hamstrung, [364];
retires to Medîna, [367], [403]
Ayla, [93], [233];
Bishop of, visited by Omar, [236]
Azarmîdokht, [113]
Azd, Beni, [51], [53]
Azerbâijân, [258], [259]

Báalbek, [205]
Babylon, [70];
battle of, [113];
Sád encamps at, [178]
Backî, burying-ground of Medîna, [282], [341]
Bactrian camels, [52]
Bâdacla, [70], [135], [175]
Baghdad, [450]
Bahân, [93], [104]
Bahmân, [75], [129], [131], [166]
Bahra, Beni, [103]
Bahram Gour, [79]
Bahrein, [18], [21], [47], [49]
Bajîla, Beni, [133], [169]
Balkh, [259]
Barca, [247], [299]
Basilica of Virgin, [209]
Battle of Acraba (Yemâma), ‘Garden of Death,’ [39–43]
— — Alexandria, [241], [247], [301]
— — Allîs, [76], [82], [132]
— — Babylon, [113]
— — Boweib, Field of Tens, [135]
— — Bozâkha, [25], [27]
— — the Bridge, [130], [170]
— — Câdesîya, [167]
— — the Camel, (Bussorah), [363]
— — Chains, [72]
— — Dabâ, [51]
— — Fihl (Pella), [152]
— — Firâdh, [90]
— — the ‘Garden of Death,’ [43]
— — Siffîn, [380]
Bedouin faction, [227];
opposed to Coreish, [294], [370]
Bedouins, [61], [69];
Syrian, [105], [211]
Beisân, [150]
Beit-Jibrîn, [206]
Bekr ibn Wâil, Beni, [38], [49], [76], [360]
Belâdzori, [vi]
Belbeis, [245]
Belcâa, [97]
Berâa, [43]
Beth Gabara, [206]
Bethlehem, [210]
Bilâl, [220], [238], [276]
Birs Nimrûd, [70], [112], [164], [178]
Bishoprics, [49];
Bishop of Ayla, entertains Omar, [236]
Bishr, [90]
Bitâh, [33]
Bodeir, [89]
Booty, [176], [184], [188], [258]
Bosor, his raid on Arabia, [408]
Bostra, [69], [87], [97], [153]
Bowaj Rûd, [258]
Boweib, battle of, [135]
Bozâkha, [17], [24];
battle of, [25], [27]
Bridge, battle of, [130], [170]
Bubastis, [241]
Burân, Queen Mother of Persia, [180]
Bussir, [4], [49]
Bussorah, founded, [192], [195] et seq., [249], [250], [264], [270];
change of governors, [305], [329], [348], [352], [364];
insurrection at, [404]
Byzantine empire, [66], [203]

Cacâa, [85], [89], [108], [170], [172], [173] et seq., [188], [216], [320], [360], [361]
Câdesîya, [160] et seq.;
battle of, [167]
Cæsarea, [206–15], [218]
Câhira, Al, Cairo, [243]
Calansua, Syrian hat, [220]
Caliph, [5], [285]
Caliphate, unity of, [375];
double, [410];
extinct, [450], [458]
Camel, Battle of, [363] et seq.
Canal, from Nile to Suez, [244]
Canals, administration of, in Chaldæa, [230]
Captives, female, [37], [75]
Cariatein, [103]
Cârin, [74]
Carmel, [205]
Carthage, [299]
Câsim, [438]
Caspian, [258], [296]
Castle of Sád, [194]
Cathedral of St. John the Baptist, at Damascus, [145], [149]
Catholicos, of Egypt, [241]
Catîf, [47]
Caussin de Perceval, [vii]
Cavalry, reserves of, [231]
Caycar, [98]
Cays ibn Abd Yaghûth, [54], [55]
Cays ibn Asim, [48]
Cays, son of Sád ibn Obâda, [347];
Governor of Egypt, [371];
recalled, [372], [402];
submits to Muâvia, [419]
Chains, Battle of, [72]
Chaldæa, [66]
China, [259]
Chosroes, [67]
Christians, [38], [49], [61], [66], [69], [76];
at Hîra, [81], [86], [105], [131], [134], [136], [137], [177], [190], [201], [210] et seq.;
disabilities, [213], [217] et seq.;
expelled from Najrân, [223], [248];
captives, [406], [452]
Churches, [145], [210];
prohibition against new, [213]
Church of the Resurrection, at Jerusalem, [210];
of Constantine, [210];
of Nativity, [210]
Cilicia, [215]
Clients, [63], [228], [260]
Codeis, [160], [166]
Codhâa, Beni, [10], [18], [40], [93], [103]
Commander of the Faithful, [285]
Companions, [1], [18], [95], [101], [160], [227], [374]
Conspirators, advance of, on Medîna, [329]
Constans II., [302]
Constantine, [302]
Convent of Khâlid, [211]
Corâcar, [102]
Corân, raised aloft in battle, [42], [384] et seq.;
Readers of, [45];
how compiled, [231];
created or eternal, [452]
Cordova, [449]
Coreish, [227];
migrate to Irâc, [308];
vaunt themselves against Arabs, [316];
Garden of, [317], [454]
Corra ibn Hobeira, [27]
Coss Nâtick, [83], [129]
Ctesiphon, [67], [70], [179]
Cutham, son of Abbâs, [350]
Cyprus, [301]

Dabâ, battle of, [51]
Dadweih, [54]
Dahna, desert of, [48]
Dâira Hind, [265]
Damascus, [97], [103];
siege, [145];
capitulation, [148], [154], [200], [205], [348]
Daniel the prophet’s tomb, [252]
Darâbgird, miracle of, [260]
Darârkis, [98]
Dâr al Salâm, Baghdad, [450]
Dârîm, Beni, [30]
Dârin, island, [49]
Dates, royal, [128]
Dâthin, [97]
‘Day of Tears,’ [353]
‘Days of Ignorance,’ the, [64]
Dead Sea, [204]
Delta of Euphrates, [191]
Dewân of Omar, or Civil List, [225] et seq.
Dhabba accuses Abu Mûsa, [266]
Dhahhâk ibn Cays, [394] note
Dhirâr, [24], [34], [109], [111];
punished for drunkenness, [273]
Dihcâns, [71], [83], [91], [230]
Divorce, [457]
Doluk, [201]
Drought, [232]
Dûma, [10];
stormed, [87], [88], [101]
Dura, Plain of, [70], [113], [179]
Dzât Irc, [353] note
Dzobiân, Beni, [13], [17]
Dzu Câr, [78], [360]
Dzul Cassa, [13], [17], [18], [40]
Dzul Hâjib, [166]
Dzul Kelâa, [54], [93], [94], [383]
Dzu Nowâs, the Jewish persecutor, [223]

Ebnâa, of Persian or Indian descent, [49], [54]
Edessa, [217]
Edrisite dynasty, [450]
Egypt, sends grain to Arabia, [234];
conquest of, [239] et seq.;
sedition in, [317], [329], [348];
conquered by Amru, [401] et seq., [450]
Electors appointed by Omar, [280] et seq., [286]
Elephants, [73], [113], [130], [166], [169], [172];
portentous sight of, [173]
Elwand, [257]
Esdräelon, [150]
Euphrates, [70], [130];
canals, [230]

Fadak, [64], [224]
Famine, [232]
Farazdac, [113], [436]
Faroma, [241]
Fars, [259]
Fâtima, [6], [64], [224], [276], [282], [449]
Fâtima, daughter of Aly, [439]
Fellahîn, [71], [74], [194]
Felûgia, Felâlij, [85]
Female slavery, [273], [457]
Feroze, [54], [58]
Fezâra, Beni, [25]
Fifth of booty, [16]
Fihl (Pella), [150];
battle of, [152]
Firâdh, battle of, [90]
Firuzân, [174], [257]
Fostât, [243], [247], [329]
Free-thinkers, [452]
Free-will, [452]
Fujâa, a rebel, burned to death, [29]

Gabala (Jabala), [203]
Gabriel, [25]
Gadara, [152]
Garden of Death, [43]
‘Garden of the Coreish,’ [317], [320]
Gaza, [206]
Ghâficky, Al, the regicide, [335] note, [340]
Ghâlib, his song at Câdesîya, [168]
Ghassân, Beni, [69], [87], [202]
Ghatafân, Beni, [23], [25], [27]
Ghauth, Beni, [24]
Ghâzies, [382]
Ghimâs (Câdesîya), [168], [171]
Ghîzeh, [243]
Ghôr, [97], [150], [152], [205]
Ghûta, [144]
Gilead, [141]
Greeks, in Egypt, [242]
Gregory, [299]

Habîb, [394]
Hadhramaut, [21], [56]
Hafîr, [72]
Hajjâj, [445]
Hakam ibn Jabala, [333]
Hakîm ibn Hizâm, [340]
Hâma, [199]
Hamadan, [256], [257]
Hamza, [44]
Hâni, [435]
Hanîfa, Beni, [38] et seq., [44], [45], [48]
Hanifite, the, Aly’s wife, [89]
Hantzala, [337]
Hantzala, Beni, [30]
Haphsa, widow of Mahomet, [2], [231], [307], [353]
Haram, at Jerusalem, [209]
Haram, in Hejâz, [263]
Harîr, or Night of Clangour (Câdesîya), [168], [173]
Harôra, [389]
Harrân, [217]
Hasan, [65], [350], [359], [394], [414];
becomes Caliph, [418];
abdicates, [419], [422], [442]
Hâshim, Beni, [227]
Hâshim ibn Otba, [153], [172], [179] et seq.;
killed at Siffîn, [382]
Hassân ibn Thâbit, [202], [343]
Haurân, [205]
Hawâb, dogs of, [354]
Hawâzin, Beni, [26], [27]
Hebron, [97]
Hegira, [1];
era established, [271]
Hejer, [47], [50]
Heliopolis, [241], [242]
Heraclius, [67], [97], [201];
death of, [243]
Hims, [198], [216]
Himyar, [51];
troops, [146]
Hind, daughter of Nómân, [265]
Hindia, western branch of Euphrates, [70], [135], [175]
Hind, wife of Abu Sofiân, [237], [277]
Hîra, [49], [68], [76], [78];
capitulates, [79] et seq., [85], [127], [161], [164];
reoccupied, [178]
Hît, [190], [199]
Hobâb, [4]
Hodeibía, [226], [386]
Hodzeifa, [18], [51], [307]
Hodzeil, [85], [90]
Holwân, [190], [249], [256]
Horcus, [90]
Horcûs, [251]
Hormuz, [72], [112]
Hormuzân, [166], [250], [252], [254];
murder of, [293]
Honey-bee, part of the Lord’s host, [257]
Horr, [436] et seq.
Hosein, [65], [394], [414], [434];
march to Kûfa, [435] et seq.;
death, [440]
Hotem, [48], [49]
Houries, [105]

Ibn Aámir, Governor of Bussorah, [305], [317], [326];
sends help for Othmân, [334], [347]
Ibn Abbâs, [282], [345], [350], [355];
Governor of Bussorah, [368], [393], [394], [396], [409]
Ibn Abu Sarh, [248], [290], [298], [299], [324], [326], [329]
Ibn Backîla, [82]
Ibn Honeif, [347], [356] et seq.
Ibn Ishâc, [21]
Ibn Khaldûn, [vi]
Ibn Masûd, [270], [304], [307];
death of, [311]
Ibn Muljam, the assassin, [412];
body burned, [414]
Ibn Sauda (Ibn Saba), [316], [362]
Ibn Zobeir, [353], [367], [391], [430], [435], [434], [443];
death, [446]
Iddat, interval before cohabitation, [75]
Ikrima, [18], [39], [51], [52], [55], [57], [58], [93], [97], [108];
death, [111]
Imâmate in Aly’s family, [417], [451]
Imprecation of Caliphs, [394], [421]
Imrulcays, Beni, [30]
Indian Ocean, [296]
Irâc Araby, [70];
field measurement, [230], [249], [308], [348]
Isfandiar, [258]
Islam for Arabia, [17], [224]
Ispahan, [259]
Istakhr (Persepolis), [249], [256]
Iwân, [180]
Iyâdh, [68], [84], [87], [89], [217]
Iyâdh, Beni, [190], [217]
Iyâs ibn Cabîsa, [78], [80]

Jabala, [87], [88], [202]
Jabân, [127], [132]
Jâbia, [94], [97], [205], [207], [208], [235]
Jacob’s Pillow, [209]
Jadîla, Beni, [24], [139]
Jalenûs, [174], [175]
Jalôla, battle of, [187]
Jarîr, [133], [139], [376]
Jârjea, [97], [107], [109]
Jarûd, [47], [49]
Jaulân, [94], [141]
Jazia, tribute, [218]
Jehâd, Sura, [167]
Jerâsh, [153]
Jerusalem, [202], [206];
capitulation, [207]
Jews, [153], [211];
expelled from Kheibar, [224], [452]
Jeyfar, [51]
Jezîra, [69]
Jobeir, [269]
Jobeir ibn Motím, [340]
Jôf, [68]
John, son of Zacharias, his tomb, [206]
Jondob, [304], [318]
Joppa, [206]
Jordan (Ordonna), [153], [205]
Jorf, [8], [96]
Jûdi, [87], [88]
Jundai-Sabûr, [252]

Káb, the Rabbin, [236], [279], [310]
Kâbul, [296]
Kahânat (soothsaying), [26]
Karoon, river, [251], [252]
Kaskar, [127]
Kelb, Beni, [87], [415]
Kerâmat, [80]
Kerbala, [437];
tragedy of, [438]
Kermân, [259], [260], [297]
Khabûr, [191]
Khâcân, [259]
Khaffân, [128]
Khâlid ibn Saîd, [17], [53];
his defeat, [92];
death, [94]
Khâlid ibn Welîd, [18];
his character, [21];
discomfits Toleiha, [22] et seq., [27];
attacks Mâlik ibn Noweira, [32];
marries his widow, [34];
and Mojâa’s daughter, [46];
the ‘Sword of the Lord,’ [68];
in Irâc, [72] et seq.;
kills Hormuz, [73];
speech, [75], [82];
cruelty, [76], [86], [79];
frets at inaction, [84], [88];
pilgrimage incognito, [91];
transferred to Syria, [100];
march across desert, [101];
commands on the Yermûk, [106] et seq.;
deposed, [111], [143];
storms Damascus, [146], [199] et seq.;
received back into favour, [204], [207], [216] et seq.;
arraigned for malversation, [219];
death, [221], [276], [284]
Khanâfis, [138]
Khandac, Trench of Sapor, [71], [160], [165]
Khansa, Al, [28]
Kharanba, [347], [402]
Khârejites, [388] et seq.;
hostile attitude towards Aly, [395];
defeated at Nehrwân, [399];
origin of name, [400];
émeutes, [405], [443], [444], [454]
Khaulân, [54]
Khawarnac palace, [79], [82], [161]
Khazraj, Beni, [4], [5], [61]
Kheibar, [22], [64], [224]
Khirrît, the Khârejite rebel, [405]
Khorasan, [259]
Khuzistân, [249], [250]
Kibla, [209]
Kinda, Beni, [56]
Kindy, Al, [23], [75], [220], [416], [452]
Kinnisrîn (Chalcis), [199], [200], [204]
Kirckesia, [190], [199]
Kremer, Herr von, [vii]
Kubbet al Sakhra, [209]
Kûfa, [70];
founded, [193], [195] et seq., [216];
threatened by Yezdegird, [256], [270], [297];
change of governors, [303];
émeute, [317], [329], [348];
assists Aly, [359], [364];
seat of Aly’s government, [369];
indifferent to Aly, [398], [403]
Kûtha, [179]

Lackît, [51]
Lady’s Castle, the, [73]
Lakhmite dynasty, [69], [78]
Laodicea, [199]
Leila, [34], [36], [41];
Abu Bekr’s son enamoured of her, [272]
Lesser Pilgrimage, [329]
Levant, [298]
Lydda, [206]

Maâb, [97], [153]
Maára, [199]
Madzâr, Battle of, [74]
Mahomet, death of, [1];
burial, [5], [20], [27], [36], [38];
woman betrothed to him, [59], [76], [223], [224], [286];
his ring, [314], [354];
pulpit, [425]
Mâhra, [18], [51], [52]
Mâlik, Beni, [30]
Mâlik ibn Noweira, [30] et seq., [221], [222]
Mamûn, Al, [450], [452]
Marásh (Germanica), [201]
Marj al Soffar, [94]
Marj Arjûn, [206]
Mary, Coptic maid, [276]
Masbazân, [190]
Mascala, [406]
Masjid al Acksa, at Jerusalem, [209]
Maskat, [51]
Masûd, brother of Mothanna, [137]
Masûdy, [309]
Mecca, [52], [263], [351]
Medâin, [67], [70], [84], [162], [179];
western suburb taken, [181];
capture of city, [183];
spoil, [184];
jewelled carpet, [185], [193]
Medîna threatened, [10]
Mehrân, [135]
Melchite and Maronite patriarchs, [248]
Membaj, [377]
Memphis, [241]
Menbij (Hierapolis), [201]
Merve, [259], [450]
Merwân, [300], [322], [324], [332], [338], [339], [354], [372], [429];
Caliph, [446]
Mesopotamia, [69];
Upper, [217]
Micdâd, [288], [290]
Minas, [200]
Ministers of religion, [270]
Miracle of lake, [48];
of the sea, [49];
of Darâbgird, [260]
Misr, [241]
Moâdz ibn Jabal, [56], [132];
dies in plague, [235]
Moánna, [74]
Mocarran, sons of, [14]
Modeya, [90]
Moghîra ibn Shoba, Governor of Bussorah, [192];
deposed, [264];
appointed to Kûfa, [269], [278], [284], [288], [345], [423], [425], [429]
Moghîra, the Thackîfite, [338], [340]
Mohâjir, [18], [52], [56], [57], [58]
Mohakkem, [42], [44]
Mohammed, doctor of Bussorah, [86]
Mohammed, Hanify, son of Aly, [350], [381]
Mohammed ibn Coteira, [333]
Mohammed ibn Maslama, [194], [248], [325], [333]
Mohammed, son of Abu Bekr, [302], [313], [330], [338], [339], [360];
Governor of Egypt, [372], [392], [394], [402];
killed, [403]
Mohammed, son of Abu Hodzeifa, [302], [313], [330], [370]
Mohammed, son of Talha, [391]
‘Moharram,’ the, [442]
Mojâa, [40] et seq., [44];
Khâlid marries his daughter, [46]
Mondzir, chief of Bahrein, [47]
Moseilama, [18], [23];
marries Sajâh, [31], [38];
killed, [43];
sayings, [45]
Mosque of Omar, [209]
Motammim, [34] et seq.
Motázelites, [451] et seq.
Mothanna, [50], [67], [74], [84], [101], [112] et seq.;
retrieves defeat at Bridge, [131];
gains battle of Boweib, [135];
his horse, ‘the Rebel,’ [136];
suspended, [139];
character, [135], [139], [155];
death, [159];
his widow Selma, [159], [170]
Mothers of the Faithful, Mahomet’s widows, [59], [225], [278]
‘Mount of the Eagle,’ [103]
Muâvia, [218];
appointed Governor of Syria, [237];
his mother Hind, [277], [294];
attacked by Romans, [297], [310], [319], [326];
sends help to Othmân, [334], [345];
letter to Aly, [349];
machinations against Cays, [372];
joined by Amru, [373];
marches to meet Aly, [378];
at battle of Siffîn, [379] et seq.;
arbitration, [386];
saluted Caliph, [394];
gains Egypt, [403];
raid against Irâc, [407];
visits Mosul, [408];
truce with Aly, [410];
escapes assassination, [412];
sole Caliph, [419];
declares Yezîd heir apparent, [429];
death, [433]
Mucoucus, [241] et seq.
Muedzzin, [175], [238]
Muhâjerîn, or Refugees, [5]
Mukhtâr, [445]
Mundzir, Gharûr, [49]
Mundzir, Prince of Hîra, [82]
Murad, Beni, [55]
Mûsa, conqueror of Spain, [86]
Muslim, killed, [435]
Mûta, [8], [22], [82]

Nablûs, [206]
Nahr Shîr, [84], [179]
Nâila, Othmân’s wife, [315], [339];
her fingers hung up at Damascus, [342], [348]
Najaf, [79];
Sea of, [135], [161], [414]
Najrân, [53], [55];
Christians of, [223]
Namârick, [128]
Namr, Beni, [31], [134], [137], [190]
Narsa, [127]
Naval enterprise, [264], [300]
Nefûd, desert, [101]
Negus of Abyssinia, [223]
Nehâvend, [266];
battle of, [257], [278]
Nestorians, [49]
Night of Clangour (Câdesîya), [168], [173]
Nile, [241], [242], [245];
Omar’s letter to, [246]
Nisibîn, [216], [217]
Nóeim ibn Mocarrin, [258]
Nojeir, [57], [64]
Nokheila, [401]
Nómân ibn Mocarrin, [14], [251], [252], [256];
his death, [257];
Nómân, Prince of Hîra, [79]
Noseir, [86]
Nubians, [242]

Obeidallah, son of Abbâs, his little children put to death, [408]
Obeidallah, son of Omar, [381]
Obeidallah, son of Ziâd, [435] et seq., [444]
Obna, [10]
Obolla, [76], [191], [192]
Odzeib, [160], [171]
Ohod, [22], [44]
Okeidar, [87], [88]
Okkâsha, [25]
Omân, [21], [47], [50]
Omar, described, [2], [275], [283], [4], [6], [9], [18], [28] note;
angry with Khâlid, [34], [46], [90];
mourns for his brother Zeid, [45], [50];
frees all Arab slaves, [64];
judge, [65];
deposes Khâlid, [111], [114];
accession to Caliphate, [125], [132];
orders new levies, [133], [156];
receives tidings of victory at Câdesîya, [177];
weeps at seeing spoil, [189];
forbids advance on Persia, [189], [203], [249];
visits Jerusalem, [207] et seq.;
journeys to Jâbia, [216];
arraigns Khâlid, [219];
his Dewân, [225];
compiles Corân, [231];
administration of famine, [232];
in the plague, [234];
progress through Syria, [236];
entertained by a bishop, [236];
performs pilgrimage, [238];
conquers Egypt, [239] et seq.;
letter to the Nile, [246];
releases Hormuzân, [253];
pressed to allow advance on Persia, [255];
sends army against Persia, [256];
miraculous interposition of, to save Saria, [261];
enlarges square at Mecca, [263];
dread of naval enterprise, [264];
acquits Abu Mûsa, [267];
establishes era of Hegira, [271];
simplicity, [273];
marries Omm Kolthûm, [276];
last pilgrimage, [278];
assassination, [280];
appoints Electors, [280];
death, [283];
burial, [285], [286], [306], [456]
Omeyyad, Beni, [294], [316];
dynasty, [443], [446];
in Spain, [449]
Omm al Banîn, [315]
Omm al Fâdhl, widow of Abbâs, [355]
Omm Ayman, [65]
Omm Farwa, [58], [120]
Omm Habîba, [336]
Omm Keis, [152]
Omm Kirfa, [27]
Omm Kolthûm, [203];
Omar’s wife, [276], [413], [415]
Omm Salma, [55]
Omm Siml, [27]
Omm Walad, [265], [272]
Omra, or Lesser Pilgrimage, [329]
Ordinances of Omar, [212], [452]
Ordonna (Jordan), [153], [205]
Orontes, [199], [203]
Orthodoxy, intolerant, [455]
Orwa, [318]
Osâma, expedition, [8] et seq., [16], [325]
Otba, [191], [249], [251], [264]
Othmân, [275];
appointed Elector, [280];
elected Caliph, [291], [294];
appoints Abu Sarh over Egypt, [298];
outlook darkens, [302];
recension of Corân, [307];
palace, [309];
puts down unlawful amusements, [311];
enlarges square of Káaba, [312];
embellishes Mosque at Medîna, [312];
alters rites of pilgrimage, [313];
loses Prophet’s ring, [314];
sinks wells, [314];
marries Nâila, [315];
gives in to Kûfa, [320];
Aly expostulates with him, [321];
appeals to the people, [322];
last pilgrimage, [323];
contumeliously treated, [324];
complaints invited, [325];
conference with governors, [326];
attacked by regicides, [329] et seq.;
addresses them, [335];
blockade, [337];
slain, [339];
character, [341];
bloody shirt hung up at Damascus, [348], [374], [376]
Othmân ibn al Aás, [52]
Othmân ibn Honeif (see [Ibn Honeif])
Oxus, [259], [296]
Oyeina, [23], [25], [27], [28], [315]

Palestine, [200], [205], [211]
Paradise, [105]
Patriarch, Jerusalem, [208];
Maronite, [248]
Pella, [150]
Persepolis, [249], [255]
Persian Gulf, [191]
Persians, [72] et seq., [76], [90]
Persia, war in, [296];
Shîyite, [455]
Phacûsa (Tel Fâkhus), [245]
Pilgrimage, [65];
Khâlid’s incognito, [91];
rules altered by Othmân, [313], [323]
‘Pilgrimage to Nejd,’ [101]
Plague, [234]
Polygamy, [457]
Predestination, [211], [235]
Promised Land, [95]

Rabadza, [13], [16]
Rabia, [21]
Rajjâl, [39], [41]
Rama (Arimathea), [206]
Ramh, [206]
Râm Hormuz, [249], [251]
Ramleh, [206], [211]
Readers of Corân, [45], [231], [381]
‘Refugees,’ [5], [32], [126], [227]
Regicides attack Medîna, [329];
return with document bearing Othmân’s seal, [331]
Register (Dewân) of Arab race, [229]
Rei, captured, [258]
Retribution, law of, [202]
Ricca, [216], [377]
Ring of Mahomet, [314]
‘River of Blood,’ [76]
Roha, [199], [216], [217]
Roman army, [90], [92], [104], [190];
and fleet, [215]
Roman empire, [66]
Rustem, [126], [155], [163];
forebodings of, [165];
killed, [174]

Sabât, [138], [179]
Sacalâr [152]
Sád ibn (Mâlik) Abu Wackkâs, [157];
marches to Irác, [158];
marries Selma, Mothanna’s widow, [159];
reorganises army, [159];
battle of Câdesîya, [167];
upbraided by Selma, [170];
captures Medâin, [183];
his castle, [194];
deposed, [268];
appointed Elector, [280], [287];
again appointed to Kûfa, [303];
superseded, [303], [326], [343]
Sád ibn Obáda, [3] et seq., [6], [371]
Saffâh, Al, ‘the Bloody,’ [449]
Safia, [37], [76]
Safwân, [15], [351]
Sahba, [89]
Saîd, Governor of Kûfa, [306];
expelled by citizens, [319];
servant killed, [320], [353]
Sajâh, Prophetess, [23], [30] et seq., [39], [85]
Sakatia, [129]
Sakûn, Beni, [56]
Salahiya, in Egypt, [241]
Sâlim, [42]
Salmân, [183]
Salûba, [83]
Samaritans, [153], [211]
Samsât (Samosata), [201]
Samsât, the sword, [53], [92]
Sanâa, [54], [56]
Saria, [260]
Sawâd, [83], [179], [194];
‘Garden of Coreish’, [317] et seq., [320]
Sayhad, desert, [57]
Sea of Najaf, [71]
Sebastia, [206]
Second coming, [317]
Sedîr, palace, [82]
Sejestan, [259], [370]
Seleucia, [70], [179]
Service of victory;
at Hîra, [82], [83];
at Medâin, [184]
Servile population, [344]
Shahrîrân, [112], [113]
Shaizar, [199]
Shamir, [438], [440], [445]
Shanas, Roman general, [198]
Shât al Arab, [191]
Sheibân, Beni, [31], [50]
Sherâf, [158]
Shîyas, [448] et seq., [451];
tolerant, [455]
Shorahbîl, [18], [39], [40], [94], [97], [108], [152], [153], [205], [208], [237]
Shoreih, [391], [394]
Showeil, [80]
Shuhîb, [413]
Shusan, [252]
Shuster (Tostar), [251]
Sicily, [450]
Siffîn, [378];
battle of, [379] et seq.
Sinnimâr, [79]
Sirhân, Wady, [102]
Sirîn, [86]
Siroes, [67], [84], [127], [155]
Slavery, female, [273], [457]
Slaves, Arab, set free, [68]
Society, Moslem, [271], [273] et seq.
Sohâr, [51]
Soheil, [96]
Sommeyya, [290], [380]
Songstresses, two, mutilated, [59]
Soofeeism, [455]
Soonnies, [455]
Sophronius, Bishop of Jerusalem, [208], [210]
Spain, [449]
Spoil, at Câdesîya, [176];
at Medâin, [184];
at Jalôla, [188]
Succession, [7], [286], [427] et seq.
Sudân, the regicide, [340]
Suez Canal, [244]
Suleim, Beni, [26], [27]
Sunh, Al, [121]
Sunnat, [451], [455]
Sûra, [179]
Sûr al Rûm, [377]
Sûras, read before battle, [167];
at Medaîn, [184];
how compiled, [231]
Sûs (Shushan), [252]
Suwâ, [103]
‘Sword of God,’ ‘Sword of the Lord,’ name of Khâlid, [68], [77], [107]
Syria, attacked, [94];
east of Jordan, described, [141];
Northern, [198] et seq., [205], [211], [215];
field measurement, [230];
sends grain to Hejâz, [233], [297], [348], [350], [370], [374];
invaded by Aly, [377], [408]
Syrian desert, [68]

Tabari, [vi], [21], [77]
Tadmor, [103], [154]
Tadzâric, [98]
Tâghlib, Beni, [31], [89], [137], [190];
Christian, [218], [406]
Tâhir, [53]
Tâhirite dynasty, [450]
Tâk i Kesra, [179]
Talha, [6], [117];
appointed Elector, [280], [287], [329] et seq.;
sends son to protect Othmân, [334], [342] et seq., [350];
retires to Mecca, [352], [353];
marches on Bussorah, [354];
its occupation, [356] et seq.;
Battle of Camel, [361] et seq.;
killed, [364], [366]
Tay, Beni, [15], [22];
reclaimed, [24], [27], [131], [436]
Tâyif, [52], [53], [55]
Tebûk, [55]
Tekrît, [181], [190]
Tell Azâz, [201]
Temîm, Beni, [15];
described, [30], [48], [360], [436]
Thâbit ibn Cays, [22], [42], [318]
Thackîf, Beni, [131]
Theocratic faction, [388]
Theodore, [198]
Theodoric, [97]
Thinia, [90]
Thomâma, [48]
‘Three Hundred’ of Bedr, [95]
Tiberias, [153], [205], [208]
Tiflis, [298]
Tigris, [71], [130], [179];
swum by Arab cavalry, [183];
canals, [230]
Tihâma, [52]
Timoor, passage of Tigris by, [183]
Tithe, [218]
Toleiha, [13], [17], [21] et seq.;
defeated, [25], [26], [164], [173], [257], [318]
Tostar (Shuster), [251]
Tower of Babel, [70]
Tradition, [20]
Trench of Sapor, [71], [160], [165]
Tripoli (Africa), [247], [299]
Tumlât, valley of, [245]
Turks, [259], [297];
mercenaries, [453]

Veiled prophet, [52]
Veil, the, [265], [458]
Victory, Service of, [82]
Villains’ Road, the, [53]
Volcano near Medîna, [263]
Voluptuousness, [273]

Wacûsa, [98]
Wâdi al Cora, [10], [94]
Wahshi, [43]
Walaja, battle of, [75]
Wâsit, [447]
‘Waterer of the two Holy Places’ (Abbâs), [233]
Welîd ibn Ocba, [87], [93], [94], [303];
deposed for inebriety, [304], [394]
Welîd the Caliph, [447]
White Palace of Medâin, [180]
Widows of Mahomet, [59], [225], [278]
Windmill, [279]
Wine forbidden, as a bath, [219];
intemperance in, [273]
Women, Moslem, fight, [138];
and children give coup de grâce to wounded enemies, [175];
influence of captive, [273]

Yabna, [206]
Yála, [347]
Year, Mussulman, [viii]
‘Year of Ashes,’ [232]
Yemâma, [21], [38] et seq.;
battle of, [41]
Yemen, [18], [21], [55], [56]
Yenbó, [245]
Yerbóa, Beni, [30] et seq.
Yermûk, [98]
Yezdegird, [127], [155];
deputation to, at Medâin, [162], [251], [255], [258];
his death, [259], [297]
Yezîd, [95], [97], [108], [198], [207], [218], [276]
Yezîd ibn Cays, [388]
Yezîd, son of Muâvia, declared heir apparent, [429];
becomes Caliph, [433], [434], [443], [446]

Zab, battles on the, [445], [449]
Zeid, brother of Omar, [36];
killed, [42], [45]
Zeid ibn Thâbit, [123];
compiles Corân, [231], [309], [333], [343]
Zeinab, [276], [415]
Ziâd, [56], [188], [265], [267], [368], [407], [423];
declared brother of Muâvia, [424], [429]
Ziâd ibn Lebîd, [293]
Zibricân, [15], [48], [50]
Zimmies, [83], [194], [301], [318]
Zobeid, Beni, [53]
Zobeir, [6], [240] et seq.;
appointed Elector, [280], [287], [309], [327], [328], [329] et seq.;
sends son to protect Othmân, [334] et seq., [350];
retires to Mecca, [352];
marches on Busserah, [354];
its occupation by, [356];
Battle of Camel, [361] et seq.;
killed, [364], [366]
Zohra, [164], [176], [179]
Zohra, Beni, [289]
Zomeil, [90]
Zoroastrians, [72], [259], [260]