INDEX.
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Abaga, successor of Hulagu, [248]
Abbádán, town of, [157]
Abbásids, [83], [108], [116], [120]
Abdalláh, Mansúr’s uncle, [113], [116], [141]
Abdalláh, son of Moáwiya, [112]
Abdalláh, opponent of Yakúb the Coppersmith, [183]
Abderrahmán, founder of Omayyad dynasty in Spain, [143]
Abíwerd, battle near, [202]
Abú Bekr, [72]
Abú Duláma, favourite of Mansúr, [135]
Abul-Abbás. See [Motadid]
Abul-Abbás. See [Saffáh]
Abul-Alá al-Maarri, [96]
Abulfaraj. See [Barhebræus]
Abú Lahab and Mohammed, [52]
Abú Moslem, [111], [114], [115], [117]
Abú Salama, [114]
Abú Sufyán, head of Omayyad family, [78]
Abyssinia, [257]
Abyssinian Church, [273]
Ahmed, Mongol sovereign, [250]
Ahrún, father of Barhebræus, [236]
Ahwáz, taken by the Zenj, [158], [161]
Aïsha, wife of Mohammed, [78]
Alí, son of Husain, [179]
Alí, son of Mohammed, leader of the Zenj, [146]
Amr, brother and successor of Yakúb, [195]
Amr, governor of Egypt, [81]
Arabian philology, [17]
Arabs, aristocratic feelings of, [12];
political adaptability, [11];
military talent, [14];
intellectual ability, [15];
poetry of, [18];
art, [19]
Armenians, relations of, with Jacobites, [245]
Ash‘arí, [92]
Attar’athé, sanctuary of, at Mabbog [214]
Bábís, [101]
Babylonians, science of, [17]
Bagdad, [84];
building of, [129]
Baidáwí, his commentary on the Koran, [57]
his works, [255]
Barsaumá, brother of Barhebræus, [253]
Basra, [125], [147], [155], [158]
Basshár, poet, [127]
Bell, John, [275]
Beru, son of Goshu, [267]
Búids, [88]
Caaba, veneration of, [66];
carried from Mecca, [90]
Calendar, Moslem, [70]
Caliphate, [99]
Cameron, Consul, [278]
Catholicus, title explained, [244]
Commander of the Faithful, title assumed by Caliph Omar, [76]
Coppersmith, Yakúb the, [176] et seq.
D’Abbadie quoted, [265]
Damascus, capital of Omayyads, [81]
De Jacobis, Bishop, [268]
Dervishes, [97];
of the Soudan, [283]
Dionysius, Syrian Metropolitan, [238], [239]
Dirhem, Sístánese leader, [177], [178]
Dogmatic controversies in Islam, [90]
Druses, [89]
sultans of, [99]
Emír Almúminín, [76]
Fakirs, [97]
Fatimid Caliphs, [89]
Flad, German missionary, [260]
Freethinking in Islam, [95]
Gallas, [271]
Genealogical table, of the Háshimids, [110];
of the Abbásids, [116];
of the Omayyads, [120];
of the Alids, [121];
of the Táhirids, [187];
of Yakúb’s dynasty, [205]
Ghulám, [188]
Gondar, [258]
Goshu of Gojam, [266]
Gypsies on lower Tigris, [152]
Hákim, Fatimid Caliph, [89]
Hárún ar-Rashíd, [84]
Hasan, son of Alí, [81]
Háshimids, [110]
Háshimíya, [129]
Házim, Mansúr’s general, [119]
Heraclius, emperor, [60], [75]
Hierapolis, sanctuary at, [214]
Hulagu, grandson of Jenghiz Khan, [99], [242]
Husain, son of Alí, [82]
Ibn Amíd, Coptic author, [241]
Ibn Hobaira, supporter of Omayyads, [114]
Ibn Khaldún, [99]
Ibn Mas‘úd, his codex of the Koran, [53]
Ibn Mokaffa, [141]
Ibráhím, the Abbásid, [111], [125]-[127]
Ignatius, Jacobite Patriarch, [243], [247]
Imám, [66]
Isá, Mansúr’s cousin, [124], [127], [140]
Islám, [62]
Ismáíl the Sámánid, [201]
Islam, and Christianity, [5];
rise of, [60];
ethics of, [64];
theology of, [61];
external observances, [65];
survivals of heathenism, [66];
circumcision, [68];
dietary laws, [68];
Church and State, [69];
alms, [68];
position of women, [70];
slavery, [71];
characteristics of, [71];
and the Oriental Christians, [85];
law of, [93];
worship of saints, [102];
vitality of, [104];
headship of (caliphate), [99];
tradition, weight of, [93];
freethinking in, [95]
Jacobites (Monophysite Syrians), [236];
primate of, [244]
John, Monophysite bishop of “Asia,” Church history by, [225]
John Barmadeni, competitor for Jacobite Patriarchate, [239]
Juristical schools of Islam, [93]-[95]
Kadarites, [91]
Kasa, [259]
Kenfu, [260]
Kerbelá, [82]
Khalaf, son of Ahmed, [205]
Khálid, Barmecide, [133]
Khálid, the Sword of God, [73]
Khalífa, [76]
Kharijites, [80], [93], [119], [151]
Khawárij, [80]
Khazars, Mansúr’s relations with the, [138]
Kházim, Mansúr’s general, [142]
Khorásán, [109], [115], [118], [142], [179], [184]
Khujastání, [196]
rationale of its revelation, [22];
literary form, [25];
abrogated readings, [27];
contents, [28];
histories of prophets and saints in, [29];
style and artistic effect, [32], [35];
Medina and Mecca súras, [39];
initial letters, [47];
redaction of Zaid, [49];
Othmán’s edition, [50];
codex of Obay, [53];
reading styles, [55];
commentators on, [56];
translations, [58]
Ledj, Abyssinian title, [262]
Lúlú, his share in suppressing the Zenj, [172], [173]
Maan, son of Záida, Omayyad general, [120]
Madínat es-Salám, official name of Bagdad, [129]
Mahdí, son of Mansúr, [123], [132]
Mahmúd of Ghazni, [206]
Makdala (Magdala), [272], [281]
Mamlúk, [188]
Maphrián, Jacobite dignitary, [244]
Márá, Syrian saint, [229]-[232]
Marcus. See [Yavalláhá]
Maron, pillar-saint, [228]
Maronites, [220]
Maslama, the false prophet [49]
Mecca, pilgrimage to, [66];
plundered, [81];
sherífs of, [100]
Meisir, [69]
Menen, Abyssinian princess, [264]
Merwán II., [112]
Mohammed, son of Abdalláh, the Alid, [120]
Mohammed, the Kurd, [162], [197]
Mohammed, the Táhirid, [180], [183]
Mohammed, son of Wásil, [182], [189]
Mohammed Ali of Egypt, [103]
Mokhtár, revolutionary leader, [149]
Mokhtára, town of, [156], [167]
Morocco, sultans of, [101]
Moslem calendar, [70]
Motamid, Caliph, [158], [170], [191]
Mowaffak, brother of Motamid, [158], [160], [174], [195]
Munzinger, Werner, [281]
Músá, the Turk, [161]
Muslim, [62]
Mutazila, [91]
Negusié of Tigré, [272]
Neháwend, battle of, [75]
Nestorians, [219], [244], [249]
Nosairians, [89]
Obaidalláh, founder of Fatimid dynasty, [89]
Obay, codex of, [53]
Obolla, [157]
Okba of Yemen, [143]
Omar, Caliph, [74]
Omar II., [82]
Omayyads, [78], [81], [120], [143]
Othmán, Caliph, [77]
Othmán’s edition of the Koran, [50]
Ottoman Turks, [99]
Párs, [179];
conquest of, [189]
Paul, Syrian hermit, [229]
Persia, in conflict with Islam, [74];
invaded by Mongols, [99];
Shíite States in, [101];
conquered by Arabs, [109];
Eastern, or Irán, [176]
Philology, Arabian, [17]
Plowden, consul, [275]
Quara, [260]
Ráfi, his conflict with Amr, [199]
Ráfika, founded by Mansúr, [131]
Ras Ali of Abyssinia, [258]
Rassam, [280]
Ráwendí, the, [119]
Riyáh, governor of Medina, [122]
Rustem, Persian general, [75]
Saffáh (Abul-Abbás), Caliph, [113]-[115]
Saffár. See [Yakúb the Coppersmith]
St. Barsaumá, monastery of [236]
histories of, [29];
Syrian, [207] et seq.
Salat, [65]
Sámánids in Transoxania, [201]
Sámarrá, [158]
Sampádh, revolt against Mansúr, [118]
Sefid empire of Persia, [101]
Selím I., [99]
Seljuk Turks, [98]
Semites, characteristics of, [1]-[20];
religion, [5];
asceticism, [9];
political life, [11];
military talent, [14];
intellectual ability, [15];
poetry of, [18];
art of, [19]
Sergius, disciple of Simeon of Amid, [227]-[229]
Servile war in the East, [146]-[175]
Shammar, kingdom of the, [104]
Shía, [79]
Shíráz, captured by Yakúb, [180]
Shoa, [259]
Simeon the physician, [243], [247]
Simeon of Amid, [226]
Sístán, [176]
Súfis, mysticism of, [96]
Sulaimán, Zenj general, [147], [172]
Syrians, poetry of, [18]
Tagrít, Barhebræus at, [249]
Táhir, grandson of Amr, [205]
Táhirids, governors of Khorásán, [177], [178], [187]
Tauk, defeat of, by Yakúb, [180]
Telnishé, [212]; church at, [223]
Tewabetch, daughter of Ras Ali, [264], [276]
Theodora, Empress, and Márá, [230]
Theodore of Abyssinia, [257]-[284]
Theodoret, Bishop of Cyrrhus, [214], [224]
Theophilus and Mary, [233]-[235]
Tigré, [258]
Tradition, weight of, in Islam, [93]
Transoxania, [201]
Turks, acceptance of Islam by the, [98]
Ubié, Abyssinian ruler, [268]
Von Kremer, [133]
Walíd II., Omayyad caliph, [108]
Yakúb the Coppersmith, [162], [167], [206]
Yakúb’s dynasty, [205]
Yavalláhá, Nestorian Patriarch, [250]
Yezíd, governor of Kairawán, [143]
Yezíd, son of Moáwiya, [82]
Zaid, his redaction of the Koran, [49]
Zamakhsharí, his commentary on the Koran, [57]
Zaranka, [176]
Zenj, revolt of the, [149]-[174]
Zereng, [176]
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