INDEX
A
Abbas, uncle of Mohammed, [86]
Abdallah, father of Mohammed, 2
Abdallah, fanatic follower of Mohammed, [76]; breaker of sacred truce, [76], [77]
Abdalrahman, Caliph, his confession, [117]
Abdul Masih, Indian Christian, [176]
Abdurahman Wad en Nejumi, follower of the Mahdi, [164]; his death, [165], [166]
Abd ul Muttalib, grandfather of Mohammed, [2], [3]
Abu Bakr, first propagandist of Islam, [39], [40], [41]; father of Ayesha, [59]; in flight to Medina, [62-4]; at death of Mohammed, [90]; first Caliph, [40], [96], [100], [205]
Abu Jahl, slain at Badr, [82], [83]
Abu Talib, uncle of Mohammed, [4], [6], [7], [22]; opposes Mohammed, [46]; protects him, [47]; death of, [58], [205]
Abyssinia, a Christian kingdom, [12]; shelters Moslem refugees, [55], [56]
Aden, and Ion Keith-Falconer, [185], [205]
Afghanistan, Moslems in, [99], [158]
Africa (see also under various divisions), the 'pagan continent, ' [161]; the problem of, [162]; spread of Islam, [205]
Akbar, Mogul Emperor, [157]
Al Amin, a name for Mohammed, [17]
Al Arkam, house of Mohammed, [48], [54]
Al Caswa, Mohammed's favourite camel, [66], [68], [86]
Alexandria, taken by Moslems, [109], [205]
Ali, the Peter of Islam, [51], [52]; adopted son of Mohammed, [52]
Allah (see under Creed, Islam, Teaching of Mohammed)
Almsgiving, a Moslem ordinance, [70]
Al Safa, [44]
American Missions, Arabia, [205]
Antioch, in Moslem power, [109]
Arabia 'Land of the Desert, ' [1], [188]; divided and idolatrous, [12], [13], [19]; connection with sacred history, [20]; civil war in, [79]; united by Mohammed, [87]; a Moslem military depôt, [102]; its rapid development, [105]; present degradation, [124]; Ion Keith-Falconer's work and vision, [184-6], [205]
Arabs, descent from Ishmael, [4]; compared to wild ass, [5]; truce and fairs of Ukaz, [18]; germ of belief in one true God, [20], [21]; common ancestry, [21]; common tongue, [21]
Arafat, Mount, scene of Mohammed's shepherd life, [4], [6]
Armenia, Christians in, [121], [126], [146]
Asia, the Moslem problem in, [175]
Asia Minor, conquered in the eleventh century, [99]; peasantry ruined, [120]; under Moslem dominion, [160]
Aurungzeb in India, [157]
Awakening of the East, [153], [154], [196-8]
Ayesha, betrothed to Mohammed, [59]; established at Medina, [68]; at Mohammed's death, [90]
Azhar, Al, Moslem University in Cairo, [174], [175]
B
Badr, on caravan route, [80]; battle of, [80-4], [100], [205]
Baghdad, seat of the Caliphs, [111], [205]; home of learning, [111], [112], [117]; palace described, [113]; life of Caliphs in, [111], [116], [117]
Balkans, Islam in, [99]
Baluchistan, a Moslem state, [158]
Bedouin, desert life, [3], [5], [64]
Bible, unknown to Mohammed, [9]; translated into Arabic and Hindustani, [172], [176]; read by Imad-ud-Din, [180]
Bilâl the first muezzin, [69]; calls from the Kaaba, [86]
Bishop Tugwell, in West Africa, [171], [205]
Black Stone, described, [11]; brought by Gabriel, [11]; re-laid under Mohammed's direction, [26-9]; revered to-day, [154]
Blood Feuds in Arabia, [13], [15], [16]
Bokhara, struggles against Islam, [110]; a Moslem stronghold, [158]
Bosworth Smith, quoted, [120], [121]
Bugia, place of Raymund Lull's death, [146]
Buhaira, a Christian monk, [8]
Byzantium (see also Constantinople), besieged by Moslem armies, [31]; opposed to science, [112]
C
Caliph, Abu Bakr, the first, [40], [100], [205]; Omar, the second, [100], [205]; at Damascus, [111]; at Baghdad, [111], [112]; life described, [111-13]; Abdalrahman quoted, [117]; date of, [205]
Caravan, Mohammed joins, [7]; Mohammed conducts for Khadîjah, [22], [23]; attacked by Moslems, [74-6]; at gorge of Nakhla, [76-8]; at Badr, [79]
Carthage conquered, [109]
Central Asia, Moslems in, [119], [154], [158], [205]
Challenge of Islam, [134], [140], [192]
Character of Mohammed, developed by desert life, [6]; not courageous, [16]; as a citizen, [17], [18], [31]; in face of opposition, [47], [48]; lack of foresight, [66]; stolid patience, [68]; as a conqueror, [82-6]
Characteristics of Mohammed, meditation, [3], [6], [34]; personal appearance, [16], [17]; appearance during visitations, [41], [42]; mannerisms, [48], [49]; in his last days, [89], [90]
Charles Martel repulses Saracens, [105], [205]
China, Islam reaches in eleventh century, [99], [205]; Moslems in, [156]
Christ, teaching of, compared with that of Mohammed, [136-40]
Christendom finds new centres, [109]
Christian churches conquered by Moslems, in Syria, [87], [109], [140], [205]; in North Africa, [109]; in Mesopotamia, [109]; in Egypt, [109], [205]; in Spain, [109]; in Constantinople, [109], [205]; in Bokhara, [109], [158]; threatened by Moslems in Livingstonia, [100], [170]; in Nyassaland, [100], [170]; in Uganda, [100], [170]
Christians, seem to Mohammed men of learning, [7], [8]; teaching of, in Mohammed's day, [9], [10]
Church Missionary Society, in Uganda, [170]; in Hausaland, [171-4]
Commission of the Christian Church, [194]
Constantinople (see also under Byzantium) conquered by Moslem Turks, [109], [205]; under Moslem rule, [120], [121]; political centre of Islam, [159], [160]
Converts to Islam, Khadîjah, [37]; Abu Bakr, [40]; Zaid, [40]; Ali, [51-2]; Omar, [52-4]; Abdallah, [76]
Creed of Mohammed, [32], [39], [67], [101], [107], [156], [158], [179]
Crete, visited by Raymund Lull, [146]
Crusade, the new Crusade of Love, [150]
Crusades, good and bad points, [140], [141]; a mistake, [147]; date of, [205]
D
Daily Telegraph and Stanley, [170]
Damascus, former seat of Caliphs, [111]
Davidson, Professor, quoted, [30]
Death, the Moslem view of, [103]
Desert, influence of, on thought, [6]; scene of legends, [7]
Dutch East Indies, Moslems in, [155]; Missions in, [182]
E
East Indies, Islam in, [155]; Missions in, [182]
Education, of Mohammed, [4]; in Moslem schools, [108]; Baghdad, a centre of, [111], [112], [117]; of Imad-ud-Din, [177-80]; in Al Azhar, [174], [175]
Egypt, [99], [109], [114], [161]; date of Moslem conquest, [99], [205]
Europe in thirteenth century, [142]
Extent of Islam, [31], [32], [39], [69], [70], [99], [111], [114], [125-6], [154], [189]
F
Fakirs in India, [177]
Freeman, Professor, quoted, [120]
Friday service, the first, [65]; a Moslem institution, [68], [108]
G
Gabriel, bringer of Black Stone, [11]; first appearance to Mohammed, [35], [36]; suras inspired by, [42], [93]; fights at Badr, [81]
Ghenghis Khan, see Jenghis Khan
Gierku, a Christian outpost, [172]
God, Moslem idea of (see under Creed, Islam, Teaching of Mohammed)
Governments and Missions, [151], [163]
H
Hadesi, or town-dweller, [6], [21]
Hagar, and Well of Zemzem, [2]; supposed aid in rebuilding Kaaba, [12]
Hall Caine, quoted on Morocco, [123]
Hanîfahs, reformers in Mecca, [30]
Hausa, convert, [172], [173]; states, [171]; Mission, [205]
Hawazin tribe, fights Koreish, [15], [16]; conquered, [79-84]
Hegira, or Flight to Medina, [62-5], [205]
Henry Martyn, his life, [175], [176], [205]; his sole convert, [176], [182]; the secret of his faith, [196]
Hindus compared with Moslems, [157], [158]
Hira, Mount, scene of Mohammed's first 'revelation, ' [34]
Hobal, tribal god of the Koreish, [11]
I
Imad-ud-Din, his autobiography, [177-82]; his self-sacrifice, [181], [205]
India, spread of Islam into, [99]; Moslem invaders, [156], [157]; Moslem rulers, [157]; Henry Martyn goes to, [175], [205]; Moslem converts to Christianity in, [177]
Influence of Mohammed, enthusiasm of first converts, [70]; strengthened by institution of brotherhood, [71]; character reproduced in followers, [91]; magic of his name, [92], [93]; partly due to smallness of demands, [104], [105]
Inspiration, Mohammed's, [33]; Mohammed three years without, [38]; Mohammed's claim to, [42], [50], [51]; Moslem view of, [93]
Ion Keith-Falconer, his life, [184-86]; his death, [185], [186], [203]; the source of his devotion, [196]
Islam (see also under Challenge, Extent, and Spread), at first a secret society, [40]; slow initial progress, [40]; early converts, [40], [41], [70]; its doctrines not new, [43]; a persecuted sect, [47], [55]; House of Al Arkam, home of, [48]; its religious observances, [68-70]; state after Mohammed's death, [96]; does not examine motives, [104], [111], [130]; simplicity of, [104]; failure to raise men, [104], [105], [114], [136]; its fruits to-day, [105], [118-126]; signs of awakening, [197]; its propaganda, [163], [164]; denies the Golden Age, [191], [192]; internal decay, [188-90]
J
Jerusalem, used as centre of Moslem worship, [69], [73]; conquered by Moslems, [111]; sacred places in Moslem hands, [140]
JESUS, and Mohammed, [132], [136], [140], [160], [193]
Jethro, and Arabia, [20]
Jews, on the road to Syria, [8]; in Medina, [71]; Mohammed seeks alliance with, [71], [72]; hostility of Islam to, [71]; Mohammed breaks with, [73]; subjugated, [87], [109]
Jihâd, or Holy War, a Moslem duty, [70], [102]
Job, and Arabia, [20]
John, Saint, quoted, [191]
K
Kaaba, description of, [11]; legendary history of, [12]; destroyed and rebuilt, [27-9]; secret of Mecca's greatness, [45]; Mohammed removes idols from, [86]; consecrated as centre of Islam, [86], [154]
Kano, [171]
Kashmir, Islam in, [99], [157]
Khadîjah, Mohammed's employer, [22], [23]; wooing of, [23-5]; marriage to Mohammed, [21], [25], [205]; cousin of Warakah, [25]; comforts Mohammed, [36]; tests the spirits, [37]; death of, [58], [205]
Khâlid, on death, [103]
Kinana, the ancestors of the Koreish, [15]
Korân quoted, [34], [35], [37], [38], [50], [51], [57], [128]; how compiled, [42]; delivered by Gabriel, [42], [93]; fifty-third sura retracted, [57], [58]; suras collected, [93]; Moslem view of inspiration, [93]; the law of the land, [108]; teachers appointed, [108]; influence in Arabia, [124]; names of God in, [127], [128]; Moslem commentator on, [128]; its teaching on prayer, [130], [131]
Koreish, the premier tribe of Arabia, [2]; Hobal, their tribal god, [11]; at war with Hawazin tribe, [14-16]; relay the Black Stone, [27-9]; infuriated by Mohammed's teaching, [44-6]; persecutors of first Moslems, [55], [56]; defeated at Badr, [80-4]; besieged Medina, [84]; re-instated as guardians of Kaaba, [86]
Krapf, and his chain of Missions, [171]
L
Lagos, Islam reaches, [100], [163], [164]
Lâ il�ha iliâ 'llâhu, [39]
Lât and Uzza, [45], [57], [86]
Legends, concerning Mohammed's youth, [10]; Black Stone, [11]; Hegira, [63]
Livingstone, found by Stanley, [168]; his influence on Missions, [152], [162], [205]
Livingstonia, Church threatened in, [100], [171]; Mission at, [170]
M
Magistrates appointed by Moslems, [108]
Mahdi, fall of, [205]
Mahmoud of Ghazni in India, [157], [205]
Mahmoud, Sultan, his reforms, [120], [121]
Mallams in Hausaland, [172], [173]
Marriage of Mohammed, [21], [25], [205]; after Khadîjah's death with Zainab, [88]
Martel, Charles, repulses Saracens, [105], [205]
Martyn, Henry, [175], [176], [182], [196], [205]
Mecca, site of, [2]; its idolatry and riches, [30], [45]; prayer towards, [69], [155], [158], [161]; pilgrimage to, [70], [85], [193]; caravan trade attacked, [74-8], [79], [80]; pivot of Arabia, [85]; conquered by Mohammed, [85], [205]; influence in Arabia, [125]; evil influence to-day, [155]
Medina, Moslem converts from, [61]; flight of Mohammed to, [62-4]; the City of the Prophet, [64]; establishment of Islam in, [66], [67]; besieged by Koreish, [84]
Mesopotamia, Moslems in, [109]
Michael the Angel, fights at Badr, [81]
Miller, Dr. Walter, quoted, [172-74]
Mogul Empire in India, [157], [205]
Mohammed (see also under Character, Characteristics, Influence, Khadîjah, Teaching, Motives), birth and parentage, [2], [205]; early childhood, [3], [4]; shepherd life, [5]; first caravan journey, [7]; takes part in tribal war, [14-16]; love and wooing, [21-5]; marriage with Khadîjah, [21], [25], [205]; relays Black Stone, [27-9]; first 'revelation, ' [34-6], [205]; public avowal to Meccans, [43-5]; dwells in house of Al Arkam as a Prophet, [48], [49]; marriage to Saudah and Ayesha, [59], [68]; expedition to Taif, [59], [87]; disciples from Medina, [61], [62]; the Hegira, [62-5], [205]; incites to caravan robbery, [74], [76]; defeats Koreish at Badr, [80-4], [205]; captures Mecca, [85], [205]; marries Zainab, [88]; his death, [90], [91], [105], [205]
Mongols, in Central Asia, [205]
Morocco, Moslem misrule in, [123], [124]; Hall Caine on, [123]; Joseph Thompson on, [124]
Moscow, reached by Islam, [140]
Moses, [20]
Moslems, as conquerors, [87], [96-100]; in India compared with Hindus, [157], [158]
Moslem conquests, some reasons for, [100-7]
Moslem faith, summarized, [192], [193]
Moslem population, distribution of, [206]
Moslem world, political survey, [207]
Mosque, the first, [68]; Mosque of Omar, [108]; to be accompanied by school, [112]; beside Pagan temple in West Africa, [161]
Mothanna, a Moslem general, [103]
Motives appealed to by Mohammed, [49]; love of happiness, [52]; love of plunder, [74], [77], [78], [80], [83], [102], [103]; conviction concerning One God, [101]; joys of Paradise, [102], [103]; patriotism of the Arab, [105], [106]
Muezzin, Bilâl, the first, [69]; calls from Kaaba, [86]
> N
Nakhla, gorge of, [76]
Nile Valley, Moslems in, [100]
North Africa, conquered by Moslems, [99], [140], [161]
North Africa Mission founded, [205]
Nyassaland, Church in, [100], [170]
O
Omar, conversion of, [52-4]; suggests call to prayer, [69]; present at Mohammed's death, [90]; second Caliph, [100]; Mosque of, [108]
Ottoman dynasty, date of, [205]
P
Palestine, conquered, [99]; under Moslem rule, [160], [161], [205]
Paradise of the Moslems, [78], [102-4], [133]
Patriotism appealed to by Mohammed, [21], [105], [106]
Paul, Saint, quoted, [195], [196]
Persia, Chosroes, king of, [99]; conquered by Moslems, [99], [205]; battle against, [99], [103]; Zoroastrians easily converted, [108]; Moslem rule in, [119], [121], [159]; a traveller's impression of, [122-3]; sects of the Shiahs in, [122]; lack of communication, [122]; moral rottenness, [123]; present condition, [159]; Henry Martyn in, [175], [205]; Medical Missions in, [182], [183]; Christian converts in, [182-84]; Reform party in, [205]
Pilgrimage, Arabian custom, [4], [6], [12], [45], [85]; instituted by Mohammed, [70], [193]
Plassey, battle of, [205]
'Pledge of Women, ' the, [61]
Political survey of Moslem World, [207]
Population, Moslem, distribution of, [125], [206]
Prayer, Mohammed retires for, [34]; to Uzza and Lât, [45]; Mohammed's prayer for Omar's conversion, [54]; five stated times of, [69], [179]; call to, instituted, [69]; call to, sounded from Kaaba, [86]; for Mohammed, a Moslem duty, [92]; Mohammed's teaching on, [130], [131], [138]; of Raymund Lull, [148]
Prisoners, treatment by Mohammed, [82], [83]
R
Ramadân, Mohammedan retires for, [34]; a Moslem fast, [70], [108]
Raymund Lull, his life-work, [142-47], [205]; quoted, [143], [144], [148]; his death, [146]; his motto, [147]; secret of his life, [196]
Reform Movement, of Sultan Mahmoud, a farce, [120], [121]; in Turkey to-day, in Persia to-day, [205]
Rejeb, truce of, broken, [76-8]
'Revelations' of Mohammed, [35], [41], [205]
Revolution, Turkey's bloodless, [205]
S
Sakîneh a Persian Christian, [182], [183]
Saracens in Spain, [110]
Saudah, married by Mohammed, [59]; established at Medina, [68]
Shah Jehan, in India, [157]
Sheba, Queen of, [20]
Shiahs, Moslem sects in Persia, [122]
Siberia, [159]
Sierra Leone, Islam reaches, [100]
Soudan, Moslems in, [99], [205]
South Africa, threatened by Islam, [100], [171]
Spain, Moslems in, [99], [112], [140], [205]; marks of Moslem influence in, [112]; end of Moslem rule, [205]
Speer, Robert E., on Persia, [122-3]
Spread of Islam, in 7th century, [99], [111], [205]; in 11th century, [99], [205]; in 18th and 19th centuries, [99], [205]; to-day, [100], [162]; in South and West Africa, [100], [162], [171]; in Nigeria, [162]
Stanley, finds Livingstone, [168]; letter to Daily Telegraph, [169], [170]
Sultan Mahmoud, his so-called reforms, [120], [121]
'Sword of God, ' [101]
Syria, visited by Mohammed, [7]; conquered by Moslems, [87], [99], [205]
Syrian Church, preaching in Arabia, [8]; degradation of, [8], [9]; deserted by whole tribes, [109]; Jerusalem and Antioch conquered, [109], [111]; Damascus, Bethlehem, Nazareth, Olivet, now Moslem, [160], [161]
T
Taif, Mohammed's expedition to, [59]; subdued, [87]
Teachings of Mohammed, his master-truth, [38], [44]; his creed, [39], [67]; not new, [43]; described by his followers in Abyssinia, [56]; sometimes retracted, [57], [58], [89]; as shown by the 'Pledge of Women, ' [61]; on religious observances, [68-71]; caravan raids sanctioned, [74-8]; loses its earnestness, [88]; its scope, [88], [89], [93], [94]; God is great, [127]; God is not love, [127-9]; Allah is Will, [128]; on man, [129-31]; on prayer, [130], [131]; on woman, [131-3]; on Paradise, [133], [134]; compared with the teaching of Christ, [132], [136-40]
Thompson, Joseph, on Morocco, [124]
Timur (or Timerlane) in India, [157], [205]
Tours, battle of, [105], [205]
Truce of Rejeb, broken, [76-8]
Tugwell, Bishop, in West Africa, [171], [205]
Turkestan, a Moslem stronghold, [99], [158]
Turkish Empire, misrule of, [120]; a Moslem power, [120], [159], [160]; character of its capital, [121]
Tûr, Mount, Mohammed concealed in, [63]
U
Uganda, Church in, threatened by Islam, [100]; founded after Stanley's message, [170]; statistics of, [170]
Ugba, Moslem general, [106], [107]
Ukaz, fairs of, incident at, [15]; their influence in Arabia, [18], [19]
Universities' Mission to Central Africa, [170]
Utba, colloquy of Mohammed with, [49-51]
Uzza and Lât, gods of Mecca, [45], [57]; destroyed, [86]
V
Vienna, Moslems defeated before, [203]
Viziers appointed, [108]
W
Wad en Nejumi, follower of the Mahdi, [164]; his death, [165], [166]
Warakah, a cousin of Khadîjah, [25], [30]; opinion on Mohammed's 'revelations, ' [36], [37]
Washings, a Moslem religious duty, [68]
Wingate, Sir Reginald, describes a Moslem foe, [164-6]
Woman, teaching of Mohammed on, [24], [131-3], [138]
X
Y
Yathreb (see Medina)
Z
Zaid, Khadîjah's slave, [40]; husband of Zainab, [88]; present at Mohammed's death, [90]; collects suras, [93]
Zainab, married to Mohammed, [88]
Zanzibar, [161]; cathedral on site of slave market, [170]
Zaria, [173]
Zoroastrians, at Fair of Ukaz, [19]; converted to Islam, [108], [159]
Zwemer, Dr., quoted, [92], [93]
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