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

Fairs in Arabia, [14], [18]

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]

Isaiah, quoted, [190], [191]

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

Jenghis Khan, [157], [205]

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]

Nigeria, [162], [205]

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 Acaba, [61], [62]

'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

Xavier, Francis, [149], [205]

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]

Zemzem, well of, [2], [4]

Zoroastrians, at Fair of Ukaz, [19]; converted to Islam, [108], [159]

Zwemer, Dr., quoted, [92], [93]

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