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An account of the manners and customs of the modern Egyptians
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  • Faddah, [534].
  • Fakeers, [225].
  • Fákihánee, [294].
  • Falakah, [95].
  • Fánoos, [138].
  • Farageeyeh, [25].
  • Farce-players, [357].
  • Fard, [59], [84], [294].
  • Faroodeeyeh, [36].
  • Farrán, [294].
  • Faskeeyeh. See [Fountain].
  • Fasting, [56], [75], [79], [394].
    • See [Ramadán].
  • Fatátiree, [294].
  • Fateereh, [122].
  • Fát’hah, [50], et passim;
    • specimen of the mode in which it is chanted, [346].
  • Fatoor, [122].
  • Fawátim, costume of the, [28].
  • Fedáwees, [379].
  • Feddán, [118], [533].
  • Fegr, [60].
  • Felláhah, [22].
  • Fellahs, or Felláheen, [19], [22];
    • political condition, [114], [117];
    • domestic life and occupations, [174], [300].
  • Fesahah, or Fes-hah, [15], [139].
  • Festivals, two Grand (or Minor and Great), [59], [79];
    • periodical public, [391], [421], [451].
    • See ’Eed.
  • Festivities, private, [463].
  • Fetteh, [451].
  • Fetwa, [102].
  • Fida, [80].
  • Fikee, [48], [146], [471].
  • Fingán, [125].
  • Firdeh, [119], [501].
  • Fire, eating of, [221], [426].
  • Firkilleh, [223].
  • Fish without scales generally unwholesome in Egypt, [83].
  • Fitr, [533].
  • Fleas excessively numerous in Egypt, [3], [140].
  • Flies extremely annoying in Egypt, [3], [140].
  • Flight, era of the. See [Higreh].
  • Fool mudemmes, [122];
    • nábit, [452].
  • Foot, the right, more honoured than the left, [187].
  • Foot-rasps, [310].
  • Footah, [130].
  • Fornication, law respecting, [95];
    • manner in which women guilty of this crime are sometimes punished, [107], [179].
  • Fortune-telling, [355].
  • Fountains in private houses, [9];
    • in baths, [308], [311];
    • public. See [Sebeels].
  • Fowwál, [294].
  • Franks in Egypt, [113], [255].
  • Frankincense. See [Libán].
  • Friday, the Sabbath of the Muslims, [59], [67].
    • See [Gum’ah].
  • Fruits of Egypt, [134].
  • Fukara. See [Fakeers].
  • Funeral. See [Death];
    • ceremonies after a, [339].
  • Furn, [17].
  • Furniture of a room, [10], [15];
    • of a peasant’s dwelling, [17].
  • Gád El-Mowla, sermon of, [73].
  • Gaház, [147].
  • Galen referred to, [48].
  • Gambling forbidden, [84].
  • Gáme’, [61], [67].
  • Games, [315];
    • of chance forbidden, [84].
  • Gánn Ibn-Gánn, [204].
    • See [Ginn].
  • Gáriyeh, [169].
  • Garmash’ak, [122].
  • Gebr el-Bahr, [458].
  • Gellábs, [170].
  • Gelleh, [175], [288].
  • Gemb, [183].
  • Generosity of the Egyptians, [282].
  • Genii. See [Ginn].
  • Geography, [201].
  • Geomancy, [243].
  • Gereed, game of the, [322].
  • Geydee. See [Keydee].
  • Gezzár, [294].
  • Ghada, [129].
  • Ghagar, or Ghajar, [356].
  • Gháïsh, [351].
  • Gháwázee. See [Gházeeyehs].
  • Gházee, [347].
  • Gházeeyehs, or Gháwázee, [158], [173], [347], [395], [463], [467].
  • Gheyt el-kuttah, [266].
  • Ghools, [207].
  • Ghosts, [207].
  • Ghubeyra, [452].
  • Ghung, [171].
  • Ghusl, [59].
  • Ghuweyshát, [532].
  • Ghuzz, [98].
  • Gibbeh, or Jubbeh, [25].
  • Gink, [352], [423].
  • Ginn, Gánn, Ginnees, or Genii, [54], [202], [242];
    • good, how they pay their alms, [393].
  • Ginyeh, [535].
  • Gipsies. See [Ghagar].
  • Gizyeh (or tribute), [501], [512].
  • Glass, eating of, [221], [427].
  • God, his absolute unity, [52];
    • virtues of the fifty-seven names of, [227].
  • Góhargee, [293].
  • Gold ornaments disapproved of by Mohammad, [26];
    • and silver utensils disallowed by many Muslims, [125].
  • Government of Egypt, [20], [98], [515].
  • Gózeh, [125].
  • Gratitude wanting in the Egyptian character, [269].
  • Grave, torment of the, [55], [483], [485].
    • See [Tomb].
  • Greeks in Egypt, their number, [19].
  • Guards, military, in Cairo, [99], [107].
  • Gumád el-Owwal, [199];
    • et-Tánee, [199].
  • Gum’ah (El-), or Friday, [67];
    • prayers of, [67], [71], [72].
  • Habarah, [38].
  • Habbák, [294].
  • Habbeh, [529].
  • Hadd, [96].
  • Hágg, Hájj, or Hájjee, [80], [120], [399].
  • Hággeh, [120], [128].
  • Hair, women’s, mode of dressing and ornamenting, [37].
  • Haláweh, [295].
  • Halak, [524], [530].
  • Hamah, [159].
  • Hambel’ees, [52], [106].
  • Hamdu li-lláh (El-), [135].
  • Hammám, [307].
  • Hanafees, [52], [56], [106].
  • Hanafeeyeh, [57], [311].
  • Hand, right, honoured above the left, [187];
    • left, used for unclean purposes, [134], [187].
  • Harág, or Haráj, [293].
  • Harárah, [310].
  • Harem. See [Hareem].
  • Hareem, [9], [12], [16], [120], [159];
    • persons admissible into the apartments of the, [160], [162];
    • customs observed by men on approaching the hareems of others, [162];
    • generally necessary to qualify a man to be a tenant of a private house in Cairo, [17], [142].
    • See also [Wives] and [Women].
  • Hâris, [313].
  • Hasa, [315].
  • Hasan El-’Attár, the sheykh, [196].
  • Hasaneyn (El-), mosque of, [217], [218], [395], [421], [429].
    • See [Moolid].
  • Hasheesh, [125], [305], [379].
  • Hashreeyeh, [477].
  • Hashshásh, [306].
  • Hasweh, [315].
  • Hatching of eggs in ovens, [287].
  • Hátoor, [200].
  • Háwees, [353].
  • Head, woman’s, the upper and back part of it most carefully veiled, [42];
    • man’s and boy’s, generally shaven, [24], [44].
  • Hefnáweeyeh darweeshes, [223].
  • Hegábs, [227], [529].
  • Hegira. See [Higreh].
  • Hekr, [266].
  • Hemalees, [296].
  • Heml of the barber, [47];
    • kanádeel, [148];
    • musattah. See [Musattah].
  • Hemp used to induce intoxication, [125], [305];
    • when first used for this purpose in Egypt, [305].
  • Heneeän, [132].
  • Henna, [32], [152], [446], [448], [503].
  • Herám, [80], [289].
  • Herodotus referred to, [23], [82], [135] (twice), [180], [478], [488], [492].
  • Heykel, [497].
  • Hezám, [445].
  • Hezbs, [224], [479].
  • Higreh, or Hijrah, era of the, [199].
  • Hilál, [522].
  • Hiláleeyeh, [361].
  • Hilbeh, [467].
  • Hoboob, [394].
  • Hods, [48].
  • Hogget el-bahr.
  • Homár ’álee, or —— mughattee, [173].
  • Hommus, [122].
  • Hooreeyehs, [55].
  • Horses, how equipped for riding, [127].
  • Hoseyn (El-), place of his head, [194].
    • See [Moolid], and [’A’shoora].
  • Hósh, [8].
  • Hospitality of the Egyptians, [267].
  • Houris. See [Hooreeyehs].
  • Hours, Mohammadan, [200].
  • Houses of Cairo, [417];
    • of the peasantry, [417].
  • Howáh. See [Háwees].
  • Hulaleeyeh, [41].
  • Huroobeh, [158].
  • Ibn el-beled, or Ibn-Masr, [22];
    • Hambal, his scrupulosity, [260].
  • Ibráheem, the patriarch Abraham, [76];
    • Básha, anecdote of, [501];
    • the eyyids, Ed-Dasookee, his moolids, [220].
  • Ibreek, [130], [296].
  • Idiots, respect paid to, [208].
  • Idolaters, law respecting, [81].
  • Ikámeh, [65], [78].
  • ’Ilm en-nugoom, [243];
    • er-rukkeh, [235].
    • See [Astrology].
  • ’Ilwáneeyeh darweeshes, [221].
  • ’Ilwee, [242].
  • Images of things that have life forbidden, [84].
  • Imáms, [70], [84], [192].
  • Imsák, [439], [442].
  • Indolence of the Egyptians, [273].
  • Industry, [285].
  • Infancy, [42].
  • Inheritance, laws of, [90].
  • Ink, [190]. See [Dawáyeh].
  • Innovations, late, in Egypt, [515].
  • Inquisitiveness of the Egyptians, [187].
  • Inscriptions on doors, etc., [5], [15], [232], [233].
  • Insha, [196].
  • Intrigues of Egyptian women, [275].
  • Irrigation, [300].
  • Irritable disposition of the Egyptians, [284].
  • Ishárah, [409], [422].
  • Islám (El-), [52].
  • Ism el-Aazam (El-), [243].
  • Isma’eel, or Ishmael, according to the Muslims, the son whom Ibráheem, or Abraham, designed to sacrifice, [80].
  • Isráfeel, [55].
  • Istikhárah, [240].
  • Jesus Christ, opinions of the Muslims respecting, [53].
  • Jews of Egypt, their number, etc., [19], [512];
    • political state of, [113], [512];
    • domestic life of, [514];
    • character and occupations of, [515].
  • Jocular disposition of the Egyptians, [285].
  • Jubbeh. See [Gibbeh].
  • Jugglers, [355].
  • Juvenal referred to, [348].
  • Kaabeh, [80], [444]. See [Kisweh].
  • Ká’ah, [12].
  • Kabdah, [533].
  • Kádee of Cairo, [101];
    • court of the, [101];
    • and bribery practised there, [102], [103].
  • Kádees in general, [106], [192].
  • Kádireeyeh darweeshes, or Kádirees, [222], [446].
  • Káf, mountains of, [201], [202].
  • Kafal-wood, [135].
  • Kaffárah, [485].
  • Kaftán. See [Kuftán].
  • Kahk, [438].
  • Kahweh, [125], [304], [305].
  • Kahweg’ee, [305].
  • Káïm, [408].
  • Káïm-makám, [114].
  • Kalás’weh, [494].
  • Kamarah, [522].
  • Kamareeyeh, [14].
  • Kamhah, [533].
  • Kandeel, [138].
  • Kánoon, [326], [328].
  • Kantár, [534].
  • Kara-gyooz, [359].
  • Kara-kól, and kárakón, [99].
  • Kara kooseh, [133].
  • Karámeh, [210].
  • Karrás, [190].
  • Kás, [334].
  • Kasabah, [533].
  • Kaseedeh, [156], [197], [412].
  • Kasees, [493].
  • Káshif, [114].
  • Kat’ah bi-khamseh, etc., [534].
  • Kawárë, [378].
  • Káwurmeh, [133].
  • Kebáb, [133], [294].
  • Keemiya (El-), [243].
  • Keerát, [92], [533], [534].
  • Kees, [535]; el-hammám, [312].
  • Keeyem, and Keiyim, [152], [355].
  • Kefen, [475].
  • Kelb, [318], [320].
  • Kemengeh, [326].
  • Ketb el-kitáb, [146].
  • Ketkhud’a. See [Kikhya].
  • Keydee, [301].
  • Keyf, [303].
  • Keytán, [528].
  • Khalboos, [464].
  • Khaleefeh, [28].
  • Khaleeg, [457]. See [Canal].
  • Khaleel El-Medábighee, anecdote of, [204].
  • Khaltah, [452].
  • Khalwet’ee, [224].
  • Khamáseen, [2], [452], [500];
    • winds, [2].
  • Khamees el-’Ahd, [552].
  • Khát’beh, [143].
  • Khateeb, [70].
  • Khátim, [25], [527];
    • Suleymán, [148].
  • Khatmeh, [113], [148], [217], [258], [427], [444], [464], [475], [488].
  • Khawágeh, [128].
  • Khäwals, [158], [351], [467].
  • Khazneh, [15], [139], [535].
  • Kheiyát, [293].
  • Kheyreeyeh, [535].
  • Khidr (El-), [211].
  • Khilweh, [314].
  • Khiyár, [133].
  • Khizám, [530].
  • Khoos, [218].
  • Khudaree, [293].
  • Khuff, [39].
  • Khulkhál, [529], [532].
  • Khurdagee, [293].
  • Khusháf, [134].
  • Khutbeh on Mount ’Arafát, [80];
    • of marriage, [174].
  • Khutbet el-waaz, [73];
    • en-naat, [75];
    • es-Siráfeh, [470].
  • Khutt, [439].
  • Khuzam, [530].
  • Kibleeyeh, [198].
  • Kibleh, [63], [198].
  • Kibt, [489].
  • Kikhya, [99].
  • Kiládeh, [527].
  • Kirbeh, [295].
  • Kirsh, [535].
  • Kishk, [452], [467].
  • Kisweh of the Kaabeh, [444];
    • procession of the, [445];
    • pieces of the, used as charms, [234].
  • Kiyahk and Kiyák, [200].
  • Kohl, [30], [403], [452], [491].
  • Kubbeh, [195];
    • wa-t-teyr (El-), [503].
  • Kubt, [489].
  • Kuftán, or Kaftán, [24].
  • Kullehs for water, [135];
    • for sherbet, [137].
  • Kulluk, [99].
  • Kumedyeh, [206].
  • Kumkum, [150], [184].
  • Kummetrë, [528].
  • Kummus, [493].
  • Kunáfeh, [134].
  • Kur-án, quoted, passim;
    • printed translations, etc., of the, [53], [234];
    • taught at schools, [48], [49];
    • recitation or chanting of the, [63], [155], [258], [434], [475], [478], [485];
    • specimen of the mode of chanting the, [346];
    • petition offered up before reciting the, [63], [64] (note);
    • the chief foundation of the laws, [84];
    • respect paid to the, [261];
    • sometimes quoted in jest, [258];
    • the whole and portions of it used as charms, [227], [233].
  • Kurbág, [95], [289].
  • Kureydátee, [357].
  • Kurs, [37], [519].
  • Kursee, [130];
    • el-wiládeh, [466].
  • Kussah, [521].
  • Kutb, [210].
  • Kuttáb, [48].
  • Kuweysinee (the Sheykh El-), [193], [195].
  • Labolanum, [172].
  • Lamps, [138], [149].
  • Language of the Modern Egyptians, [19], [188].
  • Lanterns, [138], [149].
  • Lattice-work of windows, [7].
  • Laws, [56], [84].
  • Láwingee, [310].
  • Leab el-kumár, [315].
  • Learned men in Egypt, [196].
  • Learning, decline of, [188], [198], [197];
    • respect paid to, [198].
  • Leef, [313], [403].
  • Leewán, [17], [110].
  • Leewángee. See [Láwingee].
  • Legacies, law respecting, [90], [91].
  • Leylet ed-Dukhleh, [147], [153];
    • el-Henna, [152];
    • el-Mearág. See [Mearág];
    • en-Nusf min Shaabán, [435];
    • er-Roo-yeh, [436];
    • el-Kadr, [442];
    • en-Nuktah, [453];
    • es-Saratán, [453];
    • el-Wahsheh, [485];
    • el-Wahdeh, [485];
    • el-Gheetás, [499].
  • Leymoonáteh, [137].
  • Leyseeyeh darweeshes, [223].
  • Libábeh, [467].
  • Libán, or frankincense, [30], [172], [403];
    • Shámee, [35].
  • Libás, [24].
  • Libbeh, [525].
  • Libraries, [190].
  • Lice, [3], [139], [427].
  • Litám or Lithám, [388].
  • Literature, [189], [197].
  • Lock, wooden, [15].
  • Lodging-houses, [16].
  • Love of the Egyptians for their country, [272].
  • Lunatics, [208].
  • Lute, [330].
  • Maagoon and Maagungee, [307].
  • Maamal el-firákh or Maamal el-farroog, [287].
  • Mád’neh or menaret, [60].
  • Maghrib, [60].
  • Maghsil es-Sultán, [237].
  • Maghtas, [311].
  • Magic and Magicians, [226], [242], [244].
  • Magnetic compasses, [198].
  • Mahdee (the sheykh El-), Muftee of Cairo, [103], [105].
  • Mahkem’eh, the Great, [101].
  • Mahkem’ehs, minor, [106].
  • Mahmal, or Mahmil, [403], [404], [447];
    • return of the, [403];
    • grand procession of the, [448].
  • Mahr, [145].
  • Mahrookee, the seyyid Mohammad, [103].
  • Mahshee, [133].
  • Mahshesh’eh, [307].
  • Mahzam, [310].
  • Mak’ad, [11].
  • Makhba, [16], [282].
  • Makra, [422].
  • Makra’′ah, [320].
  • Makreezee (El-), cited, [458], [496], [507].
  • Maksoorah, [71], [217].
  • Malakah, [533].
  • Málikees, [52], [106].
  • Malkaf, [15].
  • M’allim, [128], [308], [506].
  • M’allim’eh, [51].
  • Ma-moor, [114].
  • Mandar’ah, [9].
  • Mankal, [127].
  • Mankal’ah, game of the, [315].
  • Manufactures, [286].
  • Márid, [204].
  • Máristán, [278].
  • Markaz, [211].
  • Markets of Cairo, [110]. See [Sooks].
  • Marriage, laws respecting, [84], [141], [164];
    • duty of, [141];
    • when contracted, [143];
    • how conducted in the case of a virgin, [143];
    • among the lower orders, [151], [157], [158];
    • of widows and divorced women, [157];
    • ceremonies and festivities after, [158], [466].
  • Martial referred to, [348].
  • Martyrs, [54].
  • Má-sháa-lláh, [229].
  • Másh’tah, [314].
  • Másoorah, [529].
  • Masr. See [Cairo].
  • Masree and Masreeyeh, [22].
  • Mastab’ah, [8], [291], [305], [310].
  • Mastic, [126], [135].
  • Mathematics, [198].
  • Matrán, [493].
  • Meals, [121], [129], [138].
  • Mearág, festival of the, [431].
  • Measures, [532].
  • Meats, lawful and unlawful, [82];
    • scrupulosity of Muslims respecting, [270].
  • Mecca. See [Mekkeh].
  • Meded, [414].
  • Medicine, [198].
  • Meglis, [411];
    • el-Meshwar’ah, [100];
    • el-Gihádeeyeh, [100].
  • Megzoob, [209].
  • Mehráb, [69].
  • Mekkeh and Mount ’Arafát, the objects of pilgrimage, [79].
  • Melboos, [415].
  • Melekees or Melekeeyeh, [491].
  • Memlooks, [19], [98], [121], [143], [155].
  • Memrak, [14].
  • Mendacity of the Egyptians, [283].
  • Menseg, [172].
  • Menwar, [409].
  • Mesh’al, [154].
  • Mesh-hed of El-Hoseyn. See [Hasaneyn].
  • Meshrebeeyeh, [8].
  • Meslakh, [308].
  • Mesloob, [209].
  • Mey’ah mubárakah, [231], [392].
  • Meydaäh, [56].
  • Meyyedee, or Meiyedee, [534].
  • Mezz, mezd, or mest, [37].
  • Mibkhar’ah, [135], [150], [184].
  • Mikattah, [190].
  • Miláyeh, [27], [40].
  • Mimbar, [69].
  • Mina (vulgò Muna), [80].
  • Ministers of Mosques, [70].
  • Miracles of saints and darweeshes, [210], [219], [220], [221], [416], [426], [428], [432], [447], [479];
    • of prophets, [209];
    • of Mohammad, [215].
  • Mirwed, [30].
  • Misht, [524].
  • Misned’eh, [190].
  • Misra, [200].
  • Mistar’ah, [190].
  • Miswák, [57], [403].
  • Mitkál, or Mithkál, [78], [534].
  • Mizágee, [519].
  • Moagiz’eh, [210].
  • Mohabbazeen, [357].
  • Mohaddits, [367].
  • Mohallil. See [Mustahall].
  • Mohammad, called by the Muslims “God’s Apostle,” and “the Prophet,” etc., [53];
    • respect paid to, [53], [98], [259];
    • regarded and invoked as an intercessor, [78], [259];
    • appears to Muslims in their sleep, [194], [195];
    • his miracles, [215];
    • respect paid to his tomb, [216], [259];
    • virtues of his 99 names, [228];
    • virtues of the names of his relics, [228];
    • virtues of dust from his tomb, [234];
    • evils counteracted by blessing him, [229], [241];
    • sworn by, and imitated in trivial matters, [259];
    • his illiteracy, [436].
  • Mohammad ’Alee (present Básha of Egypt), his character, policy, etc., [21], [97], [98], [99], [117], [202], [515];
    • his revenue, [117].
  • Mohammad Bey, Deftardár, anecdote of, [115].
  • Mohammad El-Baháee, anecdote of, [194].
  • Mohammad Shiháb, the sheykh, [197].
  • Moharram, [146], [198], [231], [392].
  • Mohtes’ib, [110];
    • anecdotes of a, [111].
  • Money, its value in Cairo, [290], [535].
  • Moneys of Egypt, [534].
  • Months, Mohammadan, [198];
    • Coptic, [199];
    • sacred, [73].
  • Moolids of saints, [219].
  • Moolid of the seyyid Ahmad El-Bedawee, [220];
    • Ibráheem Ed-Dasookee, [220];
    • en-Nebee (the Prophet’s Moolid), [408];
    • of the Sheykh Darweesh El-’Ashmáwee, [410];
    • El-Hasaneyn, [421], [429];
    • Es-Sáleh, [428];
    • of the seyyideh Zeyneb, [430];
    • of the Imám Esh-Sháfe’ee, [434].
  • Mooskee, [99].
  • Mósim el-Khaleeg, [459].
  • Mosques, [67], [70], [119], [191], [396];
    • eating, sleeping, etc., allowed in them, excepting at the times of prayer, [70];
    • not entered by persons with their shoes on, [71];
    • ministers and inferior servants of, [70];
    • thefts committed in, [424].
  • Mourning, [487].
  • Móyet zahr, [296].
  • Muballigh, [72], [112].
  • Mudám, [137].
  • Mudnát, [150].
  • Muëddin, [60], [70].
  • Mufattak’ah, [467].
  • Muftee (supreme) of Cairo, [101], [103];
    • an honest, [106].
  • Muftees in general, [192].
  • Mugáwireen, or Mugáwirs, [191].
  • Mughassil, [475].
  • Mukeyyisátee, [311].
  • Mukhallafát en-Nebee, [228].
  • Muk-hul’ah, [30].
  • Mukleh, [28], [193].
  • Mulakkin, [484].
  • Mumezzezeh, [443].
  • Munádee en-Neel, [454], [456], [462].
  • Munkar and Nekeer, [56], [484].
  • Munshids at zikrs, [410].
  • Murábit, [209].
  • Murakkee, [72].
  • Murder, law respecting, [93].
  • Mureed, [223].
  • Muristán, [278].
  • Musáfir, [267].
  • Musahhir, his cry, etc., [439], [440], [442].
  • Musáre’, [322].
  • Musattah, [402].
  • Musellikátee, [298].
  • Mus-haf, [227].
  • Music, [323]. See [Chant].
  • Musical Instruments, [326].
  • Musicians, [325].
    • See [A’látees].
  • Muslim, [319].
  • Muslim Egyptians, their number, origin, and personal characteristics, [19], [21], [22], [29].
    • For other particulars respecting[respecting] them, see the Tables of Contents, or the words, “Dress,” “Infancy,” “Education,” etc., in this Index.
  • Musquitoes, [3].
  • Musquito-curtain, [139].
  • Mustaches, [23].
  • Mustahall, or Mustahill, [165].
  • Mustaf’a, a name of the Arabian Prophet, [387];
    • Káshif, anecdotes of, [111].
  • Mutawellee (El-), [211].
  • Muwatwat’ah, [35].
  • Muweshshah, [155], [412], [469].
  • Nabk, [475], [480].
  • Nahhás, [293].
  • Náïb of the Kádee, [101].
  • Nakeeb, [210], [472];
    • el-Ashráf, [106], [221].
  • Nákir. See [Munkar].
  • Nakkárah, [333].
  • Nakshibendeeyeh darweeshes, [223].
  • Naming of children, [42].
  • Námooseeyeh, [139].
  • Nárgeeleh, [125].
  • Náring, [296].
  • Nasára and Nasránee, [319].
  • Náshizeh, [88], [157].
  • Náy, [224], [331].
  • Názir, [70], [114].
  • Nebboot, [321].
  • Nebeed, or Nebeedh, [82], [137].
  • Neddábeh, [474].
  • Nedr, [219].
  • Nefeeseh, the seyyiddeh, tomb of, [217].
  • Negeeb, [210].
  • Negefeh, [409].
  • Newspaper, Egyptian, [516].
  • Nezleh, feast of the, [403].
  • Nezlet el-Hágg, [399].
  • Nifás, [468].
  • Nile, [1];
    • its rise, [1], [453];
    • its fall, [1];
    • its fertilizing effect, [2];
    • rise of its bed, [1], [18];
    • navigation of the, [302].
  • Nizám troops, [99], [517].
  • Noorah, [314].
  • Nórooz, [462].
  • Nubians, [19], [140], [489], [492].
  • Nukalee, [294].
  • Nukl, [438].
  • Nukoot or largess, [152], [156], [158], [464], [468], [472].
  • Nuss, or nuss-faddah, [534].
  • Oath in law courts, [102];
    • various forms of, [256], [283].
  • Obstinacy of the Egyptians, [273].
  • ’Okoos, [532].;
  • Omens. See [Auguration].
  • ’Ood (or pipe), [122];
    • (or lute), [330];
    • es-saleeb, [524].
  • Oola, [61], [441].
  • Ophthalmia, [2], [3], [139];
    • charms for the cure of, [236].
  • Opium, use of, [82], [306].
  • ’Orbán, [22].
  • Ornaments, female, [519].
  • ’Osmánlees, or Turks, their number in Egypt, [19].
  • Owlád-Masr, or Owlád-el-beled, [22];
    • ’Enán, darweeshes so called, [221];
    • ’Ilwán, darweeshes so called, [221], [447];
    • Nooh, darweeshes so called, [223].
  • ’Oyoon, [40].