Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah — Volume 2

by Sir Richard Francis Burton

[p.415]INDEX.

AAKAL, or fillet, of the Arabs, i. 235 Aaron, burial place of, on Mount Ohod, i. 346, 423; ii. 275. His grave also shown over the summit of Mount Hor, i. 346, n. Aba, the, or camels hair cloak of Arab shaykhs, i. 236 Abar (Saba), or seven wells, of Kuba, i. 414 Abbas Effendi, deputy governor of Alexandria, an interview with, i. 21 Abbas, prayers for, i. 328 Abbas, Al-, uncle of Mohammed the Prophet, ii. 353 Abbas, the fiery Shaykh of the Hawazim, ii. 29 Abbas, Ibn, his statement of the settlement of the family of Noah, i. 343 Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib, his tomb, ii. 40 Abbas Pasha (Viceroy of Egypt), his enlightened policy, i. 18, 78 His intention to erect a magnificent Mosque, i. 99 His present to the Prophets Mosque, i. 312 His respect for the Alim Mohammed Ibn Abdillah al-Sannusi, ii. 25, n. Abbasiyah, Kubbat al- (Dome of Abbas), visit to the, ii. 39 Abbasiyah Palace at Cairo, i. 78 Abd al-Ashal (tribe of), Al-Islam preached by the Prophet to, i. 352 Converted to Mohammedanism, 353 Abd al-Hakk al-Muhaddis of Delhi, Shaykh, i. 358, n. Abd al-Hamid, the Sultan, his repair of the Mosque of Al-Kuba, i. 409 Abd al-Malik bin Marwar, the Caliph, his additions to the House of Allah, ii. 324 Abd al-Majid, Sultan, his mahmil turned back by robbers in Arabia, i. 257 Imbecility of his government in Arabia, i. 257 His Tanzimat, i. 258 Sends gifts to the robbers of Arabia, i. 260 His war with the Czar, i. 291 His additions to the Prophets Mosque at Al-Madinah, i. 308 Abolishes Wakf in Turkey, i. 359, n. Abd al-Muttalib (Shaybah), grandfather of the Prophet, i. 351, n. Abd al-Muttalib bin Ghalib, Sharif of Meccah, i. 259 Description of him, ii[.] 150 His cavalcade, 150 His children, 150 His quarrel with Ahmad Pasha of Al-Hijaz, 151, n. His Palace, 152 His procession to the ceremonies of the day of Arafat, 194 Abd al-Rahim al-Burai, the saint of Jahaydah, i. 262 Abd al-Rahim al-Burai, the poet, quoted, ii. 212 Abd al-Rahman, meaning of the name, i. 14 Abd al-Rahman, tomb of, ii. 249 [p.416] Abd al-Rahman al-Ausat, tomb of, ii. 44 Abd al-Rahman bin Auf, his tomb, ii. 43, n. Abd al-Wahhab, Shaykh, the chief of the Afghan college at Cairo, i. 130 His kindness to the pilgrim, 131 Visits the Pilgrim, 142 Abdullah, father of the Prophet, his burial-place, i. 351, n. Abdullah bin Jaafar al-Tayyar, his tomb, i. 44 Abdullah bin Jaysh, his tomb, i. 429 Abdullah bin Masud, his tomb, ii. 44, n. Abdullah bin Salam, the Jew, of Al-Madinah, converted to Al-Islam, i. 358 Abdullah bin Saud concludes a peace with the Egyptians, i. 370 His unsuccessful attack on Jeddah, ii. 265, n. Abdullah bin Zubayr, nephew of Ayishah, builds the ninth House of Allah, ii. 323 Slain, 324 Abdullah, Pasha of Damascus, i. 263 Abdullah, Shaykh, the assumed name of the author, i. 14 Meaning of the name, 14, n. Abdullah Sahib, Shaykh, the Indian physician of Al-Madinah, ii. 5 Abdullah, Shaykh (the pilgrims namesake), introduced, ii. 129 His acquirements, 130 His success with the Syrians in the Desert, 133 Acts as director of the pilgrims consciences, 133 His accident on camel back, 146 Abdullah, son of the Sharif of Meccah, ii. 150 Abdullah the Saudawi, or melancholist, ii. 230 Performs a wakil for the pilgrims parents, 243 His farewell of the pilgrim, 260 Abel, his burial-place at Damascus, ii. 160, n. Abrahah of Sanaa, erects the Kilis to outshine the Kaabah, i. 321 Abraham, i. 212 Mosque at Meccah connected with, i. 305 Stone on which he stood, preserved at Meccah, ii. 112 History of it, 112, it, n Legend respecting his having learnt the rites of pilgrimage, 321 The Moslem idea of the existence of two Abrahams, ii. 239 Abrahat al-Ashram, destruction of the host of, i. 384, n. Abrar, or call to prayer, i. 88 Abs, the tribe of Arabs, so called, ii. 119 Absinthe, of the Desert, i. 155 Abu Abbas al-Andalusi, the Wali of Alexandria, tomb of, i. 12 Abu Ali, the fiery Shaykh of the Hawazim, ii. 29 Abu Ayyub, the Ansari, receives Mohammed after the Flight, i. 351, 355-357 Abu Bakr, the Caliph, his window at Al-Madinah, i. 316, 320 The benediction bestowed on, 320 His tomb, 324 Elected Caliph, 339 How regarded by Orthodox Moslems and Shiahs, 354 n. His dwelling near the Mosque, 358 His Mosque at Al-Madinah, i. 395; ii. 48 The first who bore the title of Emir al-Hajj, 420, n. Abu Daraj (Father of Steps), wells of, i. 158, n. The mountain of, 158 Abu Hurayrah, his account of the building of the Prophets Mosque, i. 361 Abu Jubaylah, his destruction of the power of the Jews in Al-Madinah, i. 349 Abu Kubays, the hill, the burial-place of Adam, ii. 160, 173 Abu Lahab, his ambuscade laid for the Prophet, site of, ii. 242 Abulfeda, his limits of Al-Hijaz, i. 376 [p.417] Abu Said al-Khazari, tomb of, at Al-Bakia, ii. 36 Abuse of Christians in the East, ii. 335 Abu Shujaa of Isfahan, his theological work, i. 106 Abu Sufiyan routed by Mohammed the Prophet, i. 275 Abu Sufiyan bin al-Haris, his tomb, ii. 44, n. Abu Zulaymah, Shaykh, the Red Sea saint, i. 199, 200 Abwa, tomb of Aminah at, i. 351, n. Abyaz, or white, i. 381, n. Abyssinian slaves in Egypt, i. 59 Style of courtship of, 59. Derivation of the name, i. 177, n. Abyssinian slave girls, their value, ii. 13 Acacia, quantities of, ii. 68, 69, 72 Acacia-barren, terrors of an, ii. 69 Academia, the, of Al-Madinah, i. 338 Adam, stature of, according to Moslem legends, i. 204 His burial place at the hill Abu Kubays, ii. 160 Legend of Adam and Eve at Mount Arafat, 189 Adams place of prayer at Arafat, 193 Adnan, the tribe of Arabs so called, ii. 119 Adas (lentils). See Lentils Aden, ancient wells at, i. 204, n.; dry storms of, i. 247 Adultery, how punished at Al-Madinah, ii. 19 Advenae, of Arabia, ii. 77, n. Aelius Gallus, i. 189 Aerolite worship, ii. 300, n. Afghans, a chivalrous race, i. 40 Africans, their susceptibility to religious phrenzy, ii. 175 Agapemones, suppression of, in Egypt, i. 81, n. Aghas, or eunuchs of the tomb of the Prophet, i. 316, n., 321 et seq; Agha, pl Aghawat, a term of address to the eunuchs of the tomb, i. 371, n. Agni, the Indian fire-god, ii. 160, n. Ague, prevalence of, in the East, i. 13 Ahali, or burghers, of Al-Madinah, i. 375 Ahl al-Risa, or the people of the garment, i. 327, n. Ahmad Pasha, of Al-Hijaz, ii. 256 His quarrel with the Sharif of Meccah, ii. 151, n. Ahmad, son of the Sharif of Meccah, ii. 150 Ahzab, the Masjid al-, ii. 47 Ahzab, Al-, the battle of, ii. 47 Aimmat, the Shaykh al-, of the Prophets Mosque, i. 374 Ajami, meaning of the term, i. 11 Ajwah, the date so called, ii. 401 Ajwah (conserve of dates), ii. 401, n. Akabah, ill-omened, i. 203, 213 Akabah, a steep descent, ii. 251, n. Akd al-Nikah, or Ziwaj (Arab marriage), at Al-Madinah, ii. 23 Akhdam, or Serviles, of Al-Yaman, ii. 78, n. Akhshabayn, Al-, the two rugged hills, near Arafat, ii. 182 The confusion of the return of the pilgrims at, 200 Akhawah, Al-, the black mail among the Badawin, ii. 141 Akif, Haji, accosts the pilgrim, ii. 261 [p.418] Akik, Wady al-, i. 278, n. Aksa, the Masjid al-, at Jerusalem, ii. 305 Akhawat, the relationship among the Badawin so called, ii. 113 Alai, or regiment, of soldiers, i. 394 Alamayn (the Twin Signs), near Arafat, i. 379, ii. 182 Visit to the, 242 Albanians, or Arnauts, their desperate manners and customs, i. 133 Their man-shooting amusements, 133 A drinking bout with one, 135 One killed by a sunstroke, i. 265 Parade of irregular horse, 266 Their singular appearance, 267 Their delight in the noise of musketry, 267, n. Their method of rifling their bullets, 267, n. Fight between them and the hill Arabs, 269 A quarrelsome one in the Caravan, ii. 137 Alchemy, favourite Egyptian pursuit of, i. 108, n. Alexander of Alexandria, i. 143, n. Alexandria, i. 10 A city of misnomers, 10 Its peculiar interest to Moslems, 12 Shopping in, 11 Venerable localities in, ib. Whiteness of the walls of, 20, n. The Foreign Office of, 22 The Transit Office, 27 Algebra, study of, in Egypt, i. 107, n. Alhambra, i. 95 Alhamdolillah, meaning of the ejaculation, i. 8 Ali, the fourth Caliph, reference to, ii. 280 His pillar at Al-Madinah, 326, n. His spouse, Lady Fatimah, 327 et seq. Column of, in the Prophets Mosque, 336 Remains with the Prophet, 354 Joins Mohammed at Kuba, 355 His dwelling near the Mosque, 358 His Mosque at Al-Madinah, 395 Called the Musalla al-id, ib. The birthplace of, at Meccah, ii. 254 Ali (the Masjid) at Al-Kuba, i. 412 At Al-Madinah, ii. 48 Ali Agha, an Albanian captain of Irregulars, or Yuzbashi, i. 132 His personal appearance, 132 Origin of the pilgrims acquaintance with him, 132 Manners and customs of his countrymen, 133 His call and invitation, 135 A drinking bout with him, 136 Ali Bey al-Abbasi, i. 215, n.; 225, n. Employed as spy by the French government, ii. 319. n. Value of his works, 319. n. History of him, 319, n. Ali bin Ya Sin, the Zemzemi, ii. 125 A type of the Arab old man, 125 His accident on camel-back, 146 His appearance at the ceremonies of the day of Arafat, 194 Insists on bestowing his company on the pilgrim, 199 His irritation, 202 His invitation to the pilgrim to dinner, 255 Description of the meal, 256 Ali al-Urays, a descendant of the Prophet, his tomb, ii. 59 Ali Murad, owner of the pilgrim-ship, i. 189, 192 Aliki tribe of Arabs, i. 145 Alms (sadaka), given the Prophets Mosque, i. 312 The, contributed to the Prophets Mosque, 374 Aloe, superstitions of the Arabs and Africans respecting the, ii. 248 Amalekites, identified with the Amalik of the Moslems, i. 343, n. Amalik, the tribe. See Aulad Sam bin Nuh Amalikah, their foundation of the fifth house of Allah, ii. 321 Amalikah tribes, their mixture with the Himyaritic, ii. 79 [p.419] Ambassadors, shameful degradation of, by Moslems, i. 112 Ambari gate of Al-Madinah, i. 285, 287, 395 Ambariyah, of Al-Madinah, house of the Coptic girl Mariyah at, i. 362, n. American Indians, North, compared with the Badawin, ii. 118 Inferiority of the former, 119 Amin, Al- (the Honest), origin of the surname of the Prophet, ii. 323 Aminah, Sitt (mother of the Prophet), her tomb, i. 351, n.; ii. 249 Amlak bin Arfakhshad bin Sam bin Nuh, i. 343 Amlak (property in land) of the Benu Hosayn, ii. 4 Amm Jamal, the native of Al-Madinah, i. 230 Amr, the tribe of, saved from the deluge of Iram, i. 349 Their abodes at Al-Madinah, 355 Their language, ii. 99, n. Amr bin Amin Mal-al-Sama, his stratagem, i. 348 Saved from the Yamanian deluge, 349 The forefather of Mohammed, 349 Amr al-Kays, poet and warrior, his death from ulcer, i. 390 Amur, the Benu, ii. 120, n. Its sub-divisions, 121, n. Amusements of the Cairenes, i. 116 Anakim, Moslem, belief in, i. 204 Anatolia, i. 191 Angels, place of the (Malaikah), at Al-Madinah, i. 326 Prayer at the, 326 Anizah, the Benu (a Jewish tribe), in Arabia, i. 347, n. Their temperament, ii. 78, 121 Ansar, Arab tribe of, i. 347 Ansar, or Auxiliaries, of Al-Madinah, i. 355 Assist Mohammed in building the first Mosque, 357 One of the, sells his house to the Prophet, 361 Antar, songs of, Warburtons opinion of, ii. 95 Antichrist (Al-Dajjal), the Moslem belief respecting, i. 378, n. Antimony (Kohl), used as a remedy in small-pox, i. 385 Anzah (iron-shod javelin), i. 407 Apes, of Al-Hijaz, ii. 220 Traditions respecting them, 220, n. Stories told of them, 221 Apple of Sodom, ii. 137, n. Arabesque, origin of, i. 94 Arabesques, the vulgar, of the Riwaks at Al-Madinah and of the tombs at Cairo, i. 335 Arabia, horses of, i. 3 The Ruba al-Khali, 3 Possesses no river worthy of the name, 4 Testimony of Ibn Haukal to this fact, 4 Contains three distinct races, 4 Enumeration of them, 4 Remnants of heathenry in, 4 Destruction of the idols of the Arab pantheon, 91. Origin of Arab art, 94, n. Closed against trade with Christianity as early as the 7th century, 113, n. The Mountains of Paradise with which it abounds, 222 The little villages in, continually changing their names, 245 The dry storm of, 247 A Caravan in, 249 The water-courses (misyal) of, 250 Excellent water found in the Deserts of, 254 Depopulation of villages and districts in, 254 Bands of robbers in, 256 Imbecility of the Turkish Government in, 257 The poison wind of, 265, n. The celebrated horses and camels from Nijd, 266, n. Wells of the Indians in Arabia, 274 Moslem account [p.420] of the first settlement in, 343 One of the nurseries of mankind, 344, n. Causes of the continual emigrations from, 345, n. Governed by the Benu Israel, after the destruction of the Amalik, 346 Derivation of the name Arabia, 346, n. The flood of Iram, 348 Former possessions of, in Egypt, 359, n. Fire-temples of the ancient Guebres in, 379, n. Diseases of, 384, et seq. Description of a desert in, ii. 131 A night journey in, 132 Arabia Petræa, of the Greeks, i. 376, n. Arab al-Aribah, ii. 77 Arab al-Mustaajamah, ii. 79 Arab al-Mustaarabah, or half-caste Arab, ii. 79 Arabs. (See also Badawin.) Similarity in language and customs between the Arabs and the tribes occupying the hills that separate India from Persia, 246, n. Generalisation unknown to the Arabs, 250, n. Their ignorance of anything but details, 250 Journey through a country fantastic in its desolation, 252 Ruinous effects of the wars between the Wahhabis and the Egyptians, 254 Good feelings of Arabs easily worked upon, 256 Douceurs given by the Turkish government to the Arab Shaykhs of Al-Hijaz, 266 Fight between the troops and Arabs in Al-Hijaz, 273 The world divided by Arabs into two great bodies, viz., themselves and the Ajami, 290, n. Their affectionate greetings, 287, 280, n. Their fondness for coffee, 290, n. Their children and their bad behaviour and language, 292 An Arab breakfast, 298 Melancholia frequent among the Arabs, 299, n. Probable cause of this, 299, n. Tenets of the Wahhabis, 306 Capitulation of the Benu Kurayzah to the Prophet, 336 Moslem early history of some of the tribes, 349, et seq. Dwellings of the Arabs in the time of Mohammed, 359 The seasons divided by them into three, 383 Diseases of the Arabs of Al-Hijaz, 384, et seq. The Arabs not the skilful physicians that they were, 390 Portrait of the farmer race of Arabs, 407 The Arzah, or war dance, 419 Arab superstitions, 427 Difference between the town and country Arab, ii. 13 Their marriages, 23, et seq. Their funerals, 24 Their difficulty of bearing thirst, 69 The races of Al-Hijaz, 76 et seq. Arab jealousy of being overlooked, 318, n. Arabic. Generalisation not the forte of the Arabic language, 250 Its facilities for rhyming, i. 319, n. Traditions respecting its origin, 344 Said to be spoken by the Almighty, 344, n. Changes in the classical Arabic, ii. 15 Purity of the Badawi dialect, 98, n. Examination of the objections to Arabic as a guttural tongue, 99, n. Difference in the articulation of several Badawi clans, 99, n. Suited to poetry, but, it is asserted, not to mercantile transactions, 100 The vicious pronounciation of Indians and slaves, 184, n. The charming song of Maysunah, 190 The beautiful Tumar character, 215 Differences of opinion among travellers and linguists respecting Arabic and its dialects, 235, n. Arafat, the Masjid, at Al-Kuba, i. 412 Tall Arafat, 412 Arafat, mount (anciently Jabal Ilal, now Jabal al-Rahmah), ceremony of the pilgrimage to, ii. 289 Description of, 189 Former high cultivation of the Arafat plain, 187 Derivation of the name of [p.421] the mount, 188, n. The camp arrangements at, 189 Superstitious rite on behalf of women at, 189 The ceremonies of the day of Arafat, 192, et seq. The sermon, 197 The hurry from Arafat, 199 The approach to the Arafat plain, 182 Araki, the Cognac of Egypt and Turkey, i. 134 Called at Cairo sciroppo di gomma, 144, n. A favourite drink among all classes and sexes, 144, n. Arbun (earnest money), ii. 52 Arches, pointed, known at Cairo 200 years before they were introduced into England, i. 96 Architecture, the present Saracenic Mosque-architecture, origin of the, i. 364, n. Simple tastes of the Arabs in, 396 The climate inimical to the endurance of the buildings, 396 Arian heretics, i. 143, n. Arimi, tribe of Arabs so called, i. 145 Aris, Al-, (a bridegroom), ii. 23 Arithmetic, Moslem study of, i. 108, n. Arkam bin al-Arkam, last king of the Amalik, i. 345 Armenian marriage, i. 123 Arms prohibited from being carried in Egypt, i. 17 Arms of Arabs, 237, 248; ii. 105, 106 Those worn by Oriental travellers, i. 238 Should always be kept bright, 238 Arms of Arnaut Irregular horse, 266 The use of the bayonet invaluable, 269, n. Stilettos of the Calabrese, 269, n. Sabres preferred to rifles by Indians, 269, n. Army, amount of the Turkish of Al-Hijaz, i. 393, n. The battalion regiment and camp, 394, n. Arnaud, M., his visit to the ruins of the dyke of Mareb, i. 348, n. Arnauts. See Albanians Arwam or Greeks in Al-Madinah, i. 292 Arsh, or throne, of God, ii. 319 Art, Arab origin of, i. 95, n. Arusah, Al- (a bride), ii. 23, n. Arzah, or Arab war-dance, i. 419 Asad bin Zararah, his conversion by the Prophet, i. 352 Asal Asmar, or brown honey, ii. 130, n. Asclepias gigantea (ashr), its luxuriance in the deserts of Arabia, ii. 137 Bears the long-sought apple of Sodom, 138, n. The fruit used as a medicine by the Arabs, 138, n. Called the silk-tree, 138, n. Its probable future commercial importance, 138, n. Ashab, or Companions of the Prophet, i. 320 The Ustuwanat al-Ashab, or Column of the Companions, 326, n. Graves of the, at Al-Bakia, ii. 43 Ashab al-Suffah, or Companions of the Sofa, i. 363, n. Ashab, the relationship among the Badawin so called, ii. 113 Ashgar, Ali Pasha, the Emir al-Hajj, ii. 71 Ashr (Asclepias gigantea, which see) Ashwat, or seven courses, round the Kaabah, ii. 167, n. Askar, the Masjid al-, ii. 49 Asr, al-, or afternoon prayers, i. 311, n. Assayd, the Jewish priest of Al-Madinah, i. 350 [p.422] Asses turning their back upon Allahs mercy, i. 347 Asses, of Al-Madinah, ii. 17 Usefulness of the ass in the East, ii. 241, n. The best and the highest-priced animals, 241, n. Assassination, how to put an end to at Naples and Leghorn, i. 258, n. Assassins (from Hashshashshiyun), i. 187, n. Astronomy among the modern Egyptians, i. 108, n. Among the Badawin, ii. 107 Aswad (dark or black), the word, i. 381, n. Atakah, Jabal (Mountain of Deliverance), i. 195 Atfah, i. 30 Auf, the Benu, their language, ii. 99, n. Their subdivisions, 120, n. Aukaf, or bequests left to the Prophets Mosque, i. 374 Those given to the Benu Hosayn, ii. 4 The Nazir al-Aukaf at Constantinople, 7 Aulad Sam bin Nuh (or Amalikah, Amalik) inspired with a knowledge of the Arabic tongue, i. 343 Settles at Al-Madinah, 344 Identified with the Phnicians, Amalekites, Canaanites, and Hyksos, 343, n. Supplanted by the Jews, 347 Aus, Arab tribe of, i. 147, 149 Their wars with the Kharaaj, 149 Converted by Mohammed, 352 Their plot against Mohammed, 358 Their mixture with the Amalikah, ii. 79 Austrians, despised in Egypt, i. 111 Awali, the, or plains about Kuba, i. 380 Awam, the, or nobile vulgus of Al-Madinah, i. 375 Ayat, or Koranic verse, i. 353 Ayishah accedes to the wishes of Osman and Hasan to be buried near the Prophet, i. 325 Her pillar in the Mosque of the Prophet, 335 Her chamber, or the Hujrah, surrounded with a mud wall, 363 Anecdote of her, ii. 34, n. Her tomb, 38 Her jealousy of the Coptic girl Mariyah, 47, n. Ayn al-Birkat, i. 227 The Ayn Ali, 227 Ayn al-Zarka (azure spring), of Al-Madinah, i. 381 Ayr, Jabal, its distance from Al-Madinah, i. 379 Cursed by the Prophet, 422 Ayyas bin Maaz, converted by the Prophet, i. 352 Ayyaz, Kazi, his works, i. 106, n. Ayyub, Abu, the Ansari, ii. 408 The Bayt Ayyub, his descendants, 408 Ayyub, well of, at Al-Madinah, i. 360 Azan, or summons to prayer, i. 76; i. 363 Azbakiyah, of Cairo, i. 81 Drained and planted by Mohammed Ali, 81, n. Azhar, Al-, Mosque, at Cairo, i. 97, l00, et seq. Foundation of, 102 Immense numbers of students at, 102 The course of study pursued in, 103 The principal of the Afghan College, Shaykh Abd al-Wahab ibn Yunus al-Sulaymani, 130-131 Azrail, the angel of death, i. 302, 365 Azrak, Bahr al-, remarks on the usual translation of the expression, i. 381, n.

BAB, gates of the Mosque of Meccah, ii. 314 Bab al-Atakhah, gate of deliverance, at Al-Madinah, i. 332, n. [p.423] Bab al-Jabr, or Gate of Repairing, i. 333, n. Bab al-Nasr, the gate of Cairo so called, i. 143 Tombs outside the, 335, n. Bab al-Nisa, at Al-Madinah, i. 332 Bab al-Rahmah, or Gate of Pity, at Al-Madinah, i. 332 Bab al-Salam, anciently called the Bab al-Atakah, i. 332 Bab Jibrail, or Gate of the Archangel Gabriel, i. 333 Bab Majidi, or Gate of the Sultan Abd al-Majid, at Al-Madinah, i. 332 Babel or Babylon, settled by the family of Noah, i. 343 Badanjan (egg plant), i. 404 Bad-masti, or liquor-vice, ii. 272 Baghdad, i. 266, n. Quarrel between the Baghdad Caravan and that from Damascus, ii. 128 Baghlah (corrupted to Bungalow), i. 178 Bayt al-Ansari, at Al-Madinah, ii. 1 The Bayt Abu Jud, 1 The Bayt al-Shaab, 1 The Bayt al-Karrani, 1 Bayt al-Maamur, ii. 320 Bayt al-Nabi (the Prophets old house) at Meccah, ii. 251 Bayt Ullah, or House of Allah at Meccah, i. 306 See Kaabah. Bakhshish, meaning of, i. 8, n. In the deserts of Arabia, 247, 248; 406 The odious sound for ever present in Egypt, i. 189 Always refused by Englishmen, 189 Bakia, Al-, cemetery of at Al-Madinah, i. 278, n., 286, 323, n., 327 Prayers for the souls of the blessed who rest in, 328 Visitation of the, ii. 31 Graves of the Ashab and Sayyids at, 32 Foundation of the place by the Prophet, 32 Description of a funeral at, 33 The martyrs of, 37 Tombs of the wives and daughters of the Prophet at, 38 The beggars of, 38 Benediction of, 42 The other celebrities of, 43-44, n. Belal, his Mosque at Al-Manakhah, i. 395 Balsam of Meccah, used in the cure of wounds, i. 389 See Gilead, Balm of Bamiyah, an esculent hibiscus, i. 404 Banca tin, i. 180 Baras, the kind of leprosy so called. See Leprosy Barbers, Eastern, their skill, i. 289, n. Barr, Al-, at Madinah, i. 289, 297 Barsim, or Egyptian clover, i. 404 Bartema, reference to, i. 326 n. His account of the colony of Jews existing in Arabia, 346 n. Adventures of, ii. 333 Basalt (Hajar Jahannam, or hell-stone), ii. 74 Bashi Buzuks, irregular troops at Cairo, i. 157 Bashat al-Askar, or commander of the forces of the Caravan, ii. 72 Bashir Agha college, at Al-Madinah, ii. 24 Basrah, a den of thieves, how reformed, i. 258, n. Bastarah, i. 29 Bathing in cold water, Arab dislike to, i. 173 The bath in the Hart Zawaran of Al-Madinah, i. 392 Batn Arnah, near Mount Arafat, ii. 187 Batn al-Muhassir (Basin of the Troubler) at Muna, ii. 181 Battalin, the lowest order of the Eunuchs of the Tomb, i. 372 [p.424] Batul, Al-, or the Virgin, term applied to the Lady Fatimah, i. 328, n. Bawwabin, one of the orders of the Eunuchs of the Tomb, i. 372 Bazar, of Al-Madinah, i. 391 Bayazi schismatics, ii. 6 Bayonet, use of, not learnt in the English army, i. 269, n. The most formidable of offensive weapons, 269, n. Bayruha, Bir al-, at Kuba, i. 414, n. Beauty-masks, in vogue at Meccah, ii. 233 Badawin, i. 142, 144 Observations on the modern Sinaitic or Tawarah race of, 146, et seq. Enumeration of the chief clans of, 146 Ethnographical peculiarities of, 146 Improvement in, 147 How manageable in the Desert, 148 The city Arab, 153 Arab dislike to bathing in cold water; 173 Arab food, 211 Description of a Shaykh fully equipped for travelling, 234 Dress of the poorer class of Arabs, 237 Their songs in the Desert, 242 The Aulad Ali, 112, n. Badawi robbers, mode of proceeding of, 127 Awed only by the Albanian irregulars, 133 Habits, 142, 144 Their songs, 144 Their tobacco-pipes, 144, n. Remarks on the modern Sinaitic clans, 145 Purity of blood of the Muzaynah, 145 Their peculiar qualities, 146 Their love of the oasis, 149, n. How treated by the city Arab, 152 A Badawi ambuscade, 156 Their food, 182, n. The wreckers of the coasts of the Red Sea, 205 Their bad character at Marsa Damghah, 213 Those of the coasts of the Red Sea, 218 The camel Badawin of Arabia, 230 The Hazimi tribe out, 231 The black mail levied by them on stranger travellers, 233, n. Their suspicion of persons sketching, 240, n. Badawi woman leading sheep and goats, 246 Character of the tribe of Benu-Harb, 247 Their pride, 247 The Benu Bu Ali tribe defeated by Sir L. Smith, 248, n. Their ingenuity in distinguishing between localities the most similar, 251 Quarrel with, 256. The Sumayat and Mahamid, sub-families of the Hamidah, 256 The Benu Amr, 257 Attempt to levy black mail, 261 Their defeat of Tussun Bey in 1811, 262 Fight between them and the Albanian troops, 269, 273 Their method of treating wounds, 271, n. Their attack on the Caravan, 273 Graves of the Benu Salim, or Salmah, 274, n. Shape of the graves, 274 Their contempt for mules and asses, 304 Their preservation of the use of old and disputed words, 377, n. Their appearance in the Damascus Caravan, 418 n. The Benu Hosayn at Al-Madinah, ii. 4 The Benu Ali at the Awali, 4, 5 Almost all the Badawin of Al-Madinah are of the Shafei school, 6 Their idea of the degradation of labour, 9 Furious fight between the Hawazim and the Hawamid, 29 Practice of entrusting children to their care that they may be hardened by the discipline of the Desert, 36, n. Their fondness for robbing a Hajji, 385 The Sobh tribe inveterate plunderers, ii. 58 Their only ideas of distance, 63, n. Their difficulty of bearing thirst, 69 Account of the Badawin of Al-Hijaz, 76, et seq. The three races, 76 The indigens, or autochthones, 77 Their similarity to the indigens of India, 77, n. The advenæ, 78 The Ishmaelites, 78 Mixture of the Himyaritic and Amalikah tribes, 79 Immutability of race [p.425] in the Desert, 79 Portrait of the Hijazi Badawin, 80 Their features, complexion, &c., 80, 82 Their stature, 83 Their systematic intermarriage, 84 Appearance of the women, 85 Manners of the Badawin, 85 Their true character, 86 How Arab society is bound together, 86, 87 Fitful and uncertain valour of the Badawin, 87 Causes of their bravery, 88 The two things which tend to soften their ferocity, 89 Tenderness and pathos of the old Arab poets, 93 Heroisms of the women, 94 Badawi platonic affection, 94 Arab chivalry, 95 Dakhl, or protection, among them, 97 Their poetic feeling, 98 Effect of Arab poetry, in the Desert 98, 99 Brigandage honourable among the Badawin, 101 The price of blood among them, 103 Intensity of their passions, 103 Their sports, 103 Their weapons, 105 Their sword-play, 106 Their music and musical instruments, 107 Their surgery, 108 Their religion, 109 Their ceremonies, 110 Circumcision, 110 Marriage, 111 Funeral rites, 111 Methods of living on terms of friendship with them, 112 Their bond of salt, 112 Their government, 113 The threefold kind of relationship among the tribes: the Ashab, the Kiman, and the Akhawat, 113 Black mail, 114 Their dress, 115 Their food, 116 Smoking, 118 The Badawin compared with the North American Indians, 118-119 Superiority of the former, 119 Enumeration of the principal branches of the Badawi genealogical tree, 119-123 n. Ferocity of the Utaybah Badawin, 144. Their visit to the House of Allah, 168 Their graves at Mount Ohod, i. 430 Their disgust when in towns, ii. 179n. Their appearance in the Damascus Caravan on the Arafat plain, 181 Their cleanliness compared with the dirt of the citizen Arabs, 190 Their fondness for the song of Maysunah, 190, n. Their wild dances and songs, 223 A pert donkey-boy, 262 Badr, the scene of the Prophets principal military exploits, i. 225, 260 Badr, reference to the battle of, i. 274 n. Beef, considered unwholesome by the Arabs, ii. 17 Beggars in the Prophets Mosque, i. 312 Female beggars near the tomb of the Lady Fatimah, 328 At the tomb of the Prophet, 331 Strong muster of, at Al-Bakia, ii. 38 Bekkah, or place of crowding, Meccah so called, ii. 215, n. Belal, the Prophets muezzin, i. 234; ii. 1, n. Bells, origin and symbolical meaning of, i. 79, n. Baluchi, nomads, the, i. 246 n. Benu-Harb, the Arab tribe, i. 247 Their pride, 248 Sub-families and families of the, 256 Their defeat of Tussun Bey and his 8,000 Turks, 262 Benu-Israel, Dr. Wilsons observations on, i. 147, n. Benu Jahaynah, i. 24 Benu Kalb, i. 214, 248 Benjamin of Tudela, his accounts of the Jewish colony in Arabia, ii. 346, n. Bequests (Aukaf) left to the Prophets Mosque, ii. 374 Berberis, characteristics of the, i. 62, 63, 202 Bertolucci, M., his visit to Meccah, i. 5, n. Beybars, Al-Zahir, Sultan of Egypt, his contribution to the Mosque of the Prophet, i. 368 [p.426] []Bidaah, or custom unknown at the time of the Prophet, i. 371, n. Bir Abbas, in Al-Hijaz, i. 264 Bir al-Aris, the, in the garden of Kuba, i. 412 Called also the Bir al-Taflat (of Saliva), 413 Bir al-Hindi, the halting place, i. 274 Bir Said (Saids well), i. 251 Bilious complaints common in Arabia, i. 387 Birds, of the palm-groves of Al-Madinah, ii. 399 Carrion birds on the road between Al-Madinah and Meccah, ii. 62 The Rakham and Ukab, 62 Vicinage of the kite and crow to the dwellings of man, 72 Birkah, Al-, the village so called, i. 29 Birkat, Al- (the Tank), description of, ii. 136 Birni, Al-, the date so called, i. 401 The grape so termed, 404 Bissel, battle of, ii. 89 Bizr al-Kutn (cotton seed), used a remedy in dysentery, i. 389 Blackmail, levied by the Badawin, i. 233, n., 265; ii. 114 Black Stone (Hajar al-Aswad), the famous, of the Kaabah, ii. 302, 321 Traditions respecting the, 303, n. Its position, 302 Its appearance, 303 Ceremonies on visiting it, 168 Blessing the Prophet, efficacy of the act of, i. 313, n. The idea borrowed from a more ancient faith, 313, n. Blood-revenge, i. 235 Blood-feud, proper use of the, i. 259 Its importance in Arab society, ii. 87 The price of blood, 103 Buas, battle of, between the Aus and Kharaj tribes, i. 349; ii. 59, n. Bokhari, Al-, celebrated divine, i. 106, n. Books, Moslem, those read in schools in Egypt, i. 105 Works on Moslem divinity, 105, et seq. Books on logic and rhetoric, 108, n. Algebra, 108, n. History and philosophy, 108, n. Poetry, 108, n. Abundance of books at Al-Madinah, ii. 24 Borneo, pilgrims from, to Meccah, i. 179 Botany of the Arabian Desert, ii. 137 Bouda, the Abyssinian malady so called, ii. 175, n. Brahui nomads, i. 246, n. Bravado, its effect in Arabia, ii. 264 Bread in Arabia, i. 245 That called Kakh, 245 Fondness of Orientals for stale unleavened bread, 245, n. Breakfast, an Arab, i. 298 Breeding-in, question of, ii. 84 Brigandage, held in honour among the Badawin, ii. 101 Britain, probable origin of the name, ii. 239, n. Bughaz, or defile, where Tussun Bey was defeated, i. 262, n. Bukht al-Nasr (Nebuchadnezzar), invasion of, i. 347 Bulak, the suburb of, i. 31 Bulak Independent, the, i. 109, n. Buraydat al-Aslami, escorts Mohammed to Al-Madinah, i. 354 Burckhardt, his grave near Cairo, i. 84, n. Error in his Map of Arabia, 253 Reference to his Travels, i. 286, n. His account of the curtain round the Prophets tomb, 321, n. Extracts from his descriptions of the Bayt Ullah, ii. 294, et seq. [p.427] Burial-places in the East and in Europe, ii. 183 Burma, or renegade, derivation of the word, i. 23 Burnus, i. 193 Burton, Lieut., what induced him to make a pilgrimage, i. 1 His principal objects, 3 Embarks at Southampton, 5 His Oriental impedimenta, 5 His eventless voyage, 6 Trafalgar, 7 Gibaltar, 7 Malta, 7 Lands at Alexandria, 8 Successfully disguises himself, 11 Supposed by the servants to be an Ajami, 11 Secures the assistance of a Shaykh, 11 Visits Al-Nahl and the venerable localities of Alexandria, 11 His qualifications as a fakir, magician, and doctor, 12 Assumes the character of a wandering Darwaysh as being the safest disguise, 13 Adopts the name of Shaykh Abdullah, 14 Elevated to the position of a Murshid, 14 Leaves Alexandria, 16 His adventures in search of a passport, 19 Reasons for assuming the disguise, 22 His wardrobe and outfit, 23 Leaves Alexandria, 28 Voyage up the Nile, 29 Arrives at Bulak, 31 Lodges with Miyan Khudabakhsh Namdar, 35 Life in the Wakalah of Egypt, 41 Makes the acquaintance of Haji Wali, 43 Becomes an Afghan, 45 Interposes for Haji Wali, 48 Engages a Berberi as a servant, 62 Takes a Shaykh, or teacher, Shaykh Mohammed al-Attar, 67 The Ramazan, 74 Visits the Consul-General at Cairo, 86 Pleasant acquaintances at Cairo, 122 Account of the pilgrims companion, Mohammed al-Busyani, 123 Lays in stores for the journey, 125 The letter of credit, 126 Meets with difficulties respecting the passport, 127 Interview with the Persian Consul, 129 Obtains a passport through the intervention of the chief of the Afghan college, 131 An adventure with an Albanian captain of irregulars, 132, et seq. Departure from Cairo found necessary, 140 A display of respectability, 141 Shaykh Nassar, the Badawi, 141 Hasty departure from Cairo, 142 The Desert, 144, et seq. The midnight halt, 154 Resumes the march, 154 Rests among a party of Maghrabi pilgrims, 156 Adventure on entering Suez, 159 An uncomfortable night, 159 Interview with the governor of Suez, 160 Description of the pilgrims fellow-travellers at Suez, 161, et seq. Advantages of making a loan, 165 Suspicion awakened by a sextant, 166 Passports a source of trouble, 168 Kindness of Mr. West, 169 Preparations for the voyage from Suez, 172 Society at the George Inn, 172 The pilgrim-ship, 186 A battle with the Maghrabis, 191 Leaves Suez, 194 Course of the vessel, 195 Halts near the Hammam Bluffs, 197 The Golden Wire aground, 200 Re-embarkation, 201 Reaches Tur, 201 Visits Moses Hot Baths, 203 Leaves Tur, 207 Effects of a thirty-six hours sail, 209 Makes Damghah anchorage, 213 Enters Wijh Harbour, 214 Sails for Jabal Hassani, 217 Nearly wrecked, 219 Makes Jabal Hassani, 220 Wounds his foot, 221 The halt at Yambu, 225 Bargains for camels, 230 An evening party at Yambu, 232 Personates an Arab, 234 His Hamail or pocket Koran, 239 Departure from Yambu, 241 The Desert, 242 The halting-ground, 244 Resumes the march, 244 Alarm of [p.428] Harami or thieves, 249 Reaches Bir Said, 251 Encamps at Al-Hamra, 253 Visits the village, 254 A comfortless day there, 255 Attempt of the Badawin to levy blackmail, 261 Encamps at Bir Abbas, 264 A forced halt, 271 Prepares to mount and march, 272 Scene in the Shuab al-Hajj, 273 Arrives at Shuhada, 274 The favourite halting-place, Bir al-Hindi, 274 Reaches Suwaykah, 275 Has a final dispute with Saad the Demon, 276 Disappearance of the camel-men, 277 First view of the city of Al-Madinah, 279 Poetical exclamations and enthusiasm of the pilgrims, 280 Stays at the house of Shaykh Hamid, 288 The visitors and children there, 291 The style of living at Al-Madinah, 296 View from the majlis windows, 297 Visits the Prophets tomb, 304 Expensiveness of the visit, 331 Reasons for doubting that the Prophets remains are deposited in the Hijrah, 339. Visits the Mosque of Kuba, 398 Sums spent in sightseeing, 411 His Kayf at Al-Kuba, 412 Arrival of the Damascus pilgrimage at Al-Madinah, 416 The visitation of Ohod, 419 Attends at the Harim in the evening, 433 Visits the cemetery of Al-Bakia, ii. 31 Prepares to leave Al-Madinah, 51 Adieus, 54 The last night at Al-Madinah, 55 The next dangers, 57 The march from Al-Madinah, 59 The first halt, 59 A gloomy pass, 61 Journey from Al-Suwayrkiyah to Meccah, 124 A small feast, 127 A night journey, 132 An attack of the Utaybah, 143 The pilgrim sights Meccah, 152 His first visit to the House of Allah, 160 His uncomfortable lodging, 171 Returns to the Kaabah, 172 Ceremonies of the day of Arafat, 192 et seq.; and of the Day of Victims, 202 Accident at the Great Devil, 204 Revisits the Kaabah, 206 The sacrifices at Muna, 217 The sermon at the Harim, 225 Life at Meccah, and the Little Pilgrimage, 227 The pilgrims contemplated resolution to destroy the slave trade, 252 Description of a dinner at Meccah, 256 Leaves Meccah, 260 Events on the road, 261, et seq. Enters Jeddah, 265 End of the pilgrims peregrinations, 276 Busat, Bir al-, at Kuba, i., 414, n. Business, style of doing, in the East, i. 27 Bassorah, i. 266, n. Butter, clarified (Samn in Arabia, the Indian ghi), used in the East, i. 182, 245 Fondness of Orientals for, ii. 11 Buzaat, Bir al-, at Kuba, i. 414, n.

CAGLIOSTRO, Count (Guiseppe Balsamo), the impostor, his settlement of
Greeks at Al-Madinah, i. 292; ii. 25
Cain, his burial-place under Jabal Shamsan, ii. 160, n.
Cairo, its celebrated latticed windows, i. 35 Medical practitioners in,
54 Expenses of a bachelor in, 65 A Cairo druggist described, 67 The
Abbasiyah palace, 78 Scene from the Mosque of Mohammed Ali by
moonlight, 84 A stroll in the city at night, 88 Immense number of
Mosques at, 96 Once celebrated [p.429] for its libraries, 101, n.
Fanatic Shaykhs of, 113, n. The corporations, or secret societies of,
113 Description of the festival following the Ramazan, 115 The New Year
Calls at Cairo, 117. Meaning of the name Cairo, 117 The Pressgang in,
117 The inhabitants panic-stricken at the rumours of a conspiracy, 118
Scenes before the police magistrate, 119 Vulgar arabesques on the tombs
outside the Bab al-Nasr, 335, n. Gardens in the Mosques of, 337
Magician of, 388, n.
Cambay, Gulf of, i. 212
Camel-grass of the Desert, i. 252
Camels, remarks on riding, i. 142 The nakh, 152 n. The Shaykh or agent of
(the Mukharrij), 230 His duties, 230, n. Loading camels in Arabia, 234
The mashab, or stick for guiding, 237 The Arab assertion that the feet
of the camel are pained when standing still, 241, n. Mounting a camel,
241 Travelling in Indian file, 243 Pace at which camels travel, 244, n.
Method of camel-stealing in Arabia, 250, n. The celebrated camels from
Nijd, i. 266, n. Camel-travelling compared with dromedary-travelling,
281 The she-camel which guided Mohammed, 354, 355, 360 Carthartic
qualities of camels milk, 390 The huge white Syrian dromedary, 418 The
Dalul, 418 The Nakah, 418, n. The camels of Al-Madinah, ii. 16 Camel
hiring at Al-Madinah, 32 Camels sure-footedness, 68 A night-journey
with, in the Desert, 132 Specimens of the language used to camels, 133,
n. Mode of sacrificing camels, 217, n.
Canaanites, identified with the Amalik of the Moslems, i. 343, n.
Canal, the proposed, between Pelusium and Suez, i. 143
Capparis, the wild, in Arabia, ii. 72
Caramania, i. 191
Caravan, i. 249 The escort, 249 The Tayyarah, or flying Caravan, ii. 50
The Rakb, or dromedary Caravan, 50 Principal officers of the Caravan to
Meccah, ii. 71
Caravanserai, of Egypt. See Wakalah
Caste in India, observations on, i. 36, n.
Castor-plant, i. 403
Cathedrals, of Spain, proofs of their Oriental origin, i. 307, n. The
four largest in the world, 364, n.
Catherine, St., convent of, on the shores of the Red Sea, i. 202, n.
Cattle, breeding of, among the Badawin, ii. 107
Cautery, the actual, used in cases of dysentery, i. 389 And for the
cure of ulcers, 390
Cavalry, Albanian irregular, i. 266 English cavalry tactics defective,
268 Reference to Captain Nolans work, 268 Ancient and modern cavalry,
268 The Chasseurs de Vincennes, 269
Cave, of Mount Ohod, i. 423
Celibacy in the East, pernicious effects of, ii. 79, n.
Cemetery of Al-Bakia. See Bakia
Cemetery of Meccah (Jannat al-Maala), visit to the, ii. 248
Cephren, pyramid of, i. 30
Cereals, of the Madinah plain, i. 404
Chains, Affair of, (Zat al-Salasil), ii. 89
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Chaldæans, in Arabia, ii. 77
Charity, water distributed in, i. 6
Chasseurs de Vincennes, i. 269
Chaunting the Koran, i. 106
Cheops, pyramid of, i. 30
Children of the Arabs, i. 292 Their bad behaviour and bad language, 292
Causes of this, 292, n. Children entrusted to Badawin, ii. 89
Chivalry, Arab, ii. 92 Songs of Antar, 95 Chivalry of the Caliph
Al-Mutasim, 96
Chob-Chini. See Jin-seng
Cholera Morbus in Al-Hijaz. See Rih al-Asfar
Christ, personal suffering of, denied by all Moslems, i. 326, n.
Christians, colony of, on the shores of the Red Sea, i. 202
Civilisation, the earliest, always took place in a fertile valley, with
a navigable river, i. 344 n.
Circumambulation. See Tawaf
Circumcision, ceremony of, ii. 19 Among the Badawin, ii. 110 The two
kinds, Taharah and Salkh, 110. Method of proceeding, 110, n.
Cleopatras Baths, i. 10
Cleopatras Needle, i. 10 Called Pharaohs packing-needle by the native
Ciceroni, 10, n.
Cleopatra, her introduction of Balm of Gilead into Egypt, ii. 148, n.
Coffee-house, description of an Eastern, i. 215 Good quality of the
coffee drunk at Al-Madinah, i. 290 Filthiness of that of Egypt, 290, n.
The Kishr of Al-Yaman, 291, n. The coffee-houses of Al-Madinah, 392
Coffee-drinking on the march, ii. 63 The coffee-houses at Muna, 222
Coffee-houses on the road near Meccah, 261
Cole, Mr. Charles, Vice-Consul at Jeddah, his account of the population
of the principal towns of Arabia, i. 393, n. His straightforwardness
and honesty of purpose, ii. 267 His letter on the trade of Jeddah, 268,
n.
Colleges (Madrasah), the two, of Al-Madinah, ii. 24
Colligation, system of, in battle, ii. 89. The Affair of Chains (Zat
al-Salasil), 89, n.
Coloquintida, its growth in the Deserts of Arabia, ii. 137 Used as a
medicine by the Arabs, 137, n.
Comet, apprehensions of the Madani at the appearance of one, ii. 29
Commerce, of Suez, i. 179
Communist principles of Mazdak the Persian, ii. 3, n.
Consular dragoman, a great abuse in the East, i. 128, n. Instances of
the evils caused by the tribe, 128, n. Hanna Massara, 128, n. Remedies
proposed, 128, n. Consular abuses, 129
Conversation, specimen of Oriental, i. 87
Coptic Christians, good arithmeticians, i. 108, n. Coptic artists
employed on the Mosque of Al-Madinah, i. 365 Probably half-caste Arabs,
ii. 78, n.
Coral reefs of the Red Sea. i. 218
Corinthians, fair, not any at Al-Madinah, ii. 19 Those of Jeddah, ii.
270
Cosmetic, Badawi, ii. 81, n.
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Cot, column of the, in the Prophets Mosque, i. 336
Cotton seed (Bizr al-Kutn), used as a remedy in dysentery, i. 389
Courtship, Abyssinian style of, i. 59
Covetousness of the Arab, its intensity, ii. 103
Cressets (Mashals), of the East, ii. 132 The Pashas cressets, 132, n.
Cressy, reference to the battle of, i. 267, n.
Crown of Thorns, i. 405, n.
Curtain, of the Prophets tomb, i. 321

DABISTAN al-Mazahib, i. 344, n.
Daggers of the Badawin, ii. 106
Dajjal, Al- (Antichrist), the Moslem belief respecting, i. 378, n.
Dakhl, or protection, among the Arabs, ii. 97
Dakkat al-Aghawat, or eunuchs bench, at Al-Madinah, i. 316, n.
Dakruri, Al-, the shrine of the saint, i. 155
Damascus, cathedral of, i. 364 Its eminence among Moslem cities, ii.
133, n. Epithets applied to it, 133, n. Sayings of the Prophet
respecting, 133, n. Said to be the burial place of Abel, 160, n.
Damascus Caravan, i. 321, n. Brocade of Damascus, 322, n. Rejoicing at
Al-Madinah on the arrival of the Caravan, 334 Description of the
arrival of at Al-Madinah, 416 The Emir al-Hajj, 420 Number of pilgrims
in the, 334 Quarrel between it and that from Baghdad, ii. 128 Stopped
in a perilous pass, 143 Grand spectacle afforded by the, on the plain
of Arafat, 181
Damghah, Marsa, on the Red Sea, i. 213
Dancing of the Badawin, its wildness, ii. 223
Daniyal, al-Nabi (Daniel the Prophet), tomb of, i. 12
Dar al-Bayda, the viceroys palace in the Desert, i. 154
Daraj, Al- (the ladder), at the Kaabah, ii. 311
Darb al-Sharki, or Eastern road, from Al-Madinah to Meccah, ii. 58
Darb Sultani (the Sultans road), i. 260; ii. 58
Dates, the delicious, of Tur, i. 204 Those of the hypæthral court of the
Prophets Mosque, 337 The date Al-Sayhani, 337 The date-groves of Kuba, 381
The fruit of Nijd, 383 The Tamr al-Birni kind used as a diet in
small-pox, 385 Celebrity of the dates of Al-Madinah, 400 Varieties of
the date-tree, 400 Al-Shelebi date, 400 The Ajwah, 401 Al-Hilwah, 401
Al-Birni, 401 The Washi, 401 The Sayhani, 401 The Khuzayriyah, 401 The
Jabali, 401 The Laun, 401 The Hilayah, 402 Fondness of the Madani for
dates, 402 Rutab, or wet dates, 402 Variety of ways of cooking the
fruit, 402 The merry-makings at the fruit gatherings, 403 Causes of the
excellence of the dates of Al-Madinah, 403 The date-trees of Kuba, ii.
338
Daud Pasha, his palace at Al-Madinah, i. 394
Daughters of the Prophets, tombs of the, ii. 38
Daurak, or earthern jars, used for cooling the holy water of Zemzem,
ii. 310
David, King, i. 212
Darwayshes, wandering, i. 13 A Darwayshs the safest disguise, 14 The two
orders of Darwayshes, 15
Death, easy in the East, ii. 183
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Death-wail, of Oriental women, i. 118
Deir, i. 189
Deraiyah, the capital of the Wahhabis, i. 369
Deri dialect, said to be spoken by the Almighty, i. 344, n.
Descendants of the Prophet, one of the five orders of pensioners at
Al-Madinah, i. 375
Desert, the Great, by moonlight, i. 85 Camel riding in, 143, 148
Reflected heat of, 144, n. Habits and manners of the Badawi camel-men,
146 Peculiarities by which inhabitants of the Desert may be recognised,
146, n. Feeling awakened by a voyage through the Desert, 148 The oases,
149 Unaptly compared to a sandy sea, 150, n. The pleasures of the
Desert, 150 Effect of the different seasons in the Desert, 151, n.
Pleasures of smoking in the, 152 A midnight halt in the, 154 The
absinthe (Wormwood of Pontus) of the, 155 Rest under the shade of the
mimosa tree, 155 Perfect safety of the Suez road across the, 156 A
Badawi ambuscade, 156 Charms of the Desert, 158 The Desert near Yambu,
242 Fears of the travellers in crossing, 244 Breakfast in the, 244
Dinner in the, 245 Hot winds in the Deserts of Arabia, 247 Desert
valleys, 252 Fatal results from taking strong drinks in the Desert
during summer heats, 265, n. Discipline of the Desert, ii. 36, n.
Effect of Arab poetry in the, 99 Description of an Arabian Desert, 223
Devil, the Great (Shaytan al-Kabir), ceremony of throwing stones at,
ii. 204 Second visit to the, 219
Dews in Arabia, i. 245
DHerbelot, reference to, i. 281, n.
Dickson, Dr., his discovery of the chronothermal practice of physic, i.
13
Dictionaries and vocabularies, Egyptian, imperfections of, i. 108, n.
Dinner, description of one at Meccah, ii. 256
Discipline, Oriental, must be based on fear, i. 212
Diseases of Al-Hijaz, i. 384 The Rih al-Asfar, or cholera morbus, 384
The Taun, or plague, 384 The Judari, or small-pox, 384 Inoculation, 385
Diseases divided by Orientals into hot, cold, and temperate, 385
Ophthalmia, 385 Quotidian and tertian fevers (Hummah Salis), 386 Low
fevers (Hummah), 387 Jaundice and bilious complaints, 387 Dysenteries,
388 Popular medical treatment, 389 The Filaria Medinensis (Farantit),
389 Vena in the legs, 389 Hydrophobia, 389 Leprosy (Al-Baras), 389
Ulcers, 390
Divination, Oriental, i. 12
Divinity, study of, in Egypt, i. 105 The Sharh, 105 Books read by
students in, 105, n.
Divorces, frequency of, among the Badawin, ii. 111
Diwan, luxury of the, i. 295
Diwani, value of the Hijazi coin so called, ii. 11, n.
Doctors. See Medicine
Dogs, pugnacity of, of Al-Madinah, i. 301 Superstitions respecting
them, 302
Donkey boys of Egypt, i. 111, n. Donkeys, despised by the Badawin, i.
304
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Dragoman, consular. See Consular dragoman
Dress, Oriental; gold ornaments forbidden to be worn by the Moslem law,
i. 34, n., 236, n. Fashions of young Egyptians, 99 Faults of Moslem
ladies dressing, 123, n. Dress of the Maghrabis, 156 The face-veil of
Moslem ladies, 229 The Lisam of Constantinople, 229, n. The Lisam of
Arab Shaykhs, 235 Description of an Arab Shaykh fully equipped for
travelling, 235 The Kamis, or cotton shirt, 236 The Aba, or camels hair
cloak, 236 The Arab and Indian sandal, 236 Dress of the poorer classes
of Arabs, 237 The belt for carrying arms, 238 Dress of the Benu-Harb,
248 The Kufiyah, 265, n. Costume of the Arab Shaykhs of the Harbis, 266
Dress of Madinite Shaykh, 289 Articles of dress of city Arabs, 289, n.
Dress of a Zair, or visitor to the sepulchre of the Prophet, 309 n.
Dress of the Benu-Hosayn, ii. 4 Costume of the Madani, 14 Dress of the
Badawin, 115 The ceremony of Al-Ihram (or assuming the pilgrim dress)
on approaching Meccah, 139 Costume of the regions lying west of the Red
Sea, 139 The style of dress called Taylasan, 226
Drinking bout with an Albanian, i. 153
Drinking water, Oriental method of, i. 6
Drinks, intoxicating, not known to the Badawin, ii. 118
Dromedaries, sums charged for the hire of, i. 141
Dromedary-travelling compared with camel-travelling, i. 281
Dromedaries of Al-Madinah, ii. 16
Druze mysteries, foundation of, i. 97
Dry storms of Arabia, i. 247
Dua, the, or supplication after the two-bow prayers, i. 312, n.
Dubajet, Aubert, i. 112. n.
Dust storms, ii. 129
Dye used for the beard, ii. 14
Dysentery, frequent occurrence of, in the fruit season in Arabia, i.
388 Popular treatment of, 389
Dwellings of the Arabs in the time of Mohammed, i. 357

EARNEST money (arbun), ii. 52 Ebna, the descendants of the soldiers of Anushirwan, ii. 78, n. Echinus, the, common in the Red Sea, i. 221, n. Eddeh, Al-, the dress in the baths at Cairo, ii. 139 Education, Moslem, i. 185, et seq. Remarks on Mr. Bowrings strictures on, 109 Egypt, curiosity of the police, i. 2 Alexandria, 8, 10 Egypts first step in civilisation, 17 Inconveniences of the passport system of, 18 Officials of, 19 Her progress during the last half-century, 28 The Nile, 29 The Barrage bridge, 30 The Wakalahs or inns of, 41 The tobacco of, 64 Shortness of the lives of the natives of Lower Egypt, 69 The worst part of the day in, 77 All Agapemones suppressed in, 81 Fashions of young Egyptians, 99 Subjects taught in Egyptian schools, 103, et seq. Theology in Egypt, 106 State of learning not purely religious, 107, et seq. Degenerate state of modern Egyptian taste in poetry, 108, n. Acquirements of the Egyptians in the exact sciences, 108, n. And in natural [p.434] science, 108 Their capabilities for being good linguists, 180, n. Their knowledge of the higher branches of language, 108, n. State of periodical literature in Egypt, 109, n. Bigotry of the Egyptians, 110 Their feelings at the prospect of the present Russian war, 111 Their views respecting various nations of foreigners, 111 Their longings for European rule, 111 Their hatred of a timid tyranny, 112 An instance of this, 112, n. The proposed ship canal and railway in, 113 Importance of, to the rulers of India, 113 Secret societies of, 113 Press-gangs in, 117 Employment of Albanian Irregulars in, 133 Semi-religious tradition of the superiority of Osmanlis over Egyptians, 147, n. Story respecting this, 148 Seasons of severe drought, 180 Diseases of the country, 181 Food of the Suezians, 182 Reason of the superiority in the field of Egyptian soldiers, 184 Insolence of demeanour and coarseness of language of the officials in Egypt, 194, n. Ruinous state of Al-Hijaz, the effect of the wars between the Egyptians and the Wahhabis, 254, n. Bad quality of the coffee of, 290, n. The scourge of ophthalmia, 385, n. The pot-bellied children of the banks of the Nile, 406, n. Their monopoly of milk, curds, and butter, at Al-Madinah, ii. 9 Elephant, affair of the, ii. 321, n. Embracing, Oriental mode of, i. 287 Emir al-Hajj, of the Damascus Caravan, ii. 420 His privileges, 420 Abu Bakr the first Emir al-Hajj, 420, n. English, how regarded in Egypt, i. 111 Fable in Arabia, respecting their desire to become Moslems, ii. 230 Eothen, reference to, i. 388, n. Epithets, Arab, i. 277, n., 305, 327 The epithets applied to Al-Madinah, 377 Applied to the Syrians, ii. 133 And to Damascus, 133, n. Era, Moslem, commencement of, i. 355, n. Erythræan Sea, i. 196, n. Escayrac de Lanture, M., his preparations for a pilgrimage to Meccah, i. 4, n. Esmah, Sultanah, sister of Sultan Mahmud, i. 371 Etiquette in Al-Hijaz, i. 419, n. Eunuchs of the Prophets tomb, i. 316, n., 321, n., 322, n., 371, n. Antiquity of eunuchs, 371, n. Originated with Semiramis, 371, n. Employment of, unknown at the time of the Prophet, 371, n. Considerations which gave rise to the employment of, 371, n. Method of addressing them, 371, n. Value of the title of Eunuch of the Tomb, 371, n. Shaykh of the Eunuchs, 371 The three orders of Eunuchs of the Tomb, 371 The curious and exceptional character of the eunuch, 372 His personal appearance 372 Value of eunuch slaves at Al-Madinah, ii. 13 Eunuchs of the Mosque at Meccah, ii. 319 Respect paid to a eunuch at Meccah, 255 Euphorbiæ, in Arabia, ii. 72 Eves tomb, near Jeddah, ii. 273 Traditions respecting it, 275 Ezion-Geber, i. 189

FACE-GASHING in Meccah, ii. 234 In other countries, 234, n.
Fadak, town of, founded by the Jews, i. 347
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Faddah, value of the Egyptian, ii. 11, n.
Fahd, Shaykh, the robber-chief, i. 257
Fa-hian quoted, ii. 276
Fairies, good and bad, origin of, i. 314
Fakihs, at the Mosque at Al-Madinah, i. 316
Falconry, among the Arabs, ii. 104 Origin of the sport, 104, n. Its
perfection as a science in the 12th century, 104
Farainah (Pharaohs), origin of, according to the Moslem writers, i. 344
Faraj Yusuf, the merchant of Jeddah, i. 47
Farantit. [See] Filaria Medinensis
Farrash (tent-pitchers, &c.), ii. 71
Farrashin, or free servants of the Mosque, i. 372
Farsh al-Hajar, of the Mosque of the Prophet, i. 332
Faruk, the Separator, a title of the Caliph Omar, i. 320
Farz, or obligatory prayers, i. 311, n.
Fasts, Moslems, i. 76
Fath, the Masjid al- (of Victory), ii. 48
Fatihah, i. 194, 200 Repeated at the tomb of the Prophet, 319 Said for
friends or relations, 319, n.
Fatimah, the Lady, her tomb at Al-Madinah, i. 308, n. Gate of, 315
Prayer repeated at her tomb, 327 Epithets applied to her, 327, n. The
doctrine of her perpetual virginity, 327, n. Her garden in the Mosque
of the Prophet, 337 Three places lay claim to be her burial-place, 339
Mosque of, at Kuba, 411 Her tomb, ii. 42 Obscurity of tradition
respecting her last resting-place, 42, n. Her birth-place, 251
Fatimah bin Asad, mother of Ali, her tomb, ii. 43, n.
Fattumah, i. 174
Fatur (breakfast), i. 79
Fayruz, the murderer of Omar, i. 435
Fayruzabadi, his Kamus, or Lexicon, i. 108, n., ii. 98, n.
Fazikh, the Masjid al- (of Date-liquor), ii. 45
Fealty of the Steep, the First, i. 352 The Second Fealty of the Steep, 352
Great Fealty of the Steep, 353
Festivals, following the Ramazan, i. 115, 116 Scene of jollity at the
cemetery outside the Bab al-Nasr, 116
Feuds between the Desert and the City Arabs, ii. 18
Fevers, quotidian and tertian (Hummah Salis), in Arabia, i. 386
Remedies for, 389
Fiends, summoning of, favourite Egyptian pursuit, i. 109, n.
Fijl, (radishes), i. 404
Fikh (divinity), study of, in schools, i. 104
Filaria Medinensis (Farantit), not now common at Al-Madinah, i. 389
Finati, Giovanni, Hajji Mohammed, his pilgrimage, i. 199, n., 262, ii.
390 Sketch of his adventures, 390, et seq.
Fire-worship introduced into Arabia from India, ii. 160, n. Agni, the
Indian fire-god, 160, n.
Fiumaras, of Arabia, i. 3 The Fiumara Al-Sayh, i. 399 That of Mount Ohod,
424
Flight (the), of Mohammed, i. 354, 355, n.
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Flowers of Arabia, i. 251 Of India, 251 Of Persia, 251
Food of the Badawin, ii. 116 Their endurance of hunger, 116 Method of
cooking locusts, 117 Their favourite food on journeys, 117
Forskal, i. 218
Forster, Rev. C., strictures on his attack on Gibbon, ii. 76, n.
Fortress of Al-Madinah, i. 393
Forts of the East, a specimen of, i. 157
Fountain, the public (Sabil), of Al-Madinah, i. 391
French, their popularity in Egypt, i. 111 Causes of this, 111
Friday sermon, of the Prophet, i. 335
Fruit trees, of Al-Madinah, i. 400
Fugitives, pillar of, in the Mosque of the Prophet, i. 335
Fukahs, or poor divines, of the Mosque of the Prophet, i. 375
Fukayyir, Bir al-, at Kuba, i. 414, n.
Funerals, Arab, ii. 23 Description of a burial at Al-Bakia, 32 Funeral
ceremonies of the Badawin, ii. 111

GABRIEL the Archangel. [See] Jibrail
Gabriels Gate (Bab Jibrail), i. 333
Gabriels place (Makan Jibrail), in the Mosque of the Prophet, i. 336
Gabriel the Archangel, his communications to the Prophet, i. 360, 361,
363
Galla slave girls, their value, ii. 13
Gallantry of Orientals, i. 210 Ungallantry of some Overlands, 210
Gambling not in existence among the Badawin, ii. 107
Gara tribe of Arabs, i. 145. Low development of the indigens of, ii. 77
Garden of our Lady Fatimah, in the Mosque of the Prophet, i. 337 Date
trees of, 337 Venerable palms of, 337 Gardens not uncommon in Mosques,
337
Garlic and onions, use of, in the East, i. 32, n.
Gates of Al-Madinah, i. 391
Geesh, Lord of, i. 8
Genealogy of the Arabs, intricacy of the subject, ii. 119, n. The best
known Arabic genealogical works, 119, n.
Generalisation unknown to the Arabs, i. 250, n.
Geographical Society (Royal) of London; its zeal for discovery, i. 1.
Geography among the modern Egyptians, i. 108, n., 250
Geology of the neighbourhood of Al-Madinah, i. 279 Of the road between
Al-Madinah and Meccah, ii. 73
Geomancy, favourite Egyptian pursuit of, i. 158, n.
Geometry, study of, in Egypt, i. 158, n.
George Inn, at Suez, i. 159 Society at the, 161, 173
Ghabbah, Al-, or the watershed of Al-Madinah, i. 381
Ghadir, Al-, description of the plan of, ii. 134 The three wells of the
Caliph Harun at, 134
Ghalib, the late Sharif of Meccah, revered as a saint, i. 340, n.
Purchases the treasures of the Prophets tomb from Saad the Wahhabi, 369
Ghaliyah, her heroism, ii. 94
Ghazi, or a crusader, i. 329, n.
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Ghazi (twenty-two piastres), paid to the free servants of the Mosque,
i.372
Ghi, of India, ii. 12 Considered by Indians almost as a panacea for
diseases and wounds, 12, n.
Ghul (Devil), how expelled from persons suffering from hydrophobia, i.
389
Ghul, the hill near Meccah, ii. 147
Ghurbal, Bir al-, at Kuba, i. 414, n.
Ghuri, Al-, the Sultan, his additions to the Kaabah, ii. 307
Ghuzat, or crusaders, i. 329, n.
Giants (Jahabirah), who fought against Israel, i. 344
Gibbon, his derivation of the name Saracens, ii. 76, n. The Rev. C.
Forsters Attack on him, 76, n.
Gibraltar, i. 7
Gilead, Balm of, grows as a weed in Al-Hijaz, ii. 148 Name by which it
is known to the Arabs, 148, n. Its value in the valley of the Jordan,
148, n. Introduced by Cleopatra into Egypt, 148, n. Places where the
best balsam is produced, 149, n. Qualities of the best kind, 149, n.
Description of the tree, 149
Goat, the milk of, ii. 17, n. The flesh of, 17, n.
Gold ornaments, forbidden by the Moslem law to be worn, i. 34, n.; 236
Golden Wire, the pilgrim-ship, i. 188 Its wretched state, 188 Ali Murad,
the owner, 189 The passengers, 189 Riot on board, 191 Halt near the
Hammam Bluffs, 197 Runs aground, 200
Goose (Sand-), the, i. 154
Gospel of Infancy, quotation from, ii. 148, n.
Grammar, how taught in Egyptian schools, i. 104 Prosody among the
Arabs, 107
Granites (Suwan), of the plains of Arabia, ii. 74 Of Meccah, 295, n.
Grapes of Al-Madinah, ii. 404 The Sharifi grape, 404 The Hijazi, 404
The Sawadi, or black grape, 404 The Raziki, or small white grape, 404
Gratitude, no Eastern word for, i. 51
Graves, shape of, of the Badawin, i. 274. Injunctions of Mohammed to
his followers to visit, 314, n. At Mount Ohod, 430 Musannam, or raised
graves, 430 Musattah, or level graves, 430 The graves of the saints at
Al-Bakia, ii. 32
Greek Emperor, his presents to the Mosque of Al-Madinah, i. 365
Greeks, hated in Egypt, i. 111 Those settled on the Red Sea, 202 Those
in Al-Madinah, 292
Guebres, fable of, respecting mans good works, 313, n. Their ancient
fire-temples in Arabia and Persia, 379, n. Their claim to the Kaabah,
ii. 301 Fire worship introduced from India, 160, n.
Guest-dish, ii. 12
Gugglets, for cooling water, i. 399
Gunpowder play (Laab al-Barut) of the Arabs, ii. 86
Guns sounding the order of the march, ii. 71 The guns of the Badawin,
105
Gypsum, tufaceous, in the Desert, ii. 134

HABASH (Abyssinia), i. 177
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Haddah, Al-, the settlement so called, ii. 202
Hadis (the traditions of the Prophet), study of, in schools, i. 104, 305
Hæmorrhoids, frequency of, in Al-Hijaz, i. 389 Treatment of, 389
Hagar, her tomb at Meccah, ii. 305, n.
Hajar al-Akhzar, or green stone, of the Kaabah, ii. 305, n.
Hajar al-Aswad (Black Stone), the famous, of the Kaabah, ii. 300 (See
Black Stone)
Hajar Shumaysi (yellow sandstone) of Meccah, ii. 295, n.
Haji Wali, i. 43, 44 His advice to the pilgrim, 44, 45 His lawsuit, 46
His visit to the Consul-General at Cairo, 86 Accompanies the author in
paying visits, 116 Introduces the pilgrim to the Persian Consul, 128
His horror at a drinking bout, 137 Takes leave of the pilgrim, 142
Hajin, the Egyptian she-dromedary, i. 418, n.
Hajj (pilgrimage), difference between the, and the Ziyarat, i. 305 The
Hajj (or simple pilgrimage), ii. 281 Hajj al-Akbar (the great
pilgrimage), 281
Hajj bin Akhtah, plots against Mohammed, i. 358
Hajj al-Shami (the Damascus pilgrimage), i. 416
Hajjaj bin Yusuf, general of Abd al-Malik, ordered to rebuild the House
of Allah, ii. 324
Hajjat al-Farz (obligatory pilgrimage), ii. 280 The Hajjat al-Islam
(the pilgrimage of the Mohammedan faith), 280
Hakim, Al-, bi Amrillah, his attempt to steal the bodies of the Prophet
and his two companions, i. 367
Hakim, Al-, the Sultan of Egypt, i. 97
Halal, to, a sheep, i. 256
Halimah (the Lady), the Badawi wet-nurse of the Prophet, her tomb, i.
328, n., ii. 36
Halliwell, Mr., his mistake respecting the Methone of Sir John
Mandeville, ii. 286
Hamail, or pocket Koran, of pilgrims, i. 239
Hamid al-Samman, Shaykh, description of, i. 162, 200 Lands at Yambu, 225
Vaunts the strong walls of Yambu, 242 Leaves Yambu, 242 Halal of a sheep
in the desert, 256 His fear of the Badawin, 261 His determination to
push through the nest of robbers, 271 Takes his place in the Caravan,
272 Arrives at Al-Madinah, 281 His toilet after the journey, 288 His
hospitality to the pilgrim, 288 Improvement in his manners, 290
Behaviour of his children, 292 His real politeness, 294 Description of
his abode, 295 His household, 296 Accompanies the pilgrim to the
Prophets tomb, 304 Introduces the pilgrim to the Prophets window, 321
Accompanies him to the Mosque of Kuba, 398 And to Mount Ohod, 419, et
seq. And to the cemetery of Al-Bakia, ii. 31 et seq. Procures a
faithful camel-man for the journey to Meccah, 51 His debt forgiven, 56
Hamidah, the principal family of the Benu-Harb, i. 257 Their attack on
the Caravan, 273
Hammam, or the hot bath, i. 70
Hamra, Al-, i. 249 Derivations of its name, 253 Called also Al-Wasitah,
253 Encamped at, 253 Description of the village of, 254 The fortress
of, 255
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Hamra, Al-, the third station from Al-Madinah in the Darb Sultani, i.
260
Hamra, Al-, the torrent, i. 278, n.
Hamzah, friend of Mohammed, prayer in honour of, i. 328 Sent forward by
the Prophet to Al-Madinah, 354 Mosque of, 426 The place where he was
slain, 433
Hanafi school, their views respecting the proper dress for visiting the
Prophets tomb, i. 309, n. Their place of prayer at, i. 310 Mufti of, at
Al-Madinah, 373 Their practice of nighting at Muzdalifah, ii. 201
Hanafi sect, its station for prayer at the Kaabah, ii. 308 Its
importance in Meccah, 309, n.
Hanbali school, i. 373 Its station for prayer at the Kaabah, ii. 308
Hands, clapping of (Safk), practice of in the East, ii. 223
Hanna Massara, the Consular Dragoman of Cairo, i. 128, n.
Haramayn, or sanctuaries, the two of Al-Islam, i. 230, n.; i. 304
Harami, or thieves, in the Desert, i. 261
Harb, the Benu, the present ruling tribe in the Holy Land, ii. 119 Its
divisions and sub-divisions, 119 et n.
Harbis, of Al-Hijaz, i. 266
Harim, (or Sanctuary), the Prophets, at Al-Madinah, i. 298, 305, 307 The
Shaykh al-, or principal officer of the Mosque, 371 The Mudir al-, or
chief treasurer of the Tomb of the Prophet, 371 The Huddud al-Harim,
379 All Muharramat or sins forbidden within the, 379, n. Dignity of the
Harim, 380, n. See Kaabah
Harim, of a Madinite, i. 298
Harim, arrangements of the, ii. 91 Its resemblance to a European home,
91
Hariri, Al-, poem of, i. 108, n.
Harrah, or ridges of rock, i. 251; 251, n. Al-Harratayn, 279, n.
Harrah, or ridge, as represented in our popular works, i. 341 Meaning
of the term, i. 421, n. The second and third Harrahs, 421, n., 424 The
Prophets prediction at the Harrah Al-Wakin or Al-Zahrah, 421, n. The
affair of the Ridge, 421, n.
Harun, the Kubbat, or Aarons tomb, on Mount Ohod, i. 423
Harun al-Rashid. His three wells at Al-Ghadir, ii. 70, 134 His
pilgrimages and crusades, 136
Harun Bir (well of Harun), ii. 70
Hasan, grandson of Mohammed, i. 97, n. Prayers for, 327 His descendants
at Al-Madinah, ii. 3, n. His tomb, 40 Burckhardts mistakes respecting
him, 40, n. His death by poison 40, n.
Hasan al-Marabit, Shaykh, tomb of, on the shore of the Red Sea, i. 218
Hasanayn Mosque, at Cairo, i. 97
Hasan the Imam, requests to be buried near the Prophet, i. 325
Hasan, Sultan, Mosque of, at Cairo, i. 98
Hasan, Jabal (Mount Hasan), i. 220
Hashim, great grandfather of the Prophet, i. 351, n.
Hashish, smoking i. 44
Haswah, or gravelled place, i. 307
Hatchadur Nury, Mr., his friendship with the author, i. 122
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Hatim, the generous Arab chieftain, i. 166
Hatim, Al- (the broken), of the Kaabah, ii. 305
Hawamid Arabs. Their fight with the Hawazim, ii. 28
Hawazim Arabs, their furious fight with the Hawamid, ii. 28 Their
Shaykhs, Abbas and Abu Ali, ii. 28
Haye in military tactics, i. 267, n.
Haykal! Ya (sons of Haykal), explained, i. 30, n.
Hazirah, or presence, i. 316
Hazramaut, the Arabs of, i. 240, n.
Hazrat Ali, apparition of, ii. 184
Heat, the reflected, at Yambu, ii. 232 The hot wind of the Desert, 247,
264 Sun-strokes, 265, n. The great heats near the Red Sea prejudicial
to animal generation, 265, n. The hour at which the sun is most
dangerous, i. 275 Terrible heat at Al-Hijaz, ii. 221 Unbearable at
Meccah, 228
Heathenry, remnants of, in Arabia, i. 4
Hebrew, points of resemblance between, and Pahlavi, ii, 79, n.
Heliopolis, Balm of Gilead of, ii. 148, n.
Hemp-drinkers, Egyptian, ii. 189, 191
Henna powder, i. 400, n.
Herklots, Dr., reference to his work Qanoon-i-Islam, i. 388, n. Quoted,
ii. 304, n.
Hermaic books, the, i. 385, n.
Herse, in military tactics, i. 267 n.
Hijaz, Al-, dangers and difficulties of, i. 2 Antiquity and nobility of
the Muzaynah tribe in, 145, 146 Land route to, from Suez, 158
Persecution of Persians in, 232, n. The Badawi blackmail in, 233, n.
Description of the shugduf or litter of, 233, n. Abounds in ruins, 254
Saad the robber chief of, 256 Shaykh Fahd, the robber chief, 257
Wretched state of the government in, 257, 258 The charter of Gulhanah,
258 The Darb Sultani, 260 Heat in Al-Hijaz, 265 Douceurs given by the
Turks to the Arab shaykhs of, 266 Al-Shark, 266, n. Fight between the
Arabs and soldiers in, 269 Peopled by the soldiers of the children of
Israel, 347 Limits of, 379 Meaning of the name, 380 Rainy season in,
383 Diseases of, 384 Number of the Turkish forces in, 393, n. Account
of the Badawin of, ii. 76, et seq. (See Badawin) Money of, 111, n.
Observations on the watershed of, 154 Purity of the water throughout,
194 Healthiness of the people of, 229
Hijazi, the grape so called, i. 404
Hijriyah, Al-, halt at, ii. 71
Hilayah, the date so called, i. 401
Hilwah, Al-, the date so called, i. 402
Himyaritic tribes, their mixture with the Amalikah, ii. 79
Hinda, mother of Muawiyah, her ferocity, i. 433, n. Her name of Akkalat
al-Akbad, 433, n.
Hindi, Jabal, at Meccah, ii. 153
Hindu-Kush, the, i. 243, n.
Hindus, their square temples similar in form to the Mosque, ii. 300, n.
Their litholatry, 301, n. The Kaabah claimed as a sacred place by them,
301, n.
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History (Tawarikh), study of, little valued in Egypt, i. 107, n.
Hitman tribe of Arabs, the lowness of their origin, ii. 121 Unchastity
of their women, 121
Hogg, Sir James, i. 1
Holofernes, general of Nebuchadnezzar I., i. 347, n.
Honey, the Arabs curious in, and fond of, ii. 130, n. The different
kinds of honey, 130, n.
Honorarium (ikram), given to the Madani who travel, ii. 7
Horde, probable origin of the word, i. 394, n.
Horses, Arabian, i. 3 The celebrated, of Nijd, i. 266, n., ii. 195
Horses of the Arnaut Irregulars, i. 267 Pugnacity of the, of
Al-Madinah, 301 The, of Al-Madinah, ii. 16 Price of horses in time of
Solomon, 195, n. Egyptian horses, 195, n. Qualities of a pure Arab
horse, 195, n. The former horse trade of Yaman, 195, n. The breed
supplied to India, 196, n.
Hosayn, Al-, grandson of Mohammed, i. 98, n. His death at Kerbela, ii.
40, n. His head preserved in the Mosque Al-Hasanayn at Cairo, ii. 40, n.
Hosayn, Benu, become guardians of the Prophets tomb, i. 368, ii. 3, n.
Head-quarters of the, at Suwayrkiyah, 3 Their former numbers and power,
3 Their heretical tenets, 3 Their personal appearance, 4 Their town of
Al-Suwayrkiyah, 124
Hosayn bin Numayr, his siege of Meccah, ii. 323
Hosh, Al-, or the central area of a dwelling-house, i. 307, 397
Hosh ibn Saad, at Madinah, the residence of the Benu Hosayn, ii. 4
Hospitality in the East, i. 36
House hire in Egypt, i. 42, 65 Houses of the Arabs at the time of
Mohammed, 356 Those of Al-Madinah, 393 Those at Meccah, description of,
ii. 171
Hudud al-Hatim, or limits of the sanctuary, i. 379
Hufrah (holes dug for water in the sand) ii. 62
Hufrah, Al- (the digging), of the Kaabah, ii. 304, n.
Hujjaj, or pilgrims, i. 329
Hujrah, or Chamber of Ayishah, description of, i. 314 Errors of
Burckhardt and M. Caussin, respecting the word, 314, n. Its walls
rebuilt, 324, n. Referred to, 325-329 Surrounded by a mud wall by the
Caliph Omar, 363 Enclosed within the Mosque by Al-Walid, 366 Spared
from destruction by lightning, 368
Hukama, or Rationalists, of Al-Islam, ii. 201
Hummum Bluffs (Hammam Faraun), i. 197
Hummi tobacco, i. 66, n.
Hurayrah, Abu, his account of the Benu Israel in Arabia, i. 346
Hydrophobia, rarity of, in Al-Hijaz, i. 388 Popular superstition
respecting, 388 Treatment of, 388
Hyksos, the, identified with the Amalik of the Moslems, i. 343, n.
Hypocrites, conspiracy of the, i. 358

IAMBIA, of Ptolemy, i. 225
Ibn Asm, or Ibn Rumi, slain, i. 94 His sister, 94
Ibn Batutah, reference to, i. 12 n., 265, n.
Ibn Dhaher Berkouk, King of Egypt, rebuilds the Mosque at Meccah, ii.
296
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Ibn Haukal, reference to, i. 4, n., 17, n.
Ibn Hufazah al-Sahmi, his tomb, ii. 43, n.
Ibn Jubayr, reference to, i. 279, n.
Ibn Kasim, his commentary, i. 106
Ibn Zubayr, chief of Meccah, rebuilds the Kaabah, ii. 299
Ibrahim, catafalque of, in the great Mosque of Meccah, i. 324, n.
Ibrahim, the Makam, at the Kaabah, ii. 307, n., 311, 325
Ibrahim, infant son of the Prophet, his burial-place, ii. 32, 37
Ibrahim Pasha, his ships on the Red Sea, i. 170
Ibrahim bin Adham, his vision, ii. 184, n.
Ichthyophagi, the modern, of the Red Sea, i. 218, n., 221
Idrisi, Al-, i. 195
Ignatius, Epistles of, to the Smyrneans, references to, i. 326, n.
Ihlal, the pilgrim dress so called, ii. 205
Ihn, Bir, at Kuba, i. 414, n.
Ihram, Al- (assuming the pilgrim garb), the ceremony so called, ii. 138
Change from Ihram to Ihlal, 205 Ceremonies of, 284 The Victims of
Al-Ihram, 286
Ijabah, the Masjid al- (the Mosque of Granting), ii. 47, 153, n.
Ikamah, or call to divine service, ii. 311, n.
Ikhlas, Al-, the chapter of the Koran, i. 429
Ihram (honorarium) given to the Madani who travel, i. 263, ii. 7 The
four kinds of, 7
Ilal, Jabal (Mount of Wrestling in Prayer). See Arafat, Mount
Ilfrad, Al- (singulation), the pilgrimage so called, ii. 280
Imans, of the Prophets Mosque, i. 313, n., 374, 375 Place where they
pray, i. 335, 338
Imlik, great-great-grandson of Noah, the ancestor of the Amalikah, ii.
321
Immigrations of the Arabian people, i. 344
India, style of doing business in, i. 27 Observations on caste in, 36,
n. Real character of the natives of, 37-40 Popular feeling in,
respecting British rule, and causes of this, 37, n. No European should
serve an Eastern lord, 39 The natives a cowardly and slavish people, 40
Their cowardice compared with the bravery of the North American
Indians, 40 Testimony of Sir Henry Elliot to this, 40, n. An instance
of Indian improvidence, 157, n. Luxuriance of the plains of, 251 Indian
pilgrims protected by their poverty, 265 The Duke of Wellingtons dictum
about the means of preserving health in, 265, n. Wells of the Indians
in Arabia, 274 n. Their sinful method of visiting the Prophets tomb, 305
Generosity of Indian pilgrims, 331, n. Their drawings of the holy
shrines as published at Meccah, 342 Dress and customs of the Indian
women settled at Al-Madinah, ii. 6 Recklessness of poor Indian
pilgrims, ii. 184 Remedies, proposed, 185 Qualities of the horses of,
obtained from the Persian Gulf, 195, n. Profuseness of Indian pilgrims,
210
Indian Ocean (Sea of Oman), the shores of, when first peopled,
according to Moslem accounts, i. 344, n.
Inns. See Wakalah
Inoculation practised in Al-Madinah, i. 384
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Inshallah bukra (please God, to-morrow), ii. 21
Intermarriages, theory of the degeneracy which follows, ii. 84 Dr. Howes
remarks on, 84, n.
Intonation and chaunting of the Koran taught in Moslem schools, i. 106,
n.
Irak, Al-, expedition of Tobba al-Asghar against, i. 349
Iram, flood of, i. 348
Ireland, probable origin of its name, ii. 239, n.
Irk al-Zabyat, mountain, ii. 274, n.
Isa bin Maryam, reference to, ii. 274, n. Spare tomb at Al-Madinah for
him after his second coming, 325
Isha, or Moslem night prayer, i. 233
Ishmael (Ismail), his tomb at Meccah, ii. 305 The two-bow prayer over
the grave of, 176
Ishmaelites, of the Sinaitic peninsula, ii. 78 Their distinguishing
marks, 78
Ismail Pasha murdered by Malik Nimr, chief of Shendy, i. 138, n.
Ismid, a pigment for the eyes, i. 381, n.
Israel Benu, rule of, in Arabia, i. 345 See Jews
Israelites, course of the, across the Red Sea, i. 199
Israfil, the trumpet of, on the last day, i. 340, n.
Istikharah, or divination, ii. 23
Italians, how regarded in Egypt, i. 111
Izar, the portion of a pilgrims dress so called, ii. 139