Hamidié. The battalions of irregular soldiers embodied by Abdul Hamid II.
Hegira. The flight of Mohammed from Mecca in 622 A.D.
Imaum. Properly one who leads the Responses in the public services in the Mosques. A Moslem divine, learned in the Sheriat or Sacred Law.
Iyba. “Shame”; “Infra dig.”
Jebel. “Mountain” (Arabic).
Jehad. A “Holy War,” undertaken for the defence of Islam against unbelievers.
Kaimakam. A Turkish district governor of the third rank, inferior to a Vali and a Mutaserif. Kaimakamlik, the district governed by a Kaimakam.
Kala. “Castle.”
Kalima. The Moslem Confession of Faith.
Katar. “Mule.” Katarji. A “Muleteer.”