For once I left Egypt before the exodus of the tourists, as I was due in Japan before the cherry-trees had shed their blossom. As the ship slowly moved through the Suez Canal, the remembrance of unpleasant hours I had spent in Egypt vanished with the smoke from the funnel, and only happy recollections sped me on my voyage from the Near to the Far East.
INDEX
- Aahmes, Queen, [182].
- Ababdi, [212].
- —— guide, [208], [229], [237].
- Abbas, Prince, [34], [36], [40–1], [76–7], [139].
- —— murder of, [142–4].
- —— his post-mortem honours, [148].
- Abydos, [90].
- Arab nomads from the Hedjaz, [241–2].
- Ashura, the festival of, [164–7].
- Assiout, [280].
- —— hospital at, [275–80].
- Astrologer, the court, [142].
- Azhar, el-, [73], [107].
- Bab en-Nasr, [19].
- —— Zaweyla, [105].
- Babylon, Roman castle of, [121–2].
- Baird, General, [242].
- Baksheesh, [49], [185].
- Barber, primitive procedure of the, [192–3].
- Baths. See Hammám.
- Bazaars, [4], [7], [8], [31], [58].
- Beiram, [163].
- Beit-el-Kadi, [2].
- Below the Cataracts, [11], [121], [178], [224].
- Birds seen in the desert, [211], [219].
- Blue Mosque. See Mosque of Aksunkur.
- Bougainvillea, [171].
- Bowden Smith, Herman, [50], [56].
- Bride, Mohammedan, [14].
- British troops in Cairo, [131–4].
- Butler, Dr. A. J., author of Ancient Coptic Churches of Egypt, [122].
- Camels, [132], [183], [208–9], [213–14].
- —— skeletons of, [221–2].
- Carter, Howard, [198], [200].
- Characteristics of the modern Egyptians, [185].
- Clothes, [8], [11], [16], [114–15], [126].
- Cobra, [198–9].
- Cock-fighting, [79].
- Coffee, [80], [98].
- —— shops, [17], [18], [78].
- Copts, [90–103], [124–5], [279].
- —— their churches, [118–21].
- —— Catholic, [124–5].
- Coral reefs, [253–6].
- Crayfish, [253–6].
- Currelly, Professor C. T., [157], [178].
- Defterdar, Ahmed el-, [74].
- Der el-Bahri, [178], [194].
- Dervishes, [26–30].
- Desaix, General, [242], [249–50].
- Desert, the Sahara, [92], [95].
- —— antiseptic air of, [186], [190–1].
- —— journey in the Arabian, [206–244].
- Diwaan, or divan, [52].
- Doctors, Missionary, [273–5], [277–80].
- —— Native, [203–4].
- —— the Syrian hakim, [252–3].
- Dogaan, el-, [141], [143].
- Dóseh, the, [167–8].
- Dragomans, [11], [58–9].
- Drink, the consumption of, [80].
- Durkááh, [52].
- Edfu, camping in temple of, [259–66].
- Egyptian Art, beauty of early, [182], [233–4], [262], [265].
- —— Exploration Fund, [157], [178–9].
- Elfy Bey, [141], [147–8].
- Esbekiyeh gardens, [171].
- Eye-doctor, [190].
- Eyth, Max, [34], [139], [142].
- Fakirs, [25–6].
- Fatimid Khalifs, [71–3], [106].
- Fellaheen, [182–5].
- Festivals, [153–168], [170–1].
- Fikee, or schoolmaster, [109–10].
- Flies, [195], [197].
- Foreigners, as regarded by natives, [185–6].
- French Agency in Cairo, the, [176].
- —— army in Egypt, [241–2], [249–50].
- Funerals, Mohammedan, [18–20], [45].
- Gamalieh, el-, [48].
- Games, [81].
- Gawhar, [71].
- Gebel-Silsileh, [259], [267–9].
- Graffiti, [220], [222–4].
- ‘Guarded city,’ [71].
- Gurna, [184–5].
- Halim Pasha, [144].
- Hammám, [53], [143].
- Hamseen, [136], [141], [164].
- Hareem, [5], [14], [52], [84].
- Hasaneyn, festival of the, [31].
- —— quarter, [7].
- Hasheesh, [248].
- Hashshah, [69], [70].
- Hatshepsu, temple of, [179], [181–2].
- Henry, Doctor, [277–80].
- Herodotus, saying of, [208].
- Herz Bey, [22], [175–6].
- Hinter Pflug und Schraubstock, [34], [139].
- Holy Carpet, festival of the, [153–5].
- Holy Family, journey of the, [119].
- Hoseyn, [32–3].
- Hospitals of the American Mission, [188], [277–80].
- —— natives’ fear of, [187], [203].
- Insane fellah, experiences with an, [200–2].
- Insanity regarded as a form of saintliness, [26].
- Inscriptions, [220], [222–4], [233–5], [239].
- Ismael Pasha, [49], [89], [176].
- Jacaranda, the blossom of the, [172–3].
- Jones, Mr. Palmer, [90], [98–9].
- ‘Kahira-el-Mahrusa,’ [72].
- ‘Kasr-esh-Shema,’ [121].
- ‘Khaleeg, el,’ [43], [70].
- Khan Khalil, [4], [7], [8], [31], [58].
- Kisweh, el. See Holy Carpet.
- Kosseir, [245–57].
- —— mosque at, [249], [251–2].
- Lakéta, oasis of, [217–20].
- Lane’s Modern Egyptians, [16], [111].
- Liwán, [52], [106].
- Mahmal, el-, [153–55].
- Mahmood Hanafy, [67].
- Mamelukes, [36], [40], [142], [144], [148–50].
- Mandarah, [51].
- Mankaleh, [81], [107].
- Manners and Customs of the Ancient Egyptians. See Wilkinson.
- Mansoor, [58], [65].
- Mariette, [263].
- Marriages, Mohammedan, [12], [13].
- Mastaba, [7], [8], [33].
- Missionaries, [125], [281].
- Modiste, French, [86].
- Mohammed Ali, [34], [41], [74], [76], [85], [139].
- Mohammed Brown, [11], [57].
- Mo’izz, [71–2].
- Mosques of Cairo—
- Mousky, the, [1], [46].
- Mu’állaka, el-, [121].
- Mudir of Kosseir, [245–52].
- Muristân, el-, [4].
- Mushrbiyeh, [5], [6], [47], [52], [176].
- Nahasseen, [2], [18].
- Nakht, tomb of, [183].
- Nicol, Erskine, [200], [207], [212].
- O’Donald, Captain, [34–42], [134].
- —— Miss, [35], [39], [42].
- Omdeh of Gurna, [202].
- Parker, Herbert R., [258–9].
- Petrie, Professor Flinders, [198].
- Pilgrims, [95], [154–5].
- Polygamy, [16], [17].
- Ptolemies, period of the, [180], [233–4], [261], [265–6].
- Pyramid Bedouins, [127].
- Pyramids, [127].
- Queen Thiy, [178], [222–3].
- Ramadan, the fast of, [156–7], [160–2].
- Rames, [142], [146], [148].
- Red Sea, [243].
- Reliefs, [262], [265], [268].
- Saheime, Sheykh Ammin, [50].
- Said Pasha, [140], [145];
- accession of, [147].
- Salih, es-, [151].
- Salt and Soda Company, [91], [93].
- Saracenic Art, [73].
- Schools, [117].
- Scorpions, [187–90], [260].
- Shadoof, [218].
- Sharks, [244], [251].
- Shauwâl, month of, [163].
- Sheea Heresy, [73], [106].
- Sheeas, [32–3], [164–7].
- Sheger-ed-Durr, [151–2].
- Shiites. See Sheeas.
- Shoara, [76], [151].
- Sladen, Douglas, [118].
- Smells of Cairo, [46].
- Sphinx, the, [127–34].
- ‘Spray of Pearls.’ See Sheger-ed-Durr.
- Surgery, amateur, [191].
- Tarbouch, [8].
- Temples of—
- Thebes, [178], [258].
- ‘Tommy Atkins,’ [131–4].
- Tourists, [59], [194–6].
- Tramways, [70], [127].
- Tristram, Canon, [199], [227].
- Tumbakiyeh, el-, [47].
- Ulema, an Azhar, [141], [147].
- Villa Victoria Hotel, [83].
- Wadi Natrun, [92].
- Wakfs’ administration, [22], [44].
- Weigall, Arthur, Preface, [207], [220], [223], [231–2], [274].
- Welee, [18], [19].
- Whymper, Charles, [207], [211].
- Wilkinson, [79].
- Zikr, [26–28], [32], [164].
- Zogheb, Count, [174–6].
- Zohra, Story of the Princess, [34–42], [74–7], [84], [85], [139], [151–3].
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Transcriber’s Note:
Attempts have been made to retain variations in hyphenation, spelling, capitalisation, and accented characters as they appear in the original publication.