Chapter XX: —Of diuers thynges which chaunced to me in Mecha; and of Zida, (4)

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[s] 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 [p.430] 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. [p.431] 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 [p.432] 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 [p.433] 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 [p.435] 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. [p.436] 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. [p.437] 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 [p.438] 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 [p.439] 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 [p.440] 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. [p.441] 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