Pulpit, the Prophets, at Al-Madinah, i. 311 Pyramids, i. 30 Their covering of yellow silk or satin, ii. 213, n.
RABELAIS, on the discipline of armies, i. 268 Races of Badawin. See Badawin
Radhwah, Jabal (one of the Mountains of Paradise), i. 122 Rafik, or collector of blackmail, ii. 112 Rafizi (rejector, heretic), origin of the term, ii. 4, n. Rahah, meaning of the term, ii. 256
Rahmah, Bab al-, i. 307, 308, 361 Jabal al- (Mount of Mercy). See Arafat, Mount
Rahman of Herat, the calligrapher, i. 104, n. Rahmat al-Kabirah, the attack of cholera so called, i. 384 Railway, in Egypt, i. 113
Rain, want of, at all times, in Egypt, ii. 180, 181 The rainy season expected with pleasure at Al-Madinah, i. 383 Welcomed on the march, ii. 142
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Raisiyah minaret of Al-Madinah, i. 373 Rajm (lapidation), practice of, in Arabia, ii. 180 Rakb, or dromedary Caravan, ii. 50
Rakham (vulture), ii. 62
Ramazan, i. 74 Effects of, 75 Ceremonies of, 77 The Fast-breaking, 79 Ways of spending a Ramazan evening, 79 The Greek quarter at Cairo, 81 The Moslem quarter, 81 Beyond the walls, 84 Ramy, or Lapidation, ceremony of, ii. 203 Ramlah, or sanded place, i. 307
Ras al-Khaymah, i. 248, n.
Ras al-Tin, the Headland of Figs (the ancient Pharos), i. 7 Rashid, Bir (well of Rashid), ii. 59
Rauzah, Al-, or the Prophets garden, at Al-Madinah, i. 310 Traditions respecting it, 310, n. Description of it, 312 The two-bow prayer at the, 325 Public prayers in, 330, n. Farewell visits to, 56 Rayah (the Banner), the Masjid al-, near Al-Madinah, ii. 48 Rayyan, the hill near Meccah, ii. 147
Raziki grapes, of Al-Madinah, i. 404 Red Sea, view of, on entering Suez, i. 158 Injury done to the trade of, by the farzh or system of rotation at Suez, 170 Shipbuilding on, 177 Kinds of ships used on, 178 Imports and exports at Suez, 179, 180 Description of a ship of, 188 Course of ships on, 195 Observations on the route taken by the Israelites in crossing, 195 Scenery from, 195 Bright blue of the waters of, 196 Phnician Colony on, 201 Christian colony on the shores of, 202 Jabaliyah, or mountaineers of, 202, n. Morning on, 207 Fierce heat of the mid-day, 208 Harmony and majesty of sunset, 208 Night on, 209 Marsa Damghah, 213 Wijh harbour, 214 The town of Wijh, 215 Coral reefs of the Red Sea, 218 The Ichthyophagi and the Badawin of the coasts of, 218 Arab legends respecting the phosphoric light in, 219 Al-Kulzum the Arabic name for the, 250, n. The great heats near, in Arabia, prejudicial to animal generation, 266 The shores of, when first peopled, according to Moslem accounts, 343, n. Rekem (Numbers, xxxi. 8), identified with the Arcam of Moslem writers, 345, n.
Religion of the Badawin, ii. 109
Religious phrenzy (Malbus), case of, at Meccah, ii. 175 Susceptibility of Africans to, 175
Rhamnus Nabeca (the Nebek or Jujube), of Al-Madinah, i. 405, n. Rhazya stricta, used as a medicine by the Arabs, ii. 137 Rhetoric, study of, in Egypt, i. 107, n. Rhyme of the Arabs, ii. 101, n.
Ria, or steep descents, i. 251
Rida, Al- (portion of the pilgrim dress), ii. 139 Ridge, Affair of the, the battle so called, i. 421, n. Rifkah, Al-, the black-mail among the Badawin, ii. 114 Rih al-Asfar (cholera morbus), in Al-Hijaz, i. 384 Medical treatment of the Arabs in cases of, 384 The Rahmat al-Kabirah, 384 Ring (seal), of the Prophet, i. 413
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Rites of pilgrimage, ii. 281, et seq. Riwaks, or porches, surro[u]nding the hypæthral court of the Mosque at Al-Madinah, i. 334
Riyal Hajar, a stone dollar so called by the Badawin, i. 370, n. Riza Bey, son of the Sharif of Meccah, ii. 150 Robbers in the Desert, mode of proceeding of, i. 127, 249 Saad the robber-chief of Al-Hijaz, 256 Shaykh Fahd, 257 How Basrah, a den of thieves, was purged, 258, n. Indian pilgrims protected by their poverty, 265
Rock inscriptions near Meccah, ii. 147 Ruasa, or chief of the Muezzins, residence of, i. 334 Ruba al-Khali (the empty abode), its horrid depths and half-starving population, i. 3
Rubb Rumman, or pomegranate syrup, of Taif and Al-Madinah, i. 405 Rukham (white marble) of Meccah, ii. 295, n. Rokn al-Yamany, of the Kaabah, ii. 303
Rumah, Bir al-, or Kalib Mazni, at Kuba, i. 414, n. Rumat, Jabal al- (Shooters Hill), near Al-Madinah, ii. 49 Rangit Singh, his paramount fear and hatred of the British, i. 39 Russia, opinions of the Madinites on the war with, i. 292 The present feeling in Egypt respecting, 111
Rustam, battles of, i. 94
Rutab (wet dates), i. 402
SAAD AL-JINNI (the Demon), description of his personal appearance, i. 162 His character, 162 Equipped as an able seaman on board the pilgrim-ship, 189 His part in the fray on board, 192 Effects of a thirty-six hours sail on him, 210 His quarrel with the coffee-house keeper at Wijh, 216 His sulkiness, 223 Leaves Yambu, 240 His apprehensions in the Desert near Yambu, 244 Purchases cheap wheat at Al-Hamra, 254 His fear of the Badawin, 261 His fear of the robbers, 272 Takes his place in the Caravan, 272 Forced to repay a debt to the pilgrim, 276 Arrives at Al-Madinah, 280 His intimacy with the pilgrim, 300 Accompanies the pilgrim to Ohod, 418 Saad bin Maaz, converted to Al-Islam, i. 352 His tomb, ii. 44, n. Condemns the Kurayzah to death, 46
Saad ibn Zararah, his tomb, ii. 44, n. Saad, the robber-chief of Al-Hijaz, i. 256 Particulars respecting him, 256 His opponent Shaykh Fahd, 257 His blood-feud with the Sharif of Meccah, 259 Description of Saad, 259 His habits and manners, 260 His character, 260 He sometimes does a cheap good deed, 265 Conversation respecting him, 270 Description of his haunt, 270 Saba, the land of, i. 348
Sabæans, their claim to the Kaabah as a sacred place, ii. 302, n. Sabatier, M., i. 112, n.
Sabil, or public fountain, of Al-Madinah, i. 391 Sabkhah, or tufaceous gypsum of the Desert, ii. 134 Sacrifices in cases of infractions of the ordinances of the pilgrimage, ii. 140 At Muna, 217, 218
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Sadakah, or alms, sent to the Holy Land, i. 139, n. Sadi, the Bayt al-, the makers of the Kiswah of the Kaabah, ii. 215 Safa, Al-, the hill, at Meccah, i. 364 The ceremonies at, ii. 44 Meaning of Safa, 44, n.
Safk (clapping of hands), practice of, in the East, ii. 223 Sahal, sells ground to Mohammed, i. 357
Sahil, the Sufi, i. 10, n.
Sahn, Al-, or central area of a Mosque, i. 307, 333 Sahrij, or water tank, on Mount Ohod, i. 429 Sai, Al-, the ceremony so called, ii. 170, n. Compendium of the ceremony, 288
Saidi tribe of Arabs, i. 145
Saint Priest, M. de, i. 112, n.
Saints, in Moslem law, not supposed to be dead, i. 340 Their burial-place at Al-Bakia, ii. 31
Saj, or Indian teak, i. 364
Sakka, or water-carrier of the Prophets Mosque, i. 331, 373 Salabah bin Amru, i. 349
Salam, among the Moslems, i. 143, 151 Not returning a salam, meaning of, 231, n.
Salam, or Blessings on the Prophet, i. 76 Salam, the Bab al-, at Al-Madinah, i. 307, n., 309, 313 Salat, or mercy, in Moslem theology, i. 313, n. Salatah, the dish so called, i. 135
Salih Shakkar, description of, i. 164 Effects of a thirty-six hours sail on him, 210 Leaves Yambu, 241 Arrives at Al-Madinah, 280 Salihi tribe of Arabs, i. 145
Salim, the Benu, their subdivisions, ii. 120, n. Salim, Sultan, of Egypt, i. 146
Salkh, the kind of circumcision among the Badawin so called, ii. 110 Salma al-Mutadalliyah, great-grandmother of the Prophet, i. 351, n. Salman, the Persian, companion of the Prophet, i. 414, n. Salman al-Farsi, the Masjid, ii. 48
Salmanhudi, Al- (popularly El Samhoudy), his testimony respecting the tomb of the Prophet, i. 323 Remarks on his name, 323, n. His burial-place, 323, n. His account of the graves of the Prophet and the first two caliphs, 340 Unsuccessful endeavour to purchase a copy of Al-Samanhudi, 340, n. Visits the tombs of the Hujrah, 368, n. Salt, sacredness of the tie of terms of salt, ii. 53, n. The bond of, sacredness of, among the Badawin, 112 The Syrians called abusers of the salt, 133, n.
Salutation of peace in the East, i. 143, 151, 287 Samanhud, the ancient Sebennitis, i. 323, n. Sambuk, i. 178 Description of, 188
Samman, Mohammed al-, the saint, i. 426 His Zawiyah, or oratory, near Ohod, 426
Samun wind, i. 149, 265, n. Its effects on the skin, ii. 69 And on the travellers temper, 127 The, on the road between Al-Madinah and Meccah, 129
Sanctuary, right of, in the Kaabah, ii. 325 The Prophets. See Kaabah [p.467]
Sand, pillars of, in Arabia, ii. 69 Arab superstition respecting them, 66
Sandals donned when approaching Meccah, ii. 139 Sandal, the Oriental, i. 236 Uncomfortable and injurious to wearers of them, 236, n.
Sanding instead of washing, when water cannot be obtained, i. 261 Sandstone, yellow (Hayar Shumaysi), of Meccah, ii. 295, n. Saniyat Kudaa, near Meccah, ii. 152
Saracen, derivation of the word, i. 187, n. Saracens, Gibbons derivation of the name, ii. 76, n. Saracenic style of architecture, i. 90, 92, 364 Sarf, Al- (grammar of the verb), study of, in schools, i. 104 Sariyah, or night march, disagreeableness of, ii. 67, 68 Sarraf, or money changer, ii. 235
Sarsar wind, i. 151, n.
Saud, the Wahhabi, i. 242 Besieges the city of Al-Madinah, i. 369 Saur, Jabal, Mohammeds stay in the cave of, i. 355, n. Its distance from Al-Madinah, 379
Sawadi, or black grapes, i. 404
Sawik, the food so called, i. 275, n. Sayh, Al-, the torrent at Al-Madinah, i. 395, 399, 420 Sayhani, Al-, the date so called, i. 401 Sayl, or torrents, in the suburbs of Al-Madinah, i. 380 Sayyalah, the Wady, i. 274 The cemetery of the people of, 274, n. Sayyid, Abu l Hayja, Sultan of Egypt, his present to the Mosque of the Prophet, i. 366, n.
Sayyid Ali, vice-intendant of the Mosque of Meccah, ii. 319 Sayyidna Isa, future tomb of, i. 326
Sayyids, great numbers of, at Al-Madinah, ii. 3 Their origin, 3, n. Dress of Sayyids in Al-Hijaz, 4 The Sayyid Alawiyah, 4 Graves of the, at Al-Bakia, 32
Schools in Egypt, i. 102 Course of study in Al-Azhar, 103, et seq. Intonation of the Koran taught in, 106
Science, exact and natural, state of, in Egypt, i. 108, n. Scorpions near Meccah, ii. 179
Sea of Sedge, i. 196
Seasons, divided into three, by the Arabs, i. 383 Sebastiani, General, i. 112, n.
Sebennitis, the modern Samanhud, i. 323, n. Semiramis, eunuchs first employed by, i. 371, n. Senaa, city of, its depravity, ii. 107, n. Senna plant, abundance of the, in Arabia, ii. 72 Its growth in the Deserts, 137
Sepulchre, the Holy, imitations of, in Christian churches, i. 95 Sermons, Moslem, ii. 313 The Sermons of Saadi, 165 The sermon on Mount Arafat, 290 The Khutbat al-Wakfah, Sermon of the Standing (upon Arafat), 197 The Sermon at the Harim, 225 Impression made by it on the hearers, 226
Sesostris, ships of, i. 189 His blindness, 385 Shafei, Al-, Mosque of, i. 105, n.
Shafei, Imam, his vision of Ali, ii. 184, n. Shafei, Masalla, or place of prayer of the Shafei school, i. 310, n. [p.468]
Shafei pilgrimage, the compendium of Mohammed of Shirbin relating to, ii. 281 et seq.
Shafei school, mufti of, at Al-Madinah, i. 373 Shahan, the Benu (a Jewish tribe), in Arabia, i. 347, n. Shajar Kanadil, or brass chandelier of the hypæthral court of the Prophets Mosque, i. 339
Shaking hands (Musafahah), Arab fashion of, i. 52 Shame, a passion with Eastern nations; i. 37 Shami, Bab al-, or Syrian gate, of Al-Madinah, i. 391 Shami pomegranates, of Al-Madinah, i. 405 Shamiyah, or Syrian, ward of Meccah, ii. 153 Quarrels of the, with the Sulaymaniyah quarter, 153
Shammas bin Osman, his tomb at Ohod, i. 429 Shamsan, Jabal, the burial-place of Cain, ii. 160, n. Sharai and Bi-Sharai, the two orders of Darwayshes, i. 15 Shararif, or trefoiled crenelles in the walls of Al-Madinah, i. 392 Sharbat Kajari, the poison of the Persians, ii. 86 Shark, Al-, i. 266 Explanation of the name, 266, n. Sharki, the Darb al-, i. 380
Sharzawan, Al-, or base of the Kaabah, ii. 298, n. Shaving in the East, ii. 14
Shaw, Dr. Norton, i. 1, 5
Shawarib, Abu, the father of mustachios, ii. 53 Shaybah, generally called Abd al-Muttalib, grandfather of the Prophet i. 351, n.
Shaybah, Ibn, his account of the burial-place of Aaron, i. 346 Shaybah, Bab Benu, legend of, of the Kaabah, ii. 161, n. The true sangre azul of Al-Hijaz, 206 Keepers of the keys of the Kaabah, 206 The chief Shaykh Ahmad, 206, n.
Shaykh, explanation of the term, i. 14 Description of an Arab, fully equipped for travelling, 234
Shaykhayn, the two shaykhs, Abu Bakr and Osman, ii. 2 Shaytan al-Kabir (the Great Devil), ceremony of throwing stones at, ii. 203
Sheep, the three breeds of, in Al-Hijaz, ii. 17 The milk of the ewe, 17 Shems al-Din Yusuf, al-Muzaffar, chief of Yaman, his contribution to the fifth Mosque of the Prophet, i. 368
Sharifs, or descendants of Mohammed, i. 327 Great numbers of, at Al-Madinah, ii. 3 Their origin, 3, n. Their intense pride, 79, n. Forced celibacy of their daughters, 79, n. Their bravery, 150, n. Causes of their pugnacity, 150, n.
Sharifi, Al-, the grape so called, i. 404 Shiahs, their defilement of the tombs of Abu Bakr and Omar, i. 321, n. Their antipathy to the Sunnis, 321, n. Their aversion to Abu Bakr, 354, n. Their detestation of Syria and of the Syrians, ii. 138, n. Shibr Katt, i. 30
Shibriyah, or cot, for travelling, ii, 65 Ship-building on the Red Sea, i. 177
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Ships. The toni or Indian canoe, i. 188, n. The catamaran of Madras and Aden, i. 189, n.
Shiraz, boasts of the Shiahs at, i. 321, n. Shisha, or Egyptian water-pipe, i. 80
Shisha, or travelling pipe, ii. 125 Shopping in Alexandria, i. 11
Shuab Ali, valley of, i. 279, n.
Shuab al-Hajj, (the pilgrims pass), scene in, i. 272 Shugduf, difference between the Syrian and Hijazi shugduf, i. 418 Dangers to, in acacia-barrens, ii. 69
Shuhada (the Martyrs), i. 274 Remarks on, 274 Its past and future honours, 274, n. Visit to the graves of the, at Mount Ohod, 426, 427 Shumays, Bir, yellow sandstone of, ii. 295, n. Shurafa, pl. of Sharif, a descendant of Mohammed, i. 327 Shurum, i. 145
Shushah, or tuft of hair on the poll, i. 163 Sicard, Father, i. 195
Sidr or Lote tree of the Prophets Mosque, i. 337 Sie-fa of the Bokte, in Tartary, i. 58
Siesta, i. 299, n. The Kaylulah, or noon siesta, 299 The Aylulah, 299, n. The Ghaylulah, 299, n. The Kaylulah, 299, n. The Faylulah, 299, n. Sikandar Al-Rumi, tomb of, i. 12
Sikanjabin (oxymel), used as a remedy in fevers in Arabia, i. 387 Silk-tree of Arabia. See Asclepias gigantea Sinai, Mount, i. 202
Sinaitic tribes of Arabs, modern, observations on, i. 145, et seq. Chief clans of, 145 Impurity of the race, 146 Their ferocity, 147 How manageable, 147
Sind, dry storms of, i. 247, 265
Singapore, pilgrims from, to Meccah, i. 179 Silat al-Rasul, referred to, i. 384, n.
Sittna Zaynab (our Lady Zaynab), Mosque of, at Cairo, i. 98 Siyuti, Al-, his theological works, i. 106, n. Sketching, dangerous among the Badawin, i. 240 Slaves, trade in, at Jeddah and in Egypt, i. 47 Reform in our slave laws throughout the East much needed, 49 Abyssinian slave, style of courting, 59 Slave-hunting in Africa, 60 Condition of slaves in the East, 61 The black slave-girls of Al-Madinah, ii. 12 Value of slave-boys and of eunuchs, 12 Value of the Galla girls, 13 Price of a Jariyah Bayza, or white slave-girl, 13 Female slaves at Meccah, 233 The slave-market of Meccah, 252 The pilgrims resolve, if permitted, to destroy the slave-trade, 252 Ease with which the slave-trade may be destroyed in the Red Sea, 252
Small-pox in Arabia. See Judari
Smith, Sir L., his defeat of the Beni Bu Ali Arabs, i. 248 Smoking the weed hashish, i. 44
Soap, tafl or bole earth used by the Arabs as, i. 415 Sobh Badawin, their plundering propensities, ii. 58 [p.470]
Societies, secret, in Egypt, i. 113 Sodom, the long-sought apple of, ii. 138, n. Sola, plain of, near Meccah, ii. 148
Soldier-travellers, fatalities which have befallen them lately, i. 1 Soldiers in Egypt, i. 118
Solomon, King, i. 212 Mosque of, at Jerusalem, connected with, 305 Somalis, dislike of, to tobacco, i. 194, n. Foundation of the tribe, 344, n.
Songs of the Badawi Arabs, i. 145 Of Maysunah, ii. 190 Specimen of one, 223
Sonnini, his description of the Kayf, i. 9, n. Reference to, 299 His testimony to the virtues of the Harim, ii. 91, n. Sophias, St., at Constantinople, the largest Cathedral in the world, i. 364, n.
Spanish cathedrals, Oriental origin of, i. 307 Spears (Kanat), of the Badawin, ii. 106
Sports of the Badawin, ii. 104
Springs of Mount Ohod, i. 423, n.
Stanhope, Lady Hester, her faith in magic mirrors, i. 288, n. Statuary and pictures forbidden in Mosques, i. 94 Stimulants, effects of drinking, in the East, i. 265, n. Stoa, or Academia, of Al-Madinah, i. 338 Stocks, Dr., of Bombay, reference to, i. 246, n. Stone, obtained near Meccah, ii. 295, n. That of Panopolis, 296 Stone-worship, ii. 301, n.
Storm, description of one at Muna, ii. 218 Dry storms of Arabia, i. 247 Streets, of Al-Madinah, i. 392
Students, Moslem, i. 104, n. Wretched prospects, 108 Sudan (Blacksland), i. 177
Suez (Suways), a place of obstacle to pilgrims, i. 128 Safety of the Desert road to, 156 Its want of sweet water, 158, n. Its brackish wells, 158, n. No hammam (or bath) at, 158, n. Number of caravanserais of, 159, n. Want of comfort in them all, 159, n. The farzah, or system of rotation, in the port of, 170, 178 Exorbitant rate of freight at, 170, n. The George Inn at (see George Inn), 173, et seq. Decrease in the number of pilgrims passing through Suez to Meccah, 176 The ship-builders of Suez, 177 Kinds of ships used at, 178 Number of ships at, 178 Imports and exports, 179, 180 Average annual temperature of the year at, 180 Population of, 181 State of the walls, gates, and defences of, 182 Food of the inhabitants of, 182, 183 Their fondness for quarrels, 183 A pronunciamento at, 183 Scene on the beach on a July morning, 186
Sufayna, Al-, the village of, ii. 128 Halt of the Baghdad Caravan at, 128 Description of the place, 130
Sufat (half-caste Turk), the present ruling race at Al-Madinah, ii. 5 Suffah, or sofa, companions of the, i. 363 Sufiyan, Abu, his battle with Mohammed at Mount Ohod, i. 423, 425, ii. 47 His daughter, ii. 35
Sufrah, i. 76 Sufrah hazir, i. 76, n. [p.471]
Suhayl, sells ground at Al-Madinah to Mohammed, i. 357 Sujdah, or single-prostration prayer, i. 312 Suk al-Khuzayriyah, or greengrocers market of Al-Madinah, i. 391 Zuk al-Habbabah, or grain market of Al-Madinah, 391 Sula, or Sawab, Jabal, near Al-Madinah, ii. 48 Sulayman the Magnificent, the Sultan, his donations to the shrines of Meccah and Al-Madinah, i. 310, n., 368
Sulaymani, the poison so called, ii. 86 Sulaymaniyah Munar, i. 333
Sulaymaniyah, or Afghan quarter of Meccah, ii. 153 Quarrels of the, with the Shamiyah ward, 153
Suls character of Arabic, i. 322, n. A Koran in the library of the Prophets Mosque written in the, 338, n. Sumaydah, a sub-family of the Benu Harb, i. 256 Sun, his fierce heat on the Red Sea, i. 207 Effects of, on the mind and body, 208 Majesty of the sunset hour, 208 Heat of, in the Deserts of Arabia, 251 Remarks on sunstrokes, in the East, 365, n. Hour at which it is most dangerous, 275 Adoration of, by kissing the hand, ii. 165, n. Sunnat, or practice or custom of the prophet, i. 340, n. Sunnat al-Tawaf, or practice of circumambulation, ii. 170 Sunnis, their antipathy to the Shiahs, i. 321, n. Their reverence for the memory of Abu Bakr, 354
Superstitions of the Arabs, i. 427 Error of Niebuhr respecting, ii. 153, n. That respecting the ceiling of the Kaabah, 207 The superstitions of Meccans and Christians compared, 237 Those of Arabs and Africans respecting the aloe, 248
Supplication, efficacy of, at the Masjid al-Ahzab, ii. 47 Surat, tobacco of, i. 179
Surgery among the Badawin, ii. 108
Suri (Syrian), Shami, or Suryani, tobacco, i. 65, n. Surrah, or financier of the Caravan, i. 374 Suwan (granite), of Meccah, ii. 295, n.
Suwaykah, celebrated in the history of the Arabs, i. 275 Origin of its name, 275, n.
Suwayrkiyah, headquarters of the Benu Hosayn, ii. 3 Confines of, 72 The town of, 124 The inhabitants of, 123
Swords of the Arabs, i. 248, ii. 106 Their sword-play, 107 Syria, expedition of Tobba al-Asghar against, i. 350 Abhorrence in which it is held by the Shiah sect, ii. 133, n. Wars in, caused by sectarian animosity, 133, n.
Syrians on the Red Sea, i. 202 Detestation in which Syria and the Syrians are held by the Shiahs, ii. 133, n. Called abusers of the salt, 133, n.
TABRANI, AL-, his account of the building of the Prophets Mosque, i. 361 Tafarruj, or lionising, i. 308
Tafl, or bole earth, eaten by Arab women, i. 415 Tafsir (exposition of the Koran), study of, in schools, i. 107 Tahamat Al-Hijaz, or the sea coast of Al-Hijaz, i. 377 [p.472]
Taharah, the kind of circumcision among the Badawin so called, ii, 110 Tahlil, or cry of welcome, ii. 159
Taif, population of, i. 393, n. Pears of, 405, n. The Rubb Rumman of, 405 The blue peaks of, ii. 148
Takat al-Kashf (niche of disclosure), of the Mosque of Al-Kuba, i. 410 Takiyah, or Darwayshes dwelling-place in Cairo, i. 85 The Takiyah erected at Al-Madinah by Mohammed Ali, 285 Takruri pilgrims, their wretched poverty, ii. 62 Takht-rawan, or gorgeous litters, i. 418 Expenses of one, from Damascus and back, ii. 65, n.
Talbiyat, or exclaiming, when approaching Meccah, ii. 139 Derivation of the term, 140, n.
Talhah, friend of Mohammed, sent forward by the Prophet to Al-Madinah, i. 354
Tamarisk tree, i. 403
Tamattu, Al- (possession), the pilgrimage so called, ii. 281 Tanzimat, folly of, i. 286
Tarawih prayers, i. 80
Tarbush and fez, ii. 15
Tarik al-Ghabir, the road from Al-Madinah to Meccah, ii. 58 Tarikh Tabari, referred to, i. 347
Tarikah bin Himyariah, wife of Amru bin Amin, i. 348 Tariyak (Theriack) of Al-Irak, the counter-poison so called, ii. 108 Tarshish, i. 189
Tarwiyat, origin of the ceremony of, ii. 289, n. Tashrih, the Madani childrens bod[i]es marked with, ii. 13 Tashrit (gashing), the ceremony at Meccah so called, ii. 234, n. Taslim, to say salam, i. 329
Tatarif, or cartridges of the Badawin, ii. 116 Taun (the plague), never in Al-Hijaz, i. 384 Tawaf, or circumambulation of the House of Allah at Meccah, i. 305 Ceremonies of, at the Kaabah, ii. 165 Its probable origin, 165, n. The Sunnat al-Tawaf, or practice of circumambulation, 170 Sketch of the ceremony of Tawaf, 286
Tawarah tribes of Arabs. See Arabs, and Sinaitic tribes Tawashi, the generic name of the eunuchs of the Mosque, i. 371, n. Taxation in Egypt, i. 112, n. Capitation tax levied on infidels, 233, n. No taxes paid by the Madani, ii. 6
Tayammum, the sand-bath, i. 261
Tayfur Agha, chief of the college of eunuchs at Al-Madinah, i. 371 Tayr Ababil, i. 384, n.
Tayyarah, or flying Caravan, ii. 50 Tazkirah. See Passports
Testification, the prayer so called, i. 318, n. Thamud tribe, of tradition, i. 221
Theology, Moslem, observations on, i. 105, et seq. Poverty of an Alim, or theologian, 131
Thieves in the Desert, i. 248
Thirst, difficulty with which it is borne by the Badawin, ii. 69 How to allay, 69, n.
Tigritiya, the Abyssinian malady so called, ii. 175, n. [p.473]
Timbak (tobacco), from Persia or Surat, i. 179 Tinder, Nubian and Indian, ii, 138, n.
Tipu Sahib, his treatment of his French employes, i. 39, n. Tobacco of Egypt, i. 65 Latakia, 65, n. Suri (Syrian), Shami, or Suryani, 65, n. Tumbak, 66, n. Hummi, 66, n. The Shisha, or Egyptian water-pipe, 80 Pipes of the Badawin and Arab townspeople, 144, n. The old Turkish meerschaum, 144, n. Aversion of the barbarous tribes of Africa to the smell of, 194, n. The shisha (hooka) of Arabia, 296 Syrian tobacco generally used in Al-Madinah, 298 Its soothing influence, ii, 63 Waterpipes, 63 Salary of a pipe-bearer, 63, n. Smoking among the Badawin, 118 The shisha, or travelling pipe, 125 Instance of the Wahhabi hatred of, 129, 142 Tobba Abu Karb, i. 350, n.
Tobba al-Asghar, his expedition to Al-Madinah, i. 350 And to Syria and Al-Irak, 350 Abolishes idolatry, 351
Tobba, the Great, or the Chief, i. 351, n. Tombs: that of Daniyal al-Nabi (Daniel the Prophet), i. 12 Of Sikandar al-Rumi, 12 Of Mohammed a1-Busiri, 12 Of Abu Abbas al-Andalusi, 12 Of the martyred grandsons of Mohammed, Hasan, and Husayn, 97, n. Of Kaid Bey and the other Mamluk Kings, 98 Peculiar form of the sepulchre now common in Al-Hijaz, Egypt, and the Red Sea, 155, n. The tomb of Abu Zulaymah, 199 Of Shaykh Hasan al-Marabit, on the Red Sea, 218 Distant view of the Prophets tomb at Al-Madinah, 286 Account of a visit to it, 304-342 The Lady Fatimahs at Al-Madinah, 308, n., 327, 328 Exact place of the Prophets tomb, 322 The tombs of Abu Bakr and of Omar, 324 The future tomb of Sayyidna Isa, 326 Tombs of the father and mother of the Prophet, 351, n. Tomb of Mohammed, 359, 363 Attempted robbery of the tombs of Mohammed and of his two companions, 367 The tombs in the Hujrah visited by Al-Samanhudi, 368, n. The tomb of Aaron on Mount Ohod, 423 Hamzahs tomb, 426 That of Abdullah bin Jaysh at Ohod, 428 Visit to the tombs of the saints of Al-Bakia, ii. 31, et seq. Tombs of Hagar and Ishmael at Meccah, 305 Burial-places of Adam, Abel, and Cain, 160, n. Tombs of celebrity at the cemetery of Meccah, 249, et seq. Eves tomb near Jeddah, 273
Tott, Inspector-General, i. 112, n. Trade and commerce, condition of, at Al-Madinah, ii. 8 The three vile trades of Moslems, 149, n.
Trafalgar, Cape, i. 7 Remarks on the meaning of the word, 7, n. Travellers, idiosyncrasy of, 16
Trees of Al-Madinah, the celebrated, i. 286 Tripoli, i. 190
Tumar character, of Arabic, ii. 215 Tumbak tobacco, i. 66, n.
Tunis, i. 190
Tur, the old Phnician colony on the Red Sea, i. 201 Terrible stories about the Badawin of, 201 The modern town, 202 The inhabitants of, 202 The delicious dates of, 204
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Tur, Jabal (Mount Sinai), i. 202
Turki pomegranates of Al-Madinah, i. 405 Turks on the pilgrimage, i. 191 Turkish Irregular Cavalry in the Deserts of Arabia, 249 Imbecility of their rule in Arabia, 257 Delenda est marked by Fate upon the Ottoman empire, 259, n. Probable end of its authority in Al-Hijaz, 259 Douceurs given by them to the Arab shaykhs of Al-Hijaz, 266 Their pride in ignoring all points of Arab prejudices, 304 Their difficulties in Arabia, 359 One killed on the march by an Arab, ii. 127 Their dangerous position in Al-Hijaz, 151, n. Turkish pilgrims at Meccah, authors acquaintance with, 171 Tussun Bey, defeat of, by the Badawin, i. 262 Concludes a peace with Abdullah the Wahhabi, i. 370
Tutty (Tutiya), used in Al-Hijaz for the cure of ulcers, i. 390
UHAYHAH, of the Aus tribe, i. 351, n. Ukab, the bird so called, ii. 62
Ukayl bin Abi Talib, brother of Ali, his tomb, ii. 38, 44 Ulcers (Nasur) common in Al-Hijaz, i. 390 Antiquity of the disease in Arabia, 390 Death of Am al-Kays, the warrior and poet, 390 Mandate of Mohammed Abu (see Mohammed), 390 The Hijaz Nasur, and the Yaman ulcer, the Jurh al-Yamani, 390, n. Popular treatment of, 390 Umar ibn Fariz, poems of, i. 107, n.
Umbrella, the sign of royalty, ii. 150, n., 196 Umrah (the little pilgrimage), ii. 281 The ceremonies of, 241, 292 et seq. Its situation, 341
Urdu, or camp of soldiers in Al-Hijaz, i. 394, n. Urtah, or battalion of soldiers, i. 394, n. Usbu, or seven courses round the Kaabah, ii. 167, n Ustuwanat al-Ashab, or the Companions column, at the Mosque of the Prophet, i. 326, n. Ustuwanat al-Mukhallak, or the perfumed pillar, 335 Ustuwanat al-Hannanah, or weeping pillar at the Prophets Mosque, 335 Ustuwanat al-Ayishah, or pillar of Ayishah, 335 Ustuwanat al-Kurah, or pillar of Lots, 335 Ustuwanat al-Muhajirin, or pillar of Fugitives, 335 Ustuwanat al-Abu Lubabah, or pillar of Lubabah or of repentance, 336 Ustuwanat al-Sarir, or pillar of the Cot, 336 Ustuwanat Ali, or column of Ali the fourth Caliph, 336 Ustuwanat al-Wufud, 336 Ustuwanat al-Tahajjud, where the Prophet passed the night in prayer, 336 Utaybah Badawin. Ferocity of, ii. 136, 144 Charged with drinking their enemies blood, 136 Their stoppage of the Damascus Caravan, 143 Dispersed by Sharif Zayd 144
Utbah bin Abi Wakkas, the infidel, i. 430 Utum, or square, flat roofed, stone castles in Arabia, i. 347
VALLEYS in Arabia, longitudinal, transversal, and diagonal, i. 252 Vasco de Gama, his voyage to Calicut, i. 187, n. Vegetables of the plain of Al-Madinah, i. 404 Vena, common at Yambu, i. 389 Treatment of, 389 [p.475]
Venus, worship of, by the Hukama, ii. 162 Verdigris used in Arabia for the cure of ulcers, i. 390 Vertomannus Ludovicus, his pilgrimages to Meccah and to Al-Madinah, ii. 333, et seq.
Victims, ceremonies of the Day of, ii. 202, et seq. Villages frequently changing their names, i. 245 Vincent on the Moors of Africa, i. 187, n. Vine of Al-Madinah, ii. 404
Visions in the East, ii. 184, n.
Visits of ceremony after the Ramazan, i. 116 Of the middle classes in Egypt, 135, n. After a journey, 190
Volcanoes, traces of extinct, near Al-Madinah, ii. 61
WADY, the Arabian, i. 150, n. The Wady al-Ward (the Vale of Flowers), 150
Wady, al-Kura, town of, founded by the Jews, i. 347 The route from Al-Madinah to Meccah so called, ii. 58
Wady al-Subu, town of, founded by the Jews, i. 347 Wady, the Masjid al-, ii. 49
Wahhabis, aversion of to tobacco, i. 194, n. Ruinous effect of the wars between them, and the Egyptians, 254, n. Their defeat of Tussun Bey and 8000 Turks, 262 Their tenets, 306 Their opposition to Ali Bey, 306, n. Their rejection of the doctrine of the Prophets intercession, 318, n. Their dislike to onions, 357, n. And of Turkish rule in Al-Hijaz, 360 Their siege of Al-Madinah, 369 Defeated by Mohammed Ali at the battle of Bissel, ii. 89, n. Instance of their hatred of tobacco, 129, 142 Description of their march on the pilgrimage, 142 Their bravery, 143 Their appearance at the ceremonies of the day of Arafat, 193, n. Their destruction of the Chapel on Arafat, 193, n. Note on the ceremonies of the Wahhabi pilgrimage, 197, n. Their unsuccessful attack on Jeddah, 265, n.
Wahshi, the slave, slays Hamzah, i. 433 Wahshi, Al-, the date so called, i. 401
Wahy, or Inspiration brought by the Archangel Gabriel from heaven, i. 333. n.
Waiz in the Mosque, i. l00
Wakalah, or inn of Egypt, description of, i. 41 The Wakalah Khan Khalil of Cairo, 42 The Wakalah Jamaliyah, 42 Those of Al-Madinah, 392 The Wakalah Bab Salam, 392 The Wakalah Jabarti, 392 The, of Jeddah, ii. 266 Wakf, bequeathed, written in books, i. 340 Bought up by Mohammed Ali Pasha, 359, n. Abolished in Turkey, 359, n. Established by the Sultan Kaid Bey, 368
Wakil (or substitute), in pilgrimage, ii. 243 Wakin, Al-, or Al-Zahrah, the Harrah so called, i. 421, n. Walid, Al-,the Caliph, i. 327, n. Inventor of the mihrab and minaret, 361, n. His magnificent buildings at Al-Madinah, 364 Visits the Mosque in state, 366 Mosques built by him at Al-Madinah, ii. 48 Walis (holy men), of Alexandria, i. 12
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Wallin, Dr. George, of Finland, his visit to Meccah, i. 5, n. His death, 5, n. His Eastern name, Wali al-Din, 5, n. His remarks on the Arab tribes referred to, 145, n. His admiration of Badawi life, ii. 97 Walls of Al-Madinah, i. 391
War of the Meal-sacks, i. 275, n. War-dance (Arzah) of the Arabs, i. 419
Wardan and the Wardanenses, i. 30, n. Warkan, Jabal, one of the mountains of Paradise, i. 270, n. Wasitah, Al-. See Hamra, Al-, i. 253
Watches worn in Arabia, i. 166
Water-bags in the East, i. 24, 125 Value of water in the Desert, 149 Carried across the Desert to Suez, 158 Water-courses (Misyal) of Arabia, 250, 254 The water found in the Deserts of Arabia, 254 Light water, 338 Oriental curiosity respecting, 338 Manner of providing, at Al-Madinah, 381 Music of the water-wheels, 400 Quantity of, in the palm-gardens of Al-Madinah, 403 Purity of, throughout Al-Hijaz, ii. 194 Water-spout (Myzab) of the Kaabah, ii. 304 Weapons of the Badawin, ii. 106
Weeping-pillar in Mohammed’s Mosque, i. 335, 362, n. Weights, the, of Al-Madinah, i. 402, n.
Welcome, the Oriental cry of, (Tahlil, or Ziralit), ii. 159 Well, Moses, at Sinai, i. 204 Ancient wells at Aden, 204, n. Wells of the Indians in Arabia, i. 274, n. The Bir al-Aris at Kuba, 412 The pilgrims Kayf on the brink of, 412 Former and present number of wells of Al-Kuba, 414 The Saba Abar, or seven wells, 414 The Bir al-Nabi, 414, n. The Bir al-Ghurbal, 414, n. The Bir al-Fukayyir, 414, n. The Bir al-Ghars, 414, n. The Bir Rumah, or Kalib Mazni, 414, n. The Bir Buzaat, 414, n. The Bir Busat, 414, n. The Bir Bayruha, 414, n. The Bir Ihn, 415, n. The three wells of the Caliph Harun at Al-Ghadir, ii. 134 Wellington, Duke of, his remark on the means of preserving health in India, i. 264, n.
West, Mr., sub-vice-consul at Suez, his kindness to the pilgrim, i. 169 Wijh Harbour, on the Red Sea, i. 214 The town, 215 Wilkinson, Sir Gardner, his observations on Egyptian passports, i. 18 Wind, the Samum, i. 149 The Sarsar, 151, n. The poison-wind, 265, n. The eastern wintry winds of Al-Madinah, 382
Wishah, the style of dress so called, ii. 139 Wives of the Prophet, tombs of, ii. 38 His fifteen wives, 38 Wolfs tail (Dum i Gurg), the grey dawn, i. 154 Women, shrill cries of joy with which Arab women receive their husbands after returning from a journey, i. 357, ii. 154 Flirtation and love-making at festivals, i. 116 The public amusements allowed to Oriental women, 118 The death-wail, 118 An Armenian marriage, 123 Faults of Moslem ladies dressing, 123, n. Condition of, in Egypt, at the present day, 175 The opprobrious term Misriyah, 175 Dress of the women of Yambu, 229 The face-veil, 229 The lisam of Constantinople, [p.477] 229, n. Retired habits of the women at Al-Madinah, 297 Soft and delicate voices of the Somali women, 297 The Gynæconitis of Arab women, 298 Ablutions necessary after touching the skin of a strange woman, 298, n. A Persian ladys contempt for boys, 303 The Bab al-Nisa, or womens gate at Al-Madinah, 308 Disgrace of making a Moslemah expose her face, 365, n. The women of the farmer race of Arabs, 406 Tafl, or bole earth, eaten by them, 415 Women devotees at the Harim, 434 Women sometimes not allowed to join a congregation in Al-Islam, 434, n. Dress and customs of the Indian women settled at At-Madinah, ii. 6 Value of black slave-girls, 12 Price of a Jariyah Bayza, or white slave-girl, 13 Dress of the women of Al-Madinah, 15, 16 Their mourning dress, 16 Decency of the women of Al-Madinah, 19 Their pleasures, 20 Their bad language, 20 Arab marriages, 22, et seq. Unwillingness to name the wife among the Arabs, 84 And in other countries, 84, n. Uncomeliness of the women of Al-Hijaz, 85 Softening influences of the social position of the women among the Badawin, 90 Polygamy and monogamy compared, 91, n. The daughters of a higher clan of Arabs not allowed to marry into a lower, 92 Heroism of women, 94 The Arab oath, by the honour of my women, 94 Marriage ceremonies of the Badawin, 111 Frequency of divorces among them, 111 Dress of the Badawin women of Al-Hijaz, 116 Unchastity of the women of the Hitman tribe of Arabs, 121 Ejaculations of women when in danger of exposing their faces, 134, n. Strange dress of pilgrim women, 141 Wahhabi women on the pilgrimage, 142 Place for the female pilgrims in the Kaabah, 309 The Kabirah, or mistress of a house, 160 How directed to perform the Sai, 288 Moslem prayers for the souls of women, 293 Superstitious rite on behalf of women at Arafat, 189 Manner of addressing respectable Moslem women, 190, n. An adventure with a fair Meccan, 197-199 The slave market of Meccah, 252 Appearance of the slaves, 252
Wormwood of Pontus, i. 155
Wounds, Badawin method of treating, i. 271, n., 389 Writing, Oriental, remarks on, i. 103 Skilful penmanship but little valued at the present day, 103, n. The Turkish ornamental character called Suls, 103, n. The Persian character, 103, n. The Egyptian and Arab coarse and clumsy hand, 104, n. The Mirza Sanglakh, 104, n. Writing and drawing generally disliked by Arabs, 240 Writing on noted spots, the practice both classical and Oriental, 432 Wuzu (the lesser ablution), i. 6, 77, 230 Wukuf, or standing upon Mount Arafat, Arab legend respecting, ii. 289, n. The pilgrim rites of, 289
Y.S., the chapter of the Koran, i. 366, n., 429 Yaman, Al-, tamarinds from, i. 180 Mountains of, 265, n. Coffee of, 290, n. The birthplace of the Aus and Kharaj, 348 Sufferings of the people of, from ulcers, 390 Mandate of the conqueror Mohammed Abu. See Mohammed, 390 Demoralisation of the Arabs of, ii. 107 Former horse trade of, 195, n.
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Yambu, tribes inhabiting the deserts about, i. 145 Yambu al-Bahr (or Yambu of the Sea), 225 The Iambia of Ptolemy, 225 The Sharif of Yambu, 226 Description of the town, 226 Varieties of the population at, 228 An evening party at, 232 Strength of the walls and turrets of, 242 Attacked by Saud the Wahhabi, 242 Jews settled in, 347, n. Diseases of, 389 Population of, 393, n.
Yanbua of the palm grounds, i. 225
Yarab bin Kahtan bin Shalik bin Arkfakhshad bin Sam bin Nuh, descendants of, i. 348
Yasir bin Akhtah, plots against Mohammed, i. 358 Yasrib (now Al-Madinah), settled by fugitive Jews, i. 347 Yaum al-Tarwiyah, ii. 289 Description of, 178 Yaum al-Nahr (the day of throat-cutting), 202, 290 Yazid, son of the Caliph Muawiyah and his Badawi wife Maysunah, ii. 191, n. His contempt for his father, 191, n. Cursed by the disciples of the Shafei school, ii. 37
Yorke, Colonel P., i. 1
Yusuf, the Jewish Lord of the Pit, ii. 78, n.
ZAABUT, i. 17, n.
Zabit, or Egyptian police magistrate, i. 19 Scenes before, 119 The Pasha of the Night, 121
Zafar, the Masjid Benu, also called Masjid al-Baghlah, ii. 45 Zafaran Point, i. 196, n.
Zaghritah, or cry of welcome, ii. 159 Zahra, or bright blooming Fatimah, i. 327, n. Zahrah, Al-, or Al-Wakin, the Harrah so called, i. 421, n. Zairs, visitors to the sepulchre of the Prophet, i. 305, n. Dress and perfumes of the Zairs, 309, n.
Zakariya al-Ansari, his theological work. i. 106, n. Zamakhshari, Al-, his grammatical adventures, ii. 98, n. Zananire, Antun, visit to his harim, i. 122 Zarb al-Mandal, the magical science so called in Egypt, i. 388, n. Zaribah, Al-, description of the plain of, ii. 138 Zarka, of Yamamah, story of, referred to, i. 181, n. Zat al-Rikaa, the expedition so called, i. 155, n. Zat al-Salasil (the Affair of Chains), ii. 89, n. Zat Nakhl, or place of palm trees (Al-Madinah), i. 346 Zawiyah, or oratory, of Mohammed al-Samman, i. 426 Zawwar, or visitors to the tomb of the Prophet, i. 329, n. Zayd, Sharif, his bravery, ii. 144 Disperses the Utaybah robbers, 144 Zaydi sect, ii. 307, n.
Zayn al-Abidin, prayers for, i. 328 Tomb of, ii. 40 Zaynab, wife of the Prophet, i. 365, n.
Zemzem, the holy well of the Mosque of the Prophet, i. 6, 70, 331 Its supposed subterranean connection with the great Zemzem at Meccah, 338 Rows of jars of the water at the Mosque of Meccah, ii. 297 Description of the building enclosing the well, 309 The Daurak, or earthen jars, for cooling the water, 310, n. Doubtful origin of the word, 162 Esteem in which the water is held, 163 Its qualities, 163 How transmitted to distant regions, 163 Superstitions respecting it, 164 [p.479]
Zemzemi, or dispenser of the water of the holy well at Meccah, ii. 125 Ali bin Ya Sin, the zemzemi, 125
Zemzemiyah, or goat-skin water-bag, i. 24 Zikrs, or Darwaysh forms of worship, in Egypt, i. 86 Ziyad bin Abihi, his destruction of robbery in Basrah, i. 258, n. Ziyafah, Bab al-, or gate of hospitality, of Al-Madinah, i. 391 Ziyarat, or visitation, of the Prophets Mosque, i. 305, 319 Distinction between Ziyarat and the Hajj Pilgrimage, 305 Where the ceremony begins, 307, n. How regarded by the Maliki school, 311, n. The visitation to Kuba on the 17th Ramazan, 408, n. Ziyarat al-Widaa, or Farewell Visitation, ii. 55 The ceremony of the visit to the Prophets tomb, 292 Ziyaratak, or blessed be thy visitation, the benediction, i. 331 Zubaydah Khatun, wife of Harun al-Rashid, ii. 58 Her celebrated Pilgrimage, 136, n.
Zul Halifah, the Mosque, i. 279, n. Also called the Mosque of the tree, 279, n., 364 Its distance from Al-Madinah, 379 Zuyud schismatics, ii. 6