Menárehs, street of the,123Menfooḥah (in Yemámeh),155Menou, General,64Mensej (embroidery frame),239Menthoor (gilliflower),166Meshoom (unlucky),36Meslemeh (Yezeed's brother),209Meslakh (disrobing room in bath),180Michael,26Middle Age of Arab literature,112Midwife,187Minaret,11,12Minè, Valley of,21Minister,12Miracles of saints,49-52Mirwaḥah (fan),130Mishmish (apricot),161Mizmár (a musical pipe),38Moạjizeh (prophet's miracle),49Moạtaḍid, El- (Khaleefeh,A.D.892-902),158Moạtaṣim, El- (Khaleefeh,A.D.833-842),256Moạtezileh (freethinkers),28Mo´áwiyeh (Khaleefeh,A.D.661-680),210-213Moderation in wine,154Moḥammad the Prophet,2—— sayings of.Seeindex of authors, underḲur-ánandMishkátMoḥammad, praise of,75Moḥammad ´Alee's funeral,261,n.Moḥammad El-Ashwam (a Tunisian saint),50Moḥammad Ibn-Eṭ-Ṭeiyib (dyer of Baghdad),224Mohammadanism,1-24Moḥeeṭ (circumambient ocean),102Moḥtesib (inspector),158,n.Mole, a beauty spot,214Monogamy,223,n.Monopoly,17Moolids, or Mólids (saints' festivals),71,72Moral laws,10-16Mosaic legislation,242Moses,2Móṣil, owl of El-,114Mosque,12,21—— teaching,202Mourning,258—— colour,261Móz (banana),161Muballigh (transmitter, at public prayers),111Muëddin (crier),11,12,38——, Devil's,168Mugheyreh ibn-Sheạbeh,223Mujáhid, adventure of,83Mukháriḳ (a singer),171-175Muḳtedir, El-, (Khaleefeh,A.D.908-932),121,201Mulberry,161Munádee, El-, (saint),62Munkir (angel who examines the dead),26,262Munshids (singers of odes),71,74Murder,17,18Muṣḥaf (copy of the Ḳur-án),16,n.Music, Arab,15,167-176,178,179—— of the Zikr,75,76Musical parties,174Musician's fees,157Muṣṭafà El-Munádee (saint),62Mutanebbee, El-, (poet),131-133Mutawekkil, El-, (Khaleefeh,A.D.847-861),45,161Mutilation,20Muweshshaḥ (ode),76Myrtle,165Mythology,25-46Nabḳ (lote),161,n.Naked saints,63Naḳeeb,50Nakhleh (near Mekkeh),110Nákir (i.q.Munkir),26Name, assumed,153,n.——, the Most Great,81Naming a child,189,190Napkin,159Nárahs (Persian Jinn),27Narcissus,166Narcotics,149,150Nárinj (Seville orange),161,n.Narjis (narcissus),166Narseen (myrtle),165Naṣeeb (a slave),156National character,205Natural magic,93Nebboot (long staff),65Nebeedh (new wine),148,149Nedeem (cup companion),172Needlework,204Neelófar (Nenuphar),167,n.Negro slaves,250,253Nekeer (angel who examines the dead),26,262Nemám (wild thyme),167,n.Nenuphar,167Nesnás (species of Jinn),45,46Nets in hunting,184Niche,12Nikḥ (I accept),224Nimrod,93Nisreen (eglantine),167,n.Noah,2Noạmán (blood),166,n.Noạmán Ibn-El-Mundhir (King of El-Ḥeereh),166Noor-ed-deen Maḥmood (Sulṭán of Syria),216,n.Nuḳl (fruits),159Nuḳuldáns (saucers),159Numrood (Nimrod),93Nuts,161Oaths,16,n.Obeisance, degrees of,119,n.Ocean, circumambient,100,102Odes,68,76—— singers of,72,74,236Odium irrevocabile,241,n.´Okáḍh, fair of,109-111Olive,161´Omán, Sea of (Persian Gulf),44´Omar (Khaleefeh,A.D.634-644), on women,42,219Omens,87Oneromancy,88-92´Onnáb (jujube),161,n.´Ood, El-, (lute),178Opium,93,96,149Orange,161Orders of Darweeshes,48Ornaments,16Orthodox theology,1´Oṣfur (safflower),167,n.´Othmán (Khaleefeh,A.D.644-656),255Outwitting a king,124-126Pages,253Palm, praise of,160Palm-branch,23Palm-tree fibre,181Pancakes,235Panels,147Paradise,98,99Parents and children,192Parrot, talking,134Partridge, hawking,183Pavilion, royal,119Peach,161Peacock of the angels (surname of Satan),31Pear,161Pentateuch,3Perees (fairies),27Perfumes,93,157Persia, dress of the King of,123Persian sect,1Pharaoh,93Pictures,15Pie, a famous,138,139Pigeon, cry of,133Pilgrimage,14Pillar spirits,29Pints,159Pistachio-nut,161Pitch for curing wine,158Plague,10—— a dream of the Great,88-92Platform,13Pleiades,87Plum,161Plunging Jinn,44Plurality of wives,222Poems, examples,115,116Poetic contests,110Poetry,109-134,203Polygamy,221,240-248Pomegranates,161,167Poppy,167Potations, interrupted,153Psalms,3Prayers,8,11-14,22—— call to,11,12Preadamite Jinn,29,40Predestination,3-10Pre-islamic Arabs,109-112Presents,116-120Preserved tablet,5Price of blood,18,35Privet, Egyptian,165Procession, bridal,233-236Prophets,2,29Proverb,133,134,245,n.Ptolemy,99Pulpit,13Punishments,3Purifications,11Pyramid builders,29Quail, hawking,183Quarantine,10Quince,161Rabáb (viol),178Rabeeạ eth-Thánee (the fourth month of the Muslim year),65Raḥmánee or divine magic,81,82Raïj, Island in Chinese sea,46Raisin-wine,149Ram, sacrifice of,191Ramaḍán (month of fasting),14,21,39,41Rasheed, Er-.,SeeHároon.Ráwiyeh (reciter),118Recording angels,26Reeḥán (sweet basil),167,n.Rek´ah (form of Prayer),11-13,22,237Religion,1-24Religious excitement,77Resurrection,3Retaliation,19Revenants,265,266Rewards of literature,116-120,171,172ff.Rifá´eeyeh darweeshes,50,n.Ringdove, cry of,133Ring signature,128Ritual laws,10-16Riwáḳ (division in the Azhar),50Robber thwarted,144Rock of ruby beneath the earth,106Romances,127Rooḥánee or spiritual magic,81-93Room in Arab house,145Rose,161-165—— miraculous,163,164—— preserved,163—— beds,165—— lover,162—— season,162—— sellers, cry of,164—— water,157,162Royal economy,124-126Rowḥ ibn-Ḥátim,163Rummán (pomegranate),161Ruṣáfeh quarter in Baghdád,173Ruṭab (fresh dates),159Saạláh (species of Jinn),43Ṣabbárah (aloe plant),131Ṣabr (patience),131Sacrifice,15,190,191,261Ṣádoomeh, the magician,94-96Ṣafà (head-dress),217-218Safarjal (quince),161,n.Ṣaffár, Eṣ-, (the brazier),144Safflower,167Saffron,167Saints,47-79Ṣaláh (prayer),11Ṣáliḥ's camel,93Saloon,147Salt,144—— sprinkling,41,188Salutation of Friday,12Salutations,119,n.Samoom,28,43Sániḥ (inauguration),87Satan,2Satanic magic,82-93Saucers,159Schools,201,202Scriptures,2Sea of Darkness (Atlantic),102—— of light,98Seal of Solomon,40Seạláh (species of Jinn),43Second sight,61,62Secret drinking,153Secret signs,132Sects of Islám,1Seemiyà, Es-, (natural magic),93Ṣeen, Eṣ-, (China),44,46,102Seestán, or Sijistán,144Seḥr, Es-, (enchantment),83Selám (salutation),12Selsebeel (fountain of Paradise),239Semennood,94Sereer (couch),139Serpent,28,34Serpent-worship,39Service in mosque,12Seville orange,161,167Shaạbán (eighth month of the Muslim year),8Sháfi´ee, Esh-, (the founder of the Sháfi´ee sect),19Sháfi´ees (sect),1,19,20Sháh El-Karmánee (saint),54Shaḳáïḳ (anemone),166,n.Sharáb (wine: now sherbet),131Sharaïbee, mosque of Esh-,68Shaving the head,191Sheba, Queen of,81Shell-fish, forbidden,141Sherbet of violets,165Sheyṭán (devil),25ff.Sheyṭánee or Satanic magic,82-93Shiháb (shooting-star),33Shiḳḳ (species of Jinn),45Shiya´ees (heretic sect),1Shoes,146Shooting-stars,85Shroud,259Shurraábeh (tassel),131Sidr (lote),161,n.Sieve, for infants,187Signature by ring,128Signet,128Signs, secret,132—— language by,129-133Sijdeh, Soorat es- (32nd chapter of Ḳur-án),134Sijistán (province of Persia),144Sijjeen (dungeon under Devil's jaw),264Simát (platform),140Sin of cities in Europe,243Singers, female,177Ṣiyám (fasting),14Slaughter of beasts,15Slavery,250-257Slaves, accomplishments of,253—— murder of,251—— offspring of,250—— treatment of,253-255Slave-girls, price of,256Smokeless fire,27,28Soạdà (a Bedaweeyeh),211Social system, Mohammadan,240-248Solomon,29,81,93,139Son, duty of a,194Songs,179Soodán (country of the Blacks),102Sooḳ (market street),177Soorah (= chapter of the Ḳur-án),24Soorat en-Noor (24th chapter of Ḳur-án),204Soorat es-Sijdeh (32nd chapter of the Ḳur-án),134Soorat Yá-Seen (36th chapter of the Ḳur-án),24,134Soorat Yoosuf (12th chapter of the Ḳur-án),204Soosan (lily),167,n.Sorcery,80-96Sortes Koranicae,81Sóṭ (son of Satan),33Soul,262-265Spear,183Spells,84Spheres of Heaven,97,n.Spinning,238,239Spirits,25-46Spirits of dead,263-266Spiritual magic,81-93Sport,183-185Stages of Hell,108—— of Paradise,99Star, shooting,33State after death,263-266Stealing,17,20Stelae,262Stoning to death,17Story-tellers,24Straining wine,157Street of the Menárehs,123Subterranean cosmography,105-108Suckling,193Suflee or low magic,81Sugar-cane,161Sugarloaf hat,169Sukkar nebát (sugar-candy),131Suleymán (Solomon),29,39,40,81,93——, son of Aboo-Jaạfar,210Sumbul the slave-dealer,256Sunnees (orthodox party),1Sunneh (Traditions of the Prophet),19: and see index of authors underMishkát.Supernatural appearance,59Superstitions,25-46Surnames,189,190Sweat of the Prophet,164Sweetmeat mountains,140Sword,183—— at prayers,13Swine's flesh,15Sycamore-fig,161