Chapter 12

Table,135,136,140Ṭáif, Eṭ-, (near Mekkeh),110Ṭalsam (talisman),38,39,84,n.Tambourine,205,258Ṭanṭà Festival,72Ṭanṭáwee, Eṭ-, Sheykh,88,238Táoos (Peacock: surname of Satan),31Tár (tambourine),205Ṭarboosh (skull cap),218,n.Tattooing,38,n.Teen (fig),161,n.Teer (son of Satan),33Tefául, Et-, (augury),87Temer el-ḥennà (privet),165,n.Terrae incognitae,102Theft,17,20Throne of the Compassionate,99—— of Iblees,102—— verse,198Thureiyà (cluster of lamps),87Thyme, wild,167Tides caused by Bull Kuyootà,107Tiffáḥ (apple),161,n.Tihámeh (in Western Arabia),44Tiles,145Tobacco,150Ṭóḳ (collar),117Tomb,262—— of saints,69—— visits to,23,69-71Ṭoosee, Et-, (theologian),73Toot (mulberry),161,n.Topers, royal,152Towwáb (propitious),133Trade, learning a,199Trades,235,236Tramp, Last,26,262Tuffáḥ (apple),161Tuition,202Turunj (lemon),161,n.Uḳḥowán (chamomile),167,n.´Ulamà (sheykhs or doctors of the law),64´Ulamà's dictum on saints,64Umm-´Amr and her ass,213Umm-Khárijeh,224Universe, Arab notions of,97-108Unveiling the bride,237Usury,17Utrujj (lemon),161,n.Vault,262Veil,111,225,n.—— disuse of,177—— of Heaven,99Vendetta,19,110Verse,203Vessel for wine,158Viol,178Violet,165—— sherbet,165Virtues,15,16,220Visits to the tombs,23,69,263Vulgarisms,113Wahhábee women, 225,n.Wailing,258,262Wa-lláhi-l-´Aẓeem! (By God the Great!),16,n.Walls,147Walnut,161Ward (rose),161-165Warning of death,88Washing,11—— before meals,136—— the dead,258Water-bottles,188,n.Water-melon,159,160Waterspout spirits,37Weapons,183Weaving,205,238Wedding ceremonies,232-238—— propitious months for,230Weleed, El-, (Khaleefeh,A.D.705-715),112,118Welees (saints),47-79Weleeyeh (female saint),66Well of Bábil,83—— spirits,37Weshm (tattooing),38,n.Whirlwind spirits,36White coffee (brandy),154Wickedness of women,219Widows, objections to,228Wife, advice of,219—— choice of,224—— duties of,238,239—— fellow-,245,n.—— of the Jinn,36—— qualifications of,227-229Wiláyeh (saintship),57,62Willow (oriental),167Windows,147Wine,15,148-159——, Book of,151Witnesses to a marriage,229Wives,207-248—— love between two,246-248—— plurality of,222,223Women,207-248—— in Hell,219—— position of,240-248—— wickedness of,219World, Arab notions of,97-108Wuḍoo (ablution),11Yaạḳoob Eṣ-Ṣaffáree,144Yájooj and Májooj,101,102,104Yásameen (jasmine),167,n.Yá-Seen (= Y. S.; title of 36th chapter of Ḳur-án),24Yemen, El-, (South Arabia),44,45Yezeed (Khaleefeh,A.D.720-724),208-210Yóm es-Subooạ (7th day after birth),187-189Yoonus (Jonas),92Yoosuf (Joseph),92,204——, the Prophet of the Jinn,29Yoosuf Bey,95Zaạfarán (crocus or saffron),167,n.Zacharias,93Ẓáhir, romance of Eẓ-,127Zahr or Zahr-Nárinj (Seville orange-flower),167,n.Zebeeb (raisin wine),149Zekáh (alms),14Zekeriyà (Zacharias),93Zeleekhá,248—— (Potiphar's wife),204Zelemboor (son of Satan),33Zemzem, will of,264Zeyn el-´Ábideen,255Zeytoon (olive),161,n.Zijr, Ez-, (auguration),86Zikkeers (performances of a zikr),73Zikr (Darweesh performance),73-77,201,233Zinj, Ez-, (S. Ethiopia),102Zodiacal signs in horoscopes,238Ẓulumát, Eẓ-, (Dark Regions),103.SeeBaḥr.


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