Khalid bin Walid, the general, 4, 129, 137, 147
Khalid bin Yazid, the alchemist, 40
Khahl (Al), the grammarian, 46, 47
'Khalilah wa Dimnah,' a story-book, 151-153
Kiblah, The, changed to Mecca, 136
Kindi (Al), or Alchendius, the philosopher, 24, 25, 65, 66
Kisai (Al), the grammarian, 47, 225
Koraish, tribe of, 2, 124, 125, 128, 134
Koran, The 3, 23, 24, 138; quotation from the 26th chapter, 31; as defined by the Muslims, 138; its division into chapters, 138; how it represents Muhammad, 138; not arranged until after his death, 138; as compared with our Bible, 132; as described by Mr. Badger, 140, 141; as a literary composition, 142
Kosta bin Luka, the philosopher and physician, 65, 75, 91
Kuenen (Dr. A.), on the religion of Israel, 146, note
Kutrub, the grammarian and philologist, 60
Labid, the poet, 29; his conversion, 34
Lane, a translator of the 'Nights', 155
Lokman, the sage, 26,27
Madaini (Al), the historian, 53
Mahdi (Al), the Khalif, 19, 96, 98, 99
Majridi (Al), the philosopher, 65, 106
'Makamat Hariri', 87, 88
Makin (Al), the chronicler, 97
Makkari (Al), the historian, 10, 22, 96, 117
Makrisi (Al), the historian and geographer, 110
Malik, the imam, 37
Mamun (Al), the Khalif, 12, 19, 74, 90, 96, 101
Mansur (Al), the Khalif, 12, 19, 73, 90, 96, 98, 99
Marwan II., the Khalif, 7, 19
Maseweib, the physician and translator, 75, 91
Masudi (Al), the historian, 53, 54
Mervezi (Al), the geographer, 49
'Merzuban-namah,' The, 192 extracts from it, 193-201
Mir Ali, the penman, 113
Moawia I, the Khalif, 5, 19, 33
Mofaddhal (Al), the compiler and editor of poems, 76, 85, 86
Montague (E. Wortley), his 'Nights', 177, 178
Moors, The, in Spain, 9; their expulsion, 11, 112
Morell, a translator, 154
Moses compared with Muhammad, 142; as a liberator and organizer, 143, 145; why he stayed in the desert, 145; his legislation there, 146; to him the Jews owe their nationality, 146
Mothanna, the general, 4, 147
'Mua'llakat,' The, or suspended poems, 24, 28, 30
Mubarrad (Al), the grammarian, 48
Muhammad, the Apostle, 3, 18;his birth, 120;details of his life, 120-132;his death, 132;as a poet, 24, 30;as a reformer, preacher and apostle at Mecca, 119, 120, 132;as a military leader, 147;his military expeditions, 127-131, 147;his failure at Mecca, 134;his success at Madinah, 135, 136;his power there as Pope-King, 135;his virtues at Mecca, his vices at Madinah, 136;his wives, 122, 125, 127, 128, 129, 137;his concubines, 128, 129, 137;reasons for his numerous marriages, 137;compared with Moses, 142;to him the Arabs owe their nationality, 146;always insisted on faith and prayer, 149;his parting address at Mina, 150;his immediate successors, 4, 5, 18, 25;his companions and their successors, 39;his converts, 123, 124, 126, 129
Muhammad Al-Amin, the philologist and lawyer, 116
Muhammad bin Habib, the editor of poems, 76
Muhammad bin Saad, the historian, 53
Muhammad Hussain Tabrizi, the penman, 113
Muir (Sir William), 120; his life of Muhammad, 120, 137; his annals of the early Khalifate, 147
Munkah, the Sanscrit translator, 91
Musa, the general, 7
Musa bin Khalid, the translator, 91
Muslim Homeir, the geographer, 49
Musset (Alfred de), the poet, 233; the verses on his tomb in Paris, 234
Mustaa'sim (Al) Billah, the Khalif, 12, 20, 107
Mustatraf (Al), a story-book, 201; extracts from it, 202-209
Muta, Battle at, 130
Mutanabbi (Al), the poet, 77, 84, 85
Mysticism, 95
Nabiga, the poet, 30
Nadim (An), author of the 'Fihrist,' 55, 56, 84, 85
Nami (An), the poet, 77, 85
'Naphut-ul-Yaman,' a story-book, 188; extracts from it, 188-192
Nasir-uddin-Tusy, the Persian, 107
Natural history, writers about, 58(Khalef-al-Ahmer, Ahmad bin ud Dinveri, Jahiz (Al),Ibn Duraid, Shaibani (As), each indexed separately.)
Newton and the Bible, 140
Nubakht, the translator, 98
Obaid Allah bin Jahsh, the Hanyf, 133
Ohud, Battle of, 127
Omaiyide Khalifs, Abdul-Malik and Walid I, patrons of literature and art, 95
Omaiyides, The, list of 19; dynasty established, 5; conquests of, 6; fall of, 7
Omar, the Khalifah, 4, 19, 137, 147
Oriental Congress of 1889, v., vi.
Oriental lectures established, vi.
Oriental literature, study of, vi.
Oriental Translation Fund, Old, vi., vii.; its revival, vi.; new fund to be permanent, vii.; some of its works, 54, 57, 88, 109, 115, 117; list of works published by, Appendix, 235
Otbi (Al), the poet, 77, 80, 82
Othman, the Khalifah, 4, 19
Othman bin Huwairith, the Hanyf, 133
Othman bin Talha, the custodian of the Kaabah, 3, 129
Oweis Al Keremi, the mystic, 95
'Pancha Tantra,' 151, 153, 183
Passion Play, the Arab, 6
Payne (John), description of his 'Nights,' 155, 156, 175, 177, 180
Pelly (Sir Lewis), a translator, 6
Periods of Arab literature—first, 25; second, 20; third, 106; of Arab history, 2
Persia, its severance from the Abbasides, 13
Persian Portraits, 151
Petis de la Croix, a translator, 154
Philologists, Arab 59(Kasim bin Ma'an, Kutrub, Jahiz (Al), Shaibani (As),Asmai (Al), Abu Obaida, Ansari (Al), Abu Othman,Abul Aina, Ibn Kutaiba, Ibn Duraid, each indexedseparately.)
Philology, Arab, 59
Philosophers, Arab, 65(Khalid bin Yazid, Kindi (Al), Farabi (Al), Ibn Sina,Ali bin Ridhwan, Ghazah (Al), Ibn Bajah, Ibn Rashid,Kosta bin Luka, Thaleb bin Korra, Tavhidi (Al),Majridi (Al), each indexed separately.)
Philosophy, Arab, 64
Physicians, Arab, 72(Georgios bin Bakhtyeshun, Gabriel bin Georgios,Isa bin Musa, Maseweih, Yahya bin Maseweih,Honem bin Ishak, Kosta bin Luka, Razi, Ibn Batlan,each indexed separately.)
Places of learning, 105
Pococke, a translator, 97
Poem of the Mantle, by Kab bin Zoheir, 31, 33
Poem of the Mantle, by Al Busiri, 32, note
Poetry before Muhammad's time, 25, 28
Poetry, Collectors and editors of Arab, 76(Mofaddhal (Al), Shaibani (As), Abu Zaid bin A'us,Ibn as Sikkit, Muhammad bin Habib, Abu Hatim asSejastani, Abu Othman al Mazini, Abu Tammam, Bohton (Al),Ibn-ul-Marzaban, Ibn Demash, Zukkari, Abu Bakr As-Sauli,Abul Faraj al-Ispahani, each indexed separately.)
Poets, Arab, 28, 30, 77(Amriolkais, Antara, Labid, Tarafa, Amru, Harath, Zoheir,Nabiga, Kama (Al), Aasha (Al), Akhtal (Al), Farazdak,Jarir, Abul-Atahya, Bashshar bin Burd, Abu Nuwas, AbuTammam, Otbi (Al), Bohtori (Al), Mutanabbi (Al), Nami(An), each indexed separately.)
Printing presses of Arabic to-day, 118
Prophets mentioned by Muhammad, 133
Purgstall (Von Hammer), author and translator, 96, 155
Quaritch (Bernard), his catalogue, vii.
Radhi (Al) Billah, the Khalif, 20, 101, 102
Razi, or Rhazes, the physician, 24, 25, 75
Redhouse (J.W.), the translator, 32
Rehatsek (E.), the translator, viii., 30, 53
Reiske, a translator, 97
Remarks, Introductory, v.
Rénan, extracts from, 144, 145
Rodiger, a translator, 27
Ruckert, a translator, 89
Sacey de (Baron Silvestre), 26, 89, 108
Sad bin Malik, the general, 4
Sa'di's 'Gulistan,' 188
Sayuti (Jalal-uddin), the Egyptian author, 111
Scott (Jonathan), a translator, 155, 177, 178
Sehl bin Nubakht, 90
Seville, 9
Shafai (Al), the imam, 37
Shaibani (Abu Amr as), the grammarian, philologist, writer on natural history and editor of poems, 49, 60, 76
Shiahs, Description of the, 5
Sibawaih, the grammarian, 46, 47
'Sihr-ul-oyoon,' a book on the eye, 210extracts from it, 210-212
'Siraj-ul Muluk,' an interesting work, 212;extracts from it, 212-216
Society of the Brethren of Purity, 105
Sofyan at Thauri, an imaam, 38
Somadeva, '(Bhatta); an Indian author, 182, 183
Soudanese, The, 148
Spain, Omaiyide rulers in, 21; other rulers, 8; the Almoravides, 9; the Almohades, 9
Spanish Omaiyide Khalifs, 8, 21; the two greatest, Abd-ar-Rahman III and Hakim II., 102
Sprengor (Dr. A.), a translator, 54
Stories from Ibn Khallikan, 217-228
Stories from the 'Arabian Nights.' 157-174
Stories from the 'Merzuban-namah.' 193-201
Stories from the 'Mustatraf.' 202-209
Stories from the 'Naphut-ul-Yaman.' 188-192
Stories from the 'Sihr-ul-oyoon.' 210-212
Stories from the 'Siraj-ul-Muluk.' 212-216
Stories from various sources, 228-233
Sulaiman, the lawgiver, 112-116
Sunnis, Description of the, 5
Syria and Palestine, 14; conquest of, by the Fatimites, 14; by the Seljuks, 14; by Saladin, 15; by Selim I., 15
Tabari, the historian, 53
Taki-uddin of Fez, the historian, 110
Tarafa, the poet, 29
Tarik, the general, 7
Tavhidi (Al), the philosopher, 65, 106
Tawney (C.H.), the translator, 181
Testaments, our Old and New, 133, 139
Thalab, the grammarian, 48
Thalab bin Korra, the philosopher, 65
Theophilus of Edessa, the translator, 98
'Thousand and one Nights.' 152, 154-156, 174-176
Torrens, a translator of the 'Nights.' 155
Tradition, The six Fathers of, 38(Al-Bukhari, Muslim, At-Tir-midi, Abu Dawud, An-Nasai, Ibn Majah.)
Traditionists, Early, 38
Traditionists, Minor, 38
Translations, how carried on, 90, 91, 98
Translators, 89, 90(Ibn-AlMukaifa, Abd-Allah bin Hilal, Sehl bin Nubakht, Musabin Khalid, Yusuf bin Khalid, Hassan bin Sehl, Baladori(Al), Munkah, the Indian, Ibn Washiyab, Honein bin Ishak,Maseweih and his son Yahya, Kosta bin Luka, Theophilusof Edessa, each indexed separately.)
Travellers,see'Geographers'
Trebutien, a translator, 155
Ulema, Establishment of the, 116
Vatsyayana, the Hindoo author of the 'Kama Sutra,' 182
Voltaire and the Bible, 140
'Vrihat Katha,' or Great Tale, 182, 183
Wackidi (Al), the historian, 53
Walid I., the sixth Omaiyide Khalif, 7, 19
Warakah, the Hanyf, 123, 132
Weil (Dr.), the translator, 53, 155
White (Dr. Joseph), 177
World, End of the, prophesied, 111
Wustenfeld (Dr.), the editor and author, 52, 76
Yahya bin Khalid, the Barmekide, 99, 100
Yahya bin Maseweih, the physician and translator, 74, 75, 91,98
Yakut, the penman, 113, 114
Yazid I., the second Omaiyide Khalif, 5, 6, 19
Yusuf bin Khalid, the translator, 91
Zaid, the inquirer, 132
Zibary, the hostile poet, 31
Zinzerling, a translator, 155
Zobeida, the wife of Harun-ar-Rashid, 97, 168
Zoheir, the poet, 29
Zotenberg (H.), of the Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris, 176, 177, 179
Zukkari, the editor of poems, 76