Progressive thought natural to,144Democratic spirit of,77teaches self-respect,200Islamic ideals being approached by England,196spirit affects the Egyptians less than other peoples,29Ismail Pacha,292Jaffa, Massacre by the French at,206Jews, Character of the,126in Cairo,249join the Moslems in opposing French reforms,158Journalism of to-day,323Justice and Mercy, Eastern idea of,253Even-handed,258under the French and the Mamaluks,198Kasr el Aini Hospital,48Khedive, difficulty of his position, The,391Kleber succeeds Bonaparte, General,220Assassination of,259Knowledge in Egypt, Spread of,356Koran, the "Word of God," The,77,258Korbag, its use in Egypt,123Laboratory at Cairo, French,176Law of retaliation, Moslem,257Leaders of the people,252Legislative Council of Egypt,28Liberty, Egyptian ideas of,123,145,344"Liberty, Equality, and Fraternity,",130,197,243of Press in Egypt,330Library at Cairo, French,175in Cairo founded by an Egyptian,181Lighting of London and Cairo in 1798,131,132Links between the Egyptians of the present and past,22London, Safety in Cairo and in,128Lord Cromer and the Press,330Attack on,376a well-wisher of the people,387Egyptian Press on,376his devotion to the Egyptians,395his "pets,",395his resignation,394his work incomplete,394Loyalty of Mohamedans to the Sultan,281of Cairenes to their treaties,235Luther greater than Bonaparte,178Lying policy, The price of a,285Mahars and Mangs of India,14Mahomed Ali, an Arnout,283and his successors,275their influence on the people,311Death of,289essentially a European,315his early history,277impoverishes the people,288his tomb,290the "Great,"285Mamaluk and French role compared,275Beys, their contempt for Europeans,50their loyalty to the Sultan,52Mamaluks, better than the French for the Egyptians,184Character of,44,126and the Egyptians, The,251Marchand at Fachoda, Captain,294effect of his withdrawal,307Massacre by Bonaparte at Jaffa,206,285of Christians proposed at Cairo,56opposed by Egyptians,82ordered,226of Jews in Russia,58of the Mamaluks,285Mecca, The pilgrimage to,209Menchawi Pacha, Trial of,365Mercy and Justice, Eastern ideas of,253Methodists' anxiety for salvation,200"Ministers" and "Advisers,",363Miracle, A modern,178Moayyad newspaper, The,see Al MoayyadMokattam newspaper, The,336"Monks of Islam,"96Morality, European and Oriental ideas of,269Moslem and Christian persecutions contrasted,61distrust of European friendship,322to the Sultan,281"pride,"200sentiment outraged,266Moslem treatment of Christians in Cairo,244Moslems and Copts of Egypt of the same race,124in Egypt more oppressed than Christians,200protect Christians,62,227,245Mosques destroyed by the French,157Murad Bey, his character,54Military Chief of the Mamaluks,46Music, Effect of Arab, on the people,96National character, Effect of circumstances on,16"Nationalist" party,378,383Negroes and their leaders,253Nelson at Alexandria,37New era, Birthday of the,309Newspaper attacks on the English occupation,383Newspapers, Influence of Arabic,384"No Popery" riots in London,57Object of this book,Preface,21,396Occupation, Good done by the English,386-7Official corruption,304Officials in Egypt, Minor,302Training of,365Oriental and European thought,17Orientals capable of high education,18Orientals' difficulty in understanding Europeans,18Panics in Europe and elsewhere,100Pan-Islamism,324Pan-Islamism the true interest of the Moslem world,PrefacePeace, The people of Cairo refuse,232price of,237without honour,197Persian deserts, The villagers of the,13Pharaohs, Egypt under the,27Philosophy, Christ's, the philosophy of the East,192Pilgrimage to Mecca, The,209Pitiable "Greatness,",287Plague in Cairo,156,208Police, An infamous Chief of,260Policy, Price of a lying,285Politeness has a limit, Egyptian,142Popular science in 1798,176Poverty in Egypt and in India,129in England and the East,122Prayer, An omitted,207Precision, French love of and Egyptian dislike to,131Pro-English Press,369,371,374-5Progress, a flight from evil,215The great hindrance to,318Progressive thought in Islam,144Prosperity of Egypt under Said Pacha,292Radicalism inconsistent with Islam,379Ramadan, Fast of,205Reform of weights and measures in Cairo,181Reforms, French, opposed by Moslems, Christians, and Jews,158how regarded by the Egyptians,145in Cairo under Bonaparte,130Reign of Terror in France,58Religion the chief division among Orientals,256Representative government not desired by the people of Egypt,357Retaliation, The Moslem law of,257Revolt of the Cairenes,165"Rights of Man, The," in Cairo,155Rise of the Nile feast in Cairo, The,140,219Rogues and honest men,85Ruskin's parable of the children,191Said Pacha,291Sayed Mahomed Kerim, Governor of Alexandria,40Execution of,146Sayeds or Shereefs, Respect paid to, by Mahomedans,40Scotch Sabbatarians, Egyptians compared to,353Servants in Egypt, Character of,373Sheikh Ali Youssef,331Siege of Cairo,217,229Slaves, Christian, in Africa,50Statesman's first study,265Sultan and the Ulema,281Moslem loyalty to,281Survival of the unfittest,189Syria, French invasion of,204,217Syrians accuse Moslems falsely,204Tabah, the incident,369Telescope of the Egyptians, Mental,39Tewfick Pacha,293Tombs destroyed by the French,157Torture in Cairo under the French,130,240,260Tourists' opinions of Easterns,18Training of officials,365Treasures that are ours for eternity,192Turkish army arrives from Syria,220conquest, Effects of,31estimate of the French,152Turks in Cairo, Outrageous conduct of,222,276Tyranny, Bonaparte's petty,140in England, France, and Egypt,117of Turkish troops,222of the French in Egypt,244,264Ulema, The, advocates of the people's rights,116,357and the Sultan,281authority of,356beneficial influence of,357Bonaparte's treatment of,149character of,50intercede for peace,168their relations to the people,51to the Mamaluks,52the term defined,50the true representatives of the people,356Ungrateful people, An,259Vice in Cairo under Consular protection,128Open, in Moslem lands under Christian protection,269Wine-shops in Cairo,137Zikrs, religious chanting so called,141