RABELAIS, on the discipline of armies, i. 268Races of Badawin. See BadawinRadhwah, Jabal (one of the Mountains of Paradise), i. 122Rafik, or collector of blackmail, ii. 112Rafizi (rejector, heretic), origin of the term, ii. 4, n.Rahah, meaning of the term, ii. 256Rahmah, Bab al-, i. 307, 308, 361 Jabal al- (Mount of Mercy). SeeArafat, MountRahman of Herat, the calligrapher, i. 104, n.Rahmat al-Kabirah, the attack of cholera so called, i. 384Railway, in Egypt, i. 113Rain, want of, at all times, in Egypt, ii. 180, 181 The rainy seasonexpected with pleasure at Al-Madinah, i. 383 Welcomed on the march, ii.142[p.464]Raisiyah minaret of Al-Madinah, i. 373Rajm (lapidation), practice of, in Arabia, ii. 180Rakb, or dromedary Caravan, ii. 50Rakham (vulture), ii. 62Ramazan, i. 74 Effects of, 75 Ceremonies of, 77 The Fast-breaking, 79Ways of spending a Ramazan evening, 79 The Greek quarter at Cairo, 81The Moslem quarter, 81 Beyond the walls, 84Ramy, or Lapidation, ceremony of, ii. 203Ramlah, or sanded place, i. 307Ras al-Khaymah, i. 248, n.Ras al-Tin, the Headland of Figs (the ancient Pharos), i. 7Rashid, Bir (well of Rashid), ii. 59Rauzah, Al-, or the Prophets garden, at Al-Madinah, i. 310 Traditionsrespecting it, 310, n. Description of it, 312 The two-bow prayer atthe, 325 Public prayers in, 330, n. Farewell visits to, 56Rayah (the Banner), the Masjid al-, near Al-Madinah, ii. 48Rayyan, the hill near Meccah, ii. 147Raziki grapes, of Al-Madinah, i. 404Red 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, 177Kinds of ships used on, 178 Imports and exports at Suez, 179, 180Description of a ship of, 188 Course of ships on, 195 Observations onthe route taken by the Israelites in crossing, 195 Scenery from, 195Bright blue of the waters of, 196 Phnician Colony on, 201 Christiancolony on the shores of, 202 Jabaliyah, or mountaineers of, 202, n.Morning on, 207 Fierce heat of the mid-day, 208 Harmony and majesty ofsunset, 208 Night on, 209 Marsa Damghah, 213 Wijh harbour, 214 The townof Wijh, 215 Coral reefs of the Red Sea, 218 The Ichthyophagi and theBadawin of the coasts of, 218 Arab legends respecting the phosphoriclight in, 219 Al-Kulzum the Arabic name for the, 250, n. The greatheats near, in Arabia, prejudicial to animal generation, 266 The shoresof, 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. 109Religious phrenzy (Malbus), case of, at Meccah, ii. 175 Susceptibilityof Africans to, 175Rhamnus Nabeca (the Nebek or Jujube), of Al-Madinah, i. 405, n.Rhazya stricta, used as a medicine by the Arabs, ii. 137Rhetoric, study of, in Egypt, i. 107, n.Rhyme of the Arabs, ii. 101, n.Ria, or steep descents, i. 251Rida, Al- (portion of the pilgrim dress), ii. 139Ridge, Affair of the, the battle so called, i. 421, n.Rifkah, Al-, the black-mail among the Badawin, ii. 114Rih al-Asfar (cholera morbus), in Al-Hijaz, i. 384 Medical treatment ofthe Arabs in cases of, 384 The Rahmat al-Kabirah, 384Ring (seal), of the Prophet, i. 413[p.465]Rites of pilgrimage, ii. 281, et seq.Riwaks, or porches, surro[u]nding the hypæthral court of the Mosque atAl-Madinah, i. 334Riyal Hajar, a stone dollar so called by the Badawin, i. 370, n.Riza Bey, son of the Sharif of Meccah, ii. 150Robbers in the Desert, mode of proceeding of, i. 127, 249 Saad therobber-chief of Al-Hijaz, 256 Shaykh Fahd, 257 How Basrah, a den ofthieves, was purged, 258, n. Indian pilgrims protected by theirpoverty, 265Rock inscriptions near Meccah, ii. 147Ruasa, or chief of the Muezzins, residence of, i. 334Ruba al-Khali (the empty abode), its horrid depths and half-starvingpopulation, i. 3Rubb Rumman, or pomegranate syrup, of Taif and Al-Madinah, i. 405Rukham (white marble) of Meccah, ii. 295, n.Rokn al-Yamany, of the Kaabah, ii. 303Rumah, Bir al-, or Kalib Mazni, at Kuba, i. 414, n.Rumat, Jabal al- (Shooters Hill), near Al-Madinah, ii. 49Rangit Singh, his paramount fear and hatred of the British, i. 39Russia, opinions of the Madinites on the war with, i. 292 The presentfeeling in Egypt respecting, 111Rustam, battles of, i. 94Rutab (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 thepilgrim-ship, 189 His part in the fray on board, 192 Effects of athirty-six hours sail on him, 210 His quarrel with the coffee-housekeeper at Wijh, 216 His sulkiness, 223 Leaves Yambu, 240 Hisapprehensions in the Desert near Yambu, 244 Purchases cheap wheat atAl-Hamra, 254 His fear of the Badawin, 261 His fear of the robbers, 272Takes his place in the Caravan, 272 Forced to repay a debt to thepilgrim, 276 Arrives at Al-Madinah, 280 His intimacy with the pilgrim,300 Accompanies the pilgrim to Ohod, 418Saad bin Maaz, converted to Al-Islam, i. 352 His tomb, ii. 44, n.Condemns the Kurayzah to death, 46Saad 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 ofMeccah, 259 Description of Saad, 259 His habits and manners, 260 Hischaracter, 260 He sometimes does a cheap good deed, 265 Conversationrespecting him, 270 Description of his haunt, 270Saba, the land of, i. 348Sabæans, 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. 391Sabkhah, or tufaceous gypsum of the Desert, ii. 134Sacrifices in cases of infractions of the ordinances of the pilgrimage,ii. 140 At Muna, 217, 218[p.466]Sadakah, or alms, sent to the Holy Land, i. 139, n.Sadi, the Bayt al-, the makers of the Kiswah of the Kaabah, ii. 215Safa, Al-, the hill, at Meccah, i. 364 The ceremonies at, ii. 44Meaning of Safa, 44, n.Safk (clapping of hands), practice of, in the East, ii. 223Sahal, sells ground to Mohammed, i. 357Sahil, the Sufi, i. 10, n.Sahn, Al-, or central area of a Mosque, i. 307, 333Sahrij, or water tank, on Mount Ohod, i. 429Sai, Al-, the ceremony so called, ii. 170, n. Compendium of theceremony, 288Saidi tribe of Arabs, i. 145Saint Priest, M. de, i. 112, n.Saints, in Moslem law, not supposed to be dead, i. 340 Theirburial-place at Al-Bakia, ii. 31Saj, or Indian teak, i. 364Sakka, or water-carrier of the Prophets Mosque, i. 331, 373Salabah bin Amru, i. 349Salam, among the Moslems, i. 143, 151 Not returning a salam, meaningof, 231, n.Salam, or Blessings on the Prophet, i. 76Salam, the Bab al-, at Al-Madinah, i. 307, n., 309, 313Salat, or mercy, in Moslem theology, i. 313, n.Salatah, the dish so called, i. 135Salih Shakkar, description of, i. 164 Effects of a thirty-six hours sailon him, 210 Leaves Yambu, 241 Arrives at Al-Madinah, 280Salihi tribe of Arabs, i. 145Salim, the Benu, their subdivisions, ii. 120, n.Salim, Sultan, of Egypt, i. 146Salkh, the kind of circumcision among the Badawin so called, ii. 110Salma 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. 48Salmanhudi, Al- (popularly El Samhoudy), his testimony respecting thetomb of the Prophet, i. 323 Remarks on his name, 323, n. Hisburial-place, 323, n. His account of the graves of the Prophet and thefirst two caliphs, 340 Unsuccessful endeavour to purchase a copy ofAl-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 thesalt, 133, n.Salutation of peace in the East, i. 143, 151, 287Samanhud, the ancient Sebennitis, i. 323, n.Sambuk, i. 178 Description of, 188Samman, Mohammed al-, the saint, i. 426 His Zawiyah, or oratory, nearOhod, 426Samun wind, i. 149, 265, n. Its effects on the skin, ii. 69 And on thetravellers temper, 127 The, on the road between Al-Madinah and Meccah,129Sanctuary, right of, in the Kaabah, ii. 325 The Prophets. See Kaabah[p.467]Sand, pillars of, in Arabia, ii. 69 Arab superstition respecting them,66Sandals donned when approaching Meccah, ii. 139Sandal, the Oriental, i. 236 Uncomfortable and injurious to wearers ofthem, 236, n.Sanding instead of washing, when water cannot be obtained, i. 261Sandstone, yellow (Hayar Shumaysi), of Meccah, ii. 295, n.Saniyat Kudaa, near Meccah, ii. 152Saracen, derivation of the word, i. 187, n.Saracens, Gibbons derivation of the name, ii. 76, n.Saracenic style of architecture, i. 90, 92, 364Sarf, Al- (grammar of the verb), study of, in schools, i. 104Sariyah, or night march, disagreeableness of, ii. 67, 68Sarraf, or money changer, ii. 235Sarsar wind, i. 151, n.Saud, the Wahhabi, i. 242 Besieges the city of Al-Madinah, i. 369Saur, Jabal, Mohammeds stay in the cave of, i. 355, n. Its distance fromAl-Madinah, 379Sawadi, or black grapes, i. 404Sawik, the food so called, i. 275, n.Sayh, Al-, the torrent at Al-Madinah, i. 395, 399, 420Sayhani, Al-, the date so called, i. 401Sayl, or torrents, in the suburbs of Al-Madinah, i. 380Sayyalah, 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 theProphet, i. 366, n.Sayyid Ali, vice-intendant of the Mosque of Meccah, ii. 319Sayyidna Isa, future tomb of, i. 326Sayyids, 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, 32Schools in Egypt, i. 102 Course of study in Al-Azhar, 103, et seq.Intonation of the Koran taught in, 106Science, exact and natural, state of, in Egypt, i. 108, n.Scorpions near Meccah, ii. 179Sea of Sedge, i. 196Seasons, divided into three, by the Arabs, i. 383Sebastiani, 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 theDeserts, 137Sepulchre, the Holy, imitations of, in Christian churches, i. 95Sermons, Moslem, ii. 313 The Sermons of Saadi, 165 The sermon on MountArafat, 290 The Khutbat al-Wakfah, Sermon of the Standing (uponArafat), 197 The Sermon at the Harim, 225 Impression made by it on thehearers, 226Sesostris, ships of, i. 189 His blindness, 385Shafei, 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. 373Shahan, the Benu (a Jewish tribe), in Arabia, i. 347, n.Shajar Kanadil, or brass chandelier of the hypæthral court of the ProphetsMosque, i. 339Shaking hands (Musafahah), Arab fashion of, i. 52Shame, a passion with Eastern nations; i. 37Shami, Bab al-, or Syrian gate, of Al-Madinah, i. 391Shami pomegranates, of Al-Madinah, i. 405Shamiyah, or Syrian, ward of Meccah, ii. 153 Quarrels of the, with theSulaymaniyah quarter, 153Shammas bin Osman, his tomb at Ohod, i. 429Shamsan, Jabal, the burial-place of Cain, ii. 160, n.Sharai and Bi-Sharai, the two orders of Darwayshes, i. 15Shararif, or trefoiled crenelles in the walls of Al-Madinah, i. 392Sharbat Kajari, the poison of the Persians, ii. 86Shark, Al-, i. 266 Explanation of the name, 266, n.Sharki, the Darb al-, i. 380Sharzawan, Al-, or base of the Kaabah, ii. 298, n.Shaving in the East, ii. 14Shaw, Dr. Norton, i. 1, 5Shawarib, Abu, the father of mustachios, ii. 53Shaybah, generally called Abd al-Muttalib, grandfather of the Propheti. 351, n.Shaybah, Ibn, his account of the burial-place of Aaron, i. 346Shaybah, Bab Benu, legend of, of the Kaabah, ii. 161, n. The true sangreazul of Al-Hijaz, 206 Keepers of the keys of the Kaabah, 206 The chiefShaykh Ahmad, 206, n.Shaykh, explanation of the term, i. 14 Description of an Arab, fullyequipped for travelling, 234Shaykhayn, the two shaykhs, Abu Bakr and Osman, ii. 2Shaytan al-Kabir (the Great Devil), ceremony of throwing stones at, ii.203Sheep, the three breeds of, in Al-Hijaz, ii. 17 The milk of the ewe, 17Shems al-Din Yusuf, al-Muzaffar, chief of Yaman, his contribution tothe fifth Mosque of the Prophet, i. 368Sharifs, or descendants of Mohammed, i. 327 Great numbers of, atAl-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. 404Shiahs, 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. 30Shibriyah, or cot, for travelling, ii, 65Ship-building on the Red Sea, i. 177[p.469]Ships. The toni or Indian canoe, i. 188, n. The catamaran of Madras andAden, i. 189, n.Shiraz, boasts of the Shiahs at, i. 321, n.Shisha, or Egyptian water-pipe, i. 80Shisha, or travelling pipe, ii. 125Shopping in Alexandria, i. 11Shuab Ali, valley of, i. 279, n.Shuab al-Hajj, (the pilgrims pass), scene in, i. 272Shugduf, difference between the Syrian and Hijazi shugduf, i. 418Dangers to, in acacia-barrens, ii. 69Shuhada (the Martyrs), i. 274 Remarks on, 274 Its past and futurehonours, 274, n. Visit to the graves of the, at Mount Ohod, 426, 427Shumays, Bir, yellow sandstone of, ii. 295, n.Shurafa, pl. of Sharif, a descendant of Mohammed, i. 327Shurum, i. 145Shushah, or tuft of hair on the poll, i. 163Sicard, Father, i. 195Sidr or Lote tree of the Prophets Mosque, i. 337Sie-fa of the Bokte, in Tartary, i. 58Siesta, 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. 12Sikanjabin (oxymel), used as a remedy in fevers in Arabia, i. 387Silk-tree of Arabia. See Asclepias giganteaSinai, Mount, i. 202Sinaitic tribes of Arabs, modern, observations on, i. 145, et seq.Chief clans of, 145 Impurity of the race, 146 Their ferocity, 147 Howmanageable, 147Sind, dry storms of, i. 247, 265Singapore, pilgrims from, to Meccah, i. 179Silat al-Rasul, referred to, i. 384, n.Sittna Zaynab (our Lady Zaynab), Mosque of, at Cairo, i. 98Siyuti, Al-, his theological works, i. 106, n.Sketching, dangerous among the Badawin, i. 240Slaves, trade in, at Jeddah and in Egypt, i. 47 Reform in our slavelaws throughout the East much needed, 49 Abyssinian slave, style ofcourting, 59 Slave-hunting in Africa, 60 Condition of slaves in theEast, 61 The black slave-girls of Al-Madinah, ii. 12 Value ofslave-boys and of eunuchs, 12 Value of the Galla girls, 13 Price of aJariyah Bayza, or white slave-girl, 13 Female slaves at Meccah, 233 Theslave-market of Meccah, 252 The pilgrims resolve, if permitted, todestroy the slave-trade, 252 Ease with which the slave-trade may bedestroyed in the Red Sea, 252Small-pox in Arabia. See JudariSmith, Sir L., his defeat of the Beni Bu Ali Arabs, i. 248Smoking the weed hashish, i. 44Soap, tafl or bole earth used by the Arabs as, i. 415Sobh Badawin, their plundering propensities, ii. 58[p.470]Societies, secret, in Egypt, i. 113Sodom, the long-sought apple of, ii. 138, n.Sola, plain of, near Meccah, ii. 148Soldier-travellers, fatalities which have befallen them lately, i. 1Soldiers in Egypt, i. 118Solomon, King, i. 212 Mosque of, at Jerusalem, connected with, 305Somalis, 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,223Sonnini, his description of the Kayf, i. 9, n. Reference to, 299 Histestimony 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. 307Spears (Kanat), of the Badawin, ii. 106Sports of the Badawin, ii. 104Springs of Mount Ohod, i. 423, n.Stanhope, Lady Hester, her faith in magic mirrors, i. 288, n.Statuary and pictures forbidden in Mosques, i. 94Stimulants, effects of drinking, in the East, i. 265, n.Stoa, or Academia, of Al-Madinah, i. 338Stocks, Dr., of Bombay, reference to, i. 246, n.Stone, obtained near Meccah, ii. 295, n. That of Panopolis, 296Stone-worship, ii. 301, n.Storm, description of one at Muna, ii. 218 Dry storms of Arabia, i. 247Streets, of Al-Madinah, i. 392Students, Moslem, i. 104, n. Wretched prospects, 108Sudan (Blacksland), i. 177Suez (Suways), a place of obstacle to pilgrims, i. 128 Safety of theDesert road to, 156 Its want of sweet water, 158, n. Its brackishwells, 158, n. No hammam (or bath) at, 158, n. Number of caravanseraisof, 159, n. Want of comfort in them all, 159, n. The farzah, or systemof 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 inthe number of pilgrims passing through Suez to Meccah, 176 Theship-builders of Suez, 177 Kinds of ships used at, 178 Number of shipsat, 178 Imports and exports, 179, 180 Average annual temperature of theyear at, 180 Population of, 181 State of the walls, gates, and defencesof, 182 Food of the inhabitants of, 182, 183 Their fondness forquarrels, 183 A pronunciamento at, 183 Scene on the beach on a Julymorning, 186Sufayna, Al-, the village of, ii. 128 Halt of the Baghdad Caravan at,128 Description of the place, 130Sufat (half-caste Turk), the present ruling race at Al-Madinah, ii. 5Suffah, or sofa, companions of the, i. 363Sufiyan, Abu, his battle with Mohammed at Mount Ohod, i. 423, 425, ii.47 His daughter, ii. 35Sufrah, i. 76 Sufrah hazir, i. 76, n.[p.471]Suhayl, sells ground at Al-Madinah to Mohammed, i. 357Sujdah, or single-prostration prayer, i. 312Suk al-Khuzayriyah, or greengrocers market of Al-Madinah, i. 391 Zukal-Habbabah, or grain market of Al-Madinah, 391Sula, or Sawab, Jabal, near Al-Madinah, ii. 48Sulayman the Magnificent, the Sultan, his donations to the shrines ofMeccah and Al-Madinah, i. 310, n., 368Sulaymani, the poison so called, ii. 86Sulaymaniyah Munar, i. 333Sulaymaniyah, or Afghan quarter of Meccah, ii. 153 Quarrels of the,with the Shamiyah ward, 153Suls character of Arabic, i. 322, n. A Koran in the library of theProphets Mosque written in the, 338, n.Sumaydah, a sub-family of the Benu Harb, i. 256Sun, his fierce heat on the Red Sea, i. 207 Effects of, on the mind andbody, 208 Majesty of the sunset hour, 208 Heat of, in the Deserts ofArabia, 251 Remarks on sunstrokes, in the East, 365, n. Hour at whichit 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. 170Sunnis, their antipathy to the Shiahs, i. 321, n. Their reverence forthe memory of Abu Bakr, 354Superstitions of the Arabs, i. 427 Error of Niebuhr respecting, ii.153, n. That respecting the ceiling of the Kaabah, 207 The superstitionsof Meccans and Christians compared, 237 Those of Arabs and Africansrespecting the aloe, 248Supplication, efficacy of, at the Masjid al-Ahzab, ii. 47Surat, tobacco of, i. 179Surgery among the Badawin, ii. 108Suri (Syrian), Shami, or Suryani, tobacco, i. 65, n.Surrah, or financier of the Caravan, i. 374Suwan (granite), of Meccah, ii. 295, n.Suwaykah, celebrated in the history of the Arabs, i. 275 Origin of itsname, 275, n.Suwayrkiyah, headquarters of the Benu Hosayn, ii. 3 Confines of, 72 Thetown of, 124 The inhabitants of, 123Swords of the Arabs, i. 248, ii. 106 Their sword-play, 107Syria, expedition of Tobba al-Asghar against, i. 350 Abhorrence inwhich it is held by the Shiah sect, ii. 133, n. Wars in, caused bysectarian animosity, 133, n.Syrians on the Red Sea, i. 202 Detestation in which Syria and theSyrians 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. 361Tafarruj, or lionising, i. 308Tafl, or bole earth, eaten by Arab women, i. 415Tafsir (exposition of the Koran), study of, in schools, i. 107Tahamat Al-Hijaz, or the sea coast of Al-Hijaz, i. 377[p.472]Taharah, the kind of circumcision among the Badawin so called, ii, 110Tahlil, or cry of welcome, ii. 159Taif, population of, i. 393, n. Pears of, 405, n. The Rubb Rumman of, 405The blue peaks of, ii. 148Takat al-Kashf (niche of disclosure), of the Mosque of Al-Kuba, i. 410Takiyah, or Darwayshes dwelling-place in Cairo, i. 85 The Takiyaherected at Al-Madinah by Mohammed Ali, 285Takruri pilgrims, their wretched poverty, ii. 62Takht-rawan, or gorgeous litters, i. 418 Expenses of one, from Damascusand back, ii. 65, n.Talbiyat, or exclaiming, when approaching Meccah, ii. 139 Derivation ofthe term, 140, n.Talhah, friend of Mohammed, sent forward by the Prophet to Al-Madinah,i. 354Tamarisk tree, i. 403Tamattu, Al- (possession), the pilgrimage so called, ii. 281Tanzimat, folly of, i. 286Tarawih prayers, i. 80Tarbush and fez, ii. 15Tarik al-Ghabir, the road from Al-Madinah to Meccah, ii. 58Tarikh Tabari, referred to, i. 347Tarikah bin Himyariah, wife of Amru bin Amin, i. 348Tariyak (Theriack) of Al-Irak, the counter-poison so called, ii. 108Tarshish, i. 189Tarwiyat, origin of the ceremony of, ii. 289, n.Tashrih, the Madani childrens bod[i]es marked with, ii. 13Tashrit (gashing), the ceremony at Meccah so called, ii. 234, n.Taslim, to say salam, i. 329Tatarif, or cartridges of the Badawin, ii. 116Taun (the plague), never in Al-Hijaz, i. 384Tawaf, or circumambulation of the House of Allah at Meccah, i. 305Ceremonies of, at the Kaabah, ii. 165 Its probable origin, 165, n. TheSunnat al-Tawaf, or practice of circumambulation, 170 Sketch of theceremony of Tawaf, 286Tawarah tribes of Arabs. See Arabs, and Sinaitic tribesTawashi, 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. 6Tayammum, the sand-bath, i. 261Tayfur Agha, chief of the college of eunuchs at Al-Madinah, i. 371Tayr Ababil, i. 384, n.Tayyarah, or flying Caravan, ii. 50Tazkirah. See PassportsTestification, the prayer so called, i. 318, n.Thamud tribe, of tradition, i. 221Theology, Moslem, observations on, i. 105, et seq. Poverty of an Alim,or theologian, 131Thieves in the Desert, i. 248Thirst, difficulty with which it is borne by the Badawin, ii. 69 How toallay, 69, n.Tigritiya, the Abyssinian malady so called, ii. 175, n.[p.473]Timbak (tobacco), from Persia or Surat, i. 179Tinder, 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, orSuryani, 65, n. Tumbak, 66, n. Hummi, 66, n. The Shisha, or Egyptianwater-pipe, 80 Pipes of the Badawin and Arab townspeople, 144, n. Theold Turkish meerschaum, 144, n. Aversion of the barbarous tribes ofAfrica to the smell of, 194, n. The shisha (hooka) of Arabia, 296Syrian tobacco generally used in Al-Madinah, 298 Its soothinginfluence, ii, 63 Waterpipes, 63 Salary of a pipe-bearer, 63, n.Smoking among the Badawin, 118 The shisha, or travelling pipe, 125Instance of the Wahhabi hatred of, 129, 142Tobba Abu Karb, i. 350, n.Tobba al-Asghar, his expedition to Al-Madinah, i. 350 And to Syria andAl-Irak, 350 Abolishes idolatry, 351Tobba, the Great, or the Chief, i. 351, n.Tombs: that of Daniyal al-Nabi (Daniel the Prophet), i. 12 Of Sikandaral-Rumi, 12 Of Mohammed a1-Busiri, 12 Of Abu Abbas al-Andalusi, 12 Ofthe martyred grandsons of Mohammed, Hasan, and Husayn, 97, n. Of KaidBey and the other Mamluk Kings, 98 Peculiar form of the sepulchre nowcommon in Al-Hijaz, Egypt, and the Red Sea, 155, n. The tomb of AbuZulaymah, 199 Of Shaykh Hasan al-Marabit, on the Red Sea, 218 Distantview 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 placeof the Prophets tomb, 322 The tombs of Abu Bakr and of Omar, 324 Thefuture tomb of Sayyidna Isa, 326 Tombs of the father and mother of theProphet, 351, n. Tomb of Mohammed, 359, 363 Attempted robbery of thetombs of Mohammed and of his two companions, 367 The tombs in theHujrah visited by Al-Samanhudi, 368, n. The tomb of Aaron on MountOhod, 423 Hamzahs tomb, 426 That of Abdullah bin Jaysh at Ohod, 428Visit to the tombs of the saints of Al-Bakia, ii. 31, et seq. Tombs ofHagar 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. Evestomb near Jeddah, 273Tott, Inspector-General, i. 112, n.Trade and commerce, condition of, at Al-Madinah, ii. 8 The three viletrades of Moslems, 149, n.Trafalgar, Cape, i. 7 Remarks on the meaning of the word, 7, n.Travellers, idiosyncrasy of, 16Trees of Al-Madinah, the celebrated, i. 286Tripoli, i. 190Tumar character, of Arabic, ii. 215Tumbak tobacco, i. 66, n.Tunis, i. 190Tur, the old Phnician colony on the Red Sea, i. 201 Terrible storiesabout the Badawin of, 201 The modern town, 202 The inhabitants of, 202The delicious dates of, 204[p.474]Tur, Jabal (Mount Sinai), i. 202Turki pomegranates of Al-Madinah, i. 405Turks on the pilgrimage, i. 191 Turkish Irregular Cavalry in theDeserts of Arabia, 249 Imbecility of their rule in Arabia, 257 Delendaest marked by Fate upon the Ottoman empire, 259, n. Probable end of itsauthority in Al-Hijaz, 259 Douceurs given by them to the Arab shaykhsof Al-Hijaz, 266 Their pride in ignoring all points of Arab prejudices,304 Their difficulties in Arabia, 359 One killed on the march by anArab, ii. 127 Their dangerous position in Al-Hijaz, 151, n. Turkishpilgrims at Meccah, authors acquaintance with, 171Tussun Bey, defeat of, by the Badawin, i. 262 Concludes a peace withAbdullah the Wahhabi, i. 370Tutty (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. 62Ukayl bin Abi Talib, brother of Ali, his tomb, ii. 38, 44Ulcers (Nasur) common in Al-Hijaz, i. 390 Antiquity of the disease inArabia, 390 Death of Am al-Kays, the warrior and poet, 390 Mandate ofMohammed Abu (see Mohammed), 390 The Hijaz Nasur, and the Yaman ulcer,the Jurh al-Yamani, 390, n. Popular treatment of, 390Umar ibn Fariz, poems of, i. 107, n.Umbrella, the sign of royalty, ii. 150, n., 196Umrah (the little pilgrimage), ii. 281 The ceremonies of, 241, 292 etseq. Its situation, 341Urdu, 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, nUstuwanat al-Ashab, or the Companions column, at the Mosque of theProphet, i. 326, n. Ustuwanat al-Mukhallak, or the perfumed pillar, 335Ustuwanat al-Hannanah, or weeping pillar at the Prophets Mosque, 335Ustuwanat al-Ayishah, or pillar of Ayishah, 335 Ustuwanat al-Kurah, orpillar of Lots, 335 Ustuwanat al-Muhajirin, or pillar of Fugitives, 335Ustuwanat al-Abu Lubabah, or pillar of Lubabah or of repentance, 336Ustuwanat al-Sarir, or pillar of the Cot, 336 Ustuwanat Ali, or columnof Ali the fourth Caliph, 336 Ustuwanat al-Wufud, 336 Ustuwanatal-Tahajjud, where the Prophet passed the night in prayer, 336Utaybah Badawin. Ferocity of, ii. 136, 144 Charged with drinking theirenemies blood, 136 Their stoppage of the Damascus Caravan, 143 Dispersedby Sharif Zayd 144Utbah bin Abi Wakkas, the infidel, i. 430Utum, or square, flat roofed, stone castles in Arabia, i. 347
VALLEYS in Arabia, longitudinal, transversal, and diagonal, i. 252Vasco de Gama, his voyage to Calicut, i. 187, n.Vegetables of the plain of Al-Madinah, i. 404Vena, common at Yambu, i. 389 Treatment of, 389[p.475]Venus, worship of, by the Hukama, ii. 162Verdigris used in Arabia for the cure of ulcers, i. 390Vertomannus 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. 245Vincent on the Moors of Africa, i. 187, n.Vine of Al-Madinah, ii. 404Visions in the East, ii. 184, n.Visits of ceremony after the Ramazan, i. 116 Of the middle classes inEgypt, 135, n. After a journey, 190Volcanoes, 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 [p.476] 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., 429Yaman, Al-, tamarinds from, i. 180 Mountains of, 265, n. Coffee of,290, n. The birthplace of the Aus and Kharaj, 348 Sufferings of thepeople of, from ulcers, 390 Mandate of the conqueror Mohammed Abu. SeeMohammed, 390 Demoralisation of the Arabs of, ii. 107 Former horsetrade of, 195, n.[p.478]Yambu, tribes inhabiting the deserts about, i. 145 Yambu al-Bahr (or Yambuof the Sea), 225 The Iambia of Ptolemy, 225 The Sharif of Yambu, 226Description of the town, 226 Varieties of the population at, 228 Anevening party at, 232 Strength of the walls and turrets of, 242Attacked by Saud the Wahhabi, 242 Jews settled in, 347, n. Diseases of,389 Population of, 393, n.Yanbua of the palm grounds, i. 225Yarab bin Kahtan bin Shalik bin Arkfakhshad bin Sam bin Nuh,descendants of, i. 348Yasir bin Akhtah, plots against Mohammed, i. 358Yasrib (now Al-Madinah), settled by fugitive Jews, i. 347Yaum al-Tarwiyah, ii. 289 Description of, 178Yaum al-Nahr (the day of throat-cutting), 202, 290Yazid, 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 theShafei school, ii. 37Yorke, Colonel P., i. 1Yusuf, the Jewish Lord of the Pit, ii. 78, n.
ZAABUT, i. 17, n.Zabit, or Egyptian police magistrate, i. 19 Scenes before, 119 The Pashaof the Night, 121Zafar, the Masjid Benu, also called Masjid al-Baghlah, ii. 45Zafaran Point, i. 196, n.Zaghritah, or cry of welcome, ii. 159Zahra, 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 andperfumes 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. 122Zarb al-Mandal, the magical science so called in Egypt, i. 388, n.Zaribah, Al-, description of the plain of, ii. 138Zarka, 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. 346Zawiyah, or oratory, of Mohammed al-Samman, i. 426Zawwar, or visitors to the tomb of the Prophet, i. 329, n.Zayd, Sharif, his bravery, ii. 144 Disperses the Utaybah robbers, 144Zaydi sect, ii. 307, n.Zayn al-Abidin, prayers for, i. 328 Tomb of, ii. 40Zaynab, wife of the Prophet, i. 365, n.Zemzem, the holy well of the Mosque of the Prophet, i. 6, 70, 331 Itssupposed subterranean connection with the great Zemzem at Meccah, 338Rows of jars of the water at the Mosque of Meccah, ii. 297 Descriptionof the building enclosing the well, 309 The Daurak, or earthen jars,for cooling the water, 310, n. Doubtful origin of the word, 162 Esteemin which the water is held, 163 Its qualities, 163 How transmitted todistant regions, 163 Superstitions respecting it, 164[p.479]Zemzemi, or dispenser of the water of the holy well at Meccah, ii. 125Ali bin Ya Sin, the zemzemi, 125Zemzemiyah, or goat-skin water-bag, i. 24Zikrs, or Darwaysh forms of worship, in Egypt, i. 86Ziyad bin Abihi, his destruction of robbery in Basrah, i. 258, n.Ziyafah, Bab al-, or gate of hospitality, of Al-Madinah, i. 391Ziyarat, or visitation, of the Prophets Mosque, i. 305, 319 Distinctionbetween Ziyarat and the Hajj Pilgrimage, 305 Where the ceremony begins,307, n. How regarded by the Maliki school, 311, n. The visitation toKuba on the 17th Ramazan, 408, n. Ziyarat al-Widaa, or FarewellVisitation, ii. 55 The ceremony of the visit to the Prophets tomb, 292Ziyaratak, or blessed be thy visitation, the benediction, i. 331Zubaydah Khatun, wife of Harun al-Rashid, ii. 58 Her celebratedPilgrimage, 136, n.Zul Halifah, the Mosque, i. 279, n. Also called the Mosque of the tree,279, n., 364 Its distance from Al-Madinah, 379Zuyud schismatics, ii. 6