5 Abdullah, Shaykh (The Pilgrim’S Namesake), Introduced, Ii.

129 His acquirements, 130 His success with the Syrians in the Desert, 133 Acts as director of the pilgrims’ consciences, 133 His accident on camel back, 146 Abdullah, son of the Sharif of Meccah, ii.

150 Abdullah the Saudawi, or melancholist, ii. 230 Performs a wakil for the pilgrim’s parents, 243 His farewell of the pilgrim, 260 Abel, his burial-place at Damascus, ii. 160, n. Abrahah of Sana’a, erects the Kilis to outshine the Ka’abah, i. 321 Abraham, i. 212 Mosque at Meccah connected with, i. 305 Stone on which he stood, preserved at Meccah, ii. 112 History of it, 112, it, n Legend respecting his having learnt the rites of pilgrimage, 321 The Moslem idea of the existence of two Abrahams, ii. 239 Abrahat al-Ashram, destruction of the host of, i. 384, n. Abrar, or call to prayer, i. 88 Abs, the tribe of Arabs, so called, ii. 119 Absinthe, of the Desert, i. 155 Abu Abbas al-Andalusi, the Wali of Alexandria, tomb of, i. 12 Abu Ali, the fiery Shaykh of the Hawazim, ii. 29 Abu Ayyub, the Ansari, receives Mohammed after the Flight, i. 351, 355-357 Abu Bakr, the Caliph, his window at Al-Madinah, i. 316, 320 The benediction bestowed on, 320 His tomb, 324 Elected Caliph, 339 How regarded by Orthodox Moslems and Shi’ahs, 354 n. His dwelling near the Mosque, 358 His Mosque at Al-Madinah, i. 395; ii. 48 The first who bore the title of Emir al-Hajj, 420, n. Abu Daraj (Father of Steps), wells of, i. 158, n. The mountain of, 158 Abu Hurayrah, his account of the building of the Prophet’s Mosque, i. 361 Abu Jubaylah, his destruction of the power of the Jews in Al-Madinah, i. 349 Abu Kubays, the hill, the burial-place of Adam, ii. 160, 173 Abu Lahab, his ambuscade laid for the Prophet, site of, ii. 242 Abulfeda, his limits of Al-Hijaz, i. 376 [p.417] Abu Sa’id al-Khazari, tomb of, at Al-Bakia, ii. 36 Abuse of Christians in the East, ii. 335 Abu Shuja’a of Isfahan, his theological work, i. 106 Abu Sufiyan routed by Mohammed the Prophet, i. 275 Abu Sufiyan bin al-Haris, his tomb, ii. 44, n. Abu Zulaymah, Shaykh, the Red Sea saint, i. 199, 200 Abwa, tomb of Aminah at, i. 351, n. Abyaz, or white, i. 381, n. Abyssinian slaves in Egypt, i. 59 Style of courtship of, 59. Derivation of the name, i. 177, n. Abyssinian slave girls, their value, ii. 13 Acacia, quantities of, ii. 68, 69, 72 Acacia-barren, terrors of an, ii. 69 Academia, the, of Al-Madinah, i. 338 Adam, stature of, according to Moslem legends, i. 204 His burial place at the hill Abu Kubays, ii. 160 Legend of Adam and Eve at Mount Arafat, 189 Adam’s place of prayer at Arafat, 193 Adnan, the tribe of Arabs so called, ii. 119 Adas (lentils). See Lentils Aden, ancient wells at, i. 204, n.; dry storms of, i. 247 Adultery, how punished at Al-Madinah, ii. 19 Advenae, of Arabia, ii. 77, n. Aelius Gallus, i. 189 Aerolite worship, ii. 300, n. Afghans, a chivalrous race, i. 40 Africans, their susceptibility to religious phrenzy, ii. 175 Agapemones, suppression of, in Egypt, i. 81, n. Aghas, or eunuchs of the tomb of the Prophet, i. 316, n., 321 et seq; Agha, pl Aghawat, a term of address to the eunuchs of the tomb, i. 371, n. Agni, the Indian fire-god, ii. 160, n. Ague, prevalence of, in the East, i. 13 Ahali, or burghers, of Al-Madinah, i. 375 Ahl al-Risa, or the “people of the garment,” i. 327, n. Ahmad Pasha, of Al-Hijaz, ii. 256 His quarrel with the Sharif of Meccah, ii. 151, n. Ahmad, son of the Sharif of Meccah, ii. 150 Ahzab, the Masjid al-, ii. 47 Ahzab, Al-, the battle of, ii. 47 Aimmat, the Shaykh al-, of the Prophet’s Mosque, i. 374 Ajami, meaning of the term, i. 11 Ajwah, the date so called, ii. 401 Ajwah (conserve of dates), ii. 401, n. Akabah, ill-omened, i. 203, 213 Akabah, a steep descent, ii. 251, n. Akd al-Nikah, or Ziwaj (Arab marriage), at Al-Madinah, ii. 23 Akhdam, or Serviles, of Al-Yaman, ii. 78, n. Akhshabayn, Al-, the “two rugged hills,” near Arafat, ii. 182 The confusion of the return of the pilgrims at, 200 Akhawah, Al-, the black mail among the Badawin, ii. 141 Akif, Haji, accosts the pilgrim, ii. 261 [p.418] Akik, Wady al-, i. 278, n. Aksa, the Masjid al-, at Jerusalem, ii. 305 Akhawat, the relationship among the Badawin so called, ii. 113 Alai, or regiment, of soldiers, i. 394 Alamayn (the “Twin Signs”), near Arafat, i. 379, ii. 182 Visit to the, 242 Albanians, or Arnauts, their desperate manners and customs, i. 133 Their man-shooting amusements, 133 A drinking bout with one, 135 One killed by a sunstroke, i. 265 Parade of irregular horse, 266 Their singular appearance, 267 Their delight in the noise of musketry, 267, n. Their method of rifling their bullets, 267, n. Fight between them and the hill Arabs, 269 A quarrelsome one in the Caravan, ii. 137 Alchemy, favourite Egyptian pursuit of, i. 108, n. Alexander of Alexandria, i. 143, n. Alexandria, i. 10 A city of misnomers, 10 Its peculiar interest to Moslems, 12 Shopping in, 11 Venerable localities in, ib. Whiteness of the walls of, 20, n. The Foreign Office of, 22 The Transit Office, 27 Algebra, study of, in Egypt, i. 107, n. Alhambra, i. 95 Alhamdolillah, meaning of the ejaculation, i. 8 Ali, the fourth Caliph, reference to, ii. 280 His pillar at Al-Madinah, 326, n. His spouse, Lady Fatimah, 327 et seq. Column of, in the Prophet’s Mosque, 336 Remains with the Prophet, 354 Joins Mohammed at Kuba, 355 His dwelling near the Mosque, 358 His Mosque at Al-Madinah, 395 Called the “Musalla al-id,” ib.

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