42 Obscurity Of Tradition Respecting Her Last Resting-Place, 42, N. Her Birth-Place, 251 Fatimah Bin As’Ad, Mother Of Ali, Her Tomb, Ii.

43, n. Fattumah, i. 174 Fatur (breakfast), i. 79 Fayruz, the murderer of Omar, i. 435 Fayruzabadi, his Kamus, or Lexicon, i. 108, n., ii.

98, n. Fazikh, the Masjid al- (of Date-liquor), ii. 45 “Fealty of the Steep, the First,” i. 352 “The Second Fealty of the Steep,” 352 “Great Fealty of the Steep,” 353 Festivals, following the Ramazan, i. 115, 116 Scene of jollity at the cemetery outside the Bab al-Nasr, 116 Feuds between the Desert and the City Arabs, ii. 18 Fevers, quotidian and tertian (Hummah Salis), in Arabia, i. 386 Remedies for, 389 Fiends, summoning of, favourite Egyptian pursuit, i. 109, n. Fijl, (radishes), i. 404 Fikh (divinity), study of, in schools, i. 104 Filaria Medinensis (Farantit), not now common at Al-Madinah, i. 389 Finati, Giovanni, Hajji Mohammed, his pilgrimage, i. 199, n., 262, ii. 390 Sketch of his adventures, 390, et seq. Fire-worship introduced into Arabia from India, ii. 160, n. Agni, the Indian fire-god, 160, n. Fiumaras, of Arabia, i. 3 The Fiumara “Al-Sayh,” i. 399 That of Mount Ohod, 424 Flight (the), of Mohammed, i. 354, 355, n. [p.436] Flowers of Arabia, i. 251 Of India, 251 Of Persia, 251 Food of the Badawin, ii. 116 Their endurance of hunger, 116 Method of cooking locusts, 117 Their favourite food on journeys, 117 Forskal, i. 218 Forster, Rev. C., strictures on his attack on Gibbon, ii. 76, n. Fortress of Al-Madinah, i. 393 Forts of the East, a specimen of, i. 157 Fountain, the public (Sabil), of Al-Madinah, i. 391 French, their popularity in Egypt, i. 111 Causes of this, 111 Friday sermon, of the Prophet, i. 335 Fruit trees, of Al-Madinah, i. 400 Fugitives, pillar of, in the Mosque of the Prophet, i. 335 Fukahs, or poor divines, of the Mosque of the Prophet, i. 375 Fukayyir, Bir al-, at Kuba, i. 414, n. Funerals, Arab, ii. 23 Description of a burial at Al-Bakia, 32 Funeral ceremonies of the Badawin, ii. 111

GABRIEL the Archangel. [See] Jibrail Gabriel’s Gate (Bab Jibrail), i. 333 Gabriel’s place (Makan Jibrail), in the Mosque of the Prophet, i. 336 Gabriel the Archangel, his communications to the Prophet, i. 360, 361, 363 Galla slave girls, their value, ii. 13 Gallantry of Orientals, i. 210 Ungallantry of some “Overlands,” 210 Gambling not in existence among the Badawin, ii. 107 Gara tribe of Arabs, i. 145. Low development of the indigens of, ii. 77 Garden of our Lady Fatimah, in the Mosque of the Prophet, i. 337 Date trees of, 337 Venerable palms of, 337 Gardens not uncommon in Mosques, 337 Garlic and onions, use of, in the East, i. 32, n. Gates of Al-Madinah, i. 391 Geesh, Lord of, i. 8 Genealogy of the Arabs, intricacy of the subject, ii. 119, n. The best known Arabic genealogical works, 119, n. Generalisation unknown to the Arabs, i. 250, n. Geographical Society (Royal) of London; its zeal for discovery, i. 1. Geography among the modern Egyptians, i. 108, n., 250 Geology of the neighbourhood of Al-Madinah, i. 279 Of the road between Al-Madinah and Meccah, ii. 73 Geomancy, favourite Egyptian pursuit of, i. 158, n. Geometry, study of, in Egypt, i. 158, n. George Inn, at Suez, i. 159 Society at the, 161, 173 Ghabbah, Al-, or the watershed of Al-Madinah, i. 381 Ghadir, Al-, description of the plan of, ii. 134 The three wells of the Caliph Harun at, 134 Ghalib, the late Sharif of Meccah, revered as a saint, i. 340, n. Purchases the treasures of the Prophet’s tomb from Sa’ad the Wahhabi, 369 Ghaliyah, her heroism, ii. 94 Ghazi, or a crusader, i. 329, n. [p.437] Ghazi (twenty-two piastres), paid to the free servants of the Mosque, i.372 Ghi, of India, ii. 12 Considered by Indians almost as a panacea for diseases and wounds, 12, n. Ghul (Devil), how expelled from persons suffering from hydrophobia, i. 389 Ghul, the hill near Meccah, ii. 147 Ghurbal, Bir al-, at Kuba, i. 414, n. Ghuri, Al-, the Sultan, his additions to the Ka’abah, ii. 307 Ghuzat, or crusaders, i. 329, n. Giants (Jahabirah), who fought against Israel, i. 344 Gibbon, his derivation of the name Saracens, ii. 76, n. The Rev. C. Forster’s Attack on him, 76, n. Gibraltar, i. 7 Gilead, Balm of, grows as a weed in Al-Hijaz, ii. 148 Name by which it is known to the Arabs, 148, n. Its value in the valley of the Jordan, 148, n. Introduced by Cleopatra into Egypt, 148, n. Places where the best balsam is produced, 149, n. Qualities of the best kind, 149, n. Description of the tree, 149 Goat, the milk of, ii. 17, n. The flesh of, 17, n. Gold ornaments, forbidden by the Moslem law to be worn, i. 34, n.; 236 “Golden Wire,” the pilgrim-ship, i. 188 Its wretched state, 188 Ali Murad, the owner, 189 The passengers, 189 Riot on board, 191 Halt near the Hammam Bluffs, 197 Runs aground, 200 Goose (Sand-), the, i. 154 Gospel of Infancy, quotation from, ii. 148, n. Grammar, how taught in Egyptian schools, i. 104 Prosody among the Arabs, 107 Granites (Suwan), of the plains of Arabia, ii. 74 Of Meccah, 295, n. Grapes of Al-Madinah, ii. 404 The Sharifi grape, 404 The Hijazi, 404 The Sawadi, or black grape, 404 The Raziki, or small white grape, 404 Gratitude, no Eastern word for, i. 51 Graves, shape of, of the Badawin, i. 274. Injunctions of Mohammed to his followers to visit, 314, n. At Mount Ohod, 430 Musannam, or raised graves, 430 Musattah, or level graves, 430 The graves of the saints at Al-Bakia, ii. 32 Greek Emperor, his presents to the Mosque of Al-Madinah, i. 365 Greeks, hated in Egypt, i. 111 Those settled on the Red Sea, 202 Those in Al-Madinah, 292 Guebres, fable of, respecting man’s good works, 313, n. Their ancient fire-temples in Arabia and Persia, 379, n. Their claim to the Ka’abah, ii.

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