197 Khuzayriyah, The Date So Called, I. 401 Khwajah Yusuf, His Adventures, I. 122 Kiblatayn, The Mosque Al-, Foundation Of The, Ii.

44 Kichhri, the Indian food so called, i. 182, n. ii.

63 Kilis, or Christian Church, of Abrahah of Sana’a, i. 321, n. Kiman, the relationship among the Badawin so called, ii. 313 Kiram al-Katibin (the generous writers), the personifications of man’s good and evil principles, i. 314, n. “Kirsh Hajar,” a sound dollar, so called by the Badawin, i. 370, n. Kisra, goblet and mirror of, i. 365, n. Kissing the hand, ii. 164, n. Kiswah, or “garment” or curtain round the Prophet’s tomb, i. 321, n. Description of a Kiswah, 322, n. Purloining the bits of, ii. 176 Notice of, 215 [p.447] Kiswah, or cover of a saint’s tomb, i. 429 Knight-errantry, Arab, ii. 95 Derivation of the word knight, 95, n. Kohl (antimony), a pigment for the eyes, i. 381, n. Used as a remedy in small-pox, 385 Koran, beautiful penmanship exhibited in some copies of, i. 103, n. Intonation of, taught in Schools, 106 Expositions of, 109 Mode of wearing the pocket Koran, 142 Precepts respecting the profession of belief in the saving faith, 167 Texts of, respecting Moses, Abraham, David, Solomon, and Mohammed, 212, n. The Hamail, or pocket Koran, of pilgrims, 239 The, suspended over the head of the Prophet’s tomb, 322, n. That of the Caliph Osman, 322, n. The Ya-Sin usually committed to memory, 330, n. A curious one kept in the library of the Mosque of the Prophet, 338. n. The Cufic MSS. written by Osman, the fourth Caliph, 368 Koraysh, tribe of Arabs, i. 145 Kotambul, island of, i. 376, n. Kuba, Mosque of, i. 279, n. Gardens of, 285 Receives the Prophet, 355 Date-groves of, 381 The Kuba well, 382, n. Cool shades of Kuba, 403 Description of the village, 406 Its inhabitants, 406 History of its Mosque, 407 Purity of the place and people of Al-Kuba, 410 The Mosque called Masjid al-Takwa, or Mosque of Piety, 411 The Mosque of Sittna Fatimah, 411 That of Arafat, 412 Date trees of, ii. 338 Kubar, or great men of the Mu’ezzini of Al-Madinah, i. 373 Kubbat al-Masra, at Ohod, i. 432 Kubbat al-Sanaya, or Dome of the Front Teeth, at Mount Ohod, i. 430 Kubbat al-Zayt (Dome of Oil), or Kubbat al-Shama (Dome of Candles), in the Mosque of the Prophet, i. 337, n. Kulsum bin Hadmah, gives refuge to Mohammed at Kuba, i. 355 Kummayah, Ibn, the infidel, i. 430 Kuraysh, legend of their foundation of the eighth House of Allah, ii. 322 Kurayzah, a tribe of the Benu Israel, i. 349 Kurayzah, town of, founded by the Jews, i. 347 Kurayzah, the Masjid al-, ii. 46 Extermination of the Jewish tribe of Al-Kurayzah, 46 Kurbaj, or “Cat o’ Nine Tails,” of Egypt, i. 21 Kus Kusu, the food so called, i. 198 Kusah (scant-bearded man), ii. 14 Kusay bin Kilab, his foundation of the seventh House of Allah, ii. 322 Kuwwat Islam (strength of Islam), the building near Al-Madinah, so called, ii. 49

LA’AB al-Barut (gunpowder play) of the Arabs, ii. 86 Labid, the poet, his description of the rainy seasons of Al-Hijaz, i. 383 His suspended poem, ii. 98 Quoted, 147 Labour, price of, at Al-Madinah, ii. 9 Lance, the Arab. See Javelin Land-cess (Miri), not paid by the Madani, ii. 6 Lane, Mr., reference to, i. 12, n. His discovery of the frauds of the Cairo magician, i. 388, n. Language; difference between the Japhetic and Semitic tongues, ii. 79, n. Resemblance between Pahlavi and Hebrew, 79, n. Traditions [p.448] respecting the origin of Arabic, i. 344 See Arabic language Lapidation (Rajm), punishment for adultery, ii. 19 Diabolical practice of, in Arabia, 180 Antiquity of the custom in token of hate, 282, n. Lapidation (Rami), ceremony of, ii. 203 The second day’s ceremony, 222 Larking, Mr. John, i. 7 Latakia tobacco, i. 65, n. Latrinæ, not allowed in Al-Madinah, i. 65, n. Laun, the date so called, i. 401 Law-suit, a Mohammedan, description of, i. 46 Laymun, Wady, or Al-Mazik, ii. 147 Its celebrity, 147 Legends of the House of Allah, ii. 319, et seq. Lentils (Adas), the diet during an attack of small-pox, i. 385 Their cheapness on the banks of the Nile, 385 Revalenta Arabica, 385, n. Leprosy, the kind called Al-Baras only known in Al-Hijaz, i. 389 Considered incurable, 389 Levick, Henry, Esq., late Vice-Consul at Suez, i. 170 His remarks respecting Suez, 170, et seq. Lex scripta, strictness of everywhere in inverse ratio to that of custom, ii. 87, n. Libraries, decay of, in Cairo, i. 101, n. The library of the Mosque of the Prophet, i. 338 The only object of curiosity in it, 338, n. Lift (turnips), i. 404 Light-extinguishers, sect of, ii. 235, n. Lisam, of Constantinople, i. 229, n. The, of the Arab Shaykhs, 235 Literature, periodical, state of, in Egypt, i. 109, n. Litholatry, ii. 300, n. Litter (Shugduf), description of, as used in Al-Hijaz, i. 233, n. The mahmil, or Syrian litter, 234, n. Locusts eaten as food by the Badawin, ii. 117 Method of cooking them, 117 Logic, study of, little valued in Egypt, i. 107, n. Works on logic, 107, n. Lots, pillar of, in the Mosque of the Prophet, i. 325, n. “Lotus eaters,” i. 405 Lubabah, Abu, column of, in the Rauzah, i. 325, n., 326, n., 336 Story of him, 336 Lukman the Elder (of the tribe of Ad), i. 348 Lying among Orientals, ii. 211

MA’ABIDAH, AL-, or northern suburb of Meccah, ii. 153 Origin of the name, 153, n. Ma’ajan, Al-, or place of mixing, at the Ka’abah, ii. 304 Its origin, 304, n. Ma’amun, Al-, makes additions to the Mosque of the Prophet, i. 367 Mabrak al-Nakah (place of kneeling of the she-dromedary), at Al-Kuba, i. 410 Madinah, Al-, the first Mosque erected at, i. 91 Its smallness an annoyance to the people of, 94, n. Men of, respected by Badawin robbers, 96, n. First view of the city of, 279 Place [p.449] whence the city is first seen by the pilgrim, 279, n. Poetical explanations and enthusiasm of the pilgrims, 279, 280 Distance of, from the Red Sea to, 281 View of, from the suburbs, at sunrise, 285 The scenery of the neighbourhood, 285 The Ambari gate, 285-287 The Takiyah erected by Mohammed Ali, 285 Fortress of, 286 Its suburb “Al-Manakhah,” 286 “The trees of Al-Madinah,” 286 The Bab al-Misri, or Egyptian gate, 288 Good quality of the coffee of Al-Madinah, 290, n. Coolness of the nights at Al-Madinah, 300 Pugnacity of the horses and dogs of, 301 Account of a visit to the Prophet’s tomb at, 304, 342 Tents of the people of Al-Madinah compared with those of the Meccans, 306 Its Mosque compared with that of Meccah, 307 Ludicrous views of Al-Madinah as printed in our popular works, 341, n. Moslem account of the settlement of Al-Madinah, 343 Destruction of the Jewish power in Al-Madinah, 349 Al-Madinah ever favourable to Mohammed, 351 The Prophet escorted to the city, 354 Joy on his arrival, 356 Tomb of the Prophet, 359 Various fortunes of the city, 359 Present state of the revenue of the holy shrines of, 359 The Prophet builds his Mosque at Al-Madinah, 360 The second Mosque erected by the Caliph Osman, 363 The Masjid erected with magnificence by Al-Walid the Caliph, 364 The second Masjid erected by Al-Mahdi, the Caliph, 367 Additions of Al-Ma’amun, 367 Erection of the fifth and sixth Mosques, 368 Besieged and sacked by the Wahhabis, 369, 370 Almost all the people of, act as Muzawwirs, 374 Epithets of Al-Madinah, 377, n. Its geographical position in Arabia, 379 All Muharramat, or sins, forbidden within it, 379, n. Cause of its prosperity, 380 Manner of providing water at, 381 Its climate, 382, 383 Diseases of, 384, et seq.

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