324 Murchison, Sir Roderick, I. 1 Murshid, Meaning Of The Term, I. 14 Specimen Of A Murshid’S Diploma, Ii. 327 Musab Bin Umayr, Missionary From The Prophet To Al-Madinah, I. 352 Musafahah (Shaking Hands), Arab Fashion Of, Ii.

52 Musahhal, village of, i. 245 Musalla al-Id, the Mosque of Ali at Al-Madinah, i. 395 Musalla

Al-Nabi (Prophet’s place of prayer), in the Mosque of Al-Madinah, i. 395, 409 Musannam, or raised graves, of the Badawin, i. 430 Music and musical instruments, of the Badawin, i. 145, ii. 107 Of Southern Arabia, remarks on, and on the music of the East, 223, n. Musket-balls, Albanian method of rifling, i. 267, n. Muslim bin Akbah al-Marai, his defeat of the Madani, i. 421, n. Mustachios, clipped short by the Shafe’i school, ii. 53 [p.458] Mustafa, Al- (the Chosen), a title of the Prophet, ii. 37, n. Musattah, or level graves, of the Badawin, i. 430 Mustarah, or resting-place, on Mount Ohod, i. 424 Mustasim, Al-, last Caliph of Baghdad, his assistance in completing the fifth Mosque of the Prophet, i. 368 Mustaslim, or chief of the writers of the tomb of the Prophet, i. 371 Mustazi b’illah, Al-, the Caliph, i. 366, n. Mutamid, Al-, the Caliph, his additions to the House of Allah, ii. 324 Mutanabbi, Al-, the poet, i. 107, n. His chivalry, ii. 96 Admiration of the Arabs for his works, 97 Mu’tasim, Al-, the Caliph, his chivalry, ii. 96 Mutazid, Al-, the Caliph, his additions to the House of Allah, ii. 324 Muttaka, Al-, legend of the stone at Meccah so called, ii. 254 Muwajihat al-Sharifah, or “Holy Fronting,” in the Prophet’s Mosque, i. 309 Muzaykayh, Al-, a surname of Amir bin Amin, i. 348 Myzab (water-spout), of the Ka’abah, ii. 304 Generally called Myzab al-Rahmah, 304, n. Muzaynah tribe of Arabs, i. 145 Its antiquity and nobility, 145 Its purely Arab blood, 146 Muzdalifah (the approacher), the Mosque so called, ii. 181 “Muzzawir,” or conductor of the pilgrim to the Prophet’s tomb, i. 305 Almost all the Madinites act as, 374 Importance of, 374

NABAWI, the Mihrab al-, in the Mosque of the Prophet, i. 335 Nabi, Bir al-, at Kuba, i. 414, n. Nabi, Masjid al-, description of, i. 307 Nabi, the Masjid al-, or the Prophet’s Mosque at Al-Madinah, built by Mohammed, i. 360 Nabi, the Shubak al-, or Prophet’s window, i. 316 Nabi Bir al-, or the Prophet’s well, i. 338 Superstitions respecting, 338 Nafi Maula, Al- (Imam Nafi al-Kari), son of Omar, tomb of, ii. 38 Nafil, the Hijazi, his pollution of the Kilis, or Christian Church, i. 321, n. Nafr, Al- (the Flight), from Muna to Meccah, ii. 206 Nahl, Al-, visit to, i. 11 Nahw (syntax), study of, in schools, i. 104 Naib al-Harim, or vice-intendant of the Mosque of Meccah, ii. 319 Najjar, Benu, i. 357 Meaning of the name, 357, n. Nakb, the valley of, i. 279, n. “Nakh, to,” the camels, i. 244 Nakhawilah, the race of heretics so called, at Al-Madinah; ii. 1 Their principles, 2 Nakhil (or palm plantations), of Al-Madinah, i. 399 “Nakhwali,” i. 403 Nakib, or assistant Mustaslim of the tomb of the Prophet, i. 372 Nakil, or apostles, of the Prophet, i. 353. n. Namrud (Nimrod), dispersion under him, i. 343 Nassar, Shaykh, the Badawi of Tur, i, 141, et seq. His finesse, 153 Nasur, or ulcer of Al-Hijaz. See Ulcer Natak al-Nabi, at Meccah, origin of, ii. 253 [p.459] Nazir, a tribe of the Benu Israel, i. 349 Nebek, the fruit of a palm-tree so called, i. 337 Nebek, or jujube tree, of Al-Madinah, i. 404 Supposed to have been the thorn which crowned our Saviour’s head, 405, n. Nebuchadnezzar (Bukht al-Nasr), invasion of, i. 347 Nijd, i. 266, n. Its choice horses and camels, 266, n. The greatest breeding country in Arabia, 266, n. View of the ground of, 285 Excellence of the dates of, 383 The Nijdi tribes of Badawin, their temperament, ii. 78 Newspaper, establishment of a, in Egypt, i. 109, n. Niebuhr, his remarks on the Sinaitic Arabs referred to, i. 147 His description of the Oriental sandal, 236 Reference to, 265, n., 385, n. His incorrect hearsay description of the Prophet’s tomb, 323, n. Night journey in Arabia, description of, ii. 132 Nile, steamboat of the, i. 29 Description of, 29 The Barrage bridge, 30 Objects seen on the banks of the, 31 Compared with Sind, 31 Nimrah, Masjid, or Mosque without the minaret, ii. 181 Nisa, the Bab al-, or women’s gate, at Al-Madinah, i. 308 Niyat, in Moslem devotions, i. 76 In the visitation of the Mosque of Al-Kuba, 409 Repeated when approaching Meccah, ii. 139 Niyat, or the running, at the Little Pilgrimage, ii. 244 Nizam, or Turkish infantry, i. 226 Noachians, in Arabia, ii. 77 Their many local varieties, 78, n. Noah, account of Ibn Abbas respecting the settlement of his family, i. 343 Nolan, Captain, reference to his work on Cavalry, i. 263 Nullah, the Indian, identical with the Fiumara of Arabia, i. 3, 4 Nur al-Din, al-Malik al-Adil, i. 367 Nur al-Din Shahid Mahmud bin Zangi, the Sultan, i. 367 Nur, Jabal, anciently Hira, ii. 398, n. Its celebrity, ii. 179 Nur, Shaykh, sensation caused by his appearance in the streets of Cairo, i. 126 His defection, 159 His return, 161 His fishing tackle, 198 His dirty appearance at Al-Madinah, 290 His improved aspect, 294 Enraptured with Al-Madinah, ii. 5 His preparations for leaving Al-Madinah, 51 His ride in the shugduf of Ali bin Ya Sin, ii. 126 Accompanies the pilgrim to the Ka’abah, 172 Becomes now Haji Nur, 260 His quarrel with Mohammed al-Basyuni, 271

OASES, the, i. 149 Derivation of the word, 149, n. Vulgar idea of an oasis, 150, n. Love of the Badawin for them, 150, n. Officials, Asiatic, how to treat, i. 20 Habits and manners of, 27 Ogilvie, Mr., English Consul at Jeddah, shot at for amusement by Albanian soldiers, i. 133 Ohod, Jabal (Mount Ohod), i. 279, n., 285 Prayer in honour of the martyrs of, 328 Grave of Aaron on, 346 Its distance from Al-Madinah, 379 Winter on, 382 Visitation to the martyrs of, 419 The Prophet’s declaration concerning it, 421 Supposed to be one of the-four hills of Paradise, 421, n. Meaning of the word, 422, n. Causes of its present reputation, 423 Its springs, 423, n. The Mustarah or resting-place, 424 The Fiumara of, 424 Its distance from Al-Madinah, 425 Its appalling look, 425 [p.460] Olema, their regulation respecting the prostration prayer, ii.

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