48 Sulayman The Magnificent, The Sultan, His Donations To The Shrines Of Meccah And Al-Madinah, I. 310, N., 368 Sulaymani, The Poison So Called, Ii.

86 Sulaymaniyah Munar, i. 333 Sulaymaniyah, or Afghan quarter of Meccah, ii.

153 Quarrels of the, with the Shamiyah ward, 153 Suls character of Arabic, i. 322, n. A Koran in the library of the Prophet’s Mosque written in the, 338, n. Sumaydah, a sub-family of the Benu Harb, i. 256 Sun, his fierce heat on the Red Sea, i. 207 Effects of, on the mind and body, 208 Majesty of the sunset hour, 208 Heat of, in the Deserts of Arabia, 251 Remarks on sunstrokes, in the East, 365, n. Hour at which it 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. 170 Sunnis, their antipathy to the Shi’ahs, i. 321, n. Their reverence for the memory of Abu Bakr, 354 Superstitions of the Arabs, i. 427 Error of Niebuhr respecting, ii. 153, n. That respecting the ceiling of the Ka’abah, 207 The superstitions of Meccans and Christians compared, 237 Those of Arabs and Africans respecting the aloe, 248 Supplication, efficacy of, at the Masjid al-Ahzab, ii. 47 Surat, tobacco of, i. 179 Surgery among the Badawin, ii. 108 Suri (Syrian), Shami, or Suryani, tobacco, i. 65, n. Surrah, or financier of the Caravan, i. 374 Suwan (granite), of Meccah, ii. 295, n. Suwaykah, celebrated in the history of the Arabs, i. 275 Origin of its name, 275, n. Suwayrkiyah, headquarters of the Benu Hosayn, ii. 3 Confines of, 72 The town of, 124 The inhabitants of, 123 Swords of the Arabs, i. 248, ii. 106 Their sword-play, 107 Syria, expedition of Tobba al-Asghar against, i. 350 Abhorrence in which it is held by the Shi’ah sect, ii. 133, n. Wars in, caused by sectarian animosity, 133, n. Syrians on the Red Sea, i. 202 Detestation in which Syria and the Syrians are held by the Shi’ahs, ii. 133, n. Called “abusers of the salt,” 133, n.

TABRANI, AL-, his account of the building of the Prophet’s Mosque, i. 361 Tafarruj, or lionising, i. 308 Tafl, or bole earth, eaten by Arab women, i. 415 Tafsir (exposition of the Koran), study of, in schools, i. 107 Tahamat Al-Hijaz, or the sea coast of Al-Hijaz, i. 377 [p.472] Taharah, the kind of circumcision among the Badawin so called, ii, 110 Tahlil, or cry of welcome, ii. 159 Taif, population of, i. 393, n. Pears of, 405, n. The “Rubb Rumman” of, 405 The blue peaks of, ii. 148 Takat al-Kashf (niche of disclosure), of the Mosque of Al-Kuba, i. 410 Takiyah, or Darwayshes’ dwelling-place in Cairo, i. 85 The Takiyah erected at Al-Madinah by Mohammed Ali, 285 Takruri pilgrims, their wretched poverty, ii. 62 Takht-rawan, or gorgeous litters, i. 418 Expenses of one, from Damascus and back, ii. 65, n. Talbiyat, or exclaiming, when approaching Meccah, ii. 139 Derivation of the term, 140, n. Talhah, friend of Mohammed, sent forward by the Prophet to Al-Madinah, i. 354 Tamarisk tree, i. 403 Tamattu, Al- (possession), the pilgrimage so called, ii. 281 Tanzimat, folly of, i. 286 Tarawih prayers, i. 80 Tarbush and fez, ii. 15 Tarik al-Ghabir, the road from Al-Madinah to Meccah, ii. 58 Tarikh Tabari, referred to, i. 347 Tarikah bin Himyariah, wife of Amru bin Amin, i. 348 Tariyak (Theriack) of Al-Irak, the counter-poison so called, ii. 108 Tarshish, i. 189 Tarwiyat, origin of the ceremony of, ii. 289, n. Tashrih, the Madani children’s bod[i]es marked with, ii. 13 Tashrit (gashing), the ceremony at Meccah so called, ii. 234, n. Taslim, to say “salam,” i. 329 Tatarif, or cartridges of the Badawin, ii. 116 Taun (the plague), never in Al-Hijaz, i. 384 Tawaf, or circumambulation of the House of Allah at Meccah, i. 305 Ceremonies of, at the Ka’abah, ii. 165 Its probable origin, 165, n. The Sunnat al-Tawaf, or practice of circumambulation, 170 Sketch of the ceremony of Tawaf, 286 Tawarah tribes of Arabs. See Arabs, and Sinaitic tribes Tawashi, 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. 6 Tayammum, the sand-bath, i. 261 Tayfur Agha, chief of the college of eunuchs at Al-Madinah, i. 371 Tayr Ababil, i. 384, n. Tayyarah, or “flying Caravan,” ii. 50 Tazkirah. See Passports Testification, the prayer so called, i. 318, n. Thamud tribe, of tradition, i. 221 Theology, Moslem, observations on, i. 105, et seq. Poverty of an Alim, or theologian, 131 Thieves in the Desert, i. 248 Thirst, difficulty with which it is borne by the Badawin, ii. 69 How to allay, 69, n. Tigritiya, the Abyssinian malady so called, ii. 175, n. [p.473] Timbak (tobacco), from Persia or Surat, i. 179 Tinder, 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, or Suryani, 65, n. Tumbak, 66, n. Hummi, 66, n. The Shisha, or Egyptian water-pipe, 80 Pipes of the Badawin and Arab townspeople, 144, n. The old Turkish meerschaum, 144, n. Aversion of the barbarous tribes of Africa to the smell of, 194, n. The shisha (hooka) of Arabia, 296 Syrian tobacco generally used in Al-Madinah, 298 Its soothing influence, ii, 63 Waterpipes, 63 Salary of a pipe-bearer, 63, n. Smoking among the Badawin, 118 The shisha, or travelling pipe, 125 Instance of the Wahhabi hatred of, 129, 142 Tobba Abu Karb, i. 350, n. Tobba al-Asghar, his expedition to Al-Madinah, i. 350 And to Syria and Al-Irak, 350 Abolishes idolatry, 351 Tobba, “the Great,” or “the Chief,” i. 351, n. Tombs:

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