Chapter XX: —Of diuers thynges which chaunced to me in Mecha; and of Zida, (5)

IAMBIA, of Ptolemy, i. 225 Ibn Asm, or Ibn Rumi, slain, i. 94 His sister, 94 Ibn Batutah, reference to, i. 12 n., 265, n. Ibn Dhaher Berkouk, King of Egypt, rebuilds the Mosque at Meccah, ii. 296 [p.442] Ibn Haukal, reference to, i. 4, n., 17, n. Ibn Hufazah al-Sahmi, his tomb, ii. 43, n. Ibn Jubayr, reference to, i. 279, n. Ibn Kasim, his commentary, i. 106 Ibn Zubayr, chief of Meccah, rebuilds the Kaabah, ii. 299 Ibrahim, catafalque of, in the great Mosque of Meccah, i. 324, n. Ibrahim, the Makam, at the Kaabah, ii. 307, n., 311, 325 Ibrahim, infant son of the Prophet, his burial-place, ii. 32, 37 Ibrahim Pasha, his ships on the Red Sea, i. 170 Ibrahim bin Adham, his vision, ii. 184, n. Ichthyophagi, the modern, of the Red Sea, i. 218, n., 221 Idrisi, Al-, i. 195 Ignatius, Epistles of, to the Smyrneans, references to, i. 326, n. Ihlal, the pilgrim dress so called, ii. 205 Ihn, Bir, at Kuba, i. 414, n. Ihram, Al- (assuming the pilgrim garb), the ceremony so called, ii. 138 Change from Ihram to Ihlal, 205 Ceremonies of, 284 The Victims of Al-Ihram, 286 Ijabah, the Masjid al- (the Mosque of Granting), ii. 47, 153, n. Ikamah, or call to divine service, ii. 311, n. Ikhlas, Al-, the chapter of the Koran, i. 429 Ihram (honorarium) given to the Madani who travel, i. 263, ii. 7 The four kinds of, 7 Ilal, Jabal (Mount of Wrestling in Prayer). See Arafat, Mount Ilfrad, Al- (singulation), the pilgrimage so called, ii. 280 Imans, of the Prophets Mosque, i. 313, n., 374, 375 Place where they pray, i. 335, 338 Imlik, great-great-grandson of Noah, the ancestor of the Amalikah, ii. 321 Immigrations of the Arabian people, i. 344 India, style of doing business in, i. 27 Observations on caste in, 36, n. Real character of the natives of, 37-40 Popular feeling in, respecting British rule, and causes of this, 37, n. No European should serve an Eastern lord, 39 The natives a cowardly and slavish people, 40 Their cowardice compared with the bravery of the North American Indians, 40 Testimony of Sir Henry Elliot to this, 40, n. An instance of Indian improvidence, 157, n. Luxuriance of the plains of, 251 Indian pilgrims protected by their poverty, 265 The Duke of Wellingtons dictum about the means of preserving health in, 265, n. Wells of the Indians in Arabia, 274 n. Their sinful method of visiting the Prophets tomb, 305 Generosity of Indian pilgrims, 331, n. Their drawings of the holy shrines as published at Meccah, 342 Dress and customs of the Indian women settled at Al-Madinah, ii. 6 Recklessness of poor Indian pilgrims, ii. 184 Remedies, proposed, 185 Qualities of the horses of, obtained from the Persian Gulf, 195, n. Profuseness of Indian pilgrims, 210 Indian Ocean (Sea of Oman), the shores of, when first peopled, according to Moslem accounts, i. 344, n. Inns. See Wakalah Inoculation practised in Al-Madinah, i. 384 [p.443] Inshallah bukra (please God, to-morrow), ii. 21 Intermarriages, theory of the degeneracy which follows, ii. 84 Dr. Howes remarks on, 84, n. Intonation and chaunting of the Koran taught in Moslem schools, i. 106, n. Irak, Al-, expedition of Tobba al-Asghar against, i. 349 Iram, flood of, i. 348 Ireland, probable origin of its name, ii. 239, n. Irk al-Zabyat, mountain, ii. 274, n. Isa bin Maryam, reference to, ii. 274, n. Spare tomb at Al-Madinah for him after his second coming, 325 Isha, or Moslem night prayer, i. 233 Ishmael (Ismail), his tomb at Meccah, ii. 305 The two-bow prayer over the grave of, 176 Ishmaelites, of the Sinaitic peninsula, ii. 78 Their distinguishing marks, 78 Ismail Pasha murdered by Malik Nimr, chief of Shendy, i. 138, n. Ismid, a pigment for the eyes, i. 381, n. Israel Benu, rule of, in Arabia, i. 345 See Jews Israelites, course of the, across the Red Sea, i. 199 Israfil, the trumpet of, on the last day, i. 340, n. Istikharah, or divination, ii. 23 Italians, how regarded in Egypt, i. 111 Izar, the portion of a pilgrims dress so called, ii. 139

JA AL-SHARIFAH, the halting-ground, ii. 63 Jaafar al-Sadik, the Imam, his tomb, ii. 40, 41, n. Jaafar Bey (governor of Suez), i. 147 Account of him, 160 Jababirah (giants), who fought against Israel, i. 344 Jabariti, from Habash, i. 177 Jahaydah, a straggling line of villages, i. 262 Jama, meaning of, i. 97 Jama Taylun, mosque, i. 96 Jamaat, or public prayers, in Al-Rauzah, i. 330, n. Jami al-Sakhrah, at Arafat, ii. 192 Jami Ghamamah at Al-Manakhah, i. 395 Jannat al-Maala (the cemetery of Meccah), visit to, ii. 248 Jauf, Al-, excellence of the dates of, i. 383 Jauhar, founder of the Mosque of Al-Azhar, i. 102 Jaundice, common in Arabia, i. 387 Popular cure for, 387 Java, number of Moslem pilgrims from, to Meccah, i. 179 Javelin, (Mizrak), description of the Arab, i. 237 Jazb al-Kulub ila Diyar al-Mahbub, the work so called, ii. 358, n. Jabal, observations on the word, i. 220, n. Jabali, the date so called, i. 401 Jeddah, slave trade at, i. 47 Price of perjury at, 47 Value of the exports from Suez to, 178 Jews settled in, 346, n. Population of, 393, n. Unsuccessful attempt of the Wahhabis to storm it, ii. 265, n. Considered by the Meccans to be a perfect Gibraltar, 265 The Wakalah of Jeddah, 266 The British Vice-Consul, Mr. Cole, 266 Different descriptions of the town, 267, 268 The fair Corinthians at, 270 How the time passes at Jeddah, 272 [p.444] Jahaymah, tribe of Arabs, i. 145 Jamal, Amm, his advice to the pilgrim, i. 233 Reproved for his curiosity, 243 Jamal al-Din of Isfahan, his improvements of the Prophets Mosque, i. 366, n. Janabah, low development of the indigens of, ii. 77 Janazah, Darb al- (Road of Biers), at Al-Madinah, i. 395 Jangli, an opprobrious name applied to the English rulers of India, i. 36 Jarid, or palm-sticks, with which the houses of the Arabs were made, i. 357 Jazzar Pasha, i. 263 Jews, former settlements of, in Arabia, i. 345 Entirely extinct at present, 347, n. Take refuge from Nebuchadnezzar in Arabia, 347 Towns founded by them in Arabia, 347 Fall into idolatry, 347 Given over to the Arabs, 347 Their power in Al-Madinah, 350 Their conspiracy against the Prophet, 358 Their expectation of the advent of their Messiah, 358 Jibrail, Mahbat, or place of Gabriels Descent, i. 326, 333, n. Jibrail, Makam (Gabriels Place), in the Mosque of the Prophet, i. 336 Jibrail, Bab al- (Gabriels Gate), i. 333 Jinn, the Masjid al- (Mosque of the Genii), at Meccah, ii. 250 Jin-seng, or China root, notice of, i. 56, n. Jiyad, Jabal, the two hills so called, ii. 174 Jizyat, or capitation tax levied on infidels, i. 233, n. Job, tomb of, ii. 275, n. Journey, a days length of, ii. 63, n. Jubayr, Ibn, on the position of the tombs of the Prophet and the first two Caliphs, i. 324 Referred to, i. 399, n., ii. 40 Jubayr bin Mutin, his march to Ohod, i. 433 Jubbah, i. 17, n. Judari, Al- (or Small-pox), indigenous to the countries bordering the Red Sea, i. 384 Inoculation practised in Al-Madinah, i. 385 The disease how treated, i. 385 Inoculation in Yaman, i. 385, n. Diet of the patient, i. 385 Jumah, Bab al-, or Friday gate, of Al-Madinah, i. 391 The cemetery of Schismatics near, 395 Jumah, the Masjid al-, near Al-Madinah, ii. 45 Jumma Masjid, of Bijapur, the third largest cathedral in the world, i. 364, n. Jurh al-Yamani (the Yaman ulcer), i. 390 Jurham, the Benu, their mixture with the Himyaritic tribes, ii. 79 Their foundation of the sixth House of Allah, 322 Legend of their origin, 322 Justinian, i. 202, n.

KAAB, the Jewish priest of Al-Madinah, i. 350, n. Kaab al-Ahbar (or Akhbar), poems of, i. 107, n., 146 Kaabah (or Bayt Ullah) i. 305, 321, n. Superstitious reverence of the Jews of Al-Madinah for, 350, n. Miraculously shown to Mohammed by the archangel Gabriel, 361. Times of the opening [p.445] of, ii. 398 Extracts from Burckhardts description of, 294 Its dimensions, ii. 294 Its domes and pillars, 294 Its bad workmanship, 295 Periods of opening it, 298 The doors of, 298 The famous Hijar al-Aswad, or Black Stone, 300 The Rukn al-Yamai, 303 Al-Maajan, or place of mixing, 304 The Myzab, or water-spout, 304 The mosaic pavement, 305 Tombs of Hagar and Ishmael, 305 Limits of the Kaabah, 306 Al-Mataf, or place of circumambulation, 307 The four Makams, or stations for prayer, 307 Zemzem, or the holy well, 307 Al-Darah, or the ladder, 311 Stone on which Abraham stood, 311 The boast that the Kaabah is never, night nor day, without devotees, 317, n. Legends of the Ten Houses of Allah, 319, et seq. Proofs of the Kaabahs sanctity, 325 The pilgrims first visit to it, 160 Legend of the Bab Benu Shaybah, 161 Ceremonies of the visit, 162, et seq. Visit of the pilgrim to, 206 Sketch of the interior of the building, 208 Ceremony of opening, in Ibn Jubayrs time, 209, n. Expenses of visiting, 209 Reasons for all pilgrims not entering, 211 The first covering of the, 212 Changes in the style and make of the Kiswah, or curtain, 213 Inscriptions on the Kiswah, 215 Kaakaan, Jabal, the residence of the Benu Jurham, ii. 322 Kabirah, Al-, or lady of the house, ii. 160 Kindness of one to the pilgrim at Meccah, 216 Her affectionate farewell of the pilgrim, 259 Kadiriyah, an order of Darwayshes, i. 14 Kaf, to go to Kaf, explained, i. 17, n. Kafr al-Zajyat, i. 30 Kaid-Bey, the Mamluk Sultan of Egypt, i. 313, n. Rebuilds the Mosque of the Prophet, 324, n., 340 Kayf, explanation of, i. 9 Sonninis description of, 9, n. Kayf on the brink of the well at Al-Kuba, 412 Kairom and its potteries, i. 29 Kalaun, Sultan of Egypt, his improvements of the Mosque of the Prophet, i. 366, n. Kalka-shandi, Al-, his testimony respecting the tomb of the Prophet, i. 323 Kamis, or cotton shirt, of Arab Shaykhs, i. 236 Kanat (spears), of the Badawin, ii. 106 Kanisat, or Christian Church, i. 365 Kansuh al-Ghori (Campson Gaury), King of Egypt, i. 202, n. Kara Gyuz, the amusement so called, i. 81 Karashi tribe of Arabs, i. 145 Kasr, Al-, the village of, i. 376, n. Kaswa, Al-, the she-camel of Mohammed the Prophet, i. 354, 360, 407 Kata, or sand-goose, the (Pterocles melanogaster), i. 154 Katibs, or writers of the tomb of the Prophet, i. 371 Katirah race, its mixture with the Himyaritic tribes, ii. 79 Kaukab al-Durri, or constellation of pearls suspended to the curtain round the Prophets tomb, i. 322 It[s] apparent worthlessness, 322 Plundered by the Wahhabis, 369 Kawwas, or police officer, of Egypt, i. 20 [p.446] {|Kazi (Cadi), or chief judge of Al-Madinah, i. 373 Customs of the, ii. 87 Kerbela, battle of, ii. 40, n. Khadijah (one of the Prophets fifteen wives), her burial-place, ii. 38 Khadim, or guardian, of a Mosque, i. 411 Of the tombs at Al-Bakia, ii. 36 Khakani, the Persian poet, quoted, ii. 162 Khalawiyah tribes of Arabs, despised by the other clans, ii. 121 Khalid Bey, brother of Abdullah bin Saud, his noble qualities, ii. 272 Khalid bin Walid, i. 425 Anecdote of him, ii. 230 Khaluk, a perfume so called, i. 335 Khandak (the moat) celebrated in Arabian history, i.399 Khasafat al-Sultan, of the Mosque at Al-Madinah, i.316, n. Khatan bin Saba, tribe of, i. 340 Khatbys, of the Mosque of the Prophet, i. 375 Khatim, Bir al-, or Kuba well, i. 382, n. Khattabi, Al-, his opinions respecting Al-Madinah, i. 379, n. Khatyb, or Moslem preacher, ii. 313 Khaybar, in Arabia, Israelite settlements at, i. 346, 347 The colony entirely extinct, 347, n. Capture of, 361 Its distance from Al-Madinah, ii. 30 Khayf, Al-, i. 262 The Mosque of, at Muna, ii. 179 Khaznadar, the treasurer of the Prophets tomb, i. 371 Khazraj, its mixture with the Amalikah, i. 79 Arab tribe of, 347 Its wars with the Aus, 349 Converted by Mohammed, 352 Its plot against Mohammed, 358 Khitbah, or betrothal in Arabia, ii. 23 Khitmahs, or persuals of the Koran on behalf of the reigning Sultan, i. 316, n. Khubziyah, one of the orders of the Eunuchs of the Tomb, i. 371 Khudabakhsh, the Lahore shawl merchant, his profuse pilgrimages, ii. 210, n. Khurunfish, Al-, the manufactory at which the Kiswah is now worked, ii. 215 Khusraw, his work on divinity, Al Durar, i. 106 Khutaba, the Shaykh al-, of the Prophets mosque, i. 374 Khutbah, or Friday Sermon of the Prophet, i. 335 Khutbat al-Wakfah (Sermon of the Standing upon Arafat), ii. 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 Sanaa, i. 321, n. Kiman, the relationship among the Badawin so called, ii. 313 Kiram al-Katibin (the generous writers), the personifications of mans 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 Prophets 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 saints 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 Prophets 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 Muezzini 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

LAAB 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 days 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

MAABIDAH, AL-, or northern suburb of Meccah, ii. 153 Origin of the name, 153, n. Maajan, Al-, or place of mixing, at the Kaabah, ii. 304 Its origin, 304, n. Maamun, 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 Prophets 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-Maamun, 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. The three divisions of the city, 391 The gates of the town, 391 The bazar, 391 The walls, 392 The streets, 392 The Wakalahs, 392 The houses, 392 Population, 393, 393, n. The fortress of, 394 The suburbs of Al-Madinah, 395 The Khamsah Masajid, 395 The suburbs to the south of the city, 396 Inhabitants of the suburbs, 397 Celebrity of the dates of Al-Madinah, 400 The weights of Al-Madinah, 402, n. Cereals, vegetables, &c., of the Madinah plain, 404 The fruits of, 404 Arrival of the Damascus Caravan, 416 The Affair of the Ridge, 421 Account of the people of Al-Madinah, ii. 1 The present ruling race at Al-Madinah, 5 Privileges of the citizens, 6 Trade and commerce of, 8 Price of labour at, 9 Pride and indolence of the Madani, 9 Dearness of provisions at, 10 Tariff of 1853, 10 The households of the Madani, 12 Their personal appearance, 13 Scarcity of animals at Al-Madinah, 16 The manners of the Madani, 17 Their character, 19 Their marriages and funerals, 20-24 Abundance of books at, 24 The two Madrasah or colleges, 24 The Olema of Al-Madinah, 25 Learning of the Madani not varied, 25 Their language, 26 Their apprehensions at the appearance of a comet, 28 Their cemetery of Al-Bakia, 31 The Mosques in the neighbourhood of the city, 44-48 Vertomannus description of the city, 338 The four roads leading from Al-Madinah to Meccah, 58 [p.450] Madrasah (or colleges), the two of Al-Madinah, ii. 24 Madri, village of, i. 245, n. Madshuniyah, Al-, the garden of, near Al-Madinah, i. 415 Ma al-Sama, the water, or the splendour, of heaven, a matronymic of Amr bin Amin, i. 348 Mafish, meaning of the term, i. 8, n. Maghrabi pilgrims, i. 156, 187 Their treachery, 156 Observations on the word and on words derived from it, 187, n. Habits and manners of the Maghrabis, 190, 191 Their bad character, 191 Frays with them on board, 191, 192 Their dislike to tobacco, 194, n. Their repentance of their misdeeds, 198 Their guttural dialect, 198, n. Their efforts to get the ship off the sand, 201 Return of their surliness, 203 Their desire to do a little fighting for the faith, 206 Effect of a strange place on them, 252, n. Mahamid, a sub-family of the Benu-Harb, i. 256 Mahar, Marsa (Maliar anchorage), i. 220 Mahattah Ghurab (Station of Ravens), halt at, ii. 66 Mahdi, Al-, the Caliph, erects the fourth Mosque of Al-Madinah, i. 367 His additions to the House of Allah, ii. 324 His enlargement of the Mosque at Meccah, 296 Mahjar, or stony ground, ii. 70 Mahmil, the Sultans, turned back by robbers in Arabia, i. 257 Its appearance in the Caravan, ii. 65 Place of the Egyptian and Damascus Mahmils during the sermon on Arafat, 194 Mahmud, the late Sultan, his dream, i. 12 Mahmudiyah Canal, i. 29 Barrenness of its shores, i. 29 Mahmudiyah College, at Al-Madinah, ii. 24 Mahr, or sum settled upon the bride before marriage, ii. 23 Average amount of such sums, 23, n. Mahrah, the indigens of, ii. 77 Their low development, 77 Majarr al-Kabsh (Dragging-place of the Ram), notice of, ii. 219 Majidi Riwak, or arcade of the Sultan Abd al-Majid at Al-Madinah, i. 308 Makam Ibrahim, at Meccah, ii. 311 Makam Jibrail (place of Gabriel), at the Kaabah, ii. 304, n. Makan al-Ayat (place of signs), at the Mosque of Kuba, i. 410 Makams, the four, or stations for prayer, at the Kaabah, ii. 313 Maksurah, or railing round a cenotaph, i. 314, n. Malabar, Suez trade in the pepper of, i. 179 Malaikah, or the Angels, at Al-Madinah, i. 326 Prayer at the, i. 326 Malakayn, Al- (the two Angels), personifications of the good and evil principles of mans nature, i. 314, n. Malbus (religious frenzy), a case of, at Meccah, ii. 175 Malik, the Imam, i. 305, n. His followers, 306, 311, n. Few of them in his own city, 373, n. His strictness respecting Al-Madinah, 379, n. School of, reference to, 373, n. Mufti of, at Al-Madinah, 373 Its station for prayer at the Kaabah, ii. 308 Malik ibn Anas, Imam, his tomb, ii. 38 Malta, i. 7 The Maltese regarded with contempt by Egyptians, 111 [p.451] Mambar, or pulpit of the Prophets Mosque, i. 310 Origin of, 362 Various forms of, 362, n. The Mosque of Meccah, ii. 313 Manakhah, Al-, the suburb of Al-Madinah, i. 286 The Harat or Quarter, Al-Ambariyah, 288 Omitted in our popular representations of the city, 341 Population of, 393 Mandal, its celebrity in Europe owing to Mr. Lane, i. 12, n., ii. 175 Mandeville, Sir John, his opinion of the Badawin, i. 147 His remarks on the word Saracen, 187, n. Reference to, 286, n. Manners, Oriental, compared with European, i. 6 Manners of Eastern officials, 27 Mansur, the camel-man, i. 262 Bullied by Mohammed Al-Basyuni, i. 277 Marble, white (Rukham), of Meccah, ii. 295, n. March, distance of a, ii. 63, n. The Sariyah on night march, 67 Mareb, dyke of, i. 348 Accounts of its bursting, 348, n. The ruins visited by a late traveller, 348 n. Mariyah, the Coptic girl of Mohammed, house of, i. 362, n. The infant son Ibrahim, ii. 37 Jealousy of Ayishah of her, 47, n. Maryam, Al-Sitt (the Lady Mary), i. 243, 264, 271. Affection of her younger son, 287 Markets of Al-Madinah, i. 391 Marriage, an Armenian, i. 123 An Arab, ii. 23 The Kitbah, or betrothal, 23 The Mahr, or sum settled upon the bride, 23 The marriage ceremony, 23 Martineau, Miss, her strictures on the harim, ii. 91 Martyrs, in Moslem law, not supposed to be dead, i. 339, n. Martyrs of Mount Ohod, i. 328 Of Al-Bakia, 328, n. Visitation to the, of Mount Ohod, 419 Marwah, meaning of the word, ii. 244, n. Ceremonies at, 245, 246 Marwan, Al-, governor of Al-Madinah, i. 381 Removes Osmans grave-stones, ii. 32 Mashab, or stick for guiding camels, i. 237 Masad, the Benu (a Jewish tribe), in Arabia, i. 347, n. Masajid, Khamsah, of the suburb of Al-Madinah, i. 395 Mashali, the Madani childrens bodies marked with, ii. 13 Mashals (lights carried on poles), ii. 132, 382 The Pashas mashals 132, n. Mashar al-Harim (place dedicated to Religious Ceremonies), at Muna ii. 181 Mashrabah Umm Ibrahim, the Masjid, ii. 46 Mashrabiyah, or famous carved latticed window of Cairo, i. 35, 99, n. Masjid, a place of prayer, i. 97, n. Masjid al-Jumah, i. 356 Maskat, i. 3 Importation of slaves into, ii. 13, n. The ancient Caravan from Maskat to Al-Madinah, 29, n. Masruh tribe of Arabs, ii. 120 Its subdivision, ii. 120 Mastabah, of the shops in Cairo, i. 68 Mastabah, or stone bench before the Mosque of Al Kuba, i. 409 Mastich-smoke, the perfume, i. 298 Arab prejudice against the fumes of gum, i. 298, n. [p.452] Masud, of the Rahlah, engaged for the journey to Meccah, ii. 52, 59, 67, 70 Heavy charges for watering his camels, 129 His dislike of the Shamar, 134 His quarrel with an old Arnaut, 136 His skill in steering. the Desert-craft, 144 His disgust at the dirt of the Meccans, ii. 190 Maula Ali, leader of the Maghrabis, i. 191 Maulid al-Nabi, or the Prophets birthplace, ii. 254 Maulid Hamzah, or birthplace of Hamzah, at Meccah, ii. 254 Maundrell, his error respecting the curtain round the Prophets tomb, i. 321, n. Mauza al-Khatt (place of writing) at Meccah, ii. 250 Mawali, or clients of the Arabs, ii. 349 Mayda, Al-, or the Table, in the Mosque at Al-Madinah, i. 316, n. Maysunah, the Badawi wife of the Caliph Muawiyah, ii. 190 The beautiful song of, 190 Her son Yazid, 191, n. Mazdak, the Persian communist, ii. 3, n. Mazghal (or matras), long loopholes in the walls of Al-Madinah, i. 392 Mazik, Al-. (See Laymun, Wady) Measures of length, Arab, ii. 63 Meccah, remnants of heathenry in, i. 4 Visit of M. Bertolucci to, 5, n. And of Dr. George Wallin, 5, n. Tawaf, or circumambulation of the House of Allah at, 305 Its Mosque compared with that of Al-Madinah, 306, 359, n. Pride of the Meccans of their temple, 359, n. A model to the world of Al-Islam, 360 Population of, 393, n. Vertomannus description of the city, ii. 345 Pittss account of, 365, et seq. Finatis adventures at, 393 The four roads leading from Al-Madinah to Meccah, 58 The Sharif of Meccah, Abd al-Muttalib bin Ghalib, i. 259, ii. 150 The Saniyat Kudaa, near, 152 The old gates of the city, 152, n. The Sharifs palace at, 152 The haunted house of the Sharif bin Aun at, 153 The Janaat al-Maala, or cemetery of Meccah, 153 The Afghan and Syrian quarters, 153 Extracts from Burckhardts description of the Bayt Ullah, or Kaabah, 294, et seq. The gates of the Mosque, 316 Expenses during season at Meccah, 317 Description of a house at Meccah, 171 Resemblance of the city to Bath or Florence, 173 Admirable linguistic acquirements of the Meccans, 223 Life at Meccah, 227 The city modern, 229 Character of the Meccans, 232 Immorality of, 233 Appearance of the Meccans, 233 Their beauty-masks, 233 Their pride and coarseness, 235 Good points in their character, 237 Dangers of visiting Meccah, 239 Places of pious visitation at Meccah, 247 Medicine, Oriental practice of, i. 12, 13 The chronothermal practice, 13, n. Experiences respecting the medicine-chest, 26 Asiatic and European doctors contrasted, 50 A medical mans visit in the East, 52 Amount of a doctors fee, 53 Asiatic medical treatment, 54 A prescription, 55 Method of securing prescriptions against alteration, 57 Medical practitioners in Cairo, 57 Inefficiency of European treatment in the East, 57 Superstitious influences of climate, 58 Description of a druggists shop, 67, 68 [p.453] Meerschaum pipe, i. 144, n. Melancholia, frequent among the Arabs, i. 299, n. Probable cause of it, 299, n. Mihrab al-Nabawi, or place of prayer, i. 310 Origin of, 361, n., 364, n. The Mihrab Sulamanyi of the Prophets Mosque, i. 310 Milk, laban, both in Arabic and Hebrew, i. 246 Food made by Easterns from milk, 246 Milkseller, an opprobrious and disgraceful term, 246 The milk-balls of the Badawin, ii. 117 The Kurut of Sind and the Kashk of Persia, 117, n. Method of making, 117, n. Mimosa, compared by poetic Arabs to the false friend, i. 276 Minarets, the five, of the Mosque of the Prophet, i. 333 Invention of, 334, n. Origin of the minaret, 361, n., 364 The erection of the four, of the Mosque of the Prophet, 366, ii. 318, n. Dangers of looking out from a minaret window, 318, n. Mir of Shiraz, the calligrapher, i. 104, n. Mirbaat al-Bayr, place of the beast of burden, in the Mosque of the Prophet, i. 336 Mirbad, or place where dates are dried, i. 360 Mirage, ii. 72 Beasts never deceived by, 72 Mirayat (magic mirrors), used for the cure of bilious complaints, i. 387 Antiquity of the Invention, 387, n. The magic mirrors of various countries, 387, n. The Cairo magician, 388, n. Mr. Lanes discovery, 388, n. Sir Gardner Wilkinsons remarks respecting, 388, n. Miri, or land-cess, not paid by the Madani, ii. 6 Mirror, the Magic, i. 12 See Mirayat Mirza, meaning of, i. 14, n. Mirza Husayn, Consul-General at Cairo, i. 86 Misri, Bab al-, or Egyptian gate, of Al-Madinah, i. 391 Misri pomegranates of Al-Madinah, i. 405 Misriyah, the opprobrious term, i. 175 Miyan, or Sir, a name applied to Indian Moslems, i. 232 Miyan Khudabakhsh Namdar, the shawl merchant, i. 35 Moat, battle of the, ii. 44, n., 47 Mohammed Abu See Mohammed. His mandate for the destruction of the diseased population of Al-Yaman, i. 390 Mohammed Ali Pasha, his improvements in the Greek quarter of Cairo, i. 81, n. His mosque, 84, 99 His establishment of a newspaper in Egypt, 109, n. His wise regulations for insuring the safety of travelling across the Desert, 136 His expedition to Al-Hijaz, 177 His strong-handed despotism capable of purging Al-Hijaz of its pests, 258 The Takiyah erected by him at Al-Madinah, i. 285 Purchases all the Wakf in Egypt, 359, n. His introduction of professed poisoners from Europe, ii. 86, n. His defeat of the Wahhabis at the battle of Bissel, 89, n. Mohammed bin Aun, (quondam prince of Meccah), his palaces, ii. 252, 266 His imprisonment at Constantinople, 253 His history, 253, n. Mohammed at-Attar, the druggist, i. 67 Description of his shop, 67 His manners, 69 His sayings and sarcastic remarks, 71-73 Mohammed al-Bakir, the Imam, tomb of, ii. 40, n. [p.454] Mohammed Al-Basyuni, account of, i. 123 Starts for Suez, 124 Meets the author in the Desert near Suez, 151 His boundless joy, 151 His treatment of the Badawin, 152 His usefulness at Suez, 159 His savoir faire, 160 His joke, 176 Promises to conduct the devotions of the Maghrabis at Meccah, 199 Change in his conduct at Yambu, 232 His quarrel with the Badawin, 256 And with the Madinites, 271 Bears the brunt of the ill-feeling of the pilgrims, 276 Bullies the camel-men, 277 Downcast and ashamed of himself in his rags at Al-Madinah, 290 Made smart, 294 Confounded by a Persian lady, 303 Distributes the pilgrims alms in the Mosque at Al-Madinah, 312 Takes a pride in being profuse, 331 Accompanies the pilgrim to the Mosque of Kuba, 398 His economy at Al-Madinah, 411 His indecorous conduct, 431 His fondness for clarified butter, ii. 12, 67 His adventures in search of water on the march to Meccah, 66 Mounts a camel, 130 But returns tired and hungry, 135 His house at Meccah, 153 His welcome home, 159 Becomes the host of the pilgrim, 159 His introduction of hard words into his prayers, 168 His resolution to be grand, 184 His accident at the Great Devil, 204 Conducts the pilgrim round the Kaabah, 206 His sneers at his mother, 216 His taunts of Shaykh Nur, 218 Receives a beating at Jeddah, 270 Departs from the pilgrim with coolness, 271 Mohammed Al-Busiri, the Wali of Alexandria, tomb of, i. 12 Mohammed Ibn Abdillah Al-Sannusi, his extensive collection of books, ii. 24 Celebrated as an Alim, or sage, 24, n. His peculiar dogma, 25 Kindness of Abbas Pasha to him, 25, n. His followers and disciples, 25, n. Mohammed Jamal al-Layl, his extensive collection of books, ii. 24 Mohammed Khalifah, keeper of the Mosque of Hamzah, i. 427 Mohammed Kuba, founder of the first Mosque in Al-Islam, i. 91 Mohammed of Abusir, the poet, works of, i. 107, n. Mohammed Shafia, his swindlings, i. 46 His lawsuit, 46 Mohammed Shiklibha, i. 165 Mohammed the Prophet, his traditionary works studied in Egypt, i. 106 His cloak, 146 The moon and Al-Burak subjected to, 212 The Badr, the scene of his principal military exploits, 260, 274, n. Gives the Shuhada the name of the Sejasaj, and prophecies its future honours, 274, n. His attack of Abu Sufiyan, and the Infidels, 275, n. Distant view of his tomb at Al-Madinah, 286 His recommendation of the Kaylulah, or mid-day siesta, 299 Account of a visit to his Mosque at Al-Madinah, 304 A Hadis, or traditional saying of, 305 His tomb, how regarded by the orthodox followers of Al-Malik and the Wahhabis, 306 Al-Rauzah, or the Prophets garden, 308 His pulpit at Al-Madinah, 310 Efficacy ascribed to the act of blessing the Prophet, 313 Enjoins his followers to visit graveyards, 314, n. The Shubak al-Nabi, or Prophets window, 316 The Prophet, how regarded as an intercessor, 318 His prayers for the conversion of Omar, 320 The Kiswah round his tomb, 321, n. The exact place of the tomb, 322 The Kaukab al-Durri, suspended to the Kiswah, 322 The tomb and coffin, 323 Position of the body, 324 Story of the suspended coffin, 325, n. [p.455] Reasons for doubting that his remains are deposited in the Mosque at Al-Madinah, 339 His ancestors preserved from the Yamanian deluge, 348 Doubts respecting his Ishmaelitic descent, 350, n ii. 76, n. Finds favour at Al-Madinah, i. 351 Tombs of his father and mother, 351, n. Meets his new converts on the steep near Muna, 352 Receives the inspired tidings that Al-Madinah was his predestined asylum, 354 Escorted to Al-Madinah, 354 His she-camel, Al-Kaswa, 354, 355 His halt near the site of the present Masjid al-Juma, 356 Joy on his arrival at Al-Madinah, 356 His stay at the house of Abu Ayyub, 357 Builds dwellings for his family, 357 The conspiracy of the Hypocrites, 358 The prophet builds the Mosque, 360 Abode of his wives, family, and principal friends, 363 Place of his death and burial, 363 Attempt to steal his body, 367 His Mosque in the suburb of Al-Manakhah at Al-Madinah, 395 Foundation of the Mosque of Al-Kuba, 407 His Kayf on the brink of the well at Al-Kuba, 412 His miraculous authority over animals, vegetables, &c., 422 His battle with Abu Sufiyan on Mount Ohod, 423, 425 Anecdote of the origin of his Benediction of Al-Bakia, ii. 34, n. Tombs of his wives, 38 And of his daughters, 38 Origin of his surname of Al-Amin, the Honest; 323 His tradition concerning the fall of his birth-place, 231 The Prophets old house (Bayt al-Nabi) at Meccah, 251 The birth-place of the Prophet, 254 Momiya (mummy), medicinal qualities attributed to, ii. 344 Monday, an auspicious day to Al-Islam, i. 355 Money, the proper method of carrying in the East, i. 25, 25, n. Value of the Turkish paper money in Al-Hijaz, 393, n. Value of the piastre, the Turkish parah, the Egyptian faddah, and the Hijazi diwani, ii. 11, n. Of Al-Hijaz, 111, n. The Sarraf, or money-changer, 235 Monteith, General, i. 1 Moon, the crescent, ii. 71 Moonlight, evil effects of the Arab belief in, i. 154 Moor, derivation of the name, i. 187 Moplah race, foundation of, i. 344, n. Moresbys Survey, i. 215, n. Mosaic pavement of the Kaabah, ii. 305 Moses Wells (Uyun Musa), at Suez, i. 158, n., 195 Visit to the, ii. 203 Hot baths of, 203 His great tallness, according to Moslem legends, i. 204 Moses Stones, the bitumen so called, 204, n. His pilgrimage to Meccah, 345 Inters his brother Aaron on Mount Ohod, 346 His tomb, ii. 275, n. Moskow, the common name of the Russians in Egypt and in Al-Hijaz, i. 292 Mosque, the origin of, i. 90 Form and plan of, 91, 92 Erection of the first Mosque in Al-Islam, 91 First appearance of the cupola and niche, 92 Varied forms of places of worship, 92 Byzantine combined with Arabesque, 93 Use of colours, 94 Statuary and pictures forbidden in Mosques, 94 The Meccan Mosque a model to the world of Al-Islam, 95 Immense number of Mosques at Cairo, 96 Europeans not excluded from [p.456] Mosques, 96 The Jami Taylun, 96 The Mosque of the Sultan Al-Hakim, 97 The Azhar and Hasanayn Mosques, 97 That of Sultan Hasan, 98 Of Kaid Bey and the other Mamluk Kings, 98 The modern Mosques, 98 That of Sittna Zaynab, 98 Mohammed Alis Folly, 98 The Al-Azhar Mosque, 100 Mode of entering the sacred building, 100 Details of the Al-Azhar, 100 Scene in it, 101 The Riwaks, 101 The collegiate Mosque of Cairo, 102 Mosque of Al-Shafei, 106, n. The Mosques of Suez, 173 The Mosques of Zul Halifah, i. 279 Account of a visit to the Prophets, 304, 342 The Masjid al-Nabawi, one of the two sanctuaries, 304 The Masjid al-Harim at Meccah, 305 The Masjid al-Aksa at Jerusalem, 305 How to visit the Prophets, 305 Ziyarat, or visitation, 305 Points to be avoided in visiting the Prophets, 305 Comparison between the Al-Madinah and Meccah Mosques, 306 Description of the Masjid al-Nabi, 307 Burnt by lightning and rebuilt by Kaid Bey, 324, n. The gates of the Mosque, 322, 323 The five minarets of the Mosque, 333 The four porches of the Mosque, 334 The celebrated pillars, 335 The garden of our Lady Fatimah in the hypæthral court, 337 Gardens not uncommon in Mosques, 337 The pilgrim makes a ground-plan of the Prophets Mosque, 341, n. The Prophets Mosque built, 360 The second Masjid erected by Osman, 363 The Masjid erected with magnificence by the Caliph al-Walid, 365 Various improvements in the, 366 Burnt by fire and by lightning, 366 The fourth Mosque of Al-Madinah erected by the Caliph Al-Mahdi, 367 Additions of Al-Maamun, 367 Erection of the fifth and sixth Mosques, 367, 368 The treasures of the tomb stolen by the Wahhabis, 369 The sacred vessels repurchased from the Wahhabis, 370 The various officers of the Mosque, 371 The executive and menial establishment of the Prophets Mosque, 373 Revenue of the Prophets Mosque, 374 Pensioners of the, 375 Description of the Prophets Mosque at Al-Manakhah, 395 History of the Mosque of Al-Kuba, 407 The Mosque of Sittna Fatimah at Al-Kuba, 411 The Masjid Arafat at Al-Kuba, 412 Hamzahs Mosque, 426 The Mosques in the neighbourhood of Al-Madinah, ii. 44-49 The former Masjid al-Ijabah at Meccah, 153 Description of the Mosque at Meccah, 294, et seq. The mosque Al-Khayf at Muna, 180 The Mosque Muzdalifah, 181 The Masjid al-Jinn, 250 Mother-of-pearl, brought from the Red Sea, i. 179 Mothers of the Moslems, (the Prophets wives), i. 328, n. Mountains of Paradise, i. 222 Mourning forbidden to Moslems, ii. 16 Mourning dress of the women, ii. 16 MSS. bequeathed to God Almighty, i. 101, n. Muawiyah, Al-, Caliph, i. 258, n. His Badawi wife Maysunah, ii. 190 His son Yazid, 191, n. Muballighs, or clerks of the Mosque, i. 311, n. Mubariz, or single combatant of Arab chivalrous times, i. 302 [p.457] Mudarrisin, or professors, of the Prophets Mosque, i. 375 Mudir, or chief treasurer, of the Prophets Mosque, i. 337 Muezzin, i. 78, 84 The Prophets, 334 The Ruasa, or chief of the, 334 Muezzins, of Al-Madinah, 373 Reasons for preferring blind men for Muezzins, ii. 318, n. Muftis, the three, of Al-Madinah, i. 373 Muhafiz, or Egyptian governor, i. 19 Muhajirin, or Fugitives, from Meccah, i. 360 Muhallabah, the dish so called, i. 79 Muharramat, or sins, forbidden within the sanctuary of the Prophet, i. 379, n. Mujawirin, or settlers in Al-Madinah, i. 375 Mujrim (the Sinful), the pilgrims friendship with him, ii. 29 Mujtaba, Al- (the Accepted), a title of the Prophet, ii. 37, n. Mukabbariyah, of the Mosque, i. 311 Mukuddas, Bayt al- (Jerusalem), prostrations at, i. 408 Mukarinah, Al- (the uniting), the pilgrimage so called, ii. 280 Mukhallak, Al-, the pillar in the Mosque of the Prophet so called, i. 335 Mukattum, Jabal, i. 58 Mules, despised by the Badawin, i. 304 Not to be found at Al-Madinah, ii. 17 Multazem, Al-, the place of prayer in the Kaabah so called, ii. 299, n. Mulukhiyah (Corchoris olitorus), a mucilaginous spinach, i. 404 Muna, place of meeting of the new converts with the Prophet, i. 353 Sanctity of, ii. 179, 180 Derivation of the name, 180, n. The pebbles thrown at the Devil at, 180, n The Mosque Al-Khayf, 180 Sacrifices at, 217, 218 A storm at, 218 Coffee-houses of, 222 Its pestilential air, 224 Munafikun, or Hypocrites, conspiracy of the, i. 358 Munar Bab al-Salam, of the Mosque of the Prophet, i. 332 Munar Bab al-Rahmah, 333 The Sulaymaniyah Munar, 333 Munar Raisiyah, 334 Murad Bey, the Mamluk, i. 98 Murad Khan, the Sultan, his improvements in the building of the House of Allah, ii. 324 Murchison, Sir Roderick, i. 1 Murshid, meaning of the term, i. 14 Specimen of a murshids 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 (Prophets 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 Shafei 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 billah, 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 Mutasim, 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 Prophets Mosque, i. 309 Muzaykayh, Al-, a surname of Amir bin Amin, i. 348 Myzab (water-spout), of the Kaabah, 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 Prophets 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 Prophets Mosque at Al-Madinah, built by Mohammed, i. 360 Nabi, the Shubak al-, or Prophets window, i. 316 Nabi Bir al-, or the Prophets 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 Saviours 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 Prophets 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 womens 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 Kaabah, 172 Becomes now Haji Nur, 260 His quarrel with Mohammed al-Basyuni, 271