Chapter II: Appendix: Some Reflections on the Existence

OF A SLAVE MARKET IN MECCA 299

INDEX. 309

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

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THE HAREM, SHOWING THE KA’BAH, AND THE OTHER
SANCTUARIES WITHIN THE HAREM _Frontispiece_

COPIES OF THE KURÁN WORN _en bandoulière_ BY
MUSLIMS WHEN TRAVELLING OR ON PILGRIMAGE 39

A PERSIAN SUFÍ OF THE ORDER OF THE LATE
SEPHI ’ALÍ SHÁH 65

A GROUP OF MIXED PILGRIMS 85

A PILGRIM “AT SEA”--SUEZ RAILWAY STATION 85

PREPARING TO EMBARK AT SUEZ 91

PILGRIMS EMBARKING AT SUEZ 99

BEFORE WEIGHING ANCHOR AT SUEZ 99

A MOORISH GENTLEMAN IN MOORISH DRESS 121

THE POORER SIDE OF EGYPTIAN MUSLIMS 143

PUTTING ON IHRÁM AT JIDDAH 155

MUSSAH STREET AT MECCA 155

AN EGYPTIAN COFFEE-HOUSE FREQUENTED BY THE POOR 161

AN EGYPTIAN DONKEY AND ITS DRIVER 183

THE MUSICIAN CAMEL CAVALCADE 201

WATER-CARRIERS OF MECCA 207

(_a_) THE PASHA OF HEJAZ; (_b_) THE AMINUS-SURREH 207

THE SHERÍF OF MECCA IN HIS UNIFORM 215

A LEARNED MUSSULMAN OF INDIA 229

PERSIAN PILGRIMS FROM TABRIZ, HAVING TEA ON
BOARD THE STEAMER 239

DISEMBARKING AT JIDDAH 249

PILGRIMS AT JIDDAH 249

AN EGYPTIAN GROCER 267

A PERSIAN PROFESSOR OF THEOLOGY 291

AN ARAB SHEYKH OF THE TOWN 297