INDEX.

Aámir, Beni, 26

Abbâs, prays for rain, 233

Abbassides, 432, 448, 450 et seq.

Abd al Cays, Beni, 51, 360

Abdallah Abbâs (see Ibn Abbâs)

Abdallah, son of Abu Bekr, 65

„ „ Hosein, 440

„ „ Khâlid, 37, 319

„ „ Omar, 46, 281, 287, 288, 325, 355, 392, 394, 430, 434

Abdallah, son of Zobeir (see Ibn Zobeir)

Abd al Malik, 446, 447

Abd al Masîh, 80, 82

Abd al Rahmân, first Caliph in Spain, 449

Abd al Rahmân ibn Awf, 65, 117, 189;

Elector, 280, 286, 287;

Umpire, 289;

nominates Othmân Caliph, 290 et seq., 309;

death, 324

Abd al Rahmân, son of Abu Bekr, 44, 119;

enamoured of Leila, 272, 430, 434

Abd al Rahmân, son of Khâlid, 394

Abd Shems, Beni, 294

Abd Yaghûth, 54

Abrac, 17

Abs, Beni, 13, 17

Abu Bekr, described, 1, 120;

election, 3, 5, 7;

addresses troops, 10, 96, 13, 16, 18;

derivation of name, 24;

burns a rebel, 29;

justifies Khâlid, 35, 45, 90;

angry with Khâlid, 46, 50;

pardons Ashâth, 58, 64, 77, 78;

angry with Khâlid ibn Saîd, 94;

transfers Khâlid to Syria, 100;

orders levy, 114;

last pilgrimage, 115;

sickness, 116;

names Omar his successor, 117;

death, 119;

character, 120 et seq.;

family, 122, 223;

compiles Corân, 231, 275, 286, 456

Abu Catâda, 33 et seq.

Abu Cays, 301

Abu Dzarr Ghifâry, 309

Abu Hodzeifa, 42

Abu Horeira, 426

Abu Jandal, 273

Abul Abbâs, Al Saffâh, 449

Abul Aûr, 151, 394

Abu Lulû, assassin of Omar, 278 et seq.

Abu Mihjan, 168

Abu Musâ, Governor of Bussorah, 266;

deposed, 305;

Governor of Kûfa, 320;

deposed, 359 et seq.;

Umpire, 385;

decision, 391 et seq., 408

Abu Muslim, 449

Abu Obeid, 126;

killed, 130

Abu Obeida, 2, 95 et seq., 108;

commands in Syria, 143;

attacks Fihl, 151, 198, 200, 207, 216;

sends grain to Hejâz, 233;

will not quit Syria in the plague, 234;

death, 235, 276, 286

Abu Rabia, 290

Abu Sarh (see Ibn Abu Sarh)

Abu Shajra, 28

Abu Sofiân, 96, 108, 109, 237;

death, 277

Abu Talha, 281, 288

Abu Zobeid, 304

Abyssinia, 264

Ackîl deserts his brother Aly, 410

Ackka, 85, 86

Acra, 50

Acraba (Yemâma), battle of, 39 et seq.

Aden, 54, 55, 57

Adî ibn Hâtim, 15, 24, 72

Adzân, call to prayer, 18, 238

Adzrâat, 153

Africa, 298

Aghlabite dynasty, 450

Aghwâth (Câdesîya), 167, 170

Ahnaf ibn Cays, 385

Ahwâz, 249, 251

Ain Shems, 241

Ain Tamar, 85, 101

Ajâ and Salmâ (mountains), 22

Ajnadein, 206

Akk, Beni, 53

Alâ, 18, 47, 49, 50, 249

Alcama, 27

Aleppo, 200, 216

Alexandria, 216, 239 et seq.;

capitulates, 243;

second siege, 247, 298;

naval victory off, 301

Ali Bey, travels of, 209

Allîs, battle of, 76, 82, 132

Aly, 21 note, 64, 65;

his slave girls, 89, 123, 207;

appointed Elector, 280, 282, 287, 289;

swears allegiance to Othmân, 291, 293, 295, 308, 316, 317;

expostulates with Othmân, 321, 327, 329 et seq.;

sends son to protect Othmân, 334;

elected Caliph, 342 et seq.;

would supersede Muâvia, 345;

appoints new governors, 347;

defied by Muâvia, 349;

pursues rebels, 355;

advances on Bussorah, 360;

negotiates with rebels, 361;

Battle of Camel, 363;

enters Bussorah, 366;

transfers government to Kûfa, 369;

sends envoy to Muâvia, 376;

invades Syria, 377;

battle of Siffîn, 380 et seq.;

accepts arbitration, 386;

opposed by Khârejites, 388;

Syrian campaign ordered, 397;

defeats Khârejites, 399;

loses Egypt, 401 et seq.;

attitude towards Christian captives, 406;

truce with Muâvia, 410;

assassination, 411 et seq.;

burial-place unknown, 414;

character, 415, 433, 451, 456

Aly Akbar, 440

Aly Asghar, 440, 441

Alyites (see Shîyas), 454

Aly, son of Hosein, 439

Ameer al Momenîn, title of Caliph, 285

Amghîsia, 78

Amida, 217, 219

Amina, Mahomet’s mother, 289

Ammân, 153

Ammâr, Governor of Kûfa, 268, 269, 284, 290, 325, 359, 363, 368, 380;

killed, 382

Amr ibn Mádekerib, 53, 55, 56, 138, 158, 168, 173

Amr, son of Sád, 437, 445

Amru, 12, 18, 93, 95, 97 et seq., 108, 153, 205 et seq., 208;

sends grain to Medîna, 233;

conquers Egypt, 239 et seq.;

Mosque of, 244;

Feast in Egypt, 246;

conquests in Africa, 247, 264, 276, 288;

displaced in Egypt, 299, 326;

joins Muâvia, 373;

commands Muâvia’s army, 378, 382;

appointed Umpire, 385;

decision, 391 et seq.;

escapes assassination, 412;

his death, 422

Amwâs, 206

Anbâr, 85, 89, 138

Ansâr, citizens of Medîna, 3, 5, 32, 126

Antioch, 200, 216

Apology of Al Kindy, 23, 75, 220, 416, 452

Apostasy, of Arabia, 11;

left a stigma, 28, 63;

subdued, 60;

ban removed, 126

Araba, 97

Arabia, exodus from, 60;

to be wholly Moslem, 224, 230

Arab slaves set free, 63

Arabs, militant race, 62;

pensioned, 226;

nobility of the Moslem world, 260;

antagonism between, and Coreish, 294, 454, 455

Arbitration at Siffîn, 386

Ardshir (city), 406

Ardshîr (king), 76

Arfaja, 18, 51, 134, 191

Arîsh, 241

Armâth (Câdesîya), 167

Armenia, 217

Arrestân, 199

Artabûn, 206, 207, 241

Asad, Beni, 22, 25, 26, 27, 169

Ascalon, 206

Ashár, Beni, 53

Asháth ibn Cays, 56 et seq., 64, 219, 385

Ashtar, 317, 319, 337, 360;

precipitates Battle of Camel, 362;

at Siffîn, 384 et seq.

Asia Minor, 217, 297, 298

Asim, his feat at Câdesîya, 168

Asim fords the Tigris with cavalry, 183

Asma, wife of Abu Bekr, 118 et seq., 446

Aswad, the false prophet, 52

Atîck (see Bâdacla)

Attâb, 52, 65

Aus, Beni, 5, 61

Ayesha, 2, 5, 120, 276, 281, 338;

her sedition at Mecca, 351;

character, 352;

her camel, 353;

alarmed on march to Bussorah, 354;

occupies Bussorah, 356;

at Battle of Camel, 361 et seq.;

camel hamstrung, 364;

retires to Medîna, 367, 403

Ayla, 93, 233;

Bishop of, visited by Omar, 236

Azarmîdokht, 113

Azd, Beni, 51, 53

Azerbâijân, 258, 259

Báalbek, 205

Babylon, 70;

battle of, 113;

Sád encamps at, 178

Backî, burying-ground of Medîna, 282, 341

Bactrian camels, 52

Bâdacla, 70, 135, 175

Baghdad, 450

Bahân, 93, 104

Bahmân, 75, 129, 131, 166

Bahra, Beni, 103

Bahram Gour, 79

Bahrein, 18, 21, 47, 49

Bajîla, Beni, 133, 169

Balkh, 259

Barca, 247, 299

Basilica of Virgin, 209

Battle of Acraba (Yemâma), ‘Garden of Death,’ 39–43

— — Alexandria, 241, 247, 301

— — Allîs, 76, 82, 132

— — Babylon, 113

— — Boweib, Field of Tens, 135

— — Bozâkha, 25, 27

— — the Bridge, 130, 170

— — Câdesîya, 167

— — the Camel, (Bussorah), 363

— — Chains, 72

— — Dabâ, 51

— — Fihl (Pella), 152

— — Firâdh, 90

— — the ‘Garden of Death,’ 43

— — Siffîn, 380

Bedouin faction, 227;

opposed to Coreish, 294, 370

Bedouins, 61, 69;

Syrian, 105, 211

Beisân, 150

Beit-Jibrîn, 206

Bekr ibn Wâil, Beni, 38, 49, 76, 360

Belâdzori, vi

Belbeis, 245

Belcâa, 97

Berâa, 43

Beth Gabara, 206

Bethlehem, 210

Bilâl, 220, 238, 276

Birs Nimrûd, 70, 112, 164, 178

Bishoprics, 49;

Bishop of Ayla, entertains Omar, 236

Bishr, 90

Bitâh, 33

Bodeir, 89

Booty, 176, 184, 188, 258

Bosor, his raid on Arabia, 408

Bostra, 69, 87, 97, 153

Bowaj Rûd, 258

Boweib, battle of, 135

Bozâkha, 17, 24;

battle of, 25, 27

Bridge, battle of, 130, 170

Bubastis, 241

Burân, Queen Mother of Persia, 180

Bussir, 4, 49

Bussorah, founded, 192, 195 et seq., 249, 250, 264, 270;

change of governors, 305, 329, 348, 352, 364;

insurrection at, 404

Byzantine empire, 66, 203

Cacâa, 85, 89, 108, 170, 172, 173 et seq., 188, 216, 320, 360, 361

Câdesîya, 160 et seq.;

battle of, 167

Cæsarea, 206–15, 218

Câhira, Al, Cairo, 243

Calansua, Syrian hat, 220

Caliph, 5, 285

Caliphate, unity of, 375;

double, 410;

extinct, 450, 458

Camel, Battle of, 363 et seq.

Canal, from Nile to Suez, 244

Canals, administration of, in Chaldæa, 230

Captives, female, 37, 75

Cariatein, 103

Cârin, 74

Carmel, 205

Carthage, 299

Câsim, 438

Caspian, 258, 296

Castle of Sád, 194

Cathedral of St. John the Baptist, at Damascus, 145, 149

Catholicos, of Egypt, 241

Catîf, 47

Caussin de Perceval, vii

Cavalry, reserves of, 231

Caycar, 98

Cays ibn Abd Yaghûth, 54, 55

Cays ibn Asim, 48

Cays, son of Sád ibn Obâda, 347;

Governor of Egypt, 371;

recalled, 372, 402;

submits to Muâvia, 419

Chains, Battle of, 72

Chaldæa, 66

China, 259

Chosroes, 67

Christians, 38, 49, 61, 66, 69, 76;

at Hîra, 81, 86, 105, 131, 134, 136, 137, 177, 190, 201, 210 et seq.;

disabilities, 213, 217 et seq.;

expelled from Najrân, 223, 248;

captives, 406, 452

Churches, 145, 210;

prohibition against new, 213

Church of the Resurrection, at Jerusalem, 210;

of Constantine, 210;

of Nativity, 210

Cilicia, 215

Clients, 63, 228, 260

Codeis, 160, 166

Codhâa, Beni, 10, 18, 40, 93, 103

Commander of the Faithful, 285

Companions, 1, 18, 95, 101, 160, 227, 374

Conspirators, advance of, on Medîna, 329

Constans II., 302

Constantine, 302

Convent of Khâlid, 211

Corâcar, 102

Corân, raised aloft in battle, 42, 384 et seq.;

Readers of, 45;

how compiled, 231;

created or eternal, 452

Cordova, 449

Coreish, 227;

migrate to Irâc, 308;

vaunt themselves against Arabs, 316;

Garden of, 317, 454

Corra ibn Hobeira, 27

Coss Nâtick, 83, 129

Ctesiphon, 67, 70, 179

Cutham, son of Abbâs, 350

Cyprus, 301

Dabâ, battle of, 51

Dadweih, 54

Dahna, desert of, 48

Dâira Hind, 265

Damascus, 97, 103;

siege, 145;

capitulation, 148, 154, 200, 205, 348

Daniel the prophet’s tomb, 252

Darâbgird, miracle of, 260

Darârkis, 98

Dâr al Salâm, Baghdad, 450

Dârîm, Beni, 30

Dârin, island, 49

Dates, royal, 128

Dâthin, 97

‘Day of Tears,’ 353

‘Days of Ignorance,’ the, 64

Dead Sea, 204

Delta of Euphrates, 191

Dewân of Omar, or Civil List, 225 et seq.

Dhabba accuses Abu Mûsa, 266

Dhahhâk ibn Cays, 394 note

Dhirâr, 24, 34, 109, 111;

punished for drunkenness, 273

Dihcâns, 71, 83, 91, 230

Divorce, 457

Doluk, 201

Drought, 232

Dûma, 10;

stormed, 87, 88, 101

Dura, Plain of, 70, 113, 179

Dzât Irc, 353 note

Dzobiân, Beni, 13, 17

Dzu Câr, 78, 360

Dzul Cassa, 13, 17, 18, 40

Dzul Hâjib, 166

Dzul Kelâa, 54, 93, 94, 383

Dzu Nowâs, the Jewish persecutor, 223

Ebnâa, of Persian or Indian descent, 49, 54

Edessa, 217

Edrisite dynasty, 450

Egypt, sends grain to Arabia, 234;

conquest of, 239 et seq.;

sedition in, 317, 329, 348;

conquered by Amru, 401 et seq., 450

Electors appointed by Omar, 280 et seq., 286

Elephants, 73, 113, 130, 166, 169, 172;

portentous sight of, 173

Elwand, 257

Esdräelon, 150

Euphrates, 70, 130;

canals, 230

Fadak, 64, 224

Famine, 232

Farazdac, 113, 436

Faroma, 241

Fars, 259

Fâtima, 6, 64, 224, 276, 282, 449

Fâtima, daughter of Aly, 439

Fellahîn, 71, 74, 194

Felûgia, Felâlij, 85

Female slavery, 273, 457

Feroze, 54, 58

Fezâra, Beni, 25

Fifth of booty, 16

Fihl (Pella), 150;

battle of, 152

Firâdh, battle of, 90

Firuzân, 174, 257

Fostât, 243, 247, 329

Free-thinkers, 452

Free-will, 452

Fujâa, a rebel, burned to death, 29

Gabala (Jabala), 203

Gabriel, 25

Gadara, 152

Garden of Death, 43

‘Garden of the Coreish,’ 317, 320

Gaza, 206

Ghâficky, Al, the regicide, 335 note, 340

Ghâlib, his song at Câdesîya, 168

Ghassân, Beni, 69, 87, 202

Ghatafân, Beni, 23, 25, 27

Ghauth, Beni, 24

Ghâzies, 382

Ghimâs (Câdesîya), 168, 171

Ghîzeh, 243

Ghôr, 97, 150, 152, 205

Ghûta, 144

Gilead, 141

Greeks, in Egypt, 242

Gregory, 299

Habîb, 394

Hadhramaut, 21, 56

Hafîr, 72

Hajjâj, 445

Hakam ibn Jabala, 333

Hakîm ibn Hizâm, 340

Hâma, 199

Hamadan, 256, 257

Hamza, 44

Hâni, 435

Hanîfa, Beni, 38 et seq., 44, 45, 48

Hanifite, the, Aly’s wife, 89

Hantzala, 337

Hantzala, Beni, 30

Haphsa, widow of Mahomet, 2, 231, 307, 353

Haram, at Jerusalem, 209

Haram, in Hejâz, 263

Harîr, or Night of Clangour (Câdesîya), 168, 173

Harôra, 389

Harrân, 217

Hasan, 65, 350, 359, 394, 414;

becomes Caliph, 418;

abdicates, 419, 422, 442

Hâshim, Beni, 227

Hâshim ibn Otba, 153, 172, 179 et seq.;

killed at Siffîn, 382

Hassân ibn Thâbit, 202, 343

Haurân, 205

Hawâb, dogs of, 354

Hawâzin, Beni, 26, 27

Hebron, 97

Hegira, 1;

era established, 271

Hejer, 47, 50

Heliopolis, 241, 242

Heraclius, 67, 97, 201;

death of, 243

Hims, 198, 216

Himyar, 51;

troops, 146

Hind, daughter of Nómân, 265

Hindia, western branch of Euphrates, 70, 135, 175

Hind, wife of Abu Sofiân, 237, 277

Hîra, 49, 68, 76, 78;

capitulates, 79 et seq., 85, 127, 161, 164;

reoccupied, 178

Hît, 190, 199

Hobâb, 4

Hodeibía, 226, 386

Hodzeifa, 18, 51, 307

Hodzeil, 85, 90

Holwân, 190, 249, 256

Horcus, 90

Horcûs, 251

Hormuz, 72, 112

Hormuzân, 166, 250, 252, 254;

murder of, 293

Honey-bee, part of the Lord’s host, 257

Horr, 436 et seq.

Hosein, 65, 394, 414, 434;

march to Kûfa, 435 et seq.;

death, 440

Hotem, 48, 49

Houries, 105

Ibn Aámir, Governor of Bussorah, 305, 317, 326;

sends help for Othmân, 334, 347

Ibn Abbâs, 282, 345, 350, 355;

Governor of Bussorah, 368, 393, 394, 396, 409

Ibn Abu Sarh, 248, 290, 298, 299, 324, 326, 329

Ibn Backîla, 82

Ibn Honeif, 347, 356 et seq.

Ibn Ishâc, 21

Ibn Khaldûn, vi

Ibn Masûd, 270, 304, 307;

death of, 311

Ibn Muljam, the assassin, 412;

body burned, 414

Ibn Sauda (Ibn Saba), 316, 362

Ibn Zobeir, 353, 367, 391, 430, 435, 434, 443;

death, 446

Iddat, interval before cohabitation, 75

Ikrima, 18, 39, 51, 52, 55, 57, 58, 93, 97, 108;

death, 111

Imâmate in Aly’s family, 417, 451

Imprecation of Caliphs, 394, 421

Imrulcays, Beni, 30

Indian Ocean, 296

Irâc Araby, 70;

field measurement, 230, 249, 308, 348

Isfandiar, 258

Islam for Arabia, 17, 224

Ispahan, 259

Istakhr (Persepolis), 249, 256

Iwân, 180

Iyâdh, 68, 84, 87, 89, 217

Iyâdh, Beni, 190, 217

Iyâs ibn Cabîsa, 78, 80

Jabala, 87, 88, 202

Jabân, 127, 132

Jâbia, 94, 97, 205, 207, 208, 235

Jacob’s Pillow, 209

Jadîla, Beni, 24, 139

Jalenûs, 174, 175

Jalôla, battle of, 187

Jarîr, 133, 139, 376

Jârjea, 97, 107, 109

Jarûd, 47, 49

Jaulân, 94, 141

Jazia, tribute, 218

Jehâd, Sura, 167

Jerâsh, 153

Jerusalem, 202, 206;

capitulation, 207

Jews, 153, 211;

expelled from Kheibar, 224, 452

Jeyfar, 51

Jezîra, 69

Jobeir, 269

Jobeir ibn Motím, 340

Jôf, 68

John, son of Zacharias, his tomb, 206

Jondob, 304, 318

Joppa, 206

Jordan (Ordonna), 153, 205

Jorf, 8, 96

Jûdi, 87, 88

Jundai-Sabûr, 252

Káb, the Rabbin, 236, 279, 310

Kâbul, 296

Kahânat (soothsaying), 26

Karoon, river, 251, 252

Kaskar, 127

Kelb, Beni, 87, 415

Kerâmat, 80

Kerbala, 437;

tragedy of, 438

Kermân, 259, 260, 297

Khabûr, 191

Khâcân, 259

Khaffân, 128

Khâlid ibn Saîd, 17, 53;

his defeat, 92;

death, 94

Khâlid ibn Welîd, 18;

his character, 21;

discomfits Toleiha, 22 et seq., 27;

attacks Mâlik ibn Noweira, 32;

marries his widow, 34;

and Mojâa’s daughter, 46;

the ‘Sword of the Lord,’ 68;

in Irâc, 72 et seq.;

kills Hormuz, 73;

speech, 75, 82;

cruelty, 76, 86, 79;

frets at inaction, 84, 88;

pilgrimage incognito, 91;

transferred to Syria, 100;

march across desert, 101;

commands on the Yermûk, 106 et seq.;

deposed, 111, 143;

storms Damascus, 146, 199 et seq.;

received back into favour, 204, 207, 216 et seq.;

arraigned for malversation, 219;

death, 221, 276, 284

Khanâfis, 138

Khandac, Trench of Sapor, 71, 160, 165

Khansa, Al, 28

Kharanba, 347, 402

Khârejites, 388 et seq.;

hostile attitude towards Aly, 395;

defeated at Nehrwân, 399;

origin of name, 400;

émeutes, 405, 443, 444, 454

Khaulân, 54

Khawarnac palace, 79, 82, 161

Khazraj, Beni, 4, 5, 61

Kheibar, 22, 64, 224

Khirrît, the Khârejite rebel, 405

Khorasan, 259

Khuzistân, 249, 250

Kibla, 209

Kinda, Beni, 56

Kindy, Al, 23, 75, 220, 416, 452

Kinnisrîn (Chalcis), 199, 200, 204

Kirckesia, 190, 199

Kremer, Herr von, vii

Kubbet al Sakhra, 209

Kûfa, 70;

founded, 193, 195 et seq., 216;

threatened by Yezdegird, 256, 270, 297;

change of governors, 303;

émeute, 317, 329, 348;

assists Aly, 359, 364;

seat of Aly’s government, 369;

indifferent to Aly, 398, 403

Kûtha, 179

Lackît, 51

Lady’s Castle, the, 73

Lakhmite dynasty, 69, 78

Laodicea, 199

Leila, 34, 36, 41;

Abu Bekr’s son enamoured of her, 272

Lesser Pilgrimage, 329

Levant, 298

Lydda, 206

Maâb, 97, 153

Maára, 199

Madzâr, Battle of, 74

Mahomet, death of, 1;

burial, 5, 20, 27, 36, 38;

woman betrothed to him, 59, 76, 223, 224, 286;

his ring, 314, 354;

pulpit, 425

Mâhra, 18, 51, 52

Mâlik, Beni, 30

Mâlik ibn Noweira, 30 et seq., 221, 222

Mamûn, Al, 450, 452

Marásh (Germanica), 201

Marj al Soffar, 94

Marj Arjûn, 206

Mary, Coptic maid, 276

Masbazân, 190

Mascala, 406

Masjid al Acksa, at Jerusalem, 209

Maskat, 51

Masûd, brother of Mothanna, 137

Masûdy, 309

Mecca, 52, 263, 351

Medâin, 67, 70, 84, 162, 179;

western suburb taken, 181;

capture of city, 183;

spoil, 184;

jewelled carpet, 185, 193

Medîna threatened, 10

Mehrân, 135

Melchite and Maronite patriarchs, 248

Membaj, 377

Memphis, 241

Menbij (Hierapolis), 201

Merve, 259, 450

Merwân, 300, 322, 324, 332, 338, 339, 354, 372, 429;

Caliph, 446

Mesopotamia, 69;

Upper, 217

Micdâd, 288, 290

Minas, 200

Ministers of religion, 270

Miracle of lake, 48;

of the sea, 49;

of Darâbgird, 260

Misr, 241

Moâdz ibn Jabal, 56, 132;

dies in plague, 235

Moánna, 74

Mocarran, sons of, 14

Modeya, 90

Moghîra ibn Shoba, Governor of Bussorah, 192;

deposed, 264;

appointed to Kûfa, 269, 278, 284, 288, 345, 423, 425, 429

Moghîra, the Thackîfite, 338, 340

Mohâjir, 18, 52, 56, 57, 58

Mohakkem, 42, 44

Mohammed, doctor of Bussorah, 86

Mohammed, Hanify, son of Aly, 350, 381

Mohammed ibn Coteira, 333

Mohammed ibn Maslama, 194, 248, 325, 333

Mohammed, son of Abu Bekr, 302, 313, 330, 338, 339, 360;

Governor of Egypt, 372, 392, 394, 402;

killed, 403

Mohammed, son of Abu Hodzeifa, 302, 313, 330, 370

Mohammed, son of Talha, 391

‘Moharram,’ the, 442

Mojâa, 40 et seq., 44;

Khâlid marries his daughter, 46

Mondzir, chief of Bahrein, 47

Moseilama, 18, 23;

marries Sajâh, 31, 38;

killed, 43;

sayings, 45

Mosque of Omar, 209

Motammim, 34 et seq.

Motázelites, 451 et seq.

Mothanna, 50, 67, 74, 84, 101, 112 et seq.;

retrieves defeat at Bridge, 131;

gains battle of Boweib, 135;

his horse, ‘the Rebel,’ 136;

suspended, 139;

character, 135, 139, 155;

death, 159;

his widow Selma, 159, 170

Mothers of the Faithful, Mahomet’s widows, 59, 225, 278

‘Mount of the Eagle,’ 103

Muâvia, 218;

appointed Governor of Syria, 237;

his mother Hind, 277, 294;

attacked by Romans, 297, 310, 319, 326;

sends help to Othmân, 334, 345;

letter to Aly, 349;

machinations against Cays, 372;

joined by Amru, 373;

marches to meet Aly, 378;

at battle of Siffîn, 379 et seq.;

arbitration, 386;

saluted Caliph, 394;

gains Egypt, 403;

raid against Irâc, 407;

visits Mosul, 408;

truce with Aly, 410;

escapes assassination, 412;

sole Caliph, 419;

declares Yezîd heir apparent, 429;

death, 433

Mucoucus, 241 et seq.

Muedzzin, 175, 238

Muhâjerîn, or Refugees, 5

Mukhtâr, 445

Mundzir, Gharûr, 49

Mundzir, Prince of Hîra, 82

Murad, Beni, 55

Mûsa, conqueror of Spain, 86

Muslim, killed, 435

Mûta, 8, 22, 82

Nablûs, 206

Nahr Shîr, 84, 179

Nâila, Othmân’s wife, 315, 339;

her fingers hung up at Damascus, 342, 348

Najaf, 79;

Sea of, 135, 161, 414

Najrân, 53, 55;

Christians of, 223

Namârick, 128

Namr, Beni, 31, 134, 137, 190

Narsa, 127

Naval enterprise, 264, 300

Nefûd, desert, 101

Negus of Abyssinia, 223

Nehâvend, 266;

battle of, 257, 278

Nestorians, 49

Night of Clangour (Câdesîya), 168, 173

Nile, 241, 242, 245;

Omar’s letter to, 246

Nisibîn, 216, 217

Nóeim ibn Mocarrin, 258

Nojeir, 57, 64

Nokheila, 401

Nómân ibn Mocarrin, 14, 251, 252, 256;

his death, 257;

Nómân, Prince of Hîra, 79

Noseir, 86

Nubians, 242

Obeidallah, son of Abbâs, his little children put to death, 408

Obeidallah, son of Omar, 381

Obeidallah, son of Ziâd, 435 et seq., 444

Obna, 10

Obolla, 76, 191, 192

Odzeib, 160, 171

Ohod, 22, 44

Okeidar, 87, 88

Okkâsha, 25

Omân, 21, 47, 50

Omar, described, 2, 275, 283, 4, 6, 9, 18, 28 note;

angry with Khâlid, 34, 46, 90;

mourns for his brother Zeid, 45, 50;

frees all Arab slaves, 64;

judge, 65;

deposes Khâlid, 111, 114;

accession to Caliphate, 125, 132;

orders new levies, 133, 156;

receives tidings of victory at Câdesîya, 177;

weeps at seeing spoil, 189;

forbids advance on Persia, 189, 203, 249;

visits Jerusalem, 207 et seq.;

journeys to Jâbia, 216;

arraigns Khâlid, 219;

his Dewân, 225;

compiles Corân, 231;

administration of famine, 232;

in the plague, 234;

progress through Syria, 236;

entertained by a bishop, 236;

performs pilgrimage, 238;

conquers Egypt, 239 et seq.;

letter to the Nile, 246;

releases Hormuzân, 253;

pressed to allow advance on Persia, 255;

sends army against Persia, 256;

miraculous interposition of, to save Saria, 261;

enlarges square at Mecca, 263;

dread of naval enterprise, 264;

acquits Abu Mûsa, 267;

establishes era of Hegira, 271;

simplicity, 273;

marries Omm Kolthûm, 276;

last pilgrimage, 278;

assassination, 280;

appoints Electors, 280;

death, 283;

burial, 285, 286, 306, 456

Omeyyad, Beni, 294, 316;

dynasty, 443, 446;

in Spain, 449

Omm al Banîn, 315

Omm al Fâdhl, widow of Abbâs, 355

Omm Ayman, 65

Omm Farwa, 58, 120

Omm Habîba, 336

Omm Keis, 152

Omm Kirfa, 27

Omm Kolthûm, 203;

Omar’s wife, 276, 413, 415

Omm Salma, 55

Omm Siml, 27

Omm Walad, 265, 272

Omra, or Lesser Pilgrimage, 329

Ordinances of Omar, 212, 452

Ordonna (Jordan), 153, 205

Orontes, 199, 203

Orthodoxy, intolerant, 455

Orwa, 318

Osâma, expedition, 8 et seq., 16, 325

Otba, 191, 249, 251, 264

Othmân, 275;

appointed Elector, 280;

elected Caliph, 291, 294;

appoints Abu Sarh over Egypt, 298;

outlook darkens, 302;

recension of Corân, 307;

palace, 309;

puts down unlawful amusements, 311;

enlarges square of Káaba, 312;

embellishes Mosque at Medîna, 312;

alters rites of pilgrimage, 313;

loses Prophet’s ring, 314;

sinks wells, 314;

marries Nâila, 315;

gives in to Kûfa, 320;

Aly expostulates with him, 321;

appeals to the people, 322;

last pilgrimage, 323;

contumeliously treated, 324;

complaints invited, 325;

conference with governors, 326;

attacked by regicides, 329 et seq.;

addresses them, 335;

blockade, 337;

slain, 339;

character, 341;

bloody shirt hung up at Damascus, 348, 374, 376

Othmân ibn al Aás, 52

Othmân ibn Honeif (see Ibn Honeif)

Oxus, 259, 296

Oyeina, 23, 25, 27, 28, 315

Palestine, 200, 205, 211

Paradise, 105

Patriarch, Jerusalem, 208;

Maronite, 248

Pella, 150

Persepolis, 249, 255

Persian Gulf, 191

Persians, 72 et seq., 76, 90

Persia, war in, 296;

Shîyite, 455

Phacûsa (Tel Fâkhus), 245

Pilgrimage, 65;

Khâlid’s incognito, 91;

rules altered by Othmân, 313, 323

‘Pilgrimage to Nejd,’ 101

Plague, 234

Polygamy, 457

Predestination, 211, 235

Promised Land, 95

Rabadza, 13, 16

Rabia, 21

Rajjâl, 39, 41

Rama (Arimathea), 206

Ramh, 206

Râm Hormuz, 249, 251

Ramleh, 206, 211

Readers of Corân, 45, 231, 381

‘Refugees,’ 5, 32, 126, 227

Regicides attack Medîna, 329;

return with document bearing Othmân’s seal, 331

Register (Dewân) of Arab race, 229

Rei, captured, 258

Retribution, law of, 202

Ricca, 216, 377

Ring of Mahomet, 314

‘River of Blood,’ 76

Roha, 199, 216, 217

Roman army, 90, 92, 104, 190;

and fleet, 215

Roman empire, 66

Rustem, 126, 155, 163;

forebodings of, 165;

killed, 174

Sabât, 138, 179

Sacalâr 152

Sád ibn (Mâlik) Abu Wackkâs, 157;

marches to Irác, 158;

marries Selma, Mothanna’s widow, 159;

reorganises army, 159;

battle of Câdesîya, 167;

upbraided by Selma, 170;

captures Medâin, 183;

his castle, 194;

deposed, 268;

appointed Elector, 280, 287;

again appointed to Kûfa, 303;

superseded, 303, 326, 343

Sád ibn Obáda, 3 et seq., 6, 371

Saffâh, Al, ‘the Bloody,’ 449

Safia, 37, 76

Safwân, 15, 351

Sahba, 89

Saîd, Governor of Kûfa, 306;

expelled by citizens, 319;

servant killed, 320, 353

Sajâh, Prophetess, 23, 30 et seq., 39, 85

Sakatia, 129

Sakûn, Beni, 56

Salahiya, in Egypt, 241

Sâlim, 42

Salmân, 183

Salûba, 83

Samaritans, 153, 211

Samsât (Samosata), 201

Samsât, the sword, 53, 92

Sanâa, 54, 56

Saria, 260

Sawâd, 83, 179, 194;

‘Garden of Coreish’, 317 et seq., 320

Sayhad, desert, 57

Sea of Najaf, 71

Sebastia, 206

Second coming, 317

Sedîr, palace, 82

Sejestan, 259, 370

Seleucia, 70, 179

Service of victory;

at Hîra, 82, 83;

at Medâin, 184

Servile population, 344

Shahrîrân, 112, 113

Shaizar, 199

Shamir, 438, 440, 445

Shanas, Roman general, 198

Shât al Arab, 191

Sheibân, Beni, 31, 50

Sherâf, 158

Shîyas, 448 et seq., 451;

tolerant, 455

Shorahbîl, 18, 39, 40, 94, 97, 108, 152, 153, 205, 208, 237

Shoreih, 391, 394

Showeil, 80

Shuhîb, 413

Shusan, 252

Shuster (Tostar), 251

Sicily, 450

Siffîn, 378;

battle of, 379 et seq.

Sinnimâr, 79

Sirhân, Wady, 102

Sirîn, 86

Siroes, 67, 84, 127, 155

Slavery, female, 273, 457

Slaves, Arab, set free, 68

Society, Moslem, 271, 273 et seq.

Sohâr, 51

Soheil, 96

Sommeyya, 290, 380

Songstresses, two, mutilated, 59

Soofeeism, 455

Soonnies, 455

Sophronius, Bishop of Jerusalem, 208, 210

Spain, 449

Spoil, at Câdesîya, 176;

at Medâin, 184;

at Jalôla, 188

Succession, 7, 286, 427 et seq.

Sudân, the regicide, 340

Suez Canal, 244

Suleim, Beni, 26, 27

Sunh, Al, 121

Sunnat, 451, 455

Sûra, 179

Sûr al Rûm, 377

Sûras, read before battle, 167;

at Medaîn, 184;

how compiled, 231

Sûs (Shushan), 252

Suwâ, 103

‘Sword of God,’ ‘Sword of the Lord,’ name of Khâlid, 68, 77, 107

Syria, attacked, 94;

east of Jordan, described, 141;

Northern, 198 et seq., 205, 211, 215;

field measurement, 230;

sends grain to Hejâz, 233, 297, 348, 350, 370, 374;

invaded by Aly, 377, 408

Syrian desert, 68

Tabari, vi, 21, 77

Tadmor, 103, 154

Tadzâric, 98

Tâghlib, Beni, 31, 89, 137, 190;

Christian, 218, 406

Tâhir, 53

Tâhirite dynasty, 450

Tâk i Kesra, 179

Talha, 6, 117;

appointed Elector, 280, 287, 329 et seq.;

sends son to protect Othmân, 334, 342 et seq., 350;

retires to Mecca, 352, 353;

marches on Bussorah, 354;

its occupation, 356 et seq.;

Battle of Camel, 361 et seq.;

killed, 364, 366

Tay, Beni, 15, 22;

reclaimed, 24, 27, 131, 436

Tâyif, 52, 53, 55

Tebûk, 55

Tekrît, 181, 190

Tell Azâz, 201

Temîm, Beni, 15;

described, 30, 48, 360, 436

Thâbit ibn Cays, 22, 42, 318

Thackîf, Beni, 131

Theocratic faction, 388

Theodore, 198

Theodoric, 97

Thinia, 90

Thomâma, 48

‘Three Hundred’ of Bedr, 95

Tiberias, 153, 205, 208

Tiflis, 298

Tigris, 71, 130, 179;

swum by Arab cavalry, 183;

canals, 230

Tihâma, 52

Timoor, passage of Tigris by, 183

Tithe, 218

Toleiha, 13, 17, 21 et seq.;

defeated, 25, 26, 164, 173, 257, 318

Tostar (Shuster), 251

Tower of Babel, 70

Tradition, 20

Trench of Sapor, 71, 160, 165

Tripoli (Africa), 247, 299

Tumlât, valley of, 245

Turks, 259, 297;

mercenaries, 453

Veiled prophet, 52

Veil, the, 265, 458

Victory, Service of, 82

Villains’ Road, the, 53

Volcano near Medîna, 263

Voluptuousness, 273

Wacûsa, 98

Wâdi al Cora, 10, 94

Wahshi, 43

Walaja, battle of, 75

Wâsit, 447

‘Waterer of the two Holy Places’ (Abbâs), 233

Welîd ibn Ocba, 87, 93, 94, 303;

deposed for inebriety, 304, 394

Welîd the Caliph, 447

White Palace of Medâin, 180

Widows of Mahomet, 59, 225, 278

Windmill, 279

Wine forbidden, as a bath, 219;

intemperance in, 273

Women, Moslem, fight, 138;

and children give coup de grâce to wounded enemies, 175;

influence of captive, 273

Yabna, 206

Yála, 347

Year, Mussulman, viii

‘Year of Ashes,’ 232

Yemâma, 21, 38 et seq.;

battle of, 41

Yemen, 18, 21, 55, 56

Yenbó, 245

Yerbóa, Beni, 30 et seq.

Yermûk, 98

Yezdegird, 127, 155;

deputation to, at Medâin, 162, 251, 255, 258;

his death, 259, 297

Yezîd, 95, 97, 108, 198, 207, 218, 276

Yezîd ibn Cays, 388

Yezîd, son of Muâvia, declared heir apparent, 429;

becomes Caliph, 433, 434, 443, 446

Zab, battles on the, 445, 449

Zeid, brother of Omar, 36;

killed, 42, 45

Zeid ibn Thâbit, 123;

compiles Corân, 231, 309, 333, 343

Zeinab, 276, 415

Ziâd, 56, 188, 265, 267, 368, 407, 423;

declared brother of Muâvia, 424, 429

Ziâd ibn Lebîd, 293

Zibricân, 15, 48, 50

Zimmies, 83, 194, 301, 318

Zobeid, Beni, 53

Zobeir, 6, 240 et seq.;

appointed Elector, 280, 287, 309, 327, 328, 329 et seq.;

sends son to protect Othmân, 334 et seq., 350;

retires to Mecca, 352;

marches on Busserah, 354;

its occupation by, 356;

Battle of Camel, 361 et seq.;

killed, 364, 366

Zohra, 164, 176, 179

Zohra, Beni, 289

Zomeil, 90

Zoroastrians, 72, 259, 260