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GENERAL INDEX.

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Aaron, 105, ff.

´Abbás, Ibn-, 50.

´Abdallah ibn Ubayy, lx.

´Abd-el-Muṭṭalib, xxxvii, 73.

Abel, 53.

Aboo-Bekr, xlv, xlvii, lvi, lxxvii.

Aboo-Firás, xxix.

Aboo-Lahab, li, lii.

Aboo-Ṭálib, xxxviii, xlv, xlvii, xlix, l, lii.

Abraham, xxxii, 15, 47, 66-76.

Abrogation of revelations, 19, 20, 38.

Abyssinia, flight to, xlvii.

Ád, 60, 61.

Adam, 47, 49-52, 164.

Advent of Christ, second, 163.

African converts, xcvii.

Aḥmad, prophecy of, 15.

´Aïsheh, liii, lxix, lxxiii.

´Aḳabeh, pledges of the, lv, lvi.

´Alee, xxxix, lvi.

Alláh Ta´ála, xxxiii.

Alms, lxxxiv, 36.

Amnesty to Mekka, lxvii.

Anas, xli.

Ancestry, pride of, xviii.

Angels, 33, 49.

Anṣár, lix, lx.

´Anṭarah, xxviii.

Antichrist, 157, 163.

Antioch, 159-161.

Apostles, 14, 47, 156.

Appearance of Moḥammad, xl.

Arab poetry, examples, xiv, xv, xvi, xvii, xviii, xix, xxix.

Arabia, xi-xiii.

Arabia, submission of, lxvii.

Arabs at Yethrib, liv.

Arabs before Islám, the, xi-xxxv; their country, xi; influence on their character, xii; the Bedawee nature, xiii; devotion to the clan, xiv; honour, xv; war and plunder, xvi; ferocity, xvi, xvii; family pride, xviii; pledge of protection, xviii; hospitality, xix; Ḥátim the ideal Arab, xix-xxii; Arab poetry, xxii-xxiv; the fair of ´Okáḍh, xxiv-xxvi; women of Arabia, xxvi; chivalry, xxvii, xxviii; fathers and daughters, xxix; town life, xxx; Mekka, xxx.; music and poetry at Mekka, xxxi; dice and drink, xxxi; the Kaạbeh, xxxii; religion of the early Arabs, xxxii; Christianity and Judaism in Arabia, xxxiv; the Ḥaneefs, xxxiv; Zeyd ibn ´Amr, xxxv; the change in the Arabs effected by Moḥammad, xxxv.

Aristocracy, hostility of, xlvii.

Ark, 56, 57, 133.

Áṣaf Solomon’s wezeer, 142.

Aws, Benee-, liv.

Azar or Terah, 66.

Babel, Tower of, 69.

Bathsheba, 135.

Bayard of Islám, l.

Bedr, lxv.

Behá-ed-deen Zoheyr, xxiv.

Believers and unbelievers, 38-43.

Benjamin, 77, 84, 86-89.

Bilál, the first Muëddin, xlv, xlvii.

Bilḳees, Queen of Sheba, 139-143.

Birds and Solomon, 138-139.

Book, the preserved, 17.

Books, divine, 47-48.

Byzantium, Emperor of, lxviii.

Cain, 53, 54.

Caleb, 123.

Calf, the golden, 118, ff.

Camel of Moḥammad, lxvi.

Camel of Thamood, 61, 62.

Camel-driver, Moḥammad a, xxxix.

Caussin de Perceval, M., xxii.

Chivalry of ancient Arabs, xxvii, xxviii.

Christ, 47, 149-165.

—— divinity of, 154, 162-165.

—— the Messiah, lxi.

—— the Word of God, lxxxii, 165.

—— supposed crucifixion of, 156, 161.

—— second advent of, 163.

Christians, xxxiv, 38, 40, 42, 48, 164.

Clan feeling, xiv.

Corruption of Christian and Jewish scriptures, 48.

Cow, sacrifice of, 125-127.

Daughters of God, xxxiii, 9, 11, 33.

Daughters, love of, xxix.

David, 47, 134-36, 138.

Davidean coats of mail, 135.

Day of judgment, 21-31.

Debtors, 37.

Destiny, 32.

Deutsch, Dr. Emanuel, xxiv, xl.

Devils, 7, 31, 136, 137, 138.

Dhafár, Christians of, xxxiv.

Dhu-l-Ḳarneyn, 63-65, 128.

Dhu-l-Kifl, 47.

Dice, xxxi.

Disaffected party, lx, lxv.

Divine books, 47-48.

Divinity of Christ, 154, 162-165.

Divinity of the Virgin, 162, 165.

Drink, love of, xxxi.

Eden, 51.

Egypt, 79, ff.

Egypt, plagues of, 112-114.

Elias, 128.

Embarcation formula, 57.

Emeen, El-, xl, xlv.

Emeeneh, El-, 137.

Enoch, 47.

Eve, 51.

Evil eye, 85.

Exodus, the, 114, ff.

Ezekiel, lines from, xxx.

Ezra, 148.

Fair, see ´Okáḍh.

Family pride of Arabs, xviii.

Famine of Egypt, 83, ff.

Fanes, xxxiii.

Fast, lxxxiv, 117.

Fate, lxxxi, 32.

Fathers and daughters, xxix.

Fátiḥah, 3.

Fetishism, xxxiii.

Fijár, war of the, xxxviii.

Firás, Aboo-, xxix.

Flight of Moḥammad, lvi, lvii.

Flight to Abyssinia, xlvii.

Flood, 55-59.

Forgery, lxvii ff., 19.

Gabriel, xliv, 72, 73, 78, 111, 152, 16.

God, 5-12.

—— unity, profession of, 5.

—— has no partners, 9, 11, 33, 154, 162-165.

—— the supreme, xxxiii.

—— Moḥammad doctrine of, lxxx.

Goddesses, moon, xxxiii, xlviii.

Gog and Magog, 64, 65.

Golden calf, 118, ff.

Goliath, 133, 134.

Good for evil, 37.

Gospel, 15, 47, 48, 149, ff.

Greeting, 37.

Habeeb, 159, ff.

Haggadah, xliii, lxi, lxii.

Hámán, 97, 110.

Haneefs, xxxiv.

Háshimees, xxxviii, li, lii.

Ḥátim, xix-xxii.

Ḥawáreeyoon, El-, 156.

Heber, 47, 160, 161.

Hell, 21-31.

Helpers, the, lix, lx.

Ḥijáz;, xii.

Hijreh, the, lvii.

Ḥirá, Mount, xliii.

Honour, Arab, xv.

Hood, 47, 60, 61.

Ḥooreeyehs, notes 128, 131.

Hospitality, Arab, xix.

Howwá, 51.

Hubal, xxxii.

Humanity, lxxxvi.

Hypocrites, 31, 41.

‘Hypocrites, the,’ lx.

Iblees, 31, 49, 50.

Idols, xxxii, xlvi, lxvi, 8, 11, 12, 30.

Idrees, 47.

Ilyás, 128.

Imám, 74, 163.

´Imrán, 149.

Infanticide, xxxii, 23.

Inspiration, lxxiv.

Isaac, 47, 70-73.

Ishmael, xxxii, 47, 72-73.

Iskender, 63.

Islám, lxxvii-xcix, 76.

Jacob, 47, 70, 71, 77-92.

Jann, El-, or Iblees, 49.

Jerusalem, Temple of, 145.

Jesus of Nazareth, see Christ.

Jethro, 47, 95, ff.

Jewish corruption of Scripture, 48.

Jews, liv, lxii-lxv, 38, 40, 41, 42, 48.

Jinn, liii, 7, 9, 33, 136-138, 144, 145.

Jinnee, Moḥammad possessed by a, 17.

Ji´ráneh, El-, scene at, lix.

Job, 93, 94.

Jonah, 146, 147.

Joodee, mountain of El-, 58.

Joseph, 77-92.

Joseph and Zeleekha, 83.

Joshua, 47, 123, 124, 127-129.

Judah, 77-79.

Judaism in Arabia, xxxiv.

Kaạbeh, xxxii, lxxxiv, 74-75.

Ḳaṣwá, El-, lxvi.

Khadeejeh, xxxix, lii, liii, lxxi, lxxii.

Khaṭeeb-el-Ambiya, 95.

Khazraj, Benee-, liv.

Khiḍr, El-, 47, 128-130.

Khusru, the, lxvii.

Ḳiṭfeer, 79.

Korah, 124, 125.

Kudar ibn Sálif, 62.

Ḳureysh, xxxvii f, xlv-lviii, lxv-lxvii.

Ḳur-án, 4, 13-20, 47; state in which it was left by Moḥammad, ci; first revision, ci; second revision, ci; chaotic order, cii; scientific arrangement of Nöldeke, ciii; characteristics of different groups, civ; statistics, cvi.

Lahab, Aboo-, li, lii.

Lapwing and Solomon, 139.

Lát, El-, xxxiii.

Lazarus, 155.

Lion of God, l.

Lot, 47, 69, 70.

Lyall, Mr. C. J., xv.

Marriages of Moḥammad, xxxix, lxx ff.

Martyrs for the faith, 30.

Mary the Virgin, 149, ff.

Mary, divinity of, 162, 165.

Medina, lvii, lix ff., lxv, and see Yethrib.

Mekka, xxx ff., lxvii.

Menáh, xxxiii.

Messenger or apostle, 14.

Messiah, see Christ.

Metempsychosis, xxxiii.

Midian, 95, 96, 101.

Migrations of Muslims, xlvii, lvii.

Mi´ráj, lv.

Misr, 88.

Miracles or signs, 16, 17, 18, 52.

Miriam (Maryam), 99, 105.

Moḥammad, 13-20, 47; his family, xxxvii; childhood, xxxvii; youth, xxxviii. shepherding, xxxviii; camel-driving, xxxix; personal appearance, xl; habits, xli, xlii; solitary wanderings, xlii; the call, xliii; public appearance, xliv; first conversions, xlv; address on Mount Eṣ-Ṣafá, xlvi; preaching, xlvi; hostility of the aristocracy, xlvii; torturing of slaves, xlvii. emigration to Abyssinia, xlvii; speech to the Negus, xlviii; persecution by Ḳureysh, xlviii; compromise, xlviii; interview with Aboo-Ṭálib, xlix; conversion of ´Omar and Ḥamzeh, l; the ban of the Háshimees, li; its end, lii; death of Aboo-Ṭálib and Khadeejeh, lii; visit to Eṭ-Ṭáïf, liii; pilgrims from Yethrib, liv; state of parties at Yethrib, liv; first pledge of the ´Aḳabeh, lv; Yethrib and Mekka, lv; the night journey, lv; second pledge of the ´Aḳabeh, lvi; emigration of Muslims to Yethrib, lvii; Moḥammad’s flight or Hijreh, lvii, lviii; retrospect, lviii; parties at Medina, lix; the Refugees, Helpers, Hypocrites, lix, lx; the Jews, lxi; are conciliated, lxii; but become hostile, lxii; their punishment, lxiii-lxv; war with the Ḳureysh, lxv; Bedr, Oḥud, siege of Medina, truce, lxv; the Muslims perform the Lesser Pilgrimage, lxvi; conquest of Mekka, lxvii; complete amnesty, lxvii; submission of Arabia, lxvii. farewell pilgrimage and oration, lxviii; death, lxix; character, lxix; charges of cruelty, sensuality, insincerity, discussed, lxx-lxxvi.

Moḥammad, the illiterate or Gentile apostle, 122.

Moon-goddesses, xxxiii, xlvii.

Moses, 92, 97-131.

Mosques or temples, 36.

Mountain-worship, xxxiii.

Muëddin, the first, xlv, xlvii.

Muḥájiroon, lx, lxv.

Munáfiḳoon, lix.

Muṣ´ab, lv.

Muṣ´ab ibn Er-Reiyán, 97.

Muslim, meaning of, 75.

Muslim, the true, 43.

Negro slaves, xlv, xlvii.

Negus or Nejáshee, xli, xlvii, xlviii.

Nejd, xii.

Nejrán, xxxiv, 164.

Night journey, lv.

Nimrod, 66, 69, 70.

Nineveh, 147.

Noah, 47, 55-59.

Nöldeke, ciii.

Nun, 47.

Oḥud, battle of, lxv, 32.

´Okaḍh, fair of, xxiv-xxvi, xxxviii.

´Omar, l.

´Oneyzeh, 62.

Oration, farewell, lxviii.

Oratory among the Arabs, xxiv.

´Othmán, xlv.

Oven of El-Koofeh, 37.

´Ozeyr or Ezra, 148.

Palmer, Prof. E. H., xxiv.

Parables, 38-40.

Paraclete, 15.

Paradise, 21-31.

Partners with God, 9, 11, 33.

Parties at Medina, lix.

Penates, xxxiii.

Pentateuch, 47, 48.

People of the Scripture, 38.

Perceval, M. Caussin de, xxii.

Person of Moḥammad, xl.

Pharaoh of Joseph, 81, 83.

Pharaoh of Moses, 97, ff.

Pilgrimage, lxxxiv. lesser, lxvi. last, lxviii.

Pilgrims, xxxvii, liv.

Pledges of the ´Aḳabeh, lv, lvi.

Poetry, Arab, xxii-xxiv.

Polygamy, lxxxix-xcii.

Potiphar, 79.

Potiphar’s wife, 79, 83.

Prayer, lxxxiii. opening, cvi, 3

Preaching of Moḥammad, xlvi.

Preceders, the, 25.

Predestination, 32.

Premonition, 4.

Preserved book, the, 17.

Pride of ancestry, xviii.

Priests, xxxiii.

Prophets, 47, 48.

Protection, xviii.

Psalms, 47, 48.

Queen of Sheba, 139, ff.

Refugees, the, lix, lx.

Reiyán, Er-, 81, 97.

Rek´ah, 74.

Religion of early Arabs, xxxii.

Religion, true and false, 34-37.

Resurrection, 21-31.

Reuel, see Sho´eyb.

Revelations, series of, 14, 47-48.

Revelations, Moḥammad’s, c, 13.

Sabians, 38, 48.

Sabbath-breaking, 116.

Ṣadaḳah, 62.

Eṣ-Ṣafá, xlvi, lxvi.

Ṣafoora, 102.

Sáliḥ, 47, 61, 62.

Sámiree Es-, 118, ff.

Samuel, 133.

Sarah, 71.

Saul, 132.

Seers, xxxiii.

Sensuality of Moḥammad, lxx ff.

Seth, 47.

Sheba, Queen of, 139, ff.

Shi-b or quarter, li.

Shepherding, xxxviii.

Sho´eyb, or Jethro, or Reuel, 47, 95, ff.

Ṣiḍḍeek, Es-, xlv.

Siege of Medina, lxv.

Sierra Leone, xcviii.

Signs, see Miracles.

Sincerity of Moḥammad, lxxii ff.

Slaves, xlv, xlvii, lxviii.

Smith, Mr. R. Bosworth, xliii, lxxxvii.

Sodom, 70, ff.

Solomon, 136-145.

Sons of God, 9, 11, 33, 154, 162-165.

Soorah, the first, xliii.

Soorah, the second, xliv.

Soorahs, “forged,” lxxii.

Table from heaven, the, 157-159.

Tablet, the preserved, 17.

Ṭaïf, Eṭ-, liii, 74, 138.

Talḥah, xlv.

Ṭálib, see Aboo-Ṭálib.

Terah, 66.

Temples, xxxiii, 36, 145.

Thamood, 61, 62.

Throne-verse, 5.

Thór, Mount, lvii.

Torturing slaves, xlvii.

Town-life in Arabia, xxx.

Treating with Jews, lxii.

Tree-worship, xxxiii.

Truce with Ḳureysh, lxv.

Ubayy, Ibn-, lx.

Umm-Ghánim, 62.

Umeyyeh, branch of, xxxviii.

Unity, profession of the, 5.

Uzzá, El-, xxxiii.

Waraḳah, xxxv.

Wars of Moḥammad, xxxviii, lxv.

Weleed, El-, 81, 97.

Wives of Moḥammad, lxx ff.

Wives, command as to, lxviii.

Women of Arabia, xxvii ff.

Women in Paradise, 30.

Yethrib, xxxvii, liv, lv, lvi, and see Medina.

Zeleekha, 79, 83.

Zemzem, xxxii, 73.

Zeyd, xxxix.

Zeyd ibn ´Amr, xxxv.

Zeyd ibn Thábit, ci.

Zeyneb, lxxii.

Zipporah, 102.

Erratum.— P. 36, line 1, for should read shall. P. 122, line 21, after illiterate add [or Gentile, i.e., Arab].

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