Volume 6 — INDEX.

“A King and no army,” 10.

’Abbús Al-, an intensive word meaning “Very stern faced,” 232.

Abd al-Malik bin Marwán (not to be confounded with the Caliph, the tenth of the series), 179.

Abdullah Chelebi, called in old translation “Scheffander-Hassan,” 177.

Abíkám = “Abicam,” a Chaldæan Astrologer (Chavis) and Abimacam (Gauttier), 26.

Abraham, the “Friend of Allah,” 104.

Abú Sahíh = (flight to) a sure and safe place, 149.

Abu Sumayk = “Father of the Fishlet” (in old ver. “Yapousmek”), 16.

Abú Sumayk the Pauper, i.e., “The Father of the little Fish,” 15.

Addíki = I will give thee (in the language of Fellahs), 189.

“Ahádís” esp. referred to the sayings of Mahommed, 41.

Ahádís al-Kudus = sentences attributed to Archangel Gabriel, 41.

Ahádís al-Nabawí = the actual words pron. by Mahommed, 41.

“Ahy Tys” for which read “Tuhà Tays” a general feast (Houdas), 187.

Ajdár = Malady, 162.

Ajíjíyah, possibly Ajínniyah = a dish of dough, 160.

Akbá’ pl. of “Kub’” = in pop. language, any part of garment covering head (St.), 48.

“Akbá’ wa Zarábíl” tr. “Caps and slippers,” 48

Akhyash Abná Sháh (Second name may be “Shah of the Ebna” or Persian incolæ of Al-Yaman), 12.

“Akkál bula’hu” = commit all manner of abominations, 70.

Akyál, pl. of “Kayl” = Kings of the Himyarite peoples, 232.

’Álamína (’Awálim) = the (three) worlds, 249.

“Al-’iddah” in case of divorcée, widow, pregnant woman, 178.

“’Alái al-Din” = Aláeddin, 50.

’Alakah khárijah = an extraordinary drubbing, 84.

“Al bin Imrán” probably the name of some Prince of the Jinns, 126.

“Alfi Hájatan” meaning “What dost thou want (in the way of amusement)? I am at thy disposal,” 178.

Ali, son-in-law of the Prophet (supposed author of Al-Jafr), 168.

“Alif, bá, tá, sá” (A.B.C.D.). The latter written with a Sin instead of a Thá, showing vulg. use which extend from Alex. to Meccah, 37.

Alkermes, i.e., “Al-Kirm” (Arab. and Pers.) = a worm, cochineal, 5.

Allah’s path (a Martyr on) = a Martyr of love, 131.

Almond-Tree “Be not like unto the,” (a lieu commun in the East), 7.

Almond-Tree = the Heb. “Sháked” and the fruit is “Loz” (Arab. Lauz) = Amygdalus communis, 7.

Alms-gift = whatso exceedeth Viaticum (“Jáizah”), or the three-days’ guest hospitality, 26.

Alwán, pl. of Laun, meats of all kinds and colours, 122.

Amírala (wife of Emir-Ben-Hilac-Salamis) meaning, if anything, “Colonel” or Captain, R.N., 225.

264Ammál (Arab.), vulg. written with initial Hamzah = “Verily”, “I believe you my boy” (tr. “Assuredly”), 11.

’Ammál (Arab.) With the Ayn may mean “he intended,” or “he was about to,” 11.

“—And the Peace!” = “There is an end of the matter,” 105.

Ant, Koranic legend of the, 99.

Antum fí Kháshin wa básh (an error for Khásh-másh) = a miserable condition, 137.

Anushirwán (in full Anúshínrawán) = sweet of soul, P.N. of Pers. King, 44.

’Arafát, fête of; the day of the Sermon, when pilgrims sleep at Muzdalifah, 41.

’Arakiyah = Skull-cap, 48.

’Aramramí = flocking and crowding, 195.

Arz (Arab.), from the Heb. “Arz” or “Razah” (✓ raz = to vibrate) = Cedar (of Lebanon), 5.

’As’as = to complicate a matter, 174.

“’Asá Fír,” i.e., “Fír is rebellious,” 102.

Asáfír, pl. of “’Usfúr” = a bird, a sparrow, 102.

Ashur, four sons of (according to Arabs), 3.

Ashghaftíní (see Shaghaftíní), 15.

Aská hu ’alakah = gave him a sound drubbing (’alakah), 58.

Asshúr = Assyria, 3.

Assyrian correspondence, the simplicity of, 12.

Asúr, in the text, “Atúr,” the scriptural

“Asshur” = Assyria, 3.

’Atrús, King (? Heron’s “Illabousatrous”), 234.

Attaf (named by Heron Chebib, also “Xakem Tai-Chebib” = Hátim Tayy Habib), 169.

Attáf, Tale of (Cotheal MS.), 196.

Attáf, Tale of, title compared with Gauttier and Heron, 167.

“Atúr,” scriptural “Asshur” = Assyria, 3.

“’Ayyik” or “Ayyuk” = a hinderer (of disease), 174.

’Ayyúk = Capella, a bright star, 174.

Azm = Koranic versets, which avert evil, 19.

Azzamín = Charmers, i.e., men who recite the Azm, 19.

Bábúk, or “Bábúnak” (Pers.) = the white Camomile flower, 27.

Bahlúl Al- = the “Bahalul” of D’Herbelot, 155.

Bahr al-Azrak = the Blue Sea (Mediterranean), 256.

Bak’ah (=“a hollow where water collects”) and “Buk’ah” (=“a patch of ground”) compared, 12.

Bakar = black cattle, whether bull, cow, or ox, 136.

Banú Hilál, a famous tribe, 225.

Bardawán, the well-known city in Hindostan whose iron was famous, 71.

“Bashákhín,” pl. of “Bashkhánah” = hangings, arras, 44.

Basíl, son of “Ashur,” 3.

Baybúnah (prop. “Bábúnaj” in Arab., and “Bábúk” in Pers.) = the white Camomile flower, 27.

Bel the idol (or Ba’al or Belus, the Phœnician and Canaanite head-god), 26.

Bell as a fringe to the Ephod of High Priest, 100.

Bghb (evidently for “Baght,” or preferably “Baghtatan”), 78.

“Bi Asri-hi” (Arab.) lit. “rope and all;” metaphorically used = altogether, entirely (tr. “the World universal”), 108.

“Bí, Bí, Bí” (compare the French “Brr”), 77.

Birkat Far’aun = Pharaoh’s Pool, 98.

Bisáta-hum = their carpets (tr. “warehouses”), 124.

Buk’ah (=“a piece of low ground”) and Bak’ah (=“a hollow where water collects”) compared, 12.

Bundukáni (Al-) = the cross-bow man, 53.

Buyúrdi, Al- (cler. error for “Buyúruldi”) = the written order of a Governor, 180.

Bye Names, 84.

“Camaralzaman” (olden versions) = “Complete Time,” for “Moon of the Age,” 233.

265Camels made drunk with Bhang, or Indian hemp, to make extended marches, 244.

Camomile flower (white), 27.

Cat, a sacred animal amongst the Egyptians, 31.

Cedar of Lebanon, 5.

Census of the Exodus (Exposition by Mr. Thayer), 113.

“Changul” (with three dotted Chím) = red gold, 251.

Chavis quoted, 12, ib. 15, 16, 53, 54, 56, 59, 63, 68, 72.

Chenery quoted, 7, 54, 73, 84, 89, 94, 97, 124, 159, 183, 225, 241.

“Chifte,” from Pers. “Juft” = a pair, any two things coupled together (St.), 67.

Cock and the Fox (Fable of whose moral is that the biter is often bit), 145.

Cohen = a priest either of the true God or of false gods, 109.

Conjuration, a specimen of Islamised Mantra (in Sanskrit “Stambhaná”) intended to procure illicit intercourse, 126.

Conundrum or riddle, 97.

Cotheal MS. quoted, 167, 168, 169, 173, 174, 175, 176, 177, 179, 181, 184, 186, 192.

Court of Baghdad was, like the Urdú (Horde or Court) of “Grand Mogul,” organised after the ordinance of an army in the field, 81.

“Cousin” more polite than “wife,” 188.

Crucifixion, 261.

Crystalline Isles, 234.

Dabbús bazdaghání (trans. as if from Pers. “Bazdagh” = a file) tr. a “file-wrought mace,” 71.

Dabdihkán, a physician (Cotheal MS.), 174.

Dabshalímat = the Dabshalíms, the dynastic title of the Kings of Somanáth in Western India, 23.

Dahn (Arab.) = oil, ointment (tr. “sweetest unguent”), 10.

Dajlah River (Tigris), 122.

Damascus City (der. from Dimishk) called Shám (Cotheal MS.), 167.

Dán (with dual Dánayn) and “Wudn” (with plural “Audán”) are pop. forms for literary “Uzn” (St.), 245.

Dán Al- (cler. error for Al-Uzn = ear), 245.

Darb al-Záji = the street of the copperas-maker, 60.

“Darbisí al-báb” (from the Pers. “Darbastan” = to tie up, to shut), tr. “Do thou bar,” 69.

Dastúr! = by your leave (Pers.), 58.

Dáúd = David, 229.

Death and Life are states, not things, 103.

De Sacy quoted, 65, 160.

Drachms, Ten = 475 to 478 Eng. grains avoir., 163.

Drinking customs, 47.

Drinking wine before the meal, still a custom in Syria and Egypt, 192.

Dukhn (Arab.) = Holcus dochna, a well-known grain (tr. “millet”), 130.

Durà for “Zurà” or for “Zurrah,” pop. pron. “Durrah” = the Holcus sativus, 146.

Durrat al Ghawwas = Pearl of the diver, 225.

Eastern despots never blame their own culpable folly in misfortune, 22.

Eglantine (or Narcissus), The lowland of, 12.

Elias, Elijah, or Khizr, a marvellous legendary figure, 100.

Emir-Ben-Hilac-Salamis (Heron), 225.

Emir Yúnas (old trans. = Hamir Youmis), 70.

“Enlarge the Turband” = to assume rank of an ’Álim or learned man, 42.

Entertainment of Guest, three days, 26.

Escarlate, a woollen cloth dyed red (probably French of the xii. century), 5.

Exodus of the Hebrews, Census of the (Exposition by Mr. Thayer), 113.

Exodus, Story of the, 98.

Falsafah (Arab.) = philosophy, 29.

“Fa min tumma,” for “thumma” (“Anon.”), 91.

266Fa-sáha (for “Maksah”) = and cried out, 158.

Fatimé (Ja’afar’s wife, according to Heron), 169.

“Fa-yatrahúna” masc. for fem. (tr. “miscarry”), 31.

Fir’aun (Arab.), the dynastic name of Egyptian Kings = Pharaoh (Holy Writ), 12.

“First Footsteps” quoted, 65.

Flogging as punishment, 9.

Furát River (Euphrates), 122.

Gauttier quoted, 3, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, ib. 15, ib. 33, 34, 41, 59, 68, 89, 167, 225, ib. 226, 234.

Gharím = debtor or creditor, 77.

Ghashamsham Al- = the Stubborn, the Obstinate, 256.

“Ghaush” for “Ghaushah” = noise, row, 69.

Ghayth al-hátil = incessant rain of small drops, 241.

Ghilmán (in text “Wuldán”), the boys of Paradise, 128.

Ghiyár (Arab.) = any piece of dress or uniform which distinguishes a class, 52

Ghiyár in Pers. = a strip of yellow cloth worn by Jews subject to the Shah, 52.

Golden Calf of Al-Sámiri, 160.

Guest-rite = three days, 26.

“Há Káhi Ptáh” (O. Egypt.) = “the Land of the great God, Ptah,” 12.

Habbah (Arab.) = a grain (of barley), an obolus, a mite, 53.

Habíb = the Beloved, 226.

Habib, Note on History of, 262.

“Habib, Prince, and Dorathil-goase” (Eng. trans.), 225.

Hammam, necessary to enter after Car. Cop., 171.

Hanút means either “Vintner” or “Vintner’s shop,” 124.

Harísah = meat pudding, 159.

Hasá Al = the Plain of Pebbles, 169.

Hasan, the Handsome (in the old trans. “The Hazen”) (Kházin = treasurer?), 68.

“Háshimí,” i.e., a descendant of Al-Háshim, great grandfather of the Prophet, 191.

Hásil (Al-) (Arab.) = government stores, also the taxes, the revenue, 60.

Hátim of the Tayy-tribe, proverbial for liberality, 167.

Haudaj = camel-litter, 181.

“Hawánít” pl. of “Hanút” = the shop or vault of a Vintner (tr. “taverns”), 124.

Hawar, many meanings of, 73.

Hayy = either serpent, or living, alive (tr. “living branch”), 99.

“He mounted his father and clothed himself with his mother” = he sold his father for a horse and his mother for a fine dress, 105.

“He readeth it off (readily) as one drinketh water,” 5.

He sat upon ashes (may be figurative or literal), 19.

Head placed at a distance from the body (by way of insult), 15.

Headsman paces round convict three times preparatory to execution; a custom at the Courts of Caliphs generally, 52.

“Health to you and healing,” usual formulæ when a respectable person is seen drinking, 47.

Hebrews and their Exodus (Exposition by Mr. Thayer), 113.

Helios (Apollo), Worship of, not extinct in mod. Greece, 100.

Heron quoted, 41, ib. 50, 52, 68, 72, 167, 168, 169, 170, 173, 178, 225, 234, 242, 245, 247.

“Hicar was a native of the country of Haram (Harrán), and had brought from thence the knowledge of the true God,” 4.

Himyarite (in text “Akyál,” pl. of “Kayl” = “Kings of the Himyarite peoples”) here = the heroes, 232.

Hisában tawíl = a long punishment, 157.

“History of Chec Chahabeddin” (Shaykh Shiháb al-Dín) in “Turkish Tales” of Petis de la Croix = here, “The Tale of the Warlock and the Young Cook of Baghdad,” 121.

“Hizà (حظى in MS. حضى) bi-Zaijati-há” = le bonheur de ses aventures, 260.

267Hms = Vetchling, 74.

Hobal, the biggest idol in the Meccan Pantheon, 26.

Horseman of the horsemen, i.e., not a well-known or distinguished horseman, but a chance rider, 92.

Houdas quoted, 7, 36, 48, 57, 62, 66, 67, 72, 84, ib. 104, ib. 125, 126, 147, 178, ib. 187, 188, 189, 191, 243, 247, 251, 257.

Houri, 73.

“How was it thou honouredst us, and what was the cause of thy coming, etc.” the address of well-bred man to a stranger, 170.

Húr (Al-Ayn) feminine counterparts of the “Boys of Paradise” (Ghilmán), 128.

Húr al-Ayn = our vulgar “Houri,” 73.

“I bade her be the owner of herself,” one of the formulas of divorce, 178.

“I have accepted,” the normal idiom “I accept,” 81.

“Ij’alní fí Kll,” (the latter word a cler. error for “Kal-a” or “Kiláa” = safety, protection) = Set me in a place of safety, 84.

Illicit intercourse, (method intended to procure), 126.

Inbasata ’l-Layl al-Asá = “when the night of offence was dispread,” 243.

Irán (father of the Furs = Persians, etc.) son of “Ashur,” 3.

Isá, according to Moslems, was not begotten in the normal way, 100.

Is’hák = Isaac (Abraham and Isaac), 104.

Is’háku kána ’l-Zabíh = Isaac was the victim, 104.

Ishmael not Isaac made the hero by mod. Moslems of the story “Abraham, and Isaac,” 104.

Islam Al- is based upon the fundamental idea of a Republic, 194.

Israel, history of the name, 100.

Israelite, now polite synonym for Jew, 100.

Ittikà (viiith of ✓ wakà); the form Takwà gen. used = fearing God, 96.

Jabal Ka’ka’án, the highest parts of Meccah, inhabited by the Jurham tribe (so called from their clashing armour and arms), 131.

Jafr, supposed to mean a skin (camel’s or dog’s) prepared as parchment for writing, 168.

Jafr Al-, a cabalistic book, prognosticating all that will ever happen to Moslems, 168.

Jafr-Al-, confused with “Ja’afar bin Tayyár” the Jinni, 168.

Jaftáwát (Arab.) pl. of Turk. “Chifút” = a Jew, or mean fellow, 67.

Jáizah (viaticum) = a day and night, 26.

Jalak, the older name of Damascus, the “Smile of the Prophet,” 167.

“Jamarát of the Arabs” = Banú Numayr, Banú Háris, and Banú Dabbah, 7.

Jámí al-Amawí (Arab.) Cathedral Mosque of the Ommiades, one of the Wonders of the Moslem World, 172.

“Jamrah” (Arab.) a word of doubtful origin, applied to a self dependent tribe (tr. “live coal”), 7.

Janánan may also read “Jinánan” (St.), 138.

Janánan (? vulg. form of “Jannatan” = the garden (of Paradise)) tr. “the garths of Paradise,” 138.

Jarazat Kuzbán (pl. of Kazíb) = long and slender sticks, 76.

Jarír bin ’Abd al-Masíh (Mutalammis, a poet of The Ignorance), 94.

Jarmúk, son of “Ashur,” 3.

Jawádit Al- = animals freshly slain, 257.

Jawákín (Arab.) pl. of Arab. Jaukán for Pers. “Chaugán,” a crooked stick (used in Polo), 125.

“Jayb” = the breast of a gown, also used in sense of a pocket, 42.

Jayyid, der. from root “Jaud” = to excel. (St.), 5.

Jehovah, the tribal deity of the Jews, 4.

Jerusalem, Temple of, a fac simile of the orig. built by Jehovah in the lowest heaven, i.e., that of the moon, 105.

Jím (j) with 3 dots, a Persian letter still preserved in Arabic alphabets of Marocco, etc., 182.

Jinn “Curiosity,” 62.

Jinn (Arab.) = spirit or energy of a man, 183.

Jund (Arab. pl. “Junúd”) = “guards,” a term mostly applied to regular troops under Government, 16.

268Juráb al-’uddah (Arab.) i.e., The manacles, fetters, etc., 78.

“Júrah Syán” for “Jurah Sayyál” = a stinking fosse a-flowing, 35.

Ká’ah = a saloon, 61.

Kabad = liver, sky vault, the handle or grip of a bow (tr. here “belly” of the bow), 257.

Kábil-ki (? cler. error for Kátil-ki = Allah strike thee dead) tr. “Allah requite thee,” 55.

Kabá (Pers.) = a short coat or tunic, 48.

Kabírah = head of the household (i.e. the mother), 83.

Kabr al-Sitt, wherein Sitt Zaynab is supposed to lie buried (tr. “Lady’s Tomb”), 171.

Káfi’ah Al- = parapet, 72.

Kahana (Heb.) = he ministered (priests’ offices or other business), 109.

Kahbah = our whore (i.e. hired woman), 46.

Káhin = a Cohen, a Jewish Priest, a soothsayer, 109.

Kahramánah, a word of many senses, 89.

Ka’ka’ = “jingle and jangle” (of horses’ tramp), 131.

Kála ’l-Ráwí = quoth the reciter, 227.

Kál (al-Ráwí) = “the Reciter saith” (a formula omitted here), 15.

Kamar al-Ashráf = Moon of the Nobles, 226.

Kamar al-Zamán (“Moon of the Time”), 233.

“Kamá zukira fí Dayli-h” = “Let it be, as is said, in the tail,” 126.

Kamburisíyah = clotted curd, 159.

Kamal (Arab.) = Louse, 99.

Kapú Katkhúdási = the agent which every Governor is obliged to keep at Constantinople, 180.

Kapú = a door, a house, or a Government office, 179.

Kapújí = a porter. Kapújí-báshí = head porter, 179.

Karz (Arab.) = moneys lent in interest without fixed term of payment, as opp. to “Dayn,” 29.

Káshán (Well of), proverbial for its depth, 127.

Kasím (an unusual word), tr. “tax tribute,” 18.

(Kataba) Zayjata-há = marriage-writ, 259.

Katá grouse, 65.

Katáif (pl.) = Katífah-cakes, a kind of pancake, 45.

Kátal-ki = Allah strike thee dead, 55.

Katalú-ní = killed me, 185.

Kaunayn (Arab.) = the two entities, this world and other world (tr. here “Two Beings”), 249.

Kaus al-Bunduk (or Bundúk) (Arab.) = a pellet-bow, (Ital. arcobugio, Eng. arquebuse), 53.

Kawání al- (pl. of Kanát) = the spears (tr. there “punishment”), also read “al-Ghawání” (St.), 147.

Kayf = joy, the pleasure of living, 174.

Kazafa (Arab.) = threw up, vomited, 135.

Kazi bade ancient dame precede him (on reaching door), lest he happen to meet an unveiled woman upon the upper stairs, 58.

Keyhole (Eastern) cannot be spied through, the holes being in the bolt, 54.

Khabata = “He (the camel) pawed the ground” (tr. “beateth the bough”), 28.

Khatíb = a preacher (not Kátíb = a writer), 240.

Khatt Hajar, a province, 230.

“Khayr” (Arab.) = “’Tis well,” a word of good omen, 58.

Khila’t dakk al-Matrakah, tr. “whereon plates of gold were hammered” (an especial kind of brocade), 81.

Kikán (pl. of Kík) tr. “raven,” 147.

Kinnab = hemp, 62.

Kintár = a quintal, 98 to 99 lbs. avoir, (in round numbers, a cwt.), 29.

Kirm Al- (Arab. and Pers.) = a worm, 5.

Kirsh (Arab.) = piastre, 175.

Kishk = ground wheat, etc., eaten with sheep’s milk soured, etc., 160.

Kís = usually the Giberne or pellet-bag (here the “bow cover”), 53.

Kit’ah humrah = a small quantity of red brickdust to which wonderful medicinal powers are ascribed (St.), 125.

Koran quoted, 100, 104, 156, 157.

“Kubbat al-’Asáfír” = the Dome of the Birds, 181.

269“Kullu Shayyin lí mu’as’as” = all is excitement, 174.

“Kúl,” vulg. for “Kul” = “tell me”; a constant form in this MS., 5.

Kunná nu’tíhu li-ahad = we should have given him to someone (Dr. Steingass also explains), 73.

Kunyah (Arab.), the pop. mispronunciation of “Kinyah” = “bye name” (gen. taken from favourite son), 83.

Lane quoted, 46, 53, 74, 178.

“Letters of Mutalammis” (“Uriah’s letters”) are a lieu commun in the East, 94.

Libás (Arab.) = clothes in general (tr. “habit”), 103.

“Live thy head, O King, for ever and aye!” (a formula announcing death of supposed enemy), 17.

Liyah (? Liyyah) = Lign-aloes, 125.

Lodging in the Khan, 95.

Love-fit distinguished by the pulse or similar obscure symptoms, 174.

“Love thy friends and hate thy foes,” the religion of nature, 34.

Low-caste and uneducated men rise suddenly to a high degree, 194.

“Loz” (Heb. and “Lauz” Arab.) = fruit of the Almond-tree = Amygdalus communis, 7.

Ma’adabah = wake or funeral feast before death, 16.

“Made small their sleeves and breasts” = habited themselves in the garments of little people, 42.

Mahmá = as often as = Kullu-má, 54.

Mail-coat Davidian (Heron, “A massy cuirass of Haoudi”), 242.

Manetho’s account of Moses, 112.

Man metamorphosed into a woman, 136.

Man with El, or God = Israel, 100.

Marj = the open grassy space on left bank of Baradah (Damascus) River, 169.

“Mashá’ilíyah jaftáwát wa fánúsín” = “(cresset) bearers of double torches and lanterns” (St.), 67.

Mas’h tr. “robe” (of hair), 157.

Massa-hu’l Fakr = poverty touched him, 105.

Masser, Grand Cairo; having been built by Misraim, Son of Cham, 25.

Matamor (Arab. “Matmúrah”) = Sardábah, a silo for storing grain, etc., 17.

Matáyá Al- = Wight, 162.

Mayzar (Pers.) = a turband; in Arab. “Miizar” = a girdle, a waistcloth, 53.

Mazrab Al- = the care of the place, 251.

Mazlúm (Al-) = the wronged, 59.

Miizar (Arab.) = a girdle, a waistcloth, 53.

“Mík! Mík!” an onomatopy like “Couïc, Couïc,” 158.

Míná = a port, both in old Egypt. and mod. Pers., 258.

“Min al-’Án wa sá’idan” lit. = from this moment upwards, 189.

Mi’ráj = ascent to heaven made by Apostle and return therefrom, etc.—History of, 121.

Mirza Mohammed Husayn Khan, originally a Bakkál (greengrocer) made premier of Fath Ali Shah’s Court, 194.

Miskál is the weight of a dinar = 1½ dirham = 71–72 grains avoir., 244.

Misraim (the dual Misrs), 12.

“Mizr” in Assyrian = “Musur,” in Heb. = “Misraim,” in Arab. “Misr,” corrupted to Masser, 12.

Moses (by name Osarsiph = Osiris-Sapi), history of (by Manetho), 112.

“Mother of Hospitality” is the Sikbáj (Pers. Sikbá) = principal dish set before guests, 159.

“Mother of Strengthening” (meat pudding), 159.

Mother, the head of the household (Kabírah), 83.

“Muábalát min shaani-ká” = (From early dawn) I have wearied myself, 178.

Mukábalah, the third form of “Kabila” = requital, retaliation (St.), 55.

Mukrif = lit. born of a slave father and free mother (tr. “blamed lad,”) 137.

Mulberry-tree in Italy bears leaves till the end of October, and the foliage is as bright as spring verdure, 7.

Murakhkhim = a marble-cutter = simply a stone-mason, 60.

Músà (Moses), 112.

Mutalammis (“Jarír bin ’Abd al-Masíh”) a poet of “The Ignorance,” 94.

270“Mutasa’lik” for “Mutasa’lik = like a Sa’lúk” = lean of limb, 122.

Mu’tazid bi ’llah Al-, Caliph, 124.

Muzawwaj = married, 170.

Nabít, son of “Ashur,” 3.

Nádán (Arab.) = the “unknowing” (as op. to Naudán, the equiv. of Pers. “New of knowledge”), 11.

Nadan (in Assyrian story) = Nathan, King of the people of Pukudu, 3.

Nádán (Pers.) = fool, 3.

Nadan The Fool, 3.

Naddábah = public wailing-woman, 17.

“Nahs” = something more than ill-omened, something nasty, foul, uncanny, 71.

Náhú (from ✓ “Nauh”) = making ceremonious “Keening” for the dead, 17.

Najas = a pear, 160.

Najmat al-Sabáh = constellation of Morn, 173.

Nakáír al- (pl. of Nakír = a dinghy, a dug-out) tr. “canoes,” 258.

Nakdí = the actual dowry as opposed to the contingent dowry, 43.

Nákús, or the Gong = Bell, 100.

Names for clouds, rain, etc., in Arab. well nigh innumerable, 241.

Nátúr Al- = the Keeper, esp. of a vineyard, 57.

Naudán (Arab.) equiv. to the Pers. “New of knowledge” as opp. to “Nádán” the “unknowing,” 11.

Naynawah, i.e., “Fish-town” or “town of Nin” = Ninus the founder, 3.

Naynawah, in mod. days name of a port on east bank of Tigris, 3.

Naynawah or “town of Nin” = Ninus, the founder, 3.

Naysán, the Syro-solar month = April, 27.

Názúk, prob. a corr. of Pers. “Názuk” = adj. = delicate, nice, 67.

Nazúr = one who looks intently, for Názir, a looker, 18.

Negemet-il-Souper (Heron) = Najmat al-Sabáh = constellation of Morn, 173.

Nisrín, an island, prob. fabulous, where amber abounds, 12.

Nizál = dismounting to fight on foot, 231.

Obedience to children common in Eastern folk-lore, 90.

’Omán, name of the capital of Eastern Arabia, 139.

Ommiades, Cathedral Mosque of, one of the wonders of the Moslem world, 172.

Only son has a voice in the disposal of his sister, 83.

O rider of the jar, i.e., a witch, 76.

Original sin, 247.

Osarsiph = Osiris-Sapi (Moses), 112.

“Otbah hath a colic,” 77.

Pá-andáz = cloth to tread upon, 259.

Perceval C. de, quoted, 89.

Pharaoh (of Hebrew Scriptures) has become with the Arabs “Fir’aun,” the dynastic name of Egyptian kings, 12.

Pilgrimage quoted, 9, 83, 99, 104, 105, 131, 174.

Porphyry quarries in Middle Egypt, rediscovery of, 60.

“Prayer of Moses, the man of God,” 103.

Punishment by flogging, 9.

Puzzling questions and clever replies, a favourite exercise in the East, 97.

“Quicker to slay than Amrú bin Kulsum” (Proverb), 94.

Rabí’a, 245.

Ráhíb = monk or lion (tr. “God-fearing”), 155.

“Rahúm” for “Rahím” (Doric form) = compassionate, 18.

“Rauzah” in Algiers was a royal park, 243.

“Rauz al-Sanájirah” = plain of the Sinjars, 243.

Razah = cedar or fir (old controversy), 5.

Reading placed in more honourable place than writing (“Writing and reading,” as opposed to “Reading and writing”), 5.

Red Sea (Holy Writ does not say that Pharaoh was drowned in), 99.

Retribution confined to this life, and belief that Fate is fruit of man’s actions (Mosaic theory), 140.

271Riddle or conundrum, 97.

Riding men as asses, a facetious exaggeration of an African practice, 240.

Roc or vulture, 23.

Rod of Moses became a common symbol of dignity, etc., 157.

Rods of Moses and Aaron, 98, 99.

Roum, city of (Rúmí), 89.

“Rudaynían,” from “Rudaynah,” either a woman or a place, 230.

Rukhám = marble or alabaster, here used for building material, 60.

Rúmí (“Roum”), in Marocco and other parts of Moslem world is still syn. with our “European,” 89.

“Rushdu ’llah” or “Al-Hudà,” spiritual direction or divine grace received from Allah, 104.

“Sa’alab” or “Tha’lab” = Fox, 146.

“Sádát wa Ashráf” = Sayyids and Sharífs, 233.

(“Sahha) ’alakah (=a something) fí hazá ’l-Amri” = albeit I will take no part, 245.

“Sáhib al-jayyid” (Al-) (Arab.) = excellent companion, 5.

Sajálmah-bird, unknown to dictionaries, prob. species of hawk, 35.

“Sakalat” (Pers.) or “Saklatún,” whence Mr. Skeat would derive “scarlet,” 5.

Sakká (Arab.) = a water carrier, 46.

“Sakká Sharbah,” who supplies water to passengers in streets, 46.

“Salám” here = Heaven’s blessing, 97.

Salát, sundry technical meanings, 103.

Salát = the formal ceremonious prayer, 103.

“Salb” = impalement, everywhere else meaning crucifixion, 260–1.

Samaritans, 160–1.

Samd = carpets and pots and pans (tr. Vaiselle), 64.

Samhari, 229.

Sámiri Al-, Golden Calf of, 160.

Sámiri, translated by Christian commentators as “Samaritan,” 160.

“Samman” (for “Sammán”) = quails, 66.

“Samman” or “Summan” (classically “Salwá”) = quails, 147.

Samson’s Enigma (Judges xiv. 12), 106.

Sandarúsah (Arab.) = red juniper gum (from Pers. “Sandar” = amber) tr. “Sandarach,” 141.

Sankharíb the Sovran, 3.

Sarhádún = “Sarkhadom” (Gauttier). The great usurper Sargon, 6.

Sayyád, lit. = a fisherman, 161.

Scarlet (red, violet, white, green), 5.

Seven handwritings, 226.

Shaghaftíní (also “Ashghaftíní”) from Shaghaf = violent love, joy, grief = “Thou hast enamoured me,” 15.

Shaghaf = violent love, joy, grief, 15.

Shah-Goase (Shah Ghawwás = King Diver), 233.

Shakbán = the end of cloth, gown, cloak, etc. (Houdas), 189.

Sháked (Heb.) = Almond-tree, 7.

Shamámah (or “Chamama,” accord. to Gauttier and Heron), 68.

Shám = Syria (and its capital) called Damascus (Cotheal MS.), 167.

Shámat = cheek mole (beauty spot), applied to Damascus (Shám), 167.

“Shobási,” for “Sobáshí,” 191.

Sibák (Arab.) usually = a leash (for falconry) tr. “silken cord,” 46.

Sikálah (Sing.) = scaffolding, 61.

Sikbáj, a marinated stew like Zirbájah, 160.

Sikbáj (Pers. Sikbá) called “Mother of Hospitality,” being principal dish set before guests, 159.

Símiyá = fascination (a form of magic), 132.

Sin akhi-irib = Sini (Lunus, or the moon-god) increaseth brethren (Etymology of “Sankharíb”), 3.

Sinaubar (tr. “pine”) may also mean pistachio-tree, 163.

“Snsál” for “Salsál” = lit. chain (tr. “borders”), 235.

“Spare not blows to thy child,” a barbarous sentiment of Biblical inspiration, 9.

“Spare the rod and spoil the child,” 9.

Steingass Notes, 5, 57, 67, 73, 122, 125, 138, 147, 245.

Striking the nape = “boxing ears” (Moslem equiv.), 35.

272Sultan, amongst Arabs may denote any dignity from a Shaykh to a Sultan, 226.

Summák = a plant with acid flavour, dried, pounded, and peppered with meat, 160.

Sun fare backwards = “to eclipse the sun,” 107.

Suwaydá al-Kalb (the black one of the heart) = original sin (synonymous with “Habbat al-Kalb” = the grain in the heart), both metaphorically used for “original sin.” (St.), 247.

“Suwayd” and “Suwaydá,” diminutives of “Aswad” = black. (St.), 247.

Suwaydá, lit. “a small and blackish woman,” 247.

Ta’arkalak, (Arab.) = waylay thee, 7.

Tábah = gag, 184.

Tabariyyah = Gennesaret (Chinnereth, Cinneroth) where, according to some Moslems, the Solomon was buried, 101.

Tabshálím, (a word which appears to be a corruption bearing a resemblance to “Dabshalim,” meaning “a mighty king”), 23.

Tá-Há, whose first 14–16 verses are said to have converted the hard-headed Omar, 157.

Tajní = lit. thou pluckest (the fruit of good deeds), 104.

Takhtrawán = mule-litter, 181.

Takwà (form gen. used for “Ittikà”) = fearing God, 96.

Tá-mera (Coptic) = the Land of the Nile Flood, 12.

“Tarajjum,” taking refuge from Satan the Stoned (Rajím), 190.

Tarjumán = a dragoman, 89.

Tarjumanah (fem. of “Tarjumán” = a dragoman) = lit. an “interpreter” woman, 89.

Tatadakhkhal ’alay-h = “sue his protection,” 134.

Tays = myriads of, 187.

Thaníyyat al-’Ukáb = the Vulture’s Pass, 181.

“The green stick is of the trees of Paradise,” 9.

“The reed-pen wrote what ’twas bidden write” = “Destiny so willed it,” 51.

“There is no harm to thee, and boon of health befal thee,” auspicious formula, 174.

The sand appeared in the sunlight like unto ropes (author and Steingass explain) 32.

“This night” for “last night,” 128.

Tín (Arab.) = clay, mud (used with Tob forming walls of Egypt and Assyria), 24.

TMT, i.e., Tammat = She (the tale) is finished, 38.

Tobe = the Anglo-Oriental form of “Thaub” = in Arabia a loose robe like a night-gown, 139.

“To eat skite” = to talk or act foolishly, 70.

Towáb Al- (Arab. pl. of Pers. and Turk. “Top”) = cannon, 186.

Tuhà = cooked meat, 187.

“Tutmájíyah” for “Tútmáj” = vermicelli, 160.

Tuzáribí may mean “Dost thou play the part of” (St.), 57.

Ukiyyah (or Wukiyyah) = ounce = 571·5 to 576 grains, 163.

Voices from the other world, 227.

Wahwah Al- = the hue of metal leaves, 122.

“Wa Kita’h hamrah,” tr. “also a bit of cooked meat,” 125.

“Wa lá ahad tafawwaha fína” = “nor hath anyone ever spoken,” 29.

Walawá’yh? = wa’l-aw’iyah (pl. of wi’á) = and the vessels ... shimmered like unto silver for their cleanliness. (St.), 122.

Wálí, at one time a Civil Governor, and in other ages a Master of Police, 67.

“Waliyah” or “Waliyáh” = and why? 59.

“Wa’lláhu ’l-Muwaffiku ’l-Mu’ín” = God prospereth and directeth (a formula often prefixed to a book), 196.

“Walwalah” or “Wilwál” (an onomatopy), general term for the wail, 17.

273“Wa yabkí ’alaykum Mabálu-h” = suffer only his crime be upon you (Steingass reads “Wabál” for “Mabál,” and translates, “lest the guilt of it rest upon you,”) 246.

Wayha-k (before “Wayla-k”) = “Fie upon thee,” 20.

Weapons and furniture (i.e., headstalls, hobbles, etc.) for mare saddled and bridled (price for slave), 92.

Week days, 13.

“When Adam dolve and Eve span,” etc., 102.

Will, a mighty motor-power, 126.

Window gardening, an ancient practice in the East, 172.

“Writing and reading,” as opposed to our “Reading and writing,” 5.

Wuldán = Ghilmán = the boys of Paradise, 128.

“Yabahh” = saying “Bah, Bah!” 253.

“Yá Bunayyí” = lit. “O my little son,” a term of special fondness (tr. “O dear, my son”), 7.

Yákah Thiyábish = his robe-collar rent, 247.

Yá Kawákí = O thou brawler, 84.

Yakhat (prob. cler. error for “Yakhbut,”) lit. = he was panting in a state of unconsciousness, tr. “drowned” in sleep, 244.

Yá Luss (Arab.) = “O Robber” (=the Gr. ληστὴς), 56.

Yamaklak, Al- = vivers, provaunt, 180.

Yamak (Turk.) = food, a meal, 180.

Yapousmek (old ver.) = “Yá Abú Sumayk,” 16.

Yá Ta’ásat-ná = “O our misery,” 48.

Ya’tadir (dots often omitted in MS.) may mean Ya’tazir = find excuse, 20.

Ya’tadir (from ✓ ’Adr = heavy rain, boldness) (tr. “fortify himself,”), 20.

Yá Ta’ís = “O thou miserable,” 48.

Yatbashsh (for “yanbashsha”) = a smiling face, 138.

—— may also stand for Yabtashsh, with transposition of the “t” of the 8th form (St.), 138.

Ya’tazir = find excuse, 20.

Yaum al-Khamís (Arab.) = fifth day, 13.

Yá zayn = oh, the beautiful beast, 149.

Yulakkimu (Arab.) from “Lukmah” = a mouthful, 75.

Zábit = A Prefect of Police, 154.

Zábit (from the ✓ “Zabt” = keeping in subjection, holding tight) tr. “Holdfast,” 154.

Zabtiyah = a constable, 154.

Zafar = victory (clerical error for Zafar = plaited hair), 104.

Zahr, Al- = duty, 162.

Zalamah (Arab.) = tyrants, 73.

Záraba (verb) 3rd form followed by acc. = “to join one in partnership” (St.), 57.

Zarábíl (com. cor. of Zarábin = slaves’ shoes, slippers), 48.

Zarbúl tákí (Arab.), the latter meaning “high-heeled,” 53.

Zawádah (gen. “Azwád” or “Azwidah”) = provisions, viaticum, 181.

Zayjah (from (Pers.) “Záycheh”) = lit. a horoscope (tr. “lot”), 235.

Zifr = horny matter which, according to Moslem tradition, covered our first parents, 104.

Zimmat = obligation, protection, clientship (tr. “loyalty”), 245.

Zindík = Atheist, Agnostic, 158.

Znnákt-ha, tr. “(striketh) her sting” (?) 35.

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