Category: History - Medieval/Middle Ages
Angels and Jinn (Genii)--Various kinds of Jinn--Preadamite Jinn--History of Iblees--Long life of the Jinn and manner of death; assumed shapes--A Jinneeyeh wife--Spirits of the whirlwind and waterspout--Abodes of the Jinn--Solomon's power over them--Ghools and other inferior or...
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18. CHAPTER VII.The Muslim takes a light breakfast after the morning-prayers, and dinner after the noon-prayers; or a single meal instead of these two, before noon. His principal meal is supper...
20. CHAPTER IX.That sensual passion is very prevalent among the Arabs cannot be doubted; but I think it unjust to suppose them generally incapable of a purer feeling, worthy, if constancy be a...
14. CHAPTER III.The Arabs entertain remarkable opinions with respect to the offices and supernatural powers of their saints, which form an important part of the mysteries of the Darweeshes (Der...
22. CHAPTER XI.The ceremonies attendant upon death and burial are nearly the same in the cases of men and women. The face or the head of the dying person is turned towards the direction of Mek...
17. CHAPTER VI.Perhaps there are no people in the world who are such enthusiastic admirers of literature, and so excited by romantic tales, as the Arabs. Eloquence, with them, is lawful magic:...
12. CHAPTER I.The confession of the Muslim's faith is briefly made in these words,--"There is no deity but God: Moḥammad is God's Apostle,"--which imply a belief and observance of everything...
13. CHAPTER II.The Muslims, in general, believe in three different species of created intelligent beings: Angels, who are created of light; Genii, who are created of fire; and Men, created of...
19. CHAPTER VIII.In few cases are the Mohammadans so much fettered by the directions of their Prophet and other religious instructors as in the rearing and education of their children. In matter...
15. CHAPTER IV.An implicit belief in magic is entertained by almost all Muslims; and him among them who denies its truth they regard as a freethinker or an infidel. Some are of opinion that it...
16. CHAPTER V.When we call to mind how far the Arabs surpassed their great master, Aristotle, in natural and experimental philosophy, and remember that their brilliant discoveries constituted...
21. CHAPTER X.A slave, among Muslims, is either a person taken captive in war, or carried off by force, and being at the time of capture an infidel; or the offspring of a female slave by anot...
7. CHAPTER VII.Muslim meals and mode of eating--Principal dishes--A typical feast--Public dinners--Clean and unclean meats--Drinks--Hospitality--Bread and salt--A thief thwarted--An Arabian ro...
6. CHAPTER VI.The Heroic Age--´Okáḍh--The Ḳur-án--The Middle Age--Corrupt dialects--´Abd-el-Melik--Hároon Er-Rasheed and Abu-l´Atáhiyeh--The Barmekees--Dresses of honour--Two items in Hároon'...
9. CHAPTER IX.Love among Arabs--Three tales of true love--Umm-´Amr--The ideal of beauty--Coiffure--Gait--Woman's counsel--Marriage and divorce--Laws and general habits--Choice of a wife--Proh...
2. CHAPTER II.Angels and Jinn (Genii)--Various kinds of Jinn--Preadamite Jinn--History of Iblees--Long life of the Jinn and manner of death; assumed shapes--A Jinneeyeh wife--Spirits of the w...
11. CHAPTER XI.8. CHAPTER VIII.Ceremonies at birth, and on the seventh day--Giving the name--Sacrifice--Shaving the head--Suckling--Care of children--Evil eye--Respect for parents--The future state of childre...
1. CHAPTER I.5. CHAPTER V.3. CHAPTER III.4. CHAPTER IV.10. CHAPTER X.