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1. The Bayt al-Ansari, or descendants of Abu Ayyub, a most noble race whose tree ramifies through a space of fifteen hundred years. They keep the keys of the Kuba Mosque, and are Imams in the Harim, but the family is no longer wealthy or powerful.
1. The Bayt al-Ansari, or descendants of Abu Ayyub, a most noble race whose tree ramifies through a space of fifteen hundred years. They keep the keys of the Kuba Mosque, and ar...
4. Chapter xii.[FN#4] When Indians would say he was killed upon the spot, they use the picturesque phrase, he asked not for water. [FN#5] The Arabs are curious in and fond of honey: Meccah...
16. Chapter xx.[FN#25] The Saniyah Kuda, a pass opening upon the Meccah plain. Here two towers are now erected. [FN#26] This is the open ground leading to the Muna Pass. [FN#27] An error. The...
8. chapter 11,000 times on the Arafat day, shall obtain from Allah all hedesires. [FN#36] Most schools prefer to sleep, as the Prophet did, at Muzdalifah, pray the night devotions there, and when the yellowness of the next dawn appears, collect the s...
21. ii. 204 Second visit to the, 219Dews in Arabia, i. 245 DHerbelot, reference to, i. 281, n. Dickson, Dr., his discovery of the chronothermal practice of physic, i. 13 Dictionaries and vocabularies, Egyptian, i...
23. i. 410Madinah, Al-, the first Mosque erected at, i. 91 Its smallness an annoyance to the people of, 94, n. Men of, respected by Badawin robbers, 96, n. First view of the city of, 279...
25. i. 395, 409Musannam, or raised graves, of the Badawin, i. 430 Music and musical instruments, of the Badawin, i. 145, ii. 107 Of Southern Arabia, remarks on, and on the music of the East, 2...
27. i. 354Tamarisk tree, i. 403 Tamattu, Al- (possession), the pilgrimage so called, ii. 281 Tanzimat, folly of, i. 286 Tarawih prayers, i. 80 Tarbush and fez, ii. 15 Tarik al-Ghabir, the...
22. ii. 171Hudud al-Hatim, or limits of the sanctuary, i. 379 Hufrah (holes dug for water in the sand) ii. 62 Hufrah, Al- (the digging), of the Kaabah, ii. 304, n. Hujjaj, or pilgrims, i....
17. i. 349Abu Kubays, the hill, the burial-place of Adam, ii. 160, 173 Abu Lahab, his ambuscade laid for the Prophet, site of, ii. 242 Abulfeda, his limits of Al-Hijaz, i. 376 [p.417] Abu...
26. ii. 140 At Muna, 217, 218[p.466] Sadakah, or alms, sent to the Holy Land, i. 139, n. Sadi, the Bayt al-, the makers of the Kiswah of the Kaabah, ii. 215 Safa, Al-, the hill, at Meccah, i. 364 The cerem...
5. CHAPTER I.OF PILGRIMAGE.[FN#5[p.282] 1. Al-Arkan or Farayz; those made obligatory by Koranic precepts, and therefore essentially necessary, and not admitting expiatory or vicarious atonement, either in Haj...
19. ii. 87 The price of blood, 103Buas, battle of, between the Aus and Kharaj tribes, i. 349; ii. 59, n. Bokhari, Al-, celebrated divine, i. 106, n. Books, Moslem, those read in schools in Egypt, i. 105 Works on...
15. CHAPTER XX.Of diuers thynges which chaunced to me in Mecha; and of Zida,It may seeme good here to make mention of certayne thynges, in the which is seene sharpenesse of witte in case of vrgent necessitie, which hath no lawe as sayeth the prouerbe, f...
7. CHAPTER III.OF ZIYARAT, OR THE VISIT TO THE PROPHETS TOMB.As the Zair arrives at Al-Madinah, when his eyes fall upon the trees of the city, he must bless the Prophet with a loud voice. Then he should enter the Mosque, and sit in the H...
13. CHAPTER XV.Of the Fourme and Situation of the Citie of Mecha; and whyNowe the tyme requireth to speake somewhat of the famous citie of Mecha, or Mecca, what it is, howe it is situate, and by whom it is gouerned. The citie is very fayre and well i...
18. ii. 233Badawin, i. 142, 144 Observations on the modern Sinaitic or Tawarah race of, 146, et seq. Enumeration of the chief clans of, 146 Ethnographical peculiarities of, 146 Improvement...
11. CHAPTER XIII.Of the Secte of Mahumet.Now will we speake of the maners and sect of Mahumet. Vnderstande, therefore, that in the highest part of the tower aforesayde, is an open round place. Now shall you vnderstande...
14. CHAPTER XVIII.The Maner of sacrificing at Mecha.Forasmuche as for the most parte noble spirites are delyted with nouelties of great and straunge thyngs, therefore, to satisfie their expectation, I wyll describe theyr maner of...
12. CHAPTER XIV.The Journey to Mecha.[FN#20After we were satisfied, or rather wearyed, with the filthinesse and lothesomenesse of the trumperyes, deceites, trifles, and hypocrisis of the religion of Mahumet, we determine...
9. CHAPTER XI.Of a Mountayne inhabited with Jewes, and of the Citie ofIn the space of eyght dayes we came to a mountayne which conteyneth in circuite ten or twelve myles. This is inhabited with Jewes, to the number of fyue thousande
24. ii. 44-49 The former Masjid al-Ijabah at Meccah, 153 Description of theMosque at Meccah, 294, et seq. The mosque Al-Khayf at Muna, 180 The Mosque Muzdalifah, 181 The Masjid al-Jinn, 250 Mother-of-pearl, brought from the Red Sea, i. 179 Mothers of t...
10. CHAPTER XII.Of the Temple or Chapell, and Sepulchre of Mahumet, and ofHis temple is vaulted, and is a hundred pases in length, fourscore in breadth; the entry into it is by two gates; from the sydes it is couered with three vaultes; it is borne vp...
20. ii. 310David, King, i. 212 Darwayshes, wandering, i. 13 A Darwayshs the safest disguise, 14 The two orders of Darwayshes, 15 Death, easy in the East, ii. 183 [p.432] Death-wail, of Or...
6. CHAPTER II.OF UMRAH, OR THE LITTLE PILGRIMAGE.1. Al-Ihram. 2. Al-Tawaf. 3. Al-Sai (between Safa and Marwah). 4. Al-Halk (tonsure), or Al-Taksir (cutting the hair). 5. Al-Tartib, or the due order of ceremonies, as above...
1. VOLUME II.2. PART II.