ii. 171

Hudud 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 Ka’abah, ii. 304, n. Hujjaj, or pilgrims, i. 329 Hujrah, or Chamber of Ayishah, description of, i. 314 Errors of Burckhardt and M. Caussin, respecting the word, 314, n. Its walls rebuilt, 324, n. Referred to, 325-329 Surrounded by a mud wall by the Caliph Omar, 363 Enclosed within the Mosque by Al-Walid, 366 Spared from destruction by lightning, 368 Hukama, or Rationalists, of Al-Islam, ii. 201 Hummum Bluffs (Hammam Faraun), i. 197 Hummi tobacco, i. 66, n. Hurayrah, Abu, his account of the Benu Israel in Arabia, i. 346 Hydrophobia, rarity of, in Al-Hijaz, i. 388 Popular superstition respecting, 388 Treatment of, 388 Hyksos, the, identified with the Amalik of the Moslems, i. 343, n. “Hypocrites,” conspiracy of the, i. 358

IAMBIA, of Ptolemy, i. 225 Ibn Asm, or Ibn Rumi, slain, i. 94 His sister, 94 Ibn Batutah, reference to, i. 12 n., 265, n. Ibn Dhaher Berkouk, King of Egypt, rebuilds the Mosque at Meccah, ii. 296 [p.442] Ibn Haukal, reference to, i. 4, n., 17, n. Ibn Hufazah al-Sahmi, his tomb, ii. 43, n. Ibn Jubayr, reference to, i. 279, n. Ibn Kasim, his commentary, i. 106 Ibn Zubayr, chief of Meccah, rebuilds the Ka’abah, ii. 299 Ibrahim, catafalque of, in the great Mosque of Meccah, i. 324, n. Ibrahim, the Makam, at the Ka’abah, ii. 307, n., 311, 325 Ibrahim, infant son of the Prophet, his burial-place, ii. 32, 37 Ibrahim Pasha, his ships on the Red Sea, i. 170 Ibrahim bin Adham, his vision, ii. 184, n. Ichthyophagi, the modern, of the Red Sea, i. 218, n., 221 Idrisi, Al-, i. 195 Ignatius, Epistles of, to the Smyrneans, references to, i. 326, n. Ihlal, the pilgrim dress so called, ii. 205 Ihn, Bir, at Kuba, i. 414, n. Ihram, Al- (assuming the pilgrim garb), the ceremony so called, ii. 138 Change from Ihram to Ihlal, 205 Ceremonies of, 284 The Victims of Al-Ihram, 286 Ijabah, the Masjid al- (the Mosque of Granting), ii. 47, 153, n. Ikamah, or call to divine service, ii. 311, n. Ikhlas, Al-, the chapter of the Koran, i. 429 Ihram (honorarium) given to the Madani who travel, i. 263, ii. 7 The four kinds of, 7 Ilal, Jabal (Mount of Wrestling in Prayer). See Arafat, Mount Ilfrad, Al- (singulation), the pilgrimage so called, ii. 280 Imans, of the Prophet’s Mosque, i. 313, n., 374, 375 Place where they pray, i. 335, 338 Imlik, great-great-grandson of Noah, the ancestor of the Amalikah, ii. 321 Immigrations of the Arabian people, i. 344 India, style of doing business in, i. 27 Observations on caste in, 36, n. Real character of the natives of, 37-40 Popular feeling in, respecting British rule, and causes of this, 37, n. No European should serve an Eastern lord, 39 The natives a cowardly and slavish people, 40 Their cowardice compared with the bravery of the North American Indians, 40 Testimony of Sir Henry Elliot to this, 40, n. An instance of Indian improvidence, 157, n. Luxuriance of the plains of, 251 Indian pilgrims protected by their poverty, 265 The Duke of Wellington’s dictum about the means of preserving health in, 265, n. Wells of the Indians in Arabia, 274 n. Their sinful method of visiting the Prophet’s tomb, 305 Generosity of Indian pilgrims, 331, n. Their drawings of the holy shrines as published at Meccah, 342 Dress and customs of the Indian women settled at Al-Madinah, ii. 6 Recklessness of poor Indian pilgrims, ii. 184 Remedies, proposed, 185 Qualities of the horses of, obtained from the Persian Gulf, 195, n. Profuseness of Indian pilgrims, 210 Indian Ocean (Sea of Oman), the shores of, when first peopled, according to Moslem accounts, i. 344, n. Inns. See Wakalah Inoculation practised in Al-Madinah, i. 384 [p.443] “Inshallah bukra” (please God, to-morrow), ii. 21 Intermarriages, theory of the degeneracy which follows, ii. 84 Dr. Howe’s remarks on, 84, n. Intonation and chaunting of the Koran taught in Moslem schools, i. 106, n. Irak, Al-, expedition of Tobba al-Asghar against, i. 349 Iram, flood of, i. 348 Ireland, probable origin of its name, ii. 239, n. Irk al-Zabyat, mountain, ii. 274, n. Isa bin Maryam, reference to, ii. 274, n. Spare tomb at Al-Madinah for him after his second coming, 325 Isha, or Moslem night prayer, i. 233 Ishmael (Ismail), his tomb at Meccah, ii. 305 The two-bow prayer over the grave of, 176 Ishmaelites, of the Sinaitic peninsula, ii. 78 Their distinguishing marks, 78 Ismail Pasha murdered by Malik Nimr, chief of Shendy, i. 138, n. Ismid, a pigment for the eyes, i. 381, n. Israel Benu, rule of, in Arabia, i. 345 See Jews Israelites, course of the, across the Red Sea, i. 199 Israfil, the trumpet of, on the last day, i. 340, n. Istikharah, or divination, ii. 23 Italians, how regarded in Egypt, i. 111 Izar, the portion of a pilgrim’s dress so called, ii. 139

JA AL-SHARIFAH, the halting-ground, ii. 63 Ja’afar al-Sadik, the Imam, his tomb, ii. 40, 41, n. Ja’afar Bey (governor of Suez), i. 147 Account of him, 160 Jababirah (giants), who fought against Israel, i. 344 Jabariti, from Habash, i. 177 Jahaydah, a straggling line of villages, i. 262 Jama, meaning of, i. 97 Jama Taylun, mosque, i. 96 Jama’at, or public prayers, in Al-Rauzah, i. 330, n. Jami al-Sakhrah, at Arafat, ii. 192 Jami Ghamamah at Al-Manakhah, i. 395 Jannat al-Ma’ala (the cemetery of Meccah), visit to, ii. 248 Jauf, Al-, excellence of the dates of, i. 383 Jauhar, founder of the Mosque of Al-Azhar, i. 102 Jaundice, common in Arabia, i. 387 Popular cure for, 387 Java, number of Moslem pilgrims from, to Meccah, i. 179 Javelin, (Mizrak), description of the Arab, i. 237 Jazb al-Kulub ila Diyar al-Mahbub, the work so called, ii. 358, n. Jabal, observations on the word, i. 220, n. Jabali, the date so called, i. 401 Jeddah, slave trade at, i. 47 Price of perjury at, 47 Value of the exports from Suez to, 178 Jews settled in, 346, n. Population of, 393, n. Unsuccessful attempt of the Wahhabis to storm it, ii. 265, n. Considered by the Meccans to be a perfect Gibraltar, 265 The Wakalah of Jeddah, 266 The British Vice-Consul, Mr. Cole, 266 Different descriptions of the town, 267, 268 The fair Corinthians at, 270 How the time passes at Jeddah, 272 [p.444] Jahaymah, tribe of Arabs, i. 145 Jamal, Amm, his advice to the pilgrim, i. 233 Reproved for his curiosity, 243 Jamal al-Din of Isfahan, his improvements of the Prophet’s Mosque, i. 366, n. Janabah, low development of the indigens of, ii. 77 Janazah, Darb al- (Road of Biers), at Al-Madinah, i. 395 “Jangli,” an opprobrious name applied to the English rulers of India, i. 36 Jarid, or palm-sticks, with which the houses of the Arabs were made, i. 357 Jazzar Pasha, i. 263 Jews, former settlements of, in Arabia, i. 345 Entirely extinct at present, 347, n. Take refuge from Nebuchadnezzar in Arabia, 347 Towns founded by them in Arabia, 347 Fall into idolatry, 347 Given over to the Arabs, 347 Their power in Al-Madinah, 350 Their conspiracy against the Prophet, 358 Their expectation of the advent of their Messiah, 358 Jibrail, Mahbat, or place of Gabriel’s Descent, i. 326, 333, n. Jibrail, Makam (Gabriel’s Place), in the Mosque of the Prophet, i. 336 Jibrail, Bab al- (Gabriel’s Gate), i. 333 Jinn, the Masjid al- (Mosque of the Genii), at Meccah, ii. 250 Jin-seng, or China root, notice of, i. 56, n. Jiyad, Jabal, the two hills so called, ii. 174 Jizyat, or capitation tax levied on infidels, i. 233, n. Job, tomb of, ii. 275, n. Journey, a day’s length of, ii. 63, n. Jubayr, Ibn, on the position of the tombs of the Prophet and the first two Caliphs, i. 324 Referred to, i. 399, n., ii. 40 Jubayr bin Mutin, his march to Ohod, i. 433 Jubbah, i. 17, n. Judari, Al- (or Small-pox), indigenous to the countries bordering the Red Sea, i. 384 Inoculation practised in Al-Madinah, i. 385 The disease how treated, i. 385 Inoculation in Yaman, i. 385, n. Diet of the patient, i. 385 Jumah, Bab al-, or Friday gate, of Al-Madinah, i. 391 The cemetery of Schismatics near, 395 Jumah, the Masjid al-, near Al-Madinah, ii. 45 Jumma Masjid, of Bijapur, the third largest cathedral in the world, i. 364, n. Jurh al-Yamani (the Yaman ulcer), i. 390 Jurham, the Benu, their mixture with the Himyaritic tribes, ii. 79 Their foundation of the sixth House of Allah, 322 Legend of their origin, 322 Justinian, i. 202, n.

KA’AB, the Jewish priest of Al-Madinah, i. 350, n. Ka’ab al-Ahbar (or Akhbar), poems of, i. 107, n., 146 Ka’abah (or Bayt Ullah) i. 305, 321, n. Superstitious reverence of the Jews of Al-Madinah for, 350, n. Miraculously shown to Mohammed by the archangel Gabriel, 361. Times of the opening [p.445] of, ii. 398 Extracts from Burckhardt’s description of, 294 Its dimensions, ii. 294 Its domes and pillars, 294 Its bad workmanship, 295 Periods of opening it, 298 The doors of, 298 The famous Hijar al-Aswad, or Black Stone, 300 The Rukn al-Yamai, 303 Al-Ma’ajan, or place of mixing, 304 The Myzab, or water-spout, 304 The mosaic pavement, 305 Tombs of Hagar and Ishmael, 305 Limits of the Ka’abah, 306 Al-Mataf, or place of circumambulation, 307 The four Makams, or stations for prayer, 307 Zemzem, or the holy well, 307 Al-Darah, or the ladder, 311 Stone on which Abraham stood, 311 The boast that the Ka’abah is never, night nor day, without devotees, 317, n. Legends of the Ten Houses of Allah, 319, et seq. Proofs of the Ka’abah’s sanctity, 325 The pilgrim’s first visit to it, 160 Legend of the Bab Benu Shaybah, 161 Ceremonies of the visit, 162, et seq. Visit of the pilgrim to, 206 Sketch of the interior of the building, 208 Ceremony of opening, in Ibn Jubayr’s time, 209, n. Expenses of visiting, 209 Reasons for all pilgrims not entering, 211 The first covering of the, 212 Changes in the style and make of the Kiswah, or curtain, 213 Inscriptions on the Kiswah, 215 Ka’aka’an, Jabal, the residence of the Benu Jurham, ii. 322 Kabirah, Al-, or lady of the house, ii. 160 Kindness of one to the pilgrim at Meccah, 216 Her affectionate farewell of the pilgrim, 259 Kadiriyah, an order of Darwayshes, i. 14 Kaf, “to go to Kaf,” explained, i. 17, n. Kafr al-Zajyat, i. 30 Kaid-Bey, the Mamluk Sultan of Egypt, i. 313, n. Rebuilds the Mosque of the Prophet, 324, n., 340 “Kayf,” explanation of, i. 9 Sonnini’s description of, 9, n. Kayf on the brink of the well at Al-Kuba, 412 Kairom and its potteries, i. 29 Kalaun, Sultan of Egypt, his improvements of the Mosque of the Prophet, i. 366, n. Kalka-shandi, Al-, his testimony respecting the tomb of the Prophet, i. 323 Kamis, or cotton shirt, of Arab Shaykhs, i. 236 Kanat (spears), of the Badawin, ii. 106 Kanisat, or Christian Church, i. 365 Kansuh al-Ghori (Campson Gaury), King of Egypt, i. 202, n. Kara Gyuz, the amusement so called, i. 81 Karashi tribe of Arabs, i. 145 Kasr, Al-, the village of, i. 376, n. Kaswa, Al-, the she-camel of Mohammed the Prophet, i. 354, 360, 407 Kata, or sand-goose, the (Pterocles melanogaster), i. 154 Katibs, or writers of the tomb of the Prophet, i. 371 Katirah race, its mixture with the Himyaritic tribes, ii. 79 Kaukab al-Durri, or constellation of pearls suspended to the curtain round the Prophet’s tomb, i. 322 It[s] apparent worthlessness, 322 Plundered by the Wahhabis, 369 Kawwas, or police officer, of Egypt, i. 20 [p.446] {|Kazi (Cadi), or chief judge of Al-Madinah, i. 373 Customs of the, ii. 87 Kerbela, battle of, ii. 40, n. Khadijah (one of the Prophet’s fifteen wives), her burial-place, ii. 38 Khadim, or guardian, of a Mosque, i. 411 Of the tombs at Al-Bakia, ii. 36 Khakani, the Persian poet, quoted, ii. 162 Khalawiyah tribes of Arabs, despised by the other clans, ii. 121 Khalid Bey, brother of Abdullah bin Sa’ud, his noble qualities, ii. 272 Khalid bin Walid, i. 425 Anecdote of him, ii. 230 Khaluk, a perfume so called, i. 335 Khandak (the moat) celebrated in Arabian history, i.399 Khasafat al-Sultan, of the Mosque at Al-Madinah, i.316, n. Khatan bin Saba, tribe of, i. 340 Khatbys, of the Mosque of the Prophet, i. 375 Khatim, Bir al-, or Kuba well, i. 382, n. Khattabi, Al-, his opinions respecting Al-Madinah, i. 379, n. Khatyb, or Moslem preacher, ii. 313 Khaybar, in Arabia, Israelite settlements at, i. 346, 347 The colony entirely extinct, 347, n. Capture of, 361 Its distance from Al-Madinah, ii. 30 Khayf, Al-, i. 262 The Mosque of, at Muna, ii. 179 Khaznadar, the treasurer of the Prophet’s tomb, i. 371 Khazraj, its mixture with the Amalikah, i. 79 Arab tribe of, 347 Its wars with the Aus, 349 Converted by Mohammed, 352 Its plot against Mohammed, 358 Khitbah, or betrothal in Arabia, ii. 23 Khitmahs, or persuals of the Koran on behalf of the reigning Sultan, i. 316, n. Khubziyah, one of the orders of the Eunuchs of the Tomb, i. 371 Khudabakhsh, the Lahore shawl merchant, his profuse pilgrimages, ii. 210, n. Khurunfish, Al-, the manufactory at which the Kiswah is now worked, ii. 215 Khusraw, his work on divinity, “Al Durar,” i. 106 Khutaba, the Shaykh al-, of the Prophet’s mosque, i. 374 Khutbah, or Friday Sermon of the Prophet, i. 335 Khutbat al-Wakfah (“Sermon of the Standing” upon Arafat), ii. 197 Khuzayriyah, the date so called, i. 401 Khwajah Yusuf, his adventures, i. 122 Kiblatayn, the Mosque Al-, foundation of the, ii. 44 Kichhri, the Indian food so called, i. 182, n. ii. 63 Kilis, or Christian Church, of Abrahah of Sana’a, i. 321, n. Kiman, the relationship among the Badawin so called, ii. 313 Kiram al-Katibin (the generous writers), the personifications of man’s good and evil principles, i. 314, n. “Kirsh Hajar,” a sound dollar, so called by the Badawin, i. 370, n. Kisra, goblet and mirror of, i. 365, n. Kissing the hand, ii. 164, n. Kiswah, or “garment” or curtain round the Prophet’s tomb, i. 321, n. Description of a Kiswah, 322, n. Purloining the bits of, ii. 176 Notice of, 215 [p.447] Kiswah, or cover of a saint’s tomb, i. 429 Knight-errantry, Arab, ii. 95 Derivation of the word knight, 95, n. Kohl (antimony), a pigment for the eyes, i. 381, n. Used as a remedy in small-pox, 385 Koran, beautiful penmanship exhibited in some copies of, i. 103, n. Intonation of, taught in Schools, 106 Expositions of, 109 Mode of wearing the pocket Koran, 142 Precepts respecting the profession of belief in the saving faith, 167 Texts of, respecting Moses, Abraham, David, Solomon, and Mohammed, 212, n. The Hamail, or pocket Koran, of pilgrims, 239 The, suspended over the head of the Prophet’s tomb, 322, n. That of the Caliph Osman, 322, n. The Ya-Sin usually committed to memory, 330, n. A curious one kept in the library of the Mosque of the Prophet, 338. n. The Cufic MSS. written by Osman, the fourth Caliph, 368 Koraysh, tribe of Arabs, i. 145 Kotambul, island of, i. 376, n. Kuba, Mosque of, i. 279, n. Gardens of, 285 Receives the Prophet, 355 Date-groves of, 381 The Kuba well, 382, n. Cool shades of Kuba, 403 Description of the village, 406 Its inhabitants, 406 History of its Mosque, 407 Purity of the place and people of Al-Kuba, 410 The Mosque called Masjid al-Takwa, or Mosque of Piety, 411 The Mosque of Sittna Fatimah, 411 That of Arafat, 412 Date trees of, ii. 338 Kubar, or great men of the Mu’ezzini of Al-Madinah, i. 373 Kubbat al-Masra, at Ohod, i. 432 Kubbat al-Sanaya, or Dome of the Front Teeth, at Mount Ohod, i. 430 Kubbat al-Zayt (Dome of Oil), or Kubbat al-Shama (Dome of Candles), in the Mosque of the Prophet, i. 337, n. Kulsum bin Hadmah, gives refuge to Mohammed at Kuba, i. 355 Kummayah, Ibn, the infidel, i. 430 Kuraysh, legend of their foundation of the eighth House of Allah, ii. 322 Kurayzah, a tribe of the Benu Israel, i. 349 Kurayzah, town of, founded by the Jews, i. 347 Kurayzah, the Masjid al-, ii. 46 Extermination of the Jewish tribe of Al-Kurayzah, 46 Kurbaj, or “Cat o’ Nine Tails,” of Egypt, i. 21 Kus Kusu, the food so called, i. 198 Kusah (scant-bearded man), ii. 14 Kusay bin Kilab, his foundation of the seventh House of Allah, ii. 322 Kuwwat Islam (strength of Islam), the building near Al-Madinah, so called, ii. 49

LA’AB al-Barut (gunpowder play) of the Arabs, ii. 86 Labid, the poet, his description of the rainy seasons of Al-Hijaz, i. 383 His suspended poem, ii. 98 Quoted, 147 Labour, price of, at Al-Madinah, ii. 9 Lance, the Arab. See Javelin Land-cess (Miri), not paid by the Madani, ii. 6 Lane, Mr., reference to, i. 12, n. His discovery of the frauds of the Cairo magician, i. 388, n. Language; difference between the Japhetic and Semitic tongues, ii. 79, n. Resemblance between Pahlavi and Hebrew, 79, n. Traditions [p.448] respecting the origin of Arabic, i. 344 See Arabic language Lapidation (Rajm), punishment for adultery, ii. 19 Diabolical practice of, in Arabia, 180 Antiquity of the custom in token of hate, 282, n. Lapidation (Rami), ceremony of, ii. 203 The second day’s ceremony, 222 Larking, Mr. John, i. 7 Latakia tobacco, i. 65, n. Latrinæ, not allowed in Al-Madinah, i. 65, n. Laun, the date so called, i. 401 Law-suit, a Mohammedan, description of, i. 46 Laymun, Wady, or Al-Mazik, ii. 147 Its celebrity, 147 Legends of the House of Allah, ii. 319, et seq. Lentils (Adas), the diet during an attack of small-pox, i. 385 Their cheapness on the banks of the Nile, 385 Revalenta Arabica, 385, n. Leprosy, the kind called Al-Baras only known in Al-Hijaz, i. 389 Considered incurable, 389 Levick, Henry, Esq., late Vice-Consul at Suez, i. 170 His remarks respecting Suez, 170, et seq. Lex scripta, strictness of everywhere in inverse ratio to that of custom, ii. 87, n. Libraries, decay of, in Cairo, i. 101, n. The library of the Mosque of the Prophet, i. 338 The only object of curiosity in it, 338, n. Lift (turnips), i. 404 Light-extinguishers, sect of, ii. 235, n. Lisam, of Constantinople, i. 229, n. The, of the Arab Shaykhs, 235 Literature, periodical, state of, in Egypt, i. 109, n. Litholatry, ii. 300, n. Litter (Shugduf), description of, as used in Al-Hijaz, i. 233, n. The mahmil, or Syrian litter, 234, n. Locusts eaten as food by the Badawin, ii. 117 Method of cooking them, 117 Logic, study of, little valued in Egypt, i. 107, n. Works on logic, 107, n. Lots, pillar of, in the Mosque of the Prophet, i. 325, n. “Lotus eaters,” i. 405 Lubabah, Abu, column of, in the Rauzah, i. 325, n., 326, n., 336 Story of him, 336 Lukman the Elder (of the tribe of Ad), i. 348 Lying among Orientals, ii. 211

MA’ABIDAH, AL-, or northern suburb of Meccah, ii. 153 Origin of the name, 153, n. Ma’ajan, Al-, or place of mixing, at the Ka’abah, ii. 304 Its origin, 304, n. Ma’amun, Al-, makes additions to the Mosque of the Prophet, i. 367 Mabrak al-Nakah (place of kneeling of the she-dromedary), at Al-Kuba,