i. 395, 409

Musannam, 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, 223, n. Musket-balls, Albanian method of rifling, i. 267, n. Muslim bin Akbah al-Marai, his defeat of the Madani, i. 421, n. Mustachios, clipped short by the Shafe’i school, ii. 53 [p.458] Mustafa, Al- (the Chosen), a title of the Prophet, ii. 37, n. Musattah, or level graves, of the Badawin, i. 430 Mustarah, or resting-place, on Mount Ohod, i. 424 Mustasim, Al-, last Caliph of Baghdad, his assistance in completing the fifth Mosque of the Prophet, i. 368 Mustaslim, or chief of the writers of the tomb of the Prophet, i. 371 Mustazi b’illah, Al-, the Caliph, i. 366, n. Mutamid, Al-, the Caliph, his additions to the House of Allah, ii. 324 Mutanabbi, Al-, the poet, i. 107, n. His chivalry, ii. 96 Admiration of the Arabs for his works, 97 Mu’tasim, Al-, the Caliph, his chivalry, ii. 96 Mutazid, Al-, the Caliph, his additions to the House of Allah, ii. 324 Muttaka, Al-, legend of the stone at Meccah so called, ii. 254 Muwajihat al-Sharifah, or “Holy Fronting,” in the Prophet’s Mosque, i. 309 Muzaykayh, Al-, a surname of Amir bin Amin, i. 348 Myzab (water-spout), of the Ka’abah, ii. 304 Generally called Myzab al-Rahmah, 304, n. Muzaynah tribe of Arabs, i. 145 Its antiquity and nobility, 145 Its purely Arab blood, 146 Muzdalifah (the approacher), the Mosque so called, ii. 181 “Muzzawir,” or conductor of the pilgrim to the Prophet’s tomb, i. 305 Almost all the Madinites act as, 374 Importance of, 374

NABAWI, the Mihrab al-, in the Mosque of the Prophet, i. 335 Nabi, Bir al-, at Kuba, i. 414, n. Nabi, Masjid al-, description of, i. 307 Nabi, the Masjid al-, or the Prophet’s Mosque at Al-Madinah, built by Mohammed, i. 360 Nabi, the Shubak al-, or Prophet’s window, i. 316 Nabi Bir al-, or the Prophet’s well, i. 338 Superstitions respecting, 338 Nafi Maula, Al- (Imam Nafi al-Kari), son of Omar, tomb of, ii. 38 Nafil, the Hijazi, his pollution of the Kilis, or Christian Church, i. 321, n. Nafr, Al- (the Flight), from Muna to Meccah, ii. 206 Nahl, Al-, visit to, i. 11 Nahw (syntax), study of, in schools, i. 104 Naib al-Harim, or vice-intendant of the Mosque of Meccah, ii. 319 Najjar, Benu, i. 357 Meaning of the name, 357, n. Nakb, the valley of, i. 279, n. “Nakh, to,” the camels, i. 244 Nakhawilah, the race of heretics so called, at Al-Madinah; ii. 1 Their principles, 2 Nakhil (or palm plantations), of Al-Madinah, i. 399 “Nakhwali,” i. 403 Nakib, or assistant Mustaslim of the tomb of the Prophet, i. 372 Nakil, or apostles, of the Prophet, i. 353. n. Namrud (Nimrod), dispersion under him, i. 343 Nassar, Shaykh, the Badawi of Tur, i, 141, et seq. His finesse, 153 Nasur, or ulcer of Al-Hijaz. See Ulcer Natak al-Nabi, at Meccah, origin of, ii. 253 [p.459] Nazir, a tribe of the Benu Israel, i. 349 Nebek, the fruit of a palm-tree so called, i. 337 Nebek, or jujube tree, of Al-Madinah, i. 404 Supposed to have been the thorn which crowned our Saviour’s head, 405, n. Nebuchadnezzar (Bukht al-Nasr), invasion of, i. 347 Nijd, i. 266, n. Its choice horses and camels, 266, n. The greatest breeding country in Arabia, 266, n. View of the ground of, 285 Excellence of the dates of, 383 The Nijdi tribes of Badawin, their temperament, ii. 78 Newspaper, establishment of a, in Egypt, i. 109, n. Niebuhr, his remarks on the Sinaitic Arabs referred to, i. 147 His description of the Oriental sandal, 236 Reference to, 265, n., 385, n. His incorrect hearsay description of the Prophet’s tomb, 323, n. Night journey in Arabia, description of, ii. 132 Nile, steamboat of the, i. 29 Description of, 29 The Barrage bridge, 30 Objects seen on the banks of the, 31 Compared with Sind, 31 Nimrah, Masjid, or Mosque without the minaret, ii. 181 Nisa, the Bab al-, or women’s gate, at Al-Madinah, i. 308 Niyat, in Moslem devotions, i. 76 In the visitation of the Mosque of Al-Kuba, 409 Repeated when approaching Meccah, ii. 139 Niyat, or the running, at the Little Pilgrimage, ii. 244 Nizam, or Turkish infantry, i. 226 Noachians, in Arabia, ii. 77 Their many local varieties, 78, n. Noah, account of Ibn Abbas respecting the settlement of his family, i. 343 Nolan, Captain, reference to his work on Cavalry, i. 263 Nullah, the Indian, identical with the Fiumara of Arabia, i. 3, 4 Nur al-Din, al-Malik al-Adil, i. 367 Nur al-Din Shahid Mahmud bin Zangi, the Sultan, i. 367 Nur, Jabal, anciently Hira, ii. 398, n. Its celebrity, ii. 179 Nur, Shaykh, sensation caused by his appearance in the streets of Cairo, i. 126 His defection, 159 His return, 161 His fishing tackle, 198 His dirty appearance at Al-Madinah, 290 His improved aspect, 294 Enraptured with Al-Madinah, ii. 5 His preparations for leaving Al-Madinah, 51 His ride in the shugduf of Ali bin Ya Sin, ii. 126 Accompanies the pilgrim to the Ka’abah, 172 Becomes now Haji Nur, 260 His quarrel with Mohammed al-Basyuni, 271

OASES, the, i. 149 Derivation of the word, 149, n. Vulgar idea of an oasis, 150, n. Love of the Badawin for them, 150, n. Officials, Asiatic, how to treat, i. 20 Habits and manners of, 27 Ogilvie, Mr., English Consul at Jeddah, shot at for amusement by Albanian soldiers, i. 133 Ohod, Jabal (Mount Ohod), i. 279, n., 285 Prayer in honour of the martyrs of, 328 Grave of Aaron on, 346 Its distance from Al-Madinah, 379 Winter on, 382 Visitation to the martyrs of, 419 The Prophet’s declaration concerning it, 421 Supposed to be one of the-four hills of Paradise, 421, n. Meaning of the word, 422, n. Causes of its present reputation, 423 Its springs, 423, n. The Mustarah or resting-place, 424 The Fiumara of, 424 Its distance from Al-Madinah, 425 Its appalling look, 425 [p.460] Olema, their regulation respecting the prostration prayer, ii. 312 Their opinion respecting the death of Moslem saints, &c., 340, n. One of the five orders of pensioners at the prophet’s Mosques, 375 Omar, the Caliph. His window in the Prophet’s Mosque, i. 316 Benediction bestowed on him, 320 His tomb, 325 His Mosque at Jerusalem, 325, n. Sent forward by the Prophet to Al-Madinah, 354 Improves the Masjid at Al-Madinah, 363 Supplies the town of Al-Madinah with water, 381 Mosque of, at Al-Madinah, 395 His respect for the Mosque at Al-Kuba, 408 His tomb defiled by all Persians who can do so, 431, 435 His murderer Fayruz, 435 Omar Bin Abd al-Aziz, governor of Al-Madinah, i. 327, n. Omar Effendi, his personal appearance, i. 161 His character, 161 His part in the fray on board the ship, 192 Effects of a thirty-six hours’ sail on him, 209 His brothers at Yambu’, 230 His alarm at the Hazimi tribe, 231 Takes leave of Yambu’, 241 His rank in the camel file, 243 His arrival at Al-Madinah, 281 His house in Al-Barr, 297 His intimacy with the pilgrim, 300 His gift of a piece of a Kiswah to the pilgrim, 322, n. His account of the various offices of the Mosque of the Prophet, 311 His share of the pensions of the Mosque, 375 Accompanies the pilgrim to Ohod, 419 Bids him adieu, ii. 54 His brothers the shopkeepers of Al-Madinah, 8, n. Runs away from his father at Jeddah, 270 Caught and brought back, 271 Omar ibn Fariz, poems of, i. 107, n. Onayn, the Masjid, near Al-Madinah, ii. 49 Onions, leeks, and garlic, disliked by the Prophet, i. 357 Abominable in the opinion of the Wahhabis, 357, n. Ophthalmia in Egypt, i. 181 Rarity of, in Arabia, 385 Allusions of Herodotus to, 385, n. An ancient affliction in Egypt, 385, n. A scourge in Modern Egypt, 386, n. Origin and progress of the disease, 386, n. Practices of Europeans to prevent, 386, n. Remedies of the author, 387, n. Errors of native practitioners, 387, n. Orientals, their repugnance to, and contempt for, Europeans, i. 110 Discipline among, must be based on fear, 212 Effect of a strange place on them generally, 232, n. Osman Effendi, the Scotchman, i. 388, n. Osman, the Caliph, his Cufic Koran, ii. 322, n. His wish to be buried, near the Prophet, 325 Prayers for, 328 The niche Mihrab Osman, 330 Assists in building the Prophet’s Mosque, 361 Builds the second Mosque at Al-Madinah, 363 Enlarges the Mosque of Al-Kuba, 408 Loses the Prophet’s seal ring, 413 His troubles, 413, n. Visit to his tomb at Al-Bakia, ii. 32 His funeral, 35 His two wives, the daughters of the Prophet, 36, n. Osman, the Pasha, the present principal officer of the Mosque at Al-Madinah, ii. 371 Osman, Bab, i. 361 Osman bin Mazun, his burial-place, ii. 32 Ostriches, found in Al-Hijaz, ii. 106, n. Arab superstition respecting them, 106, n. Ovington, reference to, i. 281, n. Oxymel. See Sikanjabin [p.461] PALM-GROVE, of Al-Madinah, i. 360 Palm-trees, venerable, of the hypæthral court of the Prophet’s Mosque, i. 337 Extensive plantations of, in the suburbs of Al-Madinah, 397 Loveliness of the palm-plantations of Al-Madinah, 399 Celebrity of its dates, 400 The time of masculation of the palms, 403 The Daum or Theban palm, ii. 62 Parah, value of the Turkish coin so called ii. 11, n. “Paradise, Mountains of,” i. 222, ii. 274, n. Parasang, the Oriental, in the days of Pliny, and at the present day, ii. 343, n. Pashin valley, inhabitants of, i. 246, n. Pass, Arabic terms for a, ii. 61 Passports in Egypt (Tazkirah) inconveniences of, i. 19 Sir G. Wilkinson’s observations on, 18, n. Adventures in search of one, 19 British, carelessness in distributing, in the East, 46 Difficulty of obtaining one in Egypt, 127, et seq. “Path” (Tarakat) to heaven, i. 15 Pathan (Afghan), the term, i. 45 Paul’s, St., in London, the fourth largest cathedral in the world, i. 364, n. Pebbles of the accepted, ii. 180, n. Pensioners, orders of, at the Prophet’s Mosque, i. 375 Perceval, M.C. de, reference to, i. 275, n. His account of Amlak, 343, n. His remarks on the title “Arkam,” 345, n. Quoted, 347, n., 350, n. Referred to, 353, n., 354, n., 384, n., 399, n. Perfumed pillar, in the Mosque of the Prophet, i. 335 Perfumes, of the Zair, i. 309, n. Perjury, price of, at Jeddah, i. 47 Persia, tobacco and pipes of, i. 179 Persian Pilgrims, a disagreeable race, i. 205 They decline a challenge of the orthodox pilgrims, 222 Persecutions they suffer in Al-Hijaz, 232, n. Luxuriance of the plains of, 251 The Persians’ defilement of the tombs of Abu Bakr and Omar, 431, n. Eunuchs among the, 371, n. Fire-temples of the ancient Guebres in, 379, n. Large number of, in the Damascus caravan, 434 Treatment of the “Ajami” at Al-Madinah, 434 Charged with having defiled the Ka’abah, ii. 168, n. Peter’s, St., at Rome, the second largest cathedral in the world, ii. 364, n. Pharaoh, the “Cæsar aut Diabolus” of the Nile, i. 10, n. Spot where he and his host were whelmed in the “hill of waters,” 199 Arab legends respecting that event, 199, n. Pharaoh’s Hot Baths (Hammam Faraun), i. 197 Philosophy (Hikmat), study of, little valued in Egypt, i. 107, n. Phœnician colony on the Red Sea, i. 202 The Phœnicians identified with the Amalik of Moslem writers, i. 343, n. Physicians, Arab, not so skilful as they were, i. 390 Physiologists, their errors respecting the food of the inhabitants of hot and cold countries, ii. 11, n. Piastre, value of, ii. 11, n. Pickpockets in Egypt, i. 25 [p.462] Pigeons, sacred at Meccah, ii. 174 Enter almost everywhere into the history of religion, 175 Pilgrims, distribution of, at Alexandria, into three great roads, i. 168 Pauper pilgrims, 168 Steady decrease of the number of pilgrims who pass annually through Suez, 176 Reasons assigned for this, 177 Takrouri pilgrims, 177 The Hamail, or pocket Koran of, 239 How they live on the march, ii. 63 Ordinances of the pilgrimage, 140 Offerings for atonements in cases of infractions of, 140 Observations on, 279 Common to all old faiths, 279 Conditions under which every Moslem is bound to perform the pilgrimage, 279 The three kinds of pilgrimage, 280 The treatise of Mohammed of Shirbin respecting pilgrim rites, 281, et seq. Directions to the intending pilgrim, from other books, 281, n. The Prophet’s last pilgrimage, the model for the Moslem world, 290 The reckless pilgrimages of poor Indians, 185 Note on the ceremonies of the Wahhabi pilgrimage, 195, n. The change from Ihram to Ihlal, 205 The Umrah, or little pilgrimage, 251 Pilgrim’s tree, i. 154 Probably a debris of fetish-worship, i. 155, n. Its practice in various Eastern countries, 155, n. Pistols, of the Badawin, ii. 105 Pitts, Joseph, his pilgrimage to Meccah and Al-Madinah; ii. 358 Sketch of his adventures, 358, et seq. Plague. See Taun Poetry, Arab, those generally studied, i. 107, n. The Burdah and Hamziyah of Mohammed of Abusir, 107, n. The Banat Su’adi of Ka’ab al-Ahbar, 107, n. The Diwan Umar ibn Fariz, 107, n. Al-Mutanabbi, 107, n. Al-Hariri, 108, n. Simplicity of ancient Arab poetry, 108, n. Degenerate taste of the modern Egyptians in, 108, n. Poetical exclamations of the pilgrims on obtaining the first view of Al-Madinah, 279, 280 Tenderness and pathos of the old, ii. 93 The suspended poem of Labid, 93 The poetic feeling of the Badawin, 97 The improvisatore of the Benu Kahtan, 98, n. Arabic suited to poetry, 99 The rhyme of the Arabs, 101, n. Poison. The Tariyak of Al-Irak, the great counter-poison, ii, 108 Poisoners, professed, introduced by Mohammed Ali, ii. 86, n. “Poison-wind,” i. 265, n. Its effects, 265, n. Police of Egypt, curiosity of, i. 2 Police magistrates in Cairo, scenes before, 120 The “Pasha of the Night,” 120 Politeness of the Orientals, i. 210 Unpoliteness of some “Overlands,” 210 Polygamy and monogamy, comparisons between, ii. 91, n. Pomegranates, of Al-Madinah, i. 405 The Shami, Turki, and Misri kinds, 405 Pompey’s pillar, i. 10, 29 Prayer, the Abrar, or call to, i. 88 The Maghrib, or evening, 151, n. The Isha, or night prayer, 233 Prayer to prevent storms (Hizb al-Bahr), 211 The prayer recited, 211 Prayers on first viewing the city of Al-Madinah, 259 The prayer at the Prophet’s Mosque, 309 The places of prayer at, 311 The afternoon prayers, 312 The Sujdah, or single-prostration prayer, 312 The Dua, or [p.463] Supplication after the two-bow prayer, 312 The position during, 313 Efficacy ascribed to the act of blessing the Prophet, 316 Prayer at the Shubak al-Nabi, 316 Ancient practice of reciting this prayer, 316, n. The Testification, 318 The benedictions on Abu Bakr and on Omar, 320 The two-bow prayer at the Rauzah or Garden, 325, n. The prayer at the Malaikah, or place of the angels, 326 The prayer opposite to the grave of the Lady Fatimah, 327, n. The prayer in honour of Hamzah and of the martyrs of Mount Ohod, 328 Prayers for the souls of the blessed who rest in Al-Bakia, 328 At the Prophet’s window, 329 Public service in Al-Rauzah, 330, n. Origin of the prayer-niche in the Mosque, 361, 364, n. Al-Kuba, the first place of public prayer in Al-Islam, 407 The Niyat, or intention, 409 The Prophet’s place of prayer at Al-Kuba, 409 The prayers at the Mosque of Al-Kuba, 409 The prayers at Hamzah’s tomb, 427 The Niyat when approaching Meccah, ii. 139 The Talbiyat, or exclaiming, 139 The prayers on sighting Meccah, 152 The four Makams, or stations for prayer, 307, 308 The prayers at the Ka’abah, 164, et seq., 209 Procrastination of Orientals, ii. 21 Preacher, at Meccah, his style of dress, ii. 225 Origin of his wooden sword, 226, n. Presents of dates from Al-Madinah, i. 400 Pressgangs in Cairo, i. 117 Price, Major, referred to, i. 384, n. Prichard, Dr., on the Moors of Africa, i. 187, n. Pride of the Arabs, i. 246 Printing-press, in Egypt, i. 108, n. Prophets, in Moslem law, not supposed to be dead, i. 340, n. Prosody (Ilm al-’Aruz), study of, among the Arabs, i. 107 Prostration-prayers, i. 311, n., 312, n. Proverbs, Arab, i. 149, 277, n. Ptolemy the geographer, i. 225 Puckler-Muskau, Prince, his remarks on the reflected heat of the Desert, i. 144, n. Pulpit, the Prophet’s, at Al-Madinah, i. 311 Pyramids, i. 30 Their covering of yellow silk or satin, ii. 213, n.

RABELAIS, on the discipline of armies, i. 268 Races of Badawin. See Badawin Radhwah, Jabal (one of the “Mountains of Paradise”), i. 122 Rafik, or collector of blackmail, ii. 112 Rafizi (rejector, heretic), origin of the term, ii. 4, n. Rahah, meaning of the term, ii. 256 Rahmah, Bab al-, i. 307, 308, 361 Jabal al- (Mount of Mercy). See Arafat, Mount Rahman of Herat, the calligrapher, i. 104, n. Rahmat al-Kabirah, the attack of cholera so called, i. 384 Railway, in Egypt, i. 113 Rain, want of, at all times, in Egypt, ii. 180, 181 The rainy season expected with pleasure at Al-Madinah, i. 383 Welcomed on the march, ii. 142 [p.464] Raisiyah minaret of Al-Madinah, i. 373 Rajm (lapidation), practice of, in Arabia, ii. 180 Rakb, or dromedary Caravan, ii. 50 Rakham (vulture), ii. 62 Ramazan, i. 74 Effects of, 75 Ceremonies of, 77 The “Fast-breaking,” 79 Ways of spending a Ramazan evening, 79 The Greek quarter at Cairo, 81 The Moslem quarter, 81 Beyond the walls, 84 Ramy, or Lapidation, ceremony of, ii. 203 Ramlah, or sanded place, i. 307 Ras al-Khaymah, i. 248, n. Ras al-Tin, the Headland of Figs (the ancient Pharos), i. 7 Rashid, Bir (well of Rashid), ii. 59 Rauzah, Al-, or the Prophet’s garden, at Al-Madinah, i. 310 Traditions respecting it, 310, n. Description of it, 312 The two-bow prayer at the, 325 Public prayers in, 330, n. Farewell visits to, 56 Rayah (the Banner), the Masjid al-, near Al-Madinah, ii. 48 Rayyan, the hill near Meccah, ii. 147 Raziki grapes, of Al-Madinah, i. 404 Red Sea, view of, on entering Suez, i. 158 Injury done to the trade of, by the farzh or system of rotation at Suez, 170 Shipbuilding on, 177 Kinds of ships used on, 178 Imports and exports at Suez, 179, 180 Description of a ship of, 188 Course of ships on, 195 Observations on the route taken by the Israelites in crossing, 195 Scenery from, 195 Bright blue of the waters of, 196 Phœnician Colony on, 201 Christian colony on the shores of, 202 Jabaliyah, or mountaineers of, 202, n. Morning on, 207 Fierce heat of the mid-day, 208 Harmony and majesty of sunset, 208 Night on, 209 Marsa Damghah, 213 Wijh harbour, 214 The town of Wijh, 215 Coral reefs of the Red Sea, 218 The Ichthyophagi and the Badawin of the coasts of, 218 Arab legends respecting the phosphoric light in, 219 Al-Kulzum the Arabic name for the, 250, n. The great heats near, in Arabia, prejudicial to animal generation, 266 The shores of, when first peopled, according to Moslem accounts, 343, n. Rekem (Numbers, xxxi. 8), identified with the Arcam of Moslem writers, 345, n. Religion of the Badawin, ii. 109 Religious phrenzy (Malbus), case of, at Meccah, ii. 175 Susceptibility of Africans to, 175 Rhamnus Nabeca (the Nebek or Jujube), of Al-Madinah, i. 405, n. Rhazya stricta, used as a medicine by the Arabs, ii. 137 Rhetoric, study of, in Egypt, i. 107, n. Rhyme of the Arabs, ii. 101, n. Ria, or steep descents, i. 251 Rida, Al- (portion of the pilgrim dress), ii. 139 “Ridge, Affair of the,” the battle so called, i. 421, n. Rifkah, Al-, the black-mail among the Badawin, ii. 114 Rih al-Asfar (cholera morbus), in Al-Hijaz, i. 384 Medical treatment of the Arabs in cases of, 384 The Rahmat al-Kabirah, 384 Ring (seal), of the Prophet, i. 413 [p.465] Rites of pilgrimage, ii. 281, et seq. Riwaks, or porches, surro[u]nding the hypæthral court of the Mosque at Al-Madinah, i. 334 “Riyal Hajar,” a stone dollar so called by the Badawin, i. 370, n. Riza Bey, son of the Sharif of Meccah, ii. 150 Robbers in the Desert, mode of proceeding of, i. 127, 249 Sa’ad the robber-chief of Al-Hijaz, 256 Shaykh Fahd, 257 How Basrah, a den of thieves, was purged, 258, n. Indian pilgrims protected by their poverty, 265 Rock inscriptions near Meccah, ii. 147 Ruasa, or chief of the Mu’ezzins, residence of, i. 334 Ruba al-Khali (the empty abode), its horrid depths and half-starving population, i. 3 “Rubb Rumman,” or pomegranate syrup, of Taif and Al-Madinah, i. 405 Rukham (white marble) of Meccah, ii. 295, n. Rokn al-Yamany, of the Ka’abah, ii. 303 Rumah, Bir al-, or Kalib Mazni, at Kuba, i. 414, n. Rumat, Jabal al- (Shooters’ Hill), near Al-Madinah, ii. 49 Rangit Singh, his paramount fear and hatred of the British, i. 39 Russia, opinions of the Madinites on the war with, i. 292 The present feeling in Egypt respecting, 111 Rustam, battles of, i. 94 Rutab (wet dates), i. 402

SA’AD AL-JINNI (the Demon), description of his personal appearance, i. 162 His character, 162 Equipped as an able seaman on board the pilgrim-ship, 189 His part in the fray on board, 192 Effects of a thirty-six hours’ sail on him, 210 His quarrel with the coffee-house keeper at Wijh, 216 His sulkiness, 223 Leaves Yambu’, 240 His apprehensions in the Desert near Yambu’, 244 Purchases cheap wheat at Al-Hamra, 254 His fear of the Badawin, 261 His fear of the robbers, 272 Takes his place in the Caravan, 272 Forced to repay a debt to the pilgrim, 276 Arrives at Al-Madinah, 280 His intimacy with the pilgrim, 300 Accompanies the pilgrim to Ohod, 418 Sa’ad bin Ma’az, converted to Al-Islam, i. 352 His tomb, ii. 44, n. Condemns the Kurayzah to death, 46 Sa’ad ibn Zararah, his tomb, ii. 44, n. Sa’ad, the robber-chief of Al-Hijaz, i. 256 Particulars respecting him, 256 His opponent Shaykh Fahd, 257 His blood-feud with the Sharif of Meccah, 259 Description of Sa’ad, 259 His habits and manners, 260 His character, 260 He sometimes does a cheap good deed, 265 Conversation respecting him, 270 Description of his haunt, 270 Saba, the land of, i. 348 Sabæans, their claim to the Ka’abah as a sacred place, ii. 302, n. Sabatier, M., i. 112, n. Sabil, or public fountain, of Al-Madinah, i. 391 Sabkhah, or tufaceous gypsum of the Desert, ii. 134 Sacrifices in cases of infractions of the ordinances of the pilgrimage,