Chapter 26

[p.466] Sadakah, or alms, sent to the Holy Land, i. 139, n. Sadi, the Bayt al-, the makers of the Kiswah of the Ka’abah, ii. 215 Safa, Al-, the hill, at Meccah, i. 364 The ceremonies at, ii. 44 Meaning of “Safa,” 44, n. Safk (clapping of hands), practice of, in the East, ii. 223 Sahal, sells ground to Mohammed, i. 357 Sahil, the Sufi, i. 10, n. Sahn, Al-, or central area of a Mosque, i. 307, 333 Sahrij, or water tank, on Mount Ohod, i. 429 Sai, Al-, the ceremony so called, ii. 170, n. Compendium of the ceremony, 288 Saidi tribe of Arabs, i. 145 Saint Priest, M. de, i. 112, n. Saints, in Moslem law, not supposed to be dead, i. 340 Their burial-place at Al-Bakia, ii. 31 Saj, or Indian teak, i. 364 Sakka, or water-carrier of the Prophet’s Mosque, i. 331, 373 Salabah bin Amru, i. 349 Salam, among the Moslems, i. 143, 151 Not returning a salam, meaning of, 231, n. Salam, or Blessings on the Prophet, i. 76 Salam, the Bab al-, at Al-Madinah, i. 307, n., 309, 313 Salat, or mercy, in Moslem theology, i. 313, n. Salatah, the dish so called, i. 135 Salih Shakkar, description of, i. 164 Effects of a thirty-six hours’ sail on him, 210 Leaves Yambu’, 241 Arrives at Al-Madinah, 280 Salihi tribe of Arabs, i. 145 Salim, the Benu, their subdivisions, ii. 120, n. Salim, Sultan, of Egypt, i. 146 Salkh, the kind of circumcision among the Badawin so called, ii. 110 Salma al-Mutadalliyah, great-grandmother of the Prophet, i. 351, n. Salman, the Persian, companion of the Prophet, i. 414, n. Salman al-Farsi, the Masjid, ii. 48 Salmanhudi, Al- (popularly El Samhoudy), his testimony respecting the tomb of the Prophet, i. 323 Remarks on his name, 323, n. His burial-place, 323, n. His account of the graves of the Prophet and the first two caliphs, 340 Unsuccessful endeavour to purchase a copy of Al-Samanhudi, 340, n. Visits the tombs of the Hujrah, 368, n. Salt, sacredness of the tie of “terms of salt,” ii. 53, n. The bond of, sacredness of, among the Badawin, 112 The Syrians called “abusers of the salt,” 133, n. Salutation of peace in the East, i. 143, 151, 287 Samanhud, the ancient Sebennitis, i. 323, n. Sambuk, i. 178 Description of, 188 Samman, Mohammed al-, the saint, i. 426 His Zawiyah, or oratory, near Ohod, 426 Samun wind, i. 149, 265, n. Its effects on the skin, ii. 69 And on the travellers’ temper, 127 The, on the road between Al-Madinah and Meccah, 129 Sanctuary, right of, in the Ka’abah, ii. 325 The Prophet’s. See Ka’abah [p.467] Sand, pillars of, in Arabia, ii. 69 Arab superstition respecting them, 66 Sandals donned when approaching Meccah, ii. 139 Sandal, the Oriental, i. 236 Uncomfortable and injurious to wearers of them, 236, n. Sanding instead of washing, when water cannot be obtained, i. 261 Sandstone, yellow (Hayar Shumaysi), of Meccah, ii. 295, n. Saniyat Kuda’a, near Meccah, ii. 152 Saracen, derivation of the word, i. 187, n. Saracens, Gibbon’s derivation of the name, ii. 76, n. Saracenic style of architecture, i. 90, 92, 364 Sarf, Al- (grammar of the verb), study of, in schools, i. 104 Sariyah, or night march, disagreeableness of, ii. 67, 68 Sarraf, or money changer, ii. 235 Sarsar wind, i. 151, n. Sa’ud, the Wahhabi, i. 242 Besieges the city of Al-Madinah, i. 369 Saur, Jabal, Mohammed’s stay in the cave of, i. 355, n. Its distance from Al-Madinah, 379 Sawadi, or black grapes, i. 404 Sawik, the food so called, i. 275, n. Sayh, Al-, the torrent at Al-Madinah, i. 395, 399, 420 Sayhani, Al-, the date so called, i. 401 Sayl, or torrents, in the suburbs of Al-Madinah, i. 380 Sayyalah, the Wady, i. 274 The cemetery of the people of, 274, n. Sayyid, Abu ’l Hayja, Sultan of Egypt, his present to the Mosque of the Prophet, i. 366, n. Sayyid Ali, vice-intendant of the Mosque of Meccah, ii. 319 Sayyidna Isa, future tomb of, i. 326 Sayyids, great numbers of, at Al-Madinah, ii. 3 Their origin, 3, n. Dress of Sayyids in Al-Hijaz, 4 The Sayyid Alawiyah, 4 Graves of the, at Al-Bakia, 32 Schools in Egypt, i. 102 Course of study in Al-Azhar, 103, et seq. Intonation of the Koran taught in, 106 Science, exact and natural, state of, in Egypt, i. 108, n. Scorpions near Meccah, ii. 179 “Sea of Sedge,” i. 196 Seasons, divided into three, by the Arabs, i. 383 Sebastiani, General, i. 112, n. Sebennitis, the modern Samanhud, i. 323, n. Semiramis, eunuchs first employed by, i. 371, n. Sena’a, city of, its depravity, ii. 107, n. Senna plant, abundance of the, in Arabia, ii. 72 Its growth in the Deserts, 137 Sepulchre, the Holy, imitations of, in Christian churches, i. 95 Sermons, Moslem, ii. 313 The Sermons of Sa’adi, 165 The sermon on Mount Arafat, 290 The Khutbat al-Wakfah, Sermon of the Standing (upon Arafat), 197 The Sermon at the Harim, 225 Impression made by it on the hearers, 226 Sesostris, ships of, i. 189 His blindness, 385 Shafe’i, Al-, Mosque of, i. 105, n. Shafe’i, Imam, his vision of Ali, ii. 184, n. Shafe’i, Masalla, or place of prayer of the Shafe’i school, i. 310, n. [p.468] Shafe’i pilgrimage, the compendium of Mohammed of Shirbin relating to, ii. 281 et seq. Shafe’i school, mufti of, at Al-Madinah, i. 373 Shahan, the Benu (a Jewish tribe), in Arabia, i. 347, n. Shajar Kanadil, or brass chandelier of the hypæthral court of the Prophet’s Mosque, i. 339 Shaking hands (Musafahah), Arab fashion of, i. 52 Shame, a passion with Eastern nations; i. 37 Shami, Bab al-, or Syrian gate, of Al-Madinah, i. 391 Shami pomegranates, of Al-Madinah, i. 405 Shamiyah, or Syrian, ward of Meccah, ii. 153 Quarrels of the, with the Sulaymaniyah quarter, 153 Shammas bin Osman, his tomb at Ohod, i. 429 Shamsan, Jabal, the burial-place of Cain, ii. 160, n. Sharai and Bi-Sharai, the two orders of Darwayshes, i. 15 Shararif, or trefoiled crenelles in the walls of Al-Madinah, i. 392 Sharbat Kajari, the poison of the Persians, ii. 86 Shark, Al-, i. 266 Explanation of the name, 266, n. Sharki, the Darb al-, i. 380 Sharzawan, Al-, or base of the Ka’abah, ii. 298, n. Shaving in the East, ii. 14 Shaw, Dr. Norton, i. 1, 5 Shawarib, Abu, the father of mustachios, ii. 53 Shaybah, generally called Abd al-Muttalib, grandfather of the Prophet i. 351, n. Shaybah, Ibn, his account of the burial-place of Aaron, i. 346 Shaybah, Bab Benu, legend of, of the Ka’abah, ii. 161, n. The true sangre azul of Al-Hijaz, 206 Keepers of the keys of the Ka’abah, 206 The chief Shaykh Ahmad, 206, n. Shaykh, explanation of the term, i. 14 Description of an Arab, fully equipped for travelling, 234 Shaykhayn, the “two shaykhs,” Abu Bakr and Osman, ii. 2 Shaytan al-Kabir (the Great Devil), ceremony of throwing stones at, ii. 203 Sheep, the three breeds of, in Al-Hijaz, ii. 17 The milk of the ewe, 17 Shems al-Din Yusuf, al-Muzaffar, chief of Yaman, his contribution to the fifth Mosque of the Prophet, i. 368 Sharifs, or descendants of Mohammed, i. 327 Great numbers of, at Al-Madinah, ii. 3 Their origin, 3, n. Their intense pride, 79, n. Forced celibacy of their daughters, 79, n. Their bravery, 150, n. Causes of their pugnacity, 150, n. Sharifi, Al-, the grape so called, i. 404 Shi’ahs, their defilement of the tombs of Abu Bakr and Omar, i. 321, n. Their antipathy to the Sunnis, 321, n. Their aversion to Abu Bakr, 354, n. Their detestation of Syria and of the Syrians, ii. 138, n. Shibr Katt, i. 30 Shibriyah, or cot, for travelling, ii, 65 Ship-building on the Red Sea, i. 177 [p.469] Ships. The toni or Indian canoe, i. 188, n. The “catamaran” of Madras and Aden, i. 189, n. Shiraz, boasts of the Shi’ahs at, i. 321, n. Shisha, or Egyptian water-pipe, i. 80 Shisha, or travelling pipe, ii. 125 Shopping in Alexandria, i. 11 Shuab Ali, valley of, i. 279, n. Shuab al-Hajj, (the pilgrim’s pass), scene in, i. 272 Shugduf, difference between the Syrian and Hijazi shugduf, i. 418 Dangers to, in “acacia-barrens,” ii. 69 Shuhada (the Martyrs), i. 274 Remarks on, 274 Its past and future honours, 274, n. Visit to the graves of the, at Mount Ohod, 426, 427 Shumays, Bir, yellow sandstone of, ii. 295, n. Shurafa, pl. of Sharif, a descendant of Mohammed, i. 327 Shurum, i. 145 Shushah, or tuft of hair on the poll, i. 163 Sicard, Father, i. 195 Sidr or Lote tree of the Prophet’s Mosque, i. 337 Sie-fa of the Bokte, in Tartary, i. 58 Siesta, i. 299, n. The Kaylulah, or noon siesta, 299 The Aylulah, 299, n. The Ghaylulah, 299, n. The Kaylulah, 299, n. The Faylulah, 299, n. Sikandar Al-Rumi, tomb of, i. 12 Sikanjabin (oxymel), used as a remedy in fevers in Arabia, i. 387 Silk-tree of Arabia. See Asclepias gigantea Sinai, Mount, i. 202 Sinaitic tribes of Arabs, modern, observations on, i. 145, et seq. Chief clans of, 145 Impurity of the race, 146 Their ferocity, 147 How manageable, 147 Sind, dry storms of, i. 247, 265 Singapore, pilgrims from, to Meccah, i. 179 Silat al-Rasul, referred to, i. 384, n. Sittna Zaynab (our Lady Zaynab), Mosque of, at Cairo, i. 98 Siyuti, Al-, his theological works, i. 106, n. Sketching, dangerous among the Badawin, i. 240 Slaves, trade in, at Jeddah and in Egypt, i. 47 Reform in our slave laws throughout the East much needed, 49 Abyssinian slave, style of courting, 59 Slave-hunting in Africa, 60 Condition of slaves in the East, 61 The black slave-girls of Al-Madinah, ii. 12 Value of slave-boys and of eunuchs, 12 Value of the Galla girls, 13 Price of a Jariyah Bayza, or white slave-girl, 13 Female slaves at Meccah, 233 The slave-market of Meccah, 252 The pilgrim’s resolve, if permitted, to destroy the slave-trade, 252 Ease with which the slave-trade may be destroyed in the Red Sea, 252 Small-pox in Arabia. See Judari Smith, Sir L., his defeat of the Beni Bu Ali Arabs, i. 248 Smoking the weed “hashish,” i. 44 Soap, tafl or bole earth used by the Arabs as, i. 415 Sobh Badawin, their plundering propensities, ii. 58 [p.470] Societies, secret, in Egypt, i. 113 Sodom, the long-sought apple of, ii. 138, n. Sola, plain of, near Meccah, ii. 148 Soldier-travellers, fatalities which have befallen them lately, i. 1 Soldiers in Egypt, i. 118 Solomon, King, i. 212 Mosque of, at Jerusalem, connected with, 305 Somalis, dislike of, to tobacco, i. 194, n. Foundation of the tribe, 344, n. Songs of the Badawi Arabs, i. 145 Of Maysunah, ii. 190 Specimen of one, 223 Sonnini, his description of the “Kayf,” i. 9, n. Reference to, 299 His testimony to the virtues of the Harim, ii. 91, n. Sophia’s, St., at Constantinople, the largest Cathedral in the world, i. 364, n. Spanish cathedrals, Oriental origin of, i. 307 Spears (Kanat), of the Badawin, ii. 106 Sports of the Badawin, ii. 104 Springs of Mount Ohod, i. 423, n. Stanhope, Lady Hester, her faith in magic mirrors, i. 288, n. Statuary and pictures forbidden in Mosques, i. 94 Stimulants, effects of drinking, in the East, i. 265, n. Stoa, or Academia, of Al-Madinah, i. 338 Stocks, Dr., of Bombay, reference to, i. 246, n. Stone, obtained near Meccah, ii. 295, n. That of Panopolis, 296 Stone-worship, ii. 301, n. Storm, description of one at Muna, ii. 218 Dry storms of Arabia, i. 247 Streets, of Al-Madinah, i. 392 Students, Moslem, i. 104, n. Wretched prospects, 108 Sudan (Blacksland), i. 177 Suez (Suways), a place of obstacle to pilgrims, i. 128 Safety of the Desert road to, 156 Its want of sweet water, 158, n. Its brackish wells, 158, n. No hammam (or bath) at, 158, n. Number of caravanserais of, 159, n. Want of comfort in them all, 159, n. The farzah, or system of rotation, in the port of, 170, 178 Exorbitant rate of freight at, 170, n. The George Inn at (see George Inn), 173, et seq. Decrease in the number of pilgrims passing through Suez to Meccah, 176 The ship-builders of Suez, 177 Kinds of ships used at, 178 Number of ships at, 178 Imports and exports, 179, 180 Average annual temperature of the year at, 180 Population of, 181 State of the walls, gates, and defences of, 182 Food of the inhabitants of, 182, 183 Their fondness for quarrels, 183 A “pronunciamento” at, 183 Scene on the beach on a July morning, 186 Sufayna, Al-, the village of, ii. 128 Halt of the Baghdad Caravan at, 128 Description of the place, 130 Sufat (half-caste Turk), the present ruling race at Al-Madinah, ii. 5 Suffah, or sofa, companions of the, i. 363 Sufiyan, Abu, his battle with Mohammed at Mount Ohod, i. 423, 425, ii. 47 His daughter, ii. 35 Sufrah, i. 76 “Sufrah hazir,” i. 76, n. [p.471] Suhayl, sells ground at Al-Madinah to Mohammed, i. 357 Sujdah, or single-prostration prayer, i. 312 Suk al-Khuzayriyah, or greengrocers’ market of Al-Madinah, i. 391 Zuk al-Habbabah, or grain market of Al-Madinah, 391 Sula, or Sawab, Jabal, near Al-Madinah, ii. 48 Sulayman the Magnificent, the Sultan, his donations to the shrines of Meccah and Al-Madinah, i. 310, n., 368 Sulaymani, the poison so called, ii. 86 Sulaymaniyah Munar, i. 333 Sulaymaniyah, or Afghan quarter of Meccah, ii. 153 Quarrels of the, with the Shamiyah ward, 153 Suls character of Arabic, i. 322, n. A Koran in the library of the Prophet’s Mosque written in the, 338, n. Sumaydah, a sub-family of the Benu Harb, i. 256 Sun, his fierce heat on the Red Sea, i. 207 Effects of, on the mind and body, 208 Majesty of the sunset hour, 208 Heat of, in the Deserts of Arabia, 251 Remarks on sunstrokes, in the East, 365, n. Hour at which it is most dangerous, 275 Adoration of, by kissing the hand, ii. 165, n. Sunnat, or practice or custom of the prophet, i. 340, n. Sunnat al-Tawaf, or practice of circumambulation, ii. 170 Sunnis, their antipathy to the Shi’ahs, i. 321, n. Their reverence for the memory of Abu Bakr, 354 Superstitions of the Arabs, i. 427 Error of Niebuhr respecting, ii. 153, n. That respecting the ceiling of the Ka’abah, 207 The superstitions of Meccans and Christians compared, 237 Those of Arabs and Africans respecting the aloe, 248 Supplication, efficacy of, at the Masjid al-Ahzab, ii. 47 Surat, tobacco of, i. 179 Surgery among the Badawin, ii. 108 Suri (Syrian), Shami, or Suryani, tobacco, i. 65, n. Surrah, or financier of the Caravan, i. 374 Suwan (granite), of Meccah, ii. 295, n. Suwaykah, celebrated in the history of the Arabs, i. 275 Origin of its name, 275, n. Suwayrkiyah, headquarters of the Benu Hosayn, ii. 3 Confines of, 72 The town of, 124 The inhabitants of, 123 Swords of the Arabs, i. 248, ii. 106 Their sword-play, 107 Syria, expedition of Tobba al-Asghar against, i. 350 Abhorrence in which it is held by the Shi’ah sect, ii. 133, n. Wars in, caused by sectarian animosity, 133, n. Syrians on the Red Sea, i. 202 Detestation in which Syria and the Syrians are held by the Shi’ahs, ii. 133, n. Called “abusers of the salt,” 133, n.

TABRANI, AL-, his account of the building of the Prophet’s Mosque, i. 361 Tafarruj, or lionising, i. 308 Tafl, or bole earth, eaten by Arab women, i. 415 Tafsir (exposition of the Koran), study of, in schools, i. 107 Tahamat Al-Hijaz, or the sea coast of Al-Hijaz, i. 377 [p.472] Taharah, the kind of circumcision among the Badawin so called, ii, 110 Tahlil, or cry of welcome, ii. 159 Taif, population of, i. 393, n. Pears of, 405, n. The “Rubb Rumman” of, 405 The blue peaks of, ii. 148 Takat al-Kashf (niche of disclosure), of the Mosque of Al-Kuba, i. 410 Takiyah, or Darwayshes’ dwelling-place in Cairo, i. 85 The Takiyah erected at Al-Madinah by Mohammed Ali, 285 Takruri pilgrims, their wretched poverty, ii. 62 Takht-rawan, or gorgeous litters, i. 418 Expenses of one, from Damascus and back, ii. 65, n. Talbiyat, or exclaiming, when approaching Meccah, ii. 139 Derivation of the term, 140, n. Talhah, friend of Mohammed, sent forward by the Prophet to Al-Madinah,