The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 01 (of 10)·by Project Gutenberg

Index.

Abbas "hero eponymus" of the Abbaside dynasty, 188
Abdullah ibn Abbas, companion and traditioner, 304
Abú Kidr=father of the cooking-pot, ib.
Abú Shámah=father of a cheek-mole, 269
Abú Shámmah=father of a smeller or nose, ib.
Abú Shawárib=father of mustachios, ib.
Abu Shiháb, father of the shooting star=evil spirit, 221
Abú Yakzán=the wakener=ass, 16
- =cock, 18
Ad=tribe of prehistoric Arabs, 65
Adab=anything between good education and good manners, 132
Aghá=master, politely applied to an Eunuch, 235
Ahdab, hunchback=classical Ak'as, 213
A'in=Smiter with the evil eye, 123
Ajal=appointed period of life, 74
'Ajami=foreigner, esp. Persian, 120
Ajuz, for old woman, highly insulting; use Shaybah, 174
Akásirah=Kisra-Kings, 75
Akrás=cakes, 83
Al-Aftah=Broad-o'-Brow, 17
Al-Ajam=region not Arab, Persia, 2
Al-Amin, son and successor of Hárún al-Rashíd, 185
Al-Aríf=monitor, 231
Al-Asr=time or prayer of mid-afternoon, 240
Al-Bashárah=gift of good tidings, guerdon, 30
Al-Bostáni=gardener, family name from original occupation, 266
Al-Faranj=European, 296
Al-Hasá=plain of pebbles, west of Damascus, 234
Al-Kahánah=the craft of a Káhin or soothsayer, 28
Al-Maamún, son and successor of Hárún al-Rashíd, 185
Al-Málihah=salt-girl; beautiful, 340
Al-Mustansir bi'llah=one seeking help in Allah, 317
Al-Nashshár=sawing, 335
Al-Níl=flood season corresponding to mid-summer, 290
Al-Rauzah=the gardens, 291
Al-Safar Zafar=voyaging is victory, 250
Al-Sahr=magic, black art, 305
Al-Záhir bi'llah=one pre-eminent by the decree of Allah, 317
Al-Zalamah (tyrants, oppressors)=police and employés, 273
Allah! Allah!=I conjure thee by God, Passim
Allah hath said, formula of quoting the Koran, 61
Allah Karím=Allah is all beneficent, 32
Allah will open thee, a formula of refusing, ib.
Ailaho a'alam=God is all knowing, 2; 50
Allahumma=Yá Allah with emphasis, 39
Amán=quarter, mercy, 342
Amír=Military Commandant, 259
Amír al-Muuminín=Prince of the Faithful, 112
Amrad=beardless and handsome, effeminate, 327
Amsár=cities, 11
Amshát (combs) perhaps=Kunáfah (vermicelli), 83
Andam=the gum called dragon's blood; brazilwood, 176
Arab al-Arabá=prehistoric tribes of the Arabs, 112
Arab al-Musta'ajimah=barbarised Arabs, ib.
Arab al-Musta'aribah=naturalised Arabs, ib.
Arab al-Muta'arribah=Arabised Arabs, ib.
Arakiyah=white scull-cap, 215
Ardabb (Irdabb)=about five bushels, 263
Arún (Heb.)=in his shirt, 78
Asal-nahl=bee's honey, 271
Ashkánián=race of Persian Kings, 78
Astrolabe, father of our sextant, 304
Atr=any perfume, 335
Auhashtani=thou hast made me desolate, 62
Awálim pl. of Alimah=dancing girls, 214
Aysh (Egypt.)=Ayyu shayyin for classical "Má"=what, 79
Aywa (for Ay w' Alláhi)=Ay, by Allah, 303
Azim="deuced" or "mighty fine", 178
Báb=gate; chapter, 136
Báb al-Farádís=gate of the gardens at Damascus, 240
Babel=Gate of God, 85
Babes of the eyes=pupils, 100
Badawi's dying farewell, 75
Bádhanj=wind-shaft, ventilator, 257
Badmasti=le vin mauvais, 88
Baghlah=she-mule, 129
Bahr=water cut or trenched in the earth, sea, large river, 44
Bahr al-muhít=circumambient ocean, 133
Balid=simpleton, 17
Ballán=body servant, 311
Ballánah=tire-woman, ib.
Banj=Nibanj=Nepenthe, hemp, 70
Baradiyah=wide-mouthed jug, 36
Bárid=vain, foolish, insipid, 213
Barley, food for horses, 345
Barmecides, 188
Basaltic statues in Hauranic ruins give rise to the idea of men metamorphosed into black stones, 170
Basil=the Indian Tulsi, Ocymum basilicum, 19
Basil of the bridges=pennyroyal, 91
Bastinado of women, 183
Bayáz al-Sultáni=the best kind of gypsum, 270
Bazar of Damascus famous in the Middle Ages, 2
Beheading or sacking a faithless wife unlawful but leniently looked upon, 181
Before the face of Allah=for the love of God, 135
Bi'l-Salámah=in safety (to avert the evil eye), 288
Birkat al-Habash=Abyssinian pond, 291
Bismillah=in the name of God, 40
—— said before taking action, 80
—— a civil form of dismissal, 98
——="fall to!", 264
Blackamoors preferred by debauched women, 6
Blind notorious for insolence, etc., 330
Blinding a common practice in the East, how done, 108
Blue and yellow turbans prescribed to Christians and Jews, 77
Boils and pimples supposed to be caused by broken hair-roots, 275
Breast broadening with delight, 48
Breast straitened, the converse of breast broadening (48), 119
Bride's throne, 215
Búzah=beer, 72
Cairenes held exceedingly debauched, 298
Cairo nothing without the Nile, 295
Camel, how slaughtered, 347
Carpet-beds, 294
Chaff or banter allowed even to modest women, 267
Champing sign of good breeding, 345
Chess-anecdote, 132
Children carried astraddle upon hip or shoulder, 308
Claims of maidenhead, 190
Clapping of hands to summon servants, 177
Clever young ladies dangerous in the East, 15
Conception on the bride-night rare, 227
Confession after concealment a characteristic of the servile class, 53
Confession on the criminal's part required by Moslem Law, 274
Confusion of metaphors characteristic of The Nights, 86
Contemplation of street-scenery one of the pleasures of the Harem, 319
Corpse pollutes him who touches it, 295
Cutting off the right hand Koranic punishment for theft, 274
Cutting of the navel string preliminary to naming the babe, 231
Cutting the rope=breaking bounds, 349
Dajlah=Tigris, Heb. Hid-dekel, 180
Dakhíl-ak=under thy protection, 61
Damascus women famed for sanguinary jealousy, 295
Darabukkah=tom-tom, 311
Darbar=public audience, 29
Dastúr=leave, permission, 66
Daughter of my uncle=my wife, 69
Daurak=narrow-mouthed jug, 36
Despite his nose=against his will, 26
Destiny blindeth human sight, 67
Dinár=gold piece, Daric, Miskál, 32
Dirham=silver piece, 33
"Dog" and "hog" popular terms of abuse, 188
Drinking first to show that the draught is not poisoned, 88; 295
"Drop" unknown to the Eastern gallows, 260
Dunyázád=world-free, 14
Dust-storm in tropical lands, 111
Elephant's roll (to Hindu)=swaying and graceful gait, 217
Erotic inferences drawn from parts of body, 350
Eternal truth of The Nights, 7
Eunuch best go-between, 282
Eunuch employed as porter, 343
Eunuch-in-Chief a most important Jack in office, 283
Eunuchs, different kinds of, 132
Euphemistic formulas to avoid mentioning unpleasant matters, 31
Exaggeration part of humour, 12
Eyebrows joined a great beauty in Arabia, 227
Eyes of me=my dears, 163
Face-veil="nose-bag", 82
Fakír=religious mendicant generally, 95
Falcon=blinding the quarry, 51
Fals ahmar=a red cent, 321
Faráiz=orders expressly given in the Koran, 169
Farajíyah=a long sleeved robe, 210, 321
Fass=bezel of a ring, gem cut en cabochon, contenant for contenu, 165
Fata=a youth; generous man, etc., 67
Favours foreshadowing downfall, 48
Female depravity going hand in hand with perversity of taste, 73
Fiat injustitia ruat cœlum, 253
First personal pronoun placed first for respect, 237
Fitnah=revolt, seduction, mischief; beautiful girl; aphrodisiac perfume, 219
Following one's face=at random, 347
Friday night=our Thursday night, 269
Friday Service described, 313
Frolics of highborn ladies, 328
"Fun"=practical jokes of the largest, 20
Futur=breakfast, 300
Gall-bladder and liver allusions, 219
Ghadir=a place where water sinks, lowland, 233
Ghamz=winking, signing with the eye, 292
Gharíb=foreigner, 95
Ghawází=singing girls, 214
Ghazl al-banát (spinning of girls)=vermicelli, 83
Ghilmán=Wuldán, the beautiful youths of Paradise, 211
Ghútah=thickly grown lowland, 115
Ghúlah=ogress, 55
Going straight to the point preferred to filer le parfait amour, 268
Gold makes bold, 340
Ground-floor usually let for shops, 319
Habb=grain of the heart, 250
Habbániyah=grain-seller's quarter, 269
Habíb, euphemism for lover, 223
Hayhát, onomatopoetic=heigh-ho!, 76
Hair should be allowed all to grow or be shaven off, 308
Hair-dyes all vegetable matter, 326
Halab=Aleppo, 292
Hammam, going to the=convalescence, 288
——, showing that a woman's monthly ailment is over, 286
Harím=Harem, used for the inmates, wife, etc., 165
Harísah, a favourite dish, 131
Hasanta ya Hasan=bene detto, Benedetto!, 251
Hashísh, intoxicant prepared of hemp, 225
Haste ye to salvation, part of the Azán, 224
Hátif=mysterious voice, 142
Hauk! Hauk!=heehaw!, 221
Head in the poke=into the noose, 179
High-bosomed damsel a favourite with Arab tale-tellers, 84
Hog, popular term of abuse, 188
Horoscopes, etc., 213
Horseplay frequently ending in bastinado, 325
House of Peace=Baghdad, 139
Houses of Lamentation in Moslem burial-grounds, 94
Humming not a favourite practice with Moslems, 311
Hunchback looked upon with fear and aversion, 258
Húr al-Ayn=with eyes of lively white and black, 90
Hurr=gentleman, 254
Hurry is from Hell, 264
Iblis=Despairer, 13
Ibn Harám=son of adultery, abuse not necessarily reflecting on the parent, 231
Ibrat=needle-graver and Ibrat=warning, a favourite jingle, 104
Ibrík=ewer, and Tisht=basin, used for washing the hands, 241
Id al-Kabír=the Great Festival, 28
Ifrít, divided into two races like mankind, 11
Ifritah=she-Ifrit, 34
Ihdák=encompassing, as the white encloses the black of the eye, 49
Ihtizáz=shaking with delight, 50
Iklíl=diadem, now obsolete, 270
Iklím=the seven climates of Ptolemy, 233
Ilm al-Ruháni=Spiritualism, 305
Improvising still common amongst the Badawin, 39
Incest lawful amongst ancient peoples, 110
Inheritance, law of, settled by the Koran, 174
Inshád=conjuring by Allah, 11
Insolence and licence of palace girls, 286
Intellect of man stronger than a Jinni's, 43
Internally wounded=sick at heart, 5
Inwá=jerking the date-stone, 25
Ishá=the first watch of the night, 175
Izár=sheet worn as veil, 163
Ja'afar=contrasting strongly with his master, 102
Jahárkas=Pers. Chehár-kas, four persons, 266
Jannat al-Na'ím=The Garden of Delights i.e. Heaven, 98
Jazírah=Peninsula, Arabia, 2
Jazírát al-Khálidát=Eternal Isles=Canaries, 141
Jilá=displaying the bride before the bridegroom, 174
Jinn=the French génie, the Hindu Rakshasa or Yaksha, 10
Joseph of the Koran very different from him of Genesis, 13
Judri=small-pox, 256
Junún=madness, 10
Ká'ah=ground-floor hall, 85
Ká'ah (saloon)=fine house, mansion, 292
Kábul-men noted for Sodomy, 299
Káf, popularly=Caucasus, 72, 133
Kahbah=whore, 70
Kahílat al-taraf=having the eyelids lined with Kohl, 63
Kahkahah=horse-laughter, 350
Kahramánát=nursery governess, 231
Káid=leader, 330
Kalam=reed-pen, 128
Kalám al-Mubáh=the permitted say, 29
Kalandar=mendicant monk, 94
Kámat Alfiyyah=straight stature, 85
Kamís=shift, etc., 293
Kat'a=bit of leather, 20
Katá=sand-grouse, 131
Katf=pinioning, 106
Kathá-Sarit-Ságara=poetical version of the Vrihat-Kathá, 12
Kaus al-Banduk=pellet-bow, 10
Kausar=a lieu commun of poets, 241
Kawwád=pimp, 316
Káyánián race of Persian Kings, 75
Kaylúlah=siesta, 51
Kaysariyah=superior kind of Bazar, 266
Kazi=judge in religious matters, 21
Kerchief of mercy, 343
Khádim=servant, politely applied to a castrato, 235
Khalí'a=worn out; wag, 311
Khalífah=Vicar of Allah; successor of a Santon, 184
Khan=caravanserai, 92
Khan Al-Masrúr, in Cairo, famous in the 15th century, 265
Khanjar=hanger, 232
Khatmah=reading or reciting the whole Koran, 277
Khinzír=hog, 108
Khubz=scones, 131
Khuff=walking shoes, 82
Khyas, Khyas, onomatopoetic, used in a sea-spell, 228
King's barber a man of rank, 351
"Kiss, key to Kitty", 323
Kissing the eyes a paternal salute, 125
Kohl=powdered antimony for the eyelids, 89
—— proverbially used, 278
Koran quoted (xx.), 2
—— (ii. 34), 13
—— (xxv. 31), ib.
—— (xix. 69), ib.
—— (xxvi.), 39
—— (xxvii.), 42
—— (v., xx.), 119
—— (vii., xviii.), 169
—— (i.), 208
—— (lvi. 9), 211
—— (lx.), 220
—— (v.), 240
—— (cviii.), 241
—— (xvii.), 249
—— (xxxvi. 69), 251
—— (cv.), 256
—— (ii., ix.), 257
—— (v.), 274
—— (viii. 17), ib.
—— (iii.), 298
—— (iii. 128), 307
Kufr=rejecting the True Religion, 169
Kulkasá=colocasia roots, 272
Kullah=gugglet, 36
Kumkum=a gourd-shaped bottle for sprinkling scents, 42
Kári=teacher of the correct pronunciation of the Koran, 113
Kurrat al-Ayn=coolness of the eye, 72
Kurs has taken the place of Iklíl, 270
Kursi (choir, throne)=desk or stool for the Koran, 167
Kush'arírah=horripilation, symptom of great joy or fear, 251
La'abat=a plaything, a puppet, a lay figure, 245
Lá adamnák=Heaven deprive us not of thee, 268
Labbayka=Here am I, called Talbiyah, 226
Laylat al-Wafá=the night of completion of the Nile-flood, 291
Lá Haula, etc.=there is no Majesty etc., 69
Lá tawáhishná=do not make us desolate, 62
Lá tawákhizná=do not chastise us=excuse us, 164
Latter night=hours between the last sleep and dawn, 24
Laughing in one's face not intended as an affront, 320
Laughter rare and sign of a troubled spirit, 248
Life-breath in the nostrils=heart in the mouth, 42
Like mother like daughter, 299
Liver=seat of passion, 27
Loghah=Arabic language, also a vocabulary, dictionary, 251
Loosening the hair an immodesty in women sanctioned only by a great calamity, 314
Lukmah=mouthful, 261
Madfa'=cannon, showing modern date, 223
Magnet Mountains, fable probably based on the currents, 140
Mail-coat and habergeon simile for a glittering stream, 291
Ma'ín, Ma'ún=smitten with the evil eye, 123
Majnún=madman, 10
Making water, 259
Mahkamah=Kazi's Court, 21
Malik or Malak=Seraph or Sovran, 253
Mamlúk=white slaves trained to arms, 81
Márid=contumacious Jinni, 41
Máristán (from Pers. Bímáristán=place of sickness), 288
Marmar=marble, 295
Marriage not valid without receipt of settlement, 276
Mashá ilí=bearer of a cresset (Mash'al), 259
Masíhi=follower of the Messiah, 258
Maskhút=transformed (mostly into something hideous); a statue, 165
Massage (shampooing), 172
Mausil (Mosul) alluding to the junction of Assyria and Babylonia, 82
Maydán=parade ground, 46
Maymúnah, proverbial name now forgotten, 57
Meat rarely coloured in modern days, 310
Merchants and shopkeepers carrying, swords, 54
Miao or Mau=cat, 220
Mikra'ah=palm-rod, 99
Mihráb and Minaret, symbols of Venus and Priapus?, 166
Milh=salt, 340
Miracles performed by Saints' tombs, 241
Miskál=71-72 grams in gold, used for dinar, 126
Mizr, Mizar=beer, 72
Moles compared with pearls, 177
Monday=second day, reckoning from Sabbath (Saturday), 266
Money carried in the corner of a handkerchief, 271
Monoculars unlucky to meet, 333
Mosul stuff=muslin, 229
Mounds=rubbish heaps outlying Eastern cities, 71
Mouth compared to the ring of Sulayman, 84
Mu'arras=pimp, 338
Muháfiz=district-governor, 259
Muhakkak="Court-hand", 129
Muhammarah=fricandoed, 286
Mujtabá=the Accepted, 77
Munakkishah=woman who applies the dye to a face, 270
Murtazá=the Elect, 77
Mustapha=the Chosen, ib.
Mutawalli=Prefect of Police, 259
Muzayyin=Figaro of the East, 304
Nabút=quarter-staff, 234
Nadd, a compound perfume, 310
Naddábah=mourning woman, 311
Nadím=cup-companion, 46
Nafas=breath, 107
Nafs=soul, life, ib.
Nahás asfar=brass, 40
Nahás (ahmar)=copper, ib.
Nahnu málihín=we are on term of salt, 344
Nahs=nasty, 301
Naihah=keener, hired mourner, 311
Nakedness paraphrased, 327
Nakíb a caravan-leader, chief, syndic, 269
Name of Allah introduced into an indecent tale essentially Egyptian, 12
Narjis=Narcissus, 294
Naskh=copying hand, 128
Nasráni=follower of Him of Nazareth, 258
Nat'a=leather used by way of table-cloth, 20
Nata' al-dam=the leather of blood, 318
Navel as to beauty and health, 84
Nearness of seat a mark of honour, 250
Negroes preferred by debauched women, 6
New-moon beginning Ramazán carefully looked for, 84
Nile-water sweet and light, 290
Nineteen the age of an oldish old maid in Egypt, 212
Noisy merriment scandalous to Moslem "respectability", 95
Nothing for nothing a sexual point d'honneur, 87
Oath a serious thing amongst Moslems, 179
Oman=Eastern Arabia, 83
Oriental orgie different from European, 93
Pander-dodge to get more money, 302
Panel-dodge fatally common, 323
Paris Jockey-club scene anticipated, 327
Parody on the testification of Allah's Unity, 177
Parrot-story a world-wide folk-lore, 52
Passengers in difficulties take command, 140
Pearl, supposed to lose one per cent. per ann. of its splendour, 165
Peshdadians, race of Persian Kings, 75
Plain (ground), synonyms for, 46
Plural masc. used by way of modesty when a girl addresses her lover, 98
Poetry of the Arabs requires knowledge of the Desert to be understood, 230
Pomegranate fruit supposed to contain seed from Eden garden, 134
Prime Minister carrying fish to the cookmaid, 63
Privy, a slab with slit in front and a round hole behind, 221
Proverbs true to nature, 307
Qanoon-e-Islam quoted on the subject of horoscopes, etc., 213
Raydaniyah, a camping ground near Cairo, 245
Rayháni=a curved character, 128
Rais=captain of a ship, 127
Rajaz=the seventh Bahr of Arabic prosody, 251
Rajul ikhtiyár=middle-aged man, 55
Refusal of a gift greatest affront, 336
Rending of garments as sign of sorrow or vexation, 308
Respect shown to parts of the body, exuviæ, etc., 276
Riding on the ass an old Biblical practice, 262
Rims cars, 131
Rozistan=day station, 29
Ruká'í=correspondence hand, 128
Rukhám=alabaster, 295
Ruka'tayn=two-bow prayer, 142
Sa'ad=auspiciousness, prosperity; derivatives, 9
Sabr=patience and aloes, source of puns, 138
Sadaf=cowrie, 19
Sadakah=voluntary alms, opposed to Zakát, 339
Sadd=wall, dyke, 114
Sáhib=companion, used as a Wazirial title, 237
Sáhib al-Shartah=chief of the watch (Prefect of Police), 259
Sáhib Nafas=master of breath, a minor saint healing by expiration, 107
Sáhil Masr=the river side (at Cairo), 291
Saj'a=rhymed prose, 116
Sakhr al-Jinni alluded to, 41
Sákiyah=the Persian water wheel, 123
Sálih, prophet sent to Thámúd, 169
Salmá and Layla=our "Mary and Martha", 265
Sama'an wa ta atan to be translated variously, 96
Samn=clarified butter, 144
Sár=vendetta, 101, 114
Saráwil=bag or petticoat trousers, 222
Sardábeh=underground room, 340
Sarráf=Anglo-Indian "Shroff", 210
Sassanides, 75
Sawáb=reward in Heaven, 96
Sayd wa Kanas=hunting and coursing, 9
Scalding a stump in oil common surgery practice, 297
Scorpions of the brow=accroche-cœurs, etc., 168
Sealing a covered dish a necessary precaution against poison, 244
Seas, the two=the Mediterranean and the Indian Ocean, 173
Sepulchre, erroneously called "a little Wali", 105
Seven schools or editions of the Koran, 113
Shább=youth between puberty and forty, 55
Shabistan=night station, 29
Shakáik al-Nu'umán=anemone, 175
Shahrázád=city-freer, 14
Shahryár=city friend, 2
Shah Zamán=King of the Age, ib.
Shaykh=an old man, elder, chief, 26
Shaykh, Shaybah=grey-beard, oldster, 55
Sha'ílah=link (also lamp, wick, etc.), 259
Shaking and nodding the head, universal items of gesture language, 300
Shám (Syria)=land on the left, opposed to Al-Yaman=land on the right, 83
"Shame" alluded to in cursing parents of an abused person, 227
Shampooing the feet, 117
Sharmutah=rags, tatters; strumpets; shreds of meat=Kadíd, 163
Shámah=Khál, mole on the cheek, 167
Shart=a single Talbiyah or cry Labbayka, 226
Shatm=obscene abuse, 182
Shayyun li'lláhi=per amor di Dio, 329
Shedding tears no disgrace for a man, 68
Sham hamphorash=the hundredth name of God, engraved on the seal-ring of Solomon, 173
Shiháb=shooting stars, 224
Shirk (partnership)=Syntheism, Dualism, Trinitarianism, 181
Shops composed of a "but" and a "ben", 316
Shudder preceding the magnetic trance, 44
Shuhadá, martyrs, extensive category, 171
Shuhúd=assessors of the Kazi's Court, 21
Shurayh, foxier than the fox, 252
Shúshah=topknot of hair, 308
Simát=dinner table, 178
Simiyá=white magic, 305, 332
Sitting on shins and knees a trying posture, 130
Slaves fancied by debauched women, 191
Slice of the moon=digit of the moon, 91
Smuggling men into the Harem, 282
Snatching off the turband a paying industry, 259
Soft-sided, attribute of beauty, 168
Solomon's death fixing the date of a tale, 41
"Son" used for "grandson" more affectionate, 243
Son of a century=hundred years old, 126
Sons of Adam=men, 130
Sons of Sásán=Sassanides, 2
Speaker puts himself first, 33
Spittle dried up from fear, 285
Staff broken in the first bout=failure in the first attempt, 64
Street melodies changing with fashion, 311
Striking the right hand upon the left sign of vexation, 298
Striking with the shoe, the pipe-stick, etc., highly insulting, 110
Subh-i-kázib=false dawn, 78
Subh-i-sádik=true dawn, ib.
Sucking the tongue="kissing with th' inner lip", 270
Sufrah=dinner table, 178
Sugar-stick=German Zuckerpüppchen, 167
Suhá, star in the Great Bear, ib.
Sulayman and Sakhr al-Jinni, 42
Sullam=ladder; whipping-post, 331
Sulus=engrossing hand, 128
Sums of large amount weighed, 281
Sun greeting Mohammed, 45
Superstitious practices not confined to the lower orders, 40
Surriyat=concubine, 27
Su 'ubán=dragon, cockatrice=Tannín, 172
Su'úd used as a counter odour, 279
Suwán=syenite, 238
Taghúm a kind of onomatopoetic grunt, 228
Tailor made to cut out the cloth in owner's presence, 321
Tákiyah, calotte worn under the Fez, scull-cap, 224
Talbiyah=the cry Labbayka, 226
Tammúz=July, 53
Tamar Hanná=flower of privet, 83
Tár=tambourine, 215
Tarbúsh=Pers. Sar-púsh, head cover, ib.
Tarík=clear the way, 66
Tarjumán=truchman, dragoman, 100
Tasbíh=saluting in the Subh, 258
Taur (Thaur, Saur), a venerable remnant of un-split speech, 16
Tawáshi, obnoxious name for a Eunuch, 235
Tears shed over past separation, 283
Thousand dirhams and thousand dinars=£125 and £500 respectively, 281
Three days term of hospitality, 3
Throwing one=bastinado on the back, 243
Tibn=crushed straw, 16
Tobba (Himyaritic)=the Great or Chief, 216
Tongue of the case=words suggested by the circumstances, 121
Tughyán=Kufr, rejection of the True Religion, 169
Túmár=uncial letters, 129
Turband not put upon the ground out of respect, 223
"Turk" probably a late addition, 52
Turning round in despair against an oppressor, 246
Odah, properly Uta=private room of a concubine, 286
Ultra-Shakspearean geography, "Fars of Roum", 45
Umamah and Atikah, tale of two women now forgotten, 61
Umm Amir=Mother of Amir, nickname for the hyena, 43
'Urban=wild Arabs, 112
Usfur=safflower, 219
Uzayr=Esdras, 257
Varieties of handwriting, 129
Wady, Anglicè "valley", 51
Wahsh=wild-beast and synonyms, 242
Wakálah; described in Pilgrimage i. 60, 266
Wakkád=stoker, 312
Wali=(civil) Governor, 259
Wa'l-Salám=and here ends the matter, 102
Washings after evacuation, 220
Way of Allah=common property, 91
Wazir=Minister, 2
"What is it compared with," popular way of expressing great difference, 37
Wife euphemistically spoken of in the masculine, 67
Window-gardening, old practice in the East, 301
Wine boiled=vinum coctum, 132
Wine-drinking vitiates the Pilgrimage-rite, 97
Wine flying to the head, effect of the cold after a heated room, 224
Wine why strained? 27
Wiswás=diabolical temptation or suggestion, 106
Women bastinadoed, 183
Wonder (=cause) in every death, 351
Wuldán=Ghilmán, the beautiful youths of Paradise, 211
Wuzu-ablution=lesser ablutions, 142
Yá Ba'íd=O distant one, euphemism for gross abuse, 41
Yá bárid=O fool, 313
Yá hú=O he! Swift's Yahoo? 240
Yahúdí for Jew, less polite than Banu Isráíl, 210
Yá Khálati=mother's sister, in addressing the old, 303
Yá Mash'úm=O unlucky one, 221
Yá házá=O this (one), somewhat slightingly, 240
Yá Sattár=Thou who veilest the discreditable secrets of Thy creatures, 258
Yá Tayyib al-Khál=O thou nephew of a good uncle, 303
Yaum al-Id=the great festival, 317
Youth described in terms applying to women, 144
Zábit=Prefect of Police, 259
Zakát=legal alms, 339
Zambúr=clitoris, 90
Zemzem=water saltish, 284
Zikr=litanies, 124
Zírbájah=meat dressed with cumin-seed, etc., 278
Ziyárat=visit to a pious person or place, 125
Zauba'ah=sandstorm the desert, 114
Zubb=penis, 92
Zabbál=scavenger, 312
Zulf=side-lock, 308
Zulm, injustice, tyranny; worst of a monarch's crimes, 190
Zuwaylah gate, more correctly Báb Zawilah, 269