INDEX.
Project Gutenberg EPUB3 edition
Burton, Richard Francis, Sir
Aaron's Rod, 242
Abá, Abá'ah=cloak of hair, 133
Abad=eternity without end, 205
Abbasides (descendants of the Prophet's uncle), 61
—— (black banners and dress), 64; 292
Abd al-Azíz(Caliph), 166
Abd al-Malik (Caliph), 77; 167
Abhak=Allah bless him and keep (see Sal'am), 24
Abraham (an Imám to mankind), 203
—— (place of), 272
Abú Bakr (Caliph), 167; 197
Abú Hanífah (founder of the Senior School), 207
—— —— (scourged for refusing to take office), 210
Abú Házim, 205
Abú Ishak (Hárún's cup-companion), 302
Abú Lúlúah (murderer of Caliph Omar), 162
Abú Músá al-Ashári, ib.
Abú Riyáh=father of winds, a toy, 93
Abú Zarr (companion of the Prophet), 200
Acquit me of responsibility=pardon me, 76
Æolipyla, 101
Afridun (Furaydun) absurd name for a Greek king, 82
Agha=sir, gentleman, to a Eunuch, 50
Ahmad=the praised one, Mohammed, 226
Ahmad bin Hanbal (founder of the fourth Moslem School), 204
Ahnaf (Al-) bin Kays, 160
Ahr (ihr)=fornication, in the sense of irreligion, 258
Akhzar (green, grey, fresh, applied to cheek-down), 292
Ali (Caliph), his deeds of prowess, 108
Alam (not Ilm) al-Dín=flag of the faith, 19
Alexander (of the Koran) not to be confounded with the Macedonian, 199
Alms to reverend men for securing their prayers, 71
Allah (names, by Edwin Arnold), 28
—— Wa'lláhi tayyib (exclamation of the Egyptian Moslem), 34
Allaho akbar (as a war-cry), 89
Amazon (a favourite in folk-lore), 96
Ammá ba'ad=but after, initiatory formula, 37
Anemone on a tomb, 325
Anis al-Jalis=the Cheerer of the Companion, 5
Anklet-ring and ear-drops (erotic meaning of), 318