INDEX
Project Gutenberg EPUB3 edition
Burton, Richard Francis, Sir
Sulaymán bin Abd al-Malik (Caliph), 99
Sulaymáníyah = Afghans, 171
Saráhíyah (vulg. Saláhíyah = glass-bottle), 370
Su’ubán = “basilisk,” large serpent, 322
Sword (between two sleepers represents only the man’s honour), 353
Tábik = coffer, 350
Tábút = bier, ark, etc., 207
—— (coffer), 350
Taghaddá = he dined, 180
Táir al-bayn = parting bird, 226
Tákah = arched hollow in the wall, niche, 361
Takht, a “seat” from a throne to a saddle, 55
—— (more emphatical than Sarír), 328
Taklíd = baldricking, not girding a sword, 3
Taklíyah = onion-sauce, 322
Takwím = Tacuino (for Almanac), 296
Tamsír (derived from Misr) = founding a military cantonment, 371
Tásúmah = sandal, slipper, 197
Taverns, 324
Tayr = any flying thing, bird, 227
Tawílan jiddan, now a Cairenism, 13
Tazríb = quilting, 330
“Tell the truth!” way of taking an Eastern liar, 183
Tent (how constructed), 109
“There is no Majesty,” etc., as ejaculation of impatience, 73
Third = Tuesday, 349
Timsah = crocodile, 343
Tongue (my, is under thy feet), 239
’Ubb = breast-pocket, 205
Union opposed to “Severance”, 120
“Use this” (i.e. for thy daily expenses), 298
Uzrah = Azariah, 158
Vile water (Koranic term for semen), 213
Violent temper (frequent amongst Eastern princesses), 254
Virginity of slave-girls (respected by the older slave-trader, rarely by the young), 267
Visits to the tombs, 124
Wahk, Wahak = Lasso, 61
Wahtah = quasi-epileptic fit, 127
Walíd bin Sahl (Caliph), 106
Ward Shah = Rose King, 70