INDEX.
Project Gutenberg EPUB3 edition
Burton, Richard Francis, Sir
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