INDEX.
Project Gutenberg EPUB3 edition
Burton, Richard Francis, Sir
Sháhmiyánah (large tent), 194
Shahrazad (various explanations of the name), 1
Shakespeare and musical glasses, 3
Shambar=Cassia fistularis, 241
Sharrkan (Sharrun kána)=bane to the foe, 78
Shaukat=sting, pride, 106
Shaving and depilation, 160
Shaykh=elder, chief, 144
Shawáhi (from Shauh)=having a fascinating eye, 269
Shirk=giving a partner to Allah, 202
Shiyár (old name for Saturday), 305
Shouting under a ruler's palace to attract attention, 38
Shu'aib=Jethro, 205
Siddík=true friend, 197
Sign of the cross on the forehead, 224
Sin=China, 77
Sins (seven deadly), 175
Sijdah=prostration, 10
Siláh-dár=armour-bearer, 215
Slander (poisoned=fatal), 264
Slaves, Cannibals, 48
—— Familiarity, 49
—— called "Camphor," like "Snowball", 47
—— refuse to be set free, 55
—— Manumission of, ib.
—— Destructiveness, ib.
—— Girls' names, 57
—— Returning from a journey, 65
—— Christian girls sent to Moslems, 79
—— Girls examined as to virginity, 147
—— Behaving like one, 270
Sledge (thrashing=tribulum), 23
Sleeping and slumbering, 178
Smoking out (a common practice), 255
Smothering a rival common in Harems, 58
Softness of skin highly prized, 295
Sole of a valley often preferred to encamp in, 85
Solomon and al-Sakhr, 97
Sons of the Road=wayfarers, 23
Son (the lamp of a dark house), 280