INDEX
Project Gutenberg EPUB3 edition
Burton, Richard Francis, Sir
Eli-Fenioun = Polyphemus, 361
Euphemism of speech, 134; 142
Euphuistic speech, 285
Eyes “sunk” into the head for our “starting” from it, 36
—— (plucking or tearing out of, a Persian practice), 359
Fagfúr (Mosl. title for the Emperor of China), 335
Fakíh = divine, 325
Falastín, degraded to “Philister”, 101
Faráis (pl. of farísah) = shoulder-muscles, 219
Faránik (Al-) = letter-carrier, 340
Faráshah, noun of unity of Farásh = butterfly, moth, 305
Fárikí, adjective of Mayyáfárikín, 1
Fáris = rider, knight, 314
Farrásh, a man of general utility, tent-pitcher etc., 4
Father of Bitterness = the Devil, 116
Fátihah quoted, 286
Fátir = creator (chapter of the Koran), 366
Fatís = carrion, corps crévé, 181
Faylasúfiyah = philosopheress, 145
Fayyaz (al-) = the overflowing, 99
Fazl = grace, exceeding goodness, 220
Fearing for the lover first, 256
Fee delicately offered, 162
Fí al-Kamar in the moonshine (perhaps allusion to the Comorin islands), 269
Fig = anus, 151
Fights frequent at funerals or wedding processions, 190
Fillets hung on trees to denote an honoured tomb, 96
Fikh = theology, 325
Fire-arms mentioned, 62
Flirtation impossible in the East, 181
Floor (sitting upon the, sign of deepest dejection), 314
Foot (prehensile powers of the Eastern), 179
Fortalice of fruits (Ar. Hisn al-Fákihah), 75
French letters (all about them), 190
Fumigations to cite Jinnis etc., 363
Fútah = napkin, waistcloth, 345
Galaktophagi prefer sour milk to sweet, 360
Garden (in the Prophet’s tomb at Al-Medinah), 91
Generosity (peculiar style of), 323
Ghandúr = a gallant, 181