INDEX.
Project Gutenberg EPUB3 edition
Burton, Richard Francis, Sir
Belle passion in the East, 62
Bhang (its kinds and use), 123
Biká'a=low-land, 109
Bilál (first Muazzin), 306
Bilkís and her throne, 79
Birth-stool (Kursí al-wiládah), 80
Bishr al-Háfi (Barefoot), 203
Biting the finger ends (not nails) sign of confusion, etc., 38
Bismillah parodied, 223
Black (colour of the Abbaside banner), 292
Boccaccio quoted, 112
Brother of Folly=a very fool, 279
Brotherhood of futurity=lookers out for a better world, 197
Buka'ah=Cœlesyria, 109
Bukhait=little good luck, 48
Bukhti (dromedaries), 177
Bull (followers preceding), 98
Burka'=nose-bag, 52
Bursting of the gall-bladder=our breaking of the heart, 322
Burying a rival, 58
Buttons (azrár), 318
Cabbala=Spiritual Sciences, 151
Caliphs: Abú Bakr, 167, 197 Abd al-Azíz, 166 Abd al-Malik, 77, 167 Ali, 108 Hishám bin Abd al-Malik, 170 Mansúr (Al-), 142, 158, 210 Mu'áwiyah, 160, 161 Omar, 158, 159 Othmán, 163 Walíd bin Marwán, 167
Caitiff=Captivus, 109
Camel-load=lbs. 300, for long journeys lbs. 250, 45
—— men do not accept drafts on futurity, 69
Cannibal tribes in Central Africa, 48
Caravan (each one's place to be kept in), 184
Carob (Cassia fistularis), 241
—— bean, emblem of constancy, 315
Carrier-pigeons, 247
Cesarea, 77
—— "of Armenia", 273
Chaff, 15
Chewing a document that none might see it after, 39
Chess and chessmen, 104
China-ware displayed on shelves, 52
Clapping hands preliminary to a wrestling-bout, 91
Clerical error of Bulak Edition, 114
Climate (water and air), 4