INDEX.
Project Gutenberg EPUB3 edition
Burton, Richard Francis, Sir
Músá=Moses, 205
Musakhkham (Al-)=the defiled Cross, 220
Musk (scent of heaven), 300
Muzaní (Al-), 208
Mu'ayyad (Sultan and calligrapher), 32
Mustafá (the chosen)=Mohammed, 40
Nahás ahmar=copper, 327
Na'íman=may it benefit thee! after bathing, etc., 5
Nájiyah=Salvadora, 145
Najrán (in Syria), 232
Nakfúr=Nicephorus, 77
Nakh=make a camel kneel down by the cry Ikh! Ikh!, 139
Nakl-i-safar (move preliminary to a journey), 84
Naming of a child, 174
Nár (fire), 163
Narcissus (with negro eyes=yellowish white), 24
Nawá=date-stone; Nawáyah=severance, 315
Nat'a=leather of blood, 41
Názir=Overseer, 304
Neighbour before the house, companion before the journey, 207
Negroes (see Slaves) familiarity of boys with white girls
—— skin assumes dust-colour in cold, etc., 127
Nimrod of the desert, 291
Nimsá=Germans, 219
Nímshah (Namshah?)=dagger of state, 193
Nufs (nifs, nuss)=half (a dirham), 37
Nu'uman's flower=anemone, 325
Nuzhat al Zamán=delight of the age, 81
Oath (inconsiderate), 136
Obscene abuse meant as familiarity, not insult, 88
Offering for naught=closing with the offer, 4
Ohod (battle of), 165
Omar bin al-Khattáb (Caliph), 158; 159; 162; 164
Othmán (Caliph), 163
Palm-stick (a salutary rod), 22
Payne quoted, 19; 185; 304
Pen and Preserved Tablet, 68
Periphrase containing a negative adds emphasis, 83
"Philippi" and "Alexanders" in Sidon, 82
Physical prognostication familiar to Mesmerists, 72