INDEX.
Project Gutenberg EPUB3 edition
Burton, Richard Francis, Sir
Abbas "hero eponymus" of the Abbaside dynasty, 188
Abdullah ibn Abbas, companion and traditioner, 304
Abú Kidr=father of the cooking-pot, ib.
Abú Shámah=father of a cheek-mole, 269
Abú Shámmah=father of a smeller or nose, ib.
Abú Shawárib=father of mustachios, ib.
Abu Shiháb, father of the shooting star=evil spirit, 221
Abú Yakzán=the wakener=ass, 16 =cock, 18
Ad=tribe of prehistoric Arabs, 65
Adab=anything between good education and good manners, 132
Aghá=master, politely applied to an Eunuch, 235
Ahdab, hunchback=classical Ak'as, 213
A'in=Smiter with the evil eye, 123
Ajal=appointed period of life, 74
'Ajami=foreigner, esp. Persian, 120
Ajuz, for old woman, highly insulting; use Shaybah, 174
Akásirah=Kisra-Kings, 75
Akrás=cakes, 83
Al-Aftah=Broad-o'-Brow, 17
Al-Ajam=region not Arab, Persia, 2
Al-Amin, son and successor of Hárún al-Rashíd, 185
Al-Aríf=monitor, 231
Al-Asr=time or prayer of mid-afternoon, 240
Al-Bashárah=gift of good tidings, guerdon, 30
Al-Bostáni=gardener, family name from original occupation, 266
Al-Faranj=European, 296
Al-Hasá=plain of pebbles, west of Damascus, 234
Al-Kahánah=the craft of a Káhin or soothsayer, 28
Al-Maamún, son and successor of Hárún al-Rashíd, 185
Al-Málihah=salt-girl; beautiful, 340
Al-Mustansir bi'llah=one seeking help in Allah, 317
Al-Nashshár=sawing, 335
Al-Níl=flood season corresponding to mid-summer, 290
Al-Rauzah=the gardens, 291
Al-Safar Zafar=voyaging is victory, 250
Al-Sahr=magic, black art, 305
Al-Záhir bi'llah=one pre-eminent by the decree of Allah, 317
Al-Zalamah (tyrants, oppressors)=police and employés, 273
Allah! Allah!=I conjure thee by God, Passim
Allah hath said, formula of quoting the Koran, 61