Abd al Rahmân ibn Awf, 65, 117, 189; Elector, 280, 286, 287; Umpire, 289; nominates Othmân Caliph, 290 _et seq._, 309; death, 324 Abd al Rahmân, son of Abu Bekr, 44, 119; enamoured of Leila, 272, 430, 434 Abd al Rahmân, son of Khâlid, 394 Abd Shems, _Beni_, 294 Abd Yaghûth, 54 Abrac, 17 Abs, _Beni_, 13, 17 Abu Bekr, described, 1, 120; election, 3, 5, 7; addresses troops, 10, 96, 13, 16, 18; derivation of name, 24; burns a rebel, 29; justifies Khâlid, 35, 45, 90; angry with Khâlid, 46, 50; pardons Ashâth, 58, 64, 77, 78; angry with Khâlid ibn Saîd, 94; transfers Khâlid to Syria, 100; orders levy, 114; last pilgrimage, 115; sickness, 116; names Omar his successor, 117; death, 119; character, 120 _et seq._; family, 122, 223; compiles Corân, 231, 275, 286, 456 Abu Catâda, 33 _et seq._ Abu Cays, 301 Abu Dzarr Ghifâry, 309 Abu Hodzeifa, 42 Abu Horeira, 426 Abu Jandal, 273 Abul Abbâs, Al Saffâh, 449 Abul Aûr, 151, 394 Abu Lulû, assassin of Omar, 278 _et seq._ Abu Mihjan, 168 Abu Musâ, Governor of Bussorah, 266; deposed, 305; Governor of Kûfa, 320; deposed, 359 _et seq._; Umpire, 385; decision, 391 _et seq._, 408 Abu Muslim, 449 Abu Obeid, 126; killed, 130 Abu Obeida, 2, 95 _et seq._, 108; commands in Syria, 143; attacks Fihl, 151, 198, 200, 207, 216; sends grain to Hejâz, 233; will not quit Syria in the plague, 234; death, 235, 276, 286 Abu Rabia, 290 Abu Sarh (_see_ Ibn Abu Sarh) Abu Shajra, 28 Abu Sofiân, 96, 108, 109, 237; death, 277 Abu Talha, 281, 288 Abu Zobeid, 304 Abyssinia, 264 Ackîl deserts his brother Aly, 410 Ackka, 85, 86 Acra, 50 Acraba (Yemâma), battle of, 39 _et seq._ Aden, 54, 55, 57 Adî ibn Hâtim, 15, 24, 72 Adzân, call to prayer, 18, 238 Adzrâat, 153 Africa, 298 Aghlabite dynasty, 450 Aghwâth (Câdesîya), 167, 170 Ahnaf ibn Cays, 385 Ahwâz, 249, 251 Ain Shems, 241 Ain Tamar, 85, 101 Ajâ and Salmâ (mountains), 22 Ajnadein, 206 Akk, _Beni_, 53 Alâ, 18, 47, 49, 50, 249 Alcama, 27 Aleppo, 200, 216 Alexandria, 216, 239 _et seq._; capitulates, 243; second siege, 247, 298; naval victory off, 301 Ali Bey, travels of, 209 Allîs, battle of, 76, 82, 132