Arabia: The Cradle of Islam: Studies in the Geography, People and Politics of the Peninsula, with an Account of Islam and Mission-Work.Zwemer, Samuel Marinus
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Arabia: The Cradle of Islam: Studies in the Geography, People and Politics of the Peninsula, with an Account of Islam and Mission-Work.
Zwemer, Samuel Marinus
Arabian Peninsula; Islam; Missions -- Arabian Peninsula
Bible, Arabic, 256, 316.
depot in Bagdad, 321.
distribution in Arabia, 320, 365, 377, 384, 388.
Black stone of Mecca, 31, 36.
Blood covenants, 166.
revenge, 155, 265.
Blunt, Lady Ann, 269.
British and Foreign Bible Society, 321.
British influence in Arabia, 218.
Bruce, Robert, 321.
Buchanan, Claudius, 314.
Bunder, Abbas, 235.
Jissa, 84.
Burckhardt (quoted), 269.
Burial place of Mohammed, 47.
Burns, William, 320.
Burton (quoted), 282.
Busrah, 124, 129, 361.
mission, 365.
Camel, Land of the, 88.
Use and character, 90, 247.
Cantine, James, 353, 359, 360.
Caravan journey from Bagdad, 136.
Caravan routes of Oman, 94.
Carmathian princes, 115.
Castles in Hadramaut, 75.
Cave-dwellers, Gharah, 86.
Certificate, The Mecca, 40.
Charms used by women of Mecca, 42.
Child life among Arabs, 265.
Christian Church in Aden, 54.
Arabia, 306.
Christian coins used as amulets, 43.
Christian and Missionary Alliance, 328.
Christianity in Arabia, 159, 300.
Christians, Hatred of, 30, 267.
St. John, 285.
Christ’s Sonship, The Rock of, 397.
Church Missionary Society, 322, 327, 344.
Circumcision, 399.
Climate of Arabia, 20, 378.
Bahrein, 106.
Nejd, 147.
Oman, 79, 80, 93.
Cobb, H. N. (quoted), 369.
Coffee trade in Yemen, 70.
Coins (Carmathian), 115, 225.
Colportage work (see Bible distribution), 384.
Commerce, English, in Arabia, 225.
in the Nejd, 151.
of Busrah, 126.
Consulates, British, 231.
Controversy, 385.
Converts from Islam, 391.
Cosmogony, Sabean, 296.
Covenants, 166.
Cradle of the Human Race, 119.
Ctesiphon, Arch of, 133.
Cufic characters, 243.
Customhouse, Turkish, 58.
Customs, Arab, 166.
Da Costa, Isaac, 405.
Damar, 66.
Date culture, 124.
palm, 121.
Dauasir, Wady, 22, 145.
Dedan, 97.
Desert dwellers and the camel, 90.
Deserts of Arabia, 24, 144.
Difficulties of Arabian missions, 374.
Diseases in Arabia, 280, 378.
Diwaniyeh, 139.
Doughty (quoted), 144, 268.
Dress of the Arabs, 58, 70, 272.
Dromedary, 89.
Dutch Missionary Society, 394.
Reformed Church, 353.
Dwellings of Arabs, 271.
East India Company, 221.
Education in Mecca, 43.
of Arab Children, 266, 379.
Educational missions, 383.
Elephants in warfare, 312.
English possessions (see British), 27.
English supremacy in the Gulf, 222.
Euphrates, Journey down the, 136.
Europeans who visited Mecca, 31_n._
Eustace, M., 361.
Evangelistic work in Arabia, 384.
Eve, Tomb of, 17.
Ezekiel, 54, 405.
Ezra, Tomb of, 132.
Family life in Arabia, 265.
Fanaticism, Moslem, 379.
Fao, 129.
Fatima, Shrine of, 50.
Fauna of Arabia, 28.
Feasts, Sabean, 298.
Fetishism, 168.
Feysul, 198.
Fish on the Oman Coast, 82.
Flora of Arabia, 28, 57, 65, 124.
Foods of Arabia, 86, 123, 273.
Forder, Mr., 329.
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