´Alee El-Leythee (saint), 60-63 ´Alḳamah, 45 Alláh (God), 133 Alláhu Akbar! (God is Great!), 37 Almond, 161, 167 Almsgiving, 14, 23 Aloes-wood, 157 Ambassadors of Constantine VII., 121 Ambergris, 157 Ammooneh (female saint), 65-67 Amphora, 158 Amputation for theft, 17, 20, 21 Amulets, 85 Analysis of Arabian beauty, 215 Anemone, 166 Angel of Death, 90 Angel who bears the earth, 106 Angels, 2, 25, 26 ----, fallen, 82 ´Annáb (jujube), 161, _n._ ´Antarah, romance of, 127 Antechamber of bath, 180 Antelope hunting, 183-185 Apartments, 145 Apostasy, 18 Apostles, 2 Apostolic angels, 26 Apple, 161 Apricot, 161 Arabs, early, 109-112 ´Arafát, Mount, 14, 21, 39 Arba´een, El- (fortieth day after funeral), 263 Archangels, 26 Arms, 183 ´Arsh Er-Raḥmán (Throne of the Compassionate), 99 ´Arsh Iblees, 102 Ás (myrtle), 165 Asaf (Wezeer of Solomon), 40, 81 Ascension of Moḥammad into Heaven, 164 Asceticism, 53, 55-59 Aṣḥáb ed-Darak (overseers), 48 ´Asḳalán, 141 Asma´ee, El- (poet), 114, 124-126 ´Asr (afternoon prayer), 11 Ass of Umm ´Amr, 213 ----, wild, hunting the, 185 Astrology, 84, _n._, 86, 237 Atlantic Ocean, 102 Auguration, 86, 87 Author made a darweesh, 62 ´Azázeel (the youthful Satan), 30, 31 Azhar (the university mosque in Cairo), 50 ´Azraeel (Angel of Death), 26, 33, 90 Bábil (Babel), 82 Baghdád, literary period at, 112, 114 Bahamoot (the fish that bears the earth), 107 Bahár (buphthalmum), 167, _n._ Baḥr el-Moḥeeṭ, El- (Circumambient Ocean), 100, 102 Baḥr el-Muzlim, El- (Atlantic Ocean), 102 Baḥr eẓ-Ẓulumát, or eẓ-Ẓulmeh (Sea of Darkness, _i.e._ Atlantic Ocean), 102 Bakhteree, El- (poet), 118 Báḳillà (beanflower), 167, _n._ Bán (willow), 167, _n._ Banana, 161 Banquets, public, 139-141 Baráhimeh darweeshes, 50, _n._ Barahoot, well of, 264, 266 Báriḥ (inauguration), 87 Barḳooḳ (plum), 161, _n._ Barmekees (Barmecides), 115 Basil, sweet, 24, 167 Basket-making saint, 52 Baṣrah, owl of El-, 114 Bath, 179-183 ---- spirits, 37, 38 Báṭiyeh (jar), 158 Baṭṭah (leather bottle), 158 Baṭṭeekh (water-melon), 160 Battues, 184 Bat-winged Jinn, 46 Beanflower, 167 Beasts, language of, 133 Beauty, Arab ideal of, 213-216 Bedawee, El-, 50, _n._ ----, poetic, 116 ----, love of the, 211-213 Beer, 149 Behaviour, 198, 199 Behemoth, 107 Bekree, El- (saint), 65-69 Belaḥ (date), 159 Benefsej (violet), 165 Beshneen (lotus), 167, _n._ Betrothal, 230, 231 Betrother, professional, 225 Beverages, 142 Beyt-owwal (antechamber), 180 Biers, 258, _n._ Birds, language of, 133