---- sayings of. _See_ index of authors, under _Ḳur-án_ and _Mishkát_ Moḥammad, praise of, 75 Moḥammad ´Alee's funeral, 261, _n._ Moḥammad El-Ashwam (a Tunisian saint), 50 Moḥammad Ibn-Eṭ-Ṭeiyib (dyer of Baghdad), 224 Mohammadanism, 1-24 Moḥeeṭ (circumambient ocean), 102 Moḥtesib (inspector), 158, _n._ Mole, a beauty spot, 214 Monogamy, 223, _n._ Monopoly, 17 Moolids, or Mólids (saints' festivals), 71, 72 Moral laws, 10-16 Mosaic legislation, 242 Moses, 2 Móṣil, owl of El-, 114 Mosque, 12, 21 ---- teaching, 202 Mourning, 258 ---- colour, 261 Móz (banana), 161 Muballigh (transmitter, at public prayers), 111 Muëddin (crier), 11, 12, 38 ----, Devil's, 168 Mugheyreh ibn-Sheạbeh, 223 Mujáhid, adventure of, 83 Mukháriḳ (a singer), 171-175 Muḳtedir, El-, (Khaleefeh, A.D. 908-932), 121, 201 Mulberry, 161 Munádee, El-, (saint), 62 Munkir (angel who examines the dead), 26, 262 Munshids (singers of odes), 71, 74 Murder, 17, 18 Muṣḥaf (copy of the Ḳur-án), 16, _n._ Music, Arab, 15, 167-176, 178, 179 ---- of the Zikr, 75, 76 Musical parties, 174 Musician's fees, 157 Muṣṭafà El-Munádee (saint), 62 Mutanebbee, El-, (poet), 131-133 Mutawekkil, El-, (Khaleefeh, A.D. 847-861), 45, 161 Mutilation, 20 Muweshshaḥ (ode), 76 Myrtle, 165 Mythology, 25-46 Nabḳ (lote), 161, _n._ Naked saints, 63 Naḳeeb, 50 Nakhleh (near Mekkeh), 110 Nákir (_i.q._ Munkir), 26 Name, assumed, 153, _n._ ----, the Most Great, 81 Naming a child, 189, 190 Napkin, 159 Nárahs (Persian Jinn), 27 Narcissus, 166 Narcotics, 149, 150 Nárinj (Seville orange), 161, _n._ Narjis (narcissus), 166 Narseen (myrtle), 165 Naṣeeb (a slave), 156 National character, 205 Natural magic, 93 Nebboot (long staff), 65 Nebeedh (new wine), 148, 149 Nedeem (cup companion), 172 Needlework, 204 Neelófar (Nenuphar), 167, _n._ Negro slaves, 250, 253 Nekeer (angel who examines the dead), 26, 262 Nemám (wild thyme), 167, _n._ Nenuphar, 167 Nesnás (species of Jinn), 45, 46 Nets in hunting, 184 Niche, 12 Nikḥ (I accept), 224 Nimrod, 93 Nisreen (eglantine), 167, _n._ Noah, 2 Noạmán (blood), 166, _n._ Noạmán Ibn-El-Mundhir (King of El-Ḥeereh), 166 Noor-ed-deen Maḥmood (Sulṭán of Syria), 216, _n._ Nuḳl (fruits), 159 Nuḳuldáns (saucers), 159 Numrood (Nimrod), 93 Nuts, 161 Oaths, 16, _n._ Obeisance, degrees of, 119, _n._ Ocean, circumambient, 100, 102 Odes, 68, 76 ---- singers of, 72, 74, 236 Odium irrevocabile, 241, _n._ ´Okáḍh, fair of, 109-111 Olive, 161 ´Omán, Sea of (Persian Gulf), 44 ´Omar (Khaleefeh, A.D. 634-644), on women, 42, 219