Omens, 87 Oneromancy, 88-92 ´Onnáb (jujube), 161, _n._ ´Ood, El-, (lute), 178 Opium, 93, 96, 149 Orange, 161 Orders of Darweeshes, 48 Ornaments, 16 Orthodox theology, 1 ´Oṣfur (safflower), 167, _n._ ´Othmán (Khaleefeh, A.D. 644-656), 255 Outwitting a king, 124-126 Pages, 253 Palm, praise of, 160 Palm-branch, 23 Palm-tree fibre, 181 Pancakes, 235 Panels, 147 Paradise, 98, 99 Parents and children, 192 Parrot, talking, 134 Partridge, hawking, 183 Pavilion, royal, 119 Peach, 161 Peacock of the angels (surname of Satan), 31 Pear, 161 Pentateuch, 3 Perees (fairies), 27 Perfumes, 93, 157 Persia, dress of the King of, 123 Persian sect, 1 Pharaoh, 93 Pictures, 15 Pie, a famous, 138, 139 Pigeon, cry of, 133 Pilgrimage, 14 Pillar spirits, 29 Pints, 159 Pistachio-nut, 161 Pitch for curing wine, 158 Plague, 10 ---- a dream of the Great, 88-92 Platform, 13 Pleiades, 87 Plum, 161 Plunging Jinn, 44 Plurality of wives, 222 Poems, examples, 115, 116 Poetic contests, 110 Poetry, 109-134, 203 Polygamy, 221, 240-248 Pomegranates, 161, 167 Poppy, 167 Potations, interrupted, 153 Psalms, 3 Prayers, 8, 11-14, 22 ---- call to, 11, 12 Preadamite Jinn, 29, 40 Predestination, 3-10 Pre-islamic Arabs, 109-112 Presents, 116-120 Preserved tablet, 5 Price of blood, 18, 35 Privet, Egyptian, 165 Procession, bridal, 233-236 Prophets, 2, 29 Proverb, 133, 134, 245, _n._ Ptolemy, 99 Pulpit, 13 Punishments, 3 Purifications, 11 Pyramid builders, 29 Quail, hawking, 183 Quarantine, 10 Quince, 161 Rabáb (viol), 178 Rabeeạ eth-Thánee (the fourth month of the Muslim year), 65 Raḥmánee or divine magic, 81, 82 Raïj, Island in Chinese sea, 46 Raisin-wine, 149 Ram, sacrifice of, 191 Ramaḍán (month of fasting), 14, 21, 39, 41 Rasheed, Er-. _See_ Hároon. Ráwiyeh (reciter), 118 Recording angels, 26 Reeḥán (sweet basil), 167, _n._ Rek´ah (form of Prayer), 11-13, 22, 237 Religion, 1-24 Religious excitement, 77 Resurrection, 3 Retaliation, 19 Revenants, 265, 266 Rewards of literature, 116-120, 171, 172 ff. Rifá´eeyeh darweeshes, 50, _n._ Ringdove, cry of, 133 Ring signature, 128 Ritual laws, 10-16 Riwáḳ (division in the Azhar), 50 Robber thwarted, 144 Rock of ruby beneath the earth, 106 Romances, 127 Rooḥánee or spiritual magic, 81-93 Room in Arab house, 145 Rose, 161-165 ---- miraculous, 163, 164 ---- preserved, 163 ---- beds, 165 ---- lover, 162 ---- season, 162 ---- sellers, cry of, 164 ---- water, 157, 162 Royal economy, 124-126