Anecdotes, eighteen from Ibn Khalhkan's Biographical Dictionary, 217-228 Anecdotes from various sources, 228 Animal fables and stories, 153, 156 Ansari (Al), the philologist, 62 'Antar,' a Bedouin romance, 184, 185 Antara, the poet, 28 Arab verses about burial places, 233 Arabia, description of, 1, 2; history of, 2; detached from the Abbasides, 15; semi-independent, 16; Turkish dealings with, 16; Wahhabi movement in 16; Egyptian dealings with, 17; Wahhabism in 17; present government of, 17; future prospects of 18 Arabian learning, 10, 24 'Arabian Nights,' The. Date of their commencement 152, 153; the oldest part of the work, 153; the oldest tales and stories, 154; the remaining ones, 154; the sources from which they sprang, 152, 180; many authors composed the work, 153-180; compared with the 'Katha Sarit Sagara', 181; remarks on the 'Nights' and 'Antar,' 186; Galland's translation of, 154, 175, 176; Payne's, 155, and Burton's 155; stories from, 157-174 Arabic language, 23, 24 Arabic literature, decline of, 117, 118 its former position, 117; its present state, 118 Arabic literature, translation of, vii. Arabic story books, 151, 152, 184, 188, 192, 201, 210, 212, 216 Asmai (Al), the philologist, 60, 61, 62 Asmai (Al), supposed author of 'Antar,' 184 Astronomers, 41 (Fezari (Al), Abul Mashar, Farghani (Al), Battani (Al), Ali bin Yunis, Es-Zerkel, each indexed separately.) Ayesha, third wife of Muhammad, 4, 38, 125, 126, 128, 137, 138 Az-zahra, mistress or wife of Abd-ar-Rahman III. of Spain, 12 B. Badger (Rev. G.P.), on Muhammad, 120 Badger (Rev. G.P.), about the Koran, 140 Badr, battle of, 127 Baghdad, founding of, 12; description of 96; fall and conquest of, 12 Baital Pachesi, 183 Baladori (Al), the translator and chronicler, 91 Barmekides, The, 12, 98-101 Bashshar bin Burd, the poet, 77, 78 Battani (Al), or Albategnius, the astronomer, 25, 43 Bekri (Al), the traveller and geographer, 49, 50, 52 Benjamin's (Mr.) 'Persia and the Persians,' 6 Beruni (Al), the traveller and geographer, 49, 50, 51 Biblos, or Book, or Bible, 139; the work of many men, 139; its increased interest after visiting Egypt, Palestine and Syria, 139; can be read in various ways, 139; its description by 'Il Secolo,' 140 as a scientific work of little value, 140 Birgeli, or Birkeli, the dogmatist and grammarian, 112 Bohtori (Al), the poet, 76, 77, 84 Boulak (Cairo) text of the 'Nights,' 156, 180 Breslau (Tunis) text of the 'Nights', 156, 174, 175, 180 Buddha, 119 Buddha compared with Jesus, 142, 143 Buddhism and Christianity, 142 Buddhist birth stories, or Jataka tales, 184 Bujeir bin Zoheir, the poet, 32 Bukhari (Al), the traditionist, 38, 39 Burton (Richard F.), description of his 'Nights' translation in Sixteen volumes, 155, 156, 175-180 Busiri (Al)'s poem of the Mantle, 21, note C. Calcutta texts of the 'Nights' 156, 175, 180