Turkey {_in Asia, 12,278,800_} {_in Europe, 1,000,000_} 13,278,800 Afghanistan 6,000,000 Persia 4,500,000 Arabia 2,500,000 ---------- Total under Moslem Rule 25,278,800 ========== Under Non-Christian Rulers other than Moslem. Africa 203,005 Chinese Empire 8,421,000 Siam 300,000 Japan and Formosa 200 Tibet 28,600 ---------- Total under Non-Christian and Non-Moslem Rulers 8,952,705 ========= NOTE.--The above figures have been taken from the Statistical Survey by Professor Westermann and Rev. S. M. Zwemer, D.D., given in _The Moslem World_, April 1914. {208} INDEX A Abbas, uncle of Mohammed, 86 Abdallah, father of Mohammed, 2 Abdallah, fanatic follower of Mohammed, 76; breaker of sacred truce, 76, 77 Abdalrahman, Caliph, his confession, 117 Abdul Masih, Indian Christian, 176 Abdurahman Wad en Nejumi, follower of the Mahdi, 164; his death, 165, 166 Abd ul Muttalib, grandfather of Mohammed, 2, 3 Abu Bakr, first propagandist of Islam, 39, 40, 41; father of Ayesha, 59; in flight to Medina, 62-4; at death of Mohammed, 90; first Caliph, 40, 96, 100, 205 Abu Jahl, slain at Badr, 82, 83 Abu Talib, uncle of Mohammed, 4, 6, 7, 22; opposes Mohammed, 46; protects him, 47; death of, 58, 205 Abyssinia, a Christian kingdom, 12; shelters Moslem refugees, 55, 56 Aden, and Ion Keith-Falconer, 185, 205 Afghanistan, Moslems in, 99, 158 Africa (_see also under various divisions_), the 'pagan continent, ' 161; the problem of, 162; spread of Islam, 205 Akbar, Mogul Emperor, 157 Al Amin, a name for Mohammed, 17 Al Arkam, house of Mohammed, 48, 54 Al Caswa, Mohammed's favourite camel, 66, 68, 86 Alexandria, taken by Moslems, 109, 205 Ali, the Peter of Islam, 51, 52; adopted son of Mohammed, 52 Allah (see under _Creed_, _Islam_, _Teaching of Mohammed_) Almsgiving, a Moslem ordinance, 70 Al Safa, 44 American Missions, Arabia, 205 Antioch, in Moslem power, 109 Arabia 'Land of the Desert, ' 1, 188; divided and idolatrous, 12, 13, 19; connection with sacred history, 20; civil war in, 79; united by Mohammed, 87; a Moslem military depôt, 102; its rapid development, 105; present degradation, 124; Ion Keith-Falconer's work and vision, 184-6, 205 Arabs, descent from Ishmael, 4; compared to wild ass, 5; truce and fairs of Ukaz, 18; germ of belief in one true God, 20, 21; common ancestry, 21; common tongue, 21 Arafat, Mount, scene of Mohammed's shepherd life, 4, 6 Armenia, Christians in, 121, 126, 146