Uganda, Church in, threatened by Islam, 100; founded after Stanley's
message, 170; statistics of, 170
Ugba, Moslem general, 106, 107
Ukaz, fairs of, incident at, 15; their influence in Arabia, 18, 19
Universities' Mission to Central Africa, 170
Utba, colloquy of Mohammed with, 49-51
Uzza and Lât, gods of Mecca, 45, 57; destroyed, 86
V
Vienna, Moslems defeated before, 203
Viziers appointed, 108
W
Wad en Nejumi, follower of the Mahdi, 164; his death, 165, 166
Warakah, a cousin of Khadîjah, 25, 30; opinion on Mohammed's
'revelations, ' 36, 37
Washings, a Moslem religious duty, 68
Wingate, Sir Reginald, describes a Moslem foe, 164-6
Woman, teaching of Mohammed on, 24, 131-3, 138
X
Xavier, Francis, 149, 205
Y
Yathreb (see _Medina_)
Z
Zaid, Khadîjah's slave, 40; husband of Zainab, 88; present at
Mohammed's death, 90; collects suras, 93
Zainab, married to Mohammed, 88
Zanzibar, 161; cathedral on site of slave market, 170
Zaria, 173
Zemzem, well of, 2, 4
Zoroastrians, at Fair of Ukaz, 19; converted to Islam, 108, 159
Zwemer, Dr., quoted, 92, 93
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