'Abd-el-Kereem a Riad Wahhabee pa- tient, ii. 3; his statement of Wahha- bee doctrines, 10; attempts to evade payment, 16
Aboo-'Eysa, his history, i. 288; our ar- rangements with him, 296; his as- sistance at Riad, 416, 420; his house at Hofhoof, ii. 141
Abyssinia, coffee from, i. 426; the Him-
yarites, Abyssinian colonists, ii. 240 Administration of law in Arabia: courts
of justice, i. 79, 181; capital charges, 229; punishments, 135, 181; execu- tions, ii. 25; rarity of, i. 134; the Kadee, 228
Aflaj, the province of, ii. 79; trade with Yemen, 81
'Akabah, Arabic for an ascent, i. 346 Arabia, object of author's journey into, i. 1; population, 117, 193; civiliza- tion, 75, 166; ethnology, 352, 453; habits and cnstoms, 51, 73, 183, 268; commercial habits, 69, 263; national characteristics, 24, 35, 70, 175; en-
vious character of, ii. 135; position of women among, i. 271; patriotism, 194; historical notices of, 117, 239; religious feelings, 68; early religion, 249; relics of Sabæanism, 250; traces of ancient Christianity in, 88; the Wahhabees, 363; mode of warfare, 306; external features of Central Arabia, 230-235; absence of rivers, 339; the water supply of, ii. 176; extent of cultivable land, i. 91; Christianity not a bar to travelling in, 264; Bedouin tribes, 30, 441; European accounts, 136, 425; inac- curacies, ii. 162; administration of justice, i. 134, 228; uncertainty of historical chronology, ii. 40; music, and general tone of Arab voices, i. 309; different races in, 453; con- fused nomenclature of towns and places, ii. 127; diseases, 27; absence of insects and snakes in, 355. (See also Architecture, Language) Arab sailors, ii. 199; adoption of foreign words by, 298
soldiers on the march, ii. 128 Arabs, not a nervous race, ii. 35 Architecture, description of an Arab house, i. 49; general characteristics, 283; dearth of inscriptions and carved work in Central Arabia, 301; tower and castle in the Djowf, 75; the Cyclopean arch, 176; ancient mosques, 444; house and castle in Bereydah, 280, 282; palace, &c. at Riad, 396; in Hofhoof, ii. 149; of Southern Arabia, 151, 167; the
palace at Kateef, 191; rib-vaulting in the Karmoot palace, 192; at Bahreyn, 209; tower at Sharjah, 308; 'Omanee architecture, 330 'Asr, a division of time in the East, i. 178
Assassination, approval of by all sects of Shiya'ees, ii. 41
Astronomy, in 'Oman, ii. 263 Awwal (sharks) used as food, ii. 321; name misapplied to Bahreyn, 321
BAHREYN, the islands of, ii. 203;
traces of Christianity among, 146; the rulers of, 201; its capital, 204; its population and government, 211; currency, 207; handicrafts, &c., 214; character of population, 366; voyage to Katar, 229
Banians in 'Oman, ii. 369; anecdote of
a Banian and a Nejdean, 370 Barr-Faris, Arab colony on the east coast of Persian Gulf, ii. 244; origin of, 245; description, 246; chief town of, 251 Bathah-Farzah, the 'Omanee king's palace, arrival at, after the shipwreck, ii. 351; our reception there, 355; con- versation with officers, deserters from the Turkish army, 357; leave for Mascat, 359
Bedouins in Hasa, 185; the pirate Bedouins on the Persian Gulf, 234; Ajman Bedouins crushed by the Wahhabees, 71; Bedouins preceded in battle by a maiden, ib.
Bells, anathematized by Mahomet, i. 429 Benoo-Kahtan. See Kahtanic race Bereydah, conquest of, by Feysul, i. 168; first view of, 270; described, 280; lodgings at, 281; difficulty of further advance from, 284; street scenes, 299; social life at, 309, 314; warfare, 306; journey from Bereydah to Riad, 323– 388; the meeting with the Persian ambassador, 346
Biadeeyah, the name adopted by the
'Omanees, ii. 262; form of their re- ligion, 263; Niebuhr's account, 265 Blacksmith's shop at Ha'yel described, i. 165
Botany, notices of: colocynth, i. 12; samh, 29; mesaa', 30; ghada, 38; narcotic plants, 254; other plants, 232; cotton, 254; themām, a grass, 332
Bread, forms of, in Arabia, i. 73; in the south-east portion, 355
Bushire, properly called Aboo-Shahr, i. 275
Batinah, richest province of 'Oman, ii. CAMELS, nature of, 1. 39; milk, 29;
326; its produce, &c., 327
Bedaa', chief town of Katar, ii. 235; expeditions along the coast, 237; a hawking party, 238; leave for 'Omān, 243
Bedouins, a specimen of their conversa- tion, i. 25; religion and morality of, 8, 32; slight impress of Mahometanism on, 9; characteristics of, 3, 33; pre- cautions in use as guides, 41; mode of dealing with, 93; customs, food, &c., of, 23-30; condition of, in Central Arabia, 31, 193; tribe of Christian origin, 150; their forays in the lower Nejed, 223; the Bedouins under the Wahhabees, iL 78, 84; in the Great
Desert, ii. 133, 234; manners of the
price, 85, 451; difference between, and dromedaries, 324; the two- humped not an Arabian species, 325; the Nejed camels, 450
Carmathian sect, outbreak of, i. 245; origin of, ii. 145; their hatred to Mahometans, 203; present position, 148; a colony of them in the Wahhabee territory, 82
Christianity, traces of in Arabia, i. 61, 88; among the Bedouins, 119, 150; traces of on shores of Persian Gulf and islands, ii. 146; no bar to travel in Arabia, i. 264
Cisterns. See Water-supply Coffee, preparation of, i. 51; Mokha,
described, 424; other kinds of, 426
Coinage current in Arabia, ii. 178 Commerce in Arabia, system of, i. 67, 71; discouraged by Mahometanism, 435; fairs in Hasa, ii. 170 Copper, found in 'Oman, ii. 306 Cotton shrub, grown in Kaseem, i. 254
AHIRAH, province of, ii. 340 Dahna, the. See Desert
Dārim, his history, i. 248
Darweeshes, described, sects, i. 257; as- sumption of disguise by Europeans, 258-260; fate of an English traveller in this disguise, 261; not popular among Wahhabees, i. 263; his mis- take, ii. 152
Dates, staple food, i. 60; results of over use, ib.; different kinds of, 58; culti- vation, 253; Khalās dates, ii. 173 Derb-el-Hajj. See Pilgrims, route of Derey'eeyah, ruins of, i. 386; fanaticism
of inhabitants, 387; its former great- ness, ii. 38; siege of, 56 Desert, journeying in, i. 12, 91; the sirocco, 17; ostriches, 43; the desert circles of Arabia, 19; general descrip- tion of, 94; growth of samh plant in, 29; the ghada, 38; wells, 11, 28; sparrows, 95; crossing an arm of the Dahna, or Great Desert, 329; the Dahna, ii. 130; the stone heap, 131; attempt to sink well in, 135; Bedouins in, i. 9, 22; in the Great Desert, ii. 133. (See also Nefood)
Djebel Shomer, first sight of, i. 95; moun-
tains of, 100; its history, 117; cause of increase, 161; population, revenue, and contingents, ii. 86
Djebel Toweyk, geology &c. of, i. 336; highest plateau, 352; pass, 358; second plateau, 351; termination of, ii. 128 Djelājil, great antiquity of, i. 351; trans- lated "bells," 352 Djereeschah (wheat), staple food in the Djowf, i. 73
Djowf, entrance into, i. 46; chief family in, 47; boundaries, 56; its capital,
57; villages and population, 60;
Hare's flesh, lawfulness of use, i. 360 Hasa, mountains of, ii. 136; inhabitants, 142; Kahtanic descent, 144; Wahha- bee conquest, 147; alliance with
ADEREE sect, doctrines of, ii. 226;
Egypt, ib.; hot wells and volcanic symp- KA
toms, 154; products, 155; literature, 158; dialect, 164; education of women, 177; views of annexation, 217; agriculture, 178; emigration, 185; features of the country, 184; discontent against the Wahhabee government, 217
Hatim-Ta'i, the mythic model of Arab hospitality, i. 224; anecdote, 226 Ha'yel, arrival at, 103; inconvenient
recognitions at, 105, 152; its rise as capital of Djebel Shomer, 120; improvements by Telal, 128; life at, 141; street scenes in, 162; pilgrim route through, 196; our dangers at, 201; departure from, 214 Hejaz, inhabitants of, i. 242 Himyarites, origin of, ii. 240 Hofhoof, the town, ii. 149; neighbour- hood, 153; society, 166; feeling towards the Wahhabees, 168; weekly fairs, 170; excursions, 171, 176; departure, 180 Horeymelah, birth-place of Wahhab, i.
Kahtanic race, linguistic variety of, i. 312, 465; described, 453 Kaseem, town of, revolt of from Wah- habee rule, i. 129; province of, a part of the Upper Nejed, 166; its inhabi- tants and politics, 167, 256; soil of Upper Kaseem, 222, 252; villages and external features of, 230; water sup- ply of, 252; date-trees and other plants, 253; commerce, ib.; mosques, 256; southern Kaseem described, 238; evacuated by Egyptians, ii. 68 Katar, ii. 231, 235; pearl fishery, 232 Kateef, inhabitants, ii. 187; Feysul's
navy, 188; our reception, 189; the town, 198; voyage to Bahreyn, from 199-202
Keysareeyah, the name of vaulted mar- ket-places, ii. 150
Khalās dates (fruit), ii. 173; varieties of, ib.
Khalid, the overthrower of Moseylemah, i. 383
Khodeyreeyah, mulattoes in Aflāj, ii.
Khowarij, free-thinkers, ii. 187
Koweyt, sailors of, ii. 386; rise of, and importance to Djebel Shomer, 387
LANGUAGE, Arabic, as used by Be-
douins, i. 24; of the Coran, 311; as spoken out of Arabia, 310; locali- ties where heard in greatest purity, 311; as spoken in 'Oman, 312; at Riad, 463; grammatical niceties of, not recent, 312; vagueness of ex- pression and diminutives, 337; as affected by diversity of race, 459; the Kahtanic dialects, 464; not found in Yemen, 465; affinity between Arabic and Indian languages, 341 Linja, harbour and town, ii. 288, 289;
shipyards, 289; cisterns, ib.; com- merce, 290
Locusts, swarm of, frightening drome-
daries, ii. 137; the locust of inner Arabia, 138; used as food, 139
"A'AN, author's start from, i. 2; the town, 7
Mahometanism, slight effect of, on the Bedouins, i. 9, 243; its hold over the inhabitants of the Djowf, 68; in Ha'yel and Djebel Shomer, 179; over Arabia, 194; the revival by Wahhab, 364; the Mahometan theory regard- ing God, 365; predestination, 367; effect of its teaching on medical sci- ence, 147; its principle of decay, 176; the principles on which wine was for- bidden, 427; and bells and music, 429, 430; and commerce, 430; set in antagonism to Paganism and Chris- tianity, 430; the objects and results of Mahometanism, 432; reaction against it, 436; as enforced by the Wahhabee Zelators, 408; the treat- ment by Mahometans of impostors, 260; the position of Christians among
Meshäree, the murderer of Turkee, i.
Meta'ab, brother of Telal, his character, i. 132, 188; conversations with him, 189 Metow'waa', the Wahhabee clergymen, i.
79; act as spies, 201; exact contri- butions, 317 Mohammed-'Alee-esh-Shirazee, the Per- sian ambassador to Riad, i. 275, 320; our journey in his company, 323; his reception at Riad, 400 Mohanna-el-'Anezee, the Wahhabee ruler over Bereydah, i. 277; his treachery to a Persian caravan, 278; our inter- view with him, 284 Moharrek, described, ii. 204 Moseylemah the liar, Mahomet's rival, i. 240; his history, 382 Mountains, Djebel Shomer, i. 95; Tow- eyk, 336; of Hasa, ii. 136; near Hofhoof, 165; Ro'os-el-Djebel, 315; Djebel-'Okdah, 339
Music, anathematized by Mahomet, i. 430; in Arabia, 309
TABATHÆANS, sect of, ii. 158
them, 264; Mahometan division of NABA
sins, ii. 7-15; future punishment, 8 Mahomet, sprung from Ismaelitic race, i. 454; visit of, to Damascus, ii. 19 Märid, tower of, i. 60; described, 75 Mascat, Portuguese fortifications, ii. 361; harbour, 364; population, 365; cli- mate, 367; police, 368; the town, 369; neighbourhood, 373; excursions, 376; an Arab dance, 378
Matrah, suburb of Mascat, ii. 361; Ne- gro, and other trade, 362; population, ib.
Mebarraz, village and fair, ii. 172 Mecca, profligacy of, i. 257 Meddey'yee or Zelators, the Wahhabee institution, i. 407
Menamah, ii. 204; lodgings, 206; the
town, 208; population, 211; politics, 217; departure, 224 Mesandum, Cape, ii. 317
Nefood, or sand-passes in the desert, i. 90; in Kaseem, 329; crossing by night, 330
Negroes, their position in Arabia, i. 452;
Negro colonies, ii. 242; in 'Oman, 272. (See also Slave Trade) Nejed, the Arabian highlands, i. 91; upper and lower, 102; described, 230; danger to travellers, 284; the zephyr of, 231; mode of warfare, 306; the central point of, 326; cha- racter, 241; hospitality, &c., 343; provinces of, 361; sheep and cattle in, 450; the Nejdean of Riad, 459; language, 463; instruction, ii. 23 Nezar, tribes descended from, i. 455
BEYD, "the Wolf," uncle of Telal,
ravages Kaseem, 126, 203; head
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