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id: 15658
author: Zwemer, Amy E.
title: Topsy-Turvy Land: Arabia Pictured for Children
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  If you are faithful and true, always shining for Jesus, your bright light will reach as far as dark Arabia, and will help to turn that land of Topsy-turvy right side up. I think dearly all of them were happier at home in Africa than in dark Arabia.


id: 39853
author: French, Harry W. (Harry Willard)
title: The Lance of Kanana: A Story of Arabia
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  The Bedouin boy turned in the saddle, tore off the _abbe_ and the mantle that covered him, and clad in the sheepskin coat and desert turban answered: I am thy brother Kanana, the coward of the Beni Sads! IX FOR ALLAH AND ARABIA Kanana! It is to seek the Beni Sads; to find the aged chief, the Terror of the Desert; to say to him, 'Kanana hath fulfilled his vow.'


id: 34959
author: Crawford, F. Marion (Francis Marion)
title: Khaled, A Tale of Arabia
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  She remembered also how Khaled had always fought with his hands in war, like other men and been wounded, and she was sure that if his story were true he would have summoned whole legions of his fellows through the air to destroy the enemy. If Khaled had been a man like other men, as Zehowah supposed him to be, he would doubtless have invented a well-framed history such as she would have believed, at least for the present.


id: 19914
author: Arbuthnot, F. F.
title: Arabic Authors A Manual of Arabian History and Literature
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  'Hitopodesa,' a Hindoo story-book, 151, 153, 183 Hobeira, the hostile poet, 31 Honein, Battle of, 130 Honein bin Ishak, the physician and translator, 75, 91 Hughes's 'Dictionary of Islam,' 120, 149 Hussain bin Ali, the Fatimite, 5 I. Ibn Al Arabi, the mystic, 95 Ibn Al Athir, the historian, 54, 55 Ibn Al Bawwab, the penman, 113, 114 Ibn Al Mukaffa, the translator and author, 89, 91-94, 152 Ibn Arabshaw, the historian, 110 Ibn As Sikkit, the editor of poems, 76 Ibn Bajah (Avempace), the philosopher, 24, 25, 65, 70 Ibn Batlan, the physician and philosopher, 70 Ibn Batuta, the geographer and traveller, 108, 109 Ibn Demash, the editor of poems, 76 Ibn Duraid, the philologist and writer on natural history, 64 Ibn Foslan, the geographer and traveller, 49 Ibn Hajar, the historian and biographer, 109 Ibn Haukul, the geographer and traveller, 49, 50 Ibn Hilal, the penman, 113 Ibn Hisham, the historian, 52 Ibn Ishak, the historian, 52 Ibn Kamal Pasha, a writer on law, 112 Ibn Kesir, the historian, 110 Ibn Khaldun, the historian, 108, 109 Ibn Khallikan, the biographer, 55-57, 116, 216; eighteen anecdotes from his work, 217-228 Ibn Khordabeh, the geographer, 49,50 Ibn Kutaiba, the philologist and author, 63 Ibn Malik, the grammarian, 108 Ibn Mukla, the penman, 113,114 Ibn Rashid (Averroes), the philosopher, 24, 25, 65, 71 Ibn Sina (Avicenna), the physician, 24, 25, 65, 67, 69 Ibn-ul-Marzaban, the editor of poems, 76 Ibn Wahshiyah, the translator, 91 Ibn Yunis, the historian, 44 Ibrahim of Aleppo, a writer on law, 112 Idrisi, the geographer, 49, 50, 52 'Ilam en nas,' a story-book, 216 Imams, The Shiah, 37 Imams, The Sunni, 37, 38 Isa bin Musa, the physician, 75 Islam, The dogmas, precepts, and ordinances of, 148, 149 Istakhri (Al), the geographer and traveller, 49, 50 J. Jaafar as Sadik, the alchemist, 41 Jaafar bin Yahya, the Barmekide, 99-101 Jaber (Al), or Geber, the astronomer, 24, 25, 41 Jaber bin Hayam, the alchemist, 40, 41 Jahiz (Al), the philologist, 47, 58, 59 Jami's 'Beharistan,' 188 Jarir, the poet, 77, 78, 80 Jawini's 'Negaristan,' 188 Jeihani, the geographer, 49, 51 Jerusalem, the early Kiblah, 133; changed to Mecca, 136 Jesus compared with Buddha, 142; no details about his early career, 143 Jones (Sir William), 29 Jurisconsults, The seven, 36 (Obaid Allah, Orwa, Kasim, Said, Sulaiman, Abu Bakr, Kharija) K. Kaabab, The, at Mecca, 3, 122, 144 Kab-bin-Zoheir, the poet, 31-33 Kali (Al), the philologist and author, 87, 103 Kama (Al), the poet, 30, 77 'Kama Sutra' of Vatsyayana, 182 Karitha, the hostile poetess, 31 Kasidas, _i.e._, Arab idyls or elegies, 28, 29 Kasim bin Asbagh, the traditionist, 38 Kasim (Al) bin Ma'an, the philologist and author, 59 'Kathá Sarit Ságara,' The, 153, 154, 181-184; translated by Professor Tawney, 181; compared with the 'Arabian Nights', 181; divided into 124 chapters, containing 330 stories, 182; their nature, 181-183 Khafaji, the poet, 117 Khalef al Ahmer, the author, 58 Khalid bin Barmek, 99 Khalid bin Walid, the general, 4, 129, 137, 147 Khalid bin Yazid, the alchemist, 40 Khahl (Al), the grammarian, 46, 47 'Khalilah wa Dimnah,' a story-book, 151-153 Kiblah, The, changed to Mecca, 136 Kindi (Al), or Alchendius, the philosopher, 24, 25, 65, 66 Kisai (Al), the grammarian, 47, 225 Koraish, tribe of, 2, 124, 125, 128, 134 Koran, The 3, 23, 24, 138; quotation from the 26th chapter, 31; as defined by the Muslims, 138; its division into chapters, 138; how it represents Muhammad, 138; not arranged until after his death, 138; as compared with our Bible, 132; as described by Mr. Badger, 140, 141; as a literary composition, 142 Kosta bin Luka, the philosopher and physician, 65, 75, 91 Kuenen (Dr. A.), on the religion of Israel, 146, note Kutrub, the grammarian and philologist, 60 L. Labid, the poet, 29; his conversion, 34 Lane, a translator of the 'Nights', 155 Lokman, the sage, 26,27 M. Madaini (Al), the historian, 53 Mahdi (Al), the Khalif, 19, 96, 98, 99 Majridi (Al), the philosopher, 65, 106 'Makamat Hariri', 87, 88 Makin (Al), the chronicler, 97 Makkari (Al), the historian, 10, 22, 96, 117 Makrisi (Al), the historian and geographer, 110 Malik, the imam, 37 Mamun (Al), the Khalif, 12, 19, 74, 90, 96, 101 Mansur (Al), the Khalif, 12, 19, 73, 90, 96, 98, 99 Marwan II., the Khalif, 7, 19 Maseweib, the physician and translator, 75, 91 Masudi (Al), the historian, 53, 54 Mervezi (Al), the geographer, 49 'Merzuban-namah,' The, 192 extracts from it, 193-201 Mir Ali, the penman, 113 Moawia I, the Khalif, 5, 19, 33 Mofaddhal (Al), the compiler and editor of poems, 76, 85, 86 Montague (E. Wortley), his 'Nights', 177, 178 Moors, The, in Spain, 9; their expulsion, 11, 112 Morell, a translator, 154 Moses compared with Muhammad, 142; as a liberator and organizer, 143, 145; why he stayed in the desert, 145; his legislation there, 146; to him the Jews owe their nationality, 146 Mothanna, the general, 4, 147 'Mua'llakat,' The, or suspended poems, 24, 28, 30 Mubarrad (Al), the grammarian, 48 Muhammad, the Apostle, 3, 18; his birth, 120; details of his life, 120-132; his death, 132; as a poet, 24, 30; as a reformer, preacher and apostle at Mecca, 119, 120, 132; as a military leader, 147; his military expeditions, 127-131, 147; his failure at Mecca, 134; his success at Madinah, 135, 136; his power there as Pope-King, 135; his virtues at Mecca, his vices at Madinah, 136; his wives, 122, 125, 127, 128, 129, 137; his concubines, 128, 129, 137; reasons for his numerous marriages, 137; compared with Moses, 142; to him the Arabs owe their nationality, 146; always insisted on faith and prayer, 149; his parting address at Mina, 150; his immediate successors, 4, 5, 18, 25; his companions and their successors, 39; his converts, 123, 124, 126, 129 Muhammad Al-Amin, the philologist and lawyer, 116 Muhammad bin Habib, the editor of poems, 76 Muhammad bin Saad, the historian, 53 Muhammad Hussain Tabrizi, the penman, 113 Muir (Sir William), 120; his life of Muhammad, 120, 137; his annals of the early Khalifate, 147 Munkah, the Sanscrit translator, 91 Musa, the general, 7 Musa bin Khalid, the translator, 91 Muslim Homeir, the geographer, 49 Musset (Alfred de), the poet, 233; the verses on his tomb in Paris, 234 Mustaa'sim (Al) Billah, the Khalif, 12, 20, 107 Mustatraf (Al), a story-book, 201; extracts from it, 202-209 Muta, Battle at, 130 Mutanabbi (Al), the poet, 77, 84, 85 Mysticism, 95 N. Nabiga, the poet, 30 Nadim (An), author of the 'Fihrist,' 55, 56, 84, 85 Nami (An), the poet, 77, 85 'Naphut-ul-Yaman,' a story-book, 188; extracts from it, 188-192 Nasir-uddin-Tusy, the Persian, 107 Natural history, writers about, 58 (Khalef-al-Ahmer, Ahmad bin ud Dinveri, Jahiz (Al), Ibn Duraid, Shaibani (As), 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 Calligraphers 113 (Ibn Mukla, Ibn Al Bawwab, Yakut Al Mausili, Ibn Hilal, Hamdallah, Mir Ah, Muhammad Hussain Tabrizi, each indexed separately) Casiri, the bibliographer, 11 Caussin de Perceval, 26, 78, 155 Chavis and Cazotte, the translators, 155, 178, 179 Chinese language, 23 Christianity and Buddhism, 142 Clerk (Mrs. Godfrey), 216 Clouston, W.A., 29, 184 Companions of the Prophet, 39 Compilers of encyclopædias and biographies, 55 (Nadim (An), Ibn Khallikan, Abul Khair, Haji Khalfa, each indexed separately.)


id: 39463
author: Hume-Griffith, A.
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title:
  Behind the Veil in Persia and Turkish Arabia An Account of an Englishwoman's Eight Years' Residence Amongst the Women of the East

summary:
  The fast of Jonah--The bridge of boats--Traditions as to ancient history of Mosul--Elkos, birthplace of Nahum the prophet--Shurgât--Climate of Mosul--Cultivation and industries--Importance of Mosul 173 Chapter II The People of Mosul Population--Moslems--Christians--Chaldeans--Nestorians--Jacobites --Arabs--Kurds--Jews--Yezidees--Recreations--Warfare of the slingers--Hammam Ali--The recreation ground of Mosul men and women 186 Chapter III The River Tigris Ancient historical interest--Garden of Eden--Origin of name unknown--Swiftness--Sources--Navigation--Keleqs--Bathing, fishing, washing--Crossing rivers 198 Chapter IV The Children of Mosul Spoiling process--Despair of the parents--The god of the hareem--Death by burning--Festivities at birth of boy--Cradles and cradle songs--School life--Feast in honour of a boy having read the Koran through--Only a girl--Girl life--Girl victims of Naseeb--Marriage 208 Chapter V The Moslem Women of Mosul Beauty behind the veil--Types of beauty--My dear old friend of 110 years of age--Aids to beauty described--Pretty children--Beauty tainted with sin--Imprisonment of women--Peeps into some hareems--Warm receptions--A visit from the ladies of a select hareem--Love the magic key to open hearts 219 Chapter VI Moslem Family Life No home life--Women equal with the beasts--Evils of divorce--Naseeb--The will of God--Truth and falsehood--Honesty prevalent--A thief caught--Swearing and anti-swearing--Fighting--Hair-tearing and biting--Hammam, the ladies' club 231 Chapter VII Customs of Mosul Wedding ceremonies--Great expense to parents--Method of procedure--Funeral customs--Customs at birth--Some other customs 244 Chapter VIII Dreams and Visions Ezekiel's vision by the river Chebar--Our vision by the river Khabour--Rivers identical--A wheel within a wheel--Babylonish emblem of divinity--Origin of the cherubim--Dream of a woman suffering from cataract--Effect of dream on her character--Watch and chain recovered by means of a faked dream--Illustration of the doctrine of Kismet or Naseeb--Ghosts in our compound--Atmosphere of ghosts bad for fowls 257 Chapter IX Manners and Superstitions in Mosul Characteristics of inhabitants of Mosul--Social habits--Love of drink--An effectual cure--Gambling--Tel Kaif: a story of Uncle Goro--The Angel of Death, and other titles--Difficulties over name and age--Some superstitions--Effect of scent on women--Birds of good omen--Thieves--Sheep-killing--Sheikh Matti--An angel's visit--Medical superstitions--Cure for hydrophobia 269 Chapter X The Yezidees Gratitude to the English--Persecutions--Devil-worshippers--Sun and fire worship--Priesthood--A visit to Sheikh Âdi--Peacock wands--A sacred shrine 284 Chapter XI Travelling in the Desert Monotony of desert travelling--A puppy and a kitten tragedy--Accident by the river Euphrates--Riots in Mosul--Robberies and murder excited by love of gold 294 Chapter XII The Pleasures of Desert Travelling Desert blossoms as a rose--Flowers of the desert--Arabs, their occupation and women--Arab dancing--Robbers of the desert--An army of 10,000--Five hundred armed men--False alarms--Lost in the desert--Delights and disturbances of travelling 307 Chapter XIII Pioneer Medical Mission Work in Mosul (Nineveh) Winning the confidence of the people--Native surgery--Difficulties to be overcome--Backward patients--Encouraging work--Prevalent diseases--Lunatics--Possible future of Mesopotamia 317 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS Page The Author and her Husband in Bakhtian Costume Frontispiece Persian Conveyances 26 A Halt for Lunch 26 A Novel Drying Ground 46 Persian Mode of Irrigation 46 A Chimney of Yezd 54 A Korsi Or Heating Contrivance 54 House-building in Persia 72 Persian Shops 72 Scene from the Roof of our House at Kerman 76 A Street in Kerman 76 The Mosque Gate, City of Kerman 86 A Mountain Pass 132 A Caravanserai 132 A Very Ancient Bridge 142 A Typical Street in Baghdad 142 Using the X Rays in Julfa Hospital 148 A Ward in the Julfa Hospital 148 Opium Making 158 The Rich Beggar 158 Types of Persian Jews 166 The Water Square 166 Our Home in Nineveh 174 A Bridge of Boats 176 The Bridge of Boats Over the Frozen Tigris 180 A Picnic Party 188 Mutrar Paulus, Syrian Roman Catholic Bishop 192 Dr. Hume-Griffith's Study in Mosul 210 Our Drawing-room in Julfa 210 A Group of Persian Girls 216 The Camera in Mosul 222 Tired of Play at a Picnic 222 An Itinerant Cook preparing Kabobs 224 Bread-making 240 A Mosul Bride 246 A Wonderful Vision 259 Travelling in Winter 296 PART CHAPTER II THE PEOPLE OF MOSUL Population--Moslems--Christians--Chaldeans--Nestorians--Jacobites --Arabs--Kurds--Jews--Yezidees--Recreations--Warfare of the slingers--Hammam Ali--The recreation ground of Mosul men and women.


id: 38253
title: A Description of the Coasts of East Africa and Malabar in the Beginning of the Sixteenth Century
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  And in the said Benamatapa, which is a very large town, the king is used to make his longest residence; and it is thence that the merchants bring to Sofala the gold which they sell to the Moors without weighing it, for coloured stuffs and beads of Cambay, which are much used and valued amongst them; and the people of this city of Benamatapa say that this gold comes from still further off towards the Cape of Good Hope, from another kingdom subject to this king of Benamatapa, who is a great lord, and holds many other kings as his subjects, and many other lands, which extend far inland, both towards the Cape of Good Hope and towards Mozambich. The Moors call him the great King of the Habeshys: he is Christian, and lord of many extensive countries and numerous people, with whom he makes subject many great kings.


id: 21569
author: Bent, Theodore, Mrs.
title: Southern Arabia
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  From the fresh spathe, by distillation, a certain stuff called _tara_ water is obtained, of strong but agreeable smell, which is much used for the making of sherbet. Bedouin_ is not a word in use, but _Bedou_ for both singular and plural.


id: 9457
author: Burckhardt, John Lewis
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flesch: 63
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title:
  Travels in Arabia; comprehending an account of those territories in Hedjaz which the Mohammedans regard as sacred

summary:
  �What shall I do,� he replied, �to make you true believers?� �Let the sun retire,� said they, �and the moon and stars appear; let the moon descend upon earth, come to this mountain, enter into one of the sleeves of your gown, issue by the other, return to the firmament, and then let day-light shine again upon us. They are fully conscious of the scandal of these vices: every delyl exclaims against the corruption of manners, but none set an example of reformation; and while acting constantly on principles quite opposite to those which they profess, they unanimously declare that times are such, as to justify the saying, �In el Haram fi belád el Harameyn,� �that the cities forbidden to infidels abound with forbidden things.


id: 4658
author: Burton, Richard Francis, Sir
title: Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah — Volume 2
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  About three miles to the North-west of the town, close to the Wady al-Akik, lies the Mosque called Al-Kiblatayn��The Two Directions of Prayer. [FN#8] �Khabt� is a low plain; �Midan,� �Fayhah,� or �Sath,� a plain generally; and �Batha,� a low, sandy flat.


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id: 38253
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  los marineros q. tomamos en borney llevaban carta de marear e trayan una aguja y piedra yman e una carta en q. trayan muchas rayas e lineas de lo qual nos espantamos


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