Obscene abuse meant as familiarity, not insult, 88
Offering for naught=closing with the offer, 4
Omar bin al-Khattáb (Caliph), 158; 159; 162; 164
Periphrase containing a negative adds emphasis, 83
Physical prognostication familiar to Mesmerists, 72
Pièces d'occasion mostly sad doggrels, 261
Pillow (wisádah, makhaddah), taking to=taking to one's bed, 70
Pitching tents within dog-bark from Royalty disrespectful, 294
Prominence of the pugaic muscles insisted upon, 98
Province ("some"=Sancho Panza's "insula"), 188
Puns (wretched and otherwise), 64, 179, 182
Rank (derived from Pers. rang=colour), 192
Rasm=usage (justifies a father killing his son), 7
Reed=pen (title of the Koranic chapt. lxviii.), 68
Rising up and sitting down sign of agitation, 112
Robing one's self in rags=becoming a Fakir, 171
Sa'í=running between Safá and Marwah, 327
Sayhún and Jayhún=Jaxartes and Bactrus, 78
Sal'am=S (alla) A (llah) a (layhi) wa S (allam) see Abhak, 24
Salám (to be answered by a better salutation), 146
Samsam (sword of the Tobba Amru bin Ma'ad Kurb), 127
Seditions in Kufah caused by Caliph Othman's nepotism, 163
Septentriones (four oxen and their wain), 3
Serving the Lord by sinning against one's body, 208
Shahrazad (various explanations of the name), 1
Sharrkan (Sharrun kána)=bane to the foe, 78
Shawáhi (from Shauh)=having a fascinating eye, 269
Shouting under a ruler's palace to attract attention, 38
Sole of a valley often preferred to encamp in, 85
Spiritual Sciences (Moslem form of Cabbala), 151
Spurring=kicking with the shovel-stirrup, 89
Standards reversed in sign of defeat, 259
Sucking the dead mother's breast, touch of Arab pathos, 128
Tafazzal=favorisca (have the kindness), 103
Taj al-Mulúk Khárán=crown of the kings of amorous blandishment, 291
Takrúrí=Moslem from Central and Western North Africa, 15
Tasnim (from sanam)=a fountain in Paradise, 100
Taswif=saying "Sauf" a particle to express near future, 296
Tawáf (circumambulation of the Ka'abah), 327
Thrusting (applied to spear and lance), 231
Traditionists— Al-Zuhri, 198 Ibn Abí Ausfá, 200 Sa'íd bin Jubayr, 201 Sufyán al-Thaurí, 202 Bishr al-Háfi, 203 Mansúr bin Ammár, 204
Triregno (denoted by the Papal Tiara), 236
Unveiling the face a sign of being a Christian, 119