[Whenever the references to names or subjects are very numerous, the numbers
of the pages alluding to them will be found in Appendix A, so that the Index
itself may be shortened.]
Aaron, i. 267
Abâbîl, supposed by some to be the name of certain birds, but Bayḍâwi
says it means “in heaps,” i. 331
‘Abâdileh, The, or the four Abdallahs, the four transmitters of Traditions
of the same name in the first century of the Hijra, i. 396
‘Abbâd ibn Auf, the story about his giving a bribe, i. 375
Abbaside Khalifs, The, i. 3, 457; ii. 247, 248
‘Abbâs, son of ‘Abd al Muṭṭalib, and uncle of Mohammed, i. 332
‘Abbâs, son of Merdâs and of Khansâ the poetess, i. 52
‘Abd al Ḥamîd, famous for eloquence and caligraphy, i. 81; ii. 104, 248
‘Abd al Ḥârith, said to have been the name of the first child of Eve, so
called in honour of Al Ḥârith the Devil, i. 378
‘Abd al Madân, an Arab proverbial for nobility and courage, ii. 158, 293
‘Abd al Melik ibn Merwân, the fifth Omayyide Khalif, i. 94, 350
‘Abd Manâf, ancestor of Mohammed, a chief of the tribe of Koraysh, and
surnamed Al Mughairah, ii. 158, 293
‘Abd al Muṭṭalib, grandfather of Mohammed the Apostle, i. 269, 332, 439;
ii. 204
‘Abd al ‘Ozza, or Abû Lahab, uncle of Mohammed, and his great enemy
and persecutor, i. 439. See Abû Lahab
‘Abd al Wahhâb, nephew of Al Manṣûr, the second Abbaside Khalif, i. 493
‘Abd al Yaghûth, father of Al Hakam, the archer, i. 404
’Abd Allah and ‘Abd-ar-Raḥmân, the most acceptable names to God, i. 278
‘Abd Allah bin ‘Amr bin ‘Usmân, a poet, ii. 215
‘Abd Allah, brother of Durayd ibn as Simmâh, and owner of the horse
Karab, ii. 282
‘Abd Allah ibn ‘Abbâs, the Traditionist, commonly called Ibn ‘Abbâs,
which see, i. 14, 327, 332, 396; ii. 307
‘Abd Allah ibn al Moḳaffa‘, the Persian, translator and author, i. 33; ii. 303
‘Abd Allah ibn ‘Amr ibn al ‘Âṣi, the Traditionist, i. 396
‘Abd Allah ibn Az Zobayr, the Traditionist, and one of the revisers of the
Koran, i. 93, 396, 482; ii. 230
‘Abd Allah ibn Ghaṭafân, The tribe of, i. 411
‘Abd Allah ibn Mas‘ûd, the Traditionist, i. 396
‘Abd Allah ibn Muljim, the murderer of ‘Ali, the fourth Khalifah, i. 327
‘Abd Allah ibn Omm Maktûm, a blind man twice Governor of Medina,
ii. 292
‘Abd Allah ibn Rawâḥah, a poet on the side of Mohammed, i. 430
‘Abd ‘Amr, a favourite of ‘Amr, King of Hira, i. 360, 361
‘Abd ar Raḥmân, son of Hassân ibn Thâbit, the questions asked him by
his father, i. 430
Abdera, a Greek town, i. 82; ii. 146
‘Abd Shems, an Arab ancestor, i. 376, 426
Abel, i. 296, 531, 538
Abgarus, the King of an old city, since called Edessa and Ar Roha, and
connected with the legend of Christ’s picture, i. 489
‘Abḳar, a residence of the Jinn, said to have been in the region of
Yemâmeh, i. 478, 479
‘Abḳari, a sprite of Abḳar, i. 478, 479
Ablaḳ Al, a castle in Taymâ, i. 490, 491
‘Ableh, the damsel wooed and won by the poet-warrior ‘Antarah, son of
Sheddâd, i. 317
Ablution, one of the five things on which Islâm is founded, i. 392; ii. 37,
39, 40, 41, 205, 293
Abraham, the Patriarch, i. 87, 267, 315, 316, 325, 396, 400, 427, 431, 461,
467, 489; ii. 19, 32, 34, 177, 196, 253, 300, 304, 306
Abrahet al Ashram, or Abraheh, an Abyssinian King who marched against
Mecca, i. 279, 331
Abû ‘Abd Allah, the Wazir killed at the instigation of Ar Rabî‘, i. 493
Abû ‘Abd ar Raḥmân ibn Aḥmed al Farâhîdî, the great Grammarian,
ii. 248. See Khalil
Abû Adîneh, or Odayneh, a poet, i. 377, 496, 522
Abû Akhzam, said to be connected with a proverb, i. 485, 522. See
Akhzam
Abû ‘Ali Ḥosayn al Khoshnâbi, father-in-law of Hamadâni, i. 272
Abû ‘Ali, the Grammarian, i. 508
Abû ‘Amr ash Shaybâni, celebrated for Koran-reading, i. 81, 539; ii. 104
Abû ‘Amr Rubban, or Zubban ibn al ‘Alâ, noted for his profound knowledge
of the Koran, ii. 248
Abû Barâḳish, a bird of gaudy and changing plumage, used figuratively to
express a person of variable disposition, i. 232, 477, 478
Abû Bekr al Berathîni, a person referred to by Ar Râzi, the Commentator,
i. 24
Abû Bekr ibn al Ḥosayn ibn Dorayd, a composer of forty stories of rare
and strange phrases, i. 271
Abû Bekr Mohammed az Zâhiri, i. 399
Abû Bekr, the first Kalifah, i. 14, 52, 93, 289, 305, 318, 473, 479; ii. 245,
253, 262, 290
Abû Bekr Yaḥya ibn ‘Abd ar Raḥmân, celebrated for his compositions in
various metres, i. 367
Abû’d-darrâj Wallâj, son of Kharrâj, fanciful names, ii. 28, 200
Abû Dulaf al ‘Ajili, the celebrated general of the Khalifs Ma‘mûn and
Mo‘taṣim, and rebuilder of the city of Kerej, i. 76 note, 515
Abû Dulaf al Khazraji, a poet, i. 76 and note, 287
Abû Dulâmeh, son of an emancipated black slave, and a poet who immortalized
his mule by a Ḳaṣideh, i. 80; ii. 104, 247
Abû Dulâmeh’s mule, often referred to in Arabic literature for his dirty
tricks, i. 80; ii. 104, 247
Abû Farwat al Ḥaffâr, ancestor of Ar Rabî‘, i. 493
Abû Ḥâmid al Isfarayni, i. 358. See Shaykh Abû Hâmid
Abû Ḥanbal at Tâ‘i, a model of faith-keeping, i. 493
Abû Ḥanîfeh, i. 392; ii. 279, 286
Abu Ḥassan, one of the Tobba‘ Kings of Yemen, ii. 310
Abû Hazrah ibn ‘Âtîyah, ii. 248. See Jerîr
Abû Hurayrah, the Traditionist, i. 445, 473, 515; ii. 295, 306
Abû Ja‘far ibn Ṭofayl, the writer of a philosophical romance, i. 278
Abû Ja‘far al Manṣûr, ii. 304
Abû Jahl, a great persecutor of Mohammed, i. 375, 415, 438
Abû Ḳalamîm, the lizard, used figuratively to express a person of variable
disposition, i. 478
Abû Kârib, Governor of Hejer or Bahrayn, i. 361
Abû Kayd, the father of Deceit, i. 242, 490
Abû Kilâbeh, the Arab who saw Irem al ‘Imâd, i. 369
Abû Lahab, uncle of Mohammed, and his great enemy and persecutor.
Also name of Sura cxi. of the Koran, i. 52, 439, 440
Abû Maryam, an expression used to designate under that name the officers
or ushers of a Kadi’s court, i. 157, 349
Abû Mohammed al Hosayn ibn Wakî‘, a writer on the plagiarisms of the
poet Mutenebbi, i. 483
Abû Mohammed al Ḳâsim ibn ‘Ali ibn Mohammed ibn ‘Othman al Harîri,
the full name of Harîri, i. 3, 186, 337
Abû Mohammed ibn Ṣârat ash Shantarîni [of Santarem], i. 516. See Ibn
Ṣârah
Abû Munzir, a nickname of the cock because he exhorts the sleepers to
rise for prayers, ii. 164, 295
Abû Murrah, or Abû ’l Murrah, a nickname for the devil, i. 278; ii. 142,
166, 280
Abû Mûsá Abdallah ibn Kais al Ash’ari was appointed arbiter with Amr
ibn al As between ‘Ali and Mu‘âwiyeh after the battle of Siffin, ii. 146,
283. See Mirkhond, Part II., vol. iii., pp. 351–359 for the story
Abû Na’âmeh, or Na’âmet al Katâri ibn al Fujâ’ah, a poet and orator,
head of the rebellious Azâriḳah sect, i. 135, 326, 327
Abû Nuwâs, the poet, i. 525, 526; ii. 232, 299
Abû ‘Obâdeh, the poet, i. 114, 292. See Boḥtori
Abû ‘Obaydeh, the Philologist and Grammarian, i. 411, 521; ii. 205, 239,
305, 306
Abû ‘Othmân al Mâzini, the Grammarian, story told about him, i. 497, 499
Abû Sa‘îd ‘Abd ar Raḥmân ibn Mohammed ibn Dôst the Hâkim, a
collector of Hamadani’s epistles, i. 270, 271
Abû Ṣufrah, an Arab ancestor and race descended from him, ii. 114, 255
Abû Sâliḥ, the story about him, i. 471
Abû Samâmah, or Sumâmah, surname of the false prophet Musaylimeh,
also called Al Kazzâb the Liar, ii. 103, 245. See Musaylimeh
Abú ’sh Shamaqmaq, a poet, ii. 293
Abû Sofyân ibn Ḥarb, the father of Mu‘âwiyeh, the first Omayyide Khalif,
i. 375, 405, 439
Abû Ṭâhir, a commentator of Harîri’s Assemblies, i. 32
Abû Temmâm, or Ḥabîb ibn ‘Ows, the poet: his Hamâseh is celebrated,
i. 55, 57, 292, 482
Abû Therr al Ghafâri, a Companion about whose future Mohammed
prophesied, i. 421
Abû Wâthîlet Iyâs ibn Mu’âwiyet ibn Korrah, called Al Muzanî, i. 333.
See Iyâs
Abû Yahya. Yahya is an Arabic name for John the Baptist, but Abû
Yahya is used as a bye-name of Death, i. 216, 447
Abû Yûsuf, an eminent lawyer, ii. 142, 279
Abû Zayd, the name of the Improviser in Ḥarîri’s Assemblies (his first
appearance at Basra, i. 21, 22; his character, i. 23, 24), i. 25–28 (his
wit and cynicism, i. 35), i. 37, 38, 42, 58, 71, 75–83, etc. For further
references to him, which are very numerous, see Appendix A
Abû Ziyâd, an Arabic author, ii. 295
Abû ’l ‘Abbâs Aḥmed ibn ‘Abd al Mu’min al Kaysî ash Sherîshi, the Commentator,
i. 265. See Sherîshi
Abû ’l ‘Abbâs Aḥmed ibn ‘Omar ibn Surayj, i. 358. See Ibn Surayj
Abû ’l Abbâs al Layti, a friend of Sherîshi, i. 405
Abû ’l Abbâs Mohammed, son of Harîri, and succeeded his father in hi
post at Meshân, i. 38
Abû ’l ‘Ala, the poet, i. 14, 56, 337, 460, 479
Abú ’l Aswad ad Du’li, the Grammarian, i. 7, 66, 94, 458; ii. 306
Abû ’l Aṭâhîyah, the Poet, ii. 228, 253, 254
Abû ’l Faḍl ar Rabî‘ ibn Yûnus, the Chamberlain to Mansûr, the second
Abbaside Khalif: his story, i. 493. See Ar Rabî‘
Abû ’l Faḍl Aḥmed ibn al Hoṣayn ibn Yaḥya ibn Sa‘îd al Hamadâni, commonly
known as Badi‘ az Zemân, or “The Wonder of the Time,” i.
13, 270. See Hamadâni and Badi‘ az Zemân’
Abû ’l Faraj Al Isfahâni, his allusion to the poetry of Abû ‘Obâdeh or
Boḥtori, i. 292, 340
Abû ’l Faraj [Barhebræus], i. 489
Abû ’l Faraj Ibn Ja‘far Ibn Ḳodamet Ibn Ziyâd, a scribe of Bagdad, i. 274,
275. See Kodâmeh
Abû ’l Faraj Mohammed ibn Aḥmed al Ghassani, called Al Wâwâ, a poet,
i. 294
Abû ’l Fatḥ al Iskenderi, the name of the Improviser in Hamadâm’s
Assemblies, i. 19, 25, 28, 38, 105, 271, 272
Abû’ Fatḥ, the story about him, i. 457
Abû ’l Futûḥ al Ghazzali, i. 526. See Ghazzali
Abû ’l Ḥasan, i. 457. See Ibn Sam’ûn
Abû ’l Ḥasan ‘Ali the Kâtib, his biography, i. 469, 470, 471
Abû ’l Ḥasan Mohammed, the Hâshimi, an elegant poet of the fourth
century of the Hijra, i. 523. See Ibn Sukkereh
Abû ’l Ḳâsim ‘Abdallah, the son of Harîri and an official at Bagdad, i. 21,
38; ii. 163
Abû ’l Ḳâsim Ali ibn Aflaḥ, i. 28
Abû ’l Ḳâsim as Salîmi, a poet, ii. 238
Abû ’l Ḳâsim Ḥammâd, the celebrated reciter, a marvel on account of his
memory, i. 17, 383, 384. See Ḥammâd
Abû ’l Khaṭṭâb Ḳatâdeh, a blind man: the story about him, i. 468
Abû ’l Manṣûr ath Tha‘labî, an account by him of Badi‘ az Zemân’ or
Hamadâni is given in the Commentary of Sherîshi, i. 270. See
Tha‘labî
Abû ’ṭ Ṭâhir ibn Mohammed ibn Yûsuf, of Cordova, who wrote fifty
Assemblies in imitation of Harîri, i. 97
Abû ’ṭ Ṭâhir Mohammed ibn ‘Ali al ‘Ilâf, the story told by him about Ibn
Sam‘ûn, i. 457
Abû ’t Taiyib, a poet, ii. 231
Abyssinia, i. 446, 467
Abyssinian, i. 279, 280, 331
Abyssinians, i. 64, 372, 467
Academy of Letters, i. 66
Account, Art of, i. 230, 231
Accountants, i. 230–232
‘Âd, an Arab ancestor and his descendants, i. 368, 433, 441, 516
‘Âd, The people of, a wicked tribe destroyed by God, i. 31, 213, 423,
431–433, 441, 442, 466; ii. 9. For the story compare the Koran,
Tabari, and Mirkhond
Adah, wife of Lamech, i. 43
Adam, i. 267, 296, 329, 342, 350, 378, 398, 404, 440, 459, 474; ii. 39, 109,
110, 258, 309
Aden, i. 369, 441; ii. 279
‘Adî ibn ar Ruḳâ‘, an amatory poet, i. 275
‘Adî ibn Naṣr, married Raḳâsh, sister of Jathîmet al Abrash, King of Ḥira,
and was the father of ‘Amr, the lost prince, i. 42, 494, 495
‘Adnân, an Arab ancestor, i. 9, 466, 520
Æacus, the myth or legend about him is connected with the colonization
of Ægina, i. 92
Æneas, of Trojan war renown, i. 92
Æsop, i. 33, 277, 362, 477; ii. 305
Afrasiab, King of Turan, i. 539
Africa, i. 9, 410; ii. 138, 224
Africa, Eastern, people of, i. 467
‘Afrit, a demon supposed to be of superior nature and more formidable
powers than the Jinn or the Ghûl, i. 330. See Ifrit
Afwah al Awadi, a poet, ii. 230
Aghlab [Al] al ‘Ajili, said to have been the first composer of a regular
poem or Kasideh in rejez metre, i. 55, 304
Aḥkâf [Al], tracts of sand in the region of Ash Shiḥr, i. 441, 517
Ahlwardt, William, of Greifswald, a German Orientalist, i. 340
Ahwâz, a town and district, i. 258, 499, 525
A‘jamî, or foreign, i. 66; ii. 139, 192, 215, 277
‘Ajâz [Al], a poet, i. 55
‘Akâf ibn Wadâ‘ah, a man alluded to by Mohammed, i. 370; ii. 271
Akameh, a place in Yemen, i. 404
Akhfash [Al], The Elder, or Abû ’l Khaṭṭâb the Grammarian, i. 55, 301,
498
Akhfash [Al], The Younger, also a Grammarian, i. 498, 499
Akhnas [Al] ibn al Ka‘b, a man of Johayneh, his story, i. 476
Akhṭal [Al], the great poet of the tribe of Temîm, i. 349; ii. 227, 248
Akhzam, an Arab of very generous disposition, whose name is connected
with a proverb, ii. 140, 278. See Abû Akhzam
Aḳîl ibn ‘Ullafeh, a poet of Koraysh, the story about him, i. 485;
ii. 278
Akk, Land of, on the sea-coast in the northern part of Yemen, i. 425
Aḳra‘ [Al], a person mentioned in some verses by Abbâs, son of Merdâs,
addressed to Mohammed, i. 52
Aktham ibn Sayfi, an elder of the Benû Temîm, to whom is attributed a
proverb, i. 273
‘Alaaddin Abû’sh Shâmât, Story of, in the “Thousand and One Nights,”
i. 440
Al ‘Abd, son of Sofyân, son of Harmaleh, of the tribe of Bekr Wâ’il, and
father of the poet Tarafeh, i. 359
‘Alaḳ [Al], the name of the ninety-sixth Sura, or chapter, of the Koran, i. 52
Aleppo, ii. 135, 138, 146, 147
Alexander the Great, i. 92
Alexandria, i. 88, 105, 151, 152, 157
Alexandrian, The, i. 38, 273. See Abu ’l Fath al Iskenderi
Alfîyeh, The, by Ibn Mâlik, the most complete and celebrated of the
Arabic grammatical poems, i. 12, 55, 98, 273, 290, 303, etc. See
Appendix A
‘Ali, son of Al Mahdi, the third Abbaside Khalif, i. 523
‘Ali, the fourth Khalifah, son of Abû Ṭâlib, adopted son and cousin of
Mohammed, i. 7, 14, 31, 60, 281, 290, etc. See Appendix A
Alif, the first letter of the alphabet, ii. 35. See Elif
Alkali, its qualities described, i. 144
Alḳamat ibn ‘Olâtheh, the story about him, i. 375, 488
Alḳamat ibn Khaṭafah, the father of Zebbâ, the wife of Al Harith ibn
Sulayk, the Asadi, story about them, i. 408
Allât, a goddess, one of the Arab idols, i. 404, 405; ii. 291
Alms, one of the five things on which Islâm is founded, i. 392, 460; ii. 27,
31, 37, 46, 58, 163, 206
Alp Arslan, the second Sultan of the Saljukide dynasty, i. 5, 526
Alphabetical poems and pieces as given in the Bible and other works,
i. 87–89
Alyas, son of Moḍar, an Arab ancestor, and husband of Khindàf, i. 10;
ii. 246
Amalek, or Al Amalek, an ancestor and tribe, i. 397, 466
Ameuney, Professor, of King’s College, London, i. 101
American Indian, i. 386
American missionaries, i. 367
‘Âmileh, Tribe of, i. 362
Amîn [Al], son of Hârûn ar Reshid, and sixth Abbaside Khalif and pupil
of Al Kisâ’i, the Grammarian, i. 498
Âmineh, mother of Mohammed, i. 364
‘Âmir bin Ḥarisah al Azdî, father of ‘Amr Muzaykîyâ, ii. 199; called also
Mâ’u’s-samâ, which see
‘Âmir ibn az-Zarib, a judge in the Time of Ignorance, ii. 300
‘Âmir ibn aṭ Ṭofayl ibn Mâlik ibn Ja‘far, the story about him, i. 375, 488
‘Âmir ibn Hârith, i. 351. See Kosa’î
‘Âmir ibn Sinân, of the tribe of Temîm, and father of Sulayk, i. 352. See
Sulayk
Ammon, i. 87
‘Amr, a friend of Munthir ibn Mâ’as Semâ, King of Hira, and buried alive
by the latter, i. 385
‘Amr al Jâhiz, an author, i. 266
‘Amrân the Diviner, brother of ‘Amr ibn ‘Âmir Muzayḳîyâ, i. 423, 425
‘Amr ibn ‘Adî, son of ‘Adî ibn Naṣr, and of Raḳâsh, the King Jathimeh’s
sister, the story about him, i. 494, 495; ii. 190, 206
‘Amr ibn al ‘Aṣ, appointed as arbiter with Abû Mûsa after the battle of
Siffin, ii. 283. See Abû Mûsa
‘Amr ibn Al Hârith ibn Al Moḍâd, prince of the Jorham, to whom some
beautiful verses are attributed at the expulsion of his family from
Mecca, i. 384
‘Amr ibn Abî Rabî‘at al Muzdalif ibn Thohl, the story about him, i. 529
‘Amr ibn ‘Amir Muzayḳîyâ, the Tearer, and husband of Zarîfeh, who predicted
the bursting of the dyke of Marab, i. 41, 42, 288, 372, 423–426
‘Amr ibn Al Ḥârith ibn Shaybân, the story about him, or ‘Amr ibn ‘Adî
above, i. 529
‘Amr, King of Hira, son of Munthir III., and commonly called ‘Amr ibn
Hind, the name of his mother. He caused the death of the poet
Ṭarafeh, i. 61, 358, 360, 361
‘Amr ibn Kulthûm, a pre-Islamite poet-warrior, and author of one of the
Mo‘allaḳât, i. 56, 351, 361, 376, 501, 539
‘Amr ibn ‘Obayd, a celebrated ascetic and preacher, i. 228, 467, 468
’Amr ibn ‘Odas, author of a proverb, i. 74
Amr ibn ‘Othmân ibn Ḳanbar, the full name of Sîbawayh, the Grammarian,
i. 497. See Sîbawayh
‘Amr Mad‘âkarib, the owner of the sword Ṣamṣâmah, ii. 292
‘Amr, son of Barrâk, a great runner, i. 353
‘Amr, son of Ḥârith, son of Sherîd, son of Sulaym, and father of Khansâ,
the celebrated Arab poetess, i. 387
’Amr, son of Homran, whose generous speech is connected with a proverb,
i. 443
‘Amr, son of Jâbir, a man of the Fazârah, with whom Imr al Ḳays the
poet sought protection, i. 491
‘Amr to Zayd, a phrase meaning “from one person to another,” i. 257, 522
Anacreon, the Greek poet, i. vii
‘Ânah, a city celebrated at an early period for its wine, i. 168, 172, 173,
351, 374
An‘am, or Ashkam, or Mâthân, son of Loḳmân the Wise, i. 477
Anas ibn Mâlik, the transmitter of Traditions, i. 364, 401, 450
Anas, son of An Naḍr, a martyr for Islâm, i. 401
‘Anazeh, tribe of, i. 472
Ancyra, the place where the poet Imr al Ḳays died, i. 492
Andalusia, i. 2, 34, 265, 304, 410
Andalusian, i. 69
Andalusians, The, i. 368
‘Anḳâ, The, a fabulous bird, i. 469; ii. 181, 309
Anmàr, a sub-tribe of the sons of Kays, i. 476
An-Nâs, the name of the 114th Sura, or chapter, of the Koran, i. 52
Anṣâr, The, helpers and auxiliaries of Mohammed at Medina, i. 295, 373,
398, 429; ii. 214, 291
‘Antarah, the warrior-poet, son of Sheddâd, i. 30, 56, 295, 317, 318, 331,
352, 390, 438; ii. 282
“Anthologie Grammaticale Arabe,” by De Sacy, i. 12, 296, 384, etc. See
Appendix A
Antioch, i. 531
Antiquities, i. 46, 63, 100
Antiquity, i. 62, 73, 91, 92, 426
Anûshirwân, the Wazir, i. 25, 26. See Sheref ad Dîn Abû Naṣr Anûshir-wân
al Iṣfahani
Anwâri Sohayli, a Persian story-book, i. 33
Arab, i. 3, 5, 10, 12, etc. See Appendix A
Arabia, i. 9, 10, 41, 43, etc. See Appendix A
Arabia Felix, ii. 263
Arabia, the daughter of Justin II., i. 492
Arabian, i. 50, 66, 126, 321; ii. 39
“Arabian Nights,” The, i. 308, 330, 345; ii. 201, 255. See “Thousand
and One Nights”
Arabic, i. v–vii, ix, x, 1, 2, 4, 5, etc. See Appendix A
“Arabic Authors,” ii. xi.
Arabic Proverbs, ii. ix, 187, 204
Arab manners and customs, i. 6, 13, 15, 18, 22, 54, etc. See Appendix A
Arabs, i. ix, 4–8, 10, 13–16, etc. See Appendix A
“Arabum Proverbia,” Freytag’s edition in three volumes, i. 273, 277. See
Proverbs, Arab
‘Arafah, Day of, ii. 307
‘Arafât, Mount, i. 392; ii. 34, 178, 202, 203, 306, 307
Archæologists, i. 90
Arcturus, a constellation mentioned in the Book of Job, i. 336
‘Arim, ii. 199. See Sayl al ‘Arim
Arḳam [Al], the Ghassani, father of Ḳaylah, said to have been the
ancestress of Ows and Khazraj, the sons of Tha‘labeh and the heads
of two tribes who inhabited Yathrib or Medina in the time of the
Prophet. The quarrel between these two tribes, in which the latter
were defeated, brought the Khazraj to Mecca to obtain assistance
from the Koraysh, which was refused. They then applied to
Mohammed, and this led to the two meetings at ‘Akabah, and
eventually to the flight from Mecca, i. 295. Comp. Tabari and
Mirkhond
Armenian, i. 21
Arnold, Fr. Aug., his edition of the “Mo‘allaḳât,” i. 332; ii. 267, 301
Arphaxad, an ancestor, i. 369
Ar-Raḳîm, The men of: their story, i. 414, 415
Arthur, our legendary King, i. 539
‘Arûs, a man connected with a story about a proverb, i. 346, 347
Aryan, i. 312
As‘ad, one of the Tobba’ Kings of Yemen, ii. 310
Asad, son of Mudrik, slayer of Sulayk, i. 352
‘Aṣâm, an old woman referred to in a proverb, i. 356
A‘sha [al], or Maymûn al A‘sha the Great, son of Ḳays, a renowned poet,
i. 389; ii. 288
Ash‘ab, a servant of the Khalif ‘Othmân, proverbial for his covetousness,
ii. 6, 190
Ash‘ath [Al] ibn Ḳays al Kindi questions the Prophet, i. 520
Ashmûni [Al], the Grammarian, i. 315, 508, 512, 514
Asia, i. 5, 92
Asia Minor, i. 13, 493
Asia, Northern, i. 466
Asia, Western, i. 489
Asîd ibn Jâbir, a famous runner, i. 353
Aṣma‘î [Al], the most famous man of letters of his time, born a.d. 740,
died a.d. 831. He was a complete master of the Arabic language, an
able grammarian, and the most eminent of all those who transmitted
orally historical narrations, anecdotes, stories, and rare expressions
of the language, i, 18, 132, 255, 281, 319, 340, 368, 391, 394, 475, 487,
498, 520, 521, 539; ii. 79, 196, 229, 248, 249, 302, 334
Assemblies of Abû ‘ṭ Ṭâhir, of Cordova, written in Arabic in imitation of
Ḥarîri, i. 97
Assemblies of Hamadâni, supposed to have been imitated by Harîri, i. 13,
19, 20, 62, 305
Assemblies of Harîri, i. viii–x, 2, 8, 12, etc. See Appendix A
Assemblies of Naṣîf al Yazaji, of Beyrout, i. 62, 98–101, 314, 382, 393, 396,
464, 487, 518, 525
Brief Summary of each of Harîri’s Assemblies.
Assembly I.—Of San‘â. Abû Zayd preaches against self-indulgence, and
exhorts to repentance, but which he does not put into
practice, as the sequel shows, i. 108
Assembly II.—Of Ḥolwân. Full of rhetorical subtleties, i. 112, 113
Assembly III.—Of Ḳaylah. Abû Zayd improvises both in praise and dispraise
of money, i. 117
Assembly IV.—Of Damietta. Discourse on duty towards a neighbour
between Abû Zayd and his son, i. 121
Assembly V.—Of Kufa. How Abû Zayd obtains money from a company
of generous scholars, i. 126, 127
Assembly VI.—Of Merâghah. About an address to the Governor, with
pointed and unpointed letters, i. 132, 133
Assembly VII.—Of Barḳa‘îd. About Abû Zayd and the old woman who
circulates his curious papers, i. 139, 140
Assembly VIII.—Of Ma‘arrah. About Abû Zayd and his son, and their complaints
to the Kadi of that place, and the sequel, i. 145, 146
Assembly IX.—Of Alexandria. About the complaints of Abû Zayd’s young
wife to the Kadi against her husband, i. 151, 152
Assembly X.—Of Raḥbah. About Abû Zayd and his son before the
Governor, and the sequel, i. 158
Assembly XI.—Of Sâweh. An elaborate sermon on the certainty of death
and judgment, in rhymed prose and in verse—a masterpiece,
i. 163, 164
Assembly XII.—Of Damascus. Abû Zayd prepares a magic form of words
for the safety of certain travellers, and the sequel, i. 168,
169
Assembly XIII.—Of Bagdad. Abû Zayd, disguised as an old woman,
followed by some lean and feeble children, obtains alms by
his address and his verses, i. 176
Assembly XIV.—Of Mecca. Abû Zayd and his son obtain relief through
their representations and verses, i. 181
Assembly XV.—The Legal. This contains a legal puzzle about the heirs to
certain property, and a long story to introduce it, i. 185,
186
Assembly XVI.—Of the West. Abû Zayd performs an extraordinary
feat of scholarship in reciting lines of poetry, each of
which may be read forwards or backwards without
change of sense, i. 194
Assembly XVII.—The Reversed. Another Assembly of the same kind as
the last, in that the words themselves being reversed
produce a perfect sense, i. 200
Assembly XVIII.—Of Sinjâr. Abû Zayd gains a splendid present by the
narrative of an alleged misfortune. One of the most
poetical in the whole work, and a wonderful description
of a maiden, i. 206, 207
Assembly XIX.—Of Naṣîbin. Abû Zayd tells his son, in the Ṭofayli
jargon, to bring a repast for some friends who had
visited him, i. 214, 215
Assembly XX.—Of Mayyâfâriḳîn. Abû Zayd, by his representations,
asks the bounty of the company to provide a shroud,
i. 220
Assembly XXI.—Of Rayy. Abû Zayd preaches a sermon on life and
morals, and afterwards indites another discourse in
reproof of the Governor, i. 223
Assembly XXII.—Of the Euphrates. Abû Zayd delivers a rhetorical
address on the comparative merits of secretaries and
accountants, and the sequel, i. 229
Assembly XXIII.—Of the Precinct. Abû Zayd shows his skill in artificial
composition, bringing his son before the Governor, or
criminal judge, of Bagdad on a charge of theft, and
finally getting some relief for his necessities from the
Governor, i. 234
Assembly XXIV.—Of the Portion. This Assembly contains grammatical
riddles and disquisitions, i. 243, 244
Assembly XXV.—Of Kerej. Abû Zayd, naked and shivering, crouches on
the ground. Reciting some verses on his unhappy state,
he obtains furs and cloaks, i. 253
Assembly XXVI.—The Spotted. Abû Zayd entertains Ḥârith, the son of
Hammâm, and finally explains how he was rewarded
for a eulogistic composition in which the alternate
letters were pointed and unpointed, i. 258
Assembly XXVII.—Of the Tent-dwellers. Story about the lost camel, the
search for it, and the result, ii. 1, 2
Assembly XXVIII.—Of Samarcand. Abû Zayd preaches on the instability
of human destinies, and on the certainty of death. The
sequel, especially the verses, ii. 13
Assembly XXIX.—Of Wâsiṭ. An amusing story, first full of fanciful and
enigmatical language, and then a proposal for a matrimonial
alliance, followed by the wedding, which is preceded
by a wonderful address, and the sequel, ii. 14, 15
Assembly XXX.—Of Ṣûr. Relates an adventure near Cairo at a wedding
ceremony, where Abû Zayd delivers a discourse on the
duties of the rich towards the poor, and on the divine
purpose in founding the institution of matrimony, ii.
24, 25
Assembly XXXI.—Of Ramlah. A composition of exquisite beauty on the
duties of true religion, spoken by Abû Zayd at Mecca,
ii. 31
Assembly XXXII.—Of Ṭaybeh. One of the most elaborate, important,
longest, and most difficult of the Assemblies, in which
Abû Zayd assumes the character of a Mufti, who
answers various questions on canonical and legal
points, ii. 37, 38
Assembly XXXIII.—Of Tiflis. In the guise of a mendicant afflicted with
palsy Abû Zayd appears, and by an eloquent appeal to
the congregation obtains a liberal supply of alms, and
the sequel, ii. 58
Assembly XXXIV.—Of Zabîd. Abû Zayd appears in the character of a
slave-merchant, and sells his son as a slave to Ḥârith.
The boy repudiates the sale, protesting that he is
Joseph. They go before the Kadi, and the sequel,
ii. 62, 63
Assembly XXXV.—Of Shiraz. Abû Zayd describes a wine-cask metaphorically
under the simile of a maiden, for whom he
desires to purchase wedding attire, and the result, ii. 71
Assembly XXXVI.—Of Malṭîyah. Abû Zayd, proposes twenty riddles, or
conundrums, of a curious kind, and leaves without explaining
them. Harîri himself does this in a short
commentary at the end of this Assembly, ii. 74, 75
Assembly XXXVII.—Of Sa‘dah. Abû Zayd and his son again before the
Kadi, and account of the dispute between them, ii. 83
Assembly XXXVIII.—Of Merv. Abû Zayd addresses the Governor of Merv
in some very fine verses in praise of liberality to men
of genius, ii. 89, 90
Assembly XXXIX.—Of ‘Omân. About a sea-voyage and a magic spell
against the dangers of the sea. A storm, landing
at the port of an island, and what happens there,
ii. 93, 94
Assembly XL.—Of Tebrîz. A lively altercation between Abû Zayd and
his young wife before the Kadi of Tebrîz, he complaining
of her contumacy, she of his abuse of his conjugal
rights, ii. 101, 102
Assembly XLI.—Of Tanîs. Abû Zayd preaches a sermon full of lofty
moral admonitions, and what happens at the close of
it, ii. 108, 109
Assembly XLII.—Of Najrân. Abû Zayd again propounds a series of
riddles, ii. 113, 114
Assembly XLIII.—Al Bakrîyah. Abû Zayd displays his eloquence and
mastery of the Arabic tongue in various ways. The
discussion between him and a youth on the subject of
matrimony is worthy of Rabelais, ii. 113, 114
Assembly XLIV.—The Wintry. Abû Zayd furnishes a series of puzzling
statements, which show the double meanings and
curious subtleties of the Arabic language. He leaves
secretly without explaining them, ii. 132
Assembly XLV.—Of Ramlah. Account of another matrimonial dispute
between Abû Zayd and his young wife before the Kadi
of Ramlah, ii. 141, 142
Assembly XLVI.—Of Aleppo. Abû Zayd appears as a schoolmaster, and
his pupils accomplish the most surprising feats in
linguistic artifices, ii. 146, 147
Assembly XLVII.—Of Ḥajr. Another fictitious altercation between Abû
Zayd in the character of a cupper, and his son, for the
purpose of obtaining coin from the assembled company,
ii. 156
Assembly XLVIII.—The Ḥarâmîyeh. Supposed to be the first Assembly
composed by Ḥarîri, with the first appearance of Abû
Zayd the Serûji on the scene, ii. 163
Assembly XLIX.—Of Sâsân. Abû Zayd urges his son to practise mendicancy
as a fine art, he himself having so practised
it to his profit. A most interesting discourse, and,
Chenery says (p. 83), “one of the finest pieces of
rhetoric in the work,” ii. 169
Assembly L.—Of Bsara. The repentance of Abû Zayd, described by
him along with a magnificent encomium of Basra. He
settles down to his devotions, and his farewell verses
are most interesting and breathe the purest spirit of
devotion. Chenery says (p. 83): “But perhaps the
first place in regard of merit should be given to the
Fiftieth and last Assembly,” ii. 175, 176