103 Cressets (Mashals), Of The East, Ii.

132 The Pasha’s cressets, 132, n. Cressy, reference to the battle of, i. 267, n. Crown of Thorns, i. 405, n. Curtain, of the Prophet’s tomb, i. 321

DABISTAN al-Mazahib, i. 344, n. Daggers of the Badawin, ii. 106 Dajjal, Al- (Antichrist), the Moslem belief respecting, i. 378, n. Dakhl, or protection, among the Arabs, ii. 97 Dakkat al-Aghawat, or eunuch’s bench, at Al-Madinah, i. 316, n. Dakruri, Al-, the shrine of the saint, i. 155 Damascus, cathedral of, i. 364 Its eminence among Moslem cities, ii. 133, n. Epithets applied to it, 133, n. Sayings of the Prophet respecting, 133, n. Said to be the burial place of Abel, 160, n. Damascus Caravan, i. 321, n. Brocade of Damascus, 322, n. Rejoicing at Al-Madinah on the arrival of the Caravan, 334 Description of the arrival of at Al-Madinah, 416 The Emir al-Hajj, 420 Number of pilgrims in the, 334 Quarrel between it and that from Baghdad, ii. 128 Stopped in a perilous pass, 143 Grand spectacle afforded by the, on the plain of Arafat, 181 Damghah, Marsa, on the Red Sea, i. 213 Dancing of the Badawin, its wildness, ii. 223 Daniyal, al-Nabi (Daniel the Prophet), tomb of, i. 12 Dar al-Bayda, the viceroy’s palace in the Desert, i. 154 Daraj, Al- (the ladder), at the Ka’abah, ii. 311 Darb al-Sharki, or Eastern road, from Al-Madinah to Meccah, ii. 58 Darb Sultani (the Sultan’s road), i. 260; ii. 58 Dates, the delicious, of Tur, i. 204 Those of the hypæthral court of the Prophet’s Mosque, 337 The date “Al-Sayhani,” 337 The date-groves of Kuba, 381 The fruit of Nijd, 383 The Tamr al-Birni kind used as a diet in small-pox, 385 Celebrity of the dates of Al-Madinah, 400 Varieties of the date-tree, 400 Al-Shelebi date, 400 The Ajwah, 401 Al-Hilwah, 401 Al-Birni, 401 The Washi, 401 The Sayhani, 401 The Khuzayriyah, 401 The Jabali, 401 The Laun, 401 The Hilayah, 402 Fondness of the Madani for dates, 402 Rutab, or wet dates, 402 Variety of ways of cooking the fruit, 402 The merry-makings at the fruit gatherings, 403 Causes of the excellence of the dates of Al-Madinah, 403 The date-trees of Kuba, ii. 338 Da’ud Pasha, his palace at Al-Madinah, i. 394 Daughters of the Prophets, tombs of the, ii. 38 Daurak, or earthern jars, used for cooling the holy water of Zemzem, ii. 310 David, King, i. 212 Darwayshes, wandering, i. 13 A Darwaysh’s the safest disguise, 14 The two orders of Darwayshes, 15 Death, easy in the East, ii. 183 [p.432] Death-wail, of Oriental women, i. 118 Deir, i. 189 Deraiyah, the capital of the Wahhabis, i. 369 Deri dialect, said to be spoken by the Almighty, i. 344, n. Descendants of the Prophet, one of the five orders of pensioners at Al-Madinah, i. 375 Desert, the Great, by moonlight, i. 85 Camel riding in, 143, 148 Reflected heat of, 144, n. Habits and manners of the Badawi camel-men, 146 Peculiarities by which inhabitants of the Desert may be recognised, 146, n. Feeling awakened by a voyage through the Desert, 148 The oases, 149 Unaptly compared to a sandy sea, 150, n. The pleasures of the Desert, 150 Effect of the different seasons in the Desert, 151, n. Pleasures of smoking in the, 152 A midnight halt in the, 154 The absinthe (“Wormwood of Pontus”) of the, 155 Rest under the shade of the mimosa tree, 155 Perfect safety of the Suez road across the, 156 A Badawi ambuscade, 156 Charms of the Desert, 158 The Desert near Yambu’, 242 Fears of the travellers in crossing, 244 Breakfast in the, 244 Dinner in the, 245 Hot winds in the Deserts of Arabia, 247 Desert valleys, 252 Fatal results from taking strong drinks in the Desert during summer heats, 265, n. Discipline of the Desert, ii. 36, n. Effect of Arab poetry in the, 99 Description of an Arabian Desert, 223 Devil, the Great (Shaytan al-Kabir), ceremony of throwing stones at, ii. 204 Second visit to the, 219 Dews in Arabia, i. 245 D’Herbelot, reference to, i. 281, n. Dickson, Dr., his discovery of the chronothermal practice of physic, i. 13 Dictionaries and vocabularies, Egyptian, imperfections of, i. 108, n. Dinner, description of one at Meccah, ii. 256 Discipline, Oriental, must be based on fear, i. 212 Diseases of Al-Hijaz, i. 384 The Rih al-Asfar, or cholera morbus, 384 The Taun, or plague, 384 The Judari, or small-pox, 384 Inoculation, 385 Diseases divided by Orientals into hot, cold, and temperate, 385 Ophthalmia, 385 Quotidian and tertian fevers (Hummah Salis), 386 Low fevers (Hummah), 387 Jaundice and bilious complaints, 387 Dysenteries, 388 Popular medical treatment, 389 The Filaria Medinensis (Farantit), 389 Vena in the legs, 389 Hydrophobia, 389 Leprosy (Al-Baras), 389 Ulcers, 390 Divination, Oriental, i. 12 Divinity, study of, in Egypt, i. 105 The Sharh, 105 Books read by students in, 105, n. Divorces, frequency of, among the Badawin, ii. 111 Diwan, luxury of the, i. 295 Diwani, value of the Hijazi coin so called, ii. 11, n. Doctors. See Medicine Dogs, pugnacity of, of Al-Madinah, i. 301 Superstitions respecting them, 302 Donkey boys of Egypt, i. 111, n. Donkeys, despised by the Badawin, i. 304 [p.433] Dragoman, consular. See Consular dragoman Dress, Oriental; gold ornaments forbidden to be worn by the Moslem law, i. 34, n., 236, n. Fashions of young Egyptians, 99 Faults of Moslem ladies’ dressing, 123, n. Dress of the Maghrabis, 156 The face-veil of Moslem ladies, 229 The Lisam of Constantinople, 229, n. The Lisam of Arab Shaykhs, 235 Description of an Arab Shaykh fully equipped for travelling, 235 The Kamis, or cotton shirt, 236 The Aba, or camel’s hair cloak, 236 The Arab and Indian sandal, 236 Dress of the poorer classes of Arabs, 237 The belt for carrying arms, 238 Dress of the Benu-Harb, 248 The Kufiyah, 265, n. Costume of the Arab Shaykhs of the Harbis, 266 Dress of Madinite Shaykh, 289 Articles of dress of city Arabs, 289, n. Dress of a Zair, or visitor to the sepulchre of the Prophet, 309 n. Dress of the Benu-Hosayn, ii.

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