32, 37 Ibrahim Pasha, His Ships On The Red Sea, I. 170 Ibrahim Bin Adham, His Vision, Ii.

184, n. Ichthyophagi, the modern, of the Red Sea, i. 218, n., 221 Idrisi, Al-, i. 195 Ignatius, Epistles of, to the Smyrneans, references to, i. 326, n. Ihlal, the pilgrim dress so called, ii.

205 Ihn, Bir, at Kuba, i. 414, n. Ihram, Al- (assuming the pilgrim garb), the ceremony so called, ii. 138 Change from Ihram to Ihlal, 205 Ceremonies of, 284 The Victims of Al-Ihram, 286 Ijabah, the Masjid al- (the Mosque of Granting), ii. 47, 153, n. Ikamah, or call to divine service, ii. 311, n. Ikhlas, Al-, the chapter of the Koran, i. 429 Ihram (honorarium) given to the Madani who travel, i. 263, ii. 7 The four kinds of, 7 Ilal, Jabal (Mount of Wrestling in Prayer). See Arafat, Mount Ilfrad, Al- (singulation), the pilgrimage so called, ii. 280 Imans, of the Prophet’s Mosque, i. 313, n., 374, 375 Place where they pray, i. 335, 338 Imlik, great-great-grandson of Noah, the ancestor of the Amalikah, ii. 321 Immigrations of the Arabian people, i. 344 India, style of doing business in, i. 27 Observations on caste in, 36, n. Real character of the natives of, 37-40 Popular feeling in, respecting British rule, and causes of this, 37, n. No European should serve an Eastern lord, 39 The natives a cowardly and slavish people, 40 Their cowardice compared with the bravery of the North American Indians, 40 Testimony of Sir Henry Elliot to this, 40, n. An instance of Indian improvidence, 157, n. Luxuriance of the plains of, 251 Indian pilgrims protected by their poverty, 265 The Duke of Wellington’s dictum about the means of preserving health in, 265, n. Wells of the Indians in Arabia, 274 n. Their sinful method of visiting the Prophet’s tomb, 305 Generosity of Indian pilgrims, 331, n. Their drawings of the holy shrines as published at Meccah, 342 Dress and customs of the Indian women settled at Al-Madinah, ii. 6 Recklessness of poor Indian pilgrims, ii. 184 Remedies, proposed, 185 Qualities of the horses of, obtained from the Persian Gulf, 195, n. Profuseness of Indian pilgrims, 210 Indian Ocean (Sea of Oman), the shores of, when first peopled, according to Moslem accounts, i. 344, n. Inns. See Wakalah Inoculation practised in Al-Madinah, i. 384 [p.443] “Inshallah bukra” (please God, to-morrow), ii. 21 Intermarriages, theory of the degeneracy which follows, ii. 84 Dr. Howe’s remarks on, 84, n. Intonation and chaunting of the Koran taught in Moslem schools, i. 106, n. Irak, Al-, expedition of Tobba al-Asghar against, i. 349 Iram, flood of, i. 348 Ireland, probable origin of its name, ii. 239, n. Irk al-Zabyat, mountain, ii. 274, n. Isa bin Maryam, reference to, ii. 274, n. Spare tomb at Al-Madinah for him after his second coming, 325 Isha, or Moslem night prayer, i. 233 Ishmael (Ismail), his tomb at Meccah, ii. 305 The two-bow prayer over the grave of, 176 Ishmaelites, of the Sinaitic peninsula, ii. 78 Their distinguishing marks, 78 Ismail Pasha murdered by Malik Nimr, chief of Shendy, i. 138, n. Ismid, a pigment for the eyes, i. 381, n. Israel Benu, rule of, in Arabia, i. 345 See Jews Israelites, course of the, across the Red Sea, i. 199 Israfil, the trumpet of, on the last day, i. 340, n. Istikharah, or divination, ii. 23 Italians, how regarded in Egypt, i. 111 Izar, the portion of a pilgrim’s dress so called, ii. 139

JA AL-SHARIFAH, the halting-ground, ii. 63 Ja’afar al-Sadik, the Imam, his tomb, ii. 40, 41, n. Ja’afar Bey (governor of Suez), i. 147 Account of him, 160 Jababirah (giants), who fought against Israel, i. 344 Jabariti, from Habash, i. 177 Jahaydah, a straggling line of villages, i. 262 Jama, meaning of, i. 97 Jama Taylun, mosque, i. 96 Jama’at, or public prayers, in Al-Rauzah, i. 330, n. Jami al-Sakhrah, at Arafat, ii. 192 Jami Ghamamah at Al-Manakhah, i. 395 Jannat al-Ma’ala (the cemetery of Meccah), visit to, ii. 248 Jauf, Al-, excellence of the dates of, i. 383 Jauhar, founder of the Mosque of Al-Azhar, i. 102 Jaundice, common in Arabia, i. 387 Popular cure for, 387 Java, number of Moslem pilgrims from, to Meccah, i. 179 Javelin, (Mizrak), description of the Arab, i. 237 Jazb al-Kulub ila Diyar al-Mahbub, the work so called, ii. 358, n. Jabal, observations on the word, i. 220, n. Jabali, the date so called, i. 401 Jeddah, slave trade at, i. 47 Price of perjury at, 47 Value of the exports from Suez to, 178 Jews settled in, 346, n. Population of, 393, n. Unsuccessful attempt of the Wahhabis to storm it, ii. 265, n. Considered by the Meccans to be a perfect Gibraltar, 265 The Wakalah of Jeddah, 266 The British Vice-Consul, Mr. Cole, 266 Different descriptions of the town, 267, 268 The fair Corinthians at, 270 How the time passes at Jeddah, 272 [p.444] Jahaymah, tribe of Arabs, i. 145 Jamal, Amm, his advice to the pilgrim, i. 233 Reproved for his curiosity, 243 Jamal al-Din of Isfahan, his improvements of the Prophet’s Mosque, i. 366, n. Janabah, low development of the indigens of, ii. 77 Janazah, Darb al- (Road of Biers), at Al-Madinah, i. 395 “Jangli,” an opprobrious name applied to the English rulers of India, i. 36 Jarid, or palm-sticks, with which the houses of the Arabs were made, i. 357 Jazzar Pasha, i. 263 Jews, former settlements of, in Arabia, i. 345 Entirely extinct at present, 347, n. Take refuge from Nebuchadnezzar in Arabia, 347 Towns founded by them in Arabia, 347 Fall into idolatry, 347 Given over to the Arabs, 347 Their power in Al-Madinah, 350 Their conspiracy against the Prophet, 358 Their expectation of the advent of their Messiah, 358 Jibrail, Mahbat, or place of Gabriel’s Descent, i. 326, 333, n. Jibrail, Makam (Gabriel’s Place), in the Mosque of the Prophet, i. 336 Jibrail, Bab al- (Gabriel’s Gate), i. 333 Jinn, the Masjid al- (Mosque of the Genii), at Meccah, ii.

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