48 Rayyan, The Hill Near Meccah, Ii.

147 Raziki grapes, of Al-Madinah, i. 404 Red Sea, view of, on entering Suez, i. 158 Injury done

To the trade of, by the farzh or system of rotation at Suez, 170 Shipbuilding on, 177 Kinds of ships used on, 178 Imports and exports at Suez, 179, 180 Description of a ship of, 188 Course of ships on, 195 Observations on the route taken by the Israelites in crossing, 195 Scenery from, 195 Bright blue of the waters of, 196 Phœnician Colony on, 201 Christian colony on the shores of, 202 Jabaliyah, or mountaineers of, 202, n. Morning on, 207 Fierce heat of the mid-day, 208 Harmony and majesty of sunset, 208 Night on, 209 Marsa Damghah, 213 Wijh harbour, 214 The town of Wijh, 215 Coral reefs of the Red Sea, 218 The Ichthyophagi and the Badawin of the coasts of, 218 Arab legends respecting the phosphoric light in, 219 Al-Kulzum the Arabic name for the, 250, n. The great heats near, in Arabia, prejudicial to animal generation, 266 The shores of, when first peopled, according to Moslem accounts, 343, n. Rekem (Numbers, xxxi. 8), identified with the Arcam of Moslem writers, 345, n. Religion of the Badawin, ii. 109 Religious phrenzy (Malbus), case of, at Meccah, ii. 175 Susceptibility of Africans to, 175 Rhamnus Nabeca (the Nebek or Jujube), of Al-Madinah, i. 405, n. Rhazya stricta, used as a medicine by the Arabs, ii. 137 Rhetoric, study of, in Egypt, i. 107, n. Rhyme of the Arabs, ii. 101, n. Ria, or steep descents, i. 251 Rida, Al- (portion of the pilgrim dress), ii. 139 “Ridge, Affair of the,” the battle so called, i. 421, n. Rifkah, Al-, the black-mail among the Badawin, ii. 114 Rih al-Asfar (cholera morbus), in Al-Hijaz, i. 384 Medical treatment of the Arabs in cases of, 384 The Rahmat al-Kabirah, 384 Ring (seal), of the Prophet, i. 413 [p.465] Rites of pilgrimage, ii. 281, et seq. Riwaks, or porches, surro[u]nding the hypæthral court of the Mosque at Al-Madinah, i. 334 “Riyal Hajar,” a stone dollar so called by the Badawin, i. 370, n. Riza Bey, son of the Sharif of Meccah, ii. 150 Robbers in the Desert, mode of proceeding of, i. 127, 249 Sa’ad the robber-chief of Al-Hijaz, 256 Shaykh Fahd, 257 How Basrah, a den of thieves, was purged, 258, n. Indian pilgrims protected by their poverty, 265 Rock inscriptions near Meccah, ii. 147 Ruasa, or chief of the Mu’ezzins, residence of, i. 334 Ruba al-Khali (the empty abode), its horrid depths and half-starving population, i. 3 “Rubb Rumman,” or pomegranate syrup, of Taif and Al-Madinah, i. 405 Rukham (white marble) of Meccah, ii. 295, n. Rokn al-Yamany, of the Ka’abah, ii. 303 Rumah, Bir al-, or Kalib Mazni, at Kuba, i. 414, n. Rumat, Jabal al- (Shooters’ Hill), near Al-Madinah, ii. 49 Rangit Singh, his paramount fear and hatred of the British, i. 39 Russia, opinions of the Madinites on the war with, i. 292 The present feeling in Egypt respecting, 111 Rustam, battles of, i. 94 Rutab (wet dates), i. 402

SA’AD AL-JINNI (the Demon), description of his personal appearance, i. 162 His character, 162 Equipped as an able seaman on board the pilgrim-ship, 189 His part in the fray on board, 192 Effects of a thirty-six hours’ sail on him, 210 His quarrel with the coffee-house keeper at Wijh, 216 His sulkiness, 223 Leaves Yambu’, 240 His apprehensions in the Desert near Yambu’, 244 Purchases cheap wheat at Al-Hamra, 254 His fear of the Badawin, 261 His fear of the robbers, 272 Takes his place in the Caravan, 272 Forced to repay a debt to the pilgrim, 276 Arrives at Al-Madinah, 280 His intimacy with the pilgrim, 300 Accompanies the pilgrim to Ohod, 418 Sa’ad bin Ma’az, converted to Al-Islam, i. 352 His tomb, ii. 44, n. Condemns the Kurayzah to death, 46 Sa’ad ibn Zararah, his tomb, ii. 44, n. Sa’ad, the robber-chief of Al-Hijaz, i. 256 Particulars respecting him, 256 His opponent Shaykh Fahd, 257 His blood-feud with the Sharif of Meccah, 259 Description of Sa’ad, 259 His habits and manners, 260 His character, 260 He sometimes does a cheap good deed, 265 Conversation respecting him, 270 Description of his haunt, 270 Saba, the land of, i. 348 Sabæans, their claim to the Ka’abah as a sacred place, ii. 302, n. Sabatier, M., i. 112, n. Sabil, or public fountain, of Al-Madinah, i. 391 Sabkhah, or tufaceous gypsum of the Desert, ii. 134 Sacrifices in cases of infractions of the ordinances of the pilgrimage, ii. 140 At Muna, 217, 218 [p.466] Sadakah, or alms, sent to the Holy Land, i. 139, n. Sadi, the Bayt al-, the makers of the Kiswah of the Ka’abah, ii. 215 Safa, Al-, the hill, at Meccah, i. 364 The ceremonies at, ii. 44 Meaning of “Safa,” 44, n. Safk (clapping of hands), practice of, in the East, ii. 223 Sahal, sells ground to Mohammed, i. 357 Sahil, the Sufi, i. 10, n. Sahn, Al-, or central area of a Mosque, i. 307, 333 Sahrij, or water tank, on Mount Ohod, i. 429 Sai, Al-, the ceremony so called, ii. 170, n. Compendium of the ceremony, 288 Saidi tribe of Arabs, i. 145 Saint Priest, M. de, i. 112, n. Saints, in Moslem law, not supposed to be dead, i. 340 Their burial-place at Al-Bakia, ii. 31 Saj, or Indian teak, i. 364 Sakka, or water-carrier of the Prophet’s Mosque, i. 331, 373 Salabah bin Amru, i. 349 Salam, among the Moslems, i. 143, 151 Not returning a salam, meaning of, 231, n. Salam, or Blessings on the Prophet, i. 76 Salam, the Bab al-, at Al-Madinah, i. 307, n., 309, 313 Salat, or mercy, in Moslem theology, i. 313, n. Salatah, the dish so called, i. 135 Salih Shakkar, description of, i. 164 Effects of a thirty-six hours’ sail on him, 210 Leaves Yambu’, 241 Arrives at Al-Madinah, 280 Salihi tribe of Arabs, i. 145 Salim, the Benu, their subdivisions, ii.

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