106, N. Arab Superstition Respecting Them, 106, N. Ovington, Reference To, I. 281, N. Oxymel.

See Sikanjabin [p.461] PALM-GROVE, of Al-Madinah, i. 360 Palm-trees, venerable, of the hypæthral court

Of the Prophet’s Mosque, i. 337 Extensive plantations of, in the suburbs of Al-Madinah, 397 Loveliness of the palm-plantations of Al-Madinah, 399 Celebrity of its dates, 400 The time of masculation of the palms, 403 The Daum or Theban palm, ii. 62 Parah, value of the Turkish coin so called ii. 11, n. “Paradise, Mountains of,” i. 222, ii. 274, n. Parasang, the Oriental, in the days of Pliny, and at the present day, ii. 343, n. Pashin valley, inhabitants of, i. 246, n. Pass, Arabic terms for a, ii. 61 Passports in Egypt (Tazkirah) inconveniences of, i. 19 Sir G. Wilkinson’s observations on, 18, n. Adventures in search of one, 19 British, carelessness in distributing, in the East, 46 Difficulty of obtaining one in Egypt, 127, et seq. “Path” (Tarakat) to heaven, i. 15 Pathan (Afghan), the term, i. 45 Paul’s, St., in London, the fourth largest cathedral in the world, i. 364, n. Pebbles of the accepted, ii. 180, n. Pensioners, orders of, at the Prophet’s Mosque, i. 375 Perceval, M.C. de, reference to, i. 275, n. His account of Amlak, 343, n. His remarks on the title “Arkam,” 345, n. Quoted, 347, n., 350, n. Referred to, 353, n., 354, n., 384, n., 399, n. Perfumed pillar, in the Mosque of the Prophet, i. 335 Perfumes, of the Zair, i. 309, n. Perjury, price of, at Jeddah, i. 47 Persia, tobacco and pipes of, i. 179 Persian Pilgrims, a disagreeable race, i. 205 They decline a challenge of the orthodox pilgrims, 222 Persecutions they suffer in Al-Hijaz, 232, n. Luxuriance of the plains of, 251 The Persians’ defilement of the tombs of Abu Bakr and Omar, 431, n. Eunuchs among the, 371, n. Fire-temples of the ancient Guebres in, 379, n. Large number of, in the Damascus caravan, 434 Treatment of the “Ajami” at Al-Madinah, 434 Charged with having defiled the Ka’abah, ii. 168, n. Peter’s, St., at Rome, the second largest cathedral in the world, ii. 364, n. Pharaoh, the “Cæsar aut Diabolus” of the Nile, i. 10, n. Spot where he and his host were whelmed in the “hill of waters,” 199 Arab legends respecting that event, 199, n. Pharaoh’s Hot Baths (Hammam Faraun), i. 197 Philosophy (Hikmat), study of, little valued in Egypt, i. 107, n. Phœnician colony on the Red Sea, i. 202 The Phœnicians identified with the Amalik of Moslem writers, i. 343, n. Physicians, Arab, not so skilful as they were, i. 390 Physiologists, their errors respecting the food of the inhabitants of hot and cold countries, ii. 11, n. Piastre, value of, ii. 11, n. Pickpockets in Egypt, i. 25 [p.462] Pigeons, sacred at Meccah, ii. 174 Enter almost everywhere into the history of religion, 175 Pilgrims, distribution of, at Alexandria, into three great roads, i. 168 Pauper pilgrims, 168 Steady decrease of the number of pilgrims who pass annually through Suez, 176 Reasons assigned for this, 177 Takrouri pilgrims, 177 The Hamail, or pocket Koran of, 239 How they live on the march, ii.

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