  - AbÚ Amir bin MarwÁn, 142
- AbÚ al-HamlÁt = father of assaults, etc., 149
- AbÚ AlÍ al-Husayn the Wag, 130
- AbÚ al-SakhÁ = father of munificence, 133
- Account asked from outgoing Governors, 102
- —— of them will be presently given = we leave them for the present, 157
- Acids applied as counter-inebriants, 32
- Address without vocative particle more emphatic, 125
- Addressing by the name not courteous, 114
- Adolescent (un, aime toutes les femmes), 299
- Affirmative and negative particles, 195
- Africa (suggested derivation of the name), 60
- Agha (Al-) = chief police officer, 156
- Ahassa bi’l-Shurbah = “he smelt a rat”, 144
- Ajal = yes verily, 195
- ’Ajwah = dates pressed into a solid mass and—deified, 14
- AkÁkÍr = drugs, spices, 147
- AkhlÁt (town in Armenia), 88
- AkÍk (al-) two of the name, 140
- AkyÁl, title of the Himyarite Kings, 60
- AlÀ Kulli hÁl = in any case, 272
- AlÀ raghm = in spite of, 121
- Alas for his chance of escaping = there is none, 183
- Ali Zaybak = Mercury Ali, 172
- ’ÁlÍ al-MulÚk = high among the Kings, 354
- Alif, HÁ, WÁw as tests of calligraphy, 112
- Alhambra = (DÁr) al-hamrÁ, the Red, 49
- Allah confound the far One (hard swearing), 155
- —— succour the Caliph against thee, 159
- —— is All-knowing, 209
- AllÁho Akbar, the Arab slogan-cry, 8
- ’Amala hÍlah for tricking a Syro-Egyptian vulgarism, 43
- AmÁm-ak = before thee, 94
- ’AmÁriyah (Pr. N. of town), 353
- Amend her case = bathe her etc., 266
- AmsÁr (pl. of Misr) = settled provinces, 371
- AnsÁr = Medinite auxiliaries, 92
- Ape see Cynocephalus
- Apes (remnant of some ancient tribe), 346
- Arabian Night converted into an Arabian Note, 314
- Ardashir = Artaxerxes, 209
- Asaf (Solomon’s Wazir), 318
- AshÁb (division of), 92
- AshÁb al-ZiyÁ’ = Feudatories, 327
- ’AshÍrah = clan, 121
- ’Ásim = defending, 314
- Askar jarrÁr = drawing (conquering) army, 85
- Asma’Í (Al-) author of Antar, 110
- AtmÁrÍ = rags (for travelling clothes), 118
- Avaunt = Ikhsa, be chased like a dog, 45
- AywÁ (’llahi) = yes, by Allah, 358
- Grim joke (showing elation of spirits), 324
- Ground (really kissed), 257
- Guest-rite, 121
- —— (must be fed before his errand is asked), 319
- Habb al-’Ubb (a woman’s ornament), 205
- Hadas = surmise, 302
- Hail within sight of the Equator, 336
- HÁjah = a needful thing (for somewhat), 349
- Hajar-coinage (?), 95
- HajjÁj (al-) bin YÚsuf al-ThakifÍ, 97
- HÁkim = ruler, not to be confounded with HakÍm, a doctor, etc., 29
- HalÁwat = sweets, 205
- Halumma = bring!, 117
- Hallaling = Anglo-Indian term for the Moslem rite of killing animals for food, 9
- HammÁl al-Hatabi = one who carries fuel-sticks, 59
- Harbak = javelin, 45
- HarrakÁt = carracks (also used for cock-boat), 336
- Hasab wa Nasal = inherited degree and acquired dignity, 279
- Hatim = broken wall (at Meccah), 219
- HÁtim (Pr. N.) = black crow, 350
- Hazza-hu = he made it quiver, 45
- Henna-flower (its spermatic odour), 250
- Heroes and heroines of love-tales are bonnes fourchettes, 300
- Hind bint AsmÁ and the poet JarÍr, 96
- HishÁm (Caliph), 104
- Hisn al-FÁkihah = Fortalice of fruits, 75
- Hiss = (sensual) perception, 302
- Hobbling a camel (how done), 119
- Hubkah = doubling of a woman’s waistcloth, 180
- Hullah = dress, 180
- Humility of the love-lorn Princess artfully contrasted with her former furiosity, 261
- IbÁziyah sect, 125
- IbrÍk = ewer, 146
- IbrÍsam = raw silk, floss, 352
- IhtilÁm = wet dreams, 183
- IjtilÁ = displaying of the bride, 198
- Iksah = plait, etc., 150
- Iliad and Pentaur’s Epic, 362
- Incuriousness of the Eastern story-teller, 57
- Indian realm, 336
- Infidel should not be killed unless refusing to become a Moslem or a tributary, 64
- Irak for Al-Irak in verse, 20
- IrÁn = hearse, Moses’ ark, 207
- Ishk ’UzrÍ = platonic love, 121
- JabÁbirah = tyrants, giants, 84
- JÁbarsÁ, the city of Japhet, 40; 43
- JÁbir AtharÁt al-KirÁm = Repairer of the Slips of the Generous, 100
- Jaland, not Julned, 16
- Jamil bin Ma’amar al-UzrÍ (poet), 117
- JÁn-ShÁh = Life King, 226
- Naked = without veil or upper clothing, Transcriber's Note:
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