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Samuel Marinus Zwemer

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  • Abd-ul-Wahab, 192.
  • Abdulla bin Rashid, 200.
  • Abraha, 311.
  • Abraham, God’s promises to, 401.
  • Abyssinian invasion of Arabia, 308.
  • Accessibility of Arabia (see Open doors), 375.
  • Adam, Tradition of the fall of, 17.
  • Aden, 53, 218, 335, 376.
  • as a mission centre, 338.
  • Tribes around, 230.
  • Aflaj, 145.
  • Aftan, Wady, 22, 99.
  • Allah (see God), 171.
  • Alphabet, Arabic, 242.
  • Ali, Ruins at, 105.
  • Ali’s footprint, 66.
  • Amara, 132, 289, 364.
  • American Arabian mission, 353.
  • Rifles in Arabia, 66n, 139.
  • Amulets (see charms), 283.
  • Anaeze tribe, 154.
  • Animals of Arabia, 28, 88, 149.
  • Arab architecture, 124, 272.
  • characteristics, 261, 264.
  • genealogies, 261.
  • geographers, 25.
  • Arab, The, 258.
  • Arabia, 240.
  • Area of, 18.
  • Boundaries of, 18.
  • Felix (Yemen), 53, 307.
  • Arabia in Moslem tradition, 17.
  • Arabian field, Problems of the, 374.
  • history, 158.
  • idolatry (see Idolatry), 36.
  • mission, 354.
  • hymn, 358.
  • Arabic language, 238, 254.
  • newspapers, 257.
  • Arabs, Classes of, 260.
  • Origin of, 258.
  • Architecture, Arab, 272.
  • Arts, Arabian, 75, 274.
  • Ashera, 140.
  • Asir, The Turks in, 210.
  • Athar, Science of, 91, 278.
  • Bagdad, 133, 321.
  • mission, 327.
  • Turkish rule in, 215.
  • Vilayet, 126.
  • Bahrein, 97, 110, 220, 363, 373.
  • huts, 271.
  • Barka, 84.
  • Barny, F. J., 366.
  • Bartholomew, St., Tradition as to, 307.
  • Batina Coast, 83.
  • Bayard Taylor (quoted), 121.
  • Bedaa, 111.
  • Bedouin, Attacked by, 60.
  • dress, 272.
  • life, 265.
  • tribes, 68, 132, 154.
  • tribes, Mission to, 328.
  • warfare, 203, 364.
  • Beit Allah, 34, 35.
  • Bent, Theodore, 73.
  • Bible, Arabic, 256, 316.
  • depot in Bagdad, 321.
  • distribution in Arabia, 320, 365, 377, 384, 388.
  • Black stone of Mecca, 31, 36.
  • Blood covenants, 166.
  • revenge, 155, 265.
  • Blunt, Lady Ann, 269.
  • British and Foreign Bible Society, 321.
  • British influence in Arabia, 218.
  • Bruce, Robert, 321.
  • Buchanan, Claudius, 314.
  • Bunder, Abbas, 235.
  • Jissa, 84.
  • Burckhardt (quoted), 269.
  • Burial place of Mohammed, 47.
  • Burns, William, 320.
  • Burton (quoted), 282.
  • Busrah, 124, 129, 361.
  • mission, 365.
  • Camel, Land of the, 88.
  • Use and character, 90, 247.
  • Cantine, James, 353, 359, 360.
  • Caravan journey from Bagdad, 136.
  • Caravan routes of Oman, 94.
  • Carmathian princes, 115.
  • Castles in Hadramaut, 75.
  • Cave-dwellers, Gharah, 86.
  • Certificate, The Mecca, 40.
  • Charms used by women of Mecca, 42.
  • Child life among Arabs, 265.
  • Christian Church in Aden, 54.
  • Arabia, 306.
  • Christian coins used as amulets, 43.
  • Christian and Missionary Alliance, 328.
  • Christianity in Arabia, 159, 300.
  • Christians, Hatred of, 30, 267.
  • St. John, 285.
  • Christ’s Sonship, The Rock of, 397.
  • Church Missionary Society, 322, 327, 344.
  • Circumcision, 399.
  • Climate of Arabia, 20, 378.
  • Bahrein, 106.
  • Nejd, 147.
  • Oman, 79, 80, 93.
  • Cobb, H. N. (quoted), 369.
  • Coffee trade in Yemen, 70.
  • Coins (Carmathian), 115, 225.
  • Colportage work (see Bible distribution), 384.
  • Commerce, English, in Arabia, 225.
  • in the Nejd, 151.
  • of Busrah, 126.
  • Consulates, British, 231.
  • Controversy, 385.
  • Converts from Islam, 391.
  • Cosmogony, Sabean, 296.
  • Covenants, 166.
  • Cradle of the Human Race, 119.
  • Ctesiphon, Arch of, 133.
  • Cufic characters, 243.
  • Customhouse, Turkish, 58.
  • Customs, Arab, 166.
  • Da Costa, Isaac, 405.
  • Damar, 66.
  • Date culture, 124.
  • palm, 121.
  • Dauasir, Wady, 22, 145.
  • Dedan, 97.
  • Desert dwellers and the camel, 90.
  • Deserts of Arabia, 24, 144.
  • Difficulties of Arabian missions, 374.
  • Diseases in Arabia, 280, 378.
  • Diwaniyeh, 139.
  • Doughty (quoted), 144, 268.
  • Dress of the Arabs, 58, 70, 272.
  • Dromedary, 89.
  • Dutch Missionary Society, 394.
  • Reformed Church, 353.
  • Dwellings of Arabs, 271.
  • East India Company, 221.
  • Education in Mecca, 43.
  • of Arab Children, 266, 379.
  • Educational missions, 383.
  • Elephants in warfare, 312.
  • English possessions (see British), 27.
  • English supremacy in the Gulf, 222.
  • Euphrates, Journey down the, 136.
  • Europeans who visited Mecca, 31n.
  • Eustace, M., 361.
  • Evangelistic work in Arabia, 384.
  • Eve, Tomb of, 17.
  • Ezekiel, 54, 405.
  • Ezra, Tomb of, 132.
  • Family life in Arabia, 265.
  • Fanaticism, Moslem, 379.
  • Fao, 129.
  • Fatima, Shrine of, 50.
  • Fauna of Arabia, 28.
  • Feasts, Sabean, 298.
  • Fetishism, 168.
  • Feysul, 198.
  • Fish on the Oman Coast, 82.
  • Flora of Arabia, 28, 57, 65, 124.
  • Foods of Arabia, 86, 123, 273.
  • Forder, Mr., 329.
  • Frankincense, 86.
  • Free Church of Scotland, 320, 334.
  • French, Bishop Thomas Valpy, 330, 331, 344.
  • French coaling station, 234.
  • Games, 267.
  • Geology of Arabia, 21.
  • Geographers, Arab, 25.
  • Gharah tribe, 85.
  • Glenny, Edward (quoted), 397.
  • God, The Moslem’s idea of, 171.
  • God’s promises for Arabia, 395.
  • Government of Bahrein, 108.
  • Hassa, 117.
  • Nejd, 150.
  • Governments in Arabia, 26.
  • Graves, Anthony N., 320.
  • Hadramaut, 18, 72.
  • Hagar, 397, 405.
  • Haig, F. T., 322, 334, 359, 378.
  • Hail, 151.
  • Haj Nasir, Khan of, 140.
  • Hajarein, Hadramaut, 74.
  • HalÉvy, Joseph, 73.
  • Hanifs, 168.
  • Harem system, 161.
  • Harpur, Dr. and Mrs., 322, 325.
  • Harrat (volcanic tracts), 23.
  • Hassa, 115, 117.
  • Hassa, The Turks in, 217.
  • Haswa, Khan El, 137.
  • Haura, 75.
  • Hegira, 183.
  • Hejaz, Turkish rule in, 207.
  • Hillah, 137.
  • Himyarite dynasty, 158, 307.
  • Himyarites, 259.
  • Himyaritic inscriptions, 74, 244.
  • History of Arabia, 158, 409.
  • Hodeidah, 53, 70, 347.
  • Bishop French at, 347.
  • Hodgson, 327.
  • Hofhoof, 113.
  • Honey, 86, 247, 282.
  • Horses, Arabian, 88, 149.
  • Hospital at Hofhoof, 116.
  • Hospitality of Rashid, 200.
  • the Amir of Nejd, 150.
  • Hostility to Christianity, 386.
  • Hurgronje Snouck (quoted), 270.
  • Ibb, Experience at, 65.
  • Ichthiophagoi, 82.
  • Idolatry in Arabia, 36, 52, 166, 284, 307.
  • Idols of Arabia, 166.
  • Ignorance of Arabia, 145.
  • Meccans, 42.
  • Ignorance, Time of, 158.
  • Illiteracy, 42, 379.
  • Immorality in Arabia, 40, 41.
  • of the Koran, 186.
  • India’s influence on Arabia, 109.
  • Infanticide, 161.
  • “Infidels”, 30, 31.
  • Inscriptions in Yemen, 313.
  • Himyaritic, 74.
  • Interior of Arabia, 143, 377.
  • Irak-Arabi, 120.
  • Irrigation in Oman, 93.
  • Ishmael, 35, 401.
  • Promises to, 398.
  • Ishmaelite Arabs, 260.
  • Islam, 169.
  • Analysis of, 177.
  • Borrowed elements of, 178.
  • God of, 171.
  • sec rl fishing, 100.
  • Pearl Islands of the Gulf, 97.
  • Pearl oyster, 100.
  • Penmanship, Arabic, 245.
  • Pentecost, Arabs at, 300.
  • Perim, Island of, 220.
  • Persecution of Christians, 311, 379.
  • Persia, 318.
  • Persian converts, 392.
  • persecution of Christian Arabs, 305.
  • Physicians, Arab, 42, 280.
  • Pilgrimages, Early, 165.
  • to Mecca, 37, 184.
  • Pilgrims, Duties of, 38.
  • Nationality of, 33.
  • Pillars, The three, 39.
  • Pirate coast of Oman, 82.
  • Poem, “Hagar,”405.
  • Poems on women, 270.
  • Poetry, Arab, 163, 164, 254, 274.
  • Poets, Arabian, 46.
  • Political divisions of Arabia, 26.
  • history of Bahrein, 107.
  • Politics in Arabia, Present, 233.
  • Polyandry, 162.
  • Polygamy, 162, 268, 298.
  • Population of Arabia, 29.
  • Bagdad, 134.
  • Irak-Arabi, 126.
  • Portuguese at Muscat, 81, 202.
  • castle, Katif, 118.
  • Postal systems of Arabia, 224.
  • Post, Geo. E. (quoted), 186.
  • Poverty of the Arabs, 157.
  • Prayer, Call to, 326.
  • for Moslems, 315.
  • Prayer-meeting of Star-worshippers, 289.
  • Prayers of pilgrims, 38.
  • offered at Medina, 50.
  • Preaching in Yerim, 66, 324.
  • to Moslems, 384.
  • Priesthood, MandÆan, 298.
  • Problems of the Arabian field, 374.
  • Prophet’s tomb at Medina, 47.
  • Provinces of Arabia, 25.
  • Ptolemy’s map of Arabia, 18.
  • Railway, Anglo-Egyptian, 226.
  • Rashid, Mohammed bin, 200.
  • Rastak, 79.
  • Red Sea coast, 19.
  • Reformation, Wahabi, 192.
  • Reformed Church in America, 353.
  • Religion of heathen Arabs, 164.
  • the Mahrah tribe, 85.
  • Sabeans, 288.
  • Renan, Ernest (quoted), 239.
  • Report of Keith Falconer, 131.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

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