Arabia, in the ‘Abbasid period, 276
Arabia Felix, xvii, 4. See -Yemen
Arabian History, three periods of, xxvi Arabian Nights, the, 238, 256, 261, 292, 421, 456-459
Arabic language, the, xvi, xvii, xxi-xxv, 6, 77, 201, 203, 239, 265, 277-280, 336, 342, 344
Arabic literature, largely the work of non-Arabs, xxx, xxxi, 276-278
Arabic Press, the, 469
Arabic writing, 201; oldest specimens of, xxi, xxii
Arabs, the Ishmaelite, xviii
Arabs of Khurasan, the, thoroughly Persianised, 250
Arabs, the Northern. See Arabs, the Ishmaelite
Arabs, the Northern and Southern, racial enmity between, xx, 199, 200, 252, 405, 406
Arabs, the Southern, xvii, xviii, xx, 4. See Arabs, the Yemenite
Arabs, the Yemenite, xvii, xviii, xx, 38, 55, 199, 252, 405, 406. See Sabæans, the; Himyarites, the
Arabs, the Yoqtanid, xviii. See Arabs, the Yemenite
Aramæans, the, xv, xxv
Aramaic language, the, xvi, xxv, 279, 375
-Araqim, 113, 114
Arbela, 451
Ardashir Babakan, founder of the Sasanian dynasty, 34, 38
Ἀñέèáò ƒÑƒÍῦ ƒ¡ƒ¿ƒÀάƒÉƒ¿, 51
Arhakim, 11
‘arif(gnostic), 386
‘Arifu ’l-Zanadiqa, 373
Aristocracy of Islam, the, 188, 190
Aristotle, 358, 359, 360
-‘Arji (poet), 237
Armenia, xv, 352
Arnaud, Th., 9, 15, 17
Arnold. F. A., 105, 107, 109, 111, 113, 114
Arnold, T. W., 184, 223, 224, 360, 448
Arsacids, the, 21, 38
Aryat, 27, 28
-‘Asa (name of a mare), 36
‘asabiyya, 440
Asad (tribe), xix, 104
Asad Kamil, the Tubba‘, 12, 19-23, 25, 26, 137
Asad b. Musa, 247
Asal, 433
asalib, 289, 315
Ascalon, 456
Ascension of the Prophet, the, 169, 403
Asd (tribe), 19
-A‘sha (poet), 16, 101, 121, 123-125, 128, 138, 139
-Ash‘ari (Abu ’l-Hasan), 284, 376-379, 431
Ash‘arites, the, 379, 380, 460
Ash‘aru ’l-Hudhaliyyin, 128
-Ashram (surname of Abraha), 28
Asia, xv, 275, 352, 414
Asia, Central, 255
Asia Minor, 269, 399, 434, 446
Asia, Western, xvi, xxix, 358, 442, 444, 446
Asin Palacios, 404
aslama, 153
-Asma‘i (philologist), 261, 343, 344, 345, 459
Assassins, the, 272, 371, 372, 381, 445
Assyrian language, the, xvi Assyrians, the, xv
Astrologers and Astronomers, 361
Astronomy, 276, 283
Aswad b. -Mundhir, 47
-Athar al-Baqiya, 361
Atharu ’l-Bilad, 416
Athens, 240, 358
‘Athtar, ‘Athtor (Sabæan divinity), 11, 18
Atlal, 286
‘Attar (Persian mystic). See Faridu’ddin ‘Attar
‘Atwada, 28
Aurelian, 34
Aurora, 412
Avempace. See Ibn Bajja
Avenzoar, 434
Averroes. See Ibn Rushd
Avicenna. See Ibn Sina
awa’il(origins), 247
‘Awarifu ’l-Ma‘arif, 230, 338
-‘Awfi, 370
awliya(saints), 393
Awrangzib (Mogul Emperor), xxx
Aws (tribe), 170
Aws b. Hajar (poet), 131
Awwam Dhú ‘Iran Alu, 11
a‘yan thabita, 402
ayat(verse of the Koran, sign, miracle), 166
Ayatu ’l-Kursi (the Throne-verse), 176
Aybak, 447
-Ayham b. -Harith (Ghassanid), 50
‘Ayn Jalut, battle of, 446
‘Ayn Ubagh, battle of, 52
ayyamu ’l-‘Arab, 55, 356
Ayyubid dynasty, the, 275, 447, 453
Azd (tribe), 79, 374
-Azhar, the mosque, 395
Azraqites (-Azariqa), the, 208, 239
B
Baalbec, 111
Bab al-Mandab, 5
Babak, 258, 375
Babur (Mogul Emperor), xxix, 444
Babylon, xxv, 38
Babylonia, 34, 38, 138, 253, 255, 307. See -‘Iraq
Babylonian and Assyrian inscriptions, the, xvi, xxv
Babylonians, the, xv
Badajoz, 421, 423
Badis, 428
Badi‘u ’l-Zaman ai-Hamadhánú, 328, 329, 331
Badr, battle of, 158, 174, 175
Badr, freedman of ‘Abdu ’l-Rahman the Umayyad, 405, 406
-Baghawi, 337
Baghdad, xxviii, xxix, 131, 182, 254, 255-256, 290-293, 303, 307, 313, 314, 315, 326, 338, 340, 345, 346, 347, 350, 351, 352, 355, 357, 359, 362, 365, 369, 376, 380, 382, 385, 387, 392, 399, 412, 415, 418, 431, 441, 444-446, 447, 449, 450, 458, 461, 465, 466
Baghdad, history of its eminent men, by -Khatib, 355
Baha’u ’l-Dawia (Buwayhid), 267, 314
Bahdala (tribe), 87
Bahira, the monk, 148
Bahman (Sasanian), 457
Bahram Gor (Sasanian), 40, 41
-Bahrayn (province), 107, 108, 186
Bahri Mamelukes, the, 447
Baju, 445
-Bakharzi, 348
Bakil (tribe), 12
Bakr (tribe), xix, 55-60, 61, 69, 70, 76, 93, 107, 109, 113, 114, 242
-Bakri (geographer), 357, 428
Balaam, 73
-Baladhuri (historian), 280, 349
-balagh al-akbar, 371
Balak, 73
-Bal‘ami, 265, 352
Balaq (mountain), 17
Balkh, 232, 233, 259, 361, 385
-Balqa, 63
Banat Su‘ad, the opening words of an ode, 119, 127, 327
Banu ’l-Ahrar, 29
Banu Hind, 58
Banu Khaldun, 437
Banu Musa, 359
Banu Nahshal, 243
Baptists, name given to the early Moslems, 149
baqa, mystical term, 390
Baqqa, 36
-Baramika, 259. See Barmecides, the
Barbier de Meynard, 13, 15, 37, 195, 259, 350, 352, 353, 380, 457
Bardesanes, 364
Barmak, 259
Barmakites, the. See Barmecides, the
Barmecides, the, 255, 259-261, 262, 293
Barquq, Sultan (Mameluke), 452
Bashama, 119
Bashshar b. Burd, 245, 277, 290, 373-374, 375
-basit(metre), 75
-Basra, xxiv, 127, 133, 134, 186, 189, 195, 202, 209, 210, 215, 222, 223, 225, 226, 233, 242, 243, 246, 273, 281, 293, 294, 329, 331, 336, 341, 342, 343, 345, 346, 369, 370, 374, 377, 378
Basset, R., 327
-Basus, 56
-Basus, the War of, 55-60, 61, 76, 107, 114
-Batiniyya (Batinites), 381, 382, 402. See Isma‘ilis, the
-Battani, 361
-bayan, 283
-Bayan al-Mughrib, 407
Bayard, 191
Bayazid of Bistam, 391, 460. See Abu Yazid al-Bistami
Baybars, Sultan (Mameluke), 447, 448
-Baydawi, 145, 179
bayt(verse), 74, 77
Baytu ’l-Hikma, at Baghdad, 359
-Bazbaz, 60
Bedouin view of life, the, 136
Bedouin warfare, character of, 54, 55
Bedouin women, Mutanabbi's descriptions of, 310
Benu Marthad im, 11
Berber insurrection in Africa, 405
Berbers, the, 204, 274, 405-409, 413, 420, 423, 424, 429-432, 442, 443
Berbers, used as mercenaries, 407
Berlin Royal Library, 8, 12
Bevan, Prof. A. A., 46, 80, 129, 151, 166, 168, 199, 205, 239, 244, 253, 356, 373, 374, 375
Beyrout, 238, 469
Bibliographical Dictionary, by Hajji Khalifa, 456
Bibliotheca Geographorum Arabicorum, 356
Bidpai, the Fables of, 330, 346