"بعثة لإجراء عملية مسح لنهري دجلة والفرات، تم تنفيذها بأمر من الحكومة البريطانية، في السنوات ١٨٣٥، ١٨٣٦، ١٨٣٧؛ تسبقها إشعارات جغرافية وتاريخية للمناطق الواقعة بين نهري النيل والسند. في أربعة مجلّدات. مع أربع عشرة خريطة ورسمًا، ومزينة بثلاث عشرة لوحة، بالإضافة للعديد من الرسومات بالحفر على الخشب. المجلّد الأول." [‎٧‎٤‎٦] (٩٠٥/٨٤٦)

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INDEX.
Arabs, the rawi, or travelling historian of,
663
, the muhaddith, or reciter of tales, 663,
682
, liberality, 663, 699
, Muhammedan religion prejudicial to
society among the, 664
, chivalry among the, 665
, personal education, 665
, war decided by champions, 665
, a maiden the rallying point in battle,
665
, ordeals by fire used by the, 665
, philosophy and knowledge of the, in
the time of Job, 666
, ancient, used a written character, 666
, knowledge of engraving and printing,
666
•, ships, and post-messengers, 666
, architecture, 666, 667
, dikes and kanats, 666, 667
, cisterns and tanks at Gibraltar and
Minorca derived from the, 667
, the women, 670
, paint the face, 670
, dress, &c., of, 671
nose-jewels of, 671
, khalkhal, or anklet with bells, of,
671
, hajil, or common anklet of, 671
, diet of the, 671,672
, camel's flesh used by the, 672
, the jerboa, locusts, and other animals
eaten by the, 672
, buildings of the, 673
, huts and tents of the, 67'3
, black goat's hair tent of the, 673
, tents of the Ababde Arabs, 674
, tents of the Ssleib or hunting Arabs,
674
, slavery mild among them, 674
• , prosperity depends on their camels,
674
, choice of a sheikh and malik, 675
, their sheikh has no revenue, 675
, is the judge and lawyer of his
people, 675
, laws and punishment of the, 675, 676
, mixed government of, 675
, torture practised by the, 676
, protection granted to them by the
sheikh, 676
• , means they used to gain the protection
of the sheikh, 676, 677
, Sunnie, Shi'ah and Wahhabi religions,
677
, superstition of the, 677
, polygamy permitted among the, 678
, Friday the sabbath of the, 677
, divorces (ent ta'leka) allowed among
them, 678
, courtships, marriage, &c. of the, 678
—-, elopements, 679
, marriage festivals, 679
, circumcision of children, 679
, funerals of the, 679, 680
——, days of mourning, 680
Arabs, occupations and amusements, 680,
681
——, employments of the women, 681
, cooking utensils of the, 681
, social meetings of the, 681
, musical instruments of the, 682
, predatory excursions of the, 682
, war-dance and song of the, 682
, pitched battles rare, 682
, preparations for a march, 683
, order of march, 683, 684
, in a retreat, 685
, shebrye or haudag, a kind of palan
quin carried by a camel, 683
, shekdof, a kind of large pannier on
each side of a camel, 684
, a tribe scarcely visible on a forced
march, 685
, mardouffs, camels carrying two armed
men, 685
, cookery during a retreat, 685
, cadah, a bowl used in milking camels,
685
, manner of encampment, 687
, arts and sciences encouraged by the
khaliphs, 690
, astronomy formerly much cultivated
by the, 691
, trigonometry improved by the, 691
, medicine and surgery of the, 691, 692
, wrote on horology, mathematics, &c.,
692
, on manufactures, 692
, compass said to have been used by the,
692
, sciences said to be taught at the Mad-
ressehs by the, 693
, trades followed by the, 693
, vanity of the Bedawms, 693
, their partiality for the desert, 694
, their skill in tracing footsteps and
finding their way, 694
, skilled in a knowledge of the positions
of places, 695
, are of two classes, fixed and noma
dic, 695
, character of them, by Ammianus Mar-
cellinus, 696
, Edrisi's character of the Bili, an Afri
can branch, 696
, their manner of declaring war, 697
, hasnat, or form of reconciliation
among them, 697
, their forays, 697
, capture of a mare considered import
ant, 697
, treatment of prisoners, 697
, fight for plunder and revenge, 698
, hospitality, a leading virtue of the, 698
, their moderation and patience, 698
, tribes {Appendix)
Arach, or Irak (eastward of Palmyra), 526
Arachosia, province, 169
position of, 169
territories included in, 169
ancient city, site of the, 169
Araciana, ancient city of Parthia, 225