Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Mecca and Medina

Download or read book Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Mecca and Medina written by Sir Richard Francis Burton and published by Theclassics.Us. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1874 edition. Excerpt: ... Meaning of the name, 68. n. Nahw (syntax), study of, in schools, I. 100. Naib el Haram, or vice-in- tendant of the mosque of Meccah, In. 28. Nakhawilah, the race of heretics so called, at El Medinah, n. 146. Their principles, 147. Nakhil (or palm plantations), the, of El Medinah, n. 108. "Nakhwali," the, n. 112. Nakib (or assistant mustaslim of the tomb of the Pro- phet), n. 81. Namrud (Nimrod), dispersion under him, n. 54. Nassar, Shaykh, the Bedawi of Tur, I. 134 et seq. His finesse, 146. Nasur (or ulcer), of El Hejaz. See Diseases of El Hejaz; Ulcers. Natak el Naby, the, at Mec- cah, origin of, In. 135. Nazir, the, a tribe of the Benii Israel, n. 188. Nebek, the fruit of a palm tree so called, n. 49. Nebek (or jujube tree), the, of El Medinah, n. 114. Supposed to have been the thorn which crowned our Saviour's head, 114. n. Nebuchadnezzar (Bukht el Nasr), invasion of, n. 57, 58. Nejd, view of the ground of, n. 1. The Nejdi tribes of Bedawin, 221. Nicbuhr, his remarks on the Sinaitic Arabs referred to, I. 140. Night journey in Arabia de- scription of a, n. 272, 275. Nile, steam-boat of the, I. 29. The Barrage (bridge), 30. Objects seen on the banks of the, 31. The country about compared with that of Sindh, 31. Nimrah, Masjid, the (or mosque without the min- aret), m. 61, 62. Nisa, the Bab el (or women's gate), at El Medinah, n. 24, 44. Niyat, the, in Moslem devo- tions, I. 75. The, in the visitation of the mosque of EljKuba, n. 118. At the Little Pilgrimage, m. 125. Nizam (or Turkish infantry), I. 220. Noachians, the, in Arabia, n. 221. Noah, account of Ibn Abbas respecting the settlement of his family, n. 54. Nolan, Captain, reference to his work on cavalry, I. 260. Nur el Din, el Malik el Adil, n. 76. Nur el Din Shahid Mahmud bin...