Bábís, 101 Babylonians, science of, 17 Bagdad, 84; taken by Hulagu, 99, 241; building of, 129 Baidáwí, his commentary on the Koran, 57 Barhebræus, 236-256; his works, 255 Barsaumá, brother of Barhebræus, 253 Basra, 125, 147, 155, 158 Basshár, poet, 127 Bell, John, 275 Beru, son of Goshu, 267 Búids, 88
Caaba, veneration of, 66; carried from Mecca, 90 Calendar, Moslem, 70 Caliphate, 99 Cameron, Consul, 278 Catholicus, title explained, 244 Commander of the Faithful, title assumed by Caliph Omar, 76 Coppersmith, Yakúb the, 176 _et seq._ Cufa, 111, 125, 150
D’Abbadie quoted, 265 Damascus, capital of Omayyads, 81 De Jacobis, Bishop, 268 Dervishes, 97; of the Soudan, 283 Dionysius, Syrian Metropolitan, 238, 239 Dirhem, Sístánese leader, 177, 178 Dogmatic controversies in Islam, 90 Druses, 89
Egypt, conquered, 90, 99; sultans of, 99 _Emír Almúminín_, 76
Fakirs, 97 Fatimid Caliphs, 89 Flad, German missionary, 260 Freethinking in Islam, 95
Gallas, 271 Genealogical table, of the Háshimids, 110; of the Abbásids, 116; of the Omayyads, 120; of the Alids, 121; of the Táhirids, 187; of Yakúb’s dynasty, 205 _Ghulám_, 188 Gondar, 258 Goshu of Gojam, 266 Gypsies on lower Tigris, 152
Hákim, Fatimid Caliph, 89 Hárún ar-Rashíd, 84 Hasan, son of Alí, 81 Háshimids, 110 Háshimíya, 129 Házim, Mansúr’s general, 119 Heraclius, emperor, 60, 75 Hierapolis, sanctuary at, 214 Hulagu, grandson of Jenghiz Khan, 99, 242 Humaima, 109, 111 Husain, son of Alí, 82
Ibn Amíd, Coptic author, 241 Ibn Hobaira, supporter of Omayyads, 114 Ibn Khaldún, 99 Ibn Mas‘úd, his codex of the Koran, 53 Ibn Mokaffa, 141 Ibráhím, the Abbásid, 111, 125-127 Ignatius, Jacobite Patriarch, 243, 247 _Imám_, 66 Isá, Mansúr’s cousin, 124, 127, 140 _Islám_, 62 Ismáíl the Sámánid, 201 Islam, and Christianity, 5; rise of, 60; ethics of, 64; theology of, 61; external observances, 65; survivals of heathenism, 66; circumcision, 68; dietary laws, 68; Church and State, 69; alms, 68; position of women, 70; slavery, 71; characteristics of, 71; and the Oriental Christians, 85; law of, 93; worship of saints, 102; vitality of, 104; headship of (caliphate), 99; tradition, weight of, 93; freethinking in, 95
Jacobites (Monophysite Syrians), 236; primate of, 244 John, Monophysite bishop of “Asia,” Church history by, 225 John Barmadeni, competitor for Jacobite Patriarchate, 239 Juristical schools of Islam, 93-95