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Alf Laylafi wa Laylah^

Ibn Muljam (murderer of the Calipb

Ali) ......

Ibn Slni = Avicenna

Ichneumon (mongoose). • *

Iddat = months of a woman's en-

forced celibacy after divorce.

Ikhlas (A1-) = chapter of unity

Ikhwan al-Safd = Brethren of Purity

Ilah al-Arsb = the God of the

Empyrean.

Ill is thy abiding place.

Insane (treatment of the).

Iron padlock (instead of the usual

wooden bolt).

Irony ....

Isengrim (wolf)

Ismid = stibium (eye-powder).

JaLlAb = slave-dealer.

Jamal (Gamal) = camel, q,v.

Jamlz (Jammayz) =: sycamore-fig.

Jannat al-Na'fm = Garden of Delight

Jeweller (in Eastern tales generally

a rasckl).

Jihdd = fighting for the faith.

Jinnis (names of). . f.

Joining prayers ....

Kahil = whose eyes are kohl'd by

nature

Kahla = nature-kohl'd,.

Kama-Shastra (Ars Amoris Indica).

Kamar al-Zamin ( Camaraltaman =

Moon of the Age).

Kamarani = the two moons for sun

and moon

Kdmat Alfiyyah = a shape like the

letter Alif

Kanat = subterranean water-course.

Xaniin (dulcimer, " zither ").

Kapoteshwara and Kapoteshi.

Kasidah = Ode, elegy.

Katul (A1-) = the slayer.

Kausaj = man with a thin, short

beard, cunning, tricksy

Kaysum = yellow camomile.

Kayy (A1-) = cautery, the end of

xnedidne-care ....

Kerchief of Dismissal. *.

Kb411-d4n (for KhSlktdt) = the

Cooftiks. . . • j>

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Khan (caravanserai) and its mng%^

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Khan jar = dagger, banger (poi'

soned) ....

Khassat-hu = she gelded him.

Khauf (AI-) maksum = fear (coward

ice) is equally apportioned

Khayt hamaydn = threads of vanity

(gossamer) ....

Khaznah =: treasury of money

(/S.ooo) ....

Khizib (dye used by women).

Khunsa = flexible, flaccid (herma

phrodile) ....

Kiblah = fronting-place of prayer

Kissing (like a pigeon feeding its

yornig) ....

Kinchin lay (Arab form of)

Kirat (weight = 2-3 grains ; length

= one finger-breadth) ,

Kohl (applying of = takhll) •

-eyed =: Kahla, f..

Koka Pandit (Hindu ars Amandi)

Koran quoted ix. 10-12 ; Ivi. 24-26

Ixxxviii. 17-20)

(xii. 31 ).

(cxiii. l). ,.

(ii. 186 ; Ix. 1).

■ (Ixxvi.) «. ;

(ii. 23) ...

(xxxi. 18; Ixvii. 7)

(ii. 19O.

(xviii. ; xxii. 20; Ixxxvii.)

(ii. 96, 256).

(ii.; iii.; xxxvi. ; Iv.; Ixvii

cxiiL; c?civ.) ..

(ii. 32 ; xviii. 48).

(xxiii. 20; xcv. l)

(xxvi.) ....

(xi.) ....

(xxiii. 38).

(ii. ; Ii. 9; xxxv. li).

(cxii.) ....

(xxiv. 39 • • •

(xxi.) ....

(iv.38). ..

Kubkdb = bath clogs

Kuhailat (breed of Arab horses)

Kun = be, the creative word.

Kurds (Xenophon's and Strabo's

Carduchi) . . *, • .100