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Alf Laylah wa Laylah,

Oldest matter in The Nights the beast-

stories 114

Oubliettes (in old Eastern houses). 327

Out of sight of my friend is better

and pleasanter. . . • S'S

Paradise of Mohammed not wholly

sensual

Parody of the Testification

Partridge =: Hijl

Pathos (touch of)

Patience (cutting the cords of)

Payne quoted 130; 172; 193; 252

Penis (as to anus and cunnus)

Perfumes not used during mourning

(natural)

Pigeon (language, etc.)

(blood of the young)

Pilgrimage quoted (ii. 22)

(iii. 77)

(iii. 14)

(i. 216)

(i. 64). .

(iii. 18s). .

(iii. 270)

(iii. 208)

(iii. 218)

(i. 52). .

(iii. 307)

(i. 99)

(iii. 239)

(iii. 22)

(ii. 282)

(iii- 144)

. (ii. 213, 321)

' (iii. 192-194)

(i. 106)

Plates as armature. .

Plural of Majesty.

Poke (counterfeit).

Polissonnerie (characteristic)

Polygamy and Polyandry in relation

to climate.

Postilion (Le).

Postures of coition.

Prayer (rules for joining in)

(two-bow)

niche =: way-side chapel

Precedent (merit appertains to)

Preposterous venery

Preventives (the two)

215

107

118

121

126

151

XS9

163

174

241

252

304

319

324

216

16

302

243

174

213

324

264

Prima Venus debet esse cruenta. 2S9

Purity of love attains a prophetic

strain. ., . . 6

Questions Cmdiscreet, the rule

throughout Arabia) . . . 10$

Ra'AyA (pi. of Ra'lyat) = Ryot. 215

Rabite classical term for a noble

Arab horse ....

Rahil (small dromedary).

Raising the tail sign of excitement in

the Arab blood-horse.

Rasy = praising in a funeral sermon

Ratanah = a jargon

Raushan = window ....

Raushan^ (splendour) = Roxana

Ready to fly for delight.

" Renowning it" (boasting of one's

tribe) 80;

Return unto Allah ....

Rihl = wooden saddle. .

Rind (rand) = willow, bay, aloes,

wood. . ..

Rizwdn (approbation) =: key-keeper

of Paradise. . . 15

Rosary .....

Royalty in the guise of merchants

Rubber, see Shampooer.

Rubhah (townlet on the frontier of

Syria) ....

Ryot =: liege, subject ; Fellah, peas

ant

Sa'adah (female Pr. N.)

Sa'alabah (name of a tribe)

Sa'alab = fox ....

vSabb = low abuse ... %

Sabbah bin Rammdh bin Humam =

the Comely, son of the Spearman,

son of the Lion ....

Sddr = returning from the water (see

Warid)

Sady = Hamah, q.v.

Sahirah = place for the gathering of

souls on Doom-day.

Siibah = she-camel freed from labour

Salb := crucifying ....

Salsabil (fountains of Paradise)

Sarib =: mirage ....

Sawwan = Syenite ....

Seal and Sealing-wax ...