AAZAZ, stratagem employed against it, 227.
A ban Ebn Saïd killed with a poisoned ar-
row, 131; courage of his wife, ib.
Abbas, the son of Sahel, circumvents Ser-
jabil, 455.

Abdallah Ebn Hodafa taken prisoner, 242;
released, 243.

Abdallah Ebn Jaafar attacks Dair Abi'l
Kodas with five hundred men, 164; re-
lieved by Kaled, 167; his progress in Af-
rica, 273, note.

Abdallah, the son of Abbas, 291; made go-
vernor of Arabia Felix, 293; dissuadeth
Hosein in vain from complying with the
invitation of the Irakians, 396.
Abdallah, the son of Hazim, makes the
messenger that brought a letter to bribe
him, eat it, 475; story of his death, 476,

note.

Abdallah, the son of Zobeir, refuseth to ac-
knowledge Yezid's title, 375; he decla-
reth publicly against him at Medina, upon
Hosein's death, 421; is besieged in Mecca,
427; repents that he did not upon Ye-
zid's death go into Syria, 428; acknow-
ledged caliph, 434; imprisons Moham-
med Ben Hanifiyah in the Zemzem, 456;
terrified by the Hoseinians at Mecca, 458;
his grave speech to the people upon the
occasion of his brother Musab's death,
278; is besieged in Mecca by Hejaj, 476;
courageous behaviour of his mother, 477;
and himself, 478; his character, 479.
Abdalmelik proclaimed caliph, 453; kills
Amrou, the son of Saïd, 465; uses his
utmost application to gain the eastern
part of the empire, 466; takes possession
of Cufah, 470; his reflection upon the
vicissitude of human affairs, 471; sends
Hejaj against Abdallah, the son of Zobeir,
474; upon the death of Abdallah, the son
of Zobeir, he becomes entire master of the
whole Saracenic empire, 479; causes the
first Arabic money to be stamp-d, 487; dies,
497; his nick-names, 498; his partiality
for poets, 498, note; rewards a grammar-
ian, 499, note.
Abdarrhaman, Abubeker's son, takes Bostra,
101; kills the governor, 102.
Abdarrhaman, the son of Melgem, conspires
against Ali, 326; his death, 329.
Abdarrhaman, the son of Kaled the Great,
poisoned by Moawiyah's order, 362.
Abdarrhaman raises a formidable power
against Hejaj, 490; rather than fall into

his hands, he kills himself by a fall from
a house, 491.

Abubeker gives his daughter to Mohammed,
19; chosen caliph, or immediate successor
of Mohammed, 82; Mohammed's father-
in-law, 83; why called Assidik, ib.; pro-
jects the conquest of Syria, 92; his direc-
tions to his generals, 94; dies, 138; his
will, ib.; the first that collects the Ko-
ran into one volume, 139; his age and
character, 140.

Abu Jyub is killed before Constantinople,
366; his tomb in great veneration, ib.
Abu Mogeirah, put to death by Ziyad, 371.
Abu Midjan, his fondness for wine and
drinking songs, 148, note.

Abu Musa Alashtari, made one of the arbi-
trators between Ali and Moawiyah, 318;
is outwitted by Amrou, 319.

Abu Obeidah Ebn Masud sent into Irakia,
142; his death, 143, and note.

Abu Obeidah Ebn Jerahh pulls the arrow
heads from the mouth of Mohammed at
the battle of Ohud, 37; made general of
the Saracen army in Syria, 97; removed
from that post, ib.; his gentle disposition,
134; his contest with Kaled about the
surrender of Damascus, 136; made gene-
ral of the forces in Syria, 163; besieges
Hems, 172; takes Kinnisrin, 179; be-
sieges Baalbec, 179; takes the city, 195;
appoints Rafi governor, 187; takes Ar-
restan and Shaizar, 191; besieges Hems
a second time, 189; its surrender, 194,
sends a summons to Jerusalem, 204; takes
Aleppo, 227; attempts Aazaz, ib.; takes
Antioch, 239; his death, 257.

Abu Sofian, mortal enemy to Mohammed,
17; loses the battle of Beder, 33; collects
an army of three thousand men, 36; gains
the battle of Ohud, 37; Amrou sent to
assassinate him, 40; embraces Islamism,
53; his son Yezid appointed general of
Abubeker's forces, 94; proved to be the
father of Ziyad, 359.
Ajnadin, battle of, 118.
Al Ahnaf, his answer to Moawiyah, 377;
anecdotes of, ib., note.
Alchemy studied by Kaled, the son of Yezid,
428.

Alcoran, see Koran.

Aleppians make articles for themselves with
Abu Obeidah, 219.
Aleppo, the castle of, besieged, 218; taken
by a stratagem of Dames, 225.

Caliph, its signification, 79, note, 141.
Calous, one of Heraclius's generals, 104;
is taken prisoner by Kaled, 107; killed,

108.

Cæsarea, surrendered to the Saracens, 253.
Caulah, Derar's sister, taken prisoner by
Peter, 114; her extraordinary courage,
115.

Constantine, the Emperor Heraclius's son,
196; his conference with Amrou, 246.
Constantinople, besieged by Yezid, the son
of Moawiyah, 365.

Copts, Egyptian Christians, 2578 become
tributaries, 259.

Cosroes, king of the Persians, 50.

Cufah, a famous city of Irak, 277, note; re-
volt at, 281, note.

Cufians, they assist Ali, 306; they invite
Hosein to come and take the govern-
ment upon him, 390.

Cyprus invaded by the Saracens, 275.

Dair Abi'l Kodas, fair at, 164; attacked by
Abdallah Ebn Jaafar, 165; plundered by
the Saracens, 168.

Damascus besieged by the Saracens, 103
inhabitants of Damascus sally out upon
the Saracens, 113; inclining to surrender
are hindered by Thomas, 129; surrender
to Abu Obeidah, 135; leave Damascus,
150; are overtaken by the Saracens and
murdered, 160.

Dames takes the castle of Aleppo by a
stratagem, 225; is taken prisoner, 237;
his strange escape, 238.

Derar Ebn Al Azwar beheads Malec Ebn
Noweirah, 86; taken prisoner, 111; res-
cued, 112; recovers his sister Caulah
from Peter, 117; destroys Werdan's
ambuscade, 123; kills the prefect of
Tripolis, 167; is put into a chest at Ar-
restan, 191; taken prisoner, 197; his
contest with Serjabil, 202; is taken pri-
soner by Haim, 232; narrowly escapes
death, 234.

Fatima, daughter of Mohammed, marries
Ali, 19.

Fatimite caliphs in Egypt, 415.
Firuz assassinate Omar, 266.

Gabriel conducts Mohammed in his night-
journey to heaven, 20.

Greeks make an incursion into Syria, 365.
Hafsa, one of Mohammed's wives, Omar's
daughter, 195; entrusted with the au-
thentic copy of the Koran, 102.
Hakem obeys the text of the Koran in
opposition to Ziyad's command, 361; his
remarkable death, ib.

Hainza, Mohammed's uncle, killed at the
battle of Ohud, 37.

Hani, a favourer of Hosein, 392; beheaded,
396.

Harmozan, story of, 215, note.
Haroot and Maroot, fable of, 50.
Harro meets with Hosein and intercepts
him, 398; he repents, and joins him,
405.

Hasan, eldest son of Ali, taxeth his father's
conduct, 390; succeeds his father, 346;
resigns to Moawiyah, 348; his character,
349, &c.; death, 350 and note; anecdotes
of, 352, &c.

Haula carries Hosein's head to Obeidollah,
410; is killed by Al Moktar, 454.
Hejaj, the son of Joseph, an eloquent and
warlike captain, sent against Abdallah
the son of Zobeir, 474; besieges him in
Mecca, 476, 477; pulls down the temple
of Mecca and rebuilds it, 480; his cruelty,
481; he builds Wasset, 492; anecdotes of
his character, &c., 492; his death, 497.
Hejer, his character and behaviour, 362;
offends Hejej, 363; his death, 365.
Hems makes a truce with the Saracens, 173;
besieged, 189; surrendered, 194; sends
5000 men to defend Damascus, 104.
Henda, her barbarity to the body of Hamza
after the battle of Ohud, 38.
Heraclius, Emperor, 79; sends an army to
check the Saracens, 95; sends 5000 men
under Calous to relieve Damascus, 104;
sends Werdan with 100,000 men, 109;
sends another large army under Mahan,
194; his wardrobe at Damaseus, 150; re-
ported by the Saracens to have died a
Mohammedan, 239.

Herbis, a Christian officer at Damascus,
137; leaves Damascus, 150; killed, 159.
Herbis, governor of Baalbec, rejects Abu
Obeidah's summons with scorn, 180; be-
haves himself bravely, 181; is besieged
in a monastery, 184; makes articles for
Baalbec, and is dismissed 186; killed by
his own men, 188.

Hirah, a city of Irak, taken by Kaled, 97.
Hosein, Ali's second son, 330; refuseth to
acknowledge Yezid's title, 387; invited
by the Cufians, 390; and complies, 396;
intercepted by Harro, 398: engaged by
Shamer and Amer, 402; his death, 408,
409, and note; trampled into the ground,
410; a light streams up over his head all
the night, and white birds hover over it,
ib.; his head set up in Cufah, 412; tradi-
tions concerning it, 415, and note; his
tomb, ib.; worketh a miracle, 416; his
titles, ib.; devotions and pilgrimages, ib.;
his answer to his father Ali concerning
the divine love, 417; superstitious ob-
servation of the day of his death, ib. and
note; fables concerning him, 418; lamen-
tation of the penitents at his tomb, 450.
Hosein besieges Mecca, 427.

Hoseinians, (that is the partisans of Hosein!
go to Mecca and terrify Abdallah the son
of Zobeir, 456.

Ibrahim, the son of Alashtar, his fidelity to
Musab, 467.

Irak, called Babylonia by Ptolemy, is first
invaded by Kaled, 97.
Irakians, influenced by Abdalmelik, betray
Musab the son of Zobeir, 468; they rebel
against Hejaj, and are beaten, 481.
Izrail, governor of Damascus, 107; is taken
prisoner by Kaled, and killed, 108.

Jabalah Ebn Al Ayham offends Omar, 171;
sent to assist the governor of Kinnisrin,
178; joins Mahan, the emperor's general,
195; is beaten by Kaled, 197; suggests
the assassination of Omar, 237; last king
of the Christian Arabs, dies, 372.
Jaloulah, battle of 215, and note.
Jerusalem besieged by the Saracens, 207;
surrendered to Omar, 211.

Jews, their treaty with Mohammed, 35;
bewitched Mohammed, 49.

John, Youkinna's brother, 218; killed by
Youkinna, 221.

John the grammarian, 263; is excommuni-
cated, ib.

John, the son of Said, attempts to rescue
his brother Amrou, 465; his bold answer
to Abdalmelik, 470.
Jonas, a Christian nobleman of Damascus,
152; is taken prisoner by the Saracens,
and turns Mohammedan, 153; instigates
Kaled to pursue the Damascenes, 154;
loses his wife, 157; is shot at Yermouk,
160; seen in a vision by Rafi Ebn Omei-
rah, ib.

Jowab, Ayesha is frightened at the barking
of the dogs there, 296.

Kaab, son of Zohair, becomes a Mohamme-
dan, 57.

Kaab, a Jew, assassinated by Mohammed,
36; a Jew of the same name converted by
Omar, 216.

Kaaba, temple of, 3.

Kadija, wife of Mohammed, 8; death of,
17, 82; tomb of, 17, note.

Kais Ebn Amer examined by the emperor
concerning the Mohammedan religion,234.
Kairwan built, 366.

Kaisians, why so called, 435; they are
beaten, 436.

Kinnisrin taken by the Saracens, 179.
Kaled Ebn Al Walid leads the right wing
of the idolaters in the battle of Ohud, 37;
slaughter of the Meccans, 53; his cruelty,
55; subdues the rebellious Arabs, 85;
marries the wife of Malec, 86, note; sur-
named "The Sword of God," 87; routs
Moseilama the false prophet, 88; invades
Irak, 92; recalled, and made general of
the forces in Syria, 97; takes Bostra, 102;
beheads Carous and Israil, 108; beats the
Christians at Ajnadin, 118; conference
with Werdan, 122; returns to Damascus,
128; contends with Abu Obeidah, 136;

pursues the Damascenes, 154; overtakes
and destroys them, 157; deposed by Omar,
163; relieves Abdallah at Dair Abi'l Kodas,
167; intercepts the governor of Kinnisrin,
178; beats Jabalah Ebn Al Ayham, 197;
his conference with Mahan, 200; com-
mands the Saracen army at the battle of
Yermouk, 201; relieves the Aleppians,
222; subdues the country as far as Eu-
pirrates, 241; his death, 255; story of
public ingratitude towards him, 255, note.
Kaled, the son of Asid, a manager for Ab-
dalmelik in Bassorah, 466.

Kaled, the son of Yezid, skilled in alchemy,
428; he abuseth Merwan the son of
Hakem, 452.

Koran, account of, 64; first collected into
one volume, 139.

Koreish, or Koreishites, a noble tribe
ang the Arabs, persecute the followers
of Mohammed, 16; determine to assas
sinate the prophet, 30.

Lebid, story of, 11, note.

Leon, Theodorus, his son, releases You-
kinna, 230.

Luke, governor of Al Hadir and Kinnisrin,
174.

Luke, Theodorus's son, murders his father,
230.

Madayen, a city of Persia, plundered by the
Saracens, 215.

Magic, believed by the Mussulmans, 49, note.
Mahan, general of the emperor's forces in

Syria, 194; his conference with Kaled,
199; defeated at the battle of Yermouk,
201; his injustice, 203; he is killed at
Damascus, 204.

Mahran, general of the Persians, 144;
killed, 145.

Malec Alashtar, 228; rebels against Oth-
man, 281, and note; cuts off the lege of Aye-
sha's camels, 309, note; obtains water for
the troops at Seffein, 312, note; poisoned,

323.

Malec Ebn Noweirah, refusing to pay the
Zacat, is killed by Kaled's order, 86, and
note; his beautiful wife, ib.

Manuel, re-takes Alexandria, 254; being
beaten, he flees to Constantinople, 275.
Mary, the Coptic girl, beloved by Moham-
med, 51.

Mecca, the birth-place of Mohammed, 5, 30,
80; slaughter there by Kaled, 53.
Mecca besieged by Hosein, 427; the siege
raised upon the news of the death of
Yezid, ib., and note; the temple battered
by the Syrians, 476.
Medina taken by Meslem, 426.
Medina, the place of Mohammed's burial, 1
30, 80 besieged by the Meccans.
Meisarah Ebn Mesrouk, invades the mour
tainous part of Syria, 241.
Meisun, the Bedonian wife of Moawiyah,