352
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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307
iSo
256
291
146
307
225
141
211
58
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Khan (caravanserai) and its mng%^
. zines '14
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