ihrist,' 55, 56, 84, 85

Nami (An), the poet, 77, 85

'Naphut-ul-Yaman,' a story-book, 188;
extracts from it, 188-192

Nasir-uddin-Tusy, the Persian, 107

Natural history, writers about, 58
(Khalef-al-Ahmer, Ahmad bin ud Dinveri, Jahiz (Al),
Ibn Duraid, Shaibani (As), each indexed separately.)

Newton and the Bible, 140

Nubakht, the translator, 98

O.

Obaid Allah bin Jahsh, the Hanyf, 133

Ohud, Battle of, 127

Omaiyide Khalifs, Abdul-Malik and Walid I, patrons of literature and
art, 95

Omaiyides, The, list of 19;
dynasty established, 5;
conquests of, 6;
fall of, 7

Omar, the Khalifah, 4, 19, 137, 147

Oriental Congress of 1889, v., vi.

Oriental lectures established, vi.

Oriental literature, study of, vi.

Oriental Translation Fund, Old, vi., vii.;
its revival, vi.;
new fund to be permanent, vii.;
some of its works, 54, 57, 88, 109, 115, 117;
list of works published by, Appendix, 235

Otbi (Al), the poet, 77, 80, 82

Othman, the Khalifah, 4, 19

Othman bin Huwairith, the Hanyf, 133

Othman bin Talha, the custodian of the Kaabah, 3, 129

Oweis Al Keremi, the mystic, 95

P.

'Pancha Tantra,' 151, 153, 183

Passion Play, the Arab, 6

Payne (John), description of his 'Nights,' 155, 156, 175, 177, 180

Pelly (Sir Lewis), a translator, 6

Periods of Arab literature--first, 25;
second, 20;
third, 106;
of Arab history, 2

Persia, its severance from the Abbasides, 13

Persian Portraits, 151

Petis de la Croix, a translator, 154

Philologists, Arab 59
(Kasim bin Ma'an, Kutrub, Jahiz (Al), Shaibani (As),
Asmai (Al), Abu Obaida, Ansari (Al), Abu Othman,
Abul Aina, Ibn Kutaiba, Ibn Duraid, each indexed
separately.)

Philology, Arab, 59

Philosophers, Arab, 65
(Khalid bin Yazid, Kindi (Al), Farabi (Al), Ibn Sina,
Ali bin Ridhwan, Ghazah (Al), Ibn Bajah, Ibn Rashid,
Kosta bin Luka, Thaleb bin Korra, Tavhidi (Al),
Majridi (Al), each indexed separately.)

Philosophy, Arab, 64

Physicians, Arab, 72
(Georgios bin Bakhtyeshun, Gabriel bin Georgios,
Isa bin Musa, Maseweih, Yahya bin Maseweih,
Honem bin Ishak, Kosta bin Luka, Razi, Ibn Batlan,
each indexed separately.)

Places of learning, 105

Pococke, a translator, 97

Poem of the Mantle, by Kab bin Zoheir, 31, 33

Poem of the Mantle, by Al Busiri, 32, note

Poetry before Muhammad's time, 25, 28

Poetry, Collectors and editors of Arab, 76
(Mofaddhal (Al), S