An Artist in Egypt

INDEX

• Aahmes, Queen, 182.
• Ababdi, 212.
• —— guide, 208, 229, 237.
• Abbas, Prince, 34, 36, 40–1, 76–7, 139.
• —— murder of, 142–4.
• —— his post-mortem honours, 148.
• Abydos, 90.
• Arab nomads from the Hedjaz, 241–2.
• Ashura, the festival of, 164–7.
• Assiout, 280.
• —— hospital at, 275–80.
• Astrologer, the court, 142.
• Azhar, el-, 73, 107.
• Bab en-Nasr, 19.
• —— Zaweyla, 105.
• Babylon, Roman castle of, 121–2.
• Baird, General, 242.
• Baksheesh, 49, 185.
• Barber, primitive procedure of the, 192–3.
• Baths. See Hammám.
• Bazaars, 4, 7, 8, 31, 58.
• Beiram, 163.
• Beit-el-Kadi, 2.
• Below the Cataracts, 11, 121, 178, 224.
• Birds seen in the desert, 211, 219.
• Blue Mosque. See Mosque of Aksunkur.
• Bougainvillea, 171.
• Bowden Smith, Herman, 50, 56.
• Bride, Mohammedan, 14.
• British troops in Cairo, 131–4.
• Butler, Dr. A. J., author of Ancient Coptic Churches of Egypt, 122.
• Camels, 132, 183, 208–9, 213–14.
• —— skeletons of, 221–2.
• Carter, Howard, 198, 200.
• Characteristics of the modern Egyptians, 185.
• Clothes, 8, 11, 16, 114–15, 126.
• Cobra, 198–9.
• Cock-fighting, 79.
• Coffee, 80, 98.
• —— shops, 17, 18, 78.
• Copts, 90–103, 124–5, 279.
• —— their churches, 118–21.
• —— Catholic, 124–5.
• Coral reefs, 253–6.
• Crayfish, 253–6.
• Currelly, Professor C. T., 157, 178.
• Defterdar, Ahmed el-, 74.
• Der el-Bahri, 178, 194.
• Dervishes, 26–30.
• Desaix, General, 242, 249–50.
• Desert, the Sahara, 92, 95.
• —— antiseptic air of, 186, 190–1.
• —— journey in the Arabian, 206–244.
• Diwaan, or divan, 52.
• Doctors, Missionary, 273–5, 277–80.
• —— Native, 203–4.
• —— the Syrian hakim, 252–3.
• Dogaan, el-, 141, 143.
• Dóseh, the, 167–8.
• Dragomans, 11, 58–9.
• Drink, the consumption of, 80.
• Durkááh, 52.
• Edfu, camping in temple of, 259–66.
• Egyptian Art, beauty of early, 182, 233–4, 262, 265.
• —— Exploration Fund, 157, 178–9.
• Elfy Bey, 141, 147–8.
• Esbekiyeh gardens, 171.
• Eye-doctor, 190.
• Eyth, Max, 34, 139, 142.
• Fakirs, 25–6.
• Fatimid Khalifs, 71–3, 106.
• Fellaheen, 182–5.
• Festivals, 153–168, 170–1.
• Fikee, or schoolmaster, 109–10.
• Flies, 195, 197.
• Foreigners, as regarded by natives, 185–6.
• French Agency in Cairo, the, 176.
• —— army in Egypt, 241–2, 249–50.
• Funerals, Mohammedan, 18–20, 45.
• Gamalieh, el-, 48.
• Games, 81.
• Gawhar, 71.
• Gebel-Silsileh, 259, 267–9.
• Graffiti, 220, 222–4.
• ‘Guarded city,’ 71.
• Gurna, 184–5.
• Halim Pasha, 144.
• Hammám, 53, 143.
• Hamseen, 136, 141, 164.
• Hareem, 5, 14, 52, 84.
• Hasaneyn, festival of the, 31.
• —— quarter, 7.
• Hasheesh, 248.
• Hashshah, 69, 70.
• Hatshepsu, temple of, 179, 181–2.
• Henry, Doctor, 277–80.
• Herodotus, saying of, 208.
• Herz Bey, 22, 175–6.
• Hinter Pflug und Schraubstock, 34, 139.
• Holy Carpet, festival of the, 153–5.
• Holy Family, journey of the, 119.
• Hoseyn, 32–3.
• Hospitals of the American Mission, 188, 277–80.
• —— natives’ fear of, 187, 203.
• Insane fellah, experiences with an, 200–2.
• Insanity regarded as a form of saintliness, 26.
• Inscriptions, 220, 222–4, 233–5, 239.
• Ismael Pasha, 49, 89, 176.
• Jacaranda, the blossom of the, 172–3.
• Jones, Mr. Palmer, 90, 98–9.
• ‘Kahira-el-Mahrusa,’ 72.
• ‘Kasr-esh-Shema,’ 121.
• ‘Khaleeg, el,’ 43, 70.
• Khan Khalil, 4, 7, 8, 31, 58.
• Kisweh, el. See Holy Carpet.
• Kosseir, 245–57.
• —— mosque at, 249, 251–2.
• Lakéta, oasis of, 217–20.
• Lane’s Modern Egyptians, 16, 111.
• Liwán, 52, 106.
• Mahmal, el-, 153–55.
• Mahmood Hanafy, 67.
• Mamelukes, 36, 40, 142, 144, 148–50.
• Mandarah, 51.
• Mankaleh, 81, 107.
• Manners and Customs of the Ancient Egyptians. See Wilkinson.
• Mansoor, 58, 65.
• Mariette, 263.
• Marriages, Mohammedan, 12, 13.
• Mastaba, 7, 8, 33.
• Missionaries, 125, 281.
• Modiste, French, 86.
• Mohammed Ali, 34, 41, 74, 76, 85, 139.
• Mohammed Brown, 11, 57.
• Mo’izz, 71–2.
• Mosques of Cairo—
  • Aksunkur, 116.
  • Ayyub es-Salih, 24.
  • Barkûk, 2, 21.
  • Beybars, 48.
  • Hassaneyn, 31, 165.
  • Kalaûn, 2, 21–4.
  • Sâlih Talái, es-, 105.
  • Tulún, 118.
  • Restorations of, 23, 107.
• Mousky, the, 1, 46.
• Mu’állaka, el-, 121.
• Mudir of Kosseir, 245–52.
• Muristân, el-, 4.
• Mushrbiyeh, 5, 6, 47, 52, 176.
• Nahasseen, 2, 18.
• Nakht, tomb of, 183.
• Nicol, Erskine, 200, 207, 212.
• O’Donald, Captain, 34–42, 134.
• —— Miss, 35, 39, 42.
• Omdeh of Gurna, 202.
• Parker, Herbert R., 258–9.
• Petrie, Professor Flinders, 198.
• Pilgrims, 95, 154–5.
• Polygamy, 16, 17.
• Ptolemies, period of the, 180, 233–4, 261, 265–6.
• Pyramid Bedouins, 127.
• Pyramids, 127.
• Queen Thiy, 178, 222–3.
• Ramadan, the fast of, 156–7, 160–2.
• Rames, 142, 146, 148.
• Red Sea, 243.
• Reliefs, 262, 265, 268.
• Saheime, Sheykh Ammin, 50.
• Said Pasha, 140, 145;
• accession of, 147.
• Salih, es-, 151.
• Salt and Soda Company, 91, 93.
• Saracenic Art, 73.
• Schools, 117.
• Scorpions, 187–90, 260.
• Shadoof, 218.
• Sharks, 244, 251.
• Shauwâl, month of, 163.
• Sheea Heresy, 73, 106.
• Sheeas, 32–3, 164–7.
• Sheger-ed-Durr, 151–2.
• Shiites. See Sheeas.
• Shoara, 76, 151.
• Sladen, Douglas, 118.
• Smells of Cairo, 46.
• Sphinx, the, 127–34.
• ‘Spray of Pearls.’ See Sheger-ed-Durr.
• Surgery, amateur, 191.
• Tarbouch, 8.
• Temples of—
  • Denderah, 261.
  • Edfu, 259–66.
  • Hatshepsu, 179, 181–2.
  • Medinet Habu, 179.
  • Philae, 259.
• Thebes, 178, 258.
• ‘Tommy Atkins,’ 131–4.
• Tourists, 59, 194–6.
• Tramways, 70, 127.
• Tristram, Canon, 199, 227.
• Tumbakiyeh, el-, 47.
• Ulema, an Azhar, 141, 147.
• Villa Victoria Hotel, 83.
• Wadi Natrun, 92.
• Wakfs’ administration, 22, 44.
• Weigall, Arthur, Preface, 207, 220, 223, 231–2, 274.
• Welee, 18, 19.
• Whymper, Charles, 207, 211.
• Wilkinson, 79.
• Zikr, 26–28, 32, 164.
• Zogheb, Count, 174–6.
• Zohra, Story of the Princess, 34–42, 74–7, 84, 85, 139, 151–3.