The People of Palestine by Elihu Grant

GENERAL INDEX

‛Abâyeh, 142, 144.
Abraham, 114.
Abu ‛Aynayn, 216.
‛Âbûd, 224.
Abu Ghôsh, 225.
Abu Shûsheh, 17.
Alcoholics, 88 f., 98.
American College, 96;
- Press, 170.
Animals, wild, 31;
- domestic, 131, 134, 136, 153.
Antiquities, 156 f.
Arabic, 172 ff.
‛Araḳ, 138.
Architects, 153.
Arrabôn, 154.
‛Aṣfûrîyeh, 97.
Assessors, 226.
‛Aṭâra, 20, 190.
‛Aujâ river, 18.
‛Ayn el-‛Aḳabeh, 218.
” ‛Arîk, 216.
” el-‛Aṣfûr, 217.
” el-‛Azâb, 217.
” el-Burj, 200 f.
” Fâra, 16, 20.
” el-Jâmi‛, 216.
” Jeriyût, 21.
” Ḳânyeh, 192.
” el-Ḳaṣr, 201.
” Kefrîyeh, 21.
” el-Kusa‛, 217.
” Minjid, 201.
” Miṣbâḥ, 196, 201.
” Mizrâb, 201.
” en-Nuṣbeh, 20, 190.
” Râs el-Bîr, 217.
” esh-Shaykh, 217.
” Sînyâ, 223.
” Ṣôba, 216.
” eṭ-Ṭoreh, 217.
” Umm el-Kerzam, 201.
” Yebrûd, 115.

Bâb el-Wâd, 107.
Baggage, 227, 236.
Bairam, 121.
Balû‛a, 19, 196.
Bâmyeh, 82.
Banks, 227, 237.
Banners, 119.
Baptism, 66.
Bargaining, 146, 154.
Baṭn el-Hawâ, 200.
Bayt Ḥanînâ, 189.
Baytûnyeh, 199.
Beads, 117.
Bedawîn, 43, 130, 221.
Bethel, or Baytîn, 217 f.
Betrothal, 55.
Bigamy, 63.
Birds, 31 f.
el-Bîreh, 191, 207 f.
Birth, 65.
Bîr ez-Zayt, 223.
Blacksmithing, 155.
Blind, 96, 172.
Blood revenge, 169.
Booths, 76.
Boundaries of the village, 192.
Bread, 79.
Bribery, 108, 180, 227, 229.
Bubonic plague, 231.
Building material, 151 f.
Burghul, 79.
Burj, 44, 200;
- Baytîn, 218.
Business, 130 ff., 209.
Butcher, 146, 195. [See Work.

Cactus, 88.
Calendar, 124, 239.
Calls, 160, 204.
Camels, 12, 136, 155.
Carmel, Mt., 15.
Carob pod, 88.
Carriage service, 154.
Cavasses, 233.
Caves, 16 ff., 217;
- sanctuary, 196.
Charms, 93.
Children, 64, 66 f., 69;
- childlessness, 208.
Cholera, 103 ff., 231.
Church influence, 45.
Church law, 59, 63.
Church Missionary Society, 197, 221 ff.
Church, old, at el-Bîreh, 113.
Church, old, at Râm Allâh, 113.
Church, old, at eṭ-Ṭayyibeh, 113.
Circassians, 227.
Cisterns, 21, 75, 222;
- grain, 137;
- oil, 195.
City, appearance of a, 33, 43.
Clothing, see Dress.
Coffee, 81 f., 160, 164.
Colloquialisms, 176 ff.
Common dish, 89;
- cup, 82, 164.
Complexions, 47.
Compliments, 206.
Consular service, 227, 237.
Conversation, 159 f., 165.
Court, house, 76;
- law, 229.
Crier, public, 149.
Crocodile, 31.
Crusaders’ Church, 210.
Culture, 170.
Cup, common, 82, 164.
Curses, 178.
Customs, see Birth, Weddings, Death, etc.
Customs, tariff, 237.

Dabkeh, 168, 186.
Dâfûr, 81.
Daḳḳîḳ, 153.
Dancers, 59;
- dancing, 168.
Dâr, 51.
Dayr Dîwân, 218.
Deaconesses (Kaiserswerth), 83.
Dead Sea, 18.
Death, 99 f., 103, 164 f.
Deeds, land, 192.
Demons, 98.
Dervish, 118.
Dhurah, 133, 219.
Dialectical matters, 173 ff.
Dibbûsy, 142.
Dibs, 81, 138.
Disease, 95, 231.
Dish, common, 89. [See Cup.
Dôsh, 167.
Dress, 49, 90 ff.
Drinking customs, 89.
Dry season, 20, 23 ff., 36.
Dumb, 96, 112, 192.
Dûrah, 219.
Dust, 95.

Earthquake, 202.
Easter, 123 f.
Eating customs, 89.
Education, 170.
Effendîyeh, 225.
Elders, 52.
Eli and Sibyl Jones Mission, 197. See Friends.
Emigration, 228 f., 237.
Entertainment, 164, 167.
Esdraelon, 15.
Evening scenery, 12, 190.
Evil-eye, 116.
Exclamatory remarks, 176 ff.;
- with animals, 134.
Eyes, 47, 94.

Family, 53.
Famine, 107, 109.
Farming, 39, 130, 133.
Fast, Ramaḍân, 121;
- Lenten, 124.
Fatalism, 104, 117.
Feast of St. Barbara, 124;
- The Cross, 27, 124;
- St. George, 124.
Feddân, 132.
Fees of priests, 122.
Fellaḥîn, 131.
Ferns, 30.
Feuds, 159, 222.
Fevers, 94.
Figs, 28, 40 f., 81, 139;
- plaster, 94.
Fines, 229.
Finjân, 82, 160.
Fire-wood, 39.
Flocks, 26, 36, 140.
Flowers, 28 ff.
Foods, 78 ff., 82, 85.
Fountains, 20 f., 190, 196, 200 f., 216 ff., 223.
Foxes, 31.
Friendship, 52.
Friends’ Mission and School, 191, 193, 197.
Friends’ Mission at ‛Ayn ‛Arîk, 217.
Friends’ Mission at Jifnâ, 222.
Friends’ Mission at eṭ-Ṭayyibeh, 221.
Frîky, 25, 86.
Fruit, 28, 36, 41, 86.
Fuel, 79, 211.
Furniture, 76 f.

Game, wild, 84.
Games, 70 f., 167.
Gardening, 144, 145, 216.
Garments, wedding, 55.
Gazels, 31.
Geology, 14.
Gerizim, Mt., 126.
Ghôr, 13, 15, 221.
Gipsies, 155, 168.
Girls, 64 f., 67.
Goats, 140 f.;
- goat-meat, 195.
Go-between, 150.
Gospel and Ḳurân, 123.
Gossip, 160.
Government of country from city, 225 f.
Graffiti, 210.
Grain, 133 f.
Grapes, 36 f., 138.
Graves, 18, 99, 103;
- Samaritan, 126.
Greek Church, 122, 204 f.
Greek fire, 124.
Greetings, 161 ff.
Groceries, 145.
Guest-room or house, 59, 164.

Hail-storm, 202.
Hanauer, Rev. J. G., 176.
Ḥarâm, 214.
Ḥarîm or harem, 120, 233.
Harvest, 25, 135 f.
Head-dress, 91.
- See Dress.
Health conditions, 27.
- See Disease.
Heat, 12, 23.
Ḥelâweh, 87.
Ḥennâ, 59.
Hermon, Mt., 32.
Hills, 14, 39.
Hill sites, 34, 44, 48, 222.
Ḥirdhôn, 31, 179.
Ḥisḥis, 31.
Ḥiṣrim, 81.
Home affairs, 75 ff.
Honey, 87.
Hospices, 234.
Hospitals, 89, 96.
Hospitality, 160, 165.
Hotels, 235.
Household tasks, 91;
- utensils, 77 ff.
House structure, 75, 211.
Ḥûleh, 18.
Ḥummus, 137.
Hunting, 168.
Hyenas, 18, 99.

Illness, 27, 94.
Insane, 96 ff., 99, note.
Insects, 31.
Interest, 149, 205.
Invitations, 161.
Irrigation, 22.

Jars, 93.
Jeba‛, 16.
Jebel Ṭawîl, 32, 210.
Jellies, 86.
Jerîsheh, 79.
Jerusalem, view of, 33.
Jewelry, 54, 59.
Jezreel, 15.
Jiben, 84.
Jifnâ, 222.

Kalîyeh, 86.
Ḳaṣr, 139.
Ḳaṭrawâny, 111.
Ḳays, 225.
Kefrîyeh, 201.
Kefr Shiyân, 216.
el-Khalîl, 113.
Khân, 194, 209.
Kharayṭûn, 16.
Khaṭîb, 171, 186.
Khurbet Jîbya, 224.
Kilns, 151.
Kinship, 158, 230.
Khulleh, 196.
Khullet el-‛Adas, 200, 215.
Khûry, 122, 205.
Ḳurân and Gospel, 123.
Kursenneh, 135.
Kushân, 192.

Labor, 91.
Lakes, Ḥûleh, Tiberias and the Dead Sea, 18.
Lamps, clay, 111 ff.
Land, holding, 131.
Lane’s “Manners and Customs of the Modern Egyptians,” 119.
Language, 166, 172 ff.
Learning, 47, 170.
Leaven, 78.
Leben, 84.
Leeches, 95.
Lemons, 28.
Lentils, 79.
Lepers, 99.
Lime, 151;
- kilns, 35 f.;
- stone, 15.
Literary work, 170.
Lizards, 31.
Loans, 149.
Locusts, 84.
Looms, 144.

Maḥshy, 85.
Maiden-hair fern, 17, 30.
Maḳâm, 111.
Maḳlûbeh, 85.
Male children, 63.
Ma‛lûf, 141.
Mandrake, 25.
Marâmîyeh, 81.
Maritime Plain, 15.
Mâr Jurjus, 114;
- Elyâs, 115.
Markets, 145, 155 f., 194.
Marriage, 49, 53 f.
Masons, 151;
- marks, 210.
Meals, 89.
Measures and weights, 147.
Meat, 84, 195.
Medical data, 94, 96.
Merchants, 194.
Michmash, 16.
Midwife, 66.
Mikhba, 139.
Miḳlâ‛, 70.
Mil‛ab, 56.
Milk, 26.
Minsaf, 166.
Mîreh, 131.
Mists, 11 f., 24, 135.
Mitchell, Professor H. G., 176.
Molasses, 138.
Monasteries, 125.
Money, 147, 155, 230;
- changing, 148;
- lending, 149, 205.
Montenegrins, 233.
Months, Christian, Jew and Moslem, 239.
Mortar and pestle for coffee, 82.
Mosks, 113 f.;
- Mosk of Omar, view, 189.
Mourners, 100, 103, 164 f.
Mudîr, 226.
Muezzin, 119.
Muḳâṭ‛a ‛Âbûd, 224.
Mukhtâr, 151.
Mulberry, 28, 223.
Mules, 220.
Mulk, 131.
Mûṣ, 27, 137.
Muzzling animals, 136.

Names, 66, 72 ff.
Nârjîleh, 166.
Nâ‛uṣ, 27.
Neby Mûsâ, 119.
Neby Ṣâliḥ, 224.
Neighbors, 159, 198.
News, 231.
Nicknames, 74.
Nights, 23.
Noah’s Cave, 17.
Nomads, 130.
Noon heat and rest, 12.
Nuts, 86.

Oak, 28.
Officials, 230.
Oil, 80 f., 140.
Old Testament sites, 117.
Olive press, old, 213.
Olives, 28, 39 f., 80, 140, 223.
Omens, 202.
Oranges, 25, 28, 144.
Orphans, 172.
Ovens, 78.

Palmer, Professor E. H., cited, 213.
Parched wheat, 86.
Parents, titles of, 66.
Parties, 159.
Partnership in crops, 221.
Passes, 15, 226.
Pastures, 36.
Paths, 35, 154.
Patriarchates, Greek, 122.
Peacemaking, 228 f.
Pear-trees, 223.
Periodical literature, 170.
Peters, Dr. John P., 216.
Philosophy. See Proverbs, Stories, etc.
Phrases, 161 ff.
Pilgrims, 232 f., 235;
- Moslem, 111, 120;
- Roman Catholic, 225.
Pine-trees, 28.
Place-names, 174.
Plasters, 94.
Play, 68, 70, 167 f.
Plowing, 39, 133.
Pomegranates, 28, 41.
Ponds, 19.
Population, 43 f., 47.
Portents, 202.
Postal service, 227, 230 f.
Pottery, 93.
Prayer, 203;
- in sickness, 93;
- to Abraham, 114;
- Moslem, 118 f.;
- for offspring, 117;
- of women, 114;
- for rain, 202.
Press, 231;
- American, 170.
Prices, building materials, 151;
- food, 146.
Priesthood, Christian, 121 f.
Priests, 204.
Printing, 170.
Proverbs, 52, 83 f., 87, 89, 94, 116, 176, 179 ff.
Pruning, 139.
Public weal, 149 ff., 193, 230.
Punishment, 226.

Quaker Mission. See Friends.
Quarantine, 105, 107, 137, 231 f.
Quarrels, 168 f., 227 ff.
Quarry at el-Bîreh, 210.
Quarrying, 151.
Quartering of soldiers, 227.

Rabâb, 164.
Rafîdya, 209.
Railway, 232 f.
Rain, 23 f., 27.
Rainfall, 22.
Rain-water, 222.
Raîs, 122.
Raisins, 138 f.
er-Râm, 190.
Ramaḍân, 121.
Râm Allâh, 187, 191 ff.;
- settlement of, 206;
- schools, 171.
Reaping, 25, 135.
Refreshments, 86, 160.
Religion, 43 ff., 110 ff., 117;
- as a social factor, 158.
Remedies, 94.
Reservoirs, 21, 210.
Revenge, 169.
Reverence, 71.
Rice, 80.
Ridicule, fear of, 90.
Rimmon, 220.
Rivers, Jordan, 18;
- ‛Aujâ, 18.
Roads, 34, 154 f., 189, 223;
- to Râm Allâh, 187.
Road scenes, 46.
Robinson, Professor Edward, cited, 221.
Rock cuttings, 17, 217.
Rocks, 116, 145.
Roman Catholic Church, 122, 124, 235.
Roman roads, 34, 189.
Roofing-bee, 116.
Roofs, 27, 75.
Rooms, 75.
Rugs, 144.
Ruins, 18, 21, 190 f., 210, 213 f., 216, 222.
Rûjib, 127.
Russian influence, 235;
- pilgrims, 204, 233 f.

Ṣaḥjeh, 168, 184.
Salâ‛t eṭ-Ṭîreh, 213.
Salt, 146.
Salutations, 161 ff.
Samaritans, 125 ff.;
- passover of, 127 ff.
Samson country, 17.
Sanctuary, 113 f.
- See Shrines.
Scenery, 12, 20, 32.
Schneller’s school, 172.
School at el-Bîreh, 211.
Sea, 232.
Seasons, 22.
Sects, 84.
Sha‛fât, 189.
Shaykh, 150.
Shaykh Sâliḥ, 210.
Shaykh Yûsuf, 222.
esh-Shayṭân, 209.
Sheep, 57, 59, 140.
Shephelah, 19.
Shepherd, 141 f.
Shipping, 232.
Shôbek, 206.
Shoes, 90.
Shops, 145, 195.
Shrines, 38, 41, 111 ff., 117, 210, 234.
Sickness. See Disease, Medicine, etc.
Sifting, 137.
Sîjeh, 167.
Silk, 144.
Sirocco, 11, 25 f.
Sḳîfeh, 204, 211.
Slings, 70.
Smîd, 79.
Smoking bottles, 76.
Ṣnôber, 80.
Soap, 81.
Sociability, 164.
Society, 158 ff.
Soil, 15, 18.
Soldiers, 126, 149 f., 227, 229 f.
Song, 168, 184 ff.;
- at weddings, 56, 60 f.;
- of mourners, 101 ff.
Souvenirs, 234.
Spinning, 143.
Springs, 16, 20, 24;
- warm, 21.
- See ‛Ayn.
Spring-water, 222.
St. George, 114, 202.
Stones, 18, 38.
Stone trades, 151.
Stores, 145.
Stories, 17 f., 20, 68, 83, 88, 111, 166, 171, 176, 179, 205, 214, 228.
Stranger in village, 132, 164.
Sugar, 146.
Sûḳ, 145.
Summer, 36.
Superstitions, 93 f., 98, 114, 116 f., 202, 213 f., 220.
Ṣurdah, 115.
Sûs, 80.
Swaddling, 66.
Sweetmeats, 86 f.
Syria, future of, 228.
Syrian Protestant College, 96.
Syrians in America, 237.

Talebearing, 230.
Ṭarafîdya, wâdy and ‛ayn, 199.
Tares, 135.
Ṭarîḳ el-Majnûny, 199.
Tattoo, 117.
Taxes, 144, 146, 150, 192, 226 f.
eṭ-Ṭayyibeh, 221.
Telegraph, 231.
Terrace, 38 f.
Thief, 64.
Thorns, 35.
Threshing, 136 ff.
Tiberias, 18.
Tibn, 137.
Tibneh, 224.
Time of day, 241.
eṭ-Ṭîreh, 213.
Tobacco, 146, 164, 166.
Tomatoes, 82.
Tombs, old, 112, 157, 215, 219, 222 ff.
Tools, stoneworkers’, 152 f.
Topographical remarks, 13, 19, 32 f.
Ṭoṭleh, 81.
Tourist agent, 236 f.
Tourists, 225.
Traders, 145 f., 194.
Trade school, 172.
Trades, crafts, etc., 155.
Training of children, 67 f., 71 f.
Transportation, 154, 194, 236.
Travel, 28;
- afoot, 153;
- carriage, 154;
- general, 226, 232, 236.
Treasure, 214.
Trees, 14, 27 f., 41, 223;
- sacred, 115 f., 219.
Tribes, village, 51.
Turkish Delight, 88.
Typhoid, 95.

‛Ûd, 164.
Ukhtiyarîyeh, 135.
Umm Barakât, 116, 219.
Umm el-Khuruḳ, 216.
United Greek Church, 125.
Urṭâs, 41, 145.
Utensils, household, 77 ff.

Valley, 15.
- See Wâdy.
Vegetables, 82 f.
Vermin, 31.
View from Jebel Ṭawîl, 32.
View from Râm Allâh, 189 f.
View from eṭ-Ṭayyibeh, 221.
View of Jerusalem from Scopus, 188.
View of Râm Allâh, 214.
Views of the Mediterranean, 223.
Village ideals, 51.
Villagers, appearance of, 47.
Villages, appearance of, 33, 43.
Villages, various, 187.
Vine culture, 139, 222.
Vineyards, 13;
- near Râm Allâh, 200.

Wâdy, 15;
- those near Râm Allâh, 199.
Wâd Karom Shutâ, 200.
Wâdy ‛Arâḳ el-Kharûf, 219.
” el-‛Ayn, 220.
” eḍ-Ḍaba‛, 220.
” Fâra, 16.
Wâdy el-Kelb, 199.
” Rayyâ, 224.
” Sha‛b el-Ḳassîs, 220.
” es-Suwaynîṭ, 16, 210.
Wages, 207.
Wakf, 131.
Walls, 34, 194.
Washing clothes, 92, 209.
Wastîyeh, 116, 219.
Watcher in vineyard, 13;
- on threshing floor, 136.
Watch-towers, 38, 139.
Water carrying, 68;
- supply, 20, 22, 222.
Watershed, 19, 191.
Weather, 23, 155.
Weddings, 56 ff.
Wedding songs, 60 ff.
Weeping, 165.
Weights, 147.
Wells, 21.
Wheat and barley, 78, 133, 137.
Widows, 54, 64.
Wilderness, 35.
Wild vegetation, edible, 87 f.
Wily, 111.
Winds, 26, 222.
Winter, 22, 24, 28.
Wives, 54, 58, 63.
Women, 47 ff.
Wool, 142.
Work, 207;
- woman’s, 53, 92.
Writing, 175.

Yâzijy, Shaykh, 170.
Yemen, 159, 225.

Zaghârût, 57.
Zâky, 87.
Zawân, 135.
Zinzilakt, 28.
Zukzâkeh, 27.