ABSTRACT
Ibn Sa'ud son-in-law of Mohammed principal nomad tribe of the Syrian
Desert "the people" the "island of the Arabs"
ancient inhabitants of Mesopotamia a tribe of the Hejaz dynasty of Baghdad
ancient inhabitants of Mesopotamia the waste, or imtilled spaces of land;
the wilderness the Badia of Irak the Badia of Syria
barkaness . Barmecide
basheer bashi (of a caravan) Baybars, Sultan ez-Zahir
Baybars bayrakdar Bedawi
Bedu Bedui (become Beduin) Beit Allah, el-. Bekri, el-(el-Bekri) Beladhori Beni Sakhr Berid, el-. beridi beridedem
bir . birket Buyid
Caliph (anglicized form of Khalifah)
caravansenu
Chosroes I, the Iranian King
daleel Darb el-Hajj Darb el-Kufri Darb es-Sa'i Darb es-Sitt Zubayda Darb es-Sultan Delees dhalul dira. diwan diwan el-insha, sahib . Dulaim
small company (of camel-men) a Baghdad family, of the palace
nobility messenger of good news leader
of the Mamluk dynasty of Cairo standard-bearer occupants of the Badia; nomads
(plural) singular of Bedawi dual or collective of Bedawi The House of God at Mecca
nomad tribe of the south-western Badia the post; a courier; post stages couner
applied to mules with tails cut (i.e. of the post)
dug out spring reservoir dynasty of Baghdad
Spiritual Ruler of Islam hostel or rest-house
guide; "pilot" (scout) Pilgrim Road Road of the Unbelievers Road of the Courier Road of the Lady Zubayda Royal Road Dervishes: religious (Moslem) fanatics female dromedary tribal district, or orbit governmental department postmaster-general, also chancellor Arab tribe of the eastern Syrian
Desert, and of central Mesopotamia
el-• emIr Emir el-berid (and, later:
el-Emir-akhor) Emir el-Hajj
Fatimid (Fatimites) Feisal, late King of Irak fellaheen felucca firman Frangi (Arabic form of the
term Frank) .
