Hebron (he'bron)
Hedjaz (hěj'ăz) or Hejaz
(hěj'äz)
Hillah (hil'lah)
Hussein (hus seïn'), or
Hussan (hus sān')

Ishmael (ish'mā ĕl)

Islam (iz'lam)

Jabbok (jab'bok)

Jaffa (jǎf'fa), Joppa (jŏp'pa), or Jappa (jap'pa)

Jebel (jēb'el)

A sacred city of the Jews.

Kingdom in western Arabia. Site of ancient Babylon.

Ruler of Hejaz.

Son of Abraham. Mohammedanism.

Brook in Palestine.

Port in Palestine.

Mountain in Arabic.

sä'feh)

Jerablus (jer a blus')

Jeziret el Arab (jē zir'et
el' ä rab)

Kaaba (kä'a ba or kä'ba).
Kadesh (kā'děsh)
Kaffejeh (kaf fē’jeh) or
Kefeyeh (ke fē’yeh)
Kantara (kǎn tā'ra)
Kelek (kěl'ěk)
Kelekgie (kěl'ěk gie or je)
Khadijah (kä di'jah
Kharput (kär'put) or
Harpoot (här'poot)
Kidron (kid'ron) or Ked-

ron (ked'ron) Kishon (kish'on)

Peninsula.

Town in Euphrates River.

Arabic, "Island of the Arabs."

The shrine of Mecca.
Holy city of the Hittites.

Square of cloth used in Arabian headdress.

Town on Suez Canal.

A raft used on the Tigris River.
One who propels a kelek.

One of the wives of Mohammed.

City of Armenia.

Brook in Palestine.

Brook in Palestine.

Sacred book of the Mohammedans.
An Arabian seaport on the Persian Gulf.

The Arabian Æsop.

Machpelah (måk pē’lah)

Mandaniyeh (män'dän ï
yĕh)
Marah (mä'räh)
Mastaby (măs'ta by)

Meander (mẽ ănder)
Mecca or Mekka (měk’-
ka)
Medina (mē di'nä)
Mireh (mir'eh)
Mordecai (mor'de ca i)
Moslem (moz'lěm or mŏs'-
lĕm)

Nahor (na'hor)

Nargileh (när'gïl ĕh) or Narghile (när'ge lā) Nedj (něj) or Nedjed (něd'jěd)

Nisibes (nis'i bes)
běs) or
Nisibin (nis'i bin)
Nomads (no'măds or
nom'ads)

Oman (ō män')
Orontes (ō ron'tes)
Panaias (păn'a î'as) or
Banaias (băn′a ias)
Persepolis (per sep'ō lis)
Piærus (pi re'us)
Polycarp (pol'y kärp)
Rameses (răm'e sēs) or
Ramses (răm'sēz)
Rephidim (ref'i dīm)

Cave where the Jewish patriarchs are buried.

Artisans in Holy Land.

Bitter water, springs in Sinai Peninsula. Raised platform in home of Palestine peasants.

A winding river in Asia Minor.

Holy City of Mohammedans.
Burial place of Mohammed.
Village state land in Palestine.
The uncle of Queen Esther.

Of or pertaining to Mohammedans.
Brother of Abraham.

An Oriental pipe for smoking tobacco.

A province in Arabia.

A town in Mesopotamia.

A tribe that roves seeking pasture.

A division in southeast Arabia.
A river in northern Syria.

Place claimed by Jews as the source of the Jordan.

Capital of ancient Persia.

The port of Athens.

A Christian martyr buried in Smyrna.

King of Egypt.

Place where Joshua defeated the Amalekites.

Safed (sä fĕd')

Salibi (sä lï'bi) or Salebe (sä lē'be)

Saloniki (sä lo ni'ki)
Samiel (sămyel)
Sebaste (se bǎs'te)
Semen (se'men)
Semites (sem'ites)
Shampo (sham'po)

Shat-el Arab (shăt-ěl ä räb')

Shechem (shek’hěm), or
Nablus (năb lus)
Sheik (sheik, shēik,
shāk)

Sinai (si'ni or sï'nā i)
Susa (sü'sä)
Sychar (si'kär)

Terah (te'räh)

Tiberias (ti be'ri ǎs)

Togarmah (tō gär’må)
Tyrannus (ti răn'nŭs)

Ur (ur)

Verkhoyansk

or

(verk'ho

yänsk or verk'o yänsk) Villayet (vi lä yet')

Xenophon (zen'o fun)

Xerxes (zērk'zēs)

Yemen (yem'en)

Yezidis (yez'i dis)

Sacred city of the Jews.

Crusader in Arabic.

Ancient Thessalonica, a city of Greece. The simoon.

Site of ancient Samaria.

Clarified butter made by Bedouins.
Descendants of Shem.

A Jewish ruler of Armenia who founded a dynasty.

River formed by conjunction of the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers.

Home of Jacob in Palestine.

Head of a family, especially in Arabia
or other Mohammedan countries.
A peninsula in Arabia.

Capital of ancient Persia.
Jacob's Well.

Father of Abraham.

City on the Sea of Galilee.

A ruler of Armenia.

A Christian schoolmaster in Corinth. Ancient capital of Chaldea.

A town near the cold pole of the earth. A political division of Turkey.

tà)

Zoroaster.

Zoroaster (zō rō ǎs'ter)

Persian prophet.

INDEX

British

in Palestine, 107, 142
in Mesopotamia, 74
in Egypt, 185

Brusa, 211, 214

Cairo, 93, 185
Camels, 176
Cana, 118
Canaan, 102
Canaanites, 103

Capernaum, 117

Caravans, 178

Carchemish or Jerablus, 66
Caspian Sea, 78

Cedars, 91

Chaldea or Babylonia, 56

Christ, 115, 144, 153, 158, 214

Christ's disciples, 117

Climate, 22

Code of laws, 58
Constantine, 231
Constantinople, 70
Corinth, 222
Croesus, 206, 215
Crusaders, 70, 140
Cuneiform script, 57

Cyrus, 77, 105, 215

Damascus, 96, 98

Damascus-to-Mecca Railroad, 98
Dan or Laish, 90, 113
Daniel, 37, 77
Dardanelles, 93

Darius, 77

Dates, 51, 180
gardens, 49
harvest, 51

David, 104

Dead Sea, 114, 122

Delta of Shat-el-Arab, 37

Diarbekir, 35, 192, 198

Earthquakes, 84