Aiwa----Yes. Allah hu Achbar----God is most Great. Al'mah----Female professional singers, signifying "a learned female." Ardab----A measure equivalent to five English bushels.
       Backsheesh----Tip, douceur. Balass----Earthen vessel for carrying water. Bdsha----Pasha. Bersim----Clover. Bismillah----In the name of God. Bowdb----A doorkeeper.
       Dahabieh----A Nile houseboat with large lateen sails. Darabukkeh----A drum made of a skin stretched over an earthenware funnel. Dourha----Maize.
       Effendina----Most noble. El Azhar----The Arab University at Cairo.
       Fedddn----A measure of land representing about an acre. Fellah----The Egyptian peasant.
       Ghiassa----Small boat.
       Hakim----Doctor. Hasheesh----Leaves of hemp.
       Inshallah----God willing.
       Kdnoon----A musical instrument like a dulcimer. Kavass----An orderly. Kemengeh----A cocoanut fiddle. Khamsin----A hot wind of Egypt and the Soudan.
       Kourbash----A whip, often made of rhinoceros hide.
       La ilaha illa-llah----There is no deity but God.
       Malaish----No matter. Malboos----Demented. Mastaba----A bench. Medjidie----A Turkish Order. Mooshrabieh----Lattice window. Moufettish----High Steward. Mudir----The Governor of a Mudirieh, or province. Muezzin----The sheikh of the mosque who calls to prayer.
       Narghileh----A Persian pipe. Nebool----A quarter-staff.
       Ramadan----The Mahommedan season of fasting.
       Saadat-el-bdsha----Excellency Pasha. Sdis----Groom. Sakkia----The Persian water-wheel. Salaam----Eastern salutation. Sheikh-el-beled----Head of a village.
       Tarboosh----A Turkish turban.
       Ulema----Learned men.
       Wakf----Mahommedan Court dealing with succession, etc. Welee----A holy man or saint.
       Yashmak----A veil for the lower part of the face. Yelek----A long vest or smock.

Introduction
book i
   Chapter I. As the Spirit Moved
   Chapter II. The Gates of the World
   Chapter III. Banished
   Chapter IV. The Call
book ii
   Chapter V. The Wider Way
   Chapter VI. "Hast Thou Never Killed a Man?"
   Chapter VII. The Compact
   Chapter VIII. For His Soul's Sake and the Land's Sake
   Chapter IX. The Letter, the Night, and the Woman
   Chapter X. The Four Who Knew
   Chapter XI. Against the Hour of Midnight
   Chapter XII. The Jehad and the Lions
   Chapter XIII. Achmet the Ropemaker Strikes
   Chapter XIV. Beyond the Pale
book iii
   Chapter XV. Soolsby's Hand Upon the Curtain
   Chapter XVI. The Debt and the Accounting
   Chapter XVII. The Woman of the Cross-Roads
   Chapter XVIII. Time, the Idol-Breaker
   Chapter XIX. Sharper Than a Sword
   Chapter XX. Each After His Own Order
   Chapter XXI. "There is Nothing Hidden Which Shall not be Revealed"
   Chapter XXII. As in a Glass Darkly
   Chapter XXIII. The Tents of Cushan
   Chapter XXIV. The Questioner
   Chapter XXV. The Voice Through the Door
   Chapter XXVI. "I Owe You Nothing"
   Chapter XXVII. The Awakening
book iv
   Chapter XXVIII. Nahoum Turns the Screw
   Chapter XXIX. The Recoil
   Chapter XXX. Lacey Moves
   Chapter XXXI. The Struggle in the Desert
   Chapter XXXII. Forty Stripes Save One
   Chapter XXXIII. The Dark Indenture
   Chapter XXXIV. Nahoum Drops the Mask
book v
   Chapter XXXV. The Flight of the Wounded
   Chapter XXXVI. "Is it Always So--in Life?"
   Chapter XXXVII. The Flying Shuttle
   Chapter XXXVIII. Jasper Kimber Speaks
   Chapter XXXIX. Faith Journeys to London
book vi
   Chapter XL. Hylda Seeks Nahoum
   Chapter XLI. In the Land of Shinar
   Chapter XLII. The Loom of Destiny
Glossary