Aaron, 24
̔Abadi, Yißhaq, 246
̔Abbasid Baghdad, 94, 243, 254, 267;
Dunash and, 248–53; Jews, 247; Miß ̇af
al-Shaba ̇ot (Holy Book of Praises) and,
249–52
̔Abbasid Caliphate, 8, 98
̔Abd Allāh ibn Salām (AiS), 76–78;
Muhammad and, 66–68, 92, 95–96; in
Quran, 67. See also Shalom, ̔Obadiah b.
̔Abd al-Mu††alib, 36
Abdgawth, 35
Abdülhamit II, 292
Abdülmecit, 287
Abihazirah, Y ̔aqov, 112–13
Abimelech, 48
Abode of Islam, 89, 94, 96
Abraham, 4, 24, 73; angels visiting, 54–57,
55 ; binding episode, 57–59; building
Ka ̔bah, 48–50; Covenant between the
Pieces and, 53–54; cultic activities, 29;
expelled from homeland, 52; father
of believers, 4, 52; as first Muslim,
46–48; as Óanif, 46; house of, 48–50;
idolatry and, 50–52; image, 59–60; as
Islam founder, 46–48; Muhammad as
follower, 47–48; Muhammad compared
to, 50–53; obedience, 58; one God and,
50–53, 57; as prophet, 46–48; prophet-
hood, 37; Quran depicting, 45–60; sacri-
ficing Isaac, 57–58; Station of Abraham,
49; as ̔Yedid, 48
Absalom, 73
Abu Aharon, 152, 153
Index
Abu Bakr, 76, 96
Abulafia, Abraham, 6, 156, 159; “Kabbalah
of Byzantium,” 161; Íufism and, 160–62
Abu ˇālib, 74
Abya∂, Ya ̇yā, 128
Academies: Gaonic, 15; Judaism, 149, 249
̔Adabi, Mordekhay, 246
Adam, 24, 173
Adhan, Mosheh Ben Aharon, 246
Adroitness, 8, 233
Adultery, 33, 222
Afkal, 26–27
Aglibol, 27
Aharon, Ezra, 279
Al-A ̇bār, Ka ̔b, 13, 75
Ahl-al-dhimma, 100, 106n39, 138. See also
Protected People
Ahl-al-kitab, 13, 78, 90–91. See also People
of the Book
AiS. See ̔Abd Allāh ibn Salām
Akīvā, 73
Alakhson, 189n10
Al ̔Amrī, Óusayn, 133
Al Beriat ha-Olam (Philo of Alexandria),
186
Al-Dustur al-bimaristani: for hospitals,
190–91; Ibn Abi ̓l-Bayan compiling,
190–204; Minhaj al-dukkan compared
to, 191 , 192–204; recipes, 196–201, 197 ,
198 , 200
Al-faraj ba ̔d al-shidda, 98
Alf Layla wa-Layal, 264
Alfonso, 274
Algazi, Isaac, 292