LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

	FACING PAGE
The Center of the Muslim Faith	Frontispiece
Large Incense Bowls in Mosque at Hankow, China	26
Interior Court of the Mosque of Al-Azhar, Cairo	50
The Torba Torba: A small clay tablet, often made of earth from Karbala, used by some Muslims as a prostration point during prayer. and Amulets	54
Hand-shaped Amulets	82
Amulets and “Lucky” Rings used in Lower Egypt	118
Egyptian Geomancer Geomancer: A person who practices divination by interpreting markings on the ground or patterns formed by tossed objects.	132
The City of Mecca	156
Talismans and Magical Squares from Egypt	204
Magic Bowl and Amulets	180
Ancient Amulets from the Egyptian Tombs	212
Women and children visiting a newly-made grave in the Muslim Cemetery, Cairo	240