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Page x
... mountain . The villagers . The Pasha paymaster . The story of his life . The game of the road . The Harra . El - Akhdar station . The Sweyfly . Visit the kella . The " Kâdy's garden " . W. es - Sâny . The " bear " . Moaddam station ...
... mountain . The villagers . The Pasha paymaster . The story of his life . The game of the road . The Harra . El - Akhdar station . The Sweyfly . Visit the kella . The " Kâdy's garden " . W. es - Sâny . The " bear " . Moaddam station ...
Page xi
... mountain : we hear the ghrôl . The porcupine : the colocynth gourd . The ostrich . Pitted rocks . Vulcanic neighbourhood . Rude rock - inscriptions . Antique quarries . Hejra clay - built . The Cross mark . Ancient villages between el ...
... mountain : we hear the ghrôl . The porcupine : the colocynth gourd . The ostrich . Pitted rocks . Vulcanic neighbourhood . Rude rock - inscriptions . Antique quarries . Hejra clay - built . The Cross mark . Ancient villages between el ...
Page xv
... mountain passages . The short spring refreshment of the desert year . The lambing time . The camels calve . The milch camel . Milk diet . The kinds of milk . The saurian Hamed sheykh of wild beasts . The jerboa . The wabbar . The wolf ...
... mountain passages . The short spring refreshment of the desert year . The lambing time . The camels calve . The milch camel . Milk diet . The kinds of milk . The saurian Hamed sheykh of wild beasts . The jerboa . The wabbar . The wolf ...
Page xviii
... mountain . colocynth . Charms for love . Fair women . The Nasrâny called to name one of their daughters . Beduins weary of the songs of the desert . Names of Beduin women . A childing woman . Strife betwixt young tribesmen . Tollog's ...
... mountain . colocynth . Charms for love . Fair women . The Nasrâny called to name one of their daughters . Beduins weary of the songs of the desert . Names of Beduin women . A childing woman . Strife betwixt young tribesmen . Tollog's ...
Page xx
... mountain landmark of Hâyil . Gofar . Veiled Nejd women . Public hospitality at Gofar . Outlying Gofar in ruins . Desert plain before Hâyil . Passengers by the way . Horsemen . Approaching Hâyil . Beduin guile . Abd el - Azîz . Enter ...
... mountain landmark of Hâyil . Gofar . Veiled Nejd women . Public hospitality at Gofar . Outlying Gofar in ruins . Desert plain before Hâyil . Passengers by the way . Horsemen . Approaching Hâyil . Beduin guile . Abd el - Azîz . Enter ...
Contents
THE PERAEA AMMON AND MOAB | 1 |
CHAPTER II | 28 |
CHAPTER IV | 85 |
CHAPTER V | 119 |
CHAPTER VI | 150 |
Appendix to Chaps IV V VI | 181 |
Doughty at Medáin Sâlih translated by M Ernest Renan Membre | 188 |
CHAPTER VIII | 215 |
CHAPTER XIII | 356 |
CHAPTER XIV | 385 |
Appendix to Chap XIV | 411 |
CHAPTER XVI | 436 |
CHAPTER XVII | 462 |
CHAPTER XVIII | 486 |
CHAPTER XIX | 517 |
CHAPTER XX | 539 |
CHAPTER IX | 242 |
CHAPTER X | 271 |
CHAPTER XI | 301 |
CHAPTER XII | 330 |
CHAPTER XXI | 566 |
Evening with the Emir Hamûd Abeyds kahwa An apostate | 594 |
Appendix to Vol I | 620 |
THE PREFACE vii | |
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Common terms and phrases
Aarab ancient answered Arabia Arabs asked beasts Beduins Beduw better booths brought called camels caravan cattle coffee coming commonly Damascus dates desert drink el-Ally entered eyes father feet fire give ground guests half hand Harra head hear heard heart household human hundred journey kella Khalil kind land light lives look Lord Medáin menzil miles mind Mohammed mountain Nasrâny natural nearly never night nomads Pasha passed Persian persons plain poor received religion remain riding rising road rocks ruins sand seen sheykh side standing stones stranger Syria taken tell tent Teyma thee things thou thought told town tribe Ullah valley village walls wandering wellah wife wild wilderness young Zeyd