Southern Arabia, by Theodore Bent, F.R.G.S., F.S.A. & Mrs. Theodore Bent

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Author

Bent, Theodore, Mrs., 1847-1929

Title

Southern Arabia

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Produced by Michael Ciesielski and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net

Language

English

LoC Class

DS: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: Asia

Subject

Arabian Peninsula -- Description and travel

Category

Text

eBook-No.

21569

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/21569

Release Date

May 22, 2007

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.SOUTHERN ARABIA — BY
2. 2.THEODORE BENT, F.R.G.S., F.S.A. — AND
3. 3.MRS THEODORE BENT — WITH A PORTRAIT, MAPS, AND ILLUSTRATION — LONDON — SMITH, ELDER, & CO., 15 WATERLOO PLACE — 1900
4. 4.PREFACE
5. 5.CONTENTS — SOUTHERN ARABIA — MASKAT — THE HADHRAMOUT — DHOFAR AND THE GARA MOUNTAINS — AN AFRICAN INTERLUDE: THE EASTERN SOUDAN — THE MAHRI ISLAND OF SOKOTRA — BELED FADHLI AND BELED YAFEI
6. 6.BIBLIOGRAPHY
7. 7.ILLUSTRATIONS
8. 8.MAPS
9. 9.SOUTHERN ARABIA — CHAPTER I — MANAMAH AND MOHAREK — CHAPTER II — THE MOUNDS OF ALI — CHAPTER III — OUR VISIT TO RUFA'A
10. 10.MASKAT — CHAPTER IV — SOME HISTORICAL FACTS ABOUT OMAN — CHAPTER V — MASKAT AND THE OUTSKIRTS
11. 11.THE HADHRAMOUT — CHAPTER VI — MAKALLA — CHAPTER VII — OUR DEPARTURE INTO THE INTERIOR — CHAPTER VIII — THE AKABA — CHAPTER IX — THROUGH WADI KASR — CHAPTER X — OUR SOJOURN AT KOTON — CHAPTER XI — THE WADI SER AND KABR SALEH — CHAPTER XII — THE CITY OF SHIBAHM — CHAPTER XIII — FAREWELL TO THE SULTAN OF SHIBAHM — CHAPTER XIV — HARASSED BY OUR GUIDES — CHAPTER XV — RETRIBUTION FOR OUR FOES — CHAPTER XVI — COASTING EASTWARD BY LAND — CHAPTER XVII — COASTING WESTWARD BY SEA
12. 12.DHOFAR AND THE GARA MOUNTAINS — CHAPTER XVIII — MERBAT AND AL HAFA — CHAPTER XIX — THE GARA TRIBE — CHAPTER XX — THE GARA MOUNTAINS — CHAPTER XXI — THE IDENTIFICATION OF ABYSSAPOLIS — CHAPTER XXII — SAILING FROM KOSSEIR TO ADEN
13. 13.AN AFRICAN INTERLUDE: THE EASTERN SOUDAN — CHAPTER XXIII — COASTING ALONG THE RED SEA — CHAPTER XXIV — HALAIB AND SAWAKIN KADIM — CHAPTER XXV — INLAND FROM MERSA HALAIB — CHAPTER XXVI — MOHAMMED GOL — CHAPTER XXVII — 'DANCING ON TOM TIDDLER'S GROUND, PICKING UP GOLD' — CHAPTER XXVIII — BEHIND THE JEBEL ERBA
14. 14.THE MAHRI ISLAND OF SOKOTRA — CHAPTER XXIX — KALENZIA — CHAPTER XXX — ERIOSH AND KADHOUP — CHAPTER XXXI — TAMARIDA OR HADIBO — CHAPTER XXXII — WE DEPART FOR THE LAND'S END— i.e. RAS MOMI — CHAPTER XXXIII — MOUNT HAGHIER AND FEREGHET — CHAPTER XXXIV — BACK TO THE OCEAN
15. 15.BELED FADHLI AND BELED YAFEI — CHAPTER XXXV — EXPERIENCES WITH THE YAFEI SULTAN — CHAPTER XXXVI — AMONG THE FADHLI — CHAPTER XXXVII — FROM THE PLAIN OF MIS'HAL TO THE SEA
16. 16.APPENDICES
17. 17.I
18. 18.II — A. Terrestrial Species — B. Freshwater Species
19. 19.III
20. 20.IV
21. 21.V
22. 22.LIST OF SOME OF THE ARABIC AND OTHER WORDS EXPLAINED IN THE TEXT
23. 23.INDEX
24. 24.Smith, Elder & Co.'s New Books. — How England Saved Europe. — The Story of the Great War (1793-1815). — By W. H. FITCHETT, LL.D., — Volume I., FROM THE LOW COUNTRIES TO EGYPT, is ready. — Volume II., THE STRUGGLE FOR THE SEA, will be published on December 15. — SIR ALGERNON WEST'S REMINISCENCES. — Recollections, 1832 to 1886. — By the Right Hon. Sir ALGERNON WEST, K.C.B., — LIBRARY EDITION OF SIDNEY LEE'S 'LIFE OF SHAKESPEARE.' — The Life of William Shakespeare. — By SIDNEY LEE, — TRAVELS IN SOUTHERN ARABIA AND THE SOUDAN. — Southern Arabia. — By the late THEODORE BENT and Mrs. THEODORE BENT.
25. 25.Smith, Elder, & Co.'s New Books. — Memoirs of a Revolutionist. — By PRINCE KROPOTKIN. — NEW WORK BY THE AUTHOR OF 'THE CRUISE OF THE "CACHALOT."' — The Log of a Sea Waif: — Being Recollections of the First Four Years of My Sea Life. — By FRANK T. BULLEN, — A 'VADE-MECUM' FOR TRAVELLERS. — Health Abroad: — A Medical Handbook for Travellers. — Edited by EDMUND HOBHOUSE, M.A., M.D.Oxon., M.R.C.P., — THE CAREER OF A SOUTH AFRICAN STATESMAN. — The Life and Times of — Sir John Charles Molteno, K.C.M.G. — THE FIRST PREMIER OF THE CAPE.
26. 26.Smith, Elder, & Co.'s New Books. — THE STORY OF THE HUDSON'S BAY COMPANY. — The Great Company, 1667-1871. — Being a History of the Honourable Company of Merchant Adventurers Trading in Hudson's Bay. — By BECKLES WILLSON. — TRAVEL AND ADVENTURE IN AUSTRALIA. — The Life of Charles Sturt, — Sometime Capt. 39th Foot, and Australian Explorer. — By Mrs. NAPIER GEORGE STURT. — The Life of Madame de Longueville — (Anne Geneviève de Bourbon). — By Mrs. ALFRED COCK. — A VOLUME OF MR. JAMES PAYN'S ESSAYS. — The Backwater of Life; — Or, Essays of a Literary Veteran. — By the late JAMES PAYN. — REVISED, ENLARGED, AND CHEAPER EDITION OF 'COLLECTIONS AND RECOLLECTIONS.' — Collections and Recollections. — By 'One who has kept a Diary.' — VOLUME 2 OF MR. ROBERT BRIDGES' COLLECTED WORKS. — THE — Poetical Works of Robert Bridges.
27. 27.Smith, Elder, & Co.'s New Books. — NEW WORK BY THE AUTHOR OF 'POT-POURRI FROM A SURREY GARDEN.' — More Pot-pourri from a Surrey Garden. — By Mrs. C. W. EARLE, — NEW WORK FOR JUVENILES BY HIS HONOUR JUDGE PARRY. — The Scarlet Herring, and other Stories. — By His Honour Judge EDWARD ABBOTT PARRY, — THE HISTORICAL SERIES FOR BIBLE STUDENTS. — The History of the Jewish People. — VOL. I.—THE BABYLONIAN, PERSIAN, AND GREEK PERIODS. — By CHARLES FOSTER KENT, Ph.D., — Unwritten Laws and Ideals. — Edited by MISS PITCAIRN. — CONTENTS. — Transcriber's Notes

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