Burton of Arabia: The Life Story of Sir Richard Francis BurtonR.M. McBride & Company, 1937 - 334 pages |
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Abomey Africa Allah Arab Arabian Nights arms Arundell Badawin baggage began Beloch Berberah Bombay boy Mohammed camels caravan carried coast Consulate Damascus dangerous dark desert disguise Druze Dunyazade Eastern escort expedition eyes face fell Fernando Po fever followed Foreign Office friends greeted Haji Hajj halt hand Harar head heart hills holy honga Indian Isabel Isabel Arundell Jemadar journey Ka'abah Kaole king ladies lake later leave letter live looked Maghrabi matchlock Mecca Medina Midian miles morning Moslem mountains native Nejd never once party passed Persian Pilgrimage pilgrims pistols porters prayers Ramji returned Richard Burton round route Sa'ad São Paulo Scherezade screaming servants Sheikh Hamid slave Somal spears Speke Swinburne tion took town traveller tribe Trieste turned Ujiji village Wagogo Wakalah Wali Wanyamwezi watched women wrote young Zanzibar Zeila