Personal Narrative of a Year's Journey Through Central and Eastern Arabia (1862-63) |
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Aared Abd-Allah Abd-el-Maḥsin Aboo-'Eysa acquaintance Alee Aleppo already amid appearance Arab Arabia Bagdad Bahreyn Barakāt Başrah Bedouins belonging Bereydah better camels capital Carmathian castle Central Arabia character chief coast coffee companions Damascus dates desert distance Djebel Shomer Djowf door dress dromedaries dwelling favourable feet Feyşul friends gardens gate Ha'yel half hand Hașa Hence Hofhoof honour horses inhabitants journey Ķ'hāwah Kaseem Katar Kateef land less look Mahboob market-place matchlocks Meanwhile Mecca Medinah Mohanna morning mosque mountain Na'ib native negro neighbouring Nejdean Nejed never night noon Oman once Oneyzah ourselves palace passed Persian plain present province quarter reached readers rest Ri'ad road round Sa'ood sand Sedeyr Sharjah Sherarat Shiya'ee side streets supper Syria Telal tion took towers Toweyk town townsmen travellers valley village Wadi Wahhabee walls Yemāmah Yemen Yoosef Zelators