The black tents of Arabia : my life amongst the Bedouins

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The black tents of Arabia : my life amongst the Bedouins

Carl R. Raswan ; with illustrations by the author

(The Kegan Paul Arabia library)

Kegan Paul International, 2000

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Published originally in 1935

Includes index

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Published originally in 1935, this is an account of twenty two years spent, off and on, among the Bedouins of Arabia, migrating, hunting, raiding, starving, feasting and making wonderful desert friendships. The author writes the book for 'the Lord of his fathers,' the king of Arabia 'Abdel-' Aziz ibn Sa'ud el Wahhab and his governors and chiefs in Neijd, Hasa, Jauf, and Kaf and Amir Nuri Sha'lan, his family and tribe of the Ruala. An intimate account of the tradition and ancestors of the Bedouin.

Table of Contents

PART ONE THE HEIRS OF ISHMAEL I. The Young Prince of the Ruala II. Faris-"A Friend of God III. The Lone Shepherdess IV. I Meet My Blood-Brother Again. V. Love in the Desert VI. "The Commander of Our Camel-saddles" VII. Death in the Desert VIII. Panther and Ostrich IX. The Nufud X. Sandstorm XI. Days of Ease XII. Camels, Women, Children-and Locusts XIII. Tuema XIV. The Hunger March XV. Famine and War XVI. A New Lease of Life XVII. The War Goddess XVIII. The Land of Promise XIX. The Ambush XX. "The Cloudi n My Eyes XXI. The "Ark of Ishmael PART TWO HUNTING AND WARFARE XXII. Ali the Protector" XXIII. Adventures with the Tin-lizzie" XXIV. With the Tai' and Shammar Bedouins XXV. Honour Among Thieves XXVI. The Stealing of the Mare" XXVII. Anaga-the Falcon XXVIII. The Young Gazelle Buck

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