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Southern Arabia

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Ababdeh tribe, 290, 296, 305

Abr Shebba, 409

Abyan, plain of the, 401, 407, 427

Abyssapolis, 269

Abyssinia, 91, 101, 314-6

Abyssinians in Sokotra, 354

Adab, 106

Adahan, 388

Addites, 242, 265-6; legends of, 105, 130

Aden, 46, 393; difficulties at, 72; departure from, 228, 346, 399; return to, 284, 398, 428

Adulis, ruins at, 241

Aelius Gallus, 247, 253

Africa, exploration in, 287

Akaba, the, 88 &c., 164, 166

Akhmed Orab, 305

Alagoum, 130

Al Agran, 124

Al Balad, 240-1

Al Hafa, 232, 235

Al Kaiti, family of, 75, 76 &c., 97, 144, 206, 282

Al Kara, 403

Al Koton, 111 &c.

Al Madi, 190, 191, 194

Albuquerque, in the Persian Gulf, 10; commentaries of, quoted, 6, 40, 50

Ali, mounds of, 20 &c.

Allaki, mines of, 323

Aloes, 194; in Sokotra, 376, 381

Amara tribe, 301

Ambergris, 344

Amri tribe, 139, 171, 277

Aòdeli tribe, 424; mountains of, ib.

Apes, 271

Arab games, 4, 333

Arad, 2

Armenians, 230

Ascites, 247

Asses, 3, 20

Aydab, 300-1, 305, 325

Baboons, 412

Baggala, 8, 205

Bahrein, Islands of, 1 &c.; asses of, 3; coffee-pots, 5; pearl fisheries, 6; boats, 8; history, 9; wells in, 20, 40; springs, 14, 41; British protectorate, 13

Bahrein, Isa, Sultan of, 13. See also El Khalifa

Bahr-Safi, 129

Bakhrein, 82

Balfour, Professor, 343, 382

Barahout. See Bir Borhut

Basra, 83

Batil, 8, 229, 277

Batran, 298

Bazahel, 166

Bedja tribes in the Soudan, 301, 323, 354

Beni, 302

Bedouin, attack Maskat, 59; of the Hadhramout, 74, 73 &c., 93, 128, 213; the name, 128; religion of, 133, 261, 274; origin of, 249; of the Gara, 239 &c.; of the Soudan, 301 &c., 350; of Sokotra, 365 &c.; in Arabia, 426; dances, 129

Berenice, 291-2, 294, 296

Bir Baokban, 190

Bir Borhut, 138, 228, 282

Bir Lammas, 425

Bir Mighar, 401

Bisharin, tribe of, in the Sudan, 298, 301, 304 &c.

Boats, Arabian, 215, 220, 230, 277-8, 284, 288, 293. See Batil, Baggala, Houra, Sambuka

British. See Maskat, Persian Gulf, Sokotra

Bushire, 2

Butter-making in Sokotra, 336, 346

Buttra, 17, 35, 46, 66

Camels, in the Hadhramout, fed on fish, 81; in Dhofar, 244; in the Soudan, 330; in Sokotra, 368-9

Camel marks, 369, 438

Camoens, 254

Campbell Bey, 289

Carrei tribe, 247

Carter, Dr., 254

Cholmley, Mr. A., 288

Coral, 294

Darour, 290

Date-palms, stories concerning, 19; uses of, ib.; in the Hadhramout, 116

Derbat, 272

Dervishes in the Soudan, 293, 299, 304, 311-12, 326, 338

Dhofar, plain of, 233 &c.; products of, 235; antiquities in, 239; camels of, 244

Dianæ Oraculum, 266

Diodorus quoted, 318, 324

Dioscorides, name of Sokotra, 344, 363

Dirgheg, 407

Dis, 211

Dollars, Maria Theresa, 208, 239, 285, 414

Dragon's-blood tree, 344, 379

Dress of women, 95, 100, 110, 119, 136, 237, 349, 405, 424

Durand, Sir M., 9, 29

Eber, the prophet, 130, 132

Egyptians, ancient, in Arabia, 270; trade in frankincense, 234; in the Red Sea, 293; gold mines, 313, 318, 320 &c.

Egyptians, modern, on the Red Sea 293; in the Soudan 307, 309

El Hasa, 1; products of, 5, 38, 42

El Khalifa, family of, 12, 31, 35, 39

El Matra, 58, 68

Emerald mines, 296

Eratosthenes, 21

Erba, Mount, 314, 330

Eriosh, 354

Ethiopians, 302; in Sokotra, 354

Euphrates Valley Railway, 9

Fahdli tribe, 399, 400, 408 &c.

Farash, 169

Fereghet, 383

Frankincense, 224; in the Hadhramout, ancient trade in, 89 &c.; in Dhofar, 234, 245, 252 &c.; in Sokotra, 344, 380

French in the Persian Gulf, 60

French, Bishop, 68

Gara, mountains, 234; scenery of, 256 &c., 262 &c.; tribe, 244, 246 &c.; weapons of, 247; customs of, 257; women of, 258; religion, 260; language, 275

Gebaniti, tribe of the, 152

Geological notices, 211-12

Ghaida, 185

Ghail Omr, 170

Goddam, mountains of, 412, 421

Gold mines, Egyptian, 301, 313, 318 &c., 338

Graffiti, 333, 354

Hadai, 315

Hadendowa, 317

Hadhramout, valley of the, 71 &c.; population of, 79; meaning of the word, 71; plants of, 85, 108; physical features, 90, 108; castles, 106; Seyyids of, 115, 227, 280-2, 423

Hadibo. See Tamarida

Hagarein, 96, 98 &c., 103

Hagarein, Abdul, Sultan of, 98 &c., 103, 141, 282

Hagheri Ask, 401, 408

Haghier, Mount, 351, 368, 378

Haibel Gabrein, 90

Halaib, 290, 298

Hami, 210

Hamoumi tribe, 168 &c., 177, 186, 207, 283

Hamoumi, Sultan of the, 214

Hamram, 275

Hatasou, Queen, 270, 293

Haula, 362

Haura, 106

Haura, Sultan of, 282

Hazarmaveth, 72, 89, 95, 133

Herodotus, quoted, 21

Himyaritic remains, 49, 104, 166, 242, 402, 405, 413; civilisation, 71, 143 inscriptions, 71

Hirsch, Herr Leo, 72

Hormuz, 10

Houri, 68, 292

Ibadhuyah. See Ibadiet

Ibadiet, sect of the, 50

Interpreters, 2, 209, 288, 317, 345-6, 364. See Saleh Hasan

Jabberi tribe, 151, 155 &c., 165

Jayaker, Dr., 69, 228

Jebel Akhdar, 229, 284

Jebel Erba. See Erba

Jebel Gabeil, 405

Jebel Sarrar, 407

Jedda, Consuls murdered at, 283

Jedid, 281; Sultan of, 277

Jinni, 219, 260, 273, 361, 415

Kabr Houd, 130, 139, 282

Kabr Saleh, 130, 139

Kadhoup, 357

Kaidoun, 97

Kalenzia, 346

Kamour, 150

Kanfar, 401-2

Karachi, 228

Kattira, 300

Kattiri tribe, 119, 127, 130, 139, 146-7, 277

Khaila, 93, 109

Khalifa, the, 287, 296

Khatiya, 270

Kho Rouri, 270

Khor Shinab, 307

Khoreba, 91, 92

Kilab tribe, 310, 316-7

Kishin, 277, 280; Sultan of, 280, 362

Koloe, ruins at, 241

Kosseir, 214, 220, 290; Sultan of, 282

Kufic remains, 300, 313, 316

Kurbab tribe, 311

Kutch, 284

Leprosy, 105

Locusts, 303, 306

Maaber, 219

Mahri tribe, 139, 236, 252-3, 277-8; in Sokotra, 343, 346, 362; language, 363-4, 366, 389, 393, 434

Makalla, 74 &c., 142, 224

Makalla, Manassar, Sultan of, 75 &c., 145, 224

Manamah, 3 &c.

Mandob, 161

Mansura, 241

Μαντειον Ἀρτἑμιδος, 241

Marco Polo quoted, 50, 344, 355, 362

Maria Theresa dollars, 208, 239, 414

Marriage ceremonies, 101

Mashonaland, 317, 337, 373

Maskat (See also Oman), 45 &c. description of, 46, 63; harbour of, 47; bazaars, 64; Portuguese at, 50 &c.; British in, 54, 55, 58; Sultans of, 54, 227, 358

Maskat, Feysul, Sultan of, 56, 61; visit to, 57, 229

Maskat, Tourki, Sultan of, 55

Massawa, 313

Maundeville, Sir John, 8

Medical experiences, 85, 110, 117, 136, 258, 282, 303, 348, 415-6

Merbat, 230 &c., 268-9

Merbat, Suleiman, Wali of, 231 &c., 268, 277

Mersa Halaib, 288

Meshed, 101-2, 105, 141

Miles, Colonel, 234

Minhali tribe, 139, 151, 155, 172, 277

Minqui, 266

Mirage, 401

Mis'hal, plain of, 421, 423 &c.

Mohammed Gol, 296, 301, 309

Moharek, 2; visit to, 13

Money of Oman, 61, 284

Morghani, sect of the, 298

Moscha, 253, 269, 270

Myos Homos, 290. See Kosseir

Myrrh in the Hadhramout, 77, 91; in Dhofar, 254

Naab, 412

Nahadi tribe, 105, 155

Naida, 184-5

Nearchus, Periplus of, 6, 21, 49, 259, 269, 344, 392

Nejd, 39, 142, 236, 264, 361

Nezweh, 47, 49

Oman, 8; History of, 49 &c.; Imams of, ib.; kingdom of, 235, 278; coins of, 284. See also Maskat

Omr, tomb of, 171

Parsees in the Hadhramout, 75, 77

Pearl fisheries, 6 &c., 54, 292

Periplus. See Nearchus

Persians at Bahrein, 11, 17; in Dhofar, 242 Persian Gulf, British influence in, 13, 45 &c., 54, 59 &c. See Slavery, Maskat, Bahrein, Portuguese, Phœnicians

Phœnicians in Bahrein, 21 &c.; origin of the, 22

Piracy, suppression of, 55-6; in Sokotra, 344

Pliny, quoted, 21, 88, 92, 152, 293

Polygamy, 114

Portuguese, pearl fisheries, 6; at Bahrein, 10 &c.; at Maskat, 50 &c.; in Dhofar, 254; in Sokotra, 357, 363, 391-2

Portuguese buildings, 11, 17, 18, 49, 63

Ptolemaic period, 291-6

Ptolemy quoted, 88, 92, 241, 266, 272

Punt, land of, 234, 270, 344

Raida, 216-7

Rakhiout, 278

Ramazan, 218, 221, 224, 292

Ras Bagashwa, 220

Ras Bernas, 292, 295

Ras Dis, 220, 281

Ras Fartak, 281

Ras Hamar, 279

Ras Momi, 356, 368, 372, 375-6

Ras Risout, 245, 269

Red Sea, coast of, 290 &c., 340; slave trade in, 294

Riadh, 304

Risout, 233, 279

Rizat, 275

Robat, 240-1

Roe, Sir Thomas, 355

Rostok, 47

Rufa'a, 21; visit to, 33

Sa'ah, 162, 173

Sabæan trade in spices, 253-4; inscriptions, 125, 129, 135, 333; ruins, 49, 240, 265, 269

Sadler, Colonel Hayes, 228

Safi, King, 129

Sagan, 125

Saièhen, 371

Saihan, 373

Saihut, 142, 207, 233, 280-1

Salaka, 333

Saleh, the prophet, 132. See Kabr Saleh

Saleh Hasan, 73, 96, 102, 106, 109, 157, 182, 186 &c., 223

Sambuka, 220

Sarrar, 214-7

Sawakin, 290, 341

Sawakin Kadim, 300

Schweinfurth, Dr., 343, 391

Sedad, 67

Sellala, 331-4

Seyyids of the Hadhramout, 80

Shabwa, 91, 129, 142, 152

Shafi, sect of, 154

Sheher, 163, 171, 175, 200, 202 &c., 205 &c., 210, 281

Sheher, Hussein, Sultan of, 202, 222, 280, 281, 283

Shellal, 298, 303

Shendeh, 304

Shibahm, city of, 126, 142 &c.; castle of, 146

Shibahm, Salah-bin-Mohammad, Sultan of, 107, 111 &c., 162, 204, 282

Shukra, 425-7

Sief, 94, 101, 109

Siwoun, 119, 146

Siyar, Siyara, 104, 178, 202, 209, 283

Slave trade, 232; in the Persian Gulf, 60; in the Red Sea, 293, 308, 311

Slavery, Arab, 60, 80, 404, 408

Smyth, Captain, 288, 303, 320-2, 341-2

Snow, 423

Sobar, 49

Sokotra, inhabitants of, 280, 363, 369; history of, 343 &c., 391-2; geographical position, 345; language, 345, 357, 363-5, 439; antiquities of, 373-5, 379, 384; Christianity in, 344, 354; Portuguese in, 357, 363, 384, 391-2; English in, 363, 392-3; Greeks in, 392; scenery of, 368, 385, 396

Sokotra, Salem, Sultan of, 280, 362, 394

Solomon, 293

Somali, 89

Soudan, 287 &c.; Egyptian garrisons in, 290; slave trade in, 293, 311; gold, 325; population of, 301-2; mountains of, 315

Spain, annexations of Portugal, 49, 51

Sprenger, Aloys, quoted, 241-2, 247

Strabo, quoted, 293

Suakim. See Sawakin.

Sufeila, 186 &c.

Suk, 391, 394

Takha, 240, 268

Talismans, 426

Tamarida, 347, 361, 391

Tamimi tribe, 139, 151, 155 &c., 171, 177, 277

Terim, 119, 146

Terre Pleine, 289

Thumna, 152

Todin, 315

Tokhum, 83

Torisi, quoted, 49

Tourki, Sultan of Maskat, 235, 238

Turks, in Bahrein, 13; in the Persian Gulf, 51, 54; in Arabia, 235, 425

Uttubi, 11

Wadi Addattereh (Soudan), 335

Wadi Adim (Hadhramout), 90-1, 159, 169, 170 &c., 189

Wadi al Ain (Hadhramout), 144, 158

Wadi al Aisa (Hadhramout), 90 &c.

Wadi Ambaya (Soudan), 334

Wadi Banna (Fahdli), 401-6

Wadi bin Ali (Hadhramout), 159, 163 &c.

Wadi Doan (Hadhramout), 72, 90-1, 94, 104

Wadi Gabeit (Soudan), 310, 318, 320, 328, 333

Wadi Ghafait (Hadhramout), 84

Wadi Gherid (Hadhramout), 210

Wadi Ghersid (Gara), 256 &c.

Wadi Gumatyewa (Soudan), 315

Wadi Hadai (Soudan), 310, 316

Wadi Hadda (Fahdli), 421

Wadi Hadira (Hadhramout), 163

Wadi Hassan (Fahdli), 407, 409-10

Wadi Hayet (Soudan), 311, 328

Wadi Howeri (Hadhramout), 85-6, 163

Wadi Iroquis (Soudan), 315

Wadi Kasr (Hadhramout), 96

Wadi Khonab (Hadhramout), 130

Wadi Khur (Soudan), 330

Wadi Koukout (Soudan), 335

Wadi Latat (Hadhramout), 130

Wadi Mosila (Hadhramout), 219, 281-282

Wadi Nahast (Gara), 265

Wadi Reban (Fahdli), 418

Wadi Samluf (Fahdli), 427

Wadi Ser (Hadhramout), 126

Wadi Shekheri (Hadhramout), 219

Wadi Sherwin (Hadhramout), 218

Wahabi, sect of, 5, 12, 34, 54, 63, 361

Wali Abdullah-bin-Amr, feud of, 402 &c.

Wali Suleiman. See Merbat.

Wellsted, Lieutenant, 358, 393

Wingate, Colonel, 288

Wrede, Herr v., 72, 97, 129, 130, 155

Xavier, Francis, 355

Yafei (tribe in the Hadhramout), 75, 139, 143, 402 &c.

Yafei Boubakr-bin-Said, Sultan of, 402 &c., 408

Yarsahal, seal of, 151

Yehazahaz, 387

Zanzibar, 55-6, 229

Zimbabwe, ruins of, 407

Zoko. See Suk

Zufar. See Dhofar

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