ILLUSTRATIONS
Reading edition
FACING PAGE
Hassanein Bey Frontispiece
The Oldest Man at Jalo 17
Sidi Hussein Weikil 17
Door to the Grand Senussi’s Tomb 20
The Tomb of the Founder of the Senussi 20
Camel Serenading the Camp at Ouenat 24
A Dying Camel 24
Women of the Zaghawa Tribe 29
Sayed Idris El Senussi 32
The Judge of Jalo 36
Zerwali 45
Siwa 48
Panorama of Jaghbub 52
The Courtyard of the Mosque at Jaghbub 61
A Cloister at the Mosque of Jaghbub 65
The Dome of the Mosque at Jaghbub 65
The Explorer’s Caravan in a Sand-Storm 69
Desert Sands Covering Date-Trees 72
The Zieghen Well 76
A Halt in the Desert 76
The Armed Men of the Caravan 81
Happy Tebus at Kufra 84
A Bidiyat Family 84
Hawaria, a Landmark of Kufra 88
Camels Crossing the Sand-Dunes 93
Sayed Mohammed El Abid 96
The House of Sayed El Abid 96
Tebu Girl Wearing Bedouin Clothes 100
A Tebu with his Camel 100
Slave at Kufra 104
Tebu Girl Carrying Burden on her Head 104
Kufra 109
The Oasis of Hawari 112
South of Kufra 116
Ruins of Kufra 120
A Senussi Prince at Kufra 125
Governor of Kufra 125
Zwaya Chiefs at Kufra 129
The Lake at Kufra 132
El Taj 136
The Council of Kufra 136
Tuaregs in Kufra 141
Two Tuaregs in Warrior Attire 141
The Caravan on the Move in the Desert to Agah 144
Sons of Sheikh Herri 148
Approaching the Hills of Arkenu 152
In the Open Desert 157
The Hills of Arkenu 161
The Explorer’s Camp at Ouenat 164
The Caravan Approaching the Granite Hills of Ouenat 164
Valley of Erdi 168
Desert Breaking into Rock Country South of Ouenat 168
The Desert from the Hills of Ouenat 173
The King of Ouenat 176
The Explorer’s Kitchen in a Cave 181
The Rock Valley Wells Found at Ouenat 181
At Arkenu 188
The Most Important Discovery Made at Ouenat 188
White Sand Valley and Explorer’s Camp 193
The Caravan Arriving at Ouenat 197
The Valley of Erdi 200
The First Tree Seen Approaching Erdi 204
The Explorer’s Camp in the Valley of Erdi 208
South of Erdi 208
The Chieftain of the Bidiyat Tribe 213
Two Bidiyat Men 213
Bidiyat Belles 216
Bidiyat Priest 216
A Bidiyat Girl, with Her Sister 220
A Bidiyat Girl, with Her Child 220
A Bidiyat Party 225
Girls at El Fasher Going to Market 225
Bidiyat Women 228
Zaghawa Girl and Her Infant 228
Market at Um Buru 232
Explorer’s Camp at Um Buru 237
Zaghawa Chiefs Coming Out to Welcome the Party at Um Buru 241
A Zaghawa Sheikh 244
A Zaghawa Woman 244
A Belle of the Zaghawa Tribe 253
Zaghawa Girl 253
Well on the Frontier of Darfur 256
A Water-Carrier in the Desert 260
A Woman of the Fallata Tribe 260
A Well near Kuttum in Darfur. Women Working 269
Sudanese Troops and Girls 272
Well on the Frontier of Darfur 280
A Chief of the Zaghawa Tribe of Darfur 289
The Reception of the Explorer at El Fasher 296
El Fasher 304
MAP
The Libyan Desert Showing the Author’s Route 8
THE LOST OASES
The Lost Oases