INDEX

(N.B.—All long vowels only are marked.)

A
Abal Khadim, q.v.

— Sha'r section of Manasir, q.v.

— shrub, uses of, 171, 195, 227,

278, 279

— tea, q.v.

— 'Uruq al (dune-range), 134
'Abbas, Bandar, xx

'Abd, al (hillock), 60

— ibn Mani', q.v.

—, Khaur al (estuary), 60, 67
'Abdul 'Aziz ibn Musainid, q.v.

----------Sa'ud, q.v.

'Abdullah ibn Faisal (one-time ruler

of Najd), see Sa'ud

-------Jiluwi, q.v.

-------Ma'addi, q.v.

-------Nadir, q.v.

-------Than! (shaikh of Qatar), 169

—, Khaur (Khor), 224

—, Shaikh (the Author), 28, 64, 65,

156, 212, 235, 266, 298, 321,

334, 342, 350

'Abdul Latif (servant), 4, 5, 25
'Abdul Kahman ibn Khairallah,

q.v.

----------Khuraibish, q.v.

----------Suwailim, q.v.

.Ablutions with sand, 24, 77

-------water, 15

Abraha the Abyssinian, 363
Abraq ibn Jaffal, q.v.
Abstinence from water, q.v.
Abu 'Afina, 'Arq (dune-range), 144

— Bahr (gravel-plain), 86,124,139,

316, 318, 323, 335, 336, 337,
341, 343,344,346

— Dhabi, 48, 125

— Dhulu', Eamlat, 247

— Khashba, q.v.

— Eumaidh (well), 125

— Hunaik, nickname of Captain

Glubb, q.v.

— Muhairat, q.v.

— Sabban, q.v.
Abyssinia, acsd, 363
Acacia (UgwZ), 97

— (Salam), 100, 124

Acacia (Samr)> 100, 352, 353, 354,

355, 356, 358
'Ad ibn Kin'ad (legendary King of

Wabar), 70, 95, 96, 157, 158,

162, 163, 164, 165, 166, 175,

176, 177
-- Shaddad (see joregoing), 158

— , Dar (in Hadhramaut), 176

— , Qusairat (in A£aj), 158
Aden, xxi, 184

'Adites, 176, 177
Adhaiman, Qasr 'Uwaida ibn, 98
Adham (of Buhaih), ibn al, 70
'Adhba (clan of Hurra), al, 53, 135
Adhir, 'Arq al, 22
'Adhwa = 'Adwa, q.v.
Adraj (wells), 194, 198, 199, 200,
201, 211, 263, 300, 302

— , Hamran (dune-range), 198, 201

— , KMllat, 201, 281, 282, 303, 305
'Adwa, Ummal (palms), 91, 92, 100,

102

Aelius Gallus, xviii
Aeolian, 20
Aepyornis, see Ostrich
Aerodrome (aeroplane), 134, 197,

204

'Afair,ibn(ofMurra),64
'Afar (=0phir, q.v.), 177
Afian(=Evian), 291
Afja, al (channel), 100
Aflaj (province), 121, 124, 125, 139,

140, 147, 148, 158, 160, 236,

262, 304, 330
Africa, 329

Ahmad Khan, Haji, 179
Ahqaf (sand-desert), 128, 129, 132
Ahsa, al, see Hasa
Aldh ibn 'Uzra, q.v.

— ibn Marshad, q.v.

— Sala, 170, 181, 186, 187, 191,

192, 194, 195, 196, 198, 199,

201, 202, 203, 211, 229, 285,

288,292,300
-- ^HeuJh, 190, 201, 202, 281,

282, 284, 303
'Ajaimi, Sha'Ib, see Sahba