INDEX

417

Dakhila (Libyan oasis), 57, 326,
327, 328

Dam(WadiDawasir), 249

DarcSiya, see Camel

Darb al Falaji (Jabrin-Aflaj road),
125

-------Sa'i (Hasa-Qatar road), 41

Darin (? Darain) island, 177

Dates, 11, 12, 44, 86, 93, 114, 118,
137, 169, 188, 197, 238, 252,
256, 261, 269, 270, 288, 289,
303, 304, 305, 309, 315, 317,
322, 323, 324, 328, 329, 333,
334, 337, 343, 345, 349, 354,
357, 360

—, Khalas, 11

Daugha, Huqna, 222

—, Khilla, 222

—, Bamla, 222

Dauha (in Qatar), 49, 57

Dawasir (tribe), 13, 74, 82, 221

—, Wadl, xviii, xix, 7, 127, 129,
134, 138, 158, 164, 194, 216,
228, 236, 239, 249, 262, 294,
324, 330, 352, 353, 356, 358,
360, 363

Deneb, 274

Desert-craft, 142, 237

— -sense, 66, 69, 71, 135, 168, 172,
286, 338

Desiccation, 98, 140, 141, 163, 175

Dew, 56, 64, 69, 77, 80, 96, 116,171,
181, 301, 315

Dhafra (district), 57, 77, 84

Dhahira (district of Oman), 28,57

Dharbun (hill), 95, 100, 101, 110

Dhil Qa'da (month of), 314

Dhow (Arab sailing-ship), 48

Dhrama (oasis), 10, 263

Dhufar, xxii, 231, 233

Dhuhur, al (sand region), 337

Dhumaidan (well), 87

Dhuwaiban, Qasr (ruins), 14, 15,
49, 102

Dialect, 34

Diekson, Col. H. B. P,, 73

Dimnan section of Murra, q.v.

Diorite, 119, 120

Divorce oath, q.v.

Doctor, 4, 52, 75, 145, 347

Dollar =Riyal9 q.v.

Dollman, Captain J. G., 173, 193,
394 »

Dolmen, 46, 99

Dragon-fly, 70, 186, 201, 203, 247,
. 251,253,255,276

Dreams, 134, 164, 165, 195, 295,
334, 341

Drought, 46, 70, 104, 113, 115, 122,
137, 142, 144, 149, 150, 169,

2D

181, 190, 195, 244, 250, 259,

267, 270, 271, 306, 315, 329,

332, 340, 360, 362
Dulaiqiya (wells and palms), 5, 7, 9,

12, 13, 46, 239
Dummy (shepherd), 38
Dung, camel, 23, 36, 44, 66, 70, 71,

118, 136, 142, 169, 172, 173,

199, 221, 276, 346, 347
—, gazeUe, 308, 311, 332, 356
—, Oryx, q.v.
—, sheep, 15, 16, 358
Duni' (tribe), 28, 78

* Dust-devil,' 338
Duwish, Faisal al, 5, 224

* Duxon/ see Diekson
Dye-pit (see Abal), 227, 246, 279

E

Eagle, 60, 70, 71, 138, 212, 220, 250
Education, 35, 142
Egypt (Egyptian), xviii, 11, 116,

140, 163, 175, 329
Eigg, Isle of, 208
s Elephant, year of the,1 363
Eleusis, 164

Empty Quarter, see Bub' al Khali
Engineer, 52, 84
England, 99, 114, 139, 144, 180,

207, 326

Eno's fruit salts, see Salt
Eocene, 20, 61, 86, 228, 386
Epsom salts, see Salt
Erosion, see Weathering
Estuaries (see Jiban), 194, 224, 228
Eunuch, 157, 165
Europe (European), xvii, xxii, xxiii,

88, 115, 123, 128, 163, 291
Evian, see Afian
' Evil eye,' q.v.
Exodus, 116

Eye, see Sight and Ophthalmia
—, Evil, 346, 347
— powder, 136

F

Fadhila (well), 137, 154

Fadhil, Bir (wells), 121, 122, 127,
134, 135, 137, 139, 143, 147,
148, 154, 163, 170, 228, 236,
262, 288,294, 304, 319

Fahad ibn Isa, 22, 26

Faisal al Duwish, q.v,

— ibn Husain (King of 'Iraq), 5

-------Muradhdhaf, q.v.

Falcon (8aqr)t see Hawk

Falih abu Ja'sha, q.v.

Falsetto (see Song), 324