Authors: Wilfred Thesiger
1945–6
The Journey from Salala to Mughshin
Salim Tamtaim | } | of the Bait Kathir |
The Journey from Salala to the Hadhramaut
Sultan | } | of the Bait Kathir of the Rashid |
1946–7 | |
The First Crossing of the Empty Quarter | |
Salim Tamtaim | |
Sultan | |
Musallim bin Tafl | |
Mabkhaut | of the Bait Kahir |
Bin Turkia | |
Bin Anauf (son of bin Turkia) | |
Said | |
Salim bin Kabina | |
Muhammad al Auf | |
Amair | of the Rashid |
Mahsin | |
Salim bin Mautlauq | |
Bin Shuas | |
The Journey from Salala to Mukalla | |
Bin Kalut | |
Musallim bin al Kamam | |
Muhammad (son of Bin Kalutand | |
half brother to Salim bin Kabina | of the Rashid |
Salim bin Kabina | |
Salim bin Ghabaisha | |
Salim bin Mautlauq | |
Mabkhaut | |
Bin Turkia | of the Bait Kahir |
Bin Anauf | |
Bin Duailan (nicknamed ‘The Cat’) | of the Manahil |
1947–8
The Second Crossing of the Empty Quarter
Salim bin Kabina Salih | } } | of the Rashid of the Saar |
1948–9
The Journey to Liwa
Salim bin Kabina | } | of the Rashid |
The Journey through Oman
Salim bin Kabina | } } | of the Rashid of the Awamir |
Hamaid | of the Mahra | |
Salim bin Habarut | of the Junuba | |
Ahmad | } | of the Wahiba |
Yasir | of the Junuba | |
Huaishil | of the Duru |
1949–50
The Journey in Oman
Salim bin Kabina | } | of the Bait Kathir |
Al Jabari | of the Awamir | |
Huaishil | of the Duru |
Abd al Aziz ibn Saud.
See
ibn Saud, King
Abdullah bin Nura.
See
bin Maiqal
Abdullah, one-eyed, of the Rashid:
206
; anxiety over raiders,
207
Abhebad, Lake,
29
Abida, the:
185
,
207
; raiders from,
217
; wounded from,
218
; fight with,
280
Abu Bahr, plain of,
232
Abu Dhabi:
142
,
153
,
155
,
156
,
157
,
245
,
246
; weariness on journey to,
259
; arrival at,
262
: stay in,
263
–7; second visit to,
280
–2
Abyssinia: Great Rebellion of 1916 in,
20
; Haile Selassie’s coronation,
21
; exploration in,
21
ff.; campaign in, during World War II,
37
–8
Abyssinians, ancestors of,
109
,
198
Ad, lost city of,
236
Adaaimara, the,
25
Adam,
313
Addax,
34
Addis Ababa,
13
Adobada, Lake,
29
Aelius Gallus,
44
Afar, the:
175
,
320
; sick tribesman from,
192
–3; guide from,
302
Aflaj,
309
Africa, central,
109
Ahl al Hadara, the,
47
Ahmad, of the Saar,
204
,
205
,
208
Ahmad, of the Wahiba,
304
,
309
,
310
Ahsaba, Wadi al,
75
Aidam, Wadi,
258
Ailqi,
228
Ain, al, Wadi:
78
,
172
,
184
,
298
; wrongly marked on map,
196
Aiwat al Saar, the,
206
Ajman, the,
93
Akaki plains,
29
Akhadar, Jabal al:
175
,
182
,
311
,
316
; desire to explore,
319
; turned back from,
324
–5
Al bu Falah, the,
114
,
124
,
153
,
156
,
162
,
267
,
282
,
295
Al bu Said dynasty,
273
Al Hiya, the,
306
Al Kathir, the,
82
Aleppo,
37
Alhambra,
99
AH, of the Hatim,
216
-18
passim
AH bin Hilal.
See
bin Hilal
AH bin Said.
See
bin Said
AH bin Sulaiman.
See
bin Sulaiman
Amair, of the Rashid:
77
,
103
,
219
; quarrel with bin Mautlauq,
111
–12; joins Umbarak at Tamis well,
212
; presented with rifle before Western Sands crossing,
224
; ruthlessness of,
225
–6; remains at Buraimi,
294
Amarjid, the,
198
Amir, of Salaiyil:
238
–9,
245
; of the Wadi,
242
–3
Arab, al Araba:
91
;
al Mustaraba,
91
Arabia: early civilizations in,
44
; rainfall on south coast,
47
; breaking down of tribal life in,
92
-7; wealth from oil,
95
Arabic:
47
,
51
–2; as great cultural language,
98
–9.
Arabs: system of government among,
46
–7; treatment of slaves,
77
–8; dress,
80
; attitude to camels,
83
–4
(see also
Camels); feeding habits,
86
,
162
; generosity to guests,
89
,
166
–7; burial sites,
90
–1; number of, in Arabia,
91
; racial divisions of,
91
–2; effect of desert life on,
96
–7; influence on world history,
97
–9; greetings,
101
–2; effect of thirst on,
153
; attitude to women,
194
–5,
270
–1; divorce among,
194
; attitude to bastards,
194
; circumcision among,
78
,
103
–6,
124
,
162
; feuds between tribes,
107
–8; admiration for modern architecture,
209
–10; indifference to pain,
255
; as sailors,
277
–8.
See also
Bedu
Aradh escarpment, the,
221
,
232
,
236
,
239
,
242
Arussi Mountains,
23
Assaaimara, the,
25
Assal basin, the,
30
Assir, the,
17
Assyria,
92
Attila,
98
Auf, Muhammad al, of the Rashid: description,
101
,
102
–3; and proposed crossing of the Empty Quarter,
110
,
114
,
116
,
118
; on the Al bu Falah,
124
; agrees to go on,
132
; offered rifles,
133
; leads way across Empty Quarter,
134
ff.; recites from Koran,
137
; interest in depth of rainfall,
140
; reconnoitres sand-dunes,
144
; as guide over sand-dunes,
14
–6ff.; on thirst,
153
; on difficulties of concealing Umbarak,
156
; and journey to Mukalla,
184
; and preparations against attack, near Fughama,
199
–200
Augustus, Emperor,
44
Aussa,
27
–9
Awamir, the:
67
,
68
,
152
,
156
,
206
,
208
,
209
,
270
; inquisitiveness,
157
Baboons,
75
Babylonia,
92
Badayat,
35
Badgers, honey,
260
Bagara, the,
31
Baghila,
276
Bahdu,
25
–6
Bahlah,
323
Bahrain, journey to, by dhow,
276
–9
Bai:
114
,
124
,
177
; distance from Mughshin to,
141
–2; reunion at,
178
Baish, Wadi,
75
Bait al Sheikh, the,
190
Bait Kathir, the:
47
,
49
–50; attitude to Christians,
50
–3; dialect of,
52
; prayer among,
54
–5; as guides on Salala-Mughshin journey,
77
ff.; as animal owners,
88
; jealousy of the Rashid,
110
,
111
; and proposed crossing of the Empty Quarter,
116
; love of news,
124
; turn back from Empty Quarter,
133
,
134
; refusal to cross,
178
; avarice of,
205
Bait Musan, the,
77
; changing of camels with,
116
,
120
,
122
,
126
,
128
ff.
Bait Qatan,
82
Bait Saad,
82
Bakhit al Dahaimi.
See
Dahaimi, al
Baluchi, encampment of,
311
–12
Bani Ad, the,
236
Bani Maradh, the,
233
–4
Bani Ramh, sands of,
237
Bani Yas, the:
156
,
161
,
261
,
262
,
270
,
271
–2; uncouthness and selfishness of,
288
Barbary sheep.
See
Sheep
Bardai,
36
Barida well,
312
Barton, Sir Sydney,
21
–2
Batha Bidiya, the,
309
Batin, the,
157
Bedu, the: nature of,
50
–1,
62
–3,
64
; daily life among,
54
ff.; attitude to their camels,
56
–9,
83
–4; love of conversation and news,
61
–2,
86
,
136
,
170
,
178
; coffee-drinking,
60
; smoking,
60
; camping habits,
60
–2; breadmaking,
61
; skill at reading camel tracks,
65
–6,
208
; generosity of,
64
,
71
,
79
; Southern Bedu contrasted with Northern Bedu,
68
; love of poetry,
87
; numbers of, in Arabia,
91
; moral and physical ascendancy of,
93
; tribal society,
94
–5; attitude to money,
95
,
96
,
167
; effect of oil discovery on,
95
–6; refusal to eat hare,
111
; enjoyment of arguments and disputes,
112
,
252
; cauterizing as remedy for ailments,
112
–13;
hamrar
remedy,
113
; attitude to food,
113
,
176
; gregariousness of,
120
–1; vigour of,
124
–5; swearing by,
124
–6; reality of God to,
142
; regard for human dignity,
168
; ease with which offended,
163
; indifference to human life,
193
,
225
–6; keen observation of,
233
,
308
; refusal to express opinion on weather,
246
; strong position of outlaws among warring sheikhs,
281
–2; division of spoil after raids,
288
; preference for hard nomadic life,
327
–8; their way of life doomed,
329
–30