Arabian Sands (52 page)

Druze, Jabal al,
37

Dugong,
266

Dupuis, Charles,
31

Duru, the:
114
,
267
,
269
,
271
; treachery of,
156
; hostility to Christians,
160
; enmity with Rashid,
171
; hostile meeting with,
172
–3; they pursue Umbarak’s party in Wadi al Ain,
298
–9; desire to keep Umbarak out of their territory,
319
–23

Eagles: lawful as food,
162
; chasing gazelle,
198
; killing fox,
284
; attacking peregrines,
293

Eastern Aden Protectorate: journey through,
182
ff.; raid from,
185
–6

Egypt:
38
,
109
; Ancient,
92

Elephants,
35

Eloy, Aucher,
273

Emi Koussi crater,
36

Empty Quarter, the:
40
ff.,
54
,
76
ff.; first view of,
83
,
108
.
See also throughout Chapters
7
and
11

Execution of a Habad,
125
–6

Exploration, reasons in favour of,
278
–9

Fahad, Amir of Laila,
246
–7

Fahud,
314

Falcons: saker, at Laila,
247
; the training and using of,
288
–94; the catching of,
289
–90

Farai,
304

Fasher,
32

Faswat al Ajuz, well of,
285

Fennec.
See
Fox

Fig-trees,
47
,
179

FitzGerald, Vesey,
41
,
42

Floods,
66
–7,
182
,
258

Flycatchers, Paradise,
48

Fox:
140
; steals meat,
119
; lawful food,
162
; killed by eagle,
284
; Fennec,
260
,
304

Frankincense,
44
,
190

Fughama:
199
; anticipated attack near,
199
–200

Galifage,
27

Gazelle:
106
,
111
,
113
,
119
,
130
,
179
,
192
,
198
,
307
; becoming rare,
232

Genghis Khan,
98

Ghaf,
111
,
119
,
172
,
274

Ghafari, the:
171
,
197
,
273
,
282
,
295
,
296
; hostility to Umbarak’s journey through Oman,
313

Ghaidat,
124
,
197
,
207

Ghail ba Yamin,
201

Ghanim,
65
,
76
,
119
,
153
,
164

Gharbaniat sands,
301

Ghazala, a camel,
274
,
291

Ghudun, Wadi,
83
,
89

Giulietti (Italian explorer),
24

Gloucester, Duke of: mission to Ethiopia,
20

Glubb, Sir John,
108
–9,
125
,
170

Goats,
70
,
73
,
85
,
172
,
245
,
274
,
304

Gojam,
37

Granite,
232

Grasshoppers, swarming of,
42

Grazing.
See
Camels

Greece, Ancient: influence of, on Muslim Empire,
98

Gumsait Mahra, the,
197

Gypsum:
120
,
127
; flats,
152

Habab, the,
125

Habarut,
192
–4

Habasha,
198

Habashiya, Jabal,
198

Had
pastures,
234

Hadara.
See
Ahl al Hadara

Hadhramaut, the:
48
,
68
,
74
,
203
–4; architecture of,
89
,
209
–10; raids around,
185
–6

Hadoram.
See
Ahl al Hadara

Hafit, Jabal,
274
,
283
,
318

Haig-Thomas, David,
23
,
25

Haij,
305

Haile Selassie, Emperor of Abyssinia: coronation of,
21
,
198
; restoration of,
37

Hajaz Mountains:
17
,
75
,
237
; villages in,
51
; travels in,
203

Halfain, Wadi,
204
,
309
,
313

Hamad bin Hanna.
See
bin Hanna

Hamaid, of the Mahra:
295
;
296
,
299
,
301
; arrested at Tawi Yasir,
314

Hamasa,
282
; sheikh of,
283

Hamdu Uga,
27

Hanawi, the,
171
,
175
,
273
,
282
,
320

Hands, cutting off of,
242

Hanu, stream bed of,
237

Harasis, the,
47
,
178
–9,
320

Hares:
130
,
150
–1; as forbidden food.
111
; the catching of,
166
,
283
–4; the hunting of,
293

Harm:
130
; as camel food,
164
,
165

Harmal,
90

Harth, the,
310

Hasa, the,
232

Hassi well:
220
,
221
; arrival at,
236
ff.

Haushi, well at,
176
,
178

Hautas,
111

Hawking,
290
–9

Hazaramaveth,
48

Heat, in the desert,
140
,
149
,
157

Hebrews,
92

Heliotrope.
See
Rimram

Henderson, Edward,
275
,
325

Himyarite civilization:
44
,
92
,
198
; language of,
47

Hiza, sheikh of Abu Dhabi,
263
–4,
267
,
268

Homosexuality,
125

Honeysuckle,
17

Huaishil: sheikh of the Dura,
317
; as guide to Birkat al Mauz,
319
; anger with Dura,
320
; gets support from Ali bin Hilal,
321
–2

Hulaiya,
72

Humura, the:
68
,
194
,
204
; trilithons in their country,
90

Hun, Wadi,
199

Hunger, in the desert,
143
–4,
157
–8

Huquf, the,
303

Hurr,
289

Hussain, Saif al Islam al, Governor of the Jauf,
228

Hyenas,
179

Ibadhis, the,
273
,
314

Ibex,
85
,
188
,
192
,
198

Ibn Jawali, Governor of the Hassa,
122
,
152
,
156

Ibn Saud, Abd al Aziz, King of Saudi Arabia:
41
,
93
,
186
; permission to Philby to cross Empty Quarter,
122
; his tax-collectors,
152
,
156
; refuses permission to cross Western Sands,
203
; acknowledged as overlord by the bin Maaruf Saar,
212
; post at the Hassi,
221
; permission to tribes to raid Mishqas,
238
; orders detention of Umbarak and imprisonment of his companions,
239
; anger at Umbarak’s journey to Sulaiyil,
247
; and the Akhwan,
248
; control over Murra,
271

Ibri:
160
–1,
271
; hostile Dura from,
172
; diversion to collect stores from,
173
–4

Ilb,
205

Incense,
109

Ingrams, W. H.,
204
,
209

Iraq Petroleum Company,
272
,
275

Islam,
54
–5,
96
–8,
249

Izz,
295
,
316
,
323

Jaalan, Jabal,
309

Jabal.
See under individual names of mountains

Jabari, al: of the Awamir,
294
; and the fennec fox,
304
; agrees to accompany Jabal al Akhadar exploration,
319

Jabrin,
116
,
118
,
232
; Umbarak offers to act as guide to,
248
–50; journey to,
250
ff.

Jackson, Noel,
275

Jaddat al Harasis, the,
131
,
178
,
204

Jadid, of the Rashid:
155
,
157
; leaves the party,
164

Jarbib,
47
,
82

Jasmine,
17
,
47

Jasper,
232

Jaub,
256

Jauf, the,
185
,
228

Jaul, al, tableland of,
201

Jaulbaut,
275

Jayakar, Dr.,
274

Jerboas,
130

Jibuti,
20

Jidda,
41
,
75
,
186

Jilida plain, the,
225
,
232
–3

Jira, volcanoes of,
29

Jiza, Wadi,
197
,
198
; drought in,
103

Jizan,
75

Johnson, E. R., Assistant Political Officer in the Hadhramaut,
210

Joktan.
See
Qahtan

Juasimi pirates,
277

Jumaan bin Duailan.
See
bin Duailan

Juniper,
17

Junuba, the,
113
,
323

Karab, the,
152
,
212
,
214
,
225

Karia,
283

Kashgai, the,
276

Kaur, Jabal,
172
,
311
,
317

Khaba well,
156

Khalid, sheikh of Abu Dhabi,
263
–4

Khalili, al.
See
Oman, Imam of

Kharijites, the,
273

Khartoum,
30
,
32

Khaur bin Atarit well,
120
,
153

Khaur Sabakha,
153

Khaur Wir,
179

Khuatim,
135
–6

Kidyut valley,
195

Kismim pass,
82
,
188

Kites,
20
,
263

Koran, the opening verse,
55

Kudu,
32

Kutum,
31
–2,
35
–6

Lahamma well,
284

Laila: plan to go to,
243
,
245
; arrival at,
246
; given no food in,
248
; failure to find guide in,
248
; as stronghold of the Akhwan,
249
; supplies from,
250

Lammergeyer,
75

Larks,
130

Lawful food,
162

Lawrence, T. E.:
83
,
97
; on Bedouins,
15
;
Revolt in the Desert,
39
;
The Seven Pillars of Wisdom,
125

Lean, O. B.,
38

Leopard,
81

Libyan desert,
32
,
34

Limestone,
48
,
177
,
232
,
313

Lions,
34
,
35

Liwa:
116
,
153
; as centre for buying food,
155
,
157
; decision to look for, on way to Abu Dhabi,
259
–60; found,
261
; exploration of,
283
ff.

Lizards:
130
,
179
,
230
; monitor,
260
; lizard skins for carrying butter,
85

Locusts: in the Sudan,
41
; in Abyssinia,
41
; ‘desert locust’,
41
; Locust Research Centre,
41
–2,
181
–2,
203

London, Umbarak’s homesickness in,
203

Lucerne,
74
,
238

Mabkhaut bin Arbain.
See
bin Arbain

Madhamar, Mt.,
313
,
314

Mahalhal, of the Awamir,
294

Mahra, the:
47
,
68
.
109
,
178
,
184
,
192
,
195
,
197
,
206
,
214
,
217
; descent from the Habasha,
198
; circumcision among,
124
; assist in attack on Abida,
218

Mahrat, Wadi,
197
,
198

Mahsin, of the Rashid:
101
–2,
106
; accident to,
109
ff.,
135
; recovers,
114
, in Salala,
179

Maidob, Jabal,
31
,
32

Main,
228

Makhia, the,
213

Mamur,
323
–4

Manahil, the;
68
,
73
–4,
103
,
152
,
182
,
184
,
185
,
214
,
215
,
216
; raids on,
74
; as sheep owners,
88
; fight with the Dahm,
199
; attacks on government posts,
204
; hatred of the Saar,
208
; raid the Yam,
207
; raid the Manasir,
286
–7