Authors: Wilfred Thesiger
Manasir, the:
156
,
161
,
163
–4,
271
; encampments of,
165
; Liwa encampment of,
261
; guide from, for Abu Dhabi,
261
Mankhali, well mounds of,
236
Manwakh well:
205
–6,
213
; lovely girl at,
206
; well runs dry,
218
–20
Maria Theresa dollars.
See
Rivals
Ma Shadid well,
88
Matrah, battle between Omanis and English,
273
Maxwell, Wedderburn,
35
Meat, division of, by lots,
85
,
151
Mecca:
97
,
109
; sanctuary around,
111
; face towards, when praying,
55
Michail, Negus,
19
Minaean civilization:
44
,
92
; language of,
47
Miram Muhammad,
26
–7
Mishqas, the:
208
; attacks by,
244
Modra valley,
36
Monsoon,
47
Moon, eclipse of,
151
Moore, Guy,
31
Mosque,
324
Mudhaibi,
310
Mudhail:
189
–90; discovery of neolithic axe-head at,
190
; old buildings at,
191
Mughair well,
71
Mughshin:
42
,
46
,
65
,
108
ff.,
155
,
204
; prolonged drought around,
66
–7; Sultan of Muscat’s claim to,
76
Muhammad al Riqaishi.
See
Riqaishi, al
Muhammad bin Abdullah al Khalili.
See
Oman, Imam of
Muhammad, of the Duru: acts as
rabia,
173
; returns home,
175
Muhammad, of the Rashid (son of bin Kalut):
185
,
206
,
217
; offers to join Western Sands crossing,
207
; anxiety over raiders,
207
; suggests alternative crossing,
217
; presented with rifle before crossing,
224
; inefficiency of,
225
; offers to guide from Subkhat Mutti to Abu Dhabi,
254
; agrees to accompany Jabal al Akhadar exploration,
319
Muhammad Yayu, Sultan of Aussa,
27
Mukalla:
68
,
132
; plan to travel to,
181
; arrival at,
201
–2; return to,
203
–4
Muqaibara well,
303
Murra, the,
122
,
152
,
204
,
238
,
239
,
250
,
253
–4
Murzuk, a renegade Saar,
207
–8
Musallim bin al Kamam.
See
bin al Kamam
Musallim bin Tafl.
See
bin Tafl
Musandam peninsula,
271
Muscat:
174
; as capital of Oman,
273
Muscat, Sultan of (Sayid Saiyid bin Taimur),
43
,
76
,
122
,
272
,
313
,
328
Muslim faith.
See
Islam
Mutair, the,
93
Muwaiqih,
268
,
272
,
274
,
281
,
288
,
294
,
317
,
319
Nabi Hud, shrine of,
199
Nafi,
307
Nafud sands,
252
Najran,
186
,
203
,
207
,
212
,
215
,
240
,
280
Nasrani, al,
238
Naukhada,
276
Nesbitt, L. M.:
Desert and Forest,
24
No, Lake,
35
Oil, effects of discovery of,
95
–6
Oil used to anoint guests,
312
–13
Oleanders,
311
Oman:
76
,
124
; route through,
156
ff.; interior of,
269
,
270
; bitterness of feuds in,
281
–2; Umbarak’s determination to return to Buraimi through,
306
Oman, Imam of (Muhammad bin Abdullah al Khalili):
76
,
160
,
174
,
271
,
273
,
295
; authorizes journey back to Muwaiqih,
316
–17,
324
–5
Omdurman:
30
; camel ride from Jamal Maidob to,
31
Ophir,
44
Oryx,
32
,
34
,
179
,
227
,
228
; search for,
302
,
303
; missed by Umbarak,
227
–8; becoming extinct,
230
; the stalking of,
232
; Awadh shoots forty,
280
Palmetto.
See Saf
Palms: date,
111
,
161
,
164
,
179
,
192
,
197
,
209
,
238
,
252
,
261
,
263
,
268
; coconut,
44
Pelicans,
229
Peregrines.
See
Falcons
Persians
92
Philby, St. John:
39
,
242
–3,
246
–7,
248
–51; and crossing of the Empty Quarter,
121
–2; work along Yemen border,
204
Phoenicians,
92
Pinks,
17
Pintails,
179
Pirate Coast,
277
Plant distribution in the Empty Quarter,
181
Porphyry,
232
Primulas,
17
Qahtan (or Joktan), descendant of Shem,
48
,
91
,
171
Qahtan, the,
75
Qaid,
119
Qaimiyat, the,
228
–9
Qariya: well, at,
236
; ruins at,
237
,
248
Qarra, the
46
,
47
; customs with cows,
48
; as cattle owners,
82
Qarra Mountains,
43
,
46
–7,
122
,
179
,
186
Qasm,
282
Qassis,
150
,
228
,
229
,
230
,
258
,
283
Qatar peninsula,
254
Quff, palm groves at,
209
Qurn Sahma,
303
Qutuf,
261
Rabadh,
164
.166
Rabia,
the, part played by,
171
,
173
,
175
,
184
,
196
Rai, of the Afar,
175
–6
Rainfall, in the desert,
127
–8,
140
,
181
,
256
–9
Ramadhan, fast of,
142
Rashid, the:
53
,
67
,
79
,
102
–3; prayers among,
55
,
74
; contrasted with the Bait Kathir,
67
; smalt numbers of,
68
; signal of peace among,
72
; raids on,
73
–4; raid on Saar,
107
; lead across the Empty Quarter,
134
ff.; enmity with Dura,
171
; as guides to Mukalla,
181
–2; anger at truce-breaking by the Dahm,
187
; agree to attack the Dahm,
200
; discuss truce with the Saar,
206
; buy camels from the bin Maaruf,
214
–5; youthfulneu of guides,
216
; two herdsmen killed by the Abida,
217
; attack on the Abida at Thamud,
217
; renewal of truce with the Dahm,
280
Rashid, son of Sheikh of Dibai,
295
Ras Lul Seged,
20
Ravens:
130
,
147
; eaten as cure for stomach ache,
162
; attacked by peregrine,
293
Rhyolite,
232
Rift Valley,
24
Riqaishi, Muhammad al,
174
Riqaishi, the, Governor of Ibri,
160
–1,
317
–18
Riqaiya.
See
Walia
Romans, the:
91
,
92
; attempt to invade Arabia,
44
Roses, wild,
17
Royal Air Force:
43
,
49
,
50
; in the desert,
180
,
184
,
210
,
255
,
272
,
275
Rub al Khali.
See
Empty Quarter
Rustaq,
273
Saad, Sheikh, tomb of,
190
Saar, the:
68
,
107
,
110
,
185
; trilithons in their country,
90
; murder of Saar boy,
107
; nature of,
205
; discuss truce with the Rashid,
206
; camels bought from,
212
; encampment near Manwakh,
213
; credulity of,
214
; bitterness towards the Rashid,
216
Sabaean civilization:
44
,
92
,
198
; language of,
47
Sabkhat Mutti salt-flats:
254
,
258
; the crossing of,
250
ff.
Sabyia,
75
Saddle camel, Omani,
57
Sadr, of the Saar,
220
,
221
,
222
,
224
–5,
230
,
235
–7
Sahail, killing of,
107
Sahara desert,
35
Said, of the Bait Kathir and evil
spirit,
108
–9; and proposed crowing of Empty Quarter,
114
,
116
; and stomach ache,
122
–3
Said, of the Rashid, (brother of bin Kabina),
131
,
196
,
200
Saif al Islam al Hussain.
See
Hussein
Saints: oaths sworn on tombs of,
112
Saiwun:
204
; Sultan’s palace at,
209
; modernization of,
210
Saiyid Said bin Timur.
See
Muscat, Sultan of
Saiyids,
the:
209
,
214
,
215
; overcharging by,
215
Saker.
See
Falcon
Salakh, Mt.,
313
Salala:
43
,
64
,
134
; description of,
43
–6; Wali of,
41
,
45
,
181
; stay at,
182
ff.
Salih, of the Saar,
220
,
222
,
224
–5,
233
,
234
,
237
Salih bin Aisa.
See
bin Aisa
Salim bin Ghabaisha.
See
bin Ghabaisha
Salim bin Habarut.
See
bin Habarut
Salim bin Kabina.
See
bin Kabina
Salim bin Mautlauq.
See
bin Mautlauq
Salim bin Rashid al Kharusi, former Imam of Oman,
273
Salt-bushes.
See
Harm
Salukis,
283
–4
Sanau well,
71
Sandford, Colonel (later Brigadier) D.A.,
21
Sands, the.
See
Empty Quarter
Sands: colours of,
128
,
137
,
140
,
148
,
152
; ‘the singing of’,
166
; reading the,
302
–3
Sands, Western.
See
Empty Quarter
Sandstorms,
322
Sardines:
44
,
70
,
193
; fed to camels,
79
Saud, brother of Salim bin Mautlauq,
218
Scorpions,
123
; Umbarak stung by,
319
Scott, Captain Robert Falcon,
278
Second World War,
37
–8
Sedge.
See Qassis
Semitic race,
92
Shaghham well,
217