A Winter in Arabia
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At nine the next morning we had already been sitting for hours at anchor in Aden harbour when the M.O., visiting from dhow to dhow, discovered me with surprise. Three beduin from ’Azzan, very naked with shaggy hair, leaped into his launch hoping to pass free of dues as my retainers; they were not mistaken; the port officer waved them kindly through among pleased pink-looking tourists landing from the P. and O., who looked upon us gratefully as Local Colour.
APPENDIX I
List of plants with Arabic names and uses, kindly identified at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
ADENIUM SP. Madhadh.
ADIANTUM CAPILLUS-VENERIS L. Tulhub. Maidenhair fern.
AERUA JAVANICA JUSS. Rà. Feathery seed used to stuff pillows.
ANOGEISSUS BENTII BAKER. Misht. Tree; leaf eaten by cattle.
BLUMEA GARIEPINA DC. Sakab and Haugh.
CALLIGONUM COMOSUM L’HERIT. A’ta. Tree; leaf eaten by camels.
CAMPYLANTHUS JUNCEUS EDGEW. ’Alat al-Jebel.
CAPPARIS GALEATA FRES. Lasaf. A Caper plant. Eaten by camels.
” SPINOSA L. ’Alas. A Caper. Leaf pounded to scrape
hair off water-skins.
CASSIA ACUTIFOLIA DEL. Sene. True Senna. Purgative. Leaves are beaten with water for wounds.
” HOLOSERICEA FRES. ’Ishriq. A Senna. Seeds edible.
CLEOME ARABICA L.
” DROSERIFOLIA DEL. Shajarat ad-Dib or Huwaim.
” MACRODENIA SCHWEINF.
CONVOLVULUS GLOMERATUS CH. A Bindweed.
CORCHORUS ANTICHORUS RAENSCH. Saghrab. A Jew’s Mallow.
CROTALARIA AEGYPTIACA BENTH. A Castanet plant or rattle pea.
CYMBOPOGON SCHOENANTHUS (L). SPRENG. Sakhbar or Tza’a. Powdered for soap.
EUPHORBIA aff. DENDROIDES L. Deni. A spurge. Latex used as glue, for sandals.
FAGONIA CRETICA L. Durma or Dureima. Eaten by cattle.
FICUS SALICIFOLIA VAHL. Lithab. Flavour for sesame oil. Said to poison camels.
FICUS sp. Tzaraf. Tree; eaten by cattle.
” ” Labah. Fruit edible when cooked.
” SYCAMORUS L. Suqum. Mulberry fig. Edible.
” VASTA FORSK. Tolak. Bark cooked for fevers; makes tea.
FORSKALEA TENACISSIMA L.
GRANTIA SENECIONOIDES BAKER. ’Amkir. Not edible.
GYMNOSPORIA SENEGALENSES (LAM.) LOES. Tharar.
HELIOTROPIUM ARBATNENSE FRES
” STRIGOSUM WILLP. Tagrm.
” UNDULATUM VAHL. Rumran; ribla. Used to draw out sores; the leaves are applied semi-dried.
INDIGOFERA ARGENTEA L. Hawir. Wild indigo. Used for dyeing.
” ARGENTEA. Hawarwar. Small tree; eaten by camels.
” SPINOSA FORSK. Natsh. Eaten by camels.
” sp. Hisar. An indigo.
JATROPHA sp. aff. SPLNOSA (FORSK.) VAHL. Dumma’.
KALANCHOE BENTII HOOK. F.? Qurn adh-Dhabi.
LASIOSIPHON SPHAEROCEPHALUS BAKER.
LEPTADENIA PYROTECHNICA (FORSK.) DECNE. Marikh. Eaten by camels.
LITHOSPERMUM sp. Lubeine. Eaten by goats.
MAERUA CRASSIFOLIA FORSK. Sarh. Leaf used for eye trouble.
” ” ” Sanawar.
” sp. Himra.
MORINGA APTERA (FORSK) GAERTN. Ban. Ben tree. Against snake-bite. Eaten by cattle. Seed soaked in water subdues swellings.
ODYSSEA MUCRONATA FORSK. Sharh.
PAVETTA aff P. LONGIFLORA VAHL.
PENTATROPIS SPIRALIS (FORSK.) DCNE. ’Akoka or Saqlul.
PLUCHEA DIOSCORIDIS DC. Uth’ub. Tree; eaten by camels.
A Marsh Fleabane.
POINCIANA ELATAL. ’Aradh.
PROSOPIS SPICIGERA L. Qaf. A Mesquite. Tree; eaten by camels.
PULICARIA CRISPA (FORSK.) BENTH. ET HOOK. Jithiath: A Fleabane.
” GLUTINOSA JAUB. Duwaila. A Fleabane.
RHAZYA STRICTA DCNE. Harmal. Root purgative. Leaves used as eye-lotion or beaten with water for wounds.
SALSOLA BOTTAE BOISS. Rishi. A Saltwort. Fattening for goats.
SALVIA SP. A Sage.
SAMOLUS VALERANDI L. Brook weed.
SCHWEINFURTHIA LATIFOLIA BAKER.
” SPHAEROCARPA BENTH.
SCIRPUS LITTORALIS SCHRAD. ’Ais.
SENRA INCANA GAV. Sabata.
SOLANUM PUBESCENS WILLD.
STATICE AXILLARIS FORSK. Fashfish. A Sea Lavender.
TAMARIX Sp. Ithh
TAVERNIA LAPPACEA DC.
TEPHROSIA APOLLINEA LINK. Tzafar. A Goat’s Rue. Eaten by camels.
TRIBULUS MOLLIS EHR. Shersher. A Caltrops. Eaten by camels.
WENDLANDIA ARABICA DEFL. Tzaraf or Dharaf.
ZIZYPHUS HAMUR ENGL. Habadh. A Jujube. Lote-bush. Eaten by cattle.
” SPINA CHRISTI (L.) WILLD. ’Ilb or Nebk tree. Eaten by cattle. Berries edible. Used for timber.
ZYGOPHYLLUM ALBUM L. Ruz Ribhan. A Bean Caper.
APPENDIX II
List of distances in hours on the journey to ’Azzan; from the last point marked on this route in Von Wissmann’s map.
Radhhain to Khurje (top of ’aqaba)
I
hr.
50
min.
Khurje to Zarub
..
..
..
3
”
40
”
Zarub to Suwaidat
..
..
..
3
”
—
Suwaidat to Madhun
..
..
..
..
50
”
Madhun to Ba Taraiq
..
..
2
”
—
Ba Taraiq to ’Aqaba Mothab
..
4
”
45
”
Mothab to ’Aqaba Media’
..
..
5
”
20
”
Yeb’eth to ’Aqaba Mughaidifa
..
3
”
10
”
Detour in Wadi Rahbe
..
..
5
”
35
”
Rahbe to top of ’Aqaba
..
..
2
”
30
”
Rahbe jol to Dzera’ pass
..
..
3
”
10
”
Dzera’ pass to Lijlij
..
..
..
4
”
50
”
Lijlij to Naid pass
..
..
..
1
”
—
Naid pass to Mesfala
..
..
2
”
50
”
Mesfala to foot of Dhila’ range
..
2
”
30
”
E. of Dhila’ range to ’Azzan
..
3
”
30
”
INDEX
Abd al Haqq of Dammun, 47.
Abdulillah, chauffeur, 24, 54, 65, 116.
Abdullah, watch-mender, 127, 136, 157, 181–2, 200–1, 208.
Abu Bekr, Sayyid, 26, 113.
Abyssinia, 97, 305.
Ad, Children of, 200.
Aden, 3, 63, 72, 81, 127, 133–4 182, 253, 256, 266, 270, 272, 288, 299, 311, 313–4.
Afifa, 42.
Ahmed, donkey owner, 226–7, 232, 239–40, 244, 252, 255–6.
Ahmed bin Laid, 58, 62.
> Ahmed, brother of the Sultan of ’Azzan, 301.
’Ain ba Ma’bad, 295–6.
’Ain Juwairi, 297.
Ajlania, 109.
’Al-Aissel, valley of, 257.
’Al Dhiyaib, 293, 296.
’Al Kafs of Tarim, 102.
al-’Urr, 97.
Ali Abu Talib, 27.
Ali, Sayyid, 69–70, 84, 90, 98–100, 107, 109, 112, 116, 122, 135, 139–40, 168, 180, 193, 198, 201, 208, 213, 217–25, 237, 239–40, 244–6, 248, 253, 255, 265, 267, 272–5, 278–80, 283–6, 299, 302, 306–7.
Ali, Sultan of Qatn, 41, 47, 53–6, 65, 67, 76, 128, 199.
Ali, the Qadhi, 67, 74.
Alinur, the Geologist, 15, 20, 24–5, 30, 35, 43, 51–2, 61, 63, 77, 85, 90–1, 110, 117, 119–20, 127, 133–5, 139, 143, 153, 157–60, 171–2, 175, 177, 183, 190, 193–4, 199, 208.
Aluwi, Sayyid, 80, 137–8, 143–7, 165, 187, 189–90, 192.
Amagin, 278.
’Amd v Wadi ’Amd, see Wadi.
Amudi, Shaiks, 243.
Aneq, 215.
Archæologist, the, 16, 21, 24–5, 51, 53, 57, 63, 71, 75–6, 79, 85–86, 89–90, 96, 102, 143, 146, 171, 176, 182–3, 192, 201, 228.
Aroma, 260.
Ashmolean Museum, the, vi.
Aswad, ridge of, 257, 270.
Aulaki, commandant of police, 62.
Awamir, Bedouin tribe, 25.
Awwad of the Deyyin, 227–39, 244.
Ayesha, beauty specialist, 150–1.
Azzan, 231–2, 236, 240, 242, 253–4, 263–8, 271, 278, 281–2, 284–5, 289, 292, 299, 315.
’Azzan, Sultan of, 251, 267, 269, 271, 277, 289, 298, 305, 307, 311.
Ba’Arwah, 47.
Ba Obaid, agent, 30, 32, 47, 49, 57, 102, 145.
Ba Qutmi, a tribe, 257, 260–1.
Ba Rasheid, 289.
Ba Surra, 133, 194.
Ba Taraiq, Tower of, 236.
Bahr, beduin of, 194.
Bahri, sculpture, 247n.
Bakhbukh, 14, 16.
Bal Haf, headland of, 4, 243, 271, 296–8, 301–2, 304, 306, 312.
Bana, 305.
Basra, 312.
Bedr Mutawairiq, Prince, 46.
Beihan, 136, 207.
Belhaven, the Master of, 12.
Beni Hillal, 47.
Beni Himyar, 273, 277, 282, 285.
Beni Nu’man, 242, 250, 253–4, 270.
Beni Thamad, 200.
Beni Shabib, tribe of, 85.
Berawere, 229.
Berire, 229.
Bilghirban, ravine, 222.
Bir Ali, 4, 194, 200, 207, 243, 301–3, 306.
Bir Ali, Sultan of, 311.
Blunt, Wilfred, 34.
Cana, 5, 182, 199, 201, 265, 301.
Clarke, Louis, vi.
Cockerell, Sir Sidney, 34.
Cornwallis, Sir Kinahan, 1.
Cruttenden, Lieut., 275.
Damham, a village, 222.
Deir al Bahri, 247.
Deyyin, Aswad of the, 227–39, 244.
Deyyin, land of, 235–7.
Dhaheri, 290.
Dhila’, range of Hills, 261–2, 273.
Dhufar, 82.
Dhula, market town, 229, 235.
Dinshale, 263.
Dis, in Oman, 312.
Dog River, the, 265.
Du’an, 25, 71, 100–1, 105, 133, 146, 189, 192, 219, 226, 229, 240, 243.
Dufferin and Ava, Marquess of, 198.
Dzera’ Pass, 254.
Einat, 23.
Fatima, sister of the Mansab, 77; 126, 135–6, 146, 150, 166, 203.
Fughà Pass, the, 254.
Fuwa, landing-ground, 5, 64.
Ganamnan, 246.
Ghaidun, 82, 105.
Ghail, headman of, 266.
Gheil Ba Wazir, 233.
Ghintek, a fort, 246, 248–49.
Glaser, Mr., 117.
Gulgul track, the, 254, 262.
Habban, 265, 278, 287.
Habib Ahmed, 148.
’Omar al Attas, 148.
Hadhramaut, country of the, 7, 8, 22–3, 25, 30, 33, 38, 53, 63, 80, 85, 87, 117, 139, 173, 188, 234, 298.
Hadina, 299.
Hadjerein, 40, 79, 82, 182.
Hajlain, 235–6, 242.
Hajr v Wadi Hajr, see Wadi
Halévy, Monsieur, 117.
Hallam, an island, 305.
Hasan, a boy, 172–4, 176, 180, 190–1.
Haura, 82.
Hauta, village of, 58, 233, 264.
merchants of, 289, 298, 311, 314.
Hazm, village, near Shibam, 39, 49.
Hedye, near Qatn, 82.
Henin, 193.
Himar, 254–5.
Himyar, sons of, 250, 279, 281, 283, 305.
Horhor, a mountain, 258.
Hubaya, 22.
Hugga, temple at, 117.
Humumi, tribe of, 137–8, 145–6, 159, 171, 176, 182, 189, 198, 270.
Huon al Ghurab, 303.
Hureidha, 32, 40, 53, 63, 65–6, 72, 84–5, 87, 110–13, 116, 124, 126–7, 132, 134, 136, 140–2, 150, 153–4, 156, 159–60, 168, 170, 175, 180–1, 199, 203, 207–8, 221, 228, 234, 302.
Hureidha, Tombs of Saints, 148–9
Mansab of, 66–7, 76–7, 84, 88, 90–1, 99, 104–5, 109, 129, 148–9, 154, 156–68, 184–6, 193, 198, 200, 208, 213.
Saint of, 165.
Husain, 31, 35–8, 49, 58–62, 83, 87, 100, 126, 136, 144, 192, 203.
Husain, Sultan, 277–8, 288.
Husn al Ghurab, 303.
Husn al-’Urr, 22.
Husn Ganamnan, 255.
Hyderabad, 47, 147.
Nizam of, 164, 178.
Iahya, Imam of Yemen, 27.
Ibn al Mujawir, 305.
’Ikrima, 22.
Ingrams, Doreen, 6, 8, 38, 86, 139, 149, 173, 208, 215.
Harold, 6, 9, 24, 26, 30, 42, 63, 72, 78, 87, 90, 99, 109–10, 112, 121, 125, 128, 132–3, 172–3, 176, 181, 210, 215, 218, 221, 240, 243, 267, 270, 295, 304n.
Injit, 238, 241.
Iraq, 1.
Iuslim, a servant, 35, 50, 58–61.
Ja’da, land of, 70, 72, 95. 98, 109, 117–8, 122, 134, 147, 175, 180.
tribe, 213, 219–20, 236–7.
Ja’far, feudal sovereign, 118, 177.
Jamila, a friend, 83.
Jardan, 222.
Java, 18, 87, 103, 147, 154, 159, 224.
Jebel Ali, 254.
Aswad, 254, 293, 299.
Himyar, 254.
Nahr, 257.
Joba, tower of, 249.
Jl’ Aqil, 289.
Mansura, 289.
Raida, 289.
Jusuf, 5.
Kadur mountains, 277–8, 282–4.
Kaidi, a crater, 303.
Kalab, qara of, 245.
Kanuk, a cave, 222.
Karif ath-Thabit, 69.
Kathiris of Seiyun, 89, 109.
Kaur, 4.
Kaut, the, 261, 282.
Khazraji, local history, 82.
Khun, Wadi, 23.
Khureiba, 105.
Khurje, 226.
Kor Saiban, 15.
Murshidi of, 194, 197.
Lahdzan, village of, 264.
Lake, Colonel, 270, 275, 296.
Lamater village, 278, 286.
Landberg, Count, 304, 306.
expedition, the, 286.
Libne, 304.
Lijlij, well of, 257.
Lingaf, 236.
Luqna, 236.
Madhun, 235–6.
Maiuk the Christian, story of, 153.
Manahil, a tribe, 24.
Mansab, the, brother of the Qadhi, 114, 133–5, 138, 310.
Mansur, the postman, 112–3.
Maqrizi, 85, 305.
Manama, ruin at, 26–7.
Maria Theresa dollars, 102n.
Massawa, 244.
Mawija, 305.
Mehdar, Sayyid, 21.
Meifa’a, see Wadi.
Mekka, 84, 120, 128, 1
45, 154, 301.
Merkham, a peak, 254–5.
Mesfala, capital of the Ba Qutmi, 260–1.
Meshed, the Mansab of, 65, 81, 134, 139, 147, 164–5, 167, 174–6, 178–80, 187, 193, 199, 208.
Meshed, 84, 89, 149, 163.
Meulen, Van der, 25, 207, 229, 238.
Mijdaha, 306.
Miles, Captain, 275, 287, 304.
Mishta, 22.
Moongod, temple of the, 116, 121, 178, 184, 207.
Mothab, the aquaba of, 238, 240, 242.
Mubarak the Slave, 72, 81, 118–9.
Mubna al-Kafiri, a ruin, 304.
Mudha, a ravine, 253.
Muhammad, legends of, 48–9.
a boy, 103, 120.
Muhsin, Castle of the Sons of, 80, 100–1, 124, 142, 153.
Children of, 184, 202–3.
Mukalla, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 63–4, 72, 74, 83, 137, 139, 146, 156, 186, 189, 191–2, 208, 219–20, 226, 303, 306.
Mushajir, beduin of the, 239, 243.
Musiffar, a poet, 46.
Mutlaq, son of the Wolf, 269.
Muzaffar, Rasuled Sultan, 82.
Nafhiun, a town in ’Amd, 214–5.
Nahdi, a tribe, 66, 88, 118, 178–9, 199.
Nakhuda, the skipper, 312, 314.
Naqb al-Hajr, ruined fortress, 265–6, 273–5.
Nasir, son of the Wolf, 269, 271, 288, 290, 294, 296, 298, 301–2, 307–9, 311–12.
Ne’ma, maidservant, 141, 161, 182, 193–4, 209, 211–12.
Nisab, 245, 265.
Nu’air, a town in ’Amd, 214, 217–8.
Nujair, ruins of, 22.
Nuqba, a waterhole, 239.