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Notes on the Bedouins and Wahabys : Collected During His Travels in the East Volume 1. / John Lewis Burckhardt, Edited by William Ouseley.

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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Burckhardt, John Lewis, 1784-1817.
Ouseley, William, 1767-1842.
Series:
Cambridge books online.
Cambridge Library Collection - Travel and Exploration
Language:
English
Physical Description:
1 online resource (402 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
Place of Publication:
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2010.
System Details:
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
text file
PDF
Contents:
1 Classification of Bedouin tribes that inhabit the Syrian desert
2 Sketches
3 The tent, and its different parts
4 Furniture of the tent, and various utensils
5 Bedouin dress
6 Arms of the Bedouin
7 Diet of the Arabs
8 Arts and industry
9 Wealth and property of the Bedouins
10 Sciences, music, and poetry of the Bedouins
11 Feasts and rejoicings
12 Diseases and cures
13 Education
14 Religious worship
15 Matrimony and divorce
16 Government and mode of judicature
17 Warfare and predatory excursions
18 Blood-revenge, or Thár
19 Robbery and theft
20 Hospitality of the Arabs
21 Slaves and servants
22 Moral character of the Bedouins
23 Cattle of the Bedouins, and other animals of the desert
24 Vegetation of the desert
25 Winds
26 Additional observations
27 Dress of the Bedouins
28 Arms
29 Food and cookery
30 Industry
31 The Arabs' wealth
32 Sciences, music, poetry, &c.
33 The camel-driver's song
34 Feasts and rejoicings
35 Diseases
36 Vaccination
37 Customs relative to matrimony
38 Divorces of the Bedouins
39 Burial of the Bedouins
40 Religious worship
41 Government
42 Warfare of the Bedouins
43 Blood-revenge
44 Robbery and thieving
45 The traitor
46 Dakheil, or protection
47 Hospitality
48 Domestic relations
49 General character of the Bedouins
50 Salutation
51 Language
52 Sagacity in tracing of footsteps, or Athr
53 General reflections.
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Title from publishers bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Mar 2012).
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ISBN:
9780511782411
9781108022897
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