Southern Arabia, by Theodore Bent ... and Mrs. Theodore Bent ...

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bent, J. Theodore (James Theodore), 1852-1897.

Contributor:

Bent, Mabel Virginia Anna Hall-Dare.

British Imprints Collection (Athenaeum of Philadelphia)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Arabian Peninsula--Description and travel.

Arabian Peninsula.

Genre:

Voyages and travels.

Travel literature.

Embossed bindings (Binding)

Gold tooled bindings (Binding) -- 1900.

Pictorial cloth bindings (Binding) -- 1900.

Physical Description:

x, [2], 455 p. front. (port.) 24 pl., 6 maps. 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

London, Smith, Elder & co., 1900.

Contents:

Bibliography. Southern Arabia. Mahamah and Moharek

The mounds of Ali

Our visit to Rufa'a

Maskat. Some historical facts about Oman

Maskat and the outskirts

The Hadhramout. Makalla

Our departure into the interior

The Akaba

Through Wadi Kasr

Our sojourn at Koton

The Wadi Ser and Kabb Saleh

The city of Shibahm

Farewell to the sultan of Shibahm

Harassed by our guides

Retribution for our foes

Coasting eastward by land

Coasting westward by sea

Dhofar and the Gara Mountains. Merbat and Al Hafa

The Gara tribe

The Gara Mountains

The identification of Abyssapolis

Sailing from Kosseir to Aden

African interlude: the eastern Soudan. Coasting along the Red Sea

Halaib and Sawakin Kadim

Inland from Mersa Halaib

Mohammed Gol

'Dancing on Tom Tiddler's ground, picking up gold'

Behind the Jebel Erba

The Mahri island of Sokotra. Kalenzia

Eriosh and Kadhoup

Tamarida or Hadibo

We depart for the land's end, i.e. Ras Momi

Mount Haghier and Fereghet

Back to the ocean - Beled Fadhli and Beled Yafei. Experiences with the Yafei sultan

Among the Fadhli

From the plain of Mis'hal to the sea

Appendices. Index.

Notes:

Bibliography: p. ix-x.

Local Notes:

Athenaeum copy: Bound in red cloth with gilt image of ram on cover. Title and author in gold on spine.

OCLC:

4526446