"بعثة لإجراء عملية مسح لنهري دجلة والفرات، تم تنفيذها بأمر من الحكومة البريطانية، في السنوات ١٨٣٥، ١٨٣٦، ١٨٣٧؛ تسبقها إشعارات جغرافية وتاريخية للمناطق الواقعة بين نهري النيل والسند. في أربعة مجلّدات. مع أربع عشرة خريطة ورسمًا، ومزينة بثلاث عشرة لوحة، بالإضافة للعديد من الرسومات بالحفر على الخشب. المجلّد الأول." [‎٧‎٤‎٥] (٩٠٥/٨٤٥)

INDEX.
745
Arabia, great chain from Medina to Mekkah
and Bab-el-Mandeb, description of, 564,565
, cross chains at the S. E. limits, de
scription of, 565
, ditto through Hadramaut, Akhaf, &c.
566
, ditto to Der'ayyah and Bahrein, 566
, ditto from Medina, Jebel Shammar,
and Palmyra, 567
, precious stones of, 567
, lignite coal and stink stone of, 567
, resemblance of the Persian and Ara
bian Gulfs, 568
, lakes, rivers, torrents, &c., of, 571, 572
, ghadirs and wadis, distinction of, 572
, the mirage and features of, 572
, great central plateau and desert tract,
description of, 573
, sandy districts in, 574
, pebbly surface in certain places, 574
, great quicksand in, 574
, the Barr, or ordinary desert, descrip
tion of, 574
, temperature of the desert, 575
, knowledge of the interior of, 575
, Mr. Rassam's journey, &c., 576
, climate in different parts, rains, &c.,
577
, healthiness of the desert of, 577
, atmospheric changes, earthquakes, &c.,
578
, samm or simoom of, 578
, the desert adapted for cultivation, 580
, some places now cultivated and once
still more so, 580
, wild and tame animals of, 581
, the camel of two kinds, 581, 582
, dromedary and three classes of camels,
583
, capabilities of, 584
, camels used for draught occasionally,
584
, the horse; breeds and management
of, 585
, food of the horse in, 585
, five noble breeds of the horse in, 585
, buffaloes, goats, bullocks, asses, sheep,
and dogs of, 586
, hawks, ostriches, &c., of, 587
, tair-el-raouf, vulture, and other birds
of, 588
, reptiles of, 588
, locusts, fish, beavers, otters &e., of, 589
——, spices, tobacco, sugar cane, &c., of, 590
, trees, shrubs, and flowers of, 591
, wax, honey, goat's hair, myrrh, cas
sia, and other objects of commerce, 592
, ancient divisions of, 594
—_ contains fifteen districts, 594
Petrsea, boundaries and extent of, 595
, features of, 595
few towns but many villages in,
595
, commerce of, 596
, ancient trade by land, 651
j S ea and caravan routes, 653
, products of, 655
Arabia, derivation of the name of, 654
, Thamudites, Nabatheans, and other
ancient people of, 655
, gradual decay of, since the Wahha-
bf Ibn Sihoud, 660
• , the Cushite language adopted by the
followers of Kaktan, 660
, Deserta, 656
, sabaism became general in, 662
, Felix, derivation of the name, 656
, Yemen the principal division of,
656
, principal seat of the Himyari-
tic kingdom, 656
, mountains along the S. E. coast of,
640
, Felix, the territory of the Sabeans,
656
• , Thamudites first inhabitants of
the coast, 657
, later inhabitants of the coast,
657
, fixed and nomadic inhabitants of, 658
Provincia (now the Haouran), 509
Arabian empire, extent of, 660
Arabii, ancient people (of Mekran), 185
Arabis, an ancient town (of Mekran), 185
Arabraces, ancient town, 306
Arabs circumnavigated Africa, 652
trade through Tadmor, 652
-—, duties levied by the, 654
, a branch of the Kenites are pure,
655 (note) -
, from Shem as well as Ham, 658
, of the Cushite branches settle in
Africa between Meroe and Syrene, 659
, names of several branches of pure
Arabs, 659
, pure Arabs nearly extinct, 659
, Arab el Araba, or pure Arabs, some
traces of them among the Adites and
Amalekites, 659
, Berbers of the present day, 659
, A1 Arab A1 Araba (or Kaktan's de
scendants) are the second great branch
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, mixed tribes descended from Adnan,
called El Arab Mostearibe (ditto)
, modern tribes of Hijaz, Syria, and
Arabia Petrsea (ditto)
, Yemen, Tehameh, &c. (ditto)
, Nedjd (ditto)
, 'Oman (ditto)
, El Ah'sa (ditto)
, Hadramaut, Shehr, &c, (ditto)
, the Desert (ditto)
, 'Irak Mesopotamia, &c. (ditto)
, history of the, chiefly confined to the
second and third branches, 659
, under the Tobbai, invaded other
countries, 659
, ancient religion of the, 661
, astrology of the, 662 --
, practical astronomy of, 662
, idols of the, 662
, pastoral wealth and hospitality of the,
663