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'Southern Arabia, by Theodore Bent, F.R.G.S., F.S.A., Author of 'The Ruined Cities of Mashonaland' 'The Sacred City of the Ethiopians' 'The Cyclades, Or Life Among the Insular Greeks' etc. and Mrs Theodore Bent' [13] (48/552)
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MAN AM All AND MOHAREK
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In 1867 the Shah of Persia aimed at acquiring Bahrein,
though his only claim to it was based on the fact that
Bahrein had been an appanage of the Persian crown under
the Suffavian kings. He instituted a revolt on the island,
adopted a claimant to the sheikhdom, and got him to hoist
the Persian flag. Our ships blockaded Bahrein, intercepted
letters, and obliged the rebel sheikh to quit. Then it was
that we took the islands under our protection. In 1875 the
Turks caused trouble, and the occupation of Bahrein formed
part of their great scheme of conquest in Arabia. Our ship
the Osprey appeared on the scene, drove back the Turks,
transported to India several sheikhs who were hostile to
the English rule, and placed Sheikh Isa (or Esau) on the
throne under British protection, under which he rules happily
to this day.
We went to see him at Moharek, where he holds his
court in the winter-time. We crossed over in a small baggala,
and had to be poled for a great distance with our keel
perpetually grating on the bottom. It was like driving in a
carriage on a jolting road ; the donkeys trotted independently
across, their legs quite covered with water. We were glad
when they came alongside, and we completed our journey
on their backs.
The courtyard of the palace, which somewhat recalls the
Alhambra in its architecture, was, when we arrived, crowded
with Arab chiefs in all manner of quaint costumes. His
majesty's dress was exceedingly fine. He and his family
are entitled to wear their camel-hair bands bound round
with gold thread. These looked very regal over the red
turban, and his long black coat, with his silver-studded
sword by his side, made him look every inch a king.
He is most submissive to British interests, inasmuch as
his immediate predecessors, who did not love England, were
shipped off to India, and still languish there in exile ; as
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Southern Arabia, by Theodore Bent, F.R.G.S., F.S.A., Author of 'The Ruined Cities of Mashonaland' 'The Sacred City of the Ethiopians' 'The Cyclades, Or Life Among the Insular Greeks' etc. and Mrs Theodore Bent .
Publication details: Reading: Garnet, c 1994.
Edition: new edition.
Notes: facsimile edition of edition published London: Smith, Elder, & Co., 1900.
Physical Description: initial roman numeral paginations i-xi, i-x; 24 leaves of plates, 5 folded leaves of maps; illustrations, 6 maps 1 portrait.
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The volume contains a list of contents giving section and chapter headings and page references, a list of illustrations and a list of maps. There is an alphabetical index at the back of the volume.
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- YC.1995.b.7122
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- 'Southern Arabia, by Theodore Bent, F.R.G.S., F.S.A., Author of 'The Ruined Cities of Mashonaland' 'The Sacred City of the Ethiopians' 'The Cyclades, Or Life Among the Insular Greeks' etc. and Mrs Theodore Bent'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:ii-v, 1:12, 1:2, 5:12, 1:2, 2a:2b, 3:24, 24a:24b, 25:34, 34a:34b, 35:70, 70a:70b, 71:110, 110a:110b, 111:124, 124a:124b, 125:144, 144a:144b, 145:226, 226a:226b, 227:246, 246a:246b, 247:270, 270a:270b, 271:286, 286a:286b, 287:304, 304a:304b, 305:336, 336a:336b, 337:342, 342a:342b, 343:354, 354a:354b, 355:364, 364a:364b, 365:378, 378a:378b, 379:382, 382a:382b, 383:386, 386a:386b, 387:394, 394a:394b, 395:400, 400a:400b, 401:402, 402a:402b, 403:408, 408a:408b, 409:412, 412a:412b, 413:418, 418a:418b, 419:420, 420a:420b, 421:424, 424a:424b, 425:434, 434a:434b, 435:436, 436a:436b, 437:456, iii-r:iv-v, back-i
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- Bent, James Theodore
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