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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' [205] (252/552)
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RETBIBUTION FOR OUR FOES
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ably disposed towards ourselves, and capable of inspiring
respect in others, instead of a little clerk, aged twenty, from
a coal-office, a fanatical Moslem who hated his employers,
we should have been in a much better position, and have
been able to pass on from the Jabberi to the Hamoumi,
whereas travelling with the Jabberi through the Hamoumi
country we had to encounter their enemies as well as our
own.
Sheher is a detestable place by the sea, set in a wilderness
of sand. Once it was the chief commercial port of the
Hadhramout valley, but now Makalla has quite superseded
it, for Sheher is nothing but an open roadstead with a couple
of hag galas belonging to the family of A1 Kaiti, which
generally have to go to Hami to shelter, and its buildings
are now falling into ruins, since the Kattiri were driven away.
Why anyone should choose such a place for a town, and
continue to live in it, is mysterious. It is a place so un
pleasant with flies and fleas, that the inhabitants often go to
sleep on the seashore. The doors of the houses are very
prettily carved all over, also the cupboards, and lintels to
doors; we tried to buy some but could not. They have
texts from the Koran carved on them. We were not
allowed to buy them for fear we should work magic with
them.
There is a very picturesque mosque with a sloping
minaret, white domes, palm-trees, and a well, and hard by a
house we saw a miniature mosque—a sort of doll s house
built for children who play at prayers. They can just crawl
into it. It is hung with lamps, and the children make mud
pies of various shapes, which they put in it. Especiall3 r
during Eamadan they are encouraged to play at mosque, and
the lamps are lit up every evening. It is 3 feet high and
8 feet square, and has its little dome, minaret, and parapet
like other mosques.
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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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- 1 volume (455 pages)
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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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Dimensions: 240mm x 165mm
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- YC.1995.b.7122
- Title
- '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'
- Pages
- 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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