ABSTRACT

Merely to inhabit a desert demands much skill, craft, experience and travel. For the numerous nomadic tribes of Africa and the Middle East, living ancestors of the Egyptians, Jews and Arabs, Egypt is their meeting ground. The author, with twenty-five years of accumulated knowledge, here sets out to present analyses of their cultures and beliefs, along with descriptions of each tribe.

First published 1935.

chapter |5 pages

Introduction

Introduction

part |28 pages

Part I

chapter Chapter I|17 pages

The Desert in Ancient Times

chapter Chapter II|11 pages

The Arab InvasioN

part |113 pages

Part II

chapter Chapter III|13 pages

The Tribe

chapter Chapter IV|37 pages

Life In The Tents

chapter Chapter V|8 pages

Food

chapter Chapter VI|10 pages

Domestic Animals

chapter Chapter VII|14 pages

The Camel

chapter Chapter VIII|16 pages

The Chase

chapter Chapter IX|15 pages

Raiding and Warfare

part |163 pages

Part III

chapter Chapter X|19 pages

Beliefs

chapter Chapter XI|32 pages

Rites and Ceremonies

chapter Chapter XII|12 pages

The Law of Blood-Vengeance

chapter Chapter XIII|15 pages

Laws of the Tent and of Women

chapter Chapter XIV|15 pages

Legal Procedure

part IV|69 pages

Part IV

chapter Chapter XV|28 pages

Arabs of Sinai and the Eastern Desert

chapter Chapter XVI|13 pages

The Western Bedouin (El Mugharba) 1

chapter Chapter XVII|17 pages

Bedouin Settled In The Nile Valley

chapter Chapter XVIII|8 pages

The Beja

chapter Chapter XIX|3 pages

Epilogue