ABSTRACT

'When I was a small child...(my) imagination was fired by the age-old mystery of that Lost City of Ophir which furnished gold to the temple of Suleiman and as the years passed, I formed an ambition to discover it... In this fascinating book, the author reveals the unfolding story of his life-long quest to find Ophir. First joining the Royal Navy and then embarking toward China, the author begins a series of adventurers that propel him towards his goal: 'I have learnt that Ophir and the Gold of Ophir represent far more than a lost city and a tale of romance. The lost lands of Ophir may awaken the whole of the Middle East; they may bring prosperity to a poverty-stricken peninsula that is larger than India.'

part |6 pages

PART ONE

chapter I|17 pages

AMBITION

chapter II|12 pages

AH FONG'S HINT

chapter III|21 pages

THE PERSIAN GULF

chapter IV|9 pages

ARAB COASTS

chapter V|17 pages

GETTING IN TOUCH

chapter VI|21 pages

ON THE RIGHT TRACK

chapter VII|16 pages

WAITING

chapter VIII|17 pages

THE LAND OF SHEBA

chapter IX|16 pages

THE LAND OF SHEBA–continued

part |2 pages

PART TWO

chapter I|9 pages

THE TRUTH OF GENESIS

chapter II|9 pages

IN THE BEGINNING

chapter III|10 pages

THE FALL OF MAN?

chapter IV|8 pages

THE RED RACE

chapter V|6 pages

THE FATE OF A NATION

chapter VI|16 pages

THE FLOOD

chapter VII|11 pages

THE LAND OF OPHIR

chapter VIII|16 pages

SULEIMAN

chapter IX|8 pages

SULEIMAN–continued

chapter X|24 pages

THE QUEEN OF SHEBA

chapter XI|20 pages

THE LAND OF SHEBA

chapter XII|9 pages

MARRIAGE OF BILKIS

chapter XIII|16 pages

XIII. THE CRUISE OF HIRAM