ABSTRACT

Published originally in 1935, this is an account of twenty two years spent, off and on, among the Bedouins of Arabia, migrating, hunting, raiding, starving, feasting and making wonderful desert friendships. The author writes the book for 'the Lord of his fathers,' the king of Arabia 'Abdel-' Aziz ibn Sa'ud el Wahhab and his governors and chiefs in Neijd, Hasa, Jauf, and Kaf and Amir Nuri Sha'lan, his family and tribe of the Ruala. An intimate account of the tradition and ancestors of the Bedouin.

part 1|133 pages

The Heirs of Ishmaël

chapter I|8 pages

The Young Prince of the Ruala, Amir Fuaz

chapter II|6 pages

Faris—“A Friend of God”

chapter III|7 pages

The Lone Shepherdess

chapter IV|4 pages

I Meet My Blood Brother Again

chapter V|5 pages

Love in the Desert

chapter VI|5 pages

“The Commander of Our Camel-Saddles”

chapter VII|8 pages

Death in the Desert

chapter VIII|6 pages

Panther and Ostrich

chapter IX|5 pages

The Nufud

chapter X|5 pages

Sandstorm

chapter XI|4 pages

Days of Ease

chapter XII|7 pages

Camels, Women, Children

chapter XIII|3 pages

Tuëma

chapter XIV|4 pages

The Hunger March

chapter XV|7 pages

Famine and War

chapter XVI|4 pages

A New Lease of Life

chapter XVII|3 pages

The War Goddess

chapter XVIII|16 pages

The Land of Promise

chapter XIX|8 pages

The Ambush

chapter XX|12 pages

“The Cloud in My Eyes”

chapter XXI|4 pages

The “Ark of Ishmaël”

part 2|55 pages

Hunting and Warfare

chapter XXII|6 pages

Ali, the “Protector”

chapter XXIII|5 pages

Adventures With the “Tin-Lizzie”

chapter XXIV|13 pages

With the Tai' and Shammar Bedouins

chapter XXV|10 pages

Honour Among Thieves

chapter XXVI|5 pages

“The Stealing of the Mare”

chapter XXVII|7 pages

Anaga—The Falcon

chapter XXVIII|7 pages

The Young Gazelle Buck