Arabian Sands (51 page)
Authors: Wilfred Thesiger
Bent, Theodore and Mabel,
46
Bernard, Capitaine,
30
Bianchi,
24
bin Abdullah al Khalili.
See
Oman, Iman of
bin Aisa, Salih, Sheikh of the Harth,
310
bin al Kamam, Musallim, sheikh of the Rashid:
67
,
72
,
73
,
77
,
103
,
125
,
126
,
185
,
298
; and proposed truce with the Damn,
187
–8; asked to join in crossing of Western Sands,
203
; unable to join,
207
; describes effort to kill Umbarak after Manwakh,
228
; mistrust of the Dura,
300
bin Anauf, of the Bait Kathir:
81
,
85
,
132
; reunion with, at Bai,
178
; and journey to Mukalla,
184
bin Arbain, Mabkhaut, of the Bait Kathir,
78
,
85
,
123
,
132
; his family,
88
; and Empty Quarter crossing,
114
; and journey to Mukalla,
184
bin Daisan, of the bin Maaruf: as
rabia
for Western Sands crossing,
216
–18,
219
; on route to the Hassi,
232
bin Duailan, of the Manahil (‘The Cat’):
103
,
185
–6; description of,
187
–8; personality of,
192
; and proposed attack on the Dahm near Fughama,
199
–200; attacks on government posts,
204
; killed in raid on the Yam,
207
; account of his death,
243
–5
bin Duailan, Jumaan, brother of ‘The Cat’:
287
; steals camels,
304
bin Ghabaisha, Salim, of the Rashid: description of,
188
; as hunter,
188
–9,
191
,
192
,
194
,
225
,
227
–8,
274
; his brother,
191
; and preparations for attack near Fughama,
200
; asked to join in crossing of Western Sands,
203
; unable to join,
207
; with father at Mudhail,
209
; is flown to Riyan and driven to Saiwun,
210
–11; buys black camel from the bin Maaruf,
215
; competence of,
225
–6; night in the stocks,
241
,
243
; finds Dhiby well,
258
; accidentally knocked out,
267
; collects ten shillings from Sultan of Muscat,
271
; steals Riqaishi’s servant,
318
; remains at Buraimi,
294
; agrees to join Jabal al Akhadar exploration,
319
; attack of fever,
322
; stays with Europeans in Dibai,
325
; becomes brigand on the Trucial Coast,
328
Hamaid,
295
,
296
,
299
; makes trouble,
301
–2
bin Hamyar, Sulaiman, sheikh of the Bani Riyam,
316
,
319
,
323
–4
bin Hanna, Hamad, sheikh of the Rashid:
152
,
155
,
157
; as guide to Ibri,
163
; returns home,
175
bin Hilal, Ali, sheikh of the Duru,
320
,
321
–2
bin Jalawi.
See
ibn Jalawi
bin Kabina, Salim, of the Rashid:
69
–74; shoots at raiders,
72
; at Shishur,
101
,
103
,
105
–6; and proposed crossing of the Empty Quarter,
110
,
114
,
121
,
122
,
123
; agrees to go on,
131
–2; leads way. across,
135
; gives away his loincloth,
136
–7; as cook,
142
,
150
–1,
166
,
230
; fails to buy stores in Liwa,
157
–9; and journey to Mukalla,
184
; sudden illness,
189
; and preparations for attack near Fughama,
200
; and parting at Mukalla,
201
–2; invited to join Western Sands crossing,
203
,
206
–7; collapse of camel after 900-mile ride,
209
; welcome from, at Manwakh,
213
–14; buys camel from the bin Maaruf,
215
; preparations for the crossing,
222
–4; loses two camels to the Abida,
226
; put in stocks,
240
–1; accompanies Umbarak to Dam,
240
–1; collects ten shillings from Sultan of Muscat,
271
; hunts tahr,
274
; rejoins Umbarak at Muwaiqih,
281
harrying of Bani Kitab,
281
,
284
; begs for release of
saiyld,
282
; goes to collect camels at Dhafara,
288
; hands over camel,
304
; accompanies on journey to the Wadi Batha,
307
–8; gives away new shirt,
314
–15; agrees to join Jabal al Akhadar exploration,
319
; attack of fever,
322
; stays with Europeans in Dibai,
325
; returns to Habarut,
328
bin Kalut, sheikh of the Rashid:
179
; as guide for Mukalla journey,
182
; decision as to Dahm-Rashid truce,
187
-8; on trouble with the Bait Khawar,
195
–6
bin Kharas, Sulaiman, sheikh of the Duru,
300
; orders Umbarak out of Dura country,–
319
bin Maaruf Saar, the,
213
,
214
; fear of attack by Yam,
212
,
213
; greeting from, at Manwakh,
213
; return of scouts,
216
bin Madhi, Amir of Najram,
245
,
280
bin Maiqal (Abdullah bin Nura), of the bin Maaruf Saar,
212
–14,
219
bin Maktum of Dibai, the,
114
,
153
,
282
bin Mautlauq, Salim, of the Rashid:
101
,
106
; quarrel with Amair,
112
; reported death of, in raid,
217
–18; wounded,
280
: bin Murzuk, of the Abida,
207
,
217
,
219
pursuit of,
217
bin Nura, Andullah.
See
bin Maiqal
bin Rashid al Kharusi, Salim, former Imam of Oman,
273
bin Said bin Rashid, Ali, sheikh of the Yahahif:
311
–12; his wives,
312
bin Saiyid Muhammad, Ahmad, release of,
282
–3
bin Shuas, of the Rashid,
101
,
106
,
110
,
114
bin Sulaiman, Ali, of the Hatim,
212
bin Sultan, Zayid:
266
,
268
–71,
274
,
281
; help given to Bird,
272
; agrees to help Umbarak to explore Oman,
274
; further hospitality from,
287
; hawking with,
288
–94; helps Umbarak to enter Oman,
295
; final stay with,
325
bin Tafl, Musallim, of the Bait Kathir:
61
,
65
,
78
,
79
,
81
; as hunter,
113
,
124
,
189
; as cook,
113
,
123
,
139
,
142
,
158
; and cure for constipation,
113
; conversation of,
124
; and crossing of the Empty Quarter,
124
; agrees to go on,
132
; jealousy of al Auf,
145
; fear of travelling in Duru country,
160
–1; blood-feud with Mahras,
184
bin Tahi, of the Rashid:
283
; reads the sands,
302
–3; annoys the Ibadhi,
314
; attack of fever,
322
; agrees to join Jabal al Akhadar exploration,
319
bin Timur, Saiyid Said.
See
Muscat, Sultan of
bin Tanas, sheikh of the Manahil,
199
,
200
bin Turkia, Salim of the Bait Kathir:
78
,
81
,
85
,
127
bin Turkia, Salim of the Bait Kathir:
78
,
81
,
85
,
127
; and proposed crossing of the Empty Quarter,
114
; wishes to go on,
132
; reunion with, at Bai,
178
; and journey to Mukalla,
184
Bir Natrum, wells of,
32
Boom,
276
Boscawen, T. M.,
204
Buraimi : journey to,
267
; control of villages in,
271
–2; occupied by Wahabis,
271
Bustard, MacQueen’s, hunting of,
290
–4
Camels: in the Danakil country,
25
,
31
; in the Sudan,
32
; in Arabia,
56
–60; Omani type saddles,
37
; recognition of tracks,
66
,
225
; food for,
79
,
111
; milk,
79
; attachment to Bedu owners,
83
–4; watering of,
100
,
126
,
129
,
156
,
219
,
222
; stampede of,
109
–10; choice of, for crossing Empty Quarter,
114
; kicking by,
114
; poor condition of,
118
,
254
–5; grazing for,
118
,
127
–9,
258
; cast a calf,
127
; mating of,
135
–6; milking of,
79
,
136
,
231
; fall, on steep slope,
138
; exhaustion of,
148
–9,
229
,
235
; hunger and thirst of,
151
; of the Manasir,
164
; inability to walk straight,
176
; killing of, for food,
176
; for drawing well-ropes,
206
; litters on, for transport of small children,
213
; loading of,
224
; patience of,
253
; ulcers on,
254
–5; Batina,
267
;
Banat Farha,
267
;
Banat al Hamm,
267
; Bedu killed by bull camel,
280
; division of, after raid,
287
–8
Caper bushes,
87
Cat, wild,
162
Cattle.
See
Cows
Cauterizing, to cure ailments,
112
–13
Cheesman, Colonel R.E.,
21
,
116
,
251
Chercher Mountains,
24
Circumcision.
See
Arabs
Codrai, Ronald,
325
Coffee, as made by the Saar,
205
–6
Cold, in the desert:
136
,
144
,
148
,
213
,
227
,
320
,
322
Coot,
179
Cox, Sir Percy,
273
Dahaimi, Bakhit al, of the Rashid,
107
,
166
,
168
,
175
,
266
Dahal well,
198
Dahm, the:
67
,
103
,
185
–6; raids by,
72
–4,
124
,
182
,
186
–8,
200
; truce with the Rashid,
185
; break trace,
186
–7; fail to overtake and kill Umbarak,
228
; one man from, living among the Yam,
245
; renewal of truce with Rashid,
280
Dam,
240
Damascus,
37
Darbat, pools of,
179
Daru plateau, the,
195
Date palms,
111
Dawasir, the:
103
,
204
,
207
; massing to attack the Saar,
216
Dawasir, Wadi:
126
,
211
,
216
,
238
,
243
; Amir of,
242
–4
Desert, Arabian, size of,
39
Dessie,
38
Dew, in the desert,
163
Dhafar,
81
Dhala,
45
Dhaufar Mountains:
43
–4,
190
; trilithons on,
90
; great flood in,
258
Dhiby well,
256
; arrival at,
258
Dhow:
79
,
266
,
276
; voyage on,
277
–9
Difln, Wadi,
96
Dikil,
30
Dinka, the,
34
Divers, Bani Yas with pearling fleet,
261
Doon crater,
36