Arabian Sands (53 page)

Manasir, the:
156
,
161
,
163
–4,
271
; encampments of,
165
; Liwa encampment of,
261
; guide from, for Abu Dhabi,
261

Mankhali, well mounds of,
236

Manwakh well:
205
–6,
213
; lovely girl at,
206
; well runs dry,
218
–20

Maria Theresa dollars.
See
Rivals

Ma Shadid well,
88

Masila valley,
197
,
199

Matrah, battle between Omanis and English,
273

Maxwell, Wedderburn,
35

Meat, division of, by lots,
85
,
151

Mecca:
97
,
109
; sanctuary around,
111
; face towards, when praying,
55

Michail, Negus,
19

Miles, Colonel,
273
,
276

Minaean civilization:
44
,
92
; language of,
47

Miram Muhammad,
26
–7

Mishqas, the:
208
; attacks by,
244

Modra valley,
36

Monsoon,
47

Moon, eclipse of,
151

Moore, Guy,
31

Mosque,
324

Mudhaibi,
310

Mudhail:
189
–90; discovery of neolithic axe-head at,
190
; old buildings at,
191

Mughair well,
71

Mughshin:
42
,
46
,
65
,
108
ff.,
155
,
204
; prolonged drought around,
66
–7; Sultan of Muscat’s claim to,
76

Muhammad al Riqaishi.
See
Riqaishi, al

Muhammad bin Abdullah al Khalili.
See
Oman, Imam of

Muhammad, of the Duru: acts as
rabia,
173
; returns home,
175

Muhammad, of the Rashid (son of bin Kalut):
185
,
206
,
217
; offers to join Western Sands crossing,
207
; anxiety over raiders,
207
; suggests alternative crossing,
217
; presented with rifle before crossing,
224
; inefficiency of,
225
; offers to guide from Subkhat Mutti to Abu Dhabi,
254
; agrees to accompany Jabal al Akhadar exploration,
319

Muhammad Yayu, Sultan of Aussa,
27

Mukalla:
68
,
132
; plan to travel to,
181
; arrival at,
201
–2; return to,
203
–4

Munzinger, Werner,
24
,
30

Muqaibara well,
303

Murra, the,
122
,
152
,
204
,
238
,
239
,
250
,
253
–4

Murri, Ali al,
282
,
284

Murzuk, a renegade Saar,
207
–8

Musallim bin al Kamam.
See
bin al Kamam

Musallim bin Tafl.
See
bin Tafl

Musandam peninsula,
271

Muscat:
174
; as capital of Oman,
273

Muscat, Sultan of (Sayid Saiyid bin Taimur),
43
,
76
,
122
,
272
,
313
,
328

Muslim Empire,
92
,
98
–9

Muslim faith.
See
Islam

Mutair, the,
93

Muwaiqih,
268
,
272
,
274
,
281
,
288
,
294
,
317
,
319

Nabi Hud, shrine of,
199

Nafi,
307

Nafud sands,
252

Najd, the,
51
,
92
,
328

Najran,
186
,
203
,
207
,
212
,
215
,
240
,
280

Nasrani, al,
238

Naukhada,
276

Nazwa,
174
,
310
,
316
,
317
–8

Nesbitt, L. M.:
Desert and Forest,
24

No, Lake,
35

Nuer, the,
34
,
36
,
48

Nura,
193
,
194

Oil, effects of discovery of,
95
–6

Oil used to anoint guests,
312
–13

Oleanders,
311

Olive, wild,
17
,
75

Oman:
76
,
124
; route through,
156
ff.; interior of,
269
,
270
; bitterness of feuds in,
281
–2; Umbarak’s determination to return to Buraimi through,
306

Oman, Imam of (Muhammad bin Abdullah al Khalili):
76
,
160
,
174
,
271
,
273
,
295
; authorizes journey back to Muwaiqih,
316
–17,
324
–5

Omdurman:
30
; camel ride from Jamal Maidob to,
31

Ophir,
44

Oryx,
32
,
34
,
179
,
227
,
228
; search for,
302
,
303
; missed by Umbarak,
227
–8; becoming extinct,
230
; the stalking of,
232
; Awadh shoots forty,
280

Ostriches,
32
,
231

Palmetto.
See Saf

Palms: date,
111
,
161
,
164
,
179
,
192
,
197
,
209
,
238
,
252
,
261
,
263
,
268
; coconut,
44

Pelicans,
229

Peregrines.
See
Falcons

Persians
92

Philby, St. John:
39
,
242
–3,
246
–7,
248
–51; and crossing of the Empty Quarter,
121
–2; work along Yemen border,
204

Phoenicians,
92

Pinks,
17

Pintails,
179

Pirate Coast,
277

Plant distribution in the Empty Quarter,
181

Porphyry,
232

Prayer:
54
; call to,
55

Primulas,
17

Qahtan (or Joktan), descendant of Shem,
48
,
91
,
171

Qahtan, the,
75

Qaid,
119

Qaimiyat, the,
228
–9

Qamaiqam, a camel,
156
,
266

Qariya: well, at,
236
; ruins at,
237
,
248

Qarra, the
46
,
47
; customs with cows,
48
; as cattle owners,
82

Qarra Mountains,
43
,
46
–7,
122
,
179
,
186

Qasaiwara well,
295
,
296
,
299

Qasm,
282

Qassis,
150
,
228
,
229
,
230
,
258
,
283

Qatar peninsula,
254

Quff, palm groves at,
209

Qurn Sahma,
303

Qutuf,
261

Rabadh,
164
.166

Rabia,
the, part played by,
171
,
173
,
175
,
184
,
196

Rai, of the Afar,
175
–6

Raidat al Saar,
204
–5,
212
–13

Rainfall, in the desert,
127
–8,
140
,
181
,
256
–9

Ramadhan, fast of,
142

Ramlat al Ghafa,
122
,
126
,
145

Rashid, the:
53
,
67
,
79
,
102
–3; prayers among,
55
,
74
; contrasted with the Bait Kathir,
67
; smalt numbers of,
68
; signal of peace among,
72
; raids on,
73
–4; raid on Saar,
107
; lead across the Empty Quarter,
134
ff.; enmity with Dura,
171
; as guides to Mukalla,
181
–2; anger at truce-breaking by the Dahm,
187
; agree to attack the Dahm,
200
; discuss truce with the Saar,
206
; buy camels from the bin Maaruf,
214
–5; youthfulneu of guides,
216
; two herdsmen killed by the Abida,
217
; attack on the Abida at Thamud,
217
; renewal of truce with the Dahm,
280

Rashid, son of Sheikh of Dibai,
295

Ras Lul Seged,
20

Ravens:
130
,
147
; eaten as cure for stomach ache,
162
; attacked by peregrine,
293

Rhyolite,
232

Rift Valley,
24

Rim,
129
,
229
,
230

Rimram,
123
,
130

Riqaishi, Muhammad al,
174

Riqaishi, the, Governor of Ibri,
160
–1,
317
–18

Riqaiya.
See
Walia

Riyadh,
122
,
126
,
243

Riyals,
81
,
159

Romans, the:
91
,
92
; attempt to invade Arabia,
44

Roses, wild,
17

Royal Air Force:
43
,
49
,
50
; in the desert,
180
,
184
,
210
,
255
,
272
,
275

Rub al Khali.
See
Empty Quarter

Rualla, the,
68
,
328

Rustaq,
273

Saad, Sheikh, tomb of,
190

Saar, the:
68
,
107
,
110
,
185
; trilithons in their country,
90
; murder of Saar boy,
107
; nature of,
205
; discuss truce with the Rashid,
206
; camels bought from,
212
; encampment near Manwakh,
213
; credulity of,
214
; bitterness towards the Rashid,
216

Sabaean civilization:
44
,
92
,
198
; language of,
47

Sabkhat Mutti salt-flats:
254
,
258
; the crossing of,
250
ff.

Sabyia,
75

Saddle camel, Omani,
57

Sadr, of the Saar,
220
,
221
,
222
,
224
–5,
230
,
235
–7

Saf,
86
,
87

Sahail, killing of,
107

Sahara desert,
35

Sahma sands,
110
,
301

Said, of the Bait Kathir and evil
spirit,
108
–9; and proposed crowing of Empty Quarter,
114
,
116
; and stomach ache,
122
–3

Said, of the Rashid, (brother of bin Kabina),
131
,
196
,
200

Saif al Islam al Hussain.
See
Hussein

Saints: oaths sworn on tombs of,
112

Saiwun:
204
; Sultan’s palace at,
209
; modernization of,
210

Saiyid Said bin Timur.
See
Muscat, Sultan of

Saiyids,
the:
209
,
214
,
215
; overcharging by,
215

Saker.
See
Falcon

Salakh, Mt.,
313

Salala:
43
,
64
,
134
; description of,
43
–6; Wali of,
41
,
45
,
181
; stay at,
182
ff.

Salih, of the Saar,
220
,
222
,
224
–5,
233
,
234
,
237

Salih bin Aisa.
See
bin Aisa

Salim bin Ghabaisha.
See
bin Ghabaisha

Salim bin Habarut.
See
bin Habarut

Salim bin Kabina.
See
bin Kabina

Salim bin Mautlauq.
See
bin Mautlauq

Salim bin Rashid al Kharusi, former Imam of Oman,
273

Salt-bushes.
See
Harm

Salt-flats,
140
,
143
,
148

Salukis,
283
–4

Sambuk,
275
,
276

Sanau well,
71

Sandford, Colonel (later Brigadier) D.A.,
21

Sands, the.
See
Empty Quarter

Sands: colours of,
128
,
137
,
140
,
148
,
152
; ‘the singing of’,
166
; reading the,
302
–3

Sands, Western.
See
Empty Quarter

Sandstorms,
322

Sardines:
44
,
70
,
193
; fed to camels,
79

Saud, brother of Salim bin Mautlauq,
218

Scorpions,
123
; Umbarak stung by,
319

Scott, Captain Robert Falcon,
278

Second World War,
37
–8

Sedge.
See Qassis

Semitic race,
92

Shaghham well,
217

Shahara, the,
47
,
82