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'Personal Narrative of a pilgrimmage to Al-Madinah and Meccah. Vol. II' [‎77] (98/568)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (414 pages). It was created in 1898. It was written in English and Arabic. The original is part of the British Library: Printed Collections.

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XXV.—The Badawin of Al-Hijaz. 77
The first race, indigens or autochthones, are those
sub-Caucasian tribes which may still be met with in the
province of Mahrah, and generally along the coast be
tween Maskat andHazramaut. 1 The Mahrah, the Janabah,
and the Gara especially show a low development, for
which hardship and privation alone will not satisfactorily
account. 2 These are Arab al-Aribah for whose inferiority
oriental fable accounts as usual by thaumaturgy.
The principal advent are the Noachians, a great Chal-
daean or Mesopo t amian tribe whic h entered Arabia about
Foster gratuitously attacked Burckhardt, whose manes had long
rested in the good-will of man. This contrasts offensively with Lord
Lindsay's happy compliment to the memory of the honest Swiss and
the amiable eulogy quoted by Dr. Keith from the Quarterly (vol. xxiii.),
and thus adopted as his own. It may seem folly to defend the histo
rian of the Decline and Fall against the compiler of the Historical
eography of Arabia. But continental Orientalists have expressed
heir wonder at the appearance in this nineteenth century of the
'\0Ke of Israel from Mount Sinai" and the "India in Greece"-
they should be informed that all our Eastern students are not votaries
01 such obsolete vagaries.
/ Th . 1S J S . . Said without an y theory. According to all historians
ong inhabited lands, the advenae—whether migratory tribes or
visitors—find indigens or avOiytvus.
anHnw 67 T described as havin o small heads, with low brows
irreeuln 01 ! u^f' (strongl y contr asting with the Jewish feature).
slender k 68 * u ^ ^ frameS for the m0St P art frail an d
niv rpir! ! a physiological description of this race. I must refer
officer p r Writings u of Dr - Carter ^ Bombay, the medical
ArabTa w l r 115 ' When engaged 00 the Surve y of Ea ^ern
remark- th ^ u means of observation he has not failed to
ty betWeen the lowest ^ of Badawi a ^ the
races tV f ^ re P resented b y the B hils and other Jungle
may be S ' T WhoiS n0t Writing U P t0 a theor y.
. . Ar/h % Str0ng evidence in favour of variety in the
-acy have'dven"!}, 7 '- The faCt haS l0ng been sus P ected ' but few travellers
v WUiam To T * ntl0n to the sub j e ct since the downfall of Sir
been notinArab^.. a " 0 ^ 11 1 am convinced that there is
hlow wasLtf, 6 ^ faCe ' Cast of features and expression," as
Mr the subiect^ f SUppOS ! t0 . be the case ' and 1 venture to recommend
Mr. -ubject for consideration to future observers.

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Personal Narrative of a pilgrimmage to Al-Madinah and Meccah. Vol. II by Captain Sir Richard F Burton, edited by his wife, Isabel Burton, with an introduction bu Stanley Lane-Poole.

Publication Details: London, George Bell and Sons.

Edition: The third edition with preface.

Physical Description: initial Roman numeral pagination (i-xii).

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1 volume (414 pages)
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This volume contains a table of contents giving chapter headings and page references. There is also a list of illustrations and an alphabetical index at the back of the volume, beginning on page 415.

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Dimensions: 185mm x 110mm

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English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script
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