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‘A Pilgrimage to Nejd, the cradle of the Arab race. A visit to the court of the Arab Emir, and "Our Persian Campaign."' [117] (164/334)
The record is made up of 1 volume (273 pages). It was created in 1881. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: Printed Collections.
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CH. VI.]
The garrison.
their heads, bound with white rope, and their
swords were silver-hilted. Everyone in the kahwah
stood up as they entered, and we both thought
them to be the sons of the Sheykh, or some great
personage at Jof. Wilfrid whispered a question
about them to Huseyn, who laughed and said they
were not sons of sheykhs, but "zeliemet Ibn Rashid,"
Ibn Rashid s men, in fact, his soldiers. The red
kefiyeh, and the silver hilted sword, was a kind of
uniform. They had come, as it presently appeared,
from Dowass, the acting governor of Jof, to invite
us to the castle, and though we were sorry to leave
Huseyn's quiet garden and his kind hospitality, we
have thought it prudent to comply. Neither Huseyn
nor anyone else seemed to think it possible we could
refuse, for Ibn Rashid's government is absolute at
Jof, and his lieutenant's wishes are treated as com
mands, not that there seems to be ill-feeling between
the garrison and the town ; the soldiers we saw
appear to be on good terms with everybody, and are
indeed so good-humoured, that it would be difficult
to quarrel with them. But J6f is a conquered
place, held permanently in a state of siege, and the
discipline maintained is very strict. We have
moved accordingly with all our camp to the precincts
of the official residence, and are encamped just
under its walls. The hisr, which, as I have said, is
outside the town, was built about twelve years ago
by Metaab ibn Rashid, brother of the Emir Telldl
(Mr. Palgrave's friend), and though so modern a
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A Pilgrimage to Nejd, the cradle of the Arab race. A visit to the court of the Arab Emir, and "Our Persian Campaign."...With map, portraits, and illustrations from the author's drawings , by Lady Anne Isabella Noel Blunt, Baroness Wentworth. With contributions from Wilfrid Scawen Blunt.
Publication details: Published by John Murray, Albemarle Street, London.
Physical description: Volume 1 of a two-volume work; includes map and illustrations; Octavo.
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The volume contains a table of contents with chapter headings with page references (pp xxix-xxxi). Each chapter heading is followed by a detailed breakdown of the contents of that chapter. There is also a list of illustrations giving titles and page references (p xxxiii).
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- 2358.c.2. vol. 1
- Title
- ‘A Pilgrimage to Nejd, the cradle of the Arab race. A visit to the court of the Arab Emir, and "Our Persian Campaign."'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:i-v, 1:34, 1:80, 80a:80b, 81:104, 104a:104b, 105:118, 118a:118b, 119:120, 120a:120b, 121:160, 160a:160b, 161:214, 214a:214b, 215:250, 250a:250b, 251:274, ii-r:ii-v, back-i
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- Blunt Lady, nee King, Anne Isabella Noel, 15th Baroness Wentworth
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