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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."' [‎169] (222/334)

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. VIII.]
Lizards.
169
riders, who bad lost their way, and perished of
thirst.
The sand, for several miles after leaving the wells,
was covered with camel tracks, Koala camels no
doubt, and here and there we came across the track
of a horse, but the further one gets into Arabia, the
rarer horses seem to be. After these first few miles,
however, there appeared no trace of living creatures
except lizards. Eadi took us first in a nearly
southerly direction, till he hit a line of landmarks,
invisible to us but well known to him, running
south-south-east. This he calls the road, the road
of Abu Zeyd, and told us the following legend in
connection with it (there was no more trace of a
road than there might have been on the sea). Many
years ago, says Radi, there was a famine in Nejd,
and the Beni Hellal were without bread. Then
Abu Zeyd, sheykh of the tribe, spoke to his kins
men Merrey and Yunis, and said, " Let us go out
towards the west, and seek new pastures for our
people," and they travelled until they came to Tunis
el-Gharb, which was at that time ruled by an Emir
named Znati, and they looked at the land and liked
it, and were about to return to their tribe with the
news, when Znati put them all into prison. Now
Znati had a daughter who was very beautiful,
named Sferi, and when she saw Merrey in the dun
geon, she fell in love with him, and proposed that
he should marry her, and promised that his life
and all their lives should be spared. But Merrey did

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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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1 volume (273 pages)
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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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Dimensions: 210mm x 135mm.

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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."' [‎169] (222/334), British Library: Printed Collections, 2358.c.2. vol. 1, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100023868638.0x000017> [accessed 29 March 2024]

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