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'Notes on the Bedouins and Wahabys Collected During his Travels in the East, by the Late John Lewis Burckhardt' [‎94v] (119/470)

The record is made up of 1 volume (439 pages). It was created in 1830. It was written in English and Arabic. The original is part of the British Library: Printed Collections.

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94
ROBBERY AND THEFT.
right to freedom is allowed, the thongs which tied his hair are
cut with a knife, his fetters are taken off, and he is set at liberty-
Sometimes he finds means to disengage himself from his chains,
during the rabat’s absence; in this case he escapes at night, and
takes refuge in the nearest tent, declaring himself dakheil to
the first person he meets, and thus regains his freedom; but
this seldom happens, for the prisoner always receives so very
scanty an allowance of food, that his weakness generally prevents
him from making any extraordinary effort, but his friends usually
liberate him either by open force, or by contrivance in the fol
lowing manner:—
A relation of the prisoner, most frequently his own mother or
sister, disguised as a beggar, is received in the character of a poor
guest by some Arab of the camp in which the hardmy is confined.
Having ascertained the tent of his rabdt, the disguised relation
introduces herself into it at night, with a ball of thread in her
hands, approaches the hole in which he lies, and throwing one
end of the thread over the prisoner’s face contrives to guide it
into his mouth, or fastens it to his foot; thus he perceives that
help is at hand. The woman retires, winding off the thread until
she reaches some neighbouring tent; then awakens the owner
of it, and applying the thread to his bosom, addresses him in
these words: “ Look on me, by the love thou bearest to God,
and thy own self, this is under thy protection.” X ^ ^\ys
As soon as the Arab comprehends the object of this
nocturnal visit, he rises, and winding up the thread in his hands,
is guided by it to the tent which contains the hardmy. He
then awakens the rabdt, shows him the thread still held by the
captive, and declares that the latter is his dakheil. The hardmy
is then released from his fetters, the rabdt entertains him as a
guest newly arrived, and he is suffered to depart in safety. What
I relate here is not a romantic or fictitious tale; the facts are

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Notes on the Bedouins and Wahabys Collected During his Travels in the East, by the Late John Lewis Burckhardt. Edited by Sir William Ouseley.

Publication details: London: Henry Coburn and Richard Bentley, New Burlington Street. 1830. Published by Authority of the Association for Promoting the Discovery of the Interior of Africa.

Physical description: Quarto.

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1 volume (439 pages)
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This volume contains a table of contents giving chapter headlines and page references.

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Dimensions: 280mm x 220mm

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English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script
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