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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.”
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BY LADY ANNE BLUNT.
AUTHOR OF “THE BEDOUIN TRIBES OF THE EUPHRATES.”
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IN TWO VOLUMES.—VOL. II.
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WITH MAP, PORTRAITS, AND ILLUSTRATIONS FROM
THE AUTHOR’S DRAWINGS.
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_SECOND EDITION_.
LONDON:
JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET,
1881.
[_All rights reserved_.]
CONTENTS TO VOL. II.
CHAPTER XII.
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Nejd horses—Their rarity—Ibn Saoud’s stud—The stables at 1
Haïl—Some notes of individual mares—The points of a Nejd
head—The tribes in the Nefûds and their horses—Meaning of
the term “Nejdi”—Recipe for training
CHAPTER XIII.
Mohammed loses his head—A ride with the Emir—The mountain 18
fortress of Agde—Farewell to Haïl—We join the Persian
Haj—Ways and manners of the pilgrims—A clergyman of Medina
CHAPTER XIV.
We go in search of adventures—Taybetism—An hyena hunt—How 49
to cook locusts—Hawking—The reservoirs of Zobeydeh—Tales
and legends—A _coup de théâtre_—Mohammed composes a kasid
CHAPTER XV.
Muttlak Ibn Arûk and the Ketherin—Their horses—We are 73
adopted by the tribe—The Haj again—Ambar sends round the
hat—A forced march of one hundred and seventy
miles—Terrible loss of camels—Nejef
CHAPTER XVI.
The Shrines of the Shias—Bedouin honesty—Legend of the 101
Tower of Babel—Bagdad—Our party breaks up
OUR PERSIAN CAMPAIGN.
CHAPTER I.
New plans and new preparations—We leave Bagdad for 113
Persia—Wild boar hunting in the Wudian—A terrible
accident—We travel with a holy man—Camps of the Beni
Laam—An alarm