Southern Arabia

by Theodore Bent, Mabel Bent

37 chapters14h 27mEnglish1900

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Southern Arabia recounts a threatening four-month journey into North Eastern Ethiopia by the Bents. These brave travelers were the first to travel without disguise in a region where Westerners had formerly been fortunate to escape with their lives. (Summary by Woolly Bee)

Chapters (36)

1Southern Arabia: Manamah and Moharek

1839

2Southern Arabia: The Mounds of Ali

1572

3Southern Arabia: Our Visit to Rufa'a

1637

4Maskat: Some Historical Facts about Oman

2048

5Maskat: Maskat and the Outskirts

949

6The Hadhramout: Makall

1166

7The Hadhramout: Our Departure into the Interior

747

8The Hadhramout: The Akaba

1229

9The Hadhramout: Through Wadi Kasr

1591

10The Hadhramout: Our Sojourn at Koton

1861

11The Hadhramout: The Wadi Ser and Kabr Saleh

1960

12The Hadhramout: The City of Shibahm

2433

13The Hadhramout: Farewell to the Sultan of Shibahm

1737

14The Hadhramout: Harassed by our Guides

2697

15The Hadhramout: Retribution for our Foes

1236

16The Hadhramout: Coasting Eastward by Land

1244

17The Hadhramout: Coasting Westward by Sea

696

18Dhofar and the Gara Mountains: Merbat and Al Hafa

2276

19Dhofar and the Gara Mountains: The Gara Tribe

1722

20Dhofar and the Gara Mountains: The Gara Mountains

1764

21Dhofar and the Gara Mountains: The Identification of Abyssapolis

1201

22Dhofar and the Gara Mountains: Sailing from Kosseir to Aden

1197

23The Eastern Soudan: Coasting along the Red Sea

1148

24The Eastern Soudan: Halaib and Sawakin Kadim

562

25The Eastern Soudan: Inland from Mersa Halaib

691

26The Eastern Soudan: Mohammed Gol

372

27The Eastern Soudan: 'Dancing on Tom Tiddler's Ground, Picking up Gold'

1363

28The Eastern Soudan: Behind the Jebel Erba

1523

29The Mahri Island of Sokotra: Kalenzia

1264

30The Mahri Island of Sokotra: Eriosh and Kadhoup

1018

31The Mahri Island of Sokotra: Tamarida or Hadibo AND We Depart for the Land's End, i.e. Ras Momi

2069

32The Mahri Island of Sokotra: Mount Haghier and Fereghet

1813

33The Mahri Island of Sokotra: Back to the Ocean

1270

34Beled Fadhli and Beled Yafei: Experiences with the Yafei Sultan

1654

35Beled Fadhli and Beled Yafei: Among the Fadhli

1118

36Beled Fadhli and Beled Yafei: From the Plain of Mis'hal to the Sea

1198

Southern Arabia

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