A PILGRIMAGE TO NEJD,

THE CRADLE OF THE ARAB RACE.

A VISIT TO THE COURT OF THE ARAB EMIR, AND

"OUR PERSIAN CAMPAIGN."

BY LADY ANNE BLUNT.

AUTHOR OF "THE BEDOUIN TRIBES OF THE EUPHRATES."

IN TWO VOLUMES.-VOL. II.

WITH MAP, PORTRAITS, AND ILLUSTRATIONS FROM

THE AUTHOR'S DRAWINGS.

SECOND EDITION.

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LONDON:

JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET,

1881.

[All Rights reserved.]

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CONTENTS TO VOL. II.

CHAPTER XII.

Nejd horses-Their rarity—Ibn Saoud's stud-The stables at Haïl

Some notes of individual mares-The points of a Nejd head-

The tribes in the Nefûds and their horses-Meaning of the

term “Nedji ”—Recipe for training .

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CHAPTER XIII.

Mohammed loses his head-A ride with the Emir-The mountain

fortress of Agde-Farewell to Haïl-We join the Persian Haj—

Ways and manners of the pilgrims-A clergyman of Medina

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CHAPTER XIV.

We go in search of adventures-Taybetism-An hyæna hunt-How

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 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

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CHAPTER XVI.

The Shrines of the Shias-Bedouin honesty-Legend of the Tower

of Babel-Bagdad-Our party breaks up .

OUR PERSIAN CAMPAIGN.

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CHAPTER I.

New plans and new preparations-We leave Bagdad for Persia-

Wild boar hunting in the Wudian-A terrible accident-We

travel with a holy man-Camps of the Beni Laam-An alarm. 113

CHAPTER II.

We are betrayed into the hands of robbers-Ghafil and Saadun-

We diplomatise-A march across "No-man's-land "—Night

terrors-We claim protection of a Persian prince

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CHAPTER III.

A prince in exile-Tea money-Rafts on the Kerkha-Last words

with the Beni Laam-Kerim Khan-Beautiful Persia-We

arrive at Dizful.

CHAPTER IV.

Pleasures of town life-The Khani's court-Bactiari shepherds-

Shustar-Its palace, its river, and its garden-A telegraph

clerk.

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