My old friends Sayed El Sherif El Idrissi and his son Sayed Marghanny El Idrissi again gave me that good counsel and ready help which I had received from them in the course of my trip to Kufra in 1921.
Throughout my expedition I received the most friendly and effective assistance from Colonel Commandant Hunter Pasha, C.B., D.S.O., late Administrator of the Frontier Districts Administration; Colonel M. Macdonnell, late Governor of the Western Desert; Major de Halpert of the F.D.A.; Captain Hutton, O.C., Sollum; Captain Harrison, O.C. Armored Cars at Sollum; Abdel Aziz Fahmy Effendi and A. Kmel Effendi, Mamurs of Sollum and Siwa; Lieutenant Lawler, O.C., Siwa.
When I reached the Sudan my way was made easy and pleasant by the kindness of his Excellency Ferik Sir Lee Stack Pasha, G.B.E., C.M.G., Sirdar and Governor-General of the Sudan, and I cannot let this opportunity pass of expressing my cordial thanks to all the officials of the Sudan Government along my route, and especially to Lewa Midwinter Pasha, C.B., C.M.G., C.B.E., D.S.O., Acting Governor-General of the Sudan; Lewa Huddleston Pasha, C.M.G., D.S.O., M.C., Acting Sirdar; Kaimakam M. Hafiz Bey, O.C. Troops at Khartum; H. A. MacMichael, D.S.O., Assistant Civil Secretary; Captain J. E. Philips, M.C. Samuel Atiyah Bey, M.V.O., and Ahmed El Sayed Pifai of the Sudan Civil Service; Charles Dupuis, Acting Governor of Darfur; Sagh A. Hilym, S.O., El Fasher; J. D. Craig, O.B.E., Governor of Kordofan; Bimbashi A. Khalil, S.O., El Obeid; and the officers, officials, and notables of El Fasher and El Obeid.
To Bimbashi G. F. Foley, M.C., O.C. Artillery at El Fasher, I am grateful for the verse which adorns the last chapter of the book.
I am particularly indebted to Harold Howland and to W. H. L. Watson, an old Balliol friend, for their invaluable help and advice in the preparation of this book.
A. M. Hassanein.
CONTENTS
| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
| I. | The Desert | [3] |
| II. | The Planning of the Journey | [12] |
| III. | The Blessing of the Baggage | [16] |
| IV. | Supplies and Equipment | [19] |
| V. | Plots and Omens | [31] |
| VI. | The Senussis | [42] |
| VII. | The Peace of Jaghbub | [57] |
| VIII. | Meals and Medicine | [67] |
| IX. | Sand-Storms and the Road to Jalo | [76] |
| X. | At the Oasis of Jalo | [88] |
| XI. | On the Trek | [110] |
| XII. | The Road to Zieghen Well | [131] |
| XIII. | The Changing Desert and a CorrectedMap | [156] |
| XIV. | Kufra: Old Friends and a Change ofPlan | [170] |
| XV. | Kufra: Its Place on the Map | [185] |
| XVI. | The Lost Oases: Arkenu | [203] |
| XVII. | The Lost Oases: Ouenat | [219] |
| XVIII. | Night Marches to Erdi | [235] |
| XIX. | Entering the Sudan | [257] |
| XX. | To Furawia on Short Rations | [277] |
| XXI. | Journey’s End | [293] |
| APPENDICES | ||
| I. | Note on the Cartographical Results ofHassanein Bey’s Journey | [309] |
| II. | Conclusions Derived from theGeological Data Collected by Hassanein Bey during His Kufra-OuenatExpedition | [348] |
| III. | Notes on the Geology of HassaneinBey’s Expedition, Sollum-Darfur, 1923 | [352] |