People of the veil

by Baron Francis James Rennell Rodd Rennell of Rodd

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PLATES

PLATE				Facing page
1.	Agellal Village andMountains			[Frontispiece]
2.	Elattu				[14]
3.	Desert and Hills fromTermit Peak				[32]
4.	Diom in Elakkos				[42]
	Punch and Judy Show				[42]
5.	Gamram				[49]
6.	River of Agades: Cliffs atAkaraq				[76]
	Shrine at Akaraq				[76]
7.	River of Agades lookingSouth from Tebehic in the Eghalgawen Massif				[79]
	Eghalgawen Massif fromAzawagh				[79]
8.	Tin Wana Pool				[83]
	Rock of the Two Slaves, atthe Junction of the Tin Wana and Eghalgawen Valleys				[83]
9.	Agades				[86]
10.	Gathering at SidiHamada				[95]
	Prayers at SidiHamada				[95]
11.	Prayers at SidiHamada				[97]
12.	Omar: Amenokal of Air				[108]
13.	Auderas Valley lookingWest				[120]
	Auderas Valley: AerwanTidrak				[120]
14.	Mt. Todra fromAuderas				[126]
15.	Grain Pots, Iferuan				[133]
	Garden Wells				[133]
16.	Auderas: Huts				[154]
	Auderas: Tent-hut andShelter				[154]
17.	The Author dressing aWound at Auderas				[163]
18.	Tekhmedin and theAuthor				[178]
19.	Bagezan Mountains andTowar Village				[182]
20.	Huts at Towar showingMethod of Construction				[184]
	Timia Huts				[184]
21.	Camel Brands				[195]
22.	Shield Ornamentation andUtensils				[209]
23.	Timia Gorge				[216]
	Timia Gorge: Basalt andGranite Formations				[216]
24.	Tuareg PersonalEquipment				[227]
25.	Tuareg CamelEquipment				[230]
26.	Tuareg Weapons				[236]
27.	House Types				[240]
28.	House Types				[241]
29.	Timia: “A” and “B” TypeHouses and Hut Circles				[244]
	Tabello: Interior of “A”Type House				[244]
30.	House Interiors				[248]
31.	Mosques				[256]
32.	Mosques				[257]
33.	Tifinagh Alphabet				[267]
34.	Rock Inscriptions inTifinagh				[269]
35.	Mt. Abattul andVillage				[275]
36.	The Cross in Ornament				[277]
37.	Tuareg PersonalOrnaments				[285]
38.	Mt. Arwa				[295]
39.	Mt. Aggata				[300]
40.	Rock Drawings				[305]
41.	Rock Drawings				[306]
42.	Ornamented BaggageRests				[310]
43.	T’intellust				[312]
44.	Barth’s Camp atT’intellust				[313]
	Barth’s Camp atT’intellust (another view)				[313]
45.	Assarara				[326]
46.	Fugda, Chief of Timia, andHis Wakil				[352]
	Atagoom				[352]
47.	Sidi				[366]
48.	Eghalgawen Pool				[400]
	Tizraet Pool				[400]
49.	Eghalgawen Valley and theLast Hills of Air				[414]
50.	Mt. Bila at Sunset				[419]
Additional Plate		⎰ ⎱	Typical Tebu		[442]
			Termit Peak and Well		[442]
MAPS AND DIAGRAMS
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Map showing the TradeRoads of North Africa					[5]
Diagrammatic Map showingthe Drainage of the Central Sahara					[29]
Map of Damergu andNeighbouring Parts: 1/2,000,000				facing p.	[36]
Sketch Map of Air and theDivisions of the Southland					[40]
Diagram showing TribalDescent among the Tuareg					[130]
Diagram showing theGovernment of the Air Tuareg					[144]
Map showing Leo’s SaharanAreas					[331]
Diagram showing IbnKhaldun’s Berber Tribes					[341]
Diagram showing theMigrations of the Air Tuareg					[388]
Genealogy of Certain Kingsof Air					[465]
Map of Air and AdjacentParts: 1/2,000,000					[Atend]

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NOTE

The general map at the end of the volume was prepared by the Royal Geographical Society from data collected by the author supplementing existing maps published in France and described in the text of the book. The two drawings (Plates 38 and 39) were executed in England by T. A. Emmet from sketches made in Air. Plates Nos. 2, 15 (lower), 34 are from photographs taken by Angus Buchanan. All the other maps, diagrams, pictures, and photographs were prepared by the author from material collected in 1922.

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NOTE

The name “Air” is a dissyllable word: the vowels are pronounced as in Italian according to the general system of transliteration, which follows, wherever possible, the rules laid down by the Committee of the Royal Geographical Society on the Spelling of Proper Names. In the Tuareg form of Berber, t before i or similar vowel, especially in the feminine possessive particle “tin,” very often assumes a sound varying between a hard explosive tch and a soft liquid dental, such as is found in the English word “tune.” This modification of the sound t is written t’, wherever it is by usage sufficiently pronounced to be noticeable. The pronunciation of Tuareg words follows the Air dialect, which often differs from the northern speech. Letters are only accented where it is important to avoid mispronunciation, as in Fadé and Emilía: a final e, as in Assode, which is a trisyllable, should always be pronounced even if not accented.

The nasal n occurring in such words as Añastafidet is written ñ.