Southern Arabia - J. Theodore Bent; Mrs. Theodore Bent

Ababdeh tribe, [290], [296], [305]
Abr Shebba, [409]
Abyan, plain of the, [401], [407], [427]
Abyssapolis, [269]
Abyssinia, [91], [101], [314]-[6]
Abyssinians in Sokotra, [354]
Adab, [106]
Adahan, [388]
Addites, [242], [265]-[6];
- legends of, [105], [130]
Aden, [46], [393];
- difficulties at, [72];
- departure from, [228], [346], [399];
- return to, [284], [398], [428]
Adulis, ruins at, [241]
Aelius Gallus, [247], [253]
Africa, exploration in, [287]
Akaba, the, [88] &c., [164], [166]
Akhmed Orab, [305]
Alagoum, [130]
Al Agran, [124]
Al Balad, [240]-[1]
Al Hafa, [232], [235]
Al Kaiti, family of, [75], [76] &c., [97], [144], [206], [282]
Al Kara, [403]
Al Koton, [111] &c.
Al Madi, [190], [191], [194]
Albuquerque, in the Persian Gulf, [10];
- commentaries of, quoted, [6], [40], [50]
Ali, mounds of, [20] &c.
Allaki, mines of, [323]
Aloes, [194];
- in Sokotra, [376], [381]
Amara tribe, [301]
Ambergris, [344]
Amri tribe, [139], [171], [277]
Aòdeli tribe, [424];
- mountains of, ib.
Apes, [271]
Arab games, [4], [333]
Arad, [2]
Armenians, [230]
Ascites, [247]
Asses, [3], [20]
Aydab, [300]-[1], [305], [325]

Baboons, [412]
Baggala, [8], [205]
Bahrein, Islands of, [1] &c.;
- asses of, [3];
- coffee-pots, [5];
- pearl fisheries, [6];
- boats, [8];
- history, [9];
- wells in, [20], [40];
- springs, [14], [41];
- British protectorate, [13]
Bahrein, Isa, Sultan of, [13]. See also El Khalifa
Bahr-Safi, [129]
Bakhrein, [82]
Balfour, Professor, [343], [382]
Barahout. See Bir Borhut
Basra, [83]
Batil, [8], [229], [277]
Batran, [298]
Bazahel, [166]
Bedja tribes in the Soudan, [301], [323], [354]
Beni, [302]
Bedouin, attack Maskat, [59];
- of the Hadhramout, [74], [73] &c., [93], [128], [213];
- the name, [128];
- religion of, [133], [261], [274];
- origin of, [249];
- of the Gara, [239] &c.;
- of the Soudan, [301] &c., [350];
- of Sokotra, [365] &c.;
- in Arabia, [426];
- dances, [129]
Berenice, [291]-[2], [294], [296]
Bir Baokban, [190]
Bir Borhut, [138], [228], [282]
Bir Lammas, [425]
Bir Mighar, [401]
Bisharin, tribe of, in the Sudan, [298], [301], [304] &c.
Boats, Arabian, [215], [220], [230], [277]-[8], [284], [288], [293].
- See Batil, Baggala, Houra, Sambuka
British. See Maskat, Persian Gulf, Sokotra
Bushire, [2]
Butter-making in Sokotra, [336], [346]
Buttra, [17], [35], [46], [66]

Camels, in the Hadhramout, fed on fish, [81];
- in Dhofar, [244];
- in the Soudan, [330];
- in Sokotra, [368]-[9]
Camel marks, [369], [438]
Camoens, [254]
Campbell Bey, [289]
Carrei tribe, [247]
Carter, Dr., [254]
Cholmley, Mr. A., [288]
Coral, [294]

Darour, [290]
Date-palms, stories concerning, [19];
- uses of, ib.;
- in the Hadhramout, [116]
Derbat, [272]
Dervishes in the Soudan, [293], [299], [304], [311]-[12], [326], [338]
Dhofar, plain of, [233] &c.;
- products of, [235];
- antiquities in, [239];
- camels of, [244]
Dianæ Oraculum, [266]
Diodorus quoted, [318], [324]
Dioscorides, name of Sokotra, [344], [363]
Dirgheg, [407]
Dis, [211]
Dollars, Maria Theresa, [208], [239], [285], [414]
Dragon's-blood tree, [344], [379]
Dress of women, [95], [100], [110], [119], [136], [237], [349], [405], [424]
Durand, Sir M., [9], [29]

Eber, the prophet, [130], [132]
Egyptians, ancient, in Arabia, [270];
- trade in frankincense, [234];
- in the Red Sea, [293];
- gold mines, [313], [318], [320] &c.
Egyptians, modern, on the Red Sea [293];
- in the Soudan [307], [309]
El Hasa, [1];
- products of, [5], [38], [42]
El Khalifa, family of, [12], [31], [35], [39]
El Matra, [58], [68]
Emerald mines, [296]
Eratosthenes, [21]
Erba, Mount, [314], [330]
Eriosh, [354]
Ethiopians, [302];
- in Sokotra, [354]
Euphrates Valley Railway, [9]

Fahdli tribe, [399], [400], [408] &c.
Farash, [169]
Fereghet, [383]
Frankincense, [224];
- in the Hadhramout, ancient trade in, [89] &c.;
- in Dhofar, [234], [245], [252] &c.;
- in Sokotra, [344], [380]
French in the Persian Gulf, [60]
French, Bishop, [68]

Hadai, [315]
Hadendowa, [317]
Hadhramout, valley of the, [71] &c.;
- population of, [79];
- meaning of the word, [71];
- plants of, [85], [108];
- physical features, [90], [108];
- castles, [106];
- Seyyids of, [115], [227], [280]-[2], [423]
Hadibo. See Tamarida
Hagarein, [96], [98] &c., [103]
Hagarein, Abdul, Sultan of, [98] &c., [103], [141], [282]
Hagheri Ask, [401], [408]
Haghier, Mount, [351], [368], [378]
Haibel Gabrein, [90]
Halaib, [290], [298]
Hami, [210]
Hamoumi tribe, [168] &c., [177], [186], [207], [283]
Hamoumi, Sultan of the, [214]
Hamram, [275]
Hatasou, Queen, [270], [293]
Haula, [362]
Haura, [106]
Haura, Sultan of, [282]
Hazarmaveth, [72], [89], [95], [133]
Herodotus, quoted, [21]
Himyaritic remains, [49], [104], [166], [242], [402], [405], [413];
- civilisation, [71], [143]
- inscriptions, [71]
Hirsch, Herr Leo, [72]
Hormuz, [10]
Houri, [68], [292]