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Notes on the Bedouins and Wahabys : Collected During His Travels in the East

ISBN: 9781108022897 | 1108022898
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Cambridge Univ Pr
Pub. Date: 11/25/2010

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SummaryTable of Contents
John Lewis Burckhardt (1784-1817) was a Swiss explorer who explored Arabia and the Middle East in the guise of a Muslim. First published in 1830, these volumes contain Burckhardt's description of Bedouin society and history of the Wahhabi Islamic sect. Volume 1 contains his description of the Bedouin.

A detailed description of Bedouin society with a history of the Wahhabi sect of Islam, first published in 1830.
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Account of the Bedouin Tribes
Classification of Bedouin tribes that inhabit the Syrian desert
Sketches
The tent, and its different parts
Furniture of the tent, and various utensils
Bedouin dress
Arms of the Bedouin
Diet of the Arabs
Arts and industry
Wealth and property of the Bedouins
Sciences, music, and poetry of the Bedouins
Feasts and rejoicings
Diseases and cures
Education
Religious worship
Matrimony and divorce
Government and mode of judicature
Warfare and predatory excursions
Blood-revenge, or ThÃír
Robbery and theft
Hospitality of the Arabs
Slaves and servants
Moral character of the Bedouins
Cattle of the Bedouins, and other animals of the desert
Vegetation of the desert
Winds
Additional observations
Dress of the Bedouins
Arms
Food and cookery
Industry
The Arabs' wealth
Sciences, music, poetry, &c.
The camel-driver's song
Feasts and rejoicings
Diseases
Vaccination
Customs relative to matrimony
Divorces of the Bedouins
Burial of the Bedouins
Religious worship
Government
Warfare of the Bedouins
Blood-revenge
Robbery and thieving
The traitor
Dakheil, or protection
Hospitality
Domestic relations
General character of the Bedouins
Salutation
Language
Sagacity in tracing of footsteps, or Athr
General reflections
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