A JOURNEY THROUGH THE YEMEN [Illustration: BAZAAR AT DHAMAR.] A JOURNEY THROUGH THE YEMEN AND SOME GENERAL REMARKS UPON THAT COUNTRY BY WALTER B. HARRIS, F.R.G.S. AUTHOR OF ‘THE LAND OF AN AFRICAN SULTAN; TRAVELS IN MOROCCO’ _ILLUSTRATED FROM SKETCHES AND PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEN BY THE AUTHOR_ WILLIAM BLACKWOOD AND SONS EDINBURGH AND LONDON MDCCCXCIII _All Rights reserved_ TO MY FATHER AND MOTHER _I DEDICATE THIS BOOK_. PREFACE. But very few words are necessary as a preface to this book, as more than once in its pages its objects are stated. An account of my journey through the Yemen appeared last autumn in a series of articles in the ‘Illustrated London News,’ and it is with kind permission of the proprietors of that paper that some of the illustrations reappear here. Many of the illustrations, however, have not seen the light of day before. The chapter on the Yemen rebellion was published as an article in ‘Blackwood’s Magazine’ for February last. The remainder of the book consists of entirely new matter. I cannot attempt to thank here the many persons who aided me and rendered me services during the time I was in the Yemen. Without their assistance my journey would probably have failed. To them I am most grateful. W. B. H. _Sept. 1893._ CONTENTS. CHAP. PAGE PART I.—SOME GENERAL REMARKS ON THE YEMEN. I. THE YEMEN, 3 II. THE YEMEN BEFORE THE HEJIRA, 27 III. THE YEMEN SINCE THE HEJIRA, 47 IV. THE INFLUENCES OF ISLAM IN THE YEMEN, 70 V. THE REBELLION IN THE YEMEN, 92 PART II.—A JOURNEY THROUGH THE YEMEN. I. ADEN, 121 II. ADEN TO LAHEJ, 151 III. LAHEJ TO KHOREIBA, 174 IV. ACROSS THE TURKISH FRONTIER, 200 V. SOBEH TO YERIM, 223 VI. YERIM TO DHAMAR, 247 VII. DHAMAR TO SANAA, 263