Narrative of the residence of Fatalla Sayeghir among the wandering Arabs of the great desertLamartine, Alphonse de
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Narrative of the residence of Fatalla Sayeghir among the wandering Arabs of the great desert
Lamartine, Alphonse de
Arabian Peninsula -- Description and travel
[R] The tribe of El Fedhan, composed of five thousand tents; that of
El Sabha, four thousand tents; El Fekaka, one thousand five hundred;
El Messahid, three thousand five hundred; El Salca, three thousand;
finally, that of Benni Dehabb, five thousand.
[S] The tribe of Beny Tay, composed of 4,000 tents; that of El
Hamarnid, 1,500 tents; of El Daffir, 2,500 tents; of El Hegiager, 800
tents; and lastly, that of El Khresahel, 3,000.
[T] At Maktal El Abed, we met two tribes, that of Berkaje, commanded by
Sahdoun Ebn Wuali, 1300 tents strong, and that of Mahimen, commanded by
Fahed Ebn Salche, of 300 tents. Crossing the Euphrates before Haiff,
we concluded an alliance with Alayan Ebn Nadjed, chief of the tribe of
Bouharba, which reckoned 500 tents.
[U] Published by Abel Ledoux.
[V] The celebrated treatise on medicine by Ebn Sina.
[W] This Arabic letter is of a bent form.
[X] A stringed instrument.
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Transcriber’s note
Minor punctuation errors have been changed without notice.
Inconsistencies in hyphenation have been standardized. Spelling has
been retained as published.
The spelling of the tribe El Hassnnée was standardized to include the
accent mark.
=CHANGED FROM TO=
Page 11: “manners are every thing” “manners are everything”
Page 47: “MEHANNA EL FFADEL” “MEHANNA EL FADEL”
Page 69: “Nabbee was armed with” “Nabee was armed with”
Page 71: “Damascus for merchandize” “Damascus for merchandise”
Page 76: “me for my weaknes” “me for my weakness”
Page 104: “des rous of securing” “desirous of securing”
Page 110: “arrived at a spot were” “arrived at a spot where”
Page 136: “the prayer _Faliha_” “the prayer _Fatiha_”
Page 137: “enemies be extingushed” “enemies be extinguished”
Page 149: “_cafia_ (handkercheif)” “_cafia_ (handkerchief)”
Page 153: “Drayhy ordered the Hatfé” “Drayhy ordered the hatfé”
Page 158: “enthusiastically rece ved” “enthusiastically received”
Page 204: “Chatti Eben Faress 15,00” “Chatti Eben Faress 1,500”
Page 204: “Auad Eben Motlac 23,00” “Auad Eben Motlac 2,300”
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