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 Aodeli 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 _Dianae 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