Southern Arabia - J. Theodore Bent

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      Palgrave, W. G.—Narrative of a Year's Journey through Central Eastern Arabia. 1865.

      Pollak, Dr. J. E.—Das Land und seine Bewohner. 1865.

      Sprenger Aloys.—Bürger und Schlösser Süd-Arabiens. Die Alte Geographie Arabiens.

      Vincent, W.—The Commerce and Navigation of the Ancients in the Indian Ocean. 1886.

      Wellsted, Lieut.—Visit to Dhofar in the 'Philomel.' 1883. Rough notes of a visit to Nakhl and Jebel Akhdar.

      Ali Ibn al Husain, El Masudi, Abu al Hasan, Diodoros, Marco Polo, Sir John Maundeville, Pliny, the Periplus, Strabo, Ebn Said, Ptolemy, and others; but, as many of these names have been copied by me from rough notes of my husband's, I cannot be certain about the editions. I hope the imperfections of this bibliography will be excused.

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A Mosque at Manamah, Bahrein to face p. 3
Theodore Bent Receiving Visitors at the Mounds, Bahrein " 24
The Interior of Sheikh Saba's House at Rufa'a, Bahrein " 34
The Castle of the Sultan of Shibahm at Al Koton " 110
The Castle of the Sultan of Makalla at Shibahm " 125
A Sabæan Altar " 145
A Gara Forge " 247
The Abyss of Abyssapolis, Dhofar " 271
Elba Mountains From Shellal " 304
Flute-Players in the Wadi Koukout, Soudan " 337
The Plain of Eriosh, Sokotra " 354
Theodore Bent making the Vocabulary at Fereghet " 365
Vegetation in Sokotra " 379
The Breakwater at Fereghet " 383
Dragon's-Blood Trees at Yehazahaz " 387
The Haghier Mountains from Suk " 394
Castle at Kanfar " 402
Dirgheg " 408
Old Na'ab " 413
Fadhli at Shariah, Wadi Reban, with Curious Sandal " 418
Village of Mis'hal " 421
Plain of Mis'hal and Aòdeli Tribe " 425
Fragment of Alabasteroid Limestone " 435
Sabæan Antiquities " 436

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Arabia, showing the Routes of Mr. J. Theodore Bent to face p. xii
Hadramut " 70
Dhofar and the Gara-Range " 226
Mount Erba and Surrounding Country " 286
Sokotra " 342