A Pilgrimage to Nejd, the Cradle of the Arab Race (Volume 2); A Visit to the Court of the Arab Emir, and "Our Persian Campaign."

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1881 Excerpt: ...day. A seyyid also called on us and brought his little girl, named Khatun, a funny little thing of five, to whom I gave a silver kran; then some rather ill-mannered persons calling themselves Sabseans. Two or three people have been riding about on horseback; one on a very handsome little bay horse, said to be of Nejd origin, brought back by a. pilgrim, as it is the fashion for pilgrims who can afford to do so, to bring back a colt from Nejd. This year's pilgrims they tell us have not yet returned, and we are the first to announce their arrival at Meshhed Ali. We hoped to have heard something here of our friend Ali Koli Khan, but are disappointed. He intended to go by water Christians of St. John, see Bedouin Tribes. from Bagdad to Mohammra or Ahwas, and so to Shustar and home--the usual route, in fact--for ours is not a road travelled by respectable people, Dizful communicates with the outer world only by Shustar. It is of no use, however, waiting for Ali Koli. We cannot spare the time, and must pay our visit to Huseyn Koli Khan now or not at all. No one can tell us exactly where to find the Bactiari chief, some saying he is at Shustar, some at Teheran, while all agree that some of his people are encamped between this and Shustar, and to Shustar we consequently mean to go. Our last visit was from the governor or deputygovernor, who being, we suspect, not quite sober, (for the Persians drink wine) behaved so oddly that Wilfrid had to beg him to take himself off there and then. On the whole, our day's rest at Dizful has been hardly a pleasant one. April 5.--Shaking the dust of this very tiresome city from our feet, we resumed our march to-day. We are depressed at the poor reception we have received after all in Persia, the country we have heard of...