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Southern Arabia

Bent, J. Theodore

Read by April Brown, katetastrophe, Phil Schempf, fshort, Ken Masters, Sienna, MaryAnn, Patrick Eaton and Nicholas James Bridgewater · LibriVox · public domain · Archive.org recording · License

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00 - Preface (2:52)
01 - Southern Arabia: Manamah and Moharek (30:39)
02 - Southern Arabia: The Mounds of Ali (26:11)
03 - Southern Arabia: Our Visit to Rufa'a (27:17)
04 - Maskat: Some Historical Facts about Oman (34:08)
05 - Maskat: Maskat and the Outskirts (15:49)
06 - The Hadhramout: Makall (19:25)
07 - The Hadhramout: Our Departure into the Interior (12:27)
08 - The Hadhramout: The Akaba (20:28)
09 - The Hadhramout: Through Wadi Kasr (26:30)
10 - The Hadhramout: Our Sojourn at Koton (31:00)
11 - The Hadhramout: The Wadi Ser and Kabr Saleh (32:40)
12 - The Hadhramout: The City of Shibahm (40:32)
13 - The Hadhramout: Farewell to the Sultan of Shibahm (28:56)
14 - The Hadhramout: Harassed by our Guides (44:56)
15 - The Hadhramout: Retribution for our Foes (20:36)
16 - The Hadhramout: Coasting Eastward by Land (20:43)
17 - The Hadhramout: Coasting Westward by Sea (11:36)
18 - Dhofar and the Gara Mountains: Merbat and Al Hafa (37:56)
19 - Dhofar and the Gara Mountains: The Gara Tribe (28:41)
20 - Dhofar and the Gara Mountains: The Gara Mountains (29:24)
21 - Dhofar and the Gara Mountains: The Identification of Abyssapolis (20:00)
22 - Dhofar and the Gara Mountains: Sailing from Kosseir to Aden (19:56)
23 - The Eastern Soudan: Coasting along the Red Sea (19:08)
24 - The Eastern Soudan: Halaib and Sawakin Kadim (9:22)
25 - The Eastern Soudan: Inland from Mersa Halaib (11:31)
26 - The Eastern Soudan: Mohammed Gol (6:12)
27 - The Eastern Soudan: 'Dancing on Tom Tiddler's Ground, Picking up Gold' (22:43)
28 - The Eastern Soudan: Behind the Jebel Erba (25:22)
29 - The Mahri Island of Sokotra: Kalenzia (21:04)
30 - The Mahri Island of Sokotra: Eriosh and Kadhoup (16:58)
31 - The Mahri Island of Sokotra: Tamarida or Hadibo AND We Depart for the Land's End, i.e. Ras Momi (34:29)
32 - The Mahri Island of Sokotra: Mount Haghier and Fereghet (30:13)
33 - The Mahri Island of Sokotra: Back to the Ocean (21:10)
34 - Beled Fadhli and Beled Yafei: Experiences with the Yafei Sultan (27:33)
35 - Beled Fadhli and Beled Yafei: Among the Fadhli (18:37)
36 - Beled Fadhli and Beled Yafei: From the Plain of Mis'hal to the Sea (19:57)

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