Bedouin of Northern Arabia: Traditions of the Āl-Ḍhafīr

by Bruce Ingham

This is an absorbing and authentic account, first published in 1986, of the history and traditional way of life of the Al-Dhafir bedouins of north-eastern Arabia, based on a study of their traditions, Arabic historical annals and the reports of western travellers over the past two hundred years. During the early part of the twentieth century the Al-Dhafir were a major power in the desert south west of the Euphrates between Samawa and Zubair. Beginning...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138190462
• ISBN13: 9781138190467
• Release Date: August 2017
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 162 Pages