Arabia: The Cradle of Islam

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This book describes the Arabian peninsula on the eve of the First World War.

Introductory Note 10
Note to the Fourth Edition 13
Preface 14
Table of Contents 16
List of Illustrations 24
MAPS AND DIAGRAMS 25
I. THE NEGLECTED PENINSULA 26
II. THE GEOGRAPHICAL DIVISIONS OF ARABIA 34
III. THE HOLY LAND OF ARABIA—MECCA 39
IV. THE HOLY LAND OF ARABIA—MEDINA 54
V. ADEN AND AN INLAND JOURNEY 62
VI. YEMEN: THE SWITZERLAND OF ARABIA 71
VII. THE UNEXPLORED REGIONS OF HADRAMAUT 81
VIII. MUSCAT AND THE COASTLANDS OF OMAN 87
IX. THE LAND OF THE CAMEL 97

Introductory Note 10
Note to the Fourth Edition 13
Preface 14
Table of Contents 16
List of Illustrations 24
MAPS AND DIAGRAMS 25
I. THE NEGLECTED PENINSULA 26
II. THE GEOGRAPHICAL DIVISIONS OF ARABIA 34
III. THE HOLY LAND OF ARABIA—MECCA 39
IV. THE HOLY LAND OF ARABIA—MEDINA 54
V. ADEN AND AN INLAND JOURNEY 62
VI. YEMEN: THE SWITZERLAND OF ARABIA 71
VII. THE UNEXPLORED REGIONS OF HADRAMAUT 81
VIII. MUSCAT AND THE COASTLANDS OF OMAN 87
IX. THE LAND OF THE CAMEL 97
X. THE PEARL ISLANDS OF THE GULF 106
XI. THE EASTERN THRESHOLD OF ARABIA 119
XII. THE RIVER-COUNTRY AND THE DATE-PALM 128
XIII. THE CITIES AND VILLAGES OF TURKISH-ARABIA . 137
XIV. A JOURNEY DOWN THE EUPHRATES 145
XV. THE INTERIOR—KNOWN AND UNKNOWN 152
XVI. "THE TIME OF IGNORANCE" 167
XVII. ISLAM IN ITS CRADLE—THE MOSLEM'S GOD 178
XVIII. THE PROPHET AND HIS BOOK 188
XIX. THE WAHABI RULERS AND REFORMERS 200
XX. THE RULERS OF OMAN 211
XXI. THE STORY OF THE TURKS IN ARABIA 215
XXII. BRITISH INFLUENCE IN ARABIA 227
XXIII. PRESENT POLITICS IN ARABIA 242
XXIV. THE ARABIC LANGUAGE 247
XXV. THE LITERATURE OF THE ARABS 260
XXVI. THE ARAB 267
XXVII. ARABIAN ARTS AND SCIENCES 283
XXVIII. THE STAR-WORSHIPPERS OF MESOPOTAMIA 294
XXIX. EARLY CHRISTIANITY IN ARABIA 309
XXX. THE DAWN OF MODERN ARABIAN MISSIONS 323
XXXI. ION KEITH FALCONER AND THE ADEN MISSION 340
XXXII. BISHOP FRENCH THE VETERAN MISSIONARY TO MUSCAT 353
XXXIII. THE AMERICAN ARABIAN MISSION 362
XXXIV. IN MEMORIAM 376
XXXV. PROBLEMS OF THE ARABIAN FIELD 383
XXXVI. THE OUTLOOK FOR MISSIONS TO MOSLEMS IN ARABIA 400
Appendix I. A CHRONOLOGIGAL TABLE 418
Appendix II. TABLE OF THE ARAB TRIBES OF NORTHERN ARABIA 422
Appendix III. KAAT AND COFFEE CULTURE IN ARABIA 423
Appendix IV. AN ARABIAN BIBLIOGRAPHY 425
INDEX 438

Studies in the Geography, People, and Politics of the Peninsula with an account of Islam and Mission-work

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