CHAPTER XI.

Political and historical—Shepherd rule in Arabia—An 257 hereditary policy—The army—The Law—Taxation—The finances of Jebel Shammar—Ibn Rashid’s ambition

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS TO VOL. I.

PORTRAIT OF LADY ANNE BLUNT IN HER ARAB COSTUME _Frontispiece_ (BY MOLONY) PAGE PILGRIM BANNER xxvi SALKHAD 45 RUN TO EARTH 63 SAND-STORM IN THE WADY ER-RAJEL 80 KÂF 83 GHAZÛ IN THE WADY SIRHÁN 104 CASTLE OF JÔF 112 THE OASIS OF JÔF 120 A NEJD SHEEP 149 THE NEFÛD OR GREAT RED SAND DESERT OF ARABIA 160 A DELÚL RIDER 186 RECEPTION AT HAÏL 212 THE GREAT KAHWAH 214 IBN RASHID’S STABLES AT HAÏL 250 EVENING WITH THE EMIR 256 OUR HOUSE AT HAÏL 273 MAP OF NEJD _At the End_.