# People of the veil

Author: Rennell of Rodd, Francis James Rennell Rodd, Baron, 1895-1978

Genre: Category: Travel Writing

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/74774

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=People+of+the+veil+Rennell+of+Rodd&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

Sahara is the name given in modern geography to the whole of the interior of North Africa between the Nile Valley and the Atlantic littoral, south of the Mediterranean coastlands and north of the Equatorial belt. The word “Sahara” is derived from the Arabic, and its meaning refers to a certain type of stony desert in one particular area. There is no native name for the whole of this vast land surface: it is far too large to fall wholly within the cognisance of any one group of its diverse inhabitants. The fact that it is a Moslem area and sharply distinguished from the rest of Africa has made it desirable to find a better name than “Sahara” to include both the interior and the littoral, f...

## Chapters

- [CHAPTER XIV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/people-of-the-veil-74774/chapters/15/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/people-of-the-veil-74774/chapters/3/index.md)
- [PART I](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/people-of-the-veil-74774/chapters/13/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/people-of-the-veil-74774/chapters/4/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/people-of-the-veil-74774/chapters/9/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/people-of-the-veil-74774/chapters/5/index.md)
- [CHAPTER X](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/people-of-the-veil-74774/chapters/11/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/people-of-the-veil-74774/chapters/7/index.md)
- [CHAPTER V](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/people-of-the-veil-74774/chapters/6/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/people-of-the-veil-74774/chapters/12/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/people-of-the-veil-74774/chapters/8/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/people-of-the-veil-74774/chapters/10/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/people-of-the-veil-74774/chapters/1/index.md)
- [PART II](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/people-of-the-veil-74774/chapters/14/index.md)
- [did. His quarrels with Belkho seem to have been in part due to his own](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/people-of-the-veil-74774/chapters/2/index.md)