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The Marsh Arabs.

Title
The Marsh Arabs.
Author
Thesiger, Wilfred, 1910-2003
Publication
New York, Dutton, 1964.

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242 p. illus., maps, ports.; 22 cm.
Summary
Life and adventures of a British traveler during a seven-year stay (1951-58) among primitive tribes along the central marshes of Iraq.
Subject
  • Marsh Arabs
  • Ethnology
  • Cultural Characteristics
  • Tigris River Valley > Social life and customs
  • Euphrates River Valley > Social life and customs
  • Iraq > Description and travel
Processing Action (note)
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Contents
A glimpse of the marshes -- Back of the edge of the marshes -- Hunting wild boar -- Arrival at Qabab -- First impressions of the Madan -- In Sadam's guest house -- Bu Mughaifat: a marsh village -- Crossing the central marshes -- In the heart of the marshes -- The historical background -- Winning acceptance -- Among the Fartus -- Feuds in the marshes -- Return to Qabab -- Filih bin Majid -- Falih's death -- The mourning ceremony -- The eastern marshes -- Among the Sudan and the Suaid -- Amara's family 1954: the flood -- 1955: the drought -- Berbera and Mudhifs -- Amara's blood feud -- My last year in the marshes.
LCCN
^^^64011064^
OCLC
399127
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library