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| A Typical Arab of Yemen |
Frontispiece |
| View of Mecca and the Sacred Mosque |
Facing 17 |
| The Reputed Tomb
of Eve at Jiddah |
| Mohammedan Pilgrims
at Mecca |
Facing 30 |
| The Sacred Well
of Zemzem at Mecca |
| Pilgrims
around the Kaaba in the Sacred Mosque at Mecca |
Facing 34 |
| The Mecca Certificate—A
Passport to Heaven |
Facing 40 |
| Christian
Coins used as an Amulet by Meccan Women |
43 |
| A Woman of Mecca |
Facing 44 |
| A Meccan Woman in
her Bridal Costume |
| Travelling in Southern Arabia |
Facing 56 |
| The Keith Falconer Memorial Church in Aden |
| An Arabian Compass |
71 |
| A Castle in Hadramaut |
77 |
| The Harbor and Castle at Muscat |
Facing 80 |
| Ready for a Camel Ride in the Desert |
| A Branch of the Incense Tree |
87 |
| Tenoof from the East |
95 |
| The Village of Menamah, Bahrein Islands |
Facing 100 |
| A Bahrein Harbor Boat |
| A Date Orchard near Busrah |
Facing 122 |
| Dates Growing on a Date-Palm |
| The Tomb of Ezra on the Tigris River |
Facing 132 |
| Ruins of the Arch of Ctesiphon Near Bagdad |
| A Public Khan in Turkish-Arabia |
Facing 140 |
| Arab Pilgrims on Board a River Steamer |
| Four Flags that Rule Arabia |
217 |
| Cufic Characters |
243 |
| Modern Copybook Arabic |
Facing 244 |
| Ordinary Unvowelled Arabic Writing |
| Mogrebi Arabic of North Arabia |
245 |
| Persian Style of Writing |
246 |
| Title Page of an Arabic Christian Paper |
257 |
| Churning Butter in a Bedouin Camp |
Facing 266 |
| Tribal Marks of the Arabs |
279 |
| Manaitic Cursive Script |
287 |
| Passage From the Sacred Book of the Mandæans |
299 |
| Facsimile Copy of the Arabian Missionary Hymn |
358 |
| The Old Mission House at Busrah |
Facing 360 |
| The Kitchen of the Old Mission House, Busrah |
| Four Missionary Martyrs of Arabia |
Facing 368 |
| The Bible Shop at Busrah |
Facing 384 |
| Interior of a Native Shop |
| The Rescued Slave Boys at Muscat |
Facing 400 |
| The Arabian Mission House at Muscat |
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| Maps and Diagrams |
| Ptolemy’s Ancient Map of Arabia |
Facing 25 |
| Ali Bey’s Plan of the Prophet’s Mosque at Mecca |
Facing 36 |
| Plan of the Interior of the Hujrah at Medina |
49 |
| Map of the Islands of Bahrein |
98 |
| Neibuhr’s Map of the Persian Gulf |
Facing 110 |
| Palgrave’s Plan of Hofhoof |
113 |
| Diagrams of Missionary Work for Arabia |
380, 381 |
| Modern Map of Arabia |
End of Book. |