Hawks of the Hadhramaut

P. S. Allfree

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Miscellaneous
01 April 2013

Memoirs; Travel & holiday; Travel writing; Bargains

Readers of P.S. Allfree's previous book of Arabian memoirs, Warlords of Oman, will recall his closing words 'I was going to see more of Arabia.' In these pages he recounts a year and a half spent as a political officer among the Bedouin of the south-eastern Rub' al-Khali, the 'Empty Quarter'. The many fascinating characters in this ancient land spring happily to life: the wise Judge of the Saar who chewed tobacco and whose name was 'Son of the jerboa'; Sulayim, the serpent-subtle eminence grise of the desert, whom the author employs as a secret key to unlock the doors of the Mahra, a wild and inhospitable race; 'Aunty' Hussein, the motherly Secretary of State in the Sultanate of Sayun, and many others. Notable amongst a crowded chronicle of incidents are the Case of the Hamstringed Camel, which nearly leads to a tribal war; the author's embroilment with a terrifying tribe of what he calls 'nightmare Teddy-boys, armed to the eyebrows'; and the final exciting expedition, which is the climax of this work, the coup de main which brings the government to the wild and anarchic Mahra.

By: P. S. Allfree
Imprint: Miscellaneous
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 138mm, Spine: 16mm
ISBN: 9780719807381
ISBN 10: 0719807387
Pages: 192
Publication Date: 01 April 2013
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Never before seen colour illustrations An intriguing account of an ancient and exotic land Packed with riveting anecdotes about a little-known period of history Written by an expert on the area

P.S. Allfree was educated at Bedford School and enlisted in the Army in 1948, when he was seventeen. His experiences in the Infantry in Libya, Egypt and Arabia were the subject of his first book, Warlords of Oman. Mr Allfree died in 2006, aged seventy-five.