The Bedouin Tribes of the Euphrates by Lady Anne Blunt

THE BEDOUIN TRIBES OF THE EUPHRATES

by

LADY ANNE BLUNT

edited, with a Preface and Some Account of

the Arabs and Their Horses by W.S.B.

Map and Sketches by the author.

This hard cover reprinted edition offers the reader a chance to enjoy the writings of the brilliant Lady Anne Blunt without having to find the rare and expensive original edition which was published in 1879.

The Blunts left England in 1877 for a horseback trek across the Syrian desert all the way to Bagdad then on to Damascas, a trip lasting 5 months. They had already visited more than one Arabic speaking country and had acquired a taste for Bedouin life, manners and  Arabic language. The reader will be captivated by Lady Annes picturesque observations and her descriptions of the people and places her and her husband Wilfred encountered. Here is just a sampling of the contents of this book:

--A Wonderful horse; Murder of a Muleteer; We are Entertained by a Wise Man;Strange Justice; Lion District of Euphrates; We converse with a Ghost; Modern Bagdad, a poor place; A Bedouin Meal; A wolf hunt; Ismail on Horseflesh; His Account of Nejd; Its Rulers and its horses; Quarel with Ismail; An Encampment of Tents; Faris goes shooting; A Gallop to Deyr; arrested; A last scare; splendid horses; the Prince of the Desert; Beteyen's Mare; a Desert Lawsuit; the Roala Move Camp; The Euphrates Valley; The Shammar Invasion; nomadic life of bedouins; Physical Characteristics of Bedouin Arabs; On certain fallacies regarding them; their humanity; respect for law; they are defective in Truth and Gratitude; Their childish love of money, their hospitality; Bedouin Women; Bedouin Sobriety; On Horses; Arab Horse breeding; pictures of the Anazeh horse; how Bedouins judge a horse; system of breeding and training; horsemanship indifferent; their prejudices; pedigree of the thorough-bred Arabian horse AND SO MUCH MORE.

This book is a must have, an important addition to your Arabian horse library and to anyone interested in the history of the Arabian Horse and travel adventure in the Middle East. 

This is a hard bound book no dust jacket, excellent condition, 445 pages, republished by Best Publishing, Boulder, Colo. 1960. Book has b/w illustrations which are from ink drawings done by Lady Anne Blunt  and has fold out pedigree of the Arabian Thorough-bred Stock. 

This is an important work on the Arabian horse and provides fascinating reading by Lady Anne Blunt who is one of the most eloquent 19th century travel-adventurers and with her husband founders of the Crabbet Arabian Stud.