XXX. THE DAWN OF MODERN ARABIAN MISSIONS

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Introductory Note 1
3. Note to the Fourth Edition 4
4. Preface 5
5. Table of Contents 7
6. List of Illustrations 15
7. MAPS AND DIAGRAMS 16
8. I. THE NEGLECTED PENINSULA 17
9. II. THE GEOGRAPHICAL DIVISIONS OF ARABIA 25
10. III. THE HOLY LAND OF ARABIA—MECCA 30
11. IV. THE HOLY LAND OF ARABIA—MEDINA 45
12. V. ADEN AND AN INLAND JOURNEY 53
13. VI. YEMEN: THE SWITZERLAND OF ARABIA 62
14. VII. THE UNEXPLORED REGIONS OF HADRAMAUT 72
15. VIII. MUSCAT AND THE COASTLANDS OF OMAN 78
16. IX. THE LAND OF THE CAMEL 88
17. X. THE PEARL ISLANDS OF THE GULF 97
18. XI. THE EASTERN THRESHOLD OF ARABIA 110
19. XII. THE RIVER-COUNTRY AND THE DATE-PALM 119
20. XIII. THE CITIES AND VILLAGES OF TURKISH-ARABIA . 128
21. XIV. A JOURNEY DOWN THE EUPHRATES 136
22. XV. THE INTERIOR—KNOWN AND UNKNOWN 143
23. XVI. "THE TIME OF IGNORANCE" 158
24. XVII. ISLAM IN ITS CRADLE—THE MOSLEM'S GOD 169
25. XVIII. THE PROPHET AND HIS BOOK 179
26. XIX. THE WAHABI RULERS AND REFORMERS 191
27. XX. THE RULERS OF OMAN 202
28. XXI. THE STORY OF THE TURKS IN ARABIA 206
29. XXII. BRITISH INFLUENCE IN ARABIA 218
30. XXIII. PRESENT POLITICS IN ARABIA 233
31. XXIV. THE ARABIC LANGUAGE 238
32. XXV. THE LITERATURE OF THE ARABS 251
33. XXVI. THE ARAB 258
34. XXVII. ARABIAN ARTS AND SCIENCES 274
35. XXVIII. THE STAR-WORSHIPPERS OF MESOPOTAMIA 285
36. XXIX. EARLY CHRISTIANITY IN ARABIA 300
37. XXX. THE DAWN OF MODERN ARABIAN MISSIONS 314
38. XXXI. ION KEITH FALCONER AND THE ADEN MISSION 331
39. XXXII. BISHOP FRENCH THE VETERAN MISSIONARY TO MUSCAT 344
40. XXXIII. THE AMERICAN ARABIAN MISSION 353
41. XXXIV. IN MEMORIAM 367
42. XXXV. PROBLEMS OF THE ARABIAN FIELD 374
43. XXXVI. THE OUTLOOK FOR MISSIONS TO MOSLEMS IN ARABIA 391
44. Appendix I. A CHRONOLOGIGAL TABLE 409
45. Appendix II. TABLE OF THE ARAB TRIBES OF NORTHERN ARABIA 413
46. Appendix III. KAAT AND COFFEE CULTURE IN ARABIA 414
47. Appendix IV. AN ARABIAN BIBLIOGRAPHY 416
48. INDEX 429