Nineveh and Babylon; a narrative of a second expedition to Assyria during the years 1849, 1850, and 1851 (1867)
Layard, Austen Henry, Sir, 1817-1894 · London J. Murray · leaf 172
aceful Bedouin dialect, tohis eloquent stories of Arab life, and to his animated de-scriptions of forays, wars, and single combats. Mohammed Emin, the Sheikh of the Jebours, was a good V.J MOHAMMED EMIN. 119 natured portly Arab, in intelligence greatly inferior to Suttum,and wanting many of the… … Sheikh ISIohammcd Emin. wiUing to give he was equally ready to receive. In this re-spect, however, all Arabs are alike ; and, when the habit isunderstood, it is no longer a source of inconvenience, as ona refusal no offence is taken. The Jebour chief was a com-plete patriarch in his tribe, having…
