Arabian adventures : ten years of joyful service

Title
  1. Arabian adventures : ten years of joyful service / John Glubb.
Published by
  1. London : Cassell, 1978.
Author
  1. Glubb, John Bagot, Sir, 1897-1986.

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Description
  1. 224 pages : maps; 23 cm
Subject
  1. Glubb, John Bagot, Sir, 1897-1986
  2. Glubb, John Bagot, Sir, 1897-1986
  3. Since 1921
  4. Soldiers > Iraq > Biography
  5. Soldiers > Great Britain > Biography
  6. Soldiers
  7. Militärpolitik
  8. Iraq > History > 1921-
  9. Great Britain
  10. Iraq
  11. Großbritannien
  12. Irak
  13. Mittlerer Osten
Genre/Form
  1. History
  2. Biographies.
  3. Erlebnisbericht.
Contents
  1. Boyhood background -- Perils by water -- Air control -- The Shaikh of Shaikhs -- Marsh men -- Down to the grass-roots -- Dogs and animals -- Authorized raiding -- Visit to a gentleman -- Beni Huchaim -- The Barkat and Sufran -- Landing in the blue -- Raiding to kill -- The nomad life -- Arabian Knights -- Dyarchy -- Back to the desert -- Nemesis -- Ibn Shaalan -- Noblesse oblige.
Owning institution
  1. Princeton University Library
Note
  1. Includes index.