Book
The Arab of the desert : a glimpse into Badawin life in Kuwait and Sau'di Arabia
George Allen & Unwin Ltd. • London • Published In 1951 • Pages:
By: Dickson, H. R. P. (Harold Richard Patrick).
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This account of the culture of the Bedouins of Kuwait and Sau'di Arabia was written by H. R. P. Dickson, a man whose career as a British Political Officer in Kuwait from 1929 to 1936 enabled him to make extended observations on the customs of the desert tribes. After describing the environmental setting of the nomadic tribes, Dickson presents basic ethnographic information on their material culture, social system, hospitality patterns, religious beliefs and practices, tales, warfare, animal husbandry, etc. Special chapters are devoted to a discussion of the boat building and pearl diving industries centering in Kuwait. The Muntafiq shepherd tribes are discussed and a description of the various social divisions of the Mutair, 'Ajman, 'Awazim, Rashaida, Shammar, and 'Anizol tribes is included as an appendix to the text. This is the second edition of the book.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Ethos
- Annual cycle
- Pastoral activities
- Tribe and nation
- Community structure
- Dwellings
- Chief executive
- Community heads
- Settlement patterns
- Gender status
- Household
- Etiquette
- Visiting and hospitality
- Regulation of marriage
- Social relationships and groups
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Bedouin
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2009
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Middle East
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Middle East
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Government Official
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Charles Griffith ; 1956
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1929-1947
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1880-1936
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Iraq
- NotesAdditional notes
- by H. R. P. Dickson
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 98227932
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Bedouins--Saudi Arabia--Social life and customs/Bedouins--Kuwait--Social life and customs/Saudi Arabia--Social life and customs/Kuwait--Social life and customs