PART I I. The Erythraean Sea II. A Pooh Bah in Pemba III. The Green Island: Men of Oman IV. Men of Shihr V. Antres Vast-In Zanzibar Totvn-A Dhotv fro 111 Kuweit Latham Islattd VI. Mauritian Interlude and Oriental Encounters VII. Aden Tolvn VIII. The Aden Protectorate IX. Lahej, Museitnir and the Qat Trade X. Troubled Waters PART II XI. The Far Off Hills of Hadhramaut and the Lands of Genesis XII. The Gateway of the Hadhra111aut XIII. Travel in the Hadhramaut XIV. Wadis and Jols to Du'an XV. I" the" Valley of Du'an XVI. A Peace-making Patriarch XVII. Into the Wadi Hadhra111aut ·XVIII. The Tomb of Salih and the Se;'ar Country XIX. Seiyun and Tarin' XX. The Ton~b of Hud in the Valley of the Floods · XXI. A River of the Rivers of Paradise- The Mahra Country XXII. Last Days in Shihr and Mukalla PART III XXIII. Return to the Hadhratnaut and the First Move XXIV. Over the Hills to Tarim XXV. Tribal Warfare and Seiyid Bubakr XXVI. Visits to the Tribes and the First Peace Conference in Seiyutl. XXVII. An IHcident and the Trial of the Bin Yelllatli Tribe XXVIII. Royal Air Force Action and the Subtnission of the Bin Yetnan; XXIX. The Signing of the Truce XXX. The Netv Road XXXI. Trouble With the Se;'ar and Other Tribes XXXII. The Social Round 8 PART IV XXXIII. Retrospect XXXIV. The Incense Road XXXV. Progress of the Hadhramaut through War and Fantine XXXVI. Thoughts at a Journey’s End
Harold Ingrams is an officer of the Colonial Administrative Service who has had a varied career. In the war of 1914--18 he served for five years with the King's Shropshire Light Infantry and was wounded in Belgium in 1916. He entered the Colonial Service in 1919 and held appointments in Mauritius and Zanzibar, descriptions of which appear in this book.