In the High Yemen

by SCOTT

• ISBN13: 9780710307866
• ISBN10: 0710307861
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-02-12
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Scott gives a fascinating account of an expedition that took place in 1937 to the Yemen when that country was closed to Europeans by Order of the Imam. Ostensibly a scientific expedition, it posesses great political, cultural, and anthropological interest. The tense negotiations which preceeded the expedition and its ultimate success assured that this work remains perhaps the most important account ever written of that forbidding land that occupies the southern half of the Arabian shore.

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
Note of Acknowledgment	xi
Note on Transliteration and Dates	xii
List of Photographs	xiii
Note on Photographs	xvii
List of Maps and Figures	xix
PART I. INTRODUCTORY
Outline of the journey: difficulty of entering the Yemen	3	(3)
Our scientific quest	6	(4)
What we sought, and how our collections were made	10	(3)
Previous exploration of the Yemen by naturalists	13	(8)
PART II. THE JOURNEY
Aden and Lahej	21	(8)
Gateway to the highlands: Aden to Dhala	29	(4)
Dhala, capital of the Amiri highlands	33	(9)
Life on Jebel Jihaf	42	(11)
Recesses and heights of Jebel Jihaf	53	(10)
The upper Wadi Tiban and Jebel Harir	63	(13)
The hot springs of Huweimi. Entry to the Yemen	76	(6)
Ta'izz, chief city of the Southern Yemen, and its Amir	82	(16)
Through the central highlands to San'a	98	(19)
Many-towered San'a	117	(25)
Treks in San'a district: our farthest north	142	(21)
The Great Festival: we meet the Imam at last	163	(15)
Last days in San'a and exit via Hodeida	178	(17)
PART III. HISTORICAL---AND THE FUTURE
The peoples of South-West Arabia, and beginnings of their history	195	(9)
History before the coming of Islam	204	(10)
Remains of the pre-Islamic civilisation	214	(8)
Since the coming of Islam	222	(11)
Products and possibilities	233	(5)
Notes	238	(1)
Bibliography	239	(4)
Index	243