Hameid Abu Jabir

[tr ed p 444], pastel, Kennington, 243 x 178 mm

'Hameid Abu Jabir' typeset in border, brc, illegible handwritten note brc. Main colours: brown, creams and red throughout figure, white and grey background. Narrow border printed in background grey, left, right and bottom.

p 325 [tr ed pp 343/4] - '. . . at the same time, the expedition would test the three Haurani peasants whom I had added to my personal followers. In view of the new importance of the Hauran, there was need for us to learn its dialect, the construction and jealousies of its clan-framework, and its names and roads. These three fellows, Rahail, Assaf and Hameid would teach me their home-affairs imperceptibly, as we rode on business, chatting.'

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