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LIST OF MAPS

1. Arabia: Districts and Towns .
2. Orographical Features of Arabia
. In 'pocket of Vol. I
Land Surface Features of Arabia
4. Tribal Map of Arabia.
5. Key Map of Routes . • In pocket of Vol. II

NOTE ON THE SPELLING OF PROPER NAMES

As a guide to the pronunciation of Arab proper names a long
accent has been employed (a, i, o or u), to indicate the length of the
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vowel above which it is placed; the Arabic consonant ‘Ain has
been rendered by the symbol ‘ ; and the Hamzah (the cutting off of

the breath which can precede or follow a vowel) is represented
by’, except at the beginning or end of a word and in some common
components of place-names, such as Bir, ‘ well’, and Ras, ‘ headland’.
The aim has been to assist the reader in a correct pronunciation
without overburdening the text with a large number of diacritical
marks. The system of transliteration adopted is explained in greater
detail in the Note on pp. 467 ff.
Conventional spellings of names, when sanctioned by long tra­

dition, have been retained, e. g. Bedouins, Mecca, Mocha, &c. ; and
in some well-known names accents have been omitted, as in Asir,
Hejaz, and Oman, For a list of Conventional Spellings, with their
correct equivalents, see p. 473.