Travelling the Sands: Sagas of Explorations in the Arabian Peninsula

Travelling the Sands: Sagas of Exploration in the Arabian Peninsula

By Andrew Taylor

This book embraces the fascinating history of travel in the Arabian peninsula, from the Haj pilgrims who skirted the deserts each year, through the merchants leading their caravans up the ancient trade routes, to the adventurers of the 20th century.

It was the guide, old and physically unimpressive as they may have found him, who saved their lives. He sat for hours in silence on the back of his horse, “an ancient bag of bones which looks as if it would never last through the journey”, occasionally pointing with a shrivelled finger at the way they were to take …

Taylor accomplished much in his rendering of the history of Arabia’s early visitors. Gulf News

Language: English
ISBN: 9781860630583
Paperback, 196 pages, 9.2” x 6.0”