354 THE SECRET OF SAHARA: KUFARA 



Rida el Mahdi es Senussi, Sayed, 

 10 

 a festa in honour of author, 39 



et seq. 

 author as guest of, 21 

 author's passport from, x, 90, 



101, 102 et passim 

 effect of his letter, 93 et passim 

 fanaticism of, 24 

 favours from, 33, 34, 97 

 receives author, 11 

 Rohlfs, ill-fated expedition of, 

 16 et seq., 91, 149, 150, 154, 

 189 

 Rohlfs' "Kufra," viii, 18 

 Route history, 311 et seq. 



Saad, Sheikh, 183 

 Sa-ad el Tebu, 220 

 Safi ed Din, Sayed, 10, 12 

 Sahara, the, Kufara the secret of, 

 16, 20 

 routes discussed at Jalo, 109 

 sunset in, 127 

 unforgivable sins in, 89 

 Saleh Effendi, 232, 237, 245 

 Saleh el Baskari, Sayed, banquets 

 to author, 197 et seq. 

 receives author, 194 

 Saleh, Sidi, a snapshot of, 240 

 hospitality of, 223 

 the morabit of, 88 

 Salt lake in the desert, 153 

 Salt marshes, proximity of, to 

 ruined Tebu villages, 222, 

 223, 236 

 Sand-grouse and camel: story of, 



260 

 Sand-rash, torture of, 284 

 Sandstorms, remarkable, 60, 11 6, 



263 

 Sawani, 88 

 Seif el-Biram, l67 

 Senegal, Senussi influence in, 119 



Senussi confraternity, harsh rules 

 of the, 14 



notes on history of, 323 et seq. 



original letter from founder of, 

 to people of Wajanga, 338- 

 340 



story of the, 14, 323 et seq. 

 Senussi, and Italians, a provi- 

 sional treaty, 2 



belief in continued existence of 

 the Mahdi, 167, 215 



difficulty of gaining informa- 

 tion from, 106 



distrust of strangers, 107 



Emir of, 2 et seq. 



faith in spiritual and mentax 

 power of the Sayeds, 291 



hatred of infidels, 15 



holy place of, 191 et seq. 



home of the, 1 



hospitality of, 299 



leader of, described, 3 



mentality of, 107 



power held by family of, 33 



towns, absence of cafes in, 219 



zawia at Gezira, 157 

 Senussi, Sidi (son of Sidi el 



Abed), 239 

 Shakri, 137, 151, 158, 159 

 Sharruf, 99 



Sharuf Basha el Ghariam, 4 

 Shaving extraordinary, 75, 292 

 She-ib, across the desert with, 68 

 et seq. 



his consideration for author, 71 



quotes an Arab proverb, 73 

 She-ib, Musa, 68 et seq. 



a gift of fresh eggs, 90 



and a thermos flask, 79 



challenged by a sentinel, 98 

 "Shepherd Kings," the, 130 

 Shetewi, Ramadan, 120 

 Sirhen, 91 

 Siwa, 92, 306 



wanderings through, 309 



