Word: shaikh
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Dates: during 1932-1932
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...Arabs, due to Bin Sa'ud's benign but determined autocracy, made the journey possible. From the coast of the Arabian Sea, Explorer Thomas sent inland two Rashidi tribesmen to collect camels, men to conduct him over the Qara mountains to the desert's edge. Shaikh Salih went ahead to organize a relay, prepare the desert ways. So well did he prepare them that the final dash through enemies' territory passed without hitch or hobble from hostile tribes. On his way Explorer Thomas busied himself with collecting flora, fauna, Arab chants, cephalic measurements of different tribes...