Oriental Encounters
ORIENTAL ENCOUNTERS
PALESTINE and SYRIA (1894-5-6)
BY
MARMADUKE PICKTHALL
LONDON: 48 PALL MALL
W. COLLINS SONS & CO. LTD.
GLASGOW MELBOURNE AUCKLAND Copyright 1918
CONTENTS
| CHAP. | PAGE | |
| INTRODUCTION | 1 | |
| I. | RASHÎD THE FAIR | 11 |
| II. | A MOUNTAIN GARRISON | 20 |
| III. | THE RHINOCEROS WHIP | 28 |
| IV. | THE COURTEOUS JUDGE | 36 |
| V. | NAWÂDIR | 45 |
| VI. | NAWÂDIR (continued) | 54 |
| VII. | THE SACK WHICH CLANKED | 68 |
| VIII. | POLICE WORK | 77 |
| IX. | MY COUNTRYMAN | 87 |
| X. | THE PARTING OF THE WAYS | 96 |
| XI. | THE KNIGHT ERRANT | 106 |
| XII. | THE FANATIC | 117 |
| XIII. | RASHÎD’S REVENGE | 125 |
| XIV. | THE HANGING DOG | 134 |
| XV. | TIGERS | 142 |
| XVI. | PRIDE AND A FALL | 151 |
| XVII. | TRAGEDY | 161 |
| XVIII | BASTIRMA | 146 |
| XIX | THE ARTIST-DRAGOMAN | 153 |
| XX | LOVE AND THE PATRIARCH | 160 |
| XXI | THE UNPOPULAR LANDOWNER | 170 |
| XXII | THE CAÏMMACÂM | 178 |
| XXIII | CONCERNING BRIBES | 187 |
| XXIV | THE BATTLEFIELD | 197 |
| XXV | MURDERERS | 202 |
| XXVI | THE TREES ON THE LAND | 202 |
| XXVII | BUYING A HOUSE | 202 |
| XXVIII | A DISAPPOINTMENT | 202 |
| XXIX | CONCERNING CRIME AND PUNISHMENT | 202 |
| XXX | THE UNWALLED VINEYARD | 202 |
| XXXI | THE ATHEIST | 202 |
| XXXII | THE SELLING OF OUR GUN | 202 |
| XXXIII | MY BENEFACTOR | 202 |