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General Index Bold page numbers indicate main entries for the subjects indicated. ‘Abd Allah ad-Dindan (recent Bedouin poet), 180 Abqaiq (Buqayq, oil town), 49 Abu Hanifah ad-Dinawari. See Dinawari, Abu Hanifah adAchillea -Artemisia silt basin association (plant community), 33 ‘Ali ibn Hamad of Al Murrah (consultant), 13, 86(fig.), 90(fig.) ‘Ali ibn Sa‘id of Bani Hajir (consultant), 13, 49, 123(fig.) Al-Meshal, Ibrahim, 130, 137 Al Murrah (tribe), 5, 15(fig.), 21, 39, –, 50, 62–63, 107, 109, 112, 152, 155, 193, 196; al-Ghayathin (section of), 53; connection with al-‘Ujman, 216; renowned trackers, 48; speech of, 216; status of women in, 48; use of name yanam for Plantago spp., 322 Al Rashid (tribe), 15(fig.), 103, 114–115; speech of, 6, 216 Alsheikh, Abdelmagid, 126, 131 Al Thani (ruling family of Qatar), 48 Al Wahibah (tribe), 6 Al-Yahya, Mohammed, 130, 137 anatomical terms, plant, 160–163, 161(fig.) ‘Anazah (tribal confederation), 15(fig.), 39, 51 Anderson, Myrdene, 187, 227 Arabic: general features, –; Najdi, –; Najdi, “noun of kind” collectives in, 8, 206–207; Najdi, transcription in this study, 10–11; new terms through lexical extension, 341n; semantic transparency of, 8, 210–212; southern (non-Najdi) dialects, 6, 215–216; transliteration style for written forms, 13 ‘Arfaj shrubland (plant community), 30–31, 31(fig.) ‘Asir (region in southwestern Arabia), 360 Asma‘i, al- (early philologist), 179, 336, 338–339 Atran, Scott, 165, 175–176 Awameh, Mohamed, 126 ‘Awazim, al- (tribe), 15(fig.), 39, 196 Baghdad, 333 Bahrain Island (Persian Gulf), 146 Bandar ibn Faysal ad-Dawish (paramount shaykh of Mutayr), 52 Bani Hajir (tribe), 5, 9, 15(fig.), –, 114–115, 193, 197 Bani Hilal (early tribe), 331 Bani Khalid (tribe), 15(fig.), baskets and matting, plants used for, 151–152 Basra (Iraq city), 333 Bayda’, al- (area), 49 beauty of plants, Bedouin perception of, 187–188 Bedouin plant classification system: early history and chronology, 332–340; in early Islamic times, 338–340, 346– 353(table); extension into North Africa, 374 general ndex Bedouin plant classification system (cont.) 331–332; future prospects for, 342–343; prior work on, 2–3. See also classification , Bedouin Bedouin plant knowledge in changing economic times, 340–343, 340(fig.) Bedouins: agriculture and, 4; calendar and seasons, 55–59, 74; coping with famine, 220–221 (see also famine foods); dependence on town markets, 43; food and cooking, 42–43; grazing and migration cycle, 55–56; grazing practices, 89–92 (see also camels, grazing ); handicrafts of men, 43–44; home life of, 40, 58, 59(fig.), 76; hunting, 42, 62–63; loss of indigenous knowledge, 343; marriage, 76–77; measurement of rainfall, 60–61; oral literature, 45, 69–70; plants, non-manipulative relationship with, 222; plants, perception of annual, 230, 319; range scouting, 58, 89; religion, 5, 45; settlement of, 45–46; shaykh or amir, functions of, 39; social life, 76, 78; social organization, 38–40; terminology of grazing conditions, 94; terminology of rains, 61; use of land and wells, 40; weaving, 76–77; winter dress, 68 benzoin, 149 Bergsträsser, Gotthelf, 211 Berlin, Brent, 2, 163, 165–173, 166n, 201, 227–228; classification and subsistence mode, 218–220; framework of, followed by this author, 178; intellectualist position, 175–176; model of, and Bedouin classification, 231; on non-affiliated generics, 200; on secondary names, 204 Blachère, Régis, 333 Blau, Joshua, 334 Book of Plants (Kitab an-Nabat, by Abu Hanifah ad-Dinawari), 334–336, 339 Boster, James, 176 Breedlove, Dennis, 165, 167–170, 176, 227 Brenzinger, Matthias, 224 Brown, Cecil, 171, 180, 182, 201, 226, 338; and development of life forms, 173–175, 184; life forms theory, fit of Bedouin case, 188–189, 338; study of utilitarian vs. perceptual names, 177; subsistence mode and nomenclature, 175, 219–220 Bulmer, Ralph, 171 Burton, Richard, 2 Busayta’, al- (plain), 118 bustard, houbara (game bird), 62–63; food plants of, 258, 271 Calligonum-Artemisia sand shrubland (plant community), 20(fig.), 32 camels, –; breeds, 81; breeds, majahim , 58; conditions and diseases, 87, 95, 99–100; cutting of wild fodder for, 92; dung as fuel, 62, 85, 86(fig.), 101; dung, used in diaper packs, 85; export trade, 81; famous herds, 81; grazing, consumption by weight, 93; grazing, “hot plants,” 97; grazing on mangroves, 97; grazing, mode of, 92; grazing, plant growth stages for, 95; grazing practices, 76, 87, 89–100; grazing, saltbush needs, 93; grazing, toxic and noxious plants, 97–99; hair, use of, 84; importance to Bedouins, 80; injury by plants, 99...