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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...

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