Southern Arabia: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Southern Arabia, credited to Theodore Bent; Mabel Bent, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of Southern Arabia by Theodore Bent; Mabel Bent. Read in English by April Brown; katetastrophe; Phil Schempf; fshort; Ken Masters; Sienna; MaryAnn; Patrick Eaton; Nicholas James Bridgewater. Southern Arabia recounts a threatening four-month journey into North Eastern Ethiopia by the Bents. These brave travelers were the first to travel without disguise in a region where Westerners had formerly been fortunate to escape with their lives. (Summary by Woolly Bee)

Recording facts

• Recording title: Southern Arabia
• Author credits: Theodore Bent; Mabel Bent
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 37
• Listed recording duration: 14:27:17

Catalogue topics

• Arabia
• Ethiopia
• Arabian Peninsula
• travel
• geography
• memoirs

Opening tracks: first 24 of 37

1. 00 - Preface — 2:52
2. 01 - Southern Arabia: Manamah and Moharek — 30:39
3. 02 - Southern Arabia: The Mounds of Ali — 26:12
4. 03 - Southern Arabia: Our Visit to Rufa'a — 27:17
5. 04 - Maskat: Some Historical Facts about Oman — 34:08
6. 05 - Maskat: Maskat and the Outskirts — 15:49
7. 06 - The Hadhramout: Makall — 19:26
8. 07 - The Hadhramout: Our Departure into the Interior — 12:27
9. 08 - The Hadhramout: The Akaba — 20:28
10. 09 - The Hadhramout: Through Wadi Kasr — 26:31
11. 10 - The Hadhramout: Our Sojourn at Koton — 31:01
12. 11 - The Hadhramout: The Wadi Ser and Kabr Saleh — 32:40
13. 12 - The Hadhramout: The City of Shibahm — 40:33
14. 13 - The Hadhramout: Farewell to the Sultan of Shibahm — 28:57
15. 14 - The Hadhramout: Harassed by our Guides — 44:57
16. 15 - The Hadhramout: Retribution for our Foes — 20:36
17. 16 - The Hadhramout: Coasting Eastward by Land — 20:44
18. 17 - The Hadhramout: Coasting Westward by Sea — 11:36
19. 18 - Dhofar and the Gara Mountains: Merbat and Al Hafa — 37:56
20. 19 - Dhofar and the Gara Mountains: The Gara Tribe — 28:42
21. 20 - Dhofar and the Gara Mountains: The Gara Mountains — 29:24
22. 21 - Dhofar and the Gara Mountains: The Identification of Abyssapolis — 20:00
23. 22 - Dhofar and the Gara Mountains: Sailing from Kosseir to Aden — 19:57
24. 23 - The Eastern Soudan: Coasting along the Red Sea — 19:08

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