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قبيلة عنزة دراسة انثروبولوجية موجزة
Gerald de Gaury served in Iraq and Kuwait from 1924 to 1941 as army officer, political agent and chargé d'affaires to the Iraq Regent. His writings on Arabia are well known, but this previously unpublished piece dating from 1932 is on a subject not usually associated with him, namely the Arabian Bedouin. It concerns the Iraqi branch of the 'Anizah, probably the most numerous of Bedouin tribes, so numerous that the Bedouin saying runs "Any enemy, but not the 'Anizah". The 'Amarat are less well documented than their Syrian cousins, the Rwalah. So it is interesting to see this "Review", which contains details of tribal divisions, sheikhly pedigrees, wells and grazing grounds, economic life, customs and language. The name of the Hadhdhal, the sheikhly line of the 'Amarat, is a name with a long history and still much respected in Iraq and Saudi Arabia.
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Gerald de Gaury
26 books16 followersGerald Simpson Hillairet Rutland Vere de Gaury MC (1 April 1897 – 12 January 1984) was a British military officer, Arabist, explorer, historian and diplomat.
He served in the Hampshire Regiment in the First World War, where he fought at the Somme, and was wounded on several occasions, including in the Gallipoli Campaign. He was awarded the Military Cross in 1917:
"For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. He displayed the greatest gallantry and initiative in organising and leading bombing attacks. Although subjected to heavy machine gun and rifle fire he captured an important enemy post. His fine example and disregard of danger were of great value to his men."
De Gaury served as the British political agent in Kuwait in the 1930s, and organized and took part in the official visit of Sir Andrew Ryan to Riyadh in November 1935, to present Ibn Sa'ud with the Order of the Bath. The previous year, while visiting Ibn Sa'ud in Riyadh, he had become one of the first half dozen Britons to enter that city.
He was a fluent speaker of Arabic and spent much time hunting with Ibn Sa'ud during his wartime assignment to the Nejd and Asir. During that time, he became a foremost authority on the region and wrote a number of books on the subject in later life.
An enthusiastic and skilled photographer, de Gaury is responsible for a large proportion of the photographs of the Arabian Peninsula from this period. He was also an accomplished watercolorist and sketch artist, frequently drawing or painting scenes from memory only hours after they had occurred.
He was a close friend of Freya Stark and Lesley Blanch, who said of him:
"He spoke beautiful Arabic, and could talk Arabic lore. Living among, and as one of, the royal household in Arabia, he knew a great deal and could tell you marvellous legends."
For the last twenty years of his life he lived in Sussex Square, Brighton, where he died on 12 January 1984.
He served in the Hampshire Regiment in the First World War, where he fought at the Somme, and was wounded on several occasions, including in the Gallipoli Campaign. He was awarded the Military Cross in 1917:
"For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. He displayed the greatest gallantry and initiative in organising and leading bombing attacks. Although subjected to heavy machine gun and rifle fire he captured an important enemy post. His fine example and disregard of danger were of great value to his men."
De Gaury served as the British political agent in Kuwait in the 1930s, and organized and took part in the official visit of Sir Andrew Ryan to Riyadh in November 1935, to present Ibn Sa'ud with the Order of the Bath. The previous year, while visiting Ibn Sa'ud in Riyadh, he had become one of the first half dozen Britons to enter that city.
He was a fluent speaker of Arabic and spent much time hunting with Ibn Sa'ud during his wartime assignment to the Nejd and Asir. During that time, he became a foremost authority on the region and wrote a number of books on the subject in later life.
An enthusiastic and skilled photographer, de Gaury is responsible for a large proportion of the photographs of the Arabian Peninsula from this period. He was also an accomplished watercolorist and sketch artist, frequently drawing or painting scenes from memory only hours after they had occurred.
He was a close friend of Freya Stark and Lesley Blanch, who said of him:
"He spoke beautiful Arabic, and could talk Arabic lore. Living among, and as one of, the royal household in Arabia, he knew a great deal and could tell you marvellous legends."
For the last twenty years of his life he lived in Sussex Square, Brighton, where he died on 12 January 1984.
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September 25, 2023
تقرير من المستشرق جيرالد دي غوري عثر عليه بالصدفة في احد المكتبات الانجليزية ليتم تحقيقه وطباعته ويحتوي على دراسة انثروبولوجيه عن قبيلة عنزه كما يحتوي على صور نادره ومهمة عن شخصيات قبيلة عنزة وزعمائها
April 7, 2020
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May 22, 2025
أي دراسة، أو ملاحظات، أو حتى سطور يكتبها شخص عن حياة مجموعات بشرية لم تكن تعرف أو تعتمد التاريخ المكتوب، واتخذت من الرواية الشفوية بديلاً له، هي عمل عظيم.
لقد اندثرت حياة البداوة والترحال، ولم يبقَ منها سوى معالم متناثرة، غالبًا لا يستطيع من يقيّمها اليوم أن يفسّر أهميتها، لأن الظروف التي أوجبت وجودها زالت، ففقدت معناها المباشر.
لكن عندما نحصل على ما هو مكتوب، يسهل فهم الصورة بشكل أكبر.
بشكل عام، الكتيّب صغير، لكنه مفيد وجيد.
لقد اندثرت حياة البداوة والترحال، ولم يبقَ منها سوى معالم متناثرة، غالبًا لا يستطيع من يقيّمها اليوم أن يفسّر أهميتها، لأن الظروف التي أوجبت وجودها زالت، ففقدت معناها المباشر.
لكن عندما نحصل على ما هو مكتوب، يسهل فهم الصورة بشكل أكبر.
بشكل عام، الكتيّب صغير، لكنه مفيد وجيد.
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July 16, 2022Okumak
June 2, 2025
a great anthropological analysis of the history of a great tribe
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