Record Number: 33597
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
When I reached home I found a man with a qasida in praise of Harold in his hand. 'He has broken the horns of the wicked', it says. I wonder if this has any relationship with the Bible phrase: 'His horn shall be exalted?'
Century:1900-1945
Date:21 Feb 1938
Country:Yemen
Timen/a
Place:city: Huraidha
county: Shibam, Hadhramaut
(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Female
Date of Birth:31 Jan 1893
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Travel writer
Religion:Christian
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:Yemen
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:[Arabic qasida (praise poem) in praise of Harold Ingrams]
Genre:Poetry
Form of Text:Manuscript: Sheet
Publication Detailsunknown Arabic qasida (praise poem) composed in early 1938
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:33597
Source:Freya Stark
Editor:n/a
Title:A Winter in Arabia: A Journey through Yemen
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1972
Vol:n/a
Page:173
Additional Comments:
Pagination is from the 2011 IB Tauris edition. The book was first published by John Murray in London in 1972.
Citation:
Freya Stark, A Winter in Arabia: A Journey through Yemen, (London, 1972), p. 173, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=33597, accessed: 09 May 2025
Additional Comments:
Dame Freya Madeline Stark (31 January 1893 - 9 May 1993) was a British explorer and travel writer. This reading of a 'qasida' took place in Huraidha (near Shibam) in the Qu'aiti State of Hadhramaut, which was a British protectorate from 1858 until its abolition in 1967. The Arabic praise poem refers to the British political agent for South Arabia, Harold Ingrams, who had brokered a peace deal between warring factions. The RAF was in the process of a bombing campaign to support the 'Ingrams Peace' at the time. See also ID:33595.