Oral Poetry and Narratives from Central Arabia, Volume 2 Story of a Desert Knight : The Legend of Šlēwīḥ al-'Aṭāwi and other 'Utaybah Heroes. an Edition with Translation and Introduction (Oral Poetry and Narratives fro

This volume presents in translation and transcription the oral text of narratives about and poems by Šlēwīḥ, one of Arabia's most famous nineteenth-century robber barons, recorded by Xālid, a sheikh of the 'Utaybah tribe of Saudi Arabia and the great-grandson of Šlēwīḥ.