Chambers's encyclopaedia; a dictionary of universal knowledge for the people . of Europe, Asia, and America. Its expressedjuice is in some countries a popular remedy for cutaneous dforders.—The roots of G- tuherosum are farinaceous, and it is culvated iu China for food.—The name B. is supposed to be derivfrom the ancient employment of some of the species, tlie herbil^of which is soft and fine, for strewing beds BEDUINS (Ar. , \dm. Bediian. dwellers iu the desertfare Arabs who lead a nomadic life, and are generally regarded,according to tradition, as the descendants of Ishmael, and the
Chambers's encyclopaedia; a dictionary of universal knowledge for the people . of Europe, Asia, and America. Its expressedjuice is in some countries a popular remedy for cutaneous dforders.—The roots of G- tuherosum are farinaceous, and it is culvated iu China for food.—The name B. is supposed to be derivfrom the ancient employment of some of the species, tlie herbil^of which is soft and fine, for strewing beds BEDUINS (Ar. , \dm. Bediian. dwellers iu the desertfare Arabs who lead a nomadic life, and are generally regarded,according to tradition, as the descendants of Ishmael, and the ,jaborigines of Arabia. The most ancient notices fotmd in Script-ure agree, in their descriptions of the manners and customs of. ITS I Hi ||)R lei ICvi, m BEDWIN—BEE. 579 the B., with the facts of the present time. As nomads, the BeduiiiArabs have no united lustory, but only a collection of have but seldom ajipeared as a united people, taking a prom-inent part in the worlds politics, and have never been entirelyheld ill subjection by any foreign power. Tlie desert of Arabia,especially the plateau of Nedjid, is tlicir central place of abode;but, even in ancient times, tliey had spread tliemselves over the^leserts of Egypt and Syria; and in later times, after tlie decay ofancient civilization, tliey entered Syria, Mesopotamia, and Chal-dsea. The conquest of Northern Africa, in the 7th c., opened upto them still vaster tracts, and they soon extended themselves overtlie Great Desert to the shores of the Atlantic Ocean. At present,they are to he founil scattered over an immense breadth of territory—viz., from the western boundary of Persia to the Atlantic, andfiom the mountains of Kurdistan to tl
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