Camelles bée beasts that beare charges and burthens, and are milde and softe, and ordayned to beare charge and cartage of men…when they be charged they bowe and lye downe, and are méeke to them that charge them…for when they take charge upon them, they bende and crooke the knées.
-Bartholomaeus Anglicus, On the Properties of Things, Book 18:19, 13th C CE
Bartholomew might have taken a lesson from KhairAllah on how to charge a Camell that is not méeke, milde, or softe. Often he had to couch a recalcitrant one with a downward yank on his head rope and gargle Ikh! Ikh! Ikh! to keep him down when loading his burthen in place, in our case, a burthen of Khawaja’s duffle bags and camera cases.