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The record is made up of 1 volume (185 folios). It was created in 1917. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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'ALI IBN FAYY.
Of the Munjahah tribe, living at Wasm ; warlike and powerful
and leagued with Idrlsi. About 45.
'ALI IBN HAMOD.
Chief of the Al 'Asimah section of the Rabi'ah wa Rufeidah.
Fought for Idrisi in 1910 and was captured by Turks, but after
a year's imprisonment was released and reinstated.
'ALI IBN 'ITEIJ.
Sheikh of the Al Rusheid section of the Shahran. Lives at
Khamis Musheit. Pro-Turk, and a fighter of repute.
'ALI IBN JABBAR.
Chief of the Rabi'at el-Yemen. About 45, and a noted warrior
who has his tribe well in hand. Pays only a nominal allegiance to
Idrisi.
'ALI IBN KHANFUR.
Of the Al Umm
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Malah clan of the Beni Mugheid, and
middle-class, being the son of a small hide merchant ; M.P. for Asir
since 1905. About 40, small, pock-marked, intelligent ; but lost
religion in his visits to Constantinople, and is unpopular with his
tribe. Used to be chief-accountant [bdsh-kdtib) at Ibha.
'ALI IBN MA'ADDI.
Chief of the settled portion of the Beni Malik (Asir). Age
about 60. Said to be mean and avaricious. A member of the
Mejlis Beledlyah of Ibha.
'ALI IBN MEDINI.
Formerly paramount Sheikh of the Bela'ir ; was bribed by
the Sherif of Mecca in 1910, and his desertion of Idrisi lost him the
support of all his tribe except the Firshah and Sa'dah clans of the
Nawashirah and the inhabitants of J oz (Jauz) Bela'ir. Age about 50.
(See also Ibn Kheirah.)
'ALI IBN MUBHI.
Sheikh of Shuqaiq, appointed by Idrisi in place of Ibn 'Abbas
(q.v.).
'ALI IBN MOHAMMED.
Paramount Sheikh of the Balasmar. A tall and powerfully
built man of about 50 years of age, with a scar over the right eyebrow.
Favours Idrisi and collects taxes for him. His fortress is at
Madfa'ah.
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The volume is Personalities, Arabia (Admiralty War Staff Intelligence Division, April 1917).
The volume is an official report on prominent Arab individuals and Arab tribes in the Arabian Peninsula and other parts of the Middle East. The volume contains personal, historical and genealogical information on ruling families, individual members of ruling families, and other prominent individuals (including commercial firms and merchants) within the regions numbered I-VII below; and ethnographic information on the Bedouin tribes and sedentary tribes (divided into four geographical groupings). The regions and groupings are as follows:
- I Hejaz (folios 4-13);
- II Asir (folios 13-23);
- III Yemen (folios 23-32);
- IV Aden and Hadhramaut (folios 33-37);
- V Gulf Coast (folios 37-43);
- VI Central Arabia (folios 44-50);
- VII Syrian Desert and Sinai (folios 51-53);
- The Bedouin Tribes (folios 53-76);
- Sedentary Tribes of The North-West (folios 77-80);
- Sedentary Tribes of The West (folios 81-125);
- Sedentary Tribes of The South (folios 125-165);
- Sedentary Tribes of The Centre (folios 166-169).
The volume includes a 'Tribal Map of Arabia' on folio 184.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (185 folios)
- Arrangement
There is a list of contents on folio 3v. There is an index to the volume on folios 170-183.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at 1 on the front cover and terminates at 186 on the last folio before the back cover. The numbers are written in pencil, are enclosed in a circle, and appear in the top right hand corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. page of each folio. The following folio needs to be folded out to be examined: folio 184. This is the system used to determine the order of pages.
Pagination: the volume also contains an original printed pagination, numbered 4-362 (folios 4-183).
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- IOR/L/PS/20/C131
- Title
- 'Personalities, Arabia'
- Pages
- front, front-i, i-r:i-v, 1:364, ii-r:iii-v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence