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'Personalities, Arabia' [55] (59/374)
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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MAS'UD EL-BARAK.
One of the chief Sheikhs of the Dim 'Udhrah section of the
Hashid. A rich man aged about 60. Supports Nasir ibn Mabkhut,
but reputed a trimmer and coward.
MESWAR, Seyyids of.
'Abd el-'Azim house:
*ALI 'ABD EL-'AZlM, cultivator.
El-Hadi house:
MOHAMMED IBN EL-HADI, Emir of the 'Udhaqah.
^AH\A IBN EL-HADI, friend of the Imam: represents the
Turks at Meswar.
Hashim house:
QASlM IBN MOHAMMED ; pensioned by the Imam but
opposed to him and the Turks. Influential.
MOHAMMED 'ABD ER-RAHMAN ESH-SHAMI, S eyyid.
Of San'a. Married to one of the two daughters of the Imam,
and one of his chief advisers. Usually in attendance at Sheharah.
MOHAMMED ABU NUWEIBAH, Seyyid.
Of the Hafiz ed-Din house, descended from an Imam of that
name at Sa'dah. Emir of Sa'dah, Dahyan, Amman and Heidan.
Strongly pro-Turk. A harsh and tyrannical governor, against whom
the townspeople protested to Idrisi in 1911 ; and the Imam's failure
to interfere, on Idrisi's representations, provoked the split between
them in 1912.
MOHAMMED 'ALI ESH-SHAMI, S eyyid.
Vizier of the Imam and used by him as an intermediary with
the late Sultan of Lahej and the Aden Government, early in 1915.
Visited Aden and saw the Resident on the Imam's behalf.
MOHAMMED EL-MUTAWAKKIL SEIF EL-ISLAM, S eyyid.
Of San'a ; of the Qasim house. Relative of the Imam and his
most intimate friend and adviser. After the peace with the Turks
in 1911, his son married the Imam's daughter, and the Imam's son
married his daughter. An intelligent man of fine presence, and
medium height; wears a long beard. Used to be a confidant of
'Othman
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
el-A'raf, when the latter was Vali; but, on his de
parture, he joined the Imam and was given his title, " Seif el-Islam."
MOHAMMED EL-MUTAWAKKIL SEIF EL-KHULUFAH, S eyyid.
Son of the Imam Mohammed el-Mutawakkil Muhsin ; of the Shehari
house, favours the Imam, and led his expedition into the 'Aulaqi
country in spring, 1916. Has been Emir of Sa'dah.
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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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