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'Handbook of Yemen' [29r] (62/190)
The record is made up of 1 volume (91 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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VIIL—YEMEN ARMY CORPS.
G. O. C. : Ahmed Tewfik
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
.
C. O. S. ; 'Ali Petri Bey.
G. H. Q. : San'a.
39th Division. Lahej.
0. C.: 'Ali Sa'id
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
.
Infantry Regiment No. 115.*
No, 116.
No. 117. t
7th Model Battalion.
40th Division. Hodeidah.
0. C. : Ragheb Bey.
Infantry Regiment No. 118.
No. 119.+
No. 120.
Corps Troops.
26th Cavalry Regiment.
Horse Artillery Battalion.
Three machine gun Compa
nies.
Nine Pield and Mountain
Batteries.
One Howitzer battery.
Four heavy batteries § (in
San'a,Hodeidah,Ta'iz,etc.).
7th Engineer Battalion.
Independent Engineer Com
pany.
Rocket battery.
Besides Arab auxiliaries and
two militia battalions, one
at Ta'iz and the other in
the Tihamah.
Distribution on November 30 (Aden);—
Lahej, Waht, Sheikh Sa'id, etc., 9 to
10 battalions; Ta'iz and district, 1
company; San 'a and Menakhah, about
2 battalions; with Imam, 1 battalion;
Hodeidah, J battalion; Loheiah and
on southern border of Asir, about 3
battalions.
26th Cavalry Regiment at San'a and
Lahej.
Distribution of artillery and machine
guns (Aden, November 30):—
Lahej district, 31 or 32, with 7 machine
guns.
Hodeidah, 4 heavy guns (4 •7" or 6")
12 hours inland on San'a road (pri
soner); (?) 5 other guns.
Loheiah, 4 guns; Sheikh Sa'id, 7 guns,
4 Nordenfeldt machine guns.
Some old fortress guns at Ta'iz and San'a.
Ta'iz, one mountain battery (4 guns).
Horse Artillery without teams or per
sonnel are reported at San'a.
Artillery personnel is very short and the
above is thought to be all the artillery
that can be put in the field.
Independent Engineer Company near
Lahej. About 1,500 Arab and Somali
irregulars who supply about 250 camel
troops for mounted patrols in Lahej,
* Officer Commanding : Rahib Bey.
t „ „ Hauf Bey.
T „ „ Husni Bey.
§ Including some 10*5 cm. guns (Aden).
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- Content
The volume is Handbook of Yemen. Prepared by the Arab Bureau, Cairo , 1st edn, 15 January 1917 (Cairo: Government Press, 1917).
The handbook contains information about Yemen under the following headings:
- Area;
- Physical Character (including Relief and Climate);
- Population;
- Districts and Towns;
- Agriculture and Industries;
- Trade (including Currency, and Weights and Measures);
- Political;
- Yemen Army Corps;
- Tribal Notes;
- Personalities;
- Communications;
- Routes.
The prefatory note states that the handbook had been compiled by Major K Cornwallis and Lieutenant-Commander D G Hogarth, RNVR from information obtained in Cairo (especially about tribes and personalities) and from material prepared for the Arabia Handbook issued by the Admiralty War Staff, Intelligence Division.
The volume contains an 'Outline Map of Yemen' (f 6).
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (91 folios)
- Arrangement
There is a list of contents at the front of the volume (f 5).
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at 1 on the front cover and terminates at 93 on the inside back cover. The numbers are written in pencil, are circled, 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. This is the system used to determine the sequence of pages within the volume.
Pagination: the volume also has an original printed pagination sequence numbered 2-167 (ff 7-92).
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- 'Handbook of Yemen'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:5v, 7r:92v, back-i
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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