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'Military report on the Aden Protectorate' [77r] (158/332)
The record is made up of 1 volume (164 folios). It was created in 1915. 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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139
border, but the suspicious and semi-hostile people keep their
existence secret.
The Mansurl, —Living in the neighbourhood of the
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Masharij, number about 300 men, and were formerly the most
powerful of the Subaihi tribes, exercising effectual, as they still
do (in the case of the Shujaifi at least) nominal, suzerainty over
the Shujaifi, Jaz'ai,and Koraihi clans to the north-west. These
clans held the position of ^ Ra'aya" or subjects of the Mansuri,
to whom they paid tribute. The continual feuds existing
among the Subaihi tribes for many years past have served
to destroy the preponderating influence of any particular tribe,
and to cause the small out lying clans to the north to fall
almost entirely under the influence of the powerful Turkish
tribes of Kubati, Absi, and Yusufi.
The actual chief of the Mansuri is Saif ba 'Abdalla, a boy
of about 14, his uncle, Salih ba Ahmad, administering his affairs
for him.
There is a little cultivation in the
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Masharij around
the few scattered towers, and a little in the
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Sulaib.
The only well in
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Masharij had fallen in, and the
owner was given money to repair it. A good many riding camels
were seen, "dijr"' (vetch), which was plentiful, being the fodder
used for them.
AM Heh. —The small sections inhabiting the
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Heh, which
contains some cultivation but no well, are counted among the
Mansuri. The Khulaifi, especially, bear a reputation for robbery
and were originally domiciled near the' Abdali border, from which
the Sultan forced them to move in consequence of thoir constant
depredations. They are still said to push their raids as far afield
as the Tiban.
These clans were the only Subaihi who manifested any overt
hostility to the passage of the commission, causing some delay
by disputing the passage of the Am Fidna pass into
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Heh.
When driven from the heights, they continued firing from Dar
Ibrahim, which was partly destroyed by shell-fire, and from the
surrounding hills, and they subsequently fired a few shots into
camp at night on sev^ral occasions.
The Dubainl. —Beyond the
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Heh, the country becomes
markedly more fertile in character,—Wadi Umm Farsha, the
head-quarters of the Dubaini, containing the first date-palms mot
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Military report on Aden Protectorate by the General Staff India, dated 1915, and printed at the Government Monotype Press, Simla. The report's chapters cover:
History, including a general summary of the history the region from 529 A.D. to 1915; histories of the individual tribes ('Abdalī, 'Akrabī, 'Alawī, Amīr , 'Audalī, Upper Aulakī, Lower Aulakī, Fadhlī, Haushabi, Ka'atī, Kathīrī, Mahrī, Subaihī, Wahīdī, Upper Yafaī, Lower Yafaī); and the history of the Soqotra.
Geography, including a general description of the area, its mountains and rivers, and descriptions of Aden, Perim and Soqotra; and descriptions of the individual tribal areas, giving their boundaries, distances from towns and villages, and locations of fresh water; Climate and Health, including general information on the climate of the region and specific illnesses such as Malaria, information on the tribal area of Amīrī; tables showing average temperatures, sickness and death rates for European Soldiers in 1903, and observations on veterinary health.
Population, including a general description, the census for the Aden Protectorate taken in 1911, the population of Soqotra island, the populations of the various tribes, and statements showing the Subaīhī tribes in proximity to the Turkish border.
Resouces, including agriculture, supplies, commerce, industries, camels, horses, donkeys, cattle, sheep and goats, chickens and eggs, woods and trees; the resources of the Aden garrison; resources on the island of Perim; resources on the island of Soqotra; the resources of the various tribes, and a statement of the purchases made at Dhāla in summer 1903.
Military, including a general summary, armaments, fighting qualities and method of fighting; arrangements on the island of Perim and of the Soqotra people; approximate fighting strength of the principal tribes in the Aden protectorate; information concerning the town and Turkish frontier post at Ka'taba, including diagrams of the fort, a landscape sketch, and a sketch showing the position of Ka'taba with reference to Aden and British Territory.
Maritime, including the harbours and ancorages at Perim; Ras-ul-Ara; Bandar 'Imran; Bandar Fuqum; Khor Bīr Ahmad; Aden Harbour; Shuqra; Māqatīn-us-Saghīr; 'Irka' Ghubbat-ul-'Ain; Bālahāf; Bir 'Alī (Bandar Husn Ghurāb Shallow vessel with a projecting bow. ); Bandar Burūm; Mukalla; Shehr; Sharma Bay; Saihut; Qishn; Soqotra all with latitude and longitude co-ordinates given.
Administration, including a general summary of the various systems in use throughout the territory, the administration of the Aden Settlement, including Perim; and summaries of the administrative set-up of each of the Arab tribes
Communications, including details of the routes leading North and Northwest to the Turkish Frontier; Routes leading to the North; Routes in the Eastern portion of the protectorate; Amir of Dhāla's territory; Soqotra; Telegraphs and Signalling; Submarine cables; Wireless; Perim submarine cables
Appendix A is a list of the tribes, their rulers, stipends and salutes, Appendix B is a glossary of Arabic Terms, Appendix C is a list of tribal areas, their population and fighting force, and Appendix D is a bibliography.
At the rear of the volume is a pocket containing one map: Hunter's map of Arabia, which appears to have been added to the volume at a later date.
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- 1 volume (164 folios)
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There is a detailed table of contents on folios 5-7, a comprehensive index to the report on folios 139-159, and a pocket containing the maps at the rear of the volume.
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Foliation: The foliation sequence consists of pencil numbers, enclosed in a circle, located in the top right hand corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. of each folio. The sequence commences on the front cover, with number 1, and ends on the last of the two maps which are inserted at the back of the volume, with number 164.
The volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence which uses roman numerals i-vii for the table of contents; commences at 1 on the first page of the report and concludes with 298 on the last page of the index.
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