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'Handbook of Arabia. Vol II. 1917' [21] (25/542)
The record is made up of 1 volume (271 folios). It was created in 1917. It was written in English and Arabic. 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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THE CAMEL TRADE OF ARABIA 21
could be brought into Syria. An attempt to take camels in large
numbers via Diarbekr or even up the Euphrates, and so direct to
Aleppo, would not meet with success. The journey is too long, and
the difficulty of feeding the camels on the way too great. Pasturage
is always scanty along frequented roads. The Ruweilah, who are
the camel breeders nearest to the Syrian frontier, have shown great
unwillingness to sell to the Turks. In common with other tribes
bordering on Syria, their chief anxiety since the outbreak of war
between Turkey and Great Britain seems to have been lest their
camels should be commandeered for military purposes. They
hastily settled their differences with one another and retired into
the centre of the Hamad. The Sukhur and the Huweitat crossed
the
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Sirhan and took refuge in Ibn Sha'lan's country. When
last heard of, in 1915, they were east of 'Amud, in the Wadyan, and
had penetrated as far east as Mat and Ibn Hadhdhal's pasturages.
The Turks commissioned Mohammed Bassam, Ibn Rawwaf, and Ibn
Dhiyab, well-known Damascene buyers, to send out to the Ruweilah
and purchase from them, but the attempt was made very half
heartedly, and the results were next to nothing. The camels used
in the attack on the Canal, in 1915, were procured in Syria and were
unsuitable for a desert campaign ; consequently the losses among
them were heavy. At the present time it is possibly to the
advantage of the Ottoman Government that the Bedouins must be
short of ready money and that the surplus of camels must be double
that of ordinary years, since there was no selling done in 1914 ;
but, so far as our information goes, it points to the conclusion that
the Turks met with no less difficulty in 1916 in providing camel
transport for Sinai and sought vainly to meet the need by applying
to Central Arabian Sheikhs. It seems likely that the Anazah are
still holding back in their eastern pasturages, an attitude which
should be encouraged.
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This volume is A Handbook of Arabia, Volume II, Routes (Admiralty War Staff, Intelligence Department: May, 1917) and contains details on routes in the Arabian Peninsula, as well as information on transport and lines of communication arranged on a geographical basis. Chapters concerning meteorological information, hygiene and disease, and vocabularies have also been incorporated. The volume was prepared on behalf of the Admiralty and the War Office. The sources from which the routes have been compiled, together with notes on directions and distance, appear at the head of each chapter, while some sections have been compiled on the basis of native information. Authorities cited include: George August Wallin, William Gifford Palgrave, Carlo Claudio Camillo Guarmani, Lady Anne Blunt, Charles Huber, Julius Euting, Gerard Leachman, Gertrude Bell, Anders Christian Barclay Raunkiær, William Henry Irvine Shakespear, and John Gordon Lorimer.
The volume includes a note on confidentiality, title page, and a 'Note' on the compilation of the volume. There is a page of 'Contents' that includes the following sections:
- Chapter 1: Methods of Transport;
- Chapter 2: Communications, A. Northern Routes, B. Eastern Routes, C. Central Routes, D. Western Routes, E. South-Western Routes, F. Southern Routes, G. Souther-Eastern Routes;
- Chapter 3: Routes, A. Northern Routes, B. Eastern Routes, C. Central Routes, D. Western Routes, E. South-Western Routes, F. Southern Routes, G. Souther-Eastern Routes;
- Chapter 4: Meteorological Observations;
- Chapter 5: Hygiene and Disease;
- Chapter 6: Vocabularies;
- Appendix: Note on the System of Transliteration and Glossary of Topographical and Common Terms;
- Index;
- Plates.
There is also a 'List of Maps' and a 'Note on the Spelling of Proper Terms'.
There is one map contained in this volume: 'Map 5. Key Map of Routes'. In addition, there are nine plates by Douglas Carruthers, Captain William Henry Irvine Shakespear, Captain Gerard Leachman, and Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Barrett Miles.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (271 folios)
- Arrangement
The volume is arranged in chapters. There is a contents page, list of maps, alphabetical index, and list of plates.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: There is a foliation sequence, which is circled in pencil, in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. of each folio. It begins on the front cover, on number 1, and ends on the map which is inserted at the back of the volume, on number 271.
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- 'Handbook of Arabia. Vol II. 1917'
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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