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'Handbook of Arabia. Vol. I. 1917' [345] (354/748)
The record is made up of 1 volume (371 folios). It was created in 1916. 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 PRINCIPALITIES
345
froju Has el-Kheimah town by way of the Sir and Jiri plains, besides
which there are camel routes through the hills connecting it with
the ports of the Shameiliyah district on the other side of the Oman
promontory.' {
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
Gazetteer.)
iv. Sharjah, a narrow strip of sandy desert on the W. coast
between Ajman and Dibai; the Sheikh of Sharjah also claims the
allegiance of Hamrlyah on the other side of 'Ajman. The chief
centres of a population amounting in the aggregate to about 20,000
are three coastal villages and the town of Sharjah.
The town of Sharjah, the capital, and residence of the Sheikh,
is the most important town on the
Trucial Coast
A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
. It is situated
between 'Ajman and Dibai, and extends for more than a mile along
the E. shore of a small creek parallel to the sea, a detached quarter,
Layyah, standing on the opposite shore ; at low tide the entrance
to the creek, on the NE., has only about 2 ft. of water. At the S.
end of the town is a bluff rising 30—40 ft. ; inland the country is
sand with scattered date-groves. There are numerous masonry
buildings, including 21 mosques, but most of the houses are of date-
branches, and the streets are really narrow and crooked lanes. The
population of about 15,000 is composed of Shweihiyin (400 houses),
Huwalah and Sudan (300 houses each), A1 'Ali, A1 Bu Maheir'
Abadilah and Matarish (200 houses each), Na'im (100 houses), and
mixed tribes (700 houses) ; nearly all the Arabs are Wahabis,
calling themselves Hanbali Sunnis. About 200 British-Indians
reside in the town, whose interests are protected by a
native agent
Non-British agents affiliated with the British Government.
from the British
Residency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India.
at Bushire. The bazaar has 200 shops,
and there is an equal number of warehouses for wheat, rice, and
dates. The chief manufacture is of fine woollen abbas. A few sea
going boats are also built yearly, and about 20 vessels run to Basra,
the Persian Coast, Bombay, and occasionally to Yemen ; there are
also nearly 200 pearl-boats, with an equal number of fishing-boats.
Date plantations contain some 4 000 trees, and live stock includes
about 500 camels, 550 donkeys, 2,200 sheep and goats, and some
cattle.
The villages are :—
I. Hamrlyah, 12 miles NE. of Sharjah town and 6 miles NE. of
Ajman, about 300 houses. It is situated on the N". side of a creek
defended by a fort on the shore, and by several towers. The inhabi
tants are chiefly Na'im, owning about 20 pearl-boats and 1,000
date palms, with live stock including camels, donkeys, cattle, and
sheep. The local Sheikh, 'Abd er-Rahim, nominally under Sharjah,
is practically independent, and may ultimately be recognized as a
Trucial chief.
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This volume is A Handbook of Arabia, Volume I, General (Admiralty War Staff, Intelligence Department: May, 1916) and contains geographical and political information of a general character concerning the Arabian Peninsula. The volume was prepared on behalf of the Admiralty and War Office, from sources, including native information obtained for the purpose of compiling the volume, since the outbreak of the First World War. Separate chapters are devoted to each of the districts or provinces of the Arabian Peninsula and include information on the physical character, as well as social and political surveys.
The volume includes a note on official use, title page, and a 'Note' on the compilation of the volume. There is a page of 'Contents' that includes the following sections:
- Chapter 1: Physical Survey;
- Chapter 2: Social Survey;
- Chapter 3: The Bedouin Tribes: A. Northern Tribes, B. Tribes of the Central West, C. Tribes of the Central South, D. Tribes of the Central East, Supplement: Non-Bedouin Nomads;
- Chapter 4: Hejaz;
- Chapter 5: Asir;
- Chapter 6: Yemen;
- Chapter 7: Aden and Hadhramaut: A. Aden and the Interior, B. Hadhramaut;
- Chapter 8: Oman: A. The sultanate of Oman, B. Independent Oman;
- Chapter 9: The Gulf Coast: A. The Sultanate of Koweit [Kuwait], B. Hasa, C. Bahrain, D. El-Qatar, E. Trucial Oman A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. ;
- Chapter 10: Nejd;
- Chapter 11: Jebel Shammar;
- Chapter 12: The Northern Nefūd and Dahanah Belts;
- Chapter 13: Settled Tribes of the North-West;
- Chapter 14: Settled Tribes of the West;
- Chapter 15: Settled Tribes of the South;
- Chapter 16: Settled Tribes of the Centre;
- Appendix: Note of Topographical and Common Terms;
- Index;
- Plates.
The front of the volume includes a 'List of Maps' and a 'Note on the Spelling of Proper Names'. Maps contained in this volume are:
- Map 1: Arabia: Districts and Towns;
- Map 2: Orographical Features of Arabia;
- Map 3: Land Surface Features of Arabia;
- Map 4: Tribal Map of Arabia.
The volume also contains fifteen plates of photographs and sketches by Captain William Henry Irvine Shakespear, Douglas Carruthers, Captain Gerard Leachman, Dr Julius Euting, George Wyman Bury, and Samuel Barrett Miles.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (371 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 last of various maps which are inserted at the back of the volume, on number 371.
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:i-v, 1:381, 384:726, ii-r:ii-v, ii-r:ii-v, back-i
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