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'Handbook of Arabia. Vol. I. 1917' [509] (518/748)
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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CHAPTER XV
SETTLED TRIBES OF THE SOUTH
A. Aden Protectorate
1. 'Abdali
The Ottoman attack on Aden in July 1915 resulted in the
occupation of the 'Abdali country by the Turks, the fall and sack
of Lahej, its capital, the death of the ruling Sultan, and the retreat
of most of his subjects to the Aden lines.
Previous to that event the 'Abdali tribe occupied the country
immediately round Aden. Its boundaries extended about 35 miles
inland to the Haushabi tribe on the north, to the Fadhli Sultanate
on the east, and the Subeihi tribe on the west. Formerly it held
the Aden peninsula, until an outrage perpetrated on a shipwrecked
crew and the absence of any satisfaction led to the British bom
bardment and occupation of Aden in 1839.
The Sultan of Lahej, who is the head of the 'Abdali, still receives
a yearly subsidy from the British Government for its occupation
of the town of Sheikh 'Othman, and leases to it a large area of land
in the neck of the isthmus. The present Sultan, Abd el-Kerim
ibn Fadhl ibn 'Ali, is a man of 35, of sedentary habits, who has up
to the present shown no marked ability. He is fairly well educated
according to Arab standards, but knows no English. He is very
popular with the tribe. He succeeded his cousin H, H, Sultan
Sir 'Ali ibn Ahmed ibn 'Ali, K.C.I.E., on July 13, 1915, when the
latter was accidentally shot during the Ottoman occupation of
Lahej.
The tribe owes its importance more to its wealth than to its
military prowess. It is entirely settled and agricultural, with the
exception of the Ahl Ban, who are chiefly pastoral but have arable
land westwards in Abiyan near the Fadhli Sultanate. The popula
tion is estimated at 14,500.
The late Sultan of Lahej controlled the first stage of the main
caravan road from Aden to Yemen up the
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Tiban, and main
tained armed and fortified posts at Zeida, Sha'qah (Shaka), and
'Anad. He also had a customs post for the Aden traffic at Dar
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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.
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- 1 volume (371 folios)
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The volume is arranged in chapters. There is a contents page, list of maps, alphabetical index, and list of plates.
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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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- 'Handbook of Arabia. Vol. I. 1917'
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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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