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'Handbook of Arabia. Vol. I. 1917' [513] (522/748)
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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513
with the Quteibi. A middle-aged man of no particular influence,
he was at first loyal and amenable to advice, but for some years
his hatred and jealousy of the Quteibi, combined with excessive
indulgence in hat, led him into trouble. The animosity between
him and the Quteibi finally cooled down and a permanent settle
ment was effected between them in 1913 by the late 'Abdali Sultan,
Sir Ahmed Fadhl. He succeeded to the Chief ship in 1898 and signed
an agreement for the safety of the trade routes in July 1914, under
which his stipend was raised from Rs. 600 to 1,200 per annum.
Early in January 1916 he and his tribe were reported to have
submitted with the Quteibi to the Turks and to be marching against
the Fadhli Sultan.
7. Am
The Amiri is a pastoral and agricultural tribe numbering 5,000
souls and occupying the country round and south-east of Dhala,
their capital.
The original Emirs of Dhala were Muwallads or half-caste slaves
of the Imams of San'a. When the power of the latter was broken
up, the Dhala district was in the hands of certain Seyyids, from
whom it was seized by the forefathers of the present chief. There
has been a long line of Emirs, and since the occupation of Aden
by the British these chiefs have been in receipt of a subsidy, except
during the period from 1873 to 1878, when the Ottoman Govern
ment made a strong aggressive effort to place the district under
their own control.
By allegiance or conquest several additions have been made to
what may be called the district of Dhala proper. These consist of
Kharafah, Jebel Harir, the valley of the Suheibiyah as far south as
Qaflah, the Dhubayyat hill (only nominal), Sufyan, and Zobeid.
The population of the Amiri territory is of a mixed nature.
Firstly, there are the descendants of the original Amirs, constituting
a large clan, although, as at present, not always united; secondly,
such Sheiri Sheikhs as are content to acknowledge the authority
of the Emir ; thirdly, the various settlers who have from time to
time become possessed of land which thej^ cultivate ; fourthly,
the ever-present Seyyids or descendants of the Prophet; and,
lastly, a colony of Jews.
The Emir is Nasir ibn Sha'if ibn Seif, who lives at Dhala. He
became Emir in 1911 and is the son of Sha'if ibn Seif 'Abd el-Hadi,
who attended the Delhi
Durbar
A public or private audience held by a high-ranking British colonial representative (e.g. Viceroy, Governor-General, or member of the British royal family).
during the Boundary Commission
of 1902. He is a man of 36, good-natured, but weak and avaricious
ARABIA I K k
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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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- 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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