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'Extracts from Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf, Oman and Central Arabia by J G Lorimer CIE, Indian Civil Service' [86r] (176/180)
The record is made up of 1 volume (86 folios). It was created in Early 20th century. 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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161
The Bedouins are all in the Abu Dhabi Principality j of the non-nomadic portion
about 2,000 are in Dibai territory, but the remainder of them, about 8 000 persons
are all subjects of the Abu Dhabi Shaikh. Besides the Bani Yas of Trucial 'Oman
there are, it will be seen, about 600 of the tribe settled in Bahrain, 200 on Tarut
island in the Hasa Sanjaq, and over 100 in Qatar, besides those on Hanjam The
ruins of the Muraijib fort and the incipient villages of Jahali and Mas'udi attest
also the past and present connection of the tribe with the Baraimi Oasis, which^is
nearer to their ancestral country than the settlements just mentioned but still
outside the tribal territories proper.
It will also be noticed that the Bani Yas of the Dibai Principality nearly all
belong to the Al Bu Falasah section and that those of Bahrain and Tarut and part
of those in Qatar are likewise members of this roving subdivision, which is now
but slightly represented in the original home of the tribe.
The resources of the Bani Yas and their occupations are sufficiently explained
in the table above and in the article on Dhafrah, in the Liwah division of which
tract nearly half the tribe have their permanent abode.
The Bani Yas of the Abu Dhabi Principality are on the whole well affected
and faithful to the Shaikh of Abu Dhabi, who is himself of their number. The
principal exception to this rule are the Qubaj_sat section who have at times evinced
a disposition to follow the example of the Al Bu Falasah by hiving off from the
main body of the tribe; but at the present time they are stationary and appear to
be contented. The principal men of the tribe, under the Shaikh of Abu Dhabi,
are Buti-bin-Khadim of the Qubaisat section, who generally resides at Abu Dhabi
Town but is headman of Muzaira'ah, 'Attab and Qarmidah in Liwah; Hamad-
bin-Aghtail of the Maharibah section, under whose authority are Dhafir and
Taraq in Liwah; Rashid-bin-Humaid of the Hawamil section, to whom Hadhi,
Shah, Subakhah and Wazil in Liwah are subject; and Faris-bin-'Ali of the Mazari'
section, who is over Khannur Hafif and Mariyah in Liwah, and himself lives at
Khannur.
The Bani Yas are of the Hinawi political faction and differ from most of their
neighbours in being, wherever they occur, Maliki Sunnis and not Hanabilah.
They have at present no special relations of friendship or enmity with adjoining
tribes.
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The volume consists of approximately forty extracts from Volume I, Parts I and II, and Volume II of John Gordon Lorimer's Gazetteer. The reason for the compilation of this volume of extracts is unclear.
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- 1 volume (86 folios)
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There is a table of contents at the front of the volume.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at 1 on the front cover and terminates at 88 on the back cover. These numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and can be found in the top right hand corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. page of each folio. There is also a printed pagination sequence covering most of the volume.
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- 'Extracts from Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf, Oman and Central Arabia by J G Lorimer CIE, Indian Civil Service'
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