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'Handbook of Hejaz' [24v] (55/204)
The record is made up of 1 volume (98 folios). It was created in 1917. 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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— 33 —
V.—TRIBAL NOTES.
In this section are given fuller particulars of the Hejaz
tribes already enumerated in Section III.
1.—HU WEITAT.
It is unnecessary to say more of the Huweitat than that
only a small part of the tribe ranges permanently in any
district of Hejaz. One clan, at present under Sheikh
Ahmed Ibn Mohammed Abu Toqeiqa (but rightfully under
Shadli 'Alyan), is scattered along the littoral from Akaba
to Na' man Island, its headquarters being at Muweilah and
Dhabah. The great Huweitat Sheikhs remain outside
Hejaz. This tribe is responsible for the Hejaz railway
from the end of the Beni Sakhr stretch just south of
Ma'an to a point south of QaFat el-Mudawwarah where
the Beni 'Atiyah take over.
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2.—'ATIYAH (BENI),
The Beni 'Atiyah are an old tribe closely akin to the
'Anezah. They claim descent from Ma'z, who is said to have
been brother of 'Anaz, the ancestor of the 'Anezah. Some
authorities state that the 'Atiyah tribe was the origin
of the Huweitat, the Heiwat, the Terabin, Ma'za, and
Tiyahah. Whether or no this be the true explanation
of ^ the relation between the 'Atiyah and the Huweitat,
it is certain that their connexion is exceedingly close. The
two tribes camp in each others country, and aid each other
against common enemies.
The 'Atiyah occupy the northern half of the 'Aweiridh
harrah, and are separated from the Moahib harrah by the
hollow plain of the Jau, through which there is a road from
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The volume is Handbook of Hejaz. Prepared by The Arab Bureau, Cairo , 2nd edn, 26 February 1917 (Cairo: Government Press, 1917).
The handbook comprises information about Hejaz under the following headings:
- Area;
- Physical Character;
- Population;
- Districts and Towns;
- Tribal Notes;
- Political;
- Personalities (including Royal Family, and Others);
- Pilgrimage;
- Trade and Expenses;
- Communications;
- Routes.
The prefatory note states that the handbook was originally compiled by Lieutenant Commander D G Howarth, RNVR; and although the information contained in the second edition had been greatly improved, much about Hejaz 'remains uncertain or unknown'.
The volume also contains an 'Outline Map of Hejaz' (f 4) and a table of the 'Ruling Sherifial Family of Mecca' (f 38).
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (98 folios)
- Arrangement
The volume contains a table of contents on folio 7.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at 1 on the front cover and terminates at 100 on the inside back cover. The numbers are written in pencil, are enclosed in a circle, and appear 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. This is the system used to make reference to the contents of the volume. Folios 4 and 38 need to be folded out to be examined.
Pagination: the volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence, numbered 2-179 (ff 8-98).
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- 'Handbook of Hejaz'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:3v, 5r:99v, back-i
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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