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'Personalities, Arabia' [179] (183/374)
The record is made up of 1 volume (185 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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4. Other villages.
Muslit
Meiza'a
Fey ah
Melahah
Seyyad
(h) Nomads. 2,000 men.
Chief Sheikh; Sa'd ibn Dhuh.
Clans :—
Al Habashi
A1 Rumei'an
Beni Minbah
Ibn eth-Thibeit.
'Ali ibn Sudan.
'Ali ibn Shahr.
Misfar ibn Humrah.
'Ali Ghareifah.
Sa'd ibn Dhuh.
Sheikh Sofar.
Sheikh Salikhah.
Sheikh Mujerri of Janfur.
24. Beni Marwdn.
A Sunni tribe numbering about 1 ,000 fighting men and inhabiting
the country from
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Heiran on the south almost to
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Ta'ashar on
the north. They are bounded on the north by the Masarihah, on the
east by the Ahl Haradh and Khamisln, and on the south by the Bern
Hasan. The port of Midi is in their country, and their chief village
is Suq el-Kairan. Formerly they were partisans of Idrisi, but they
rebelled against him when he accepted help from the Italians. They
are evidently still disloyal, for Idrisi is reported to have sent a puni
tive expedition against Ibn Bakri, their chief Sheikh, in November 1915.
Sheikh Tahir 'Ali is the Sheikh of Midi.
25. Masdrihah.
A Sunni tribe supporting Idrisi, who occupy the country from
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Ta'shar almost up to Abu 'Arlsh and Jeizan on the north and
east to the first foothills. They are bounded on the north by the Reish,
on the south by the Ja'dah and Beni Marwan, and on the east by the
Beni Mohammed. Their chief village is Samtah, and they are said to
muster 1 ,000 fighting men. The chief Sheikhs are Ahmed Masawah,
'Othman Siwadi, Abu Halim, and \ ahya Mihah.
26. Beni Mohammed.
A tribe east of the Masarihah in the hills south-east of Jeizan. They
support Idrisi.
27. Beni Mugheid.
The BENI MUGHEID are a fine fighting tribe dwelling in the steep
hill country which leads up to Ibha from the south and in and around
Ibha itself. The adjoining tribes are, on the north the 'Alqam el-Hul and
Beni Malik, on the east the Shahran, on the south the Sha af Rashah and
Al Yinfa'ah sections of the Shahran and the Rabl'at el-Yemen, and on the
west the Rijal el-M'a.
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The volume is Personalities, Arabia (Admiralty War Staff Intelligence Division, April 1917).
The volume is an official report on prominent Arab individuals and Arab tribes in the Arabian Peninsula and other parts of the Middle East. The volume contains personal, historical and genealogical information on ruling families, individual members of ruling families, and other prominent individuals (including commercial firms and merchants) within the regions numbered I-VII below; and ethnographic information on the Bedouin tribes and sedentary tribes (divided into four geographical groupings). The regions and groupings are as follows:
- I Hejaz (folios 4-13);
- II Asir (folios 13-23);
- III Yemen (folios 23-32);
- IV Aden and Hadhramaut (folios 33-37);
- V Gulf Coast (folios 37-43);
- VI Central Arabia (folios 44-50);
- VII Syrian Desert and Sinai (folios 51-53);
- The Bedouin Tribes (folios 53-76);
- Sedentary Tribes of The North-West (folios 77-80);
- Sedentary Tribes of The West (folios 81-125);
- Sedentary Tribes of The South (folios 125-165);
- Sedentary Tribes of The Centre (folios 166-169).
The volume includes a 'Tribal Map of Arabia' on folio 184.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (185 folios)
- Arrangement
There is a list of contents on folio 3v. There is an index to the volume on folios 170-183.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at 1 on the front cover and terminates at 186 on the last folio before the 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. The following folio needs to be folded out to be examined: folio 184. This is the system used to determine the order of pages.
Pagination: the volume also contains an original printed pagination, numbered 4-362 (folios 4-183).
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- 'Personalities, Arabia'
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- front, front-i, i-r:i-v, 1:364, ii-r:iii-v, back-i, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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