!['Handbook of Yemen' [‎18r] (40/190)](https://iiif.qdl.qa/iiif/images/81055/vdc_100000000239.0x0001df/IOR_L_MIL_17_16_14_0042.jp2/full/!1200,1200/0/default.jpg "'Handbook of Yemen' [‎18r] (40/190)")
'Handbook of Yemen' [18r] (40/190)
The record is made up of 1 volume (91 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. .
Transcription
This transcription is created automatically. It may contain errors.
23
it«4
1 tik
ruined the town's trade. It was, like Zebid, formerly
also a centre of cotton and indigo production and of the
weaving and dyeing industries.
(There is a village of the same name, distinguished as
Beit el-Faqih el-Kebir, about equidistant from Hodeidah
on the north, on the Loheiah road.)
(3) Zebid, the ancient capital of the lowlands, has
always been, and still is, one of the most considerable towns
of Yemen. The population was given by Manzoni, in
1880, as 15,000 ; Bury (1913), however, computed it at
8,000, and this latter figure probably is the more correct
estimate at the present moment. The town, quadrilateral
in form, is surrounded by strong walls, restored in recent
times and in good condition. There are four gates ; to
north, the Bab es-Siham, leading to Beit el-Faqih ; east,
the Bab esh-Shiabariq, to Hais and Ta'iz; south-west,
the Bab en-Nekhil; and south, the Bab el-Qurtub. Zebid
is still famous for its university and Sunni (Shafe'i) College,
which is located in the great mosque ; and there are three
other large mosques, besides a number of smaller ones.
The bazaar is characterized by Manzoni as the finest in
Yemen, and is conspicuously well stocked with local produce
of vegetables and fruits, besides imported supplies. Out
side the walls are El-Beshi fort and the barracks. The
town is on the Hodeidah-Beit el-Faqih-Mokhah telegraph
line. In the extensive inland delta-like tract of
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Zebid, cotton and indigo are cultivated as special products,
but not to the same extent as formerly ; and the weaving
and dyeing industries, for which at one time Zebid was
famous, have been largely transferred to Hodeidah.
Zebid is the administrative centre of the Turkish districts
of Wasab el-Asfal and Wasab el-'Ali.
The turbulent Zaraniq tribesmen, occupying the district
to the north, with the headquarters of one of their chiefs,
Mohammed Yahya Fashik, at Huseiniyah, nine miles dis
tant, much disturb the communications of Zebid.
About this item
- Content
The volume is Handbook of Yemen. Prepared by the Arab Bureau, Cairo , 1st edn, 15 January 1917 (Cairo: Government Press, 1917).
The handbook contains information about Yemen under the following headings:
- Area;
- Physical Character (including Relief and Climate);
- Population;
- Districts and Towns;
- Agriculture and Industries;
- Trade (including Currency, and Weights and Measures);
- Political;
- Yemen Army Corps;
- Tribal Notes;
- Personalities;
- Communications;
- Routes.
The prefatory note states that the handbook had been compiled by Major K Cornwallis and Lieutenant-Commander D G Hogarth, RNVR from information obtained in Cairo (especially about tribes and personalities) and from material prepared for the Arabia Handbook issued by the Admiralty War Staff, Intelligence Division.
The volume contains an 'Outline Map of Yemen' (f 6).
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (91 folios)
- Arrangement
There is a list of contents at the front of the volume (f 5).
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at 1 on the front cover and terminates at 93 on the inside back cover. The numbers are written in pencil, are circled, 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 determine the sequence of pages within the volume.
Pagination: the volume also has an original printed pagination sequence numbered 2-167 (ff 7-92).
- Written in
- English in Latin script View the complete information for this record
Use and share this item
- Share this item
'Handbook of Yemen' [18r] (40/190), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/MIL/17/16/14, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100023644479.0x000029> [accessed 23 November 2024]
https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100023644479.0x000029
Copy and paste the code below into your web page where you would like to embed the image.
<meta charset="utf-8"><a href="https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100023644479.0x000029">'Handbook of Yemen' [‎18r] (40/190)</a> <a href="https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100023644479.0x000029"> <img src="https://iiif.qdl.qa/iiif/images/81055/vdc_100000000239.0x0001df/IOR_L_MIL_17_16_14_0042.jp2/full/!280,240/0/default.jpg" alt="" /> </a>
This record has a IIIF manifest available as follows. If you have a compatible viewer you can drag the icon to load it.https://www.qdl.qa/en/iiif/81055/vdc_100000000239.0x0001df/manifestOpen in Universal viewerOpen in Mirador viewerMore options for embedding images
Copyright: How to use this content
- Reference
- IOR/L/MIL/17/16/14
- Title
- 'Handbook of Yemen'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:5v, 7r:92v, back-i
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence