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'Handbook of Yemen' [24v] (53/190)
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. .
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(2) Weaving. —There is a colony of weavers at Hodeidah>
many of whom have come from the disturbed area just
mentioned. They weave a coarse cotton cloth with stripes
of colour, and this is retailed in lengths suitable for shawls,
etc., as worn by the natives. Ta'iz was once famous for
weaving.
(3) Tanning. —Hides are dressed and made into sandals-
at Hodeidah, Zebid, Beit el-Faqih, and some other centres.
Shedpskins are also soft-tanned in some of the larger up-
country centres, chiefly for making into boots, which are
there worn more often than sandals, because of the cold.
(4) Grinding. —There is a small flour-mill at Menakhah,
built by the Turks. Elsewhere grinding is done entirely
by the hand-quern.
(5) Metal-working. —San'a was once famous for its
ornamental work in brass and copper; but the industry
is now confined to the making of domestic utensils.
(6) Production of i¥merak—There is a small amount
of coarse brittle native iron, but the scarcity of fuel makes
smelting impracticable. Petroleum has long been known
to exist in the i arsan Islands, and a concession was granted
to an Ottoman subject; but the results of the experimental
borings proved of doubtful value. Rock-salt occurs at
i on the mainland opposite the Kamaran Islands
and the flourishing salt-works there are under the control
of the Ottoman Public Debt; the bulk of the salt coes to
India, but large quantities are also sent inland Fine
stones of onyx, agate chalcedony, and cornelian, are found
m the hills round San a.
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- 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).
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- English in Latin script View the complete information for this record
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- 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