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'Handbook of Yemen' [30v] (65/190)
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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— 48 —
feud. During the Turko-Italian war Ibn el-Heij wavered
in his allegiance and took money from the Italians; but
m the past two years he has been most active on the Turkish
side. In September 1915 he raided the Beni 'Abs and
was wounded. Idrisi retaliated by cutting off his supplies,
and Ibn el-Heij, finding himself short of food, and his
followers beginning to desert, appealed to the Imam for
help. The latter sent the discouraging reply that he would
send troops if they were fed.
T he \\ a azat are reported to number between 1 500
to 3,000 fighting men. Sheikh ( Ali Ibrahim is the most
important Sheikh after Ibn el-Heij.
2.—Jami'.
A Shafe'i tribe living just north of Loheiah and east as
far as Zahirah, which is their chief village. In 1911 thev
ought the Turks on behalf of Idrisi, but they are now
close allies of [bn el-Heij of the Wa 'azat. The chief Sheiffli
is Mohammed Zeid, who comes from the Ashraf of Sabiyah
tt M ; idl ; Zahirah. He is under his cousin Sherif
xiamud, the Kaimakam of Loheiah, who lives at Mu'taredh
and governs the Beni Jami' and Wa azat.
3,—Qeis, Beni.
t " ni Qei8 occupy the
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Mur and
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Laa
ri COnfluence near Raighah for a day's march east-
f C Z 18 , Wel1 watered with wrings and
over tfp The hill-camels of the Beni Qeis take
ZL 1°^ from the P la ins, and carry the
and Ha^i } i 10U t L 1 dlfficult passes leading to Suq Shiris
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
of ^Rfli . if Sheikl1 is ^^ullah Bom
the Turks !f a ' W ® e father was Kaimakam under .
Ire now in 'r a T 7 in 5 Ue ? tial man ' but the B ^i Qeis
men g t0Wards Idrtsi - Th ^ are a bout 2/000
The principal villages are Raighah and Tor Musallaim
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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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- '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
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