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'Handbook of Yemen' [34v] (73/190)
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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Highlands.
25.—Juma'a, Beni.
A powerful and independent Zeidi tribe, partly nomad
but^ chiefly settled, living in the country north-east of Abu
Arish almost to Jebel Razah. Eight years ago the im
portant Sheikh, Seyyid Ahmed ed-Dahiani, at that time
Emir of Sa'dah and district, quarrelled with the Imam
and fled to the Beni Juma/a for protection. Since then
he has lived with them and established a firm place for
himself amongst them. He is a great friend of Idrisi,
whom the Beni Juma/a also support.
26.—Razah, Ahl.
A Zeidi tribe living round Jebel Razah to the west of
the Khaumn esh-Sham and Sa'dah. They are supporters
ox idnsi, and their country was the scene of the first fighting
between Idrisi and the Imam in 1912. Their chief fortress
is Husn en-Nazir, situated on the slopes of Jebel Razah.
ihe country is fertile and coffee is largely grown, while
there is said to be gold in the mountains. ' Thev claim
descent from Khazraj and acknowledge as chiefs'Sheikh
Ahmed Ibn Sahh and Sayed c Ali Ibn el-Huseini.
'Abdullahf Clan ^ that 0f the 1)1111 Hatim ( Sheikh
Seyyid Vahya ' Arar Ibn Nasir, one of Idrisi's chief
anTAhTRiah iniSterS the C0Untry of tlie Beni Juma'a
27. Khaulan esh-Sham.
fi -! ltln - se ^led in the fertile country
Thev \ n v and • :rebel Eazah ' due SaMah.
off to i ^ * V 6 T m Khau,an ' but are too far
off to be m touch with them. They have a good fighting
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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
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