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'Handbook of Yemen' [35r] (74/190)
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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reputation and are allied with the Beni Murran, the A1
'Ammar and the Sahar in opposition to the pro-Idrisi
tribes of Jebel Razah.
The Imam owns a fortress at their chief village, Saqein.
from which his representative and one of his chief military
leaders, Seyyid Qasim Seifi, governs the tribes of the district.
Here also lives the paramount chief. Sheikh Juma'an Ibn
Safiq. Their country is said to contain gold deposits and
is rich in wheat and coffee ; a large quantity of the latter
is exported into Asir through Dahran.
Chief divisions: Beni Quteim (Sheikh el-Ja 'afari) ; AI
Thureim (Sheikh El-Hajj); Beni Kumamah (Sheikh Abu
Qutabab); Beni Junia'a (Sheikh Juma'an Ibn Safiq); Al
Fudhah and Beni Qobab (Sheikh ^Abdel-'Aziz Ibn Fudhah);
Beni Hashim (Sheikh 'Abdullah ^Adham); and 'Anazah
(Sheikh Dab wan).
Chief villages ; Saqein, Tawilah, and Shibah.
28.—Murran, Beni.
The Beni Murran inhabit the rich coffee producing
country round Jebel Murran, which lies a few miles to the
west of Sa'dah. Their chief village is Tawilah, situated
on the slopes of Jebel Murran. The tribe, which is reported
to be a strong one, supports the Imam and fought for him
against Idrisi in 1911.
Hizam Ibn Qaid et-Tawafi is the paramount chief. The
Imam's representative is Seyyid Qasim Ibn Yahya.
The chief divisions are the Beni Sa'd, Beni Dheiba'i,
El-Hawazim, El-Hijrah, and El-Hadahidah.
29.—Hamdan esh-Sham.
A large Zeidi tribe almost entirely Bedouin and roaming
over the country which lies a day and a half to the north
east of Sa'dah. They are bounded on the north by the
Yam tribes of Nejran, east by the Bekil, west by Bedouin
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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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