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'Handbook of Yemen' [36r] (76/190)
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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— 59 —
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Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
. There is still a small remnant of the tribe, calling
themselves the Makarimah, in the Harraz district {see No. 50).
The present Emir of Nejran is Isma/il el-Makrami. He
owes no allegiance, but his tribesmen are as a rule willing to
serve as mercenaries with either Imam or Turk, if well paid.
They have a reputation for ruthless bravery. Idrisi has
been in negotiation with them at various times during the
present war with a view to forcing the Imam's hand against
the Turks, but nothing has resulted up to the present.
31.—Sahar.
The Sahar are a fairly numerous tribe, of w T hich the settled
portion lives in and round the town of Sa'dah and is engaged
in agriculture and trading. Owing to internal disunion and
absence of tribal feeling, it does not possess the political
importance which its numbers should secure to it. The
villagers are all under the authority of the Imam, but the
nomads are almost completely independent and are accus
tomed to range far afield to the north and east in the direc
tion of Nejran and Barat. As a rule the tribe keeps on
good terms with its neighbours, the Hashid and the Arabs
of Khaulan esh-Sham.
'Ali Ma'awad is the chief Sheikh of the settled portion.
Seyyid Ahmed and Qasim el-Hashimi are the representa
tives of the Imam.
Settled portion. —Chief clans ; Beni Hazim (Sheikh Tabran
Muqbil) ; Beni Sa'ad (Sheikh Taheir) ; Beni Hamdan and
Ahl Nuqeim (Sheikh Hamdan el-Jirbi); Beni Dhufeir (Sheikh
'Abdullah Dahmi); Beni Sineidar (Sheikh Ahmed Sineidar) ;
Beni Huran and Beni 'Umarah (Seyyid el-Qasim) ; Beni
Jurman (Ahmed el-Hashimi) ; Beni juma'a (Sheikh Dah-
mash).
Nomads. —Chief clans : A1 Sinan and 'Amalaqah (Sheikh
Salih Kadar) ; Beni 'Ajlah and Beni Hureimah (Sheikh
Ibn el-'As) ; Beni Shami and Beni Beddar (Sheikh Ali el-
Wada'i); Beni 'Awad and Beni Haddad (Sheikh Mansur
el-Haddad).
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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'
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- 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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