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'Handbook of Yemen' [38r] (80/190)
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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The most important sub-tribes are the Himran, Dhu
'Udhrah, and Dhu Fari', and most of the tribal policy seems
to be guided by Sheikhs Salih Ibn Muslih, Salih Ma'id,
Mas'ud el-Barak, and Dirhem Ibn Yahya, under the direc
tion of Sheikh Nasir Ibn Mabkhut. The only sections
which have stood out against them and solidly supported
the Imam are the Ahnum, A1 Ahim, Zuleimah, and the
southernmost tribes, the Beni Surih and Arhab.
The country of the Hashid is by no means uniformly
fertile, and in consequence there are many nomad sections.
Theoretically taxes are payable to the Imam, but of late
years they have mostly found their way into the coffers
of Nasir Ibn Mabkhut. The Seyyids are very powerful
in the Hashid country, Huth being their most important
centre in the Yemen after San'a and Sa'dah. They are
with the Imam or against him according to the favours
• they receive from him. His meanness and parsimony
seem to have sent the majority into Nasir Ibn Mabkhut's
camp.
The sub-tribes which follow are placed in the order of what
is believed to be their numerical and political importance,
irrespective of their geographical position.
I.—Himran.
Chief Sheikhs ; Nasir Ibn Mabkhut and Salih Ibn Muslih,
his nephew and most important lieutenant. His chief
strongholds are at Hamri, Habur, and Dhofir.
Range :—
(a) The majority live in villages between Khamir and
Huth.
(h) There are several small sections in
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
La a and
Hajjah.
The Himran traders travel over most of the Yemen.
There are many of them in San'a and Hodeidah.
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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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