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'Handbook of Yemen' [43v] (91/190)
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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III.—HODEIDAH—SAN A ROAD.
45.—Milhan, Ahl.
Jebel Milhan is a mountain district north of the
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Sirdud, and extending east to the Suleil country. It is
small in extent, but very fertile and populous, the inha
bitants being estimated at 10,000. The principal Sheikh is
Ibrahim Hasan es-Sujaf of Khuslah. The sections or clans
are ; Ma zibah, Habba't, Beni IJseifri, Hamdan Beni
'Ali, Jubah, Yamamiyah, Beni Waihab, A1 f Asabah, A1
Khushlah, Surub, and A1 Mahras.
46.—Hufash.
A tribe between Jebel Milhan and Bajil. They are
Zeidis and belong to the Imam, though they come imme
diately under the authority of the Turks whom they hate.
They are allies of their northern neighbours the Sari and
Mahweit, and also of the Bura ! a of Jebel Bura c a. Their
chief Sheikh is 'Ali Ibn Yahya.
47.—Mahweit.
A Zeidi tribe just south of Jebel Milhan. They are
directly administered by the Turks, but are in favour of
tt 6 . a r f iam an< ^ are allies of their southern neighbours, the
Hufash, San, and Bura r a of Jebel Bura'a.
48.—Sari.
A tribe just north of the Hufash and south of Jebel Milhan
U ? se ^. u *' ' ^h is Salih Ibn Muslih. They are Zeidis and
under the Imam, but their country is administered by the
ur -s w om they hate. Allied with their northern neigh
bours the Mahweit, also, with the Hufash and Bura'a.
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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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- '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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