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'Handbook of Yemen' [44r] (92/190)
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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49.—Bura'a.
A Shafe'i tribe living in Jebel Bura/a south-south-west of
'Obal. Chief Sheikh is Seyyid Husein Ibn 'Abd er-Kahim
el-Bura'i, who is on unfriendly terms with the Imam and
hates the Turks, under whose immediate jurisdiction he is.
He is a friend of Nasir Ibn Mabkhut of the Hashid. The
tribe is allied to the Hufash, Sari, and Mahweit. I hey are
a peace-loving people, r and number about 2,000 men,
Yahya 'Abad is the Sheikh appointed by the Turks over
Bura'a, Hajjeilah, and 5 Obal. He is about sixty-five years
old and lives in Hajjeilah, The latter place and Obal
muster about 400 men between them.
Chief villages are ; Manwab, Kamah, Fayish, and Rukab,
50.—Makarimah.
A small remnant, numbering about 2,600 men, of the
house of Makrami, the ruling family of ^ am, still left in
the district of Harraz. For twelve years the Makramis
held the Emirate of Heimah, Harraz, Menakhah and district
by gift from the Imam Muhsin, but they were expelled by
Mukhtar
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
in 1872, Their followers who remained
behind have little political importance now and are chiefly
engaged in trade. Like the rest of their tribe they are of
the Isma'iliyah sect. In 1911 they fought for the Turks
against the Imam. They occupy the villages of Mugharibah,
Safiyah, Beit el-Hud, Khiyam, Beit el-Gheil, Beit el-Akbari,
and Qushamin. Their chief Sheikh is Qaid el-Luf, who lives
at Mugharibah. They are continually at odds with the
Shafei, Zeidi, and Da udiyah tribes of the neighbourhood.
51.—Ya'aber.
A tribe of the Ismaf liyah sect in the district of Harraz,
which sided with the Turks against the Imam in 1911.
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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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- '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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