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'Handbook of Yemen' [44v] (93/190)
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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52.—Isma'il, Beni.
A small Shafe'i tribe, settled in the mountains round
Menakhah and numbering about 2,500 souls. They were
neutral during the siege of Menakhah in 1911, but are now
under Turkish domination. They are brave and well armed.
Their country is fertile and produces coffee and cereals.
Chief Sheikh: 'Ali Muhsin Yahya.
Chief villages: Masarribah, Jalbein, Jurn, Ja'dal, and
Jurn 'Arah. 1 ,
Chief clans : A1 el-Jaradi, A1 el-Jebali, Beni 'Atiyah, Beni
Bisher, and Beni Rajeb.
53.—Masar.
A Zeidi tribe in the mountains west-north-west of Mena
khah, who were neutral during its siege in 1911. The chief
Sheikh of the Masar and the villages in the neighbourhood
is Ahmed el-Jans, a man of about fifty-five years of age
and a large landowner.
54.—Metwah.
A tribe in the mountains round Menakhah which was
mentioned during its siege in 1911. They belong to the
Da/udiyah sect.
55.—S afan, Beni.
A tribe in the mountains round Menakhah and separated
rom it by Jebel Masar. Of the Da/udiyah sect. They
helped the Turks in 1911, and 'Abdullah Beshir. their Sheikh,
by his friendly co-operation, enabled the Turks to turn
the Imam s flank and relieve Menakhah. 'Abdullah Beshir
is a man of about sixty-five and an experienced fighter,
itie tribe is a large one, numbering nearly 10,000 souls.
ey are generally on bad terms with the neighbouring
Shafe i Zeidi, and Isma'iliyah tribes
Chief clam; Beni 'All Yahya and Beni Harftn.
Ckef ullages: Metwah, Za'lah, Askhan, Jari, Shaiaji,
Mujwan, and Hijri.
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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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