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'Handbook of Yemen' [46r] (96/190)
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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Chief villages: Mehajir (Sheikh r Ali Matlaq); Luqamah
(Sheikh ! Ali Yahya el-Hamdani); Tubar (Sheikh f Ali et-
Tubri); Qabil (Sheikh Ahmed Salamah).
62.—Khaulan et-Tawal.
A Zeidi tribe to the east and south of San/a, inhabiting
the country on either side of
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Meswar. They are
settled and agricultural and number 7,000 to 8,000 fighting
men. Kibs, three hours due east of San'a, is their chief
town and the headquarters of the influential Seyyid family
of El-Kibsi. Seyyid Ahmed Mab'uth el-Kibsi and his
brothers, Seyyid Husein and Seyyid Mohammed Ibn Isma'il,
are the heads of the family. The Khaulan have always
fought for the Imam. The representative of the Imam, who
is responsible for the collection of tithes, is Seyyid Abbas.
The Khaulan dislike the Anis and fought them twelve years
ago owing to the expulsion of a Khaulani from Anis. They
trace their descent to Ghassan, Salih Ibn Mohammed et-
Tawal is the most important Sheikh of the tribe.
Chief villages: Husn Dhobiatein, Dhobeinah, Qada ,
Beit Nini, Qarwah, Marbuk, Tanam, Shafiq.
Chief clans : Beni Jaber ('Abdullah Ibn Sa/id el-Jabri);
Beni Kibs (Seyvid Hasan Ibn Mohammed el-Kibsi); Yeman-
iatein (Sheikh f Abdullah es-Sufi); Beni Dhobian ('Ali Mahdi
Shudeiq); Sihman ( 5 Ali Ibn Yahya el-Qadhi); Beni Siham
(Muhsin Ibn Muhsin en-Nini); Esh-Sha'b (Salih Ibn Moham
med Talwah).
63.—Hebeish, Beni.
A Zeidi tribe about forty miles west of San^a. Revolted
with the Kama'lah and other Zeidi tribes under Emir
esh-Shibi against the Turks in 1914.
64.—Kama c lah.
A Zeidi tribe about forty miles west of San a, which
revolted with the Beni Hebeish and others against the
Turks in 1914 under Emir esh-Shibi.
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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
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence