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'Handbook of Yemen' [47v] (99/190)
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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— 82 —
road against him. The Imam accused him of collecting
revenues for himself and despatched the Arabs round
Dhamar against him, with what result is unknown. The
tribe numbers from 8,000 to 10,000 men, but not more than
3,000 can take the field owing to lack of rifles. Their
country is fertile, wheat, oats, barley, and dura being the
principal crops. They are on good terms with their northern
neighbours the Beni Matar. They dislike the Arabs of
Jebel Reimah and also the Khaulan, whom they fought
twelve years ago. With the Beni Muqatil, who are of the
Da/udiyah sect and opposed to the Imam, they have a long
standing feud. There is a well-known Seyyid at Doran,
their chief town, by name Seyyid 'Ali Ibn Isma'il. He
was exiled to Rhodes by Ahmed Feizi
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
but was pardon
ed and is now the Imam's representative with the Anis.
Paramount Sheikh: 'Ali el-Miqdad.
Representative of the Imam: Seyyid f Ali Ibn Isma'il.
70.—Rada'a.
A Zeidi tribe living round the town of the same name
east-south-east of Dhamar. They are descended from
Qahtan and are chiefly cultivators and traders. Their
chief Sheikh is Hamud Ibn Mohammed, who comes under
the Turkish Kaimakam of Rada'a.
71.—Mekhadir.
A small Zeidi tribe half an hour south of Jiblah. For
many years they were ruled by representatives of the
Wada' section of the Hashid, until Mukhtar
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
subdued
the Yemen and banished Ahmed Ibn Muqbil el-Wada'i
to his own country.
72.— Ammar, Ahl.
A large and peaceful Zeidi tribe about twenty miles north
east of Qa'tabah living round Shekab 'Ammar and cul
tivating cereals and hat in
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Banah. They are descend
ed from Ma'az Ibn Jebel Qurishi, who originally lived at
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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'
- Pages
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- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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