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'Handbook of Yemen' [48r] (100/190)
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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Medina, and being sent by the Prophet to the Yemen as
Governor settled in
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Banah, where his descendents
still are. Paramount Sheikh : Tahir Husein el-Farah of
the clan Beit el-Farah.
They come under the Kaimakam of Qa'tabah and are
allied with the El-'Ud and the Ahl Shamir.'
Chief clans are: Beit el-Farah (Sheikh Tahir Husein) and
Beit et-Tayyib (Sheikh Hizam es-Sawi).
73.—Sha ir, Ahl.
A large and peaceful tribe inhabiting the district round
Jebel Sha/ir in Southern Yemen. They cultivate kat and
cereals in the fertile valley of
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Banah. Their para
mount Sheikh is Salih Ibn Yahya Hizam of the Beni Hizam,
who comes under the Kaimakam of Qa'tabah. Sheikh
Hajj el-Kabs, of the Beni Kabs, and Yahya el-Keishi, are
also important men in the tribe.
74.— 'Ud, Ahl el-.
A large and peaceful tribe living about thirteen miles
north-west of Qa r tabah and coming under the Turkish
Kaimakam of that place. They live round Jebel Madrah
and cultivate kat and cereals in
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Banah. Hizam
es-Sayadi is their chief Sheikh.
[Two tribes of North Yemen have been notified to us
since the above was in type:—
75.—Dhu Fadl.
Nomads ranging widely north of the Hashid between
Jauf and the Batnah district.
76.—Ahl Nairn.
In the Batnah district, semi-settled and agricultural.
Sheikhs: El-Magraba of Batnah and Mas'ud el-Barak,
living west of Wada/a.J
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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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