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'Handbook of Yemen' [48v] (101/190)
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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X.—PERSONALITIES.
'Abd el-Bari Ibn Ahmed (Seyyid).
Of the Ahdal house (q.v.) of Marawah, a place inhabited
chiefly by Seyyids. The most important Seyyid in the
Turkish Tihamah, of a family exempt from taxation by
an old
firman
A Persian word meaning a royal order or decree issued by a sovereign, used notably in the Ottoman Empire (sometimes written ‘phirmaund’).
of Sultan 'Abdul Mejid. Greatly respected
and much sought after in tribal disputes. Accompanied
Mahmud Nazim and Ragheb Bey {q.v.) on an unsuccessful
mission to Idrisi in June, 1913. Mustafa el-Idrisi, who
saw him then, describes him as an inert mass of flesh, and
as violently pro-Turk.
c Abd el-Qadir Ambari (Seyyid).
Of Zebid. Principal of the great Shafe'i Madrasah, or
College, the main educational centre in Yemen and of wide
repute outside.
'Abd el-Wadud.
Notable of Loheiah. Instructed to arrange for the
journey of Turkish officers by sea to Hejaz "without the
knowledge of Idrisi's tribesmen," in October 1915.
Abdullah Abd el-Qadir (Seyyid).
Of San'a, of the 'Abd el-Qadir house ; head of the Town
Council; together with his brothers, Ali and Huaein, he
enjoys much influence in San'a.
Abdullah el-Badri (Seyyid).
Of Huth, of the Badri house ; an influential adviser of
the Imam.
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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