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'Handbook of Yemen' [57r] (118/190)
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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— 101 —
Muhsin Ibn 'Abdullah (Sherif).
A chief of the Dhu Husein at Jauf. Trusted friend of
the Imam and sent by him to Aden in August 1914 on a
political mission. Previously had commanded a force
operating against Idrisi.
Muhsin Ibn Hasan (Seyyid).
Of Huth, of the Luqwa house ; one of the richest mer
chants and an active politician who sympathizes with
Nasir Ibn Mabkhut {q.v.) against the Imam.
Munasar Saghir (Sheikh).
Chief of the northern division of the Southern Zaraniq;
joint signatory with Mohammed Yahya el-Hibah Fashik
of a letter to Colonel Jacob offering assistance to us in
May 1916.
Nasir Ibn Mabkhut.
Paramount chief of the great Hashid tribe. Tall, power
fully built, fair skin, small white beard. Age about
seventy-five. Ambitious, unscrupulous, rules chiefly by
fear. Rich from taxes levied on his people. His chief sons
are Hamud Ibn Nasir, aged about thirty-five, and Nasir
Ibn Nasir, aged about twenty-five. His chief strongholds
are at Hamri, Habur, and Dhofir. He was an ally of the
Imam in his early struggles with the Turks, and up to 1911
fought for him. In 1912 he deserted to Idrisi in disgust at
the Imam's compact with the Turks, and in 1913 was
fighting for Idrisi. He rejoined the Imam in 1914, but is
said to have become disaffected again and to be now in
league with Idrisi and the Beni Yam. He is a very
powerful chief who can call up at least 10, ? 000 well-armed
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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