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'Handbook of Yemen' [61v] (127/190)
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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— 110 —
Water is plentiful throughout, except perhaps in some
parts between Qa'tabah and Yerim ; fodder and foodstuffs
are easily obtainable, except in some stages of the same
section.
Route No. 10 (Dareijah to Yerim) is suitable as far as
Ta iz for all arms except wheeled artillery. It is a fairly
easy and safe road, with no serious obstacles to transport
except in time of flood. From Ta iz to Yerim it is more
difficult than on the previous section owing to the steep
and tortuous ascents and descents encountered in places;
but it offers no very great obstacle to transport animals.
Water is good throughout, and there is sufficient in all
seasons. P odder is plentiful, or easily obtainable at most
stages ; good grazing for camels all along the route; and
foodstuffs (grain, cattle, chickens, eggs, etc.) are plentiful,
if notice is given beforehand.
Route No. 11 (San c a to ^Amran and Khamir) is easy
and well supplied.
Route No. 12 (
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Siham) has not been followed by
any European traveller; it touches the Anis coffee-country,
among the richest in Yemen.
. ^ ] ou ^ e No. 13 is fairly well known, and was followed by
the French Railway surveyors. After Hais it passes through
a rich country, and up to Ramadah has easy gradients.
Routes Nos. 14 and 15 are very ill-known and are
tabulated here experimentally only. Both are very difficult
m eir middle stages, and No. 15 is, probably, a pedestrian's
rac not one for caravans. Both, however, seem to be well
supplied with water and forage and to be safe; and in their
upper courses they pass through well settled country.
0 er i rou tes in Yemen, given in Indian Government
nnf^n i S ^^ rabl V No - 127 > Hodeidah to Ibb) are
C U j . ^ lere ' because we have not been able to check
m or o improve upon the schemes there given.
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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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- 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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