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'Military report on the Aden Protectorate' [24r] (52/332)
The record is made up of 1 volume (164 folios). It was created in 1915. 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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feet), the lower eastern spurs being in the territory of the Amir of
Dhala.
The Amiri country is entirely composed of mountains of an
excessively rugged and abrupt description. On the east is the
continuous range formed by Jabal Harir (7,790 feet) a flat-
topped ridge running north to south, with exceedingly steep and
precipitous sides falling away to the Bana, and J. Halmin
connected with Harir by a col, a rugged mountain, rising steeply
on the west in sharp peaks and running eastwards fn long
ridges to the Bana. In the centre are the Shairi hills, and the
rugged promontory Jutting out from the head of the Dhala
valley, and culminating in the remarkable plateau of Adh-Dhu-
bayyat, whence it falls away in a series of rocky foot-hills
to the Suhaib valley. The north-western part is occurWl
by the great mountain mass of J. Jahaf (7,840 feet), the summit
of which contains fertile valleys and slopes and which extends
southwards in two great spurs, the easterly, culminating in the
bluff of J. Mafarl (6,490 feet), and the westerly, forming the
HumaidT mountains, with the abrupt pinnacles of J. Mism-ir.
(7,033 feet) and J. Seyan. On the north are sheer precipices
of 2,000 feet.
The south-western part of the AmTri country is an intricate
mass of rugged mountains, separated from the Jahaf system by
the deep gorge of the Tabaghain, of which the most conspicuous
peaks to the north are J. un-Nad (7,131 feet) and J. Mashwara
(6,355 feet), continuing down to the Haushabi mountains be
tween the Tiban and the
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
-ul-Milah.
The Radfan range, in the south-eastern corner, juts to the
north in bold spurs, and falls away on the east to the Bana The
principal peak is J. ul Huria (8,107 feet), and the range encloses
fertile valleys.
To the north of J. Harir in Amm territory, are the Shaibi
mountains, connected with Harir on the south, and with Maiais
on the west. They are excessively steep and rugged, but contain
fertile valleys. J. Awabil (7,647 feet) is the principal peak.
North of the ShaibT, across the Bana, is the high plateau ofRub'-
aUain with J. Anitha, and J. Shamroh (7,900 feet), as its most
conspicuous peaks. To the east of the Shaibi mountains, and
separated from them by the Bana, are the lofty and rugged peaks
of the Upper Yafa'i, which present an inhospitable and serrated
front to the south. The higher points, of which J. Al'Ali is
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Military report on Aden Protectorate by the General Staff India, dated 1915, and printed at the Government Monotype Press, Simla. The report's chapters cover:
History, including a general summary of the history the region from 529 A.D. to 1915; histories of the individual tribes ('Abdalī, 'Akrabī, 'Alawī, Amīr , 'Audalī, Upper Aulakī, Lower Aulakī, Fadhlī, Haushabi, Ka'atī, Kathīrī, Mahrī, Subaihī, Wahīdī, Upper Yafaī, Lower Yafaī); and the history of the Soqotra.
Geography, including a general description of the area, its mountains and rivers, and descriptions of Aden, Perim and Soqotra; and descriptions of the individual tribal areas, giving their boundaries, distances from towns and villages, and locations of fresh water; Climate and Health, including general information on the climate of the region and specific illnesses such as Malaria, information on the tribal area of Amīrī; tables showing average temperatures, sickness and death rates for European Soldiers in 1903, and observations on veterinary health.
Population, including a general description, the census for the Aden Protectorate taken in 1911, the population of Soqotra island, the populations of the various tribes, and statements showing the Subaīhī tribes in proximity to the Turkish border.
Resouces, including agriculture, supplies, commerce, industries, camels, horses, donkeys, cattle, sheep and goats, chickens and eggs, woods and trees; the resources of the Aden garrison; resources on the island of Perim; resources on the island of Soqotra; the resources of the various tribes, and a statement of the purchases made at Dhāla in summer 1903.
Military, including a general summary, armaments, fighting qualities and method of fighting; arrangements on the island of Perim and of the Soqotra people; approximate fighting strength of the principal tribes in the Aden protectorate; information concerning the town and Turkish frontier post at Ka'taba, including diagrams of the fort, a landscape sketch, and a sketch showing the position of Ka'taba with reference to Aden and British Territory.
Maritime, including the harbours and ancorages at Perim; Ras-ul-Ara; Bandar 'Imran; Bandar Fuqum; Khor Bīr Ahmad; Aden Harbour; Shuqra; Māqatīn-us-Saghīr; 'Irka' Ghubbat-ul-'Ain; Bālahāf; Bir 'Alī (Bandar Husn Ghurāb Shallow vessel with a projecting bow. ); Bandar Burūm; Mukalla; Shehr; Sharma Bay; Saihut; Qishn; Soqotra all with latitude and longitude co-ordinates given.
Administration, including a general summary of the various systems in use throughout the territory, the administration of the Aden Settlement, including Perim; and summaries of the administrative set-up of each of the Arab tribes
Communications, including details of the routes leading North and Northwest to the Turkish Frontier; Routes leading to the North; Routes in the Eastern portion of the protectorate; Amir of Dhāla's territory; Soqotra; Telegraphs and Signalling; Submarine cables; Wireless; Perim submarine cables
Appendix A is a list of the tribes, their rulers, stipends and salutes, Appendix B is a glossary of Arabic Terms, Appendix C is a list of tribal areas, their population and fighting force, and Appendix D is a bibliography.
At the rear of the volume is a pocket containing one map: Hunter's map of Arabia, which appears to have been added to the volume at a later date.
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- 1 volume (164 folios)
- Arrangement
There is a detailed table of contents on folios 5-7, a comprehensive index to the report on folios 139-159, and a pocket containing the maps at the rear of the volume.
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Foliation: The foliation sequence consists of pencil numbers, enclosed in a circle, located in the top right hand corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. of each folio. The sequence commences on the front cover, with number 1, and ends on the last of the two maps which are inserted at the back of the volume, with number 164.
The volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence which uses roman numerals i-vii for the table of contents; commences at 1 on the first page of the report and concludes with 298 on the last page of the index.
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