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'Handbook of Arabia. Vol. I. 1917' [64] (73/748)
The record is made up of 1 volume (371 folios). It was created in 1916. It was written in English and Arabic. 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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THE BEDOUIN TRIBES
Tribe.
IT. Malik
Suh-Tribe.
Feidi. Qora N. of Umlejh
Eid Birki
Samiri. E. of Umlejh
'Abdullah Salamah
Hibeishi. E. of Samiri
Alwani. Nabdh between
Umlejh and Yambo 4
Ibrahim Fineighish
Hajari, Near Hibeishi
Enami.
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
el-'Eis, E. of
Umlejh
Eneini.
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
el- c Eis
Nazzah. Umlej h
Thobyani
RefaH {'Arfu'a)
Erwi
Clan.
B Marsuq, B. Rubeikah,
Mat'an, Shuweitah, Dhawi
Huleyyil, Ladhah
I Haswani, Nashuri, Wahbani
1 Abu Wami, Suweilhi, She-
1 leibhi, Jammali, Wadyani,
Amiri, Dhaf'ani, Labdani.
6. The Harb
The HARB are Ahl esh-Shimal. They are a powerful and warlike
tribe of the Hejaz and of Nejd, occupying the coast of the Red Sea
from Yambo' to Qunfudah, the mountain country between Medina
and Mecca, and the desert to the north-east up to Jebel Abanat.
Inland, their country extends just across the
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
er-Rummah.
On the south they push down to the Sha'ib el-'Useibiyat and the
Harrat Qishb, i. e. the vicinity of the caravan road from Boreidah
to Mecca, if the Ateibah are in their southern pastures; but this
country is really the dira of the latter.
In the days of the Emir Mohammed of Ha'il, the eastern Harb
paid tribute to the Rashid ; but they are now independent. The
clans in the Hejaz come under the influence of the Sherif, though
they pay him tribute only when it suits them. They are responsible
for the safety of the southernmost section of the Hejaz Railway,
but their connexion with the pilgrim traffic is chiefly of a less re
spectable kind ; for they rob caravans on the Mecca road, kill and
plunder stragglers, and extort money at every opportunity. Their
k Auf and Le habah clans are noted highwaymen, much dreaded by
the Pilgrimage. The Harb of the Hejaz (Beni Salim and Masruh)
are mostly cultivators, fishermen, and carriers. The Beni Salim are
also camel-breeders, and so are the Nejd clans of the Beni 'Amr;
but none of the Harb are specially rich in camel herds.
They are divided into three (or two ?) big sub-tribes. The Beni Salim
live in the Hejaz, though there is a small branch of the Muzeinat in the
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This volume is A Handbook of Arabia, Volume I, General (Admiralty War Staff, Intelligence Department: May, 1916) and contains geographical and political information of a general character concerning the Arabian Peninsula. The volume was prepared on behalf of the Admiralty and War Office, from sources, including native information obtained for the purpose of compiling the volume, since the outbreak of the First World War. Separate chapters are devoted to each of the districts or provinces of the Arabian Peninsula and include information on the physical character, as well as social and political surveys.
The volume includes a note on official use, title page, and a 'Note' on the compilation of the volume. There is a page of 'Contents' that includes the following sections:
- Chapter 1: Physical Survey;
- Chapter 2: Social Survey;
- Chapter 3: The Bedouin Tribes: A. Northern Tribes, B. Tribes of the Central West, C. Tribes of the Central South, D. Tribes of the Central East, Supplement: Non-Bedouin Nomads;
- Chapter 4: Hejaz;
- Chapter 5: Asir;
- Chapter 6: Yemen;
- Chapter 7: Aden and Hadhramaut: A. Aden and the Interior, B. Hadhramaut;
- Chapter 8: Oman: A. The sultanate of Oman, B. Independent Oman;
- Chapter 9: The Gulf Coast: A. The Sultanate of Koweit [Kuwait], B. Hasa, C. Bahrain, D. El-Qatar, E. Trucial Oman A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. ;
- Chapter 10: Nejd;
- Chapter 11: Jebel Shammar;
- Chapter 12: The Northern Nefūd and Dahanah Belts;
- Chapter 13: Settled Tribes of the North-West;
- Chapter 14: Settled Tribes of the West;
- Chapter 15: Settled Tribes of the South;
- Chapter 16: Settled Tribes of the Centre;
- Appendix: Note of Topographical and Common Terms;
- Index;
- Plates.
The front of the volume includes a 'List of Maps' and a 'Note on the Spelling of Proper Names'. Maps contained in this volume are:
- Map 1: Arabia: Districts and Towns;
- Map 2: Orographical Features of Arabia;
- Map 3: Land Surface Features of Arabia;
- Map 4: Tribal Map of Arabia.
The volume also contains fifteen plates of photographs and sketches by Captain William Henry Irvine Shakespear, Douglas Carruthers, Captain Gerard Leachman, Dr Julius Euting, George Wyman Bury, and Samuel Barrett Miles.
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- 1 volume (371 folios)
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The volume is arranged in chapters. There is a contents page, list of maps, alphabetical index, and list of plates.
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Foliation: There is a foliation sequence, which is circled in pencil, in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. of each folio. It begins on the front cover, on number 1, and ends on the last of various maps which are inserted at the back of the volume, on number 371.
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