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'Handbook of Arabia. Vol. I. 1917' [93] (102/748)
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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NON-BEDOUIN NOMADS
93
itself (where some 250 Hawazin families are settled), down the
coast nearly to Musallamiyah, and for some distance inland. They
must be the ' Koweit nomads ' who, Raunkiaer says, graze their
herds south of the town in winter and resort in summer northwards
to the districts round Zobeir, and also control the wells of Tawil.
There are also, however, Hawazin elsewhere, who have the same
sort of status, but are members of Huteim or Harb (e.g. in Jauf
el-'Amr, Teima, Sedeir, &c.) ; and there is a distinct Harb clan
of the name at
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
el-Kheif near J. Fiqra (see Harb). The
Koweit Hawazin are partly pastoral, partly follow marine occupa
tions—pearl-diving and fishing. They are great breeders of camels,
often taking service (e. g. at Qatif) under alien masters for
stud-labour. They are subjects of Koweit, and form the bulk
of the Sultan's fighting forces: it is due also to their activities
that he is able to claim Bubiyan Island, to which some of their
herdsmen resort. They are allied with the 'Ajman, and number
some 4,000 souls. It appears that they are comparatively new
comers into Koweit territory, and their tradition is that they were
formerly with the Harb in East Hejaz. The one thing certain is
that they are regarded by Bedouins as of the same standing as
Huteim or Sulubba, and credited with secret non-Islamic beliefs.
In fact, however, they are Maliki Sunnites.
Tribe..
NON-BEDOUIN NOMADS
Sub-Tribe.
Clan.
Sherarat. 800 tents
Fuleihdn
Ibn Hawi
Ibn Hawi
Ibn Ward ah
i
Huleisah
Ibn Duweiji
'Azzdm
Ibn Wardah
Dhubein
Ibn Shushan
Khayydli
Suweifii
i
Huteim
Beni RasMd. 1,000 tents
Nuwamisah
Duleim ibn Barak
Ibn Nuwds
Salim ibn Simra
Ihn Bar ah
Nr. Ha'il
1
■
.
Ibn Jelladdn
Ibn Dammitk
IbnSimri or Thiyahbah
Mothdbarah
Feradissa
Heizdn
/
1
Khiydrdt
Qabid
Suweidir
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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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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:i-v, 1:381, 384:726, ii-r:ii-v, ii-r:ii-v, back-i
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