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'Handbook of Arabia. Vol. I. 1917' [143] (152/748)
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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convergent roads: from Ibha (Routes Nos. 45 and 46), from Qunfudah
(Routes No. 49 and 50), from Hali Point (Route No. 51), and from
Birk (Route No. 52). Little or no information is available about
the size or character of the town.
5. TChamis Musheit, an important town in the most productive
district of S. Asir. It stands in the hills, considerably S. of the upper
reaches of
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Bishah, and about 125 miles ESE. of the port of
Qunfudah, with which it is connected by a track. There is good
water and a bazaar, and the town is a market for the distribution
of dates.
6. Abu 'Arish, a town on the route between Jiddah and Loheia,
about 70 miles crow-fly north of the latter. It is the principal
settlement of the province of the same name; the town con
tains many stone houses, and there are many wells and much
cultivation. Niebuhr describes it as ' a walled town and residence
of a Sherif ', and adds that ' in the neighbourhood are a number of
small hills, where salt is obtained for export
7. Sabia {Sablyah), about 20 miles inland (4 hours' easy ride)
SE. of Jeizan, in the Abu Arish district. It is Idrisi's capital,
with a two-storeyed ' palace ', a fine mosque, and about 10,000
inhabitants, of whom probably only some are permanent. Most
of the houses are brushwood and mat huts, but the houses of some
of the principal men, as well as the Seyyid's palace, are well built of
stone. There are many wells and a good deal of cultivation, with
fertile country inland. Niebuhr says; ' Sabbia is a large village,
noted in Yemen for its donkeys.'
8. Qunfudah, lat. 90° N., a small walled town, consisting chiefly
of huts, on a bay of the Red Sea, about 200 miles S. of Jiddah. The
population is not more than 2,000. There is a mosque, with a
minaret prominent to seaward, on the southern side of the town
outside the walls. The small bazaar is only sufficient for the needs
of the place ; but plentiful supplies of cattle, sheep, and vegetables
may be obtained from the interior at a few days' notice. The town
is reputed to have the best water on the coast, the main supply
being obtained from Hafeir, about 2-| miles distant; much grain is
grown in the district round, and in July and August good grapes
can be procured. Qunfudah is the port of Ibha, and lies about
72 miles from Muha'il (see Routes Nos. 49 and 50) ; another road
comes in from Raghdan. The southern side of the anchorage, in
the bay, is protected by a reef about a mile in length, on which there
is a low bushy island, holding a ruined guard-tower. A small shoal
lies between the reef and the northern point of-Qunfudah Bay, and
the best channel leading to the anchorage (with a width of entrance
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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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