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'Handbook of Arabia. Vol. I. 1917' [144] (153/748)
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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of 4-|- cables and a depth of 7 fathoms) is between the shoal and
reef. There are two other entrances near the shore, north and south,
but these are fit only for small craft. The only steam-vessels calling
at Qunfudah were those of the Austrian Lloyd Company, at
intervals of about three months.
9. Hall Point is the western headland of a small bay, well sheltered
from northerly and easterly winds, and is situated at about lat.
18| 0 N., some forty miles SSE. of Qunfudah. The coast is here
bordered by an extensive reef which gives a certain amount of
shelter to any craft that may be there. There are no houses actually
on the shore, but a town or village is said to exist ' not far inland
Jebel Hali is a prominent peak of the nearest coastal range, and is
strikingly pyramidal in shape.
10. Jeizan, a small port settlement, hardly more than a village,
in lat. 17° N., on the coast about 200 miles SSE. of Qunfudah;
it lies opposite the Farsan group of islands, and is backed by the
Jeizan hills. It is Idrisi's chief outlet to the sea; the other is Midi,
farther south (see below). Jeizan has a few square stone buildings,
but consists principally of round grass-huts with pointed roofs.
A fort, on the southern side, is in a state of decay. Water is very
scarce in the town, but 4 miles to the north-east are some good wells.
The small bazaar is scantily supplied with native dry provisions, but
fresh meat and vegetables may be procured on giving a day's notice.
The population, in 1834, was 400, and the people were then, and
still are, chiefly employed in the pearl fishery on the banks and reefs
by which the coast is protected. Niebuhr described the town as
' situated on a hill in fertile country ', and ' having a trade in senna
leaves, which grow in the district, and also coffeeThe Farsan
Islands, once desired by Germany for a coaling station, are now
occupied by a British garrison.
11. Midi (Medi), a large hut-village on the coast, and in 1916 an
important port visited by Messrs. Cowasjee Dinshawi's steamers.
Idrisi has a small fort on high ground clear of the village, a
square, bastioned enclosure of mud-brick. Trade-routes run from
Midi eastward to Sa'dah and San'a.
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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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- 'Handbook of Arabia. Vol. I. 1917'
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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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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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