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'Handbook of Arabia. Vol. I. 1917' [188] (197/748)
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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188
ADEN AND THE INTERIOR
Spinning, weaving, and dyeing are also common industries,
Cotton is spun into thread by hand-spindles and then woven iii
hand-looms, and sometimes machine-made yarns or twists are used ®tli
in the same way ; the looms are of the very simplest construction. 11!
The industry is still carried on to a small extent at Aden, and HI
somewhat more extensively at a few centres in the interior, notably H
at Nisab and Markhah, which are situated in the cotton and indigo (ill
growing district of the 'Aulaqi country ; here a large amount of i®
cotton fabrics for tribal shawls and turbans is made. The stuffs, §1
when required, are dyed with locally prepared indigo. Samna'ah, 1
a town in the Beida country, is famous for a special make of goat- (i
hair carpets. H
Charcoal burning is an industry carried on at several places in the a l
interior, among the wooded slopes of the hilly districts. Potash is ifc
also manufactured from a product known as ' Aden balsam'; fj
this is not found in any quantity in Aden itself, but is prepared fa
in the 'Abdali and Fadhli districts. The balsam is thrown into iH
small pits about two feet wide and one deep, and wood is added; §
the mass is then set fire to, and as the sap exudes from the plant §
it mingles with the ashes ; the mixture is stirred and allowed to |o
cool; then it is dug up and sent into Aden on camels, for sale. (|
The price is about 8 annas per maund of 28 lb., and the potash is I|jj
exported to Bombay for washing purposes. A primitive form of Jij
distilling is also in vogue, the natives producing a liquor from dates H
which have been placed in water and allowed to disintegrate, p
The industry is carried on at Aden (under certain restrictions) and aj
other places. ft
Trade ^
Practically the whole of the trade of this region is centred in
Aden—local trade as well as general. The trade of the only other
notable port of this littoral, Shughrah (and even that of Makalla in I;
Hadhramaut), is restricted and purely local in character, and is It
entirely subservient to that of Aden. ie
The total value of the trade of Aden (import and export), in siii
round numbers, for the last two years has been :
1913-1 4 £8,530,000
1914-1 5 £6,940,000.
This falls into two categories : Transhipment trade, and Inland
(or local) trade. Comparative figures for the year 1914-15, were:
Transhipment .... £6,682,000
Inland . . * . . £258,000.
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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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