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'Handbook of Arabia. Vol. I. 1917' [191] (200/748)
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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TRADE
191
to the growth of the coffee bush. Pood-stuffs are imported from
India and from the African coast, as well as from the interior of
Arabia. Sheep and goats are shipped weekly in large numbers
from Berbera, Bulbar, and Zeila; while oxen, fodder, vegetables,
and fuel come in mostly by caravan from Lahej and the surrounding
country. Ostrich feathers reach Aden from the Somali and Danakil
country ; mother-of-pearl shells from the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
and Red Sea
fisheries ; ivory from Somaliland and Abyssinia.
CxJKEENCY
Aden Town, as a part of the British Indian Administration, has
a rupee currency, and since January 1898 the sterling value of the
rupee has been nearly steady at Is. or thereabouts, and the
British sovereign is legal tender at about 15
rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
. The other
coins in use are as follows :—
Gold. Napoleon ^ value varying
Turkish pound of 100 piastres
Turkish dollar of 25 piastres
Silver. Maria Theresa dollar
Spanish Theresa dollar
Netherlands Theresa dollar
French 5-franc piece
with the rate
of exchange.
value varying
with the rate of
exchange.
The smaller silver coins of foreign countries have no fixed value,
and are taken at about their nominal value in Indian currency.
The favourite coin in use in this part of Arabia is the Maria
Theresa dollar {riydl), the value of which is affected by the local
demand.
The value of all gold and silver coins other than the above is
fixed by the bullion merchants, in accordance with information
received by telegraph from Bombay. In default of advices from
Bombay, foreign coins are sold by weight and touch.
Exchange. The rate of exchange on Europe is regulated in
Aden by advices from Bombay.
The above information regarding currency applies in the main
to the Aden Settlement and its vicinity. For the remoter parts
of the interior little information is available; but it appears that
the Maria Theresa dollar is current almost everywhere, and the
Indian four-anna piece, locally called a has come to be
the standard unit of division. For the Hadhramaut currency see
p. 228.
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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.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (371 folios)
- Arrangement
The volume is arranged in chapters. There is a contents page, list of maps, alphabetical index, and list of plates.
- Physical characteristics
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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- Title
- '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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