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'Handbook of Arabia. Vol. I. 1917' [193] (202/748)
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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CURRENCY 193
The fardsilah. There are three kinds, all used in different places;
by it gums, coffee, wax, honey, ivory, shells, and tallow are weighed.
There does not appear to have ever been an original standard fara-
silah; the recent practice was to fix a stone standard or farasilah
for each transaction; gradually, however, the farasilah assumed
a fixed weight in different places : 33 rotl in the interior ; 32 J at
Berbera ; 35 at Zeila or Harrar.
The bahdr. There are three kinds, varying in size according to the
article to be weighed : for cotton, 1 bahar = 3| cwt.; for incense
and gum, 1 bahar = 3 cwt. ; for tobacco, 1 bahar = 2^ cwt. It is
used mainly by the inhabitants of Shiheir and Makalla.
The haklsah. Cotton only is sold by this weight to the Arabs
of the interior.
The hernial or heml (load). Dates and jowari are sold by this
weight, which varies with the article weighed, and the manner of
import or export (see table above).
The candy, an Indian weight, is used at Aden in weighing grain
and pulse, cotton from India, and firewood.
The thuman or payali is used in selling small quantities of grain.
The Jcciluh or liXisvmuh. The former is used for measuring grain,
pulse, and salt, and the latter for measuring liquids, such as oil,
ghi, and vinegar. The weight of each varies according to the
article weighed—in the case of the keilah from 14 lb. 12J oz. to
18 lb. 11^ oz., and in the case of the from 3 lb. to 3 lb. 5 oz.
The qdsa and qdda are also used in measuring grain.
The dhrd i . The Arabs use this lineal measure for lengths of cotton
piece-goods, &c., of different manufacture. It is supposed to be
equal to the distance from the tip of the forefinger to the elbow.
Government
For administrative purposes Aden Settlement forms part of British
India and is under the control of the Governor of Bombay in Council,
It is administered by a
Political Resident
A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency.
, who is also the General
Officer Commanding the Aden Brigade, with the assistance of
four officers of the Bombay Political Department, one military
officer in charge of Perim, one officer of the Public Works Depart
ment, as chairman, one officer of the Aden Settlement and Port
Trust, and one officer of the Bombay Provincial Police Department,
The Resident exercises political infiuence over the whole tract of
country extending, on the north and west, to the Anglo-Turkish
frontier of \emen and extending to and including the Hadhramaut
on the east. The Resident has jurisdiction as a judge of the Vice-
aeabia i
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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)
- Arrangement
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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