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'Handbook of Arabia. Vol. I. 1917' [248] (257/748)
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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248
THE SULTANATE OF OMAN
' Imam of the MusliminThe rebellion spread rapidly, Nizwa
falling about the middle of June, followed by Izki and 'Awabi in the
course of the month. In July a body of Indian troops was landed
and they occupied Beit el-Felej, a hamlet near Matrah '(seep. 258)'
with a picket posted on Ruwi village (see p. 258). At the begin
ning of August the forts of Bidbid and Sema'il passed into the
hands of the rebels ; and, as a projected attack on Muscat was
rumoured, the garrison at Beit el-Felej was doubled in Septem
ber, But nothing came of the attack at that time, and the new
Sultan, after his accession, entered into negotiations with theHinawi
tribes and arranged a temporary truce.
Throughout the year 1914 the Imam continued to give trouble in
the interior, and made preparations for a renewed attack. A bom
bardment of the ports of Barkah and Quryat in April of that year
had a tranquillizing effect upon the coast; but, as a means of
precaution, Indian reinforcements were sent to Muscat in November,
By the end of the year the tribes had gathered, and in January 1915
the threatened attack took place, when a force of Arabs, estimated
at 3,000, attacked the British outpost line but met with a crushing
defeat. This success relieved the situation, though the rebel party
still dominates the interior. Meanwhile, the Warehouse has worked
well, and the importation of arms and ammunition has ceased.
DISTRICTS
I. Ras el-Jebel, or Ru'us el-Jibal
A mountainous district forming the northern part of the great
Oman Promontory, Its coast-line runs from Ras Sha'am in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
, round Ras- Musandam to Dibah Bay in the Gulf of
Oman. Its southern boundary may be regarded as marked
approximately by the route which runs from Dibah by Khatt to the
town of Ras el-Kheimah on the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
. Geographically the
coastal tract of Shameilxyah forms part of Ru'us el-Jibal, but
politically it belongs to the Sharjah Principality (see p. 340 f.).
The whole area is a maze of barren mountains, which on the
eastern side rise abruptly from the sea and form precipitous clifis,
only broken here and there by small sandy bays where valleys
reach the coast. The promontory is indented by numerous deep-
water inlets, some of considerable extent. In them the winds are
very baffling, and entering or leaving is difficult for a sailing vessel,
though any of them can be entered by a vessel under steam._ Two
of them, viz, Ghubbah Ghazirah, or Malcolm Inlet, and Khor esh-
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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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