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'Handbook of Arabia. Vol. I. 1917' [270] (279/748)
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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270
THE SULTANATE OF OMAN
right bank of the
wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
, was destroyed in the tribal wars about 1875 •
it now consists of only two houses, garrisoned and used as forts bv
the Beni Kelban and Ya'aqib tribes.
12. 'Ibri, a large town in the
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Saneisal, the capital of Dha-
hirah, standing on a low hill known as Harbarah elevation 1180 ft •
population about 5,000, of whom about 3,500 belong to the Ya'aqib
tribe, and a proportion of the remainder to the Beni Kelban. The
town is enclosed, except on the S. side, by hills rising some 300 or
400 ft. above the plain at a short distance from it. It is divided
into sixteen quarters, the bazaar and the poorer quarters form
ing a compact block surrounding a small fort with tower. The
bazaar, consisting of about 70 or 80 shops, is dirty, is the largest
and most frequented in Dhahirah ; here all supplies such as are
required by the Bedouins can be obtained, and here, too, booty
collected during raids used to be disposed of to the highest bidder.
The great mosque, said to be the largest Ibadhi mosque in Oman,
is a plain and undecorated structure. The houses of the wealthier
inhabitants are scattered in the sea of date-groves surrounding the
town, which, with the exception of those of
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Sema'il (see
pp. 259 ff.), are probably the most extensive in Oman.
Ibri is famous for its fruit : in addition to dates, limes, mangoes,
peaches, apricots, quinces, figs, bananas, oranges, pomegranates,
pomaloes, almonds, plums, guavas, citrons, melons, and others are
grown and largely exported. Abundant water is brought from the
adjacent hills by two large conduits, which suffice to irrigate the
whole of the oasis with its rich orchards and cornfields. At 'Ibri,
as at Adam (see below, p. 275), the Arabs of the eastern desert sell
large numbers of the young camels which they have reared, and
these are distributed from 'Ibri to other parts of Oman.
13. Saleif, a village on both banks of the
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
el-Ain, near its
junction with the
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Saneisal, is only two miles ESE. of 'Ibri,
of which it is practically a suburb. It consists of some 350 houses,
150 belonging to the Manadharah and Suwawifah tribes. There is
a. small fort on the E. bank of the
wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
overlooking an aqueduct;
dates and lucerne are grown.
. . 14 - a village of about i80 houses, in the
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Sharsah, which
joins the
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Saneisal from the E. between Beit el-Ainein and
Darrz. The inhabitants belong to the Maqabil tribe, Ghafiri in
politics. Water from wells.
15. Wahrah, a village in the
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Sharsah below Bat. It consists
of about 100 houses of the Miyayihah tribe, who are engaged in
cultivation.
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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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