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'Handbook of Arabia. Vol. I. 1917' [418] (427/748)
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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418
SETTLED TEIBES OF THE WEST
man and the one most noted in raiding is Sherif Mohammed ibn
Sa'idah.
They maintain a perpetual feud with their piratical rivals the
Dhawi Hasan, but are on friendly terms with the Zahran, their
eastern neighbours, and with the Zobeid to their south. There
is a small colony of 'Abadilah Ashraf in their country, which is
allied to them.
An offshoot of the tribe lives at Manadil in the Bela'ir country.
Paramount Sheikh ; Sherif
Clans :—
Manadil
Hawatimah
Ruwajihah
Hasan Abu Mandil. 400 men.
Sherif Zein ibn Qasim.
Sherif Hashim ibn 'Uheid.
Sherif Dahshan ibn Khudherr.
Section of Manadil in Bela'ir country. 300 men.
Chief Sheikh : Abu Talib.
'Abid el-Manadil Sheikh Jamus.
11.
The Bela'ir are a strong and truculent tribe inhabiting the
country roughly from between Khabt el-'Umr and Jum'at Eabi'ah
to Habil and Joz Bela'ir, on the Qunfudah-Barak road. They are
bounded on the north and north-east by the Zobeid, east by the
Rabi'ah Mujatirah, south-east by the Rabi'at et-Tahahin, south
by the Aulad el-'Alaunah, and west by the Marahibah section of
the Beni Zeid.
They are divided into main divisions, the Nawashirah, 3,000
men, and the 'Umr, 4,000, the former partly settled, the latter
entirely nomad, and ranging the country to the south of their
borders. Their situation astride the two main roads from Qun-
fudah to Muha'il is an excellent one for raiding, and they take full
advantage of it. They hate the Turks, who can only pass through
their country in force. The chief Sheikh is 'Ali ibn Medini, a man
of 50, who was formerly paramount Sheikh of the whole tribe.
He was bought over by the Sherif of Mecca in 1912, and his desertion
of the Idrisi lost him the support of all the 'Umr and of the
Nawashirah with the exception of the Eirshah and Sa'dah clans
and the inhabitants of the village of Joz Bela'ir. The tribe is still
split in two, and Sheikh Ibn Kheirah of the Nawashirah has gathered
most of the power into his hands, and is reckoned amongst the
Idrisi adherents.
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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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