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'Handbook of Arabia. Vol. I. 1917' [442] (451/748)
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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442
SETTLED TRIBES OF THE WEST
which threatens to extinguish all, and for offence at the biddiiw
of the Idrisi, g
On this account they are dealt with one by one, but are grouped
together under the heading of Qahtan for convenience of reference
They are far too removed from the northern Qahtan to keep in
touch with them, and never go near their country. Sometimes in
times of drought a few of the former come down south and are
always well received, but the connexion ends at that.
The southern Qahtan tribes are for the most part, and with the
exception of certain nomad sub-tribes, well conducted and pros
perous, and interested in trade or agriculture. The different sections
vary considerably in military skill and few of them appear to have
inherited the characteristics which have earned for their northern
relations such an unsavoury reputation.
33.
The 'Abidah appear to be the bravest as well as the most pros
perous and enterprising section of the Qahtan. Their boundary in
the south, where they have their villages, is well defined, but to the
north their nomads wander over a vast stretch of country, and for
almost 150 miles their western boundary adjoins that of the Shahran.
To the east lies Tathlith and the Yam tribes, to the south the Beni
Bishr, and to the south-west the Rufeidat el-Yemen.
The 'Abidah will follow Mohammed ibn Dhuleim in battle, but
they do not like the Shereif in normal times, and look to their own
chief Sheikh, Sa'd ibn Suleim, in tribal matters. The latter is
a man of about 40, and lives at Khamis Abidah, the principal
village and market-place of the tribe. He is a rich man, and owns
a large estate, and is much liked by his tribesmen, both for his
justice and fairness and because he always is in the forefront of
every fight. His sister married one of the sons of 'Abd el-Aziz
Musheit, chief of the Shahran, about 20 years ago, and a truce
was made between the two tribes. Shortly afterwards he had the
misfortune to kill another of 'Abd el-'Aziz's sons in a petty tribal
dispute, and war again broke out and continued until the Idrisi
pacified the country. There is still a bitter hatred between the
two, which shows itself in periodical outbreaks. So deep is the
enmity that in the case of a murder of an 'Abidah by a Shahran
no question of blood money is entertained, and the murdered mans
relations do not rest until they have killed a Shahran in return.
Sheikh Sa'd ibn Suleim was formerly with the Turks, but he joined
the Idrisi in his first revolt and has been one of his most faithful
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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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