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'Handbook of Arabia. Vol. I. 1917' [448] (457/748)
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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448
SETTLED TRIBES OF THE WEST
Dhuleim, a man of about 35, who lives in Rahat Senhan. The vil
lagers pay taxes to the Idrisi, but the nomads will not do more
than help him in war. Their friends are the 'Abidah and Beni Bishr •
their foes the Shereif, Wada'ah, and Yam. When the Idrisi calls
on them to fight they unite under Mohammed ibn Dhuleim of the
Shereif, but in normal times they pay him only a nominal allegiance
Chief Sheikh : Eerdan ibn Dhuleim. 4,000 men.
(а) Settled. 1,000 men. Chief villages :—
Rahah Senhan.
Hadhb.
Khadd.
Al Eerwan.
'Irq.
(б) Nomads. 3,000 men. Chief Sheikh: Jilud. Chief divi
sions :—
Al Zerbah.
Al Ghazi.
Al esh-Sherif.
Al Selman.
Al Shoqan.
37.
The Shereif inhabit the down country to the west of the Yam
tribes, and are bounded on the north by the Beni Bishr and Yam,
on the east by the Yam, on the south by the Senhan el-Hibab, and
on the west by the Beni Bishr.
Their country is flat and treeless, and most of their cultivation
is from well water. They are traders rather than agriculturists,
and are well conducted and unwarlike. Their number does not
exceed 800 men, of whom a quarter are nomads. They are chiefly
known on account of their leader, Sheikh Mohammed ibn Dhuleim,
His father, Dhuleim ibn Sha'r, who died about 16 years ago, was
a famous man in Asir, and for many years was the Mudir of all
Qahtan tribes. His head-quarters were at Harajah, in Shereif,
where there was also a Turkish garrison. Mohammed ibn Dhuleim
succeeded him at a monthly salary of £25, but seceded to the Idrisi
when the latter raised his standard of revolt. The Turks thereupon
sent an expedition against him and burnt his fortress in Harajah,
but were ultimately forced to retire and have not penetrated to
his country since. The Idrisi made him one of his Muqdamis or
generals, and he was in command of the Qahtan tribes in the fighting
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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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