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'Handbook of Arabia. Vol. I. 1917' [470] (479/748)
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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470 SETTLED TRIBES OF THE WEST
Zobeid. Their territory is funnel-shaped, widening out as it goes
inland, till it reaches the Shahran in the east, with whose boundary
it marches for over 60 miles.
The settled portion of the tribe have shown little sympathy with
the Idrisi. They are divided into three main sections, the north
south, and Tihamah, ruled over by different Sheikhs, who are
usually on bad terms with each other, but unite against common
enemies.
The largest section and the most important politically is the Beni
Shihir esh-Sham, who live chiefly along the Ibha-Ta'if road, between
'Asabili and 'Uqrum. The leading family, and one of the noblest
of Asir, is that of Ibn Qurum, closely connected with Mecca, both !
by sympathy and relationship, Sherif Mohammed ibn 'Abd el-Mu'in
ibn 'Aun, the grandfather of the present Sherif, having married into
the family.
The present head of the family is Sa'id ibn Fa'iz, an old man now,
with two sons, both born of a Circassian mother, Earaj Bey ibn Sa'id,
who has been one of the Hejaz representatives in the Ottoman
Parliament, and Fa'iz ibn Sa'id. They all visit Constantinople and
Mecca regularly, have a house in Ibha, and have furnished their
house at 'Asabili in semi-European style, and, having also adopted
the western habit of smoking and drinking, are looked at with dislike
and suspicion by other tribes. They are, however, large landowners
and rich men.
Faraj Bey ibn Sa'id is a tall man of about 38, with a fair skin,
which he gets from his mother. He was formerly Kaimmakam
of Qunfudah, Muha'il, and Hali district, where his cruelty when
in his cups made him greatly feared. He speaks Turkish and
French and has a Circassian wife in Constantinople. He is a
notorious libertine and drunkard, but is a force to be reckoned
with.
His brother, Fa'iz ibn Sa'id, a young man of 25, is much more
steady and takes greater interest in tribal matters.
About a third of the Beni Shihir esh-Sham are nomads, whose
main subdivision is that of the Neid. They have little to do with
the settled parts, and do not acknowledge Sa'id ibn Fa'iz, the Sherif,
or the Turks. Most of their life is spent in bickering with the
Shahran, but what political leanings they have are in favour of
the Idrisi.
The Beni Shihir el-Yemen occupy the rich district of Namas and
are under 'Ali Bey ibn Dhafir, who, like the Qurum family, i s
strongly pro-Turk. He is, however, a man of much stricter morals,
and is respected by the tribes. His mother is a Circassian. This
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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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