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'Handbook of Arabia. Vol. I. 1917' [508] (517/748)
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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508
SETTLED TRIBES OF THE WEST
diction of the latter. They are Zeidis, good fighters, and allied with
the neighbouring Zeidi tribes of Beni Ghill and Beni 'Aziz.
72.
A small tribe immediately to the south of Loheia and the
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Maur down to the Beni Suleil. They are independent of the Wa'zat
their northern neighbours, and come under 'Abdullah
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
el-Bom!
Sheikh Hadi 'Ali, living at Dar el-Muhannab, is their chief Sheikli,
They number 400 men.
73. Zaranik(Dhardniq)
A powerful and warlike tribe divided into two sections, the
Zaranik esh-Sham and Zaranik el-Yemen, and occupying the
country between the sea and the hills from a few miles north of
Beit el-Faqlh almost to Zebid. The Zaranik have for long been
a thorn in the side of the Turks, especially during the Turco-
Italian War. Repeated expeditions have failed to subdue them,
but latterly there have been reports that part of the highland section,
under Sheikh 'Ali ibn Hamud, have succumbed to Turkish bribes,
Mohammed Yahya Fashik, the chief of the lowland section and
paramount over the whole tribe, living at Huseiniyah, nine miles
north of Zebid, has, however, continued to hold out stoutly. In
November 1915 he made common cause with the Idrisi in taking
active measures against the Turks, and has succeeded in effectually
cutting all communications in the Tihamah from north to south.
At the beginning of 1916 he was attacked by an irregular force from
Mocha, increased by 300 Arabs under the leadership of Abela
Effendi, the brother of Elias 'Osman, Kaimmakam of Mocha, but
unsuccessfully. In May 1916 he again took the offensive and
looted the Turkish serai in Beit el-Faqih. The two most important
Sheikhs after Sheikh Fashik, and closely allied with him, are Sbami
and Munasar Saghir of Kokar, chiefs of the Highland section. Other
Sheikhs, of whom nothing is known save their names, are 'Abdullah
Munasar of Huseiniyah, Nasir Jurmush, Isma'il Ahmed, Sheikh of
Qaramshah, 'Abdullah Duneidinah of Zebid, Ahmed Eisqallah of
the Al 'Ali, Hasan Rish of Jiz, Samud of Al Musa, Hasan Mubarak
Umm Faza', and Ibrahim Dhumbi of Direihimi.
74.
Small Zeidi tribe 5 miles north of the Hajjah, with whomtheyare
allied. They come under the Kaimmakam of Hajjah, but are sai
to dislike the Turks and to have lost confidence in the Imam.
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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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