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'Handbook of Arabia. Vol. I. 1917' [561] (570/748)
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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64. Beni Hawdl (sing.
A very small tribe of the Oman Sultanate, numbering 100 souls ;
settled in Heil and Muta'arishah in
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
el-Hilti; Ghafiri in politics,
in religion Ibadhi.
65. Hawdshim (sing.
A tribe of 1,000 souls in the Oman Sultanate ; settled in Western
Hajar at Felej el-Wusta, Shabeikah, and Daris in
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Fara',
and in Oman Proper at Adam and Manah Ghafiri in politics, in
religion Ibadhi.
66. Hawdsinah (sing.
A large and important tribe of the Oman Sultanate, numbering
17,500 settled and also some Bedouins ; Hinawi in politics, partly
Sunni and partly Ibadhi in religion. They occupy the whole of
the
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
el-Hawasinah, excluding the tributary
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Beni 'Umr ;
nearly all of Wadis Sarrami and Shafan in Western Hajar ; also
most of the town of Khaburah in Batinah ; they are also found at
Qasbiyat el-Hawasinah in the sub-vilayet of Saham. Their capital
is Ghaizein in
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
el-Hawasinah. They are generally at feud with
the Beni 'Umr, who adjoin them on the west.
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
el-Hawasinah is deep and narrow. The villages are built
upon the hill-sides and the date-trees grow on artificial terraces to
which spring water is conducted in channels : there are no wells.
The houses are of stone and mud ; the crops besides dates are
wheat, barley, bajri, maize, millet, lucerne, beans, sweet potatoes,
and fodder grasses ; the Hawasinah keep camels, cattle, sheep,
goats, and donkeys. The fruits grown are limes, mangoes, grapes,
olives, plums, pomegranates, figs, quinces, and almonds. Trade
is carried on with Khaburah and Suweiq.
The divisions of the tribe are ;
Hawamid.
Najaja'ah.
Aulad Rasheid.
Beni Sa'Id.
Sawalim.
Beni Sinan,
67. Beni Haya (sing.
A small tribe of 500 souls in the Oman Sultanate; settled in
Dhahirah at Dhank town and in Batinah at Sib and Laghshibah;
Ghafiri in politics, in religion Ibadhi.
ARABIA I "NT n
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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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