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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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580
SETTLED TRIBES OF THE SOUTH
Khadhra (40 houses) in Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Sahtan; Rostaq (400 houses)
Mizahit (65 houses), and Hazam (40 houses), in Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Fara'; Dariz
(200 houses), in Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. el-Kebir; Beit el-'Ainein (20 houses), in
Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Saneisal; Wahrah (100 houses), in Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Sharsah ; Bahlah
(30 houses), in Oman Proper.
They are Ghafiri in politics and Ibadhi in religion, except only
those at Dariz, who are Sunni. Though not a very large tribe they
were in 1881 simultaneously at feud with eight tribes and have
a reputation for skill and courage in war.
A complete list of their subdivisions is not available. The few
sections known are :
Beni Salman, at Marji and Mizahit.
Salamiyin, at Dihas.
Maqarishah, at Bahlah.
Khanabishah, at Nizuk (20 houses) and Madinah (25 houses)
in Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. el-H6qain, a tributary of Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Beni Ghafir.
134. Muwdlik (sing. Mdliki)
A tribe of the Oman Sultanate, numbering 2,000 souls > Ibadhi
in religion, Hinawi in politics ; settled at Barkah, Shakhakhit,
and Rumeis Bu Mahar in Batinah, and at Dawwah in Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Beni
Khalid in Eastern Hajar. They are dependent on the Hirth.
135. Muwdlikh (sing. Mdlikhi)
A tribe of the Oman Sultanate, numbering 700 souls ; ? Ibadhi
in religion, Hinawi in politics ; settled at Hadd.
Their sections are :
Beni 'Amir.
Beni Ghazal.
Beni Mahari.
136. Beni Na'ab or (sing.
A small but distinct tribe of the Oman Sultanate, numbering
perhaps 1,500 souls; Hinawi in politics, religion unrecorded.
Settled at Lajal, which belongs to them, and at Manah in Oman
Proper ; at Siya and elsewhere in Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Sarein ; in Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Mi'aidin;
at Mazara' in Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Tayin; in the hills on the right bank of the
Tayin in the Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Dheiqah section they are shepherds and form
a warlike section of the Beni Battash. They are possibly of non-
Arab descent but are considered Arab now.

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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)

Arrangement

The volume is arranged in chapters. There is a contents page, list of maps, alphabetical index, and list of plates.

Physical characteristics

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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English and Arabic in Latin script

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Reference: IOR/L/PS/20/E84/1
Title: 'Handbook of Arabia. Vol. I. 1917'
Pages: 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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