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'An Account of the Arab Tribes in the Vicinity of Aden' [7r] (18/404)
The record is made up of 2 volumes (194 folios). It was created in 1909. It was written in English. 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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b 744—1
ARAB TRIBES IN THE VICINITY
OF ADEN.
The Abdali'.
The district inhabited by the ’Abdalf tribe, and which has
been known from very early times as ‘ Lahej is bounded on
the west by a line which, starting from a boundary pillar
situated about a mile from the sea near the Hiswa, on the
northern shore of the Aden harbour, and passing about three
miles to the east of Bfr Ahmed and west of Darb through an
uncultivated space, extends in a north-easterly direction to
A 1 ’Anad, a small stone fort about 35 miles from the Barrier
Gate. The north-eastern boundary runs from A 1 ’Anad across
the sand-drifts and desert to near Bfr ’Uwaidain ; thence it
turns westerly again towards ’Imad, where it meets British
territory. A strip of territory on the sea-shore remains Fadthlf
property. Until 1881 the ’Abdalf territory completely cut off
Aden from the interior, except by passing through the Lahej
district; but by a later arrangement the Fadthlf boundary, as
above noticed, is conterminous with the British on the east
ward, as is that of the ’Akrabf on the westward.
Lahej may be generally described as a large sandy plain
watered by a torrent, which bifurcates a few miles below
Zaida. Of the two branches, the westerly, or Wadf-al-Kabfr,
finds its way to the sea at Hiswa, the easterly, or Wadf-al-
Saghfr, after passing ’Imad. It is only after floods that the
water ever reaches Darb and Fiyush, but it may always be
found in the bed of the torrent a few feet below the surface,
and large quantities from the Hiswa (a word signifying an
- underground channel) used to be brought daily into Aden for
sale. The stream is perennial and rises beyond the Haushabf
territory in the neighbourhood of Ta’izz.
In many parts of the district the surface soil consists of a
silty alluvium which has been brought down from the hills by
the streams in the ordinary manner of delta formation, and in
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'An Account of the Arab tribes in the Vicinity of Aden' that was originally compiled by Captain F M Hunter and C W H Sealy in 1886, added to intermittently by various officers of the Aden Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. and re-published and revised in September 1907 by Captain Arthur Henry Eyre Moose, Assistant Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. . The report is dated 1909 and was printed at the Government Central Press, Bombay.
The account covers:
- the 'Abdali
- the Subehi
- the 'Akrabi
- the Fadthli
- the Haushabi
- the 'Aulaki
- the Yafai
- the 'Alawi
- the 'Amir of Dthala
- the Wahidi
- the Shaikh of 'Irka
- the Shaikh of Lower Haura
- Kishn and Sokotra
- the Kasadi
- the Kaiti
- the Kathiri
- historical resumé of Mokalla, Shehr and the Hadthramut
- Behan al Kasab
- the 'Audali
- Beda.
Appendix A is a detailed statement of tribes and chiefs in relations with the Aden Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. , Appendix B is a list of relevant treaties and engagements, Appendix C is a list of places visited from time to time by the Aden Troop, Appendix D is a number of genealogical tables and Appendix E is a list of notable personages in the Aden Protectorate.
In a separate pouch, the file contains three maps as follows: Map of the Arabian Coast from Hiswa Mukaidthir to Makatin (folio 195), Map of the Arabian Coast from Makatin to Bandar Janjari (folio 196) and Map showing Tribes and New Boundary of the Aden Protectorate (folio 197).
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- 2 volumes (194 folios)
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There is a table of contents on folio 4 and a separate pouch that contains three maps.
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Foliation: this file consists of two physical volumes. The foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover of volume one (ff 1-193) and terminates at the inside back cover of the second volume (ff 194-198); these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located at the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. Pagination: volume one also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
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