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'An Account of the Arab Tribes in the Vicinity of Aden' [‎143r] (290/404)

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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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PLACES VISITED BY THE ADEN TROOP.
273
b 744 —18
the cold season of showing their resources, etc.
Number of
Buildings.
Supplies.
Distance from neighbouring
Pukka.
Cutcha.
places, and Remarks.
4
10
Kurbi and common de
scriptions of grain in
small quantities ; also
a little live,stock.
About 2 miles distant from BiT
Am akaria, and about 4 from
Ddr Al-Kudaimf.
...
...
Jowdri, bdjri, Indian
corn, kurbi, etc., pro
curable in the neigh
bourhood in moderate
quantities ; likewise a
few cattle, sheep,
goats, and fowls.
Distance from Dar Sdlim ba
Fhdbit, 3 miles 3 furlongs
113 yards. Road fair, lies for
some distance along the bed
of the river Am-Shahar.
12
8
Indian corn, jowari, bajri
and kurbi in small
quantities; as also a
few sheep, goats,
fowls, etc.
Distance from Bir Al-Jadid, 6
miles 6 furlongs 15 yards.
Road fair, over light sandy
undulating hills.
Distance from Am’akdria, 5 miles
3 furlongs 145 yards. Road
fair, over similar country. No
good encamping ground near
the well.
None
Distance from Bir-am-Maham-
mediyya, 7 miles 84 yards.
Road for the most part some
what heavy, lying along the
bed of the Wddi Am-Shahar.
Distance from Ddr Amhdba, 5
furlongs 186 yards.
Do.
Distance from Ddr Al-Kudaimf,
4 miles 180 yards. Road
fair, chiefly along the bed of
the Wddi Am-Khabt. Good
encamping ground near well,
high gravelly soil, and free
from jungle.

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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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