Author
Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
Publication Date
1916 (CE, Gregorian)
Subject
1
Type
Document
Language
ara,eng
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Pages Count
371
Library
Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID
IOR/L/PS/20/E84/1
Record ID
vdc_100000000884.0x000298
Library Location
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.
Date
1916 (CE, Gregorian)
Notes
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.
Erişim Koşulları
Unrestricted
Düzenleme
The volume is arranged in chapters. There is a contents page, list of maps, alphabetical index, and list of plates.
Eski Harici Referans(lar)
I D 1128
Gruplandırıldığı Yer
'Rashīd Family'
1 image
Ref: IOR/L/PS/20/E84/1, p 382
'Subhān Family'
1 image
Ref: IOR/L/PS/20/E84/1, p 383
'Map 1. Arabia: Districts and Towns'
2 images
Ref: IOR/L/PS/20/E84/1, p 727
'Map 2. Arabia: Orographical Features'
2 images
Ref: IOR/L/PS/20/E84/1, p 729
'Map 3. Land Surface Features'
2 images
Ref: IOR/L/PS/20/E84/1, p 731
'Map 4. Tribal Map of Arabia'
2 images
Ref: IOR/L/PS/20/E84/1, p 733
