'An Account of the Arab Tribes in the Vicinity of Aden'

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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).

Extent and format

2 volumes (194 folios)

It is grouped into

'Map of the Arabian Coast from Hiswa Mukaidthir to Makatin'

2 images

Ref: IOR/L/MIL/17/16/9, f 195

'Map of the Arabian Coast from Makatin to Bandar Janjari'

2 images

Ref: IOR/L/MIL/17/16/9, f 196

'Map Showing Tribes and New Boundary of the Aden Protectorate'

2 images

Ref: IOR/L/MIL/17/16/9, f 197

Arrangement

There is a table of contents on folio 4 and a separate pouch that contains three maps.

Physical characteristics

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.

Written in

English in Latin script

Type

Archival file

Access & Reference

Original held at

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.

Access conditions

Unrestricted

Archive reference

IOR/L/MIL/17/16/9

History of this record

Date(s)

1909 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects

Tribes

Places

Aden Protectorate

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