'Handbook of Hejaz. Prepared by the Arab Bureau, Cairo.'

IOR/L/PS/20/E81

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The record is made up of 1 volume (99 folios). It was created in 26 Feb 1917. 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.

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Second edition of the Handbook of Hejaz. The first edition was compiled by Lieutenant Commander David George Hogarth, Director of the Arab Bureau, in June 1916, however the development of events in Hejaz, along with improved knowledge of the area and a large number of errors in the first edition resulted in a second edition being produced so soon afterwards.

The contents of the handbook include:

  • Area
  • Physical Character (Relief, Climate)
  • Population (Oasis Life, Urban Life, Beduin Life)
  • Districts and Towns (Northern, Central and Southern Districts)
  • Tribal Notes (Huweitât, 'Atîyah, Moahib, Billi, Juheinah, Harb, 'Ateibah, Ashrâf, Hudheil, Faham, Juhâdlah, Mahdi; Sa'd, Thaqif, Mâlik, Nasri)
  • Political (Government, Recent History and Politics)
  • Personalities (Ruling Family, Others)
  • Pilgrimage
  • Trade and Industries (Export and Imports, Currency, Weights and Measures)
  • Communications (Northern Coastal Routes, Southern Coastal Routes, Inland Routes, Central Routes)
  • Routes (Akaba-Mâ'an, Akaba-Mecca, Muweilah-Tebûk, Wejh-El-'Ala, Wejh-Medina, Jiddah-Mecca, Jiddah-Lîth, Medina-Mecca (Darb-es-Sultâni), Medina-Mecca (Darb esh-Sharqi), Tâ'if-Mecca, Mâ'an-Medina (Hejaz Railway), Mu'adhdham-Teima; Medina-Mustajiddah (Hâ'il), Medina-Rass (Qasîm), Mecca-Mustajiddah-Hâ'il, Mecca-Qasîm and Riyâdh)

Folio 4 contains an outline map of Hejaz and Folio 38 of the handbook contains a genealogical table for the Ruling Sheifial Family of Mecca from 1827 onwards.

Extent and format
1 volume (99 folios)
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Arrangement

A contents page is located on folio 7.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: The handbook has been foliated from the front to back covers using a pencil number enclosed in a circle located in the top right hand corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. of each folio. The folio number for folio 4 has been written on the verso The back of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'v'. of the folio.

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English in Latin script
Type
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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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Unrestricted

Archive reference
IOR/L/PS/20/E81

History of this record

Date(s)
26 Feb 1917 (CE, Gregorian)
Subjects
Military intelligence
Places
Hejaz
People & organisations
Director of the Arab Bureau

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