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'Arabia. Handbooks prepared under the direction of the Historical Section of the Foreign Office - no 90' [10] (25/148)
The record is made up of 1 volume (69 folios). It was created in 1919. 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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10
GEOGRAPHY
[No. 90
Physically they are one of the finest races in the
world. They possess, too, a high degree of intelli
gence, but are deficient in organizing power and capa
city for combined action, while they have an instinctive
dislike of all kinds of governmental control. They are
generally dignified, polite, and good-natured, but at
the same time suspicious, revengeful, untruthful, and
avaricious. The most hospitable and trustworthy of
the Beduins are found among the largest and best-knit
tribes, especially among such as form part of a federa
tion under the control of one of the greater Emirs or
the King ot the Hejaz. Some of the lesser tribes, on
the other hand, have the worst of reputations for
treachery and cruelty. The townsmen of Hejaz and
Kasim are very unwarlike, but those of the Yemen
highlands are as sturdy fighters as any of the nomads.
There are several thousand Jews in Yemen, who
have their own quarters at Sana and other inland
towns, and there is also a considerable British Indian
element at Mecca, Jedda, Aden, and Muscat.
The Arabic language is spoken throughout the penin
sula, but considerable dialectal differences exist in dif
ferent parts. The purest Arabic is spoken in Nejd,
and next in purity comes the Arabic of the Jebel
Shammar region. In the Hejaz the language is not
equally correct; in Hasa, Bahrein, and Oman it is
decidedly influenced by a foreign element called
Nabataean. while in Hadhramaut it merges into a
Himyaritic or African dialect.
The population of Arabia cannot be estimated with
any degree of accuracy, but the following figures are
believed to be approximately correct;—Hejaz,
1,000,000; Asir, 1,500,000; Yemen, 1,000,000; Aden
Protectorate, 100,000; Hadhramaut, 150,000; Sul-
Language
(6) Population
i .O.K.
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This volume contains information on the geography, political history and economic conditions of Arabia and was published by the Historical Section of the Foreign Office in April 1919.
It is divided into four sections: 'Geography Physical and Political'; 'Political History'; 'Political Conditions' and 'Economic Conditions'. There is an Appendix, containing tables regarding trade in Aden, Muscat and Bahrein, 1909-1917.
There is a map 'Sketch Map of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. and Arabia', compiled by the War Office on June 1914.
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- 1 volume (69 folios)
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Foliation: There is a foliation sequence, which is circled in pencil, in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. of each folio. It begins on the first folio with text, on number 1, and ends on the map on a sleeve on the inside back cover, on number 70.
Pagination: There is also an original pagination, iv-vi, 2-127.
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- 'Arabia. Handbooks prepared under the direction of the Historical Section of the Foreign Office - no 90'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:i-v, 1:6, 1:130, ii-r:ii-v, back-i
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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