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'Arabia. Handbooks prepared under the direction of the Historical Section of the Foreign Office - no 90' [‎30] (45/148)

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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POLITICAL CONDITIONS
land Asiri tribes, in the midst of whom the Turks
are entrenched at Ebhah and Muhail, and the home
domain of Idrisi. Neither those southern tribes
nor Idrisi recognise the King of Hejaz as over
lord, though some of the Asiris, e.g., the power
ful Beni Mugheid, have been at various epochs in
friendly relations with Sherifs of Mecca. There are
Wahabite tendencies in the inner Asir highlands,
which increase eastward, and form an impenetrable
barrier between Sherifial influence and the Zeidist
population of highland Yemen.
The Emir of Nejd
On the east of this kingdom lie the domains of the
central Emirs. Neither Hail nor Riadh has ac
knowledged any suzerainty of Hejaz; nor does the
King seriously claim it, although he has an old dispute
with Ibn Saud about overlordship of Kasim and also
of the eastern sections of the Ateiba tribe. With these
latter, seeing that they range within the western con
fines of his oases, the Emir of Nejd desires to be able to
deal at discretion. Since, however, this Emir definitely
broke with the Turks in 1914, and engaged himself by
treaty to have the same friends and enemies as Great
Britain, he has maintained friendly, if formal,
diplomatic relations with King Husein.
The Emir of Jehel Shammar
The Emirate of Jebel Shammar, on the other hand,
was, in October 1917, actively hostile to King
Husein, as well as to ourselves and to Ibn Saud, and
openly allied, or even subject, to the Turks. The
Emir, Saud ibn Abd el-Aziz er-Rashid, accepted
the title of Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. , as well as men, armament, and sup
plies, from our enemies. In so doing he but de
veloped a policy instituted by his grandfather and
followed by his father, to help whom against the Emir
of Nejd, and to recover Kasim. Ottoman forces were

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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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