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'Arabia. Handbooks prepared under the direction of the Historical Section of the Foreign Office - no 90' [40] (55/148)
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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40
POLITICAL CONDITIONS [No. 96
territory only; and the courtesy salute to which, in
common with the Fadhli, Kaaiti, and Amiri Sultans,
he is entitled does not imply overlordship over any
other treaty chief.
Yemen
The Yemen is the only province in Arabia still effec
tively occupied in major part by the Turks. This
fact renders it very difficult to deal satisfactorily at
present with the question of the Imam s territorial
title; for, apart from what he claims (his pretensions
extend, in fact, even outside Yemen into our Aden Pro
tectorate and Hadhramaut), it is hardly possible to dis
tinguish his actual holdings from those of his " pro
tectors." There are, for example, districts or tribal
groups which repudiate the Turks, but might accept
an Imam wholly independent of them, e.g., in the
Yemen interior; others, which accept the Turks but,
except under duress, will have nothing to do with
the Imam, e.g., small Ismailie and Dawadie tribes
along the Hodeida-Sana road and most of the
northern Tiha ma districts; others, again, which
accept neither Imam nor Turks, e.g., the Zaranik of
the southern Tihama, or the large Yam group in the
north-eastern interior. Nothing but the continuous
pressure of a foreign force, such as the Turkish for
half a century past, has ever produced any administra
tive unity in Yemen or the semblance of Imamic con
trol of the whole province. The schism between high
lands and lowlands is constant and profound,
based, as it is, on a religious antipathy which
is reinforced by a general difference of racial
origin and strongly contrasted conditions of
life. Within these two large territorial divi
sions there exist, as indicated already, many lesser
tribal antipathies. While, however, a native-ruled
Yemen, one and undivided, is hardly to be contem
plated as a stable State, the establishment of two
native States to include the whole province is not
impossible. The Imam of Sana must have the lion's
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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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- 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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