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'Arabia. Handbooks prepared under the direction of the Historical Section of the Foreign Office - no 90' [74] (89/148)
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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74
ECONOMIC CONDITIONS
steppes, which serve for pasturage only, the date-palm
is grown wherever the necessary moisture can be pro
vided by artificial irrigation.
The most noted date-growing districts are :—
1. The Medina oasis, where 139 varieties are grown,
of which the most famous is the Shelebi date, known
and exported throughout the Mohammedan world.
2. The valley of
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Bisha in Asir, where the
production is probably the largest in Arabia; a four
months' truce is called to tribal hostilities during the
harvest. Distribution is mainly local, from Khamis
Musheit market.
3. The Batina littoral district of Oman, where date
groves extend inland for seven miles Sur is the outlet
for this region.
4. The
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Semail district of Aden Interior,
whence there is a considerable export to America.
In the Teima and Kheiba/r oases date-growing forms
the diief occupation. Teima dates go to the Beduins,
Kheibar dates to Medina. El Ala oasis grows a honey
date which finds a ready sale at Damascus, Many
settled and semi-settled tribes devote themselves almost
exclusively to date-growing, and in some cases the date
groves are owned communally.
Besides the native produce there is a considerable
import from Mesopotamia.
Coffee is the most valuable vegetable product,
although far less widely distributed than the date-
palm. It grows only in Yemen, Asir, and the Aden
hinterland. Conditions are most favourable in the high
lands of Yemen, where thick mists provide the requisite
moisture. The plantations are terraced on the hill
sides, in rich soil often only a foot or so deep. The
best quality of coffee comes from the district between
Menakha and Hodeida; farther south, Taiz is the
great centre of cultivation. The Raza district of
Asir also grows a considerable quantity, entirely for
local consumption. The husking of the berries, chiefly
done by girls at Aden, reduces their weight by 50 per
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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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