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'Arabia. Handbooks prepared under the direction of the Historical Section of the Foreign Office - no 90' [81] (96/148)
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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Arabia]
AGRICULTURE
81
It is a kind of clarified butter, much valued as
an article of diet in the East, and is produced by beat
ing sheep's, goats', or cows' milk in a skin with sticks.
Hides and skins of late years have replaced coffee as
the most valuable article of export. The most impor
tant are those of sheep and goats, but the hides of
camel and oxen are included. Little tanning, and that
of a rough description, is done in Arabia, so that side
by side with the export of hides there exists a consider
able import of leather.
Honey is chiefly produced in southern Arabia. The
finest kind, which is widely exported, comes from the
Yeshbum valley, and owes its excellence to the honey-
dew found in the blossoms and leaves of the jujube
tree.
Wool, not as a rule of much value, is used locally for
rugs, saddlebags, and tents. The finest quality is
obtained from the Jebel Shammar breed of sheep.
The only other products worthy of note are tortoise
shell and ambergris, which are obtained in small quan
tities only.
(b) Methods of Cultivation
Arab methods of cultivation are for the most part
extremely primitive. Manuring is unknown, except in
some of the coffee plantations and in the Teima oasis.
Serious consequences arise from this. The ground is
used over and over again for the same crop without
replenishment, and as a consequence the crops suffer.
This is particularly the case with the coffee planta
tions of Yemen. An extremely primitive plough is in
use, worked at Teima by well-camels, elsewhere gener
ally by oxen. Beyond this nothing whatever exists but
hand implements. Woodbn rakes are used in Koweit.
The Yemen highland farmers do not even use ploughs;
they usually possess only a hoe, a mattock, a reed-
basket for the transportation of soil, and a watering
can. Threshing machines are unknown, and there are
only four flour-mills in the country, corn being usually
[285—8] G
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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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