'Arabia. Handbooks prepared under the direction of the Historical Section of the Foreign Office - no 90' [93] (108/148)
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] DOMESTIC COMMERCE 5)3
(C) COMMERCE
(1) Domestic
(a) Frinci'pal branches of trade
The chief internal trade of Arabia consists of the
distribution of native and imported agricultural pro
duce and of imported manufactured goods. Towns
and villages situated in oases, or in the
wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
valleys,
nearly always become centres for the distribution to
the nomads of surrounding districts of agricultural
produce, and frequently also of manufactured goods.
In addition they may become important centres of
supply for caravans if they lie on the main routes. In
a more productive district, such towns or villages also
become collecting-centres for the produce of the dis
trict, which they forward to the nearest port. The
chief markets at which nomads can obtain agricultural
supplies are Teima, El-Ala, and Kheibar, in the Hejaz;
Abu Arish, Khamis Musheit and Muhail in Asir; Sana
and Yerim in Yemen; Maklaf in the Nejran Oasis;
Lahej in Aden hinterland; Shabein and Hautab in
Hadhramaut; Semai], Rostak, Ibri, Dhank, Nizwa,
Ibra and Baraimi in Oman; Riad, Boreida, Anaize,
Hail, and Jauf in Nejd; Hofuf in the Hasa; and
Manama (Bahrein) for El-Katr and the surrounding:
districts. Of these Teima, El-Ala and Kheibar,
Khamis Musheit, Semail, Nizwa, Ibra and Baraimi
specialise in dates. Manufactured goods are supplied
to nomads at Teima, Kheibar, Sana, Lahej, Nizab
(Aden hinterland), Rostak, Ibri, Riad, Boreida,
Anaize, Hail, Hofuf, and other places.
Muscat formerly imported an enormous quantity of
arms for distribution both to Persia and Arabia.' A
check having been placed on this import by the estab
lishment of a State-controlled arms warehouse, rifles
are largely imported at Birk, and distributed at
Shabein and Rueis.
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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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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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