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'Arabia. Handbooks prepared under the direction of the Historical Section of the Foreign Office - no 90' [94] (109/148)
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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94 ECONOMIC CONDITIONS [No. 90
(b) Towns, Markets, Fairs, &c.
Mecca, the birthplace of Mahomet, is the Holy City
far excellence for the igreater part of the Moslem
world. The pilgrimages were at first suspended 011
account of the war, but were resumed in 1917, when
58,000 pilgrims visited Mecca. During the pilgrimage
month, the valley of Mina, outside Mecca, is the scene
of a great fair, to which traders from all parts of the
Orient bring goods for sale to the pilgrims. Their
wares include cotton shrouds, fancy cotton good's in
bright colours, silk goods, brassware (for negro pil
grims), rosaries, henna, perfumes, attar of roses, &c.
Before the war, Co-nstantinople and Damascus were
probably the largest suppliers, but Austria was also
studying the market. The city of Mecca itself and the
surrounding country produce nothing. Mecca lives on
her pilgrims, and on a large yearly grant from the
Porte. Fcod supplies are brought from Jedda.
Medina, like Mecca, lives mainly on pilgrims and a
grant from the Porte, but, as the town stands on a fer
tile oasis, it is much more self-supporting than Mecca.
Sahia is the Idrisi's capital, and lies in a well-culti
vated district.
Sana, the capital of Yemen, with a considerable
Jewish population, trades in agricultural produce and
in European goods reiceived from Aden. It is wall
supplied with fruit and grapes, and has good water.
Zehid was formerly an important market for cotton
and indigo, but tribal disturbances led to a decline in
production.
Lahej has caravan trade with the interior, and is a
centre of supply for Aden.
Riad, the capital of Nejd, is the head-quarters of
the Wahabite sect, and a centre of caravan trade.
Boreida and Anaize have very important camel
markets, and much less important cattle markets, and
also are centres of an important trans-peninsular
traffic between Mesopotamia and Mecca. The last has
increased of recent years, for central Arabia has
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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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