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'Arabia. Handbooks prepared under the direction of the Historical Section of the Foreign Office - no 90' [112] (127/148)
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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112
ECONOMIC CONDITIONS
these. The British Military Report in 1904 gave par
ticulars of heavy taxation in Kasim, which was found
very burdensome to agriculture. One-tenth of all pro
duce and one-third of the harvest was said to be
claimed for the purpose of occasional jihads, or reli
gious wars. On cattle the tax was one-twentieth of
their value and on incomes one-fortieth, while a duty
of two riyals was levied on every load of imported
goods. This heavy taxation is due to Wahabite fanati-
cism. In Kiad the taxation is said to be light.
1 he Hadhi amaut, actually under British influence, is
nominally subject to Turkey, but no Turkish taxes have
ever been levied there. The native local authorities
impose taxation chiefly upon the townsmen, while the
tribesmen and the Seyyids (a privileged clan purport
ing to be the descendants of Husain, the Mohamme
dan martyr) go comparatively free.
Turkish Arabia
A term used by the British officials to describe the territory roughly corresponding to, but not coextensive with, modern-day Iraq under the control of the Ottoman Empire.
has always been a financial burden
to Turkey, but the Porte found it necessary to
shoulder the liabilities involved, in order that the
oultan might maintain his prestige as Caliph, or
spiritual head of Islam, which office is closely bound
up with the possession of the Holy Cities. Both
Mecca and Medina received a large yearly grant or
swrra, from the Porte, and both were exempt from
lurkish taxation. Elsewhere in the Heiaz taxes
were collected by Turkish officials on the Turkish
S} stem with the aid of the Sherif of Mecca, who in his
turn received voluntary tribute from the faithful
Wahabites of central Arabia. In 1910 the Sultan of
agreed that this tribute should be fixed at the
yearly payment of £4,000. The Porte found itself
further compelled to garrison the Holy Cities and the
Mejaz Kail way, and to subsidise the tribes whose
ranges touched the railway in return for their defence
ot the line.
In lemen the Turks formerly levied exorbitant
dues on the transit of coffee, but after the rebellion of
l.ni an arrangement was made between the Porte
and the Imam, providing for the abolition of all
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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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