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'Handbook of Hejaz' [15r] (36/204)
The record is made up of 1 volume (98 folios). It was created in 1917. 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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fort, a small jetty has been constructed. There are lar^e
palm-gardens, and the remains of a high embankment above
the village, probably to deflect flood water. The remains
on Fara'un Island off the west coast of the bay are
ISaracemc.
Muweilah, is a village and large fort about 150 miles
south of Akaba, containing a small grain-depot for pilgrims
and a Beduin (Huweitat and c Atiyah) market. The village
consists of some seventy or eighty families, most of them
c welling in palm-leaf huts; there are a few stone houses, and
some gardens and date-groves. The water supply is from
s allow wells, and is abundant but not always good. Sheep
are obtainable, and charcoal is extensively burnt from
acacia trees m the neighbourhood. A small Turkish garrison
used to hold the place. The coast ig low, but gradually rises
inland to hills of great height. There is no harbour, but
merely a roadstead behind coral reefs, where a vessel might
anchor in light winds ; but the approaches are dangerous
Good shelter may be obtained at Sherm Yuhar, an inlet about
wl 68 S0llth - Tliere is a caravan track from Muweilah
to Tebuk. {See Route No. 3.)
Dhabah (pron.: Dhubbah), south of Muweilah, is the
headquarters of the local Huweitat chief. It is a wretched
hamlet, but was chosen by the Turks in 1915-1916 as the
base of their coastal defence troops. It has wells and
groves.
-i-i, se tolements such as another Dhabah, half-wav down
he shore of the Akaba Gulf, and Salmah, south of Muweilah
are mere blockhouses near which Beduins occasionally camp!
he description of the Egyptian Pilgrim Road (Route
JNa 2) will give a sufficient general idea of the Midianite
linamah.
Behmd this narrow coastal plain of the Gulf of Akaba
the land rises steeply to moderate heights, falling again
to a more gently rising plateau over which the Pilgrim
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- Content
The volume is Handbook of Hejaz. Prepared by The Arab Bureau, Cairo , 2nd edn, 26 February 1917 (Cairo: Government Press, 1917).
The handbook comprises information about Hejaz under the following headings:
- Area;
- Physical Character;
- Population;
- Districts and Towns;
- Tribal Notes;
- Political;
- Personalities (including Royal Family, and Others);
- Pilgrimage;
- Trade and Expenses;
- Communications;
- Routes.
The prefatory note states that the handbook was originally compiled by Lieutenant Commander D G Howarth, RNVR; and although the information contained in the second edition had been greatly improved, much about Hejaz 'remains uncertain or unknown'.
The volume also contains an 'Outline Map of Hejaz' (f 4) and a table of the 'Ruling Sherifial Family of Mecca' (f 38).
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (98 folios)
- Arrangement
The volume contains a table of contents on folio 7.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at 1 on the front cover and terminates at 100 on the inside back cover. The numbers are written in pencil, are enclosed in a circle, and appear in the top right hand corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. page of each folio. This is the system used to make reference to the contents of the volume. Folios 4 and 38 need to be folded out to be examined.
Pagination: the volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence, numbered 2-179 (ff 8-98).
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- Title
- 'Handbook of Hejaz'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:3v, 5r:99v, back-i
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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