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'Handbook of Hejaz' [25v] (57/204)
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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Sakhr from the 'Aweiridh. Scattered clans are to be found
among their kinsmen, the Siba { , and with the Beni Sakhr
in the Belqa. There is besides an ancient colony of Moahib
husbandmen, keepers of cattle, in the Hasa. " Their dim
marches with the Hejaz line from a little above Qal'at el-
Akhdar to Meda/in Salih ; in the west they go down to the
country of the Sihamah, a clan of the Billi, and in summer
the Sihamah come up with their flocks into the hanah.
4.—BILLI.
The Billi, descended from Himyar and therefore Ahl
Qibli, are an old tribe whose range extends from Na'man
Island to
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Hamdh and inland up to the Hejaz
railway, a short section of which, south of el-'Ala,
the Billi 'are charged to guard. Part of the tribe
cultivates land in the neighbourhood of Wejh and also
inland, and carries rice and other commodities for the Wejh
merchants to and from Medina and the Hejaz railway. It
lives on friendly terms with the Juheinah, but at enmity
with its inland neighbours, the Puqara and the Wuld
Suleiman. Offshoots of the tribe are found in Sinai, and
also in Upper Egypt at Baliana.
The Billi in Hejaz number, probably, at least 40,000
souls, of which perhaps one-third are semi-settled. Their
paramount chief, Suleiman Afnan Ibn Rufadah, resides,
normally, at Wejh.
There are two chief sections, the Khuzaim and the
Makhalad. The former has some seven sub-sections, of
which the Wabsah and A1 Asabsin (the chief's sub-section)
are the most important. The latter section has at least
five sub sections, the A1 Maqlat, A1 Sitamah, and Rumuth
being all numerous. The tribe is poor, but well knit together
and to its chief. The latter, who has the title
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
,
threw in his lot with the Turks till 1917, his tribe being
unable otherwise to find food.
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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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- '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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