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'Handbook of Hejaz' [26v] (59/204)
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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is more predominantly nomadic. It has twenty-six sub
sections, of which the Marawin and the Samarah are
most numerous.
The Juheinah do a good deal of slave-running and con
traband trade.
6.—HARB.
The Harb are Ahl esh-Shimal. They are a powerful and
warlike tribe of Hejaz and of Western Nejd, occupying the
coast of the Red Sea from south of Yambo* to south of
Jiddah, and again from south of Lith to near Qunfudah; also
all the mountain country between Medina and Mecca, and
the desert to the north-east up to Jebel Abanat. Inland their
country extends up to the Kheibar harrah and the upper
course of
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Rummah, west of Qasim, but it does not
touch the latter ; the direct track from Ha il to Mecca is,
more or less, the line dividing them from the 'Ateibah.
Their clans in the Hejaz Come under the influence of the
King, though they pay him tribute only when it suits them.
They are responsible for the safety of the southernmost
section of the Hejaz railway, i.e. for about fifty miles north
of Medina, but their connexion with the pilgrim traffic is
chiefly of a less respectable kind; for they rob caravans on
the Mecca road, kill and plunder stragglers, and extort money
at every opportunity. The ' Auf clans are noted highwaymen,
much dreaded by the pilgrimage.
The arrangement and constitution of the Harb are less
certainly ascertained than those of any other of the greater
Arabian tribes. The majority of the best authorities
{e.g. among the older ones. Burton and Doughty) recognize
only two main sections, Beni Salim and Masruh, and include
under thf. latter the Beni 'Amr, the 'Auf, and the
Zobeid, all of which are rated by some other authorities as
independent sections. While, therefore, the Beni Salim
with their principal sub-sections are fairly certainly known,
the relations of all the rest remain very doubtful, and the
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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'
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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