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'Handbook of Hejaz' [56v] (121/204)
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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Austrian Lloyd steamer used to call at intervals of about
three months on her passage from Loheiyah and Qunfudah.
Apart from its indispensable trade in provisions, Medina
has never acquired the commercial importance that Mecca
owes to the Hajj. For the pilgrimage to Medina is not
compulsory, and only a small proportion of the Meccan
pilgrims normally prolong their visit so as to include the
Prophet's tomb, though visitors may come there at any
time of the year. The town-population of Medina resembled
that of Mecca in subsisting entirely on the pilgrimage and
the Turkish subsidy; but the town also possesses a large
agricultural population {see p. 21), and is a considerable
source of local supply.
The staple produce of Medina, as of all the oases of Hejaz,
is the date. Of the numerous varieties grown there, the
best class of date {shelebi) is packed in skins and boxes, and
exported to all parts of the Mohammedan world. The helw
date of el- 5 Ala, soft and tasting like honey, is also famous
outside the limits of Hejaz ; it, too, is stored in skins, where
it begins to dry and crystallize, and is exported in that form.
A considerable proportion of the crop is carried to Syria,
in part by the Syrian Hajj. The honey date of el- 'Ala is
a favourite sweetmeat in Damascus. El-'Ala and the other
oases are also great sources of date-supply to the Beduins,
and they maintain some traffic with the latter in corn and
imported rice. The chief traffic of Kheibar and Henakiyah
is with Medina, merchants bringing their goods to the former
oasis regularly for the autumn fair. The commercial
connexions of Teima, on the other hand, run eastward,
tradesmen from Jebel Shammar and Qasim arriving there
with Baghdad clothing and the light and cheaper Gulf calico
from Kuweit; coffee-pestles and mortars of limestone marble
are also imported from Jauf. The only export of the oases,
apart from dates and the small trade in cereals, is Teima
rock-salt, which is used in all parts of Arabia ; it is said to
be preferred to the sea-salt from Wejh and other coastal
sources of supply.
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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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