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'Handbook of Hejaz' [82v] (173/204)
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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veiled palms"). Grardens watered lay wells (^five metres
deep on average) and by the four springs, o£ which
the best rises above the bridge by which the station-
road leaves the town. Main gardens, east and north
of houses, are^ bounded by thin mud walls and towers
against Beduin raids. Water is town property, and
each adult male has the right to three hours' water per
month for cultivation.
^ 1,500 yards north of Ma f an el-Masriyah is Ma f an el-
Shamiyah, about 200 houses. It stands higher, on a
ridge along a water-bearing valley. Very large
gardens, about one kilometre long in all, also walled in.
Feud between the two villages.
Barley harvest in May. Most of the corn-land is
three and four hours away to west. Small quantity
of dates, and vegetables obtainable in the town. The
villagers have no flocks or cattle. The place is a great
centre for the Beduin tribes.
From Ma^an southward the line runs over open
rolling limestone desert, thickly strewn on the surface
with dark flint and gravel, and cut up by shallow
wadis. Most of the country is fit for wheeled traffic,
though some earthwork would be necessary occasio
nally at the
wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
banks. To the north and east the
plain extends beyond sight; but on the west there
is a line of sharp hills ten and fifteen kilometres off.
Railway crosses a depression on a bank pierced with
about twenty small openings, none above three metres
broad.
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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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