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'Handbook of Hejaz. Prepared by the Arab Bureau, Cairo.' [24] (38/198)
The record is made up of 1 volume (99 folios). It was created in 26 Feb 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.
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form a contrast to the motley population of the city, which,
through intermarriage with Turks, Kurds, Persians, and
other races, is Arab only in language and customs. Further
admixture has taken place through new settlers, who have
remained behind after each pilgrimage, attracted by the
profits to be gained as guides and by the Turkish subsidy.
All classes in the town, from the owners of houses to the
water-carriers, make large profits out of the pilgrimage;
for while a visit to Medina is not compulsory (like the
pilgrimage to Mecca), those make it who can afford the
uxury (see Section VIII) ; thus the annual influx of pilgrims,
1 1 ough much below that of Mecca, is still very considerable.
^ d Ikjrb tribe holds all the vicinity of Medina, and
-he Bern AH clan is most to be rfckoned with in and near
the town itself, where it is a constant source of trouble to
the Turks and disorder among the citizens.
3.—S outhern District.
This district lies, more or less, between parallels of north
latitude 23° and 20°. Beginning just north of Eabugh, it
ends just south of Lith. The Tihamah maintains the mixed
character desert and delta—which it assumed south of
ambo and is of very uniform surface and breadth (from
ten to fifteen miles) throughout. It shows three parallel
zones: (1) coralline sandy shore; (2) harder sand with
underlying basaltic rocks here and there protruding, and
(3) brush-covered sand-hills. Between the wadis, it is very
desolate, and even the deltas are not arable. The Coastal
Kange is not more than a ridge or line of hills which
IwT l 7 - d —^ , altltude ti]l between Jiddah and
Mecca it is under 2,000 feet. South of this point, however,
it i a^ 6 }l ecomes mountainous again, rising throuo-h
S £' "»*'•«* - ■-
After a drop behind the Coastal Ranee the general
upward slope . S disturbed, in the northern part! by the
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Second edition of the Handbook of Hejaz. The first edition was compiled by Lieutenant Commander David George Hogarth, Director of the Arab Bureau, in June 1916, however the development of events in Hejaz, along with improved knowledge of the area and a large number of errors in the first edition resulted in a second edition being produced so soon afterwards.
The contents of the handbook include:
- Area
- Physical Character (Relief, Climate)
- Population (Oasis Life, Urban Life, Beduin Life)
- Districts and Towns (Northern, Central and Southern Districts)
- Tribal Notes (Huweitât, 'Atîyah, Moahib, Billi, Juheinah, Harb, 'Ateibah, Ashrâf, Hudheil, Faham, Juhâdlah, Mahdi; Sa'd, Thaqif, Mâlik, Nasri)
- Political (Government, Recent History and Politics)
- Personalities (Ruling Family, Others)
- Pilgrimage
- Trade and Industries (Export and Imports, Currency, Weights and Measures)
- Communications (Northern Coastal Routes, Southern Coastal Routes, Inland Routes, Central Routes)
- Routes (Akaba-Mâ'an, Akaba-Mecca, Muweilah-Tebûk, Wejh-El-'Ala, Wejh-Medina, Jiddah-Mecca, Jiddah-Lîth, Medina-Mecca (Darb-es-Sultâni), Medina-Mecca (Darb esh-Sharqi), Tâ'if-Mecca, Mâ'an-Medina (Hejaz Railway), Mu'adhdham-Teima; Medina-Mustajiddah (Hâ'il), Medina-Rass (Qasîm), Mecca-Mustajiddah-Hâ'il, Mecca-Qasîm and Riyâdh)
Folio 4 contains an outline map of Hejaz and Folio 38 of the handbook contains a genealogical table for the Ruling Sheifial Family of Mecca from 1827 onwards.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (99 folios)
- Arrangement
A contents page is located on folio 7.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: The handbook has been foliated from the front to back covers using a pencil number enclosed in a circle located in the top right hand corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. of each folio. The folio number for folio 4 has been written on the verso The back of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'v'. of the folio.
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- 'Handbook of Hejaz. Prepared by the Arab Bureau, Cairo.'
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- front, front-i, i-r:iii-r, 1:6, 1:60, 60b, 61:180, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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