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'Handbook of Hejaz. Prepared by the Arab Bureau, Cairo.' [48] (62/198)
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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water they depend partly on the summer rains, but chiefly
on well-water. Nasir Ibn Ghawal is their Chief Sheikh,
a firm adherent of the King of Hejaz. He commands about
2,000 fighting men. In times of crisis they combine with
the Beni Malik, Beni Sa'd, and Beni Nasri. They are
always at feud with the Beni Faham, and are not cordial
to the Juhadlah. They possess very few camels. A- certain
proportion of the tribe lives permanently in Ta/if. The
chief sub-tribes are Sufidn, Moadher, and Rahiyah.
15.—MALIK (BENI).
The Beni Malik of the Hejaz {see "Asir Handbook" for
the Asiri tribe of the name) are a small tribe numbering
not more than 2,000 men who live in the mountains inland
of lith. The adjoining tribes are the Beni Sa f d on the
north, the Shalawah nomads on the east, the Zahran on the
south, and the Juhadlah on the west. The Beni Malik are
not a fighting tribe, but they are hospitable and industrious
and cultivate figs and grapes in the wadis as well as wheat,
barley, and dura. During the pilgrimage season most of
em go to Mecca and Jiddah and act as porters. They
thus come more into contract with the outside world than
most tribes, and are more civilized. Thev are devoted to
the King of Hejaz and pay him taxes.
Nasir Ibn Eawwaf is their Chief Sheikh.
Q , Tb - e y live at peace with their neighbours, except the
bnalawah, who occasionnally raid them. Most of their
villages are clustered in
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Luz and
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Ruma'an.
16.—NASRI (BENI).
e A- de ?? en - (ied from Him 7 ar > in the country to the
south of the Bern Thaqif in Southern Hejaz ; bounded on
B . eni TIla< i i£ ' south ^ ^ Beni Sa'd,
east by the Stalawah, and west by the Beni Faham.
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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
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