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'Handbook of Hejaz. Prepared by the Arab Bureau, Cairo.' [109] (125/198)
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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4= Iirtiles. At'>!/" el—Jkt<Aih<xh, half si milf fco oast.
4 « 1111 «■ ^ - A /' '//< ' ^'/ (Ii r-< ■ < ■ < ] i 1 - of a milo -to &a.st. ; sixi4i.Il
esi>riiT«: sand rtiii ti I >>« «i ■ ; 1,1 OO ioet.
Direction gradually bears north-north-east.
6 miles. Wddi el-Bateihah comes in right ; about six miles to
El-Jirah. The valley opens out to 500 yards broad.
El-Jirah, no water ; altitude 2,360 feet. Long narrow Hismah plain
entered. Light firm soil. Good going.
1 mile. Jehel Mabruk passed.
3 miles. e Ain Quweirah, remains of Roman fort; Turkish police
post. Roads branch to Petra and Meda c in Salih. Water suffi
cient for 20 men per day in summer.
Direction north-north-east.
4 miles. Telegraph-line bears away to right.
Hameimah {MaJieimd), small village lying half a mile to left of the road.
Road, after two miles, bears away east-north-east into
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Hajnah.
[An easier but rather longer road continues north-north-east up the
main
wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
to, two miles, Tascm, after which there is a steep climb
to, two miles, ^Um Has, 4,085 feet, and after a short descent
another climb to, five miles, c ^m Sacleka, a very strong spring,
4,780 feet. Thence the road turns due east over bare undulating
country, falling very gradually to, seventeen miles, Ma c an.
Total eighty-three miles.].
Ascending Jebel Hajnah the shorter track reaches the top of the
western edge of the Arabian Plateau at
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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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- English in Latin script View the complete information for this record
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- Title
- 'Handbook of Hejaz. Prepared by the Arab Bureau, Cairo.'
- Pages
- 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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