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'Handbook of Yemen' [14v] (33/190)
The record is made up of 1 volume (91 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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— 1G —
Boots, of red or yellow colour, not sandals, are usually
worn.
The weapon of the Yemen highlander is the jambiyah,
a short dagger with a broad curved blade, which fits into
a Y-shaped sheath worn at the waist. The handle is
generally of horn ornamented with silver, and the whole
weapon, including the blade, is made locally. No male,
after boyhood, would be seen abroad without his jambiyah.
The Arabs are very expert in its use; they hold it with the
point downward and the curve inward, and in attacking
always aim for the supra-sternal notch. If this blow is
rightly placed, it splits open the whole chestwall, and is
instantly fatal. Another weapon is the sabikah, nearly as
long as a sword-bayonet and worn cross ways in the belt;
this latter needs a powerful man to wield it effectively.
The Yemen Arabs drink coffee made of the husk rather
than of the bean. These husks locally fetch a higher
price than the berry; in taste the beverage, known as Jcishr,
is said to remind one of hot barley-water. But their chief
indulgence is in the leaf of the kat tree {see p. 34).
u ^ ens ^ 8 are often of copper or brass, and are
skilfully made ; copper and brass used to be much worked
at ban a in particular, but the art has declined in recent
years.
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- Content
The volume is Handbook of Yemen. Prepared by the Arab Bureau, Cairo , 1st edn, 15 January 1917 (Cairo: Government Press, 1917).
The handbook contains information about Yemen under the following headings:
- Area;
- Physical Character (including Relief and Climate);
- Population;
- Districts and Towns;
- Agriculture and Industries;
- Trade (including Currency, and Weights and Measures);
- Political;
- Yemen Army Corps;
- Tribal Notes;
- Personalities;
- Communications;
- Routes.
The prefatory note states that the handbook had been compiled by Major K Cornwallis and Lieutenant-Commander D G Hogarth, RNVR from information obtained in Cairo (especially about tribes and personalities) and from material prepared for the Arabia Handbook issued by the Admiralty War Staff, Intelligence Division.
The volume contains an 'Outline Map of Yemen' (f 6).
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (91 folios)
- Arrangement
There is a list of contents at the front of the volume (f 5).
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at 1 on the front cover and terminates at 93 on the inside back cover. The numbers are written in pencil, are circled, 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 determine the sequence of pages within the volume.
Pagination: the volume also has an original printed pagination sequence numbered 2-167 (ff 7-92).
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- English in Latin script View the complete information for this record
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- Title
- 'Handbook of Yemen'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:5v, 7r:92v, back-i
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence