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'Who's Who in Aden and Western Arabia' [‎7r] (18/138)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (67 folios). It was created in 1916. 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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'Abdul Wasa. —Brother of the late Qaim-Maqam of Hujariyah Ahmad
No’man. Reported to be at Subar with 300 Turks, 200 Hujariyah Arabs, 6 guns
and apparently 3 machine guns. (December, 1915.)
’Abdul Wash*. —Left Lahaj on October 21st with 200 Arabs*
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’Abdullah al Mughira —a pan-Arab agent deputed by General Officer
Commanding, Cairo, to Arabia. Was at Lahej on January 20th, 1915.
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The Who's Who in Aden and Western Arabia comprises a biographical dictionary of individuals connected with the fall of the Sultanate of Lahej [Laḩij] to Ottoman forces in July 1915.

Most of the individuals are key members of the Subaihi tribe; a breakdown of the sections of the tribe is given on folio 60. In addition, the dictionary includes prominent individuals and leaders of other Arab tribes; key Turkish military personnel; and individuals being held as prisoners of war including British military personnel.

The volume was published in Calcutta by the Superintendent Government Printing, India.

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1 volume (67 folios)
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The biographical entries are arranged in alphabetical order from front to back, with cross-references where required.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the back cover with 67; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. Pagination: the file also contains an original printed pagination sequence.

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