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'Handbook of Arabia. Vol. I. 1917' [581] (590/748)
The record is made up of 1 volume (371 folios). It was created in 1916. It was written in English and Arabic. 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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OMAN
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137. Beni Na'mdn (sing. Na'mdni)
A tribe of the Oman Sultanate, numbering 100 souls ; Ibadhi in
religion, Hinawi in politics; settled at Sana'u in Sharoiyah. They
took part in the attack on Muscat in 1895.
138. Nabdhinah (sing. Nahhdni)
A tribe of the Oman Sultanate which at the end of the sixteenth
century furnished the rulers of Oman. They number only 600
and are settled at Sharqatein in
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Sema'il; at Hammam
el-Ah and Sunub in
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Boshar ; and at Nakhl. They are
Ghafin in politics, in religion Ibadhi.
139. Na'im (sing. Na'aimi)
An important tribe of Oman with independent branches in
Bahrein and El-Qatar. Only the main tribe is dealt with here
They number in all 13,000 souls, of whom 10,500 are settled and
2,500 Bedouins. In the Sultanate 4,500 are settled at Dhank town
(660 houses), Sanqar (45 houses), Saneinah (200 houses) ; in Trucial
Oman 3,500 at Heirah (250 houses), Hamriyah (250 houses),
'Ajman (25 houses), Dheid (30 houses), Haqalah (10 houses), and
Sharjah town (100 houses) ; in independent Oman at Qabil (180
houses), Hafit (150 houses), Su'arah (100 houses), and Bireimi
village (100 houses). •
The Bedouins range over the entire central portion of the Oman
promontory at its base. The district of Jau, in which the Bireimi
oasis is situated, may be regarded as their head-quarters, but they
predominate in Dhahirah on the east, and on the west extend to
Khatam, which they share with the Beni Yas and the Dhawahir.
In the winter some of them pasture their animals on the
watershed
The boundary between adjacent drainage basins.
between the Bireimi oasis and Sohar, and are an important factor
in tribal politics at the head of
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Hatta. On the north their
principal grazing ground is the plain of Jiri, which is shared by their
Khawatir section with the Ghafalah tribe. In the direction of
Sharjah the tract known as Gharif was once in their possession,
but they were displaced by the Beni Ka'ab, who, in their turn,
have had to cede it to the Beni Qitab.
Roughly speaking there are ordinarily 1,200 Na'im Bedouins in
Trucial Oman
A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
, 900 in the Sultanate, and 400 in independent Oman.
Subdivisions :
The Na'im, whether settled or nomadic, belong to one of two main
divisions—the Al Bu Khareiban, who are said to be descendants
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This volume is A Handbook of Arabia, Volume I, General (Admiralty War Staff, Intelligence Department: May, 1916) and contains geographical and political information of a general character concerning the Arabian Peninsula. The volume was prepared on behalf of the Admiralty and War Office, from sources, including native information obtained for the purpose of compiling the volume, since the outbreak of the First World War. Separate chapters are devoted to each of the districts or provinces of the Arabian Peninsula and include information on the physical character, as well as social and political surveys.
The volume includes a note on official use, title page, and a 'Note' on the compilation of the volume. There is a page of 'Contents' that includes the following sections:
- Chapter 1: Physical Survey;
- Chapter 2: Social Survey;
- Chapter 3: The Bedouin Tribes: A. Northern Tribes, B. Tribes of the Central West, C. Tribes of the Central South, D. Tribes of the Central East, Supplement: Non-Bedouin Nomads;
- Chapter 4: Hejaz;
- Chapter 5: Asir;
- Chapter 6: Yemen;
- Chapter 7: Aden and Hadhramaut: A. Aden and the Interior, B. Hadhramaut;
- Chapter 8: Oman: A. The sultanate of Oman, B. Independent Oman;
- Chapter 9: The Gulf Coast: A. The Sultanate of Koweit [Kuwait], B. Hasa, C. Bahrain, D. El-Qatar, E. Trucial Oman A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. ;
- Chapter 10: Nejd;
- Chapter 11: Jebel Shammar;
- Chapter 12: The Northern Nefūd and Dahanah Belts;
- Chapter 13: Settled Tribes of the North-West;
- Chapter 14: Settled Tribes of the West;
- Chapter 15: Settled Tribes of the South;
- Chapter 16: Settled Tribes of the Centre;
- Appendix: Note of Topographical and Common Terms;
- Index;
- Plates.
The front of the volume includes a 'List of Maps' and a 'Note on the Spelling of Proper Names'. Maps contained in this volume are:
- Map 1: Arabia: Districts and Towns;
- Map 2: Orographical Features of Arabia;
- Map 3: Land Surface Features of Arabia;
- Map 4: Tribal Map of Arabia.
The volume also contains fifteen plates of photographs and sketches by Captain William Henry Irvine Shakespear, Douglas Carruthers, Captain Gerard Leachman, Dr Julius Euting, George Wyman Bury, and Samuel Barrett Miles.
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- 1 volume (371 folios)
- Arrangement
The volume is arranged in chapters. There is a contents page, list of maps, alphabetical index, and list of plates.
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Foliation: There is a foliation sequence, which is circled in pencil, in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. of each folio. It begins on the front cover, on number 1, and ends on the last of various maps which are inserted at the back of the volume, on number 371.
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