"كتيّب الجزيرة العربية المُعد تحت إشراف القسم التاريخي لوزارة الخارجية – رقم ٩٠". [‎١‎٠‎٣] (١٤٨/١١٨)

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Ghi is received mainly from British and French
Somaliland and Bombay, and sent chiefly to the Straits
Settlements, Zanzibar, and the Arabian Gulf ports
Shughri, on the Arabian Gulf, and Sohar, on the Gulf
of Oman, also collect and export ghi. Before the war
Aden also supplied Jedda and Hodeida.
Shells, including mother-of-pearl, cowries, tortoise-
shell, and other kinds, are exported from Aden, Mus
cat, Bahrein, and, to a very trifling extent, from
Jedda. Those exported from Aden are almost exclu
sively of African origin, mainly from the independent
Somali ports. The Muscat export, which was solely to
India has declined. In 1908 and 1909 its value was
about £4,000, in 1910 and 1911 £3,000, in 1912 smaller
still. Aden had a large export to the United Kingdom
and Austria, and Bahrein to the United Kingdom and
Germany. -r. u
Sesame seeds are nearly all imported from Bombay,
and exported to the Arabian Gulf ports and the Afri
can coast. The average annual value during the
period from 1912 to 1916 inclusive was £9,000.
Small quantities of senna are exported from
Hodeida and Makalla to Aden. This trade, which
had become almost negligible, showed a notable revival
in 1916, when £9,000 worth was exported, chiefly to
Egypt, the United Kingdom, and France.
Aloes are imported by Makalla from the African
coast and from Sokotra, and exported chiefly to the
United Kingdom and Bombay. The average annual
export value is under £1,000.
(2) Articles of furely Arabian origin.—Dates are
both exported and imported, but are not an article
of trans-shipment. The import is from Mesopotamia
by sea to Aden, and the export is from the rich
harvest of the Batina littoral, which finds its chief
outlets at Sur and Muscat. Bahrein exports to India,
Zanzibar, and Egypt. The chief customers were
always the United States and India, the former taking
the wet dates and the latter the dry. There is also
an export from Muscat to Makalla. Special varieties