'Handbook of Hejaz'

Title:

'Handbook of Hejaz'

Date:

1917/1917

Description:

Abstract: The volume is Handbook of Hejaz. Prepared by The Arab Bureau, Cairo, 2nd edn, 26 February 1917 (Cairo: Government Press, 1917).The handbook comprises information about Hejaz under the following headings:Area;Physical Character;Population;Districts and Towns;Tribal Notes;Political;Personalities (including Royal Family, and Others);Pilgrimage;Trade and Expenses;Communications;Routes.The prefatory note states that the handbook was originally compiled by Lieutenant Commander D G Howarth, RNVR; and although the information contained in the second edition had been greatly improved, much about Hejaz 'remains uncertain or unknown'.The volume also contains an 'Outline Map of Hejaz' (f 4) and a table of the 'Ruling Sherifial Family of Mecca' (f 38).Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at 1 on the front cover and terminates at 100 on the inside back cover. The numbers are written in pencil, are enclosed in a circle, and appear in the top right hand corner of the recto page of each folio. This is the system used to make reference to the contents of the volume. Folios 4 and 38 need to be folded out to be examined.Pagination: the volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence, numbered 2-179 (ff 8-98).

Language:

English

Type:

Archival file

Type (Narrower):

Other Texts

Type (Broader):

Text

Subject:

Geography
Ethnology

Geographic region:

Hejaz

Rights:

رخصة حكومة مفتوحة

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100000000239.0x0001dd_ar
81055/vdc_100000000239.0x0001dd_en
IOR/L/MIL/17/16/12
IOR/L/MIL/17/16/12

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