'INFORMATION REGARDING THE CHIEFS AND LEADING OFFICIALS, NOBLES AND PERSONAGES OF THE ADEN PROTECTORATE.'
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An official publication entitled ‘Information Regarding the Chiefs and Leading Officials, Nobles and Personages in the Aden Protectorate’. A stamp on the front cover indicates that this copy of the publication was enclosed in letter no. 47M from the Foreign Secretary of the Government of India t...
'RED SEA AND GULF OF ADEN PILOT SIXTH EDITION, 1909.'
Scope & Content:
The sixth edition of an official publication entitled Red Sea and Gulf of Aden Pilot, produced by the Hydrographic Office of the Admiralty and dated 1909. At the front of the volume are: A ‘Notice to Mariners’, containing instructions for sailors on approaching British and British Imperial port...
(Red Sea Sheet 1) INDEX TO ADMIRALTY PUBLISHED CHARTS ALLUDED TO IN THIS WORK
Scope & Content:
A map of the Suez Canal and the Red Sea with part of the Gulf of Aden, indicating Admiralty charts referenced in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden Pilot. The areas covered in specific Admiralty charts are indicated with squares and the number of the relevant chart. Admiralty plans relevant to specifi...
(Red Sea Sheet 2) INDEX TO ADMIRALTY PUBLISHED CHARTS ALLUDED TO IN THIS WORK
Scope & Content:
A map of the Gulf of Aden with part of the Red Sea and part of the Arabian Sea, indicating Admiralty charts referenced in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden Pilot. The areas covered in specific Admiralty charts are indicated with squares and the number of the relevant chart. Admiralty plans relevant to...
'Handbook of Hejaz. Prepared by the Arab Bureau, Cairo.'
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Second edition of the Handbook of Hejaz. The first edition was compiled by Lieutenant Commander David George Hogarth, Director of the Arab Bureau, in June 1916, however the development of events in Hejaz, along with improved knowledge of the area and a large number of errors in the first edition...
Genealogical Table showing the members of the ruling Sherifial Family of Mecca from Mohammed Ibn 'Abd el-Mu'in Ibn 'Aun, Emir 1827-1851 and 1856-1858 through to Husein Ibn 'Ali el-'Aun, who succeeded to the Emirate in 1908, and had assumed the title of King 29 October 1916. The table gives bir...
