IOR/L/MIL/17/16/9

'An Account of the Arab tribes in the Vicinity of Aden' that was originally compiled by Captain F M Hunter and C W H Sealy in 1886, added to intermittently by various officers of the Aden Residency and re-published and revised in September 1907 by Captain Arthur Henry Eyre Moose, Assistant Political Resident. The report is dated 1909 and was printed at the Government Central Press, Bombay.

The account covers:

• the 'Abdali
• the Subehi
• the 'Akrabi
• the Fadthli
• the Haushabi
• the 'Aulaki
• the Yafai
• the 'Alawi
• the 'Amir of Dthala
• the Wahidi
• the Shaikh of 'Irka
• the Shaikh of Lower Haura
• Kishn and Sokotra
• the Kasadi
• the Kaiti
• the Kathiri
• historical resumé of Mokalla, Shehr and the Hadthramut
• Behan al Kasab
• the 'Audali
• Beda.

Appendix A is a detailed statement of tribes and chiefs in relations with the Aden Residency, Appendix B is a list of relevant treaties and engagements, Appendix C is a list of places visited from time to time by the Aden Troop, Appendix D is a number of genealogical tables and Appendix E is a list of notable personages in the Aden Protectorate.

In a separate pouch, the file contains three maps as follows: Map of the Arabian Coast from Hiswa Mukaidthir to Makatin (folio 195), Map of the Arabian Coast from Makatin to Bandar Janjari (folio 196) and Map showing Tribes and New Boundary of the Aden Protectorate (folio 197).