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Updated: June 16, 2025
The population of Makallah is estimated at about 4,600 people, of various tribes and countries, the chief portion being either of the Beni Hassan and Yafái tribes, together with Banians, Kurachies, and emigrants from nearly all parts of the adjacent coasts.
The puraus often seemed like banians, stretching far over the water in strange and ghostlike shapes, with twisting branches and gnarled trunks that in the obscurity gave a startling suggestion of the fetish growths of the ancients.
To realize the value of those blue diamonds they must be sold one by one, or, at most, in separate pairs, and this with infinite care, so as not to arouse suspicion among the banians who are the traders in precious stones, and are ever on the outlook to screw the last copper paisa out of the seller unlawfully trafficking in them.
The same authority states that "it is the opinion of the Banians and Arabs, that Aden will regain her former commercial renown."
Your Lordships are too grave, wise, and discerning, to make it necessary for me to say more upon that subject. Tell me that the banians of English gentlemen, dependants on them at Calcutta, were the farmers throughout, and I believe I need not tell your Lordships for whose benefit they were farmers.
Such another example of boldness and contrivance I believe the world cannot furnish. I have already shown, amongst the mass of his corruptions, that he let the whole of the lands to farm to the banians; next, that he sold the whole Mahomedan government of that country to a woman.
Away fly kitten and mungooz, away from the gate, away from the Baboo's walks, bright with ixoras and creeping nagatallis, away from the Baboo's park, shady with banians, and fragrant with sandal-trees, and imposing with tall peepuls, and cool with sparkling fountains, away from the Baboo's home, away from the Baboo's heart, bereft thenceforth forever!
And by the impetus of his rush banians and peepals and Kinsukas falling down on the earth lay in clusters. And beholding that Gandharva approach them like a lion in fury, all the Sutas trembling with fear and greatly distressed, became panic-struck. And they addressed each other, saying, 'Lo, the powerful Gandharva cometh hither, filled with rage, and with an upraised tree in hand.
Commanding situation of Aden Its importance in former times But few remains of its grandeur Its facilities as a retreat for the piratical hordes of the Desert The loss of its trade followed by reduction of the population Speculations as to the probability of ultimately resisting the Arabs Exaggerated notions entertained by the Shiekhs of the wealth of the British Aden a free Port would be the Queen of the adjacent Seas Its advantages over Mocha The Inhabitants of Aden The Jews The Banians The Soomalees The Arabs Hopes of the prosperity of Aden Goods in request there Exports Re-embarkation on the Steamer Want of attention Makallah Description of the place Its products The Gazelle Traveller in Abyssinia Adventurous English Travellers Attractions of the Arab life Arrival at Bombay.
Hastings confirmed, established, increased, and made the instrument of the most austere tyranny, of the basest peculations, and the most scandalous and iniquitous extortions. In the description I have given of banians a distinction is to be made.
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