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Updated: August 6, 2024
About the year 1413, an Arab chieftain, Darud-bin-Ismail, who had been disputing with an elder brother for certain territorial rights at Mecca, was overpowered and driven from the Mussulman Holy Land, and marched southwards, accompanied by a large number of faithful followers, amongst whom was an Asyri damsel, of gentle blood and interesting beauty, whom he subsequently married, to Makallah, on the southern shores of Arabia.
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.
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.
It seems hardly fair to them, especially in cases of illness, that the whole of any particular article should be given to the people who embark at Bombay, they having a right to expect that, as they pay the same price, a portion should be reserved for their use. On the second day after our departure from Aden that is, the 22nd of October we arrived at Makallah.
The town of Makallah, which forms the principal commercial depôt of the south-west of Arabia, is built upon a rocky platform of some length, but of very inconsiderable width, backed by a perfect wall of cliffs, and bounded in front by the sea.
Although a very good understanding exists between our Government and that of Makallah, which has for some time been a depôt of coal for the use of the steamers, it is not advisable for visitors to proceed very far from the town without protection.
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