The comprehensive in history of Hadramout and its regions

The book is a geographical survey of Greater Hadramout, including Shabwa, detailing the locations of its regions geographically, specifying their positions on longitude and latitude, their elevation above sea level, and the connection between these sites through roads that are almost extinct, due to their positive role in investment projects for human development and achieving sustainable development. The book contains mention of a large number of tribes and clans of Hadramout and their political roles, as well as biographies of several of its scholars who are not found in other biographies. Thorough and comprehensive details of all the areas and valleys of western and eastern Hadramout, as well as its plateaus, in addition to detailed descriptions of the villages of Wadi Dawan (the right and left), which are not found in any other source. The importance of the book "Al-Shamil" lies in the following: It is also considered one of the travel books, and given the importance of such books because their author derives information and facts from direct observation and firsthand photography, making reading them rich, enjoyable, and entertaining. The fame of the author is that he is the scholar, jurist, judge, historian, Alawi bin Tahir Al-Haddad, a scholar of Dawan and Qidun, one of the prominent figures of Yemen, and a judge in Juhur, Malaysia. Whenever history, geography, or other sciences are mentioned in Hadramout, the author is always mentioned alongside them.