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'Persian Gulf Gazetteer Part II, Geographical and Descriptive Materials, Section III Central Arabia' [‎112v] (229/258)

The record is made up of 1 volume (125 folios). It was created in 1904. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .

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omt iml west Guarmani c^lls Tcbel Shatniriar, in Arab parlance, U h noitliora
mo t "ofX seven llejds. " Wallin remarks on its central and commanding
po^ion/equiSnt UnDamascus, Baghdad -"1
lied Sea and Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. . E S trem« length oE JeV.el MLamm^
graphical not political sense, is according to A\ allm C days ^st camel • _
viz., from Kasr-as-Suleimy (Sulaimy?) in the south-weac to dadbara ya in the
north-east, and breadth from Juhbeh to Keh.fah^ahoot same. (2) Adm^
trative subdivisions, if any exist, arc not known. T c ^..fhern Dousbtv
dominions into two large natural blocks, a northern am < r. , „ j Tolma •
enumerates 5 good desert towns, SekaUa, Jauf -cl-Aamir, ^ 1 ' ^ ar oj a an( j
and mentions Kasr, Mukak, Aly. Musta-jidda, ''vVa lTu.tluKi
Haictasgood tillages, and Jefeyfa, Agella, Gussa, lhddia,n ley , g f .
Makbaul and Otheym as instances of hamlets varying fr om l0 P^ s0 ^ 9 ™ "/
houses ; in all. he 4vs, some 30 oases The Bedouins tributary ^ ^m.r
hp reckons as 800 Feiir, l.OOO Wilad Ah in south, 3.000 ov^ iess Jiisnr in
south, 2,000 northern Harb, hardly 2.000 southern Slmmmar, 1^00 mid and
Heteym and 2,500 Sherarat. (3) The mam features of t ^rn'r s terutory
north of Nefud are described under Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Sirhan and Jauf-el-Aamir. Ihe INet a
is dealt with under its own name. Bemainder is chiefly and hasa ^
nlateau with mean elevation of about 4,000 feet, rising in the north into t«o
h ^h ranges of Tiia and Selma (q.q.v.) and studded almost every where with
smaller ranges and hills. One of the principal sub -ranges is Draaf which connects
jXel Selma and the Harrat Kheybar. . On the north-west however extend ng
from Jebel Alia to Teima is a wide region of sandstone. South of thi.,
treme west, aire lavas and elevated mass of Harrat Kheybar, hard y i
inferior in height to Ajja. On north sands of Nefud are in direct contact t
oranites of Am and on east and south they pass through transition of sand
stone into easiern Nefud and sandy plain of Kaseem On soath.^st granite
continues unbrokenly to Mecca far beyond Shammar boundary to Mecca itself.
Generally speaking, sand plains seem to be gaining on granite mountains and
burying them, especially in the region between Jebel Ajja and i aira . c) ^ •
Greater portion, including whole of south of this igneous region, is raine ^
Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. llummah {q v.). Drainage of Hail plain from Kefar north-eastwaids flo\\s
into Haserah basin to north-east and is apparently absorbed, never reaching
AVadi Hummah. Water, at least in plain between Ajja and Selma, is gen,
lv brackish and tepid, but soft and healthy. (4) Climate is salubrious. (5)
Wallin, Palgrave, Guarmani, Doughty, Lady Blunt and llubei have desu c
a number of routes, especially that from Syria ow Jaut-el-Aamir and the Nefu I
to Hail- that!from Hail to Boreyda; and various routes between Hail and Khey bar
(7 days by dromedary) and Hail andNajaf. With regard to routes between Jebel
Shammar and Irak, Wallin notes that there are two; the more direct and saler
lies north -north-east by north and is ill-supplied with water and more fatiguing
for small parties; this is the route followed by corn and rice caravans from cs-
onotamia and Wallin himself travelled by it. The other at first runs more easterly
and then parallel to the direct route; water is plentifu but way is apt to be
beset by Bedouins. This latter is a section of the Mashhad Ah to Mecca route.
(6) Date palms are abundant and other fruit-trees grow, but are scarce ow ing
to difficulties of irrigation. Gourds of uncommon size, pumpkins and melons
of different kinds are raised and kept in great quantities for winter consump
tion. Wheat, millet and maize are grown and clover for _ horses ; tbe corn
partlv on irrigated, partly on unirrigated lands. Local gram is sufhcient in
good years and fetches higher price than that imported, which comes Irom
Naiaf and Kerbela, the two principal granaries of Jebel Shammar. ilieie are
excellent oats, used for making bread. Tame animals are horses, more numer
ous than anywhere else in North Arabia, and possessed in smaller or greater
number by all wealthier men ; camels, good but inferior to those oi Oman and
East Nejd; oxen, few and poor; numerous sheep and goats; donkeys often
white, used for short journeys between inhabited places; dogs, few and kept at
a distance for religious reasons ; some fowls ; cats. Wild animals and birds are
panther, leopard, wolf, hya3na, jackal, fox, "wild bull," gazelle, wild goat,
antelope, hare, wabar, large rats and lizards, ostriches. The women oi Jebel
Shammar weave coarse cloth and striped abbas and coarse carpets are made ;
there are no other industries. Tcdlars are always on the move throughout the

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The volume is Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Gazetteer Part II, Geographical and Descriptive Materials, Section III Central Arabia (Simla: G C Press, 1904).

The volume contains notes, followed by subsections on Central Arabia, south of Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Rummah [ Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Rumah] and Central Arabia, north of Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Rummah [ Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Rumah]. The volume is a geographical and descriptive gazetteer, giving information on alphabetically-listed places in the territories in question.

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1 volume (125 folios)
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There is a table of contents on the title page of the volume.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at 1 on the front cover and terminates at 127 on the back cover. These numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and can be found in the top right hand corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. A printed pagination sequence also runs intermittently throughout the volume.

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