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'Gazetteer of Arabia Vol. II' [‎1116] (165/688)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (341 folios). It was created in 1917. 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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MAB—MAB
mabkh O t—
An alternative name for the Hamamah fendy of the A1 Hassan division of the Dawasir
tribe {q. v.) of southern Najd.
MABR ( Najd)—
A pass in western Hadhramaut, through which the route from Maqatin descends into
Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Yashbum. Najd Mabr is close to Yashbum on the south side of the village.
MABRAH—
A village in the valley of the same name ; see below.
MABRAH ( WADI A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. )—
Also called Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Hailain and Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Jahawar. This is a valley rising on the north side
of Najd-al-Khubaib in the Western Hajar district of the 'Oman Sultanate, between Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Bani Ghafir on the east and Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. -al-Hawasinah on the west, and reaching the sea about
15 miles to the west of Suwaiq. The places in the Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. , in order from its head down
wards, are the following :—
Name.
Position.
On
which
bank.
Houses
and
inhabitants^
Remarks.
Daiqarah..
A short distance
below the head of the
valley and several
hours north-east of
Miskin.
Right ..
25 houses of
Bani Kalban.
Livestock are 7
camels, 15 don
keys, 3 cattle and
40 sheep and
goats.
Hiyal
| an hour below Dai
qarah.
Left
70 houses of
Bani Kalban.
There are 15 camels,
20 donkeys, 20
cattle and 200 sheep
and goats.
Minzifah ..
1J hours below Hiyal
Do. ..
25 houses of
Bani Kalban.
Animals are; 3
donkeys and 30
sheep and goats.
Raqaiyid..
i of an hour below
Minzifah.
Do. ..
25 houses of
Bani Kalban of
the Quyudh
section.
The inhabitants own
8 camels, 12 don
keys, 4 cattle and
40 sheep and goats.
Bidit
4 hours below Raqai
yid.
Do. ..
25 houses of
Bidah.
Animals are: 15
donkeys, 3 cattle
and 30 sheep and
goats.
Hailain ..
i an hour below
Bidit.
Both ..
100 houses of
Jahawar.
There are 15 camels,
20 donkeys, 25
cattle and 100
sheep and goats.
Mabrah ..
1 hour below Hailain
and 6 hours from
the coast.
Left
70 houses of
Jahawar.
Livestock are: 12
camels, 20 don
keys;, 20 cattle and
200 sheep and goats.
The entire fixed population of the valley thus amounts to about 1,700 souls.

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Volume II of III of the Gazetteer of Arabia. The Gazetteer is alphabetically-arranged and this volume contains entries K through to R.

The Gazetteer is an alphabetically-arranged compendium of the tribes, clans and geographical features (including towns, villages, lakes, mountains and wells) of Arabia that is contained within three seperate bound volumes. The entries range from short descriptions of one or two sentences to longer entries of several pages for places such as Iraq and Yemen.

A brief introduction states that the gazetteer was originally intended to deal with the whole of Arabia, "south of a line drawn from the head of the Gulf of 'Aqabah, through Ma'an, to Abu Kamal on the Euphrates, and to include Baghdad and Basrah Wilayats" and notes that before the gazetteer could be completed its publication was postponed and that therefore the three volumes that now form this file simply contain "as much of the MSS. [manuscript] as was ready at the time". It further notes that the contents have not been checked.

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1 volume (341 folios)
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Foliation: This volume's foliation system is circled in pencil, in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. of each folio.

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