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'Gazetteer of Arabia Vol. II' [1128] (177/688)
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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mahadhah
Position.
Nature.
Remarks.
Name,
Khatwah
Madal (Hvir-al-) ..
Mahadhah (Jabal)
Mahadhah Village
Misakin (
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
) ..
In the
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
called
Bu Sa'ad ; it is said
to be 8 rrtiles south
of Mahadhah.
About 3 miles south
west of Jabal Ma
hadhah.
20 miles north-east
of Baraimi Village.
In the Mahadhah
plain; the only
village so situated.
It is 5 hours' jour
ney from Baraimi
Oasis on one of the
routes leading from
Dibai.
Crosses the Baraimi-
R a s-a 1-K h a imah
route about 16 miles
north-north-e a s t
of Baraimi Village.
A village of 280
houses of settled
Bani Ka'ab of the
Nawaijiyin section.
A detached hill
A conspicuous hill,
visible both from
the Baraimi-R a s-
al-K h a i m a h and
from the Baraimi-
Sohar route.
A village of 220
houses of Bani
Ka'ab, viz., 90 of
M a k a t i m, 60 of
Salahat, 50 of Za-
hairat and a few of
Mizahamiyln and
Ahl Yidhwah.
A valley which runs
w e s t-sout h-w e s t-
wards to the desert
from a point be
tween the Shibhat-
al-Khadim and the
red sandhills near
its tip.
The drainage of this
place is stated to go
to Mahadhah.
Visible from the Ba-
raimi-Ras-a 1-K h a i-
mah route, which
lies about 12 miles to
westwards.
The position of Maha
dhah village or of the
Mahadhah plain with
reference to this
excellent landmark
is unfortunately not
known.
The village consists of
scattered and un-
walled groups of
sundried brick or
stone houses. The
date plantations
cover a space 2 or 3
miles in diameter
and are estimated to
contain 20,000 trees.
Water is plentiful
and is brought to the
village lands by a
Falaj, and wheat,
jowari and millet are
grown as well as
dates. Livestock
are said to be 300
camels, 400 donkeys,
400 cattle and
100,000 sheep and
goats. The rela
tions of this place
are chiefly with
Baraimi Oasis and
Sharjah and Dibai
Towns.
A well, known as
Misakin, is situated
in the valley.
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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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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:ii-v, 975:1092, 1092a:1092f, 1093:1110, 1110a:1110f, 1111:1328, 1328a:1328f, 1329:1386, 1386a:1386f, 1387:1446, 1446a:1446f, 1447:1448, 1448a:1448f, 1449:1542, 1542a:1542f, 1543:1600, iii-r:vi-v, back-i
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