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'Gazetteer of Arabia Vol. II' [‎1129] (178/688)

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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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MAHADHAH
Cto;
1129
Name.
Nawai-i
Ovan (Batin-al-)
Qahfi ( Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. )
Safwan ..
Sharam
Shibhat-al-Khadim
Position.
Said to be several
miles north of
Mahadhah and to
lie just at the
western foot of the
' Oman Promontory
hills.
10 miles north of
Baraimi Village, on
the route to Ras-al-
Khaimah Town.
On the eastern side
of the watershed of
the 'Oman Promon
tory. It joins
Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Hatta.
6 or 7 miles south
west by west of
J a b a 1 Khadhra.
In Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Khadhra,
higher up and fur
ther east than
Nawai-i.
Runs west and east
between B a t-hah
Nawai-i on the
north and Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Misakin on the
south.
Nature.
A village of 70 houses
of Bani Ka'ab, of
the Sawalim and
Zahairat sections.
A gently undulating
tract of sand hills,
containing a well at
the point specified.
A village which re
ceives the drainage
of Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. -al-Hayul
and itself contains a
Bani Ka'ab settle
ment called Shiba-
kah.
A well, curiously
situated in the
middle of a circular
knoll which resem
bles an inverted
bowl.
A village of 70 houses
of the Ahl Yidhwah
section of the Bani
Ka'ab.
A belt of sand dunes,
2 miles across from
north to south ; it
joins the desert on
the west and termi
nates, at the other
end, a short distance
to the east of the
route between the
Misakin and Safwan
wells.
Remarks.
The Bat-hah Nawai-i,
a dry water-coursa
coming down west-
wards from this
village, cuts the Ba-
raimi-Ras-al- Khai-
mah route between
Shibhat- al - Khadim
and Safwan or about
20 miles north-north
east of Baraimi Vil-
The ridges run east
and west and carry a
certain amount of
desert vegetation.
The tract is 4 miles
across from north to
south.
The village of Shiba-
kah consists of per
haps 50 houses of
Bani Ka'ab of the
Hibnat sub-section of
the Shwaihiyin sec
tion and some of
the Miyadilah sec
tion.
In spite of its position
the depth of this well
does not appear to
exceed the average
the others in the
same region.
A little way to the
east of the extremity
of these dunes is a
group of red sand
hills 200 feet high.
C52(w)GSB
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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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