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'Gazetteer of Arabia Vol. II' [‎1143] (192/688)

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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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1143

Name.
Position.
On
which
bank.
Houses
and
inhabitants.
Remarks.
Khafaiji ..
4 miles below Man-
dharlyah.
Right ..
20 mud and date
branch houses
of Hadiyin.
Dates and tobacco
are grown. There
are 8 camels, 25
donkeys, 10 cattle
and 200 sheep and
goats.
Tawllah ..
Immediately below
Khafaiji.
Left
30 houses of
Bani Wahaib.
Animals are: 12
camels, 25 donkeys,
30 cattle, and 250
sheep and goats.
Mirza' -al-
'Akmi.
3 miles below Tawilah
Do. ..
200 houses of
Bani Battash
of the Ma'as-
hirah section,
of Qawasim One of the ruling families of the United Arab Emirates; also used to refer to a confederation of seafaring Arabs led by the Qāsimī tribe from Ras al Khaima. ,
Bani Hasan and
Baluchis,
This village has
Orchards which
stand on terraces
rivetted to protect
them from the
stream. There are
about 20,000 date
palms, and melons,
figs, limes, man
goes, sweet potatoes,
tobacco, lucerne and
a little wheat are
grown. Livestock
are 30 camels, 45
donkeys, 50 cattle
and 1,000 sheep and
goats.
Mizra'-al-
Hadri.
1 mile below Mirza'-
al-'Alowi.
Right ..
60 houses of
Bani Battash
of the Ma'ashi-
rah section.
Animals are 35
camels, 20 donkeys,
30 cattle and 200
sheep and goats.
Rija'
l | miles below Mizra'-
al-Hadri.
Left
70 houses of
Bani Battash
of theMa'ashi-
rah section.
Livestock are: 20
camels, 40 donkeys,
40 cattle, and 300
sheep and goats.
Yiti
6 miles below Rija'
and 1 mile from the
sea.
Right ..
See article Masqat
District.
The villages of Fifah, Haim and Samkat lie in the basin of Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Maih near the watert-
shed between it and Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Sarain. They are about 6 miles from the left bank of Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Maih and their drainage enters it between Mahaidith and Khafaiji. Fifah is the mos-
westem and Samkat the most eastern of the three. These settlements are stated to be at
present unoccupied.
The settled population of Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Maih, exclusive of the village of Yiti which is on the
coast, appears to be about 3,000 souls.
Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Maih has only one important affluent, Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Jannah or Hatat, which joins it on
its left bank from the south-west immediately below Tawllah. This valley contains the

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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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