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'Gazetteer of Arabia Vol. II' [‎1190] (239/688)

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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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1190
MASQAT
Name of suburb.
Nisasil ..
Khutmah
Bab-al-Matha'ib ..
Dabghah
Jafainah ,.
Dallalm
Halalu
Tuyan
Zubadiyah
Between Baharinah
and Khutmah.
Outside the Bab-al-
Kabir.
Outside the gate of
same name.
West of the Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. -al-
Ka1)ir towards Kal-
buh.
Reaches up towards
the pass leading to
Riyam.
West of the Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. -
al-Kabir.
Lies around the
Rawiyah fort on
the west side of
Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. -al-Kablr.
Extends up the Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
-al-Kabir above
Rawiyah.
On the east side of
the Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. -al-Kabir
opposite Rawiyah.
Inhabitants.
Persians
Qishm, etc.
from
Arabs and Baluchis
Baluchis with some
Negroes and Arabs.
Chiefly Baluchis ..
Baluchis
Bayasirah aud freed
slaves.
Negroes and Arabs
of the Bani Wahaib
and 'Awamir tribes.
Baluchis
Arabs
Number of
houses and
remarks.
The people are weav
ers. 50 houses.
50 huts.
40 huts.
Here is a fine house
belonging to Naslb-
bin- Muhammad,
Baluchi, the British
Naval contractor.
100 huts.
50 houses.
Contains the buildings
of the American
Presbyterian Mis
sion. 60 houses.
A fruit and flower
garden belonging to
the Sultan adjoins
the Rawiyah fort on
its north side. 50
houses.
It is divided into 3
parts which are, in
succession proceed
ing up the Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. ,
Loghan (40 houses of
Baluchis); Hamma-
liyah (15 houses of
negroes); and Shaikh
(50 houses of Balu
chis), Some dis
tance above Tuyan
there are pools of
water in the Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. -
al-Kabir where the
town washermen da
their work.
There are several
acres of cultivation.
The people are
gardeners and grow
lucerne, turnips, and
jowari. 45 houses.

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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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English in Latin script
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