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'Gazetteer of Arabia Vol. II' [1200] (249/688)
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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MASQAT
Name.
Position.
Nature.
Remarks.
Khaisat-ash-Shaikh
13 miles south-east
of Masqat Town.
Village of 1 or 2
houses only. The
people, who are Ba
ni Battash of the
Ma'ashirah section,
cultivate some
dates.
Resembles Bandar
Khairan.
Sifah
16 miles south-east
of Masqat Town.
Village of 40 houses
the Bani Battash.
There is a date-grove
here with about 300
trees ; also a square
tower on a mound
60 feet high. Ani
mals are 8 donkeys,
8 cattle and 150
sheep and goats.
Population. —The following is an estimate of the settled population of the Masqat
district:—
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
'Adai .. .. • • .. .. .. 500
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Boshar .. .. .. .. .. 4,800
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
-al-Hilu .. .. .. .. .. 200
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Maih (excluding Yiti near the coast) .. .. 3,000
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Mijlas .. .. .. .. .. .. 2,600
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Risail .. .. .. .. .. .. 300
Places on the coast (see topographical table above) .. 29,230
Total .. 40,650 souls.
The composition of the population by tribes can be ascertained on reference to the
separate articles on the Wadis of the district and to the topographical table above.
A few of the Bani Wahaib appear to be the only nomads in the Masqat district.
MASRA—
A hamlet in Hadhramaut on the route between Shihair and Shibam and some 8 or
10 miles short of the latter town. See
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Bin 'Ali.— {Bent.)
MASRI (Al BU)—
One of the rural tribes of 'Iraq {q. v.).
MASRIYAH (B ir-al)—
A well in southern Yemen ; it is on the route between Shaikh Sa'ld and Mokha and is
some 22 or 23 miles from the former, and about li miles inland, with Zi hill just to the
north-east of it.
MASRUH—
One of the two great divisions of the Harb tribe {q. v.), of the Hejaz and western Najd,
MASTURAH—
A watering place and camping ground in Hejaz, on the Sidtdni and Millaf routes
between Mecca and Al-Madinah. Mastarah is 12 hours' journey northward of Rabigh.
According to Burckhardt, who makes the journey one of 11 hours, two large and deep
wells, cased with stone, afford here a copious supply of good water. Near them stood
the tomb of a Shaikh Madaili, but it was demolished by the Wahhabis. About 10
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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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