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'Gazetteer of Arabia Vol. II' [‎1230] (279/688)

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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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Name.
Position.
Nature.
R emarks.
1230 MIYAH
Topography. —The following is a table of the chief places having names in the dia-
trict:—
'Aqair
As-haf
'Ataiyiq
'Awainah
or
'Ayainah.
Bakha ..
Baqarah
Dhabatiyah
Dilaima
Ghanwa
Haishiri
Halaisiyah
Hanidh
Hasai ..
4 miles west of Thaj.
6 miles south-east of
cf Sarrar.
12 miles east of Sar-
rar and 1 mile west
of Jabal-al-Hass.
20 miles west of Thaj
nearly opposite the
gap between the
Abu Dhahair and
Tad hills.
5 miles south-west of
Thaj.
15 miles west-south
west of Thaj.
15 miles south by
west of Qubaibah.
4 miles south-east of
Qubaibah.
6 miles east by
south of Sarrar.
9 miles south-south
west of Dhabatiyah,
in the extreme
south of Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. -al-
Miyah.
10 miles west-north-
west of Jabal Qad-
am.
7 miles south-south-
west of Thaj and 7
miles west of Jabal
Labtalah.
4 miles south-east of
Sarrar.
Wells
Do.
Do.
Do.
Springs
Wells
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Springs.
Wells.
Do.
There are traces here
of former habitation.
There are ancient
remains here.
The wells are 3 or 4 in
number and from 2
to 3 fathoms in
depth; they contain
good water.
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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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