!['Gazetteer of Arabia Vol. II' [‎1232] (281/688)](https://iiif.qdl.qa/iiif/images/81055/vdc_100023486173.0x000001/IOR_L_MIL_17_16_2_2_0281.jp2/full/!1200,1200/0/default.jpg "'Gazetteer of Arabia Vol. II' [‎1232] (281/688)")
'Gazetteer of Arabia Vol. II' [1232] (281/688)
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. .
Transcription
This transcription is created automatically. It may contain errors.
1232
MIYAH
Name.
Muraighah
Nta' ..
Qubaibah
Quta (Umm-al-)
Ridainiyah
Ridha ..
Sadairah
Safaiyah
Sarrar ..
Sharai'ah
Thaj or Taj
Position.
1J miles west of Sar
rar.
50 miles inland west
of the foot of
Musallamiyah bay.
18 miles south of
Thaj.
5 miles south of
Sarrar.
7 mile? south-south
west of Sarrar and
3 miles east of
the Abu Dhahair
hills.
18 miles north-west
of Jabal Qadam.
4 miles north of Mu-
laijah.
8 miles north-west
by north of Thaj.
8 miles south of Nta'
Near the southern
border, 9 miles west
of Jabal Qadam.
24 miles south-east
by south of Nta'
and 5 miles north
west of Jabal Lab-
talah.
Nature.
Wells
Wells
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do
Do.
A walled village of 50
houses inhabited by
miscellaneous settled
Arabs.
wells.
The site and remains
of a once consider
able town ; it is said
that the ruins of the
houses, which were
built of large light
coloured stones,
cover a space about
1 mile in length by
i a mile in breadth.
The inhabitants
were Bani Khalid
of the Al Humaid
section which is now
nearly extinct.
Remarks.
There is a deserted
site here.
See article Nta',
About here is the
border between the
lower part of the
district in the north
and the higher part
in the south.
There are said to be
ancient remains here.
The water is sweet, at
12 feet.
There are here about
150 date palms, and
livestock includes
some 5 houses, HO
camels, 150 donkeys
and 120 cattle.
There are some wells
with good water at
1 fathom. An en
counter took place
near Thai in 1799
between the Turks,
then invading Hasa
from the north, and
the Wahhabis. The
destruction of the
settlement is attri
buted to attacks by
the Wahhabis and
by the 'Ajman tribe.
There are said to be
underground dwell
ings and inscribed
stones here.
About this item
- Content
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.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (341 folios)
- Physical characteristics
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.
- Written in
- English in Latin script View the complete information for this record
Use and share this item
- Share this item
'Gazetteer of Arabia Vol. II' [1232] (281/688), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/MIL/17/16/2/2, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100023727633.0x000052> [accessed 25 April 2024]
https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100023727633.0x000052
Copy and paste the code below into your web page where you would like to embed the image.
<meta charset="utf-8"><a href="https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100023727633.0x000052">'Gazetteer of Arabia Vol. II' [‎1232] (281/688)</a> <a href="https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100023727633.0x000052"> <img src="https://iiif.qdl.qa/iiif/images/81055/vdc_100023486173.0x000001/IOR_L_MIL_17_16_2_2_0281.jp2/full/!280,240/0/default.jpg" alt="" /> </a>
This record has a IIIF manifest available as follows. If you have a compatible viewer you can drag the icon to load it.https://www.qdl.qa/en/iiif/81055/vdc_100023486173.0x000001/manifestOpen in Universal viewerOpen in Mirador viewerMore options for embedding images
Copyright: How to use this content
- Reference
- IOR/L/MIL/17/16/2/2
- Title
- 'Gazetteer of Arabia Vol. II'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:ii-v, 975:1092, 1092a:1092f, 1093:1110, 1110a:1110f, 1111:1328, 1328a:1328f, 1329:1386, 1386a:1386f, 1387:1446, 1446a:1446f, 1447:1448, 1448a:1448f, 1449:1542, 1542a:1542f, 1543:1600, iii-r:vi-v, back-i
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence