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'Gazetteer of Arabia Vol. II' [1310] (359/688)
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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1310 MUR—MUR
MURADlYAH—
A tract in the Dlwamyah Qadha (q. v.) of the Baghdad Wilayat, in 'Iraq,
MURAID SAIYID.—
A village in Qaslm {q. v.) Central Arabia.
MURAIGHAH—
Some wells in
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
-al-Miyah {q. v.) in the Hasa District of Eastern Arabia.
MURAIHAH (Al)—
A valley in Northern Hejaz, traversed by the route between Muwailah and Tabuk at
a point nearly half way from the sea to the Hejaz Railway ; this valley took Wallin If
hours to get through on his way up from Muwailah to Tabuk.
MURAIJIB—
An old abandoned fort in the Baraimi oasis {q. v.) in independent 'Oman.
MURAIJIYAH—
A tract in the Samawah Qadha {q. y.) of 'Iraq.
MURAIKH—
Some wells in Radaif {q. v.) in the Hasa District of Eastern Arabia.
MURAIKHAT—
Singular Muraikhi. A tribe closely related to the Al Bu Shamis section of the Xa'im
or, possibly, one of its sub-sections. They are found in Bahrain at Umm-al-Baidh on
bitrah Island, where they have about 15 huts and are pearl fishers. The Muraikhat
are said to have come from Qatar: they claim to have been originallv Mutair but the
Mutair repudiate them. In religion they are Maliki Sunnis.
MURAIQIB—
"Mk in the Jaturah desert ( ? . v.) in Eastern Arabia. Ther are t miles to the
south of Shatar and 12 miles to the east-south-east of Jishshah.
MURAIR—
Some wells in Jauf {q. v.) in the Hasa District of Eastern Arabia.
MURAIR (Jabal)—
A smaU isolated hill in the Hasa District {q. v.) of Eastern Arabia.
MURAIR (Qal'at)—
of th™e:for dltTforU IT h th< ' '"'n™" Qa "' r East4 ' rn Arat>ia - 14
dozen forts which ongmaUy encircled the town of
Zubarah
18th-century town located 105 km from Doha.
{q. v.).
MURAIR (al-Kablrah)—
A large vUlage in the sub-wilayat of Shinas f.) in the 'Oman Sultanate.
MURAIR (as-Saghcrah)—
A village in the snb-wilayat of Shto (,. „.) in the 'Oman Snltanate.
MURAQQIBAT—
A group of wells in the Dhaid (,. e.) plain in the 'Oman Premontoty.
MURBAH—
A village in Wfidi Eara' ( ? . «.) in the Sultanate of 'Oman.
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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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- 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
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