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'Gazetteer of Arabia Vol. II' [1394] (455/688)
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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1394
'OMAN
Town
or
village.
Position.
Houses
and
inhabitants.
R emarks.
Taimsa
About 12 miles
south-west by
west of Nizwa.
40 houses of Bani
Harras.
The village with its large
date-grove is pictuie-
squely situated under a
hill. One hour from
Taimsa on the road to
Bahlah in a mystic pool
called Khamaili which is
famed in 'Oman as a
source of magical en
chantments. Livestock
are 12 camels, 10 don
keys, 4 cattle and 60"
sheep and goats : there are
2,000 date palrus.
Tanuf
6 miles north
west of Nizwa at
the exitofWadi
Tanuf from Jabal
Akhdhar.
40 houses of Banr
Riyam.
The site of the village, un
derneath cliffs, is cramp
ed ; but a good date-
grove stretches west
ward up the
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
by
which the Tarlq-ash-
Shass route over Jabal
Akhdhar to 'Awabi
leaves Tanuf. Elevation is
1,950 feet above sea-level.
There is considerable"
cultivation. Transport
is scarce and difficult to
procure. There are 3,000
dates, 10 camels, 20 don
keys, 4 cattle, and 450 sheep
and goats.
Tulhat
10 or 12 miles
eastward of Man-
ah.
A walled town; the date
groves are very extensive
and a large stream flows'
through them. There are
tv\ o small forts on the sum
mit of a hill overlooking
the town.
Zikait
1 mile south-east
of Izki, further
downWadi Hal-
fain.
15 houses of Bani
Riyam.
There are 10 camels, 6
donkeys, 4 cattle and
100 sheep and goats,
also 400 date palms.
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abfuf PreCeding table ^ the S6ttlKl Population of the district to be
AlwSSr^, ATKh n aSa a „ r doth™TX"' 1 NoT t0 ' A ^™'
of their numbers. ^ ana otner tribes. No close estimate can be formed
'OMAN (S ahil)—
A name sometimes applied to Trucial 'Oman {q. v .).
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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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