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'Gazetteer of Arabia Vol. II' [‎1440] (501/688)

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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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Position.
8 miles north
east of 'Aiyoh.
by
10 to 11 miles south
of Uhaid village.
17 miles south of
'Aiyoh (The ex -
act position is 24'
42 / 18" north by
55° 49' 26" east.)
Its centre is about
40 miles south
east of Sharjah
Town.
to 11 miles south
of Dhaid village.
Character.
A well similar to that
of Hamdah.
A single well about
40 feet deep and
timber-lined at the
top.
A well wooded strip
of plain, 1| or 2
miles in breadth,
between Jabal Sa-
maini and the right
bank of Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Sa-
A wooded plain seve
ral miles in diameter
and containing vari
ous wells among
them those of
'Aivoh, Musaifi and
Yidaiyah.
A stony plateau
without water or
grazing, about 20
feet higher than the
country immediate
ly to the north of it
and 550 to 600 feet
above sea level. It
runs west and east
and is 3 miles broac 1
from north to south.
Remarks.
This well is on the
ordinary route via
Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Hatta from
Dibai to Shinas
Town.
See article Gharif.
It is on the north
bank of a hollow
which forms the
southern border of
Qallah Mahafidh.
The name means " The
Gazelle's Bound."
The place is also
called Khasaib.
The plain is enclosed
by the south end of
Jabal Faiyah on the
north, by Jal al
Rodhah on the north
east, and by the
northern part of
Jabal Samaini on the
east: on the west it
is divided by Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Yidaiyah from a tract
of sandhills. Madam
is a camping ground
of nomadic Na'im
connected with the
Baraimi Oasis.
This plain slopes down
gently from the base
of Jabal Faiyah on
the west to the foot
of the main range of
the 'Oman Promon
tory on the east,
and it also declines
gradually from north
to south. The soil is
sound and hard, con
sisting of black sand
and shingle ; near to
Jabal Faiyah the
sand is course and
boulders take the
place of shingle.

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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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English in Latin script
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