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'Gazetteer of Arabia Vol. II' [‎1460] (533/688)

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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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1460 QAH-QAR
QAMMAZ—
A section to which the settled Bani Khalid of Malham, in 'Aridh, are said to belong
See Bani Khalid.
QAMOL—
A clan of the great 'Ataibah tribe {q.v.) of Najd and the country lying between
Qaslm and Mecca; see the Daghalibah section of the Barqah division.
QANA—
Or Iqnah ; a hamlet in the Nafud desert {q.v.) of central Arabia.
QANAH—-
A village in the district of Ruus-al-Jibal {q.v.) in the 'Oman Sultanate,
QANAISAT—
A section of the Bani Yas tribe {q.v.) of Trucial 'Oman.
QANATIR—
A village in the Baldan-al-Hirth division of the Sharqiyah district I a. v.] of thB
' 'Oman Sultanate.
QANATIR—
On the Tigris {q.v.), 15 miles below Samarrah.
QANBARAH—
A halting place, in Yemen, on the route between Sana'a and Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Najran; it lies
some 40 miles (crowfly) north-eastward from Sana'a.
Q ANNOR—
Some wells in the Sanfan-al-Hanna tract {<f.v.) of the Hasa district, eastern Arabia.
QANT (WiDi)—
An affluent of Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. 'Andam {q.v.), in the Sultanate of 'OmSn.
QANTAB—
A hamlet in the Masqat district {q .v.) of the 'Oman Sultanate.
QANTARAT BAB BAGHDAD—•
A bridge over the Nahr-al-Husainiyah {q.v.) in 'Iraq ; it is in 'good repair at present
and is used by vehicles plying between Karbala and Musaiyib.
QA' QA' AIY AH—
One of the muqdta'ahs of the Karbala Qadha {q.v.) in 'Iraq.
QAR—
A well in Bahrain island {q.v.).
QARA (M ountains)—
See Samhan Mountains.
QARA TRIBE—
An uncivilised tribe of the Samhan hills and certain coast villages in the district of
Dhufar; in their own tongue they call themselves Hakli, and the word Qara is
locally pronounced Gurrah. Their range is from Sadah on the east to Rakhyut on
the west and inland as far as the country is habitable, that is to say for no great
distance.
Physical characteristics.—Tha Qaras are commonly stated to be a branch of the
Mahra tribe. The differ greatly in appearance and character from the typical Arab,
and, though they are generally regarded as belonging to the Gbafiri faction, it may la

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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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