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'Gazetteer of Arabia Vol. II' [‎1553] (632/688)

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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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RAHA (Ah)—
A district in the harrah to the west of Qal'at-al-Akhdhar, in He jay. It is part of the
Harrat-al- 'Awairidh and seems to be applied to the northern end of the middle member
of this great Harrah.
RAHA ('Ain-AR)—
A good spring of fresh water in Sitrah {q.v.), an island of the Bahrain archipelago.
RAHAB—
A hamlet in Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Bani 'Umr-al-Gharbi {q.v.), in the Western Hajar diatrict of the
'Oman Sultanate.
rahabah—
A village in the Shamiyah desert, in north-eastern Arabia, situated 1$ miles
(crowfly) south of Najaf. It is a wretched settlement of sedentary Arabs whose mud
cabins are scattered about amongst the date plantations. Rahabah possesses a good
spring of fresh water besides several wells, and it also boasts a small mud fort. Under
Turkish rule it was the chef-lieu ot a 3rd class Nahiyah in the Najaf Qadha {q.v.) and
was the only fixed village of any importance within the Qadha. Some sheep and a
few ponies are obtainable here and a small quantity of grain and garden produce are
raised in the settlement. Rahabah is a'so the name of a muqdla'ah in the Nahiyah.
Near Rahabah are large salt fields, formed by the evaporation in the hot weather of
previous floods ; the more important are three in number and are known as Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. -al-
Hamarah, Sirajiyah, and RahmTyah ; of these the first two are close together and the
third about three miles from the others. These three fields used to yield about 1,003
tons a year of salt, but the produce is of poor quality and the concern has now been
practically abandoned.
RAHABAH—
A village in southern Yemen on the route from Mokha to Ta'iz and situated about 16
miles by road west by south from the latter place. It seems to be a fair-sized settle
ment, with good water, and stands at an elevation of 2,160 feet above sea-level. Over--
looking the village from the eastward and about 3 miles away is Jabal Rahabah, which
rises some 600 feet above the village. The telegraph line from Mokha to Ta'iz and
Sana'a passes through Rahabah.
rahaibiy I n—
One of the quarters of the town of jauf-al-'Umr {q.v.), in northern central Arabia.
RAHAIMAH—
A muqata''ah in the Najaf Qadha {q.v.) of 'Iraq.
RAHAIYAH—
A small hill near J ah rah {q.v.), in the Kuwait Principality.
RAHAIYAH—
A small hill in the Hazaim district {q.v.) of the Kuwait Principality.
RAHAIYAH (Ar)—
One of the so-called dependent villages of Zilfi {q.v.), in Najd, central Arabia.
RAHALAH—
One of the Bani Maimun clans of the great Harb tribe {q.v.), of Hcjaz and Najd.
rahaliyah—
A village in the Shamiyah desert, north-eastern Arabia, situated between 35 and 40
miles west by north from Karbala and 20 miles by road north-north-west from the
Shifathah oasis with which it is connected by a good track passable for wheels.
Rahaliyah is a village Of the ordinary type, with an abundant supply of water from a
spring. The water issues in a warm condition and is slightly brackish. Some grain
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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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