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'Gazetteer of Arabia Vol. II' [‎1570] (649/688)

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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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1570
RIF—RIK
of the island from the north. It consists of about iO reed huts and one masonrv
house, the latter inhabited by Khalifah-bin-Ahmad, a member of the ruling family • the
village, however, is in the jurisdiction of Shaikh Khalid, brother of the ruling Shaikh of
Bahrain. The people are Maliki Sunni^, chiefly of the 'Utub tribe, but there are 3
houses of Kibisah, 4 of Na im and 3 of natives of Hasa. Most of them are engaged in the
nale of drinking water at Manamah, whither they convey it on camels. The well Umm
Ghuwaifah, in the water of which they traffic, is situated on the high plateau and ia
considered by natives to be best in the island ; it is probably however not so pure beine
practically in the village, as that of the Hanaini wells belonging to Rifa'-ash-Sharqi ' There
are no dates or other trees or cultivation here. Animals include 8 horses, 35 donkeys
and 7 cattle. This place and Rifa'-ash-Sharqi are the sanitaria of Bahrain.
RIFA'-ASH-SHARQI—
A large village of fortified aspect, with several watch towers, overlooking the central
depression of Bahrain Island at its north-eastern corner ; it is 7 miles south of Manamah
fort and occupies a dreary and barren site. It contains about 300 mud houses and
two large masonry houses, one of which is occupied by Shaikh Khalid-bin- 'Ali borther
of the ruling Shaikh of Bahrain, and the other by Shaikh Sabah-bin-Hamud, the oldest
member ahve of the ruling family. In the middle of the village is the fine well of 'Ain
Khalid, in which the water stands at 20 fathoms below the ground level. Close to the
village, beneath the cliffs that enclose the central depression, are the wells of Hanaini
The inhabitants of Rifa-ash-Sharqi are Maliki Sunnis, and may be classified as
follows : 'Utub, 170 houses ; natives of Hasa, 60 houses ; free negroes, 20 houses • and
slaves living apart from their masters, 50 houses. The place is in the jurisdiction of
Shaikh Khalid. Most of those who are not members of the ruling family live by purvey
ing drinking water at Manamah. Except a few dates near the Hanaini well no vegeta
tion is visible here. Animals, however, include 16 horses, 85 donkeys and 20 cattle.
Rifa '-al-Gharbi and this village are the natural sanitaria of Bahrain.
RIFA'AH—
One of the three main wards or quarters of Hofuf (q.v.), the capital of Hasa. eastern
Arabia.
RIFA'AH—
A part of Wusailah, in Aflaj {q. v.), southern Najd.
RIFAQAH—
Some wells in Dabaisi (q.v.), a tract surrounded on all sides by the larger one of the
Biyadh, in eastern Arabia.
RIJA—
A village in Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Maih {q.v.), in the Masqat District of the 'Oman Sultanate.
RIJAL-AL-MA—
A well-known tribe of 'Asir (q .v.).
RIJBAN—
One of the divisions of the Dawasir tribe {q.v.) of southern Najd.
RULAH—
A hamlet in Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Bani Ghafir {q.v.), in the 'Oman Sultanate.
RIJLAH—
Gutf. Pearl ^ th0 ViCinity 0f the iSland 0f Sir M Na,air in the Persia
RIKA'AN—
'Anazah tribe (q.v.); see the Dahfimishah sub-diyisioi
A clan o£ the great
Amarat.

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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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