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'Gazetteer of Arabia Vol. II' [‎1584] (663/688)

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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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1581:
RUM—RUS
RUMMlN (J abal)—
A subfoaturc of Jabal Shammar {q. v.).
RUMMAN (R as-ar)—•
The northernmost point of Bahrain Island {q. v.), in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. It i, a kn fu.
name of a suburb of Manamah town {q. v.), the capital of Bahrain. '
RUMMANAH (A bu)—
• A 0 V- 1 l e bank u 0f t ] ie Tigris {q - ^ thc ccntre of it be ing about 20 miles bv
river below Kut-al-Amarah. See Abu Rumman. y
RUMMANATAIN—
A place on the Darb Zvbaidah, 22 miles north-eastward from Hail. It consists of
aft<!r rain ' under a hm of tho ——^ hig h 4 o h
RUMMANIYAH—
A village in Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Fara' {q. v.), in the 'Oman Sultanate.
RUMUTHAH (W adi)—
a valley In Hojaz ; it rises under the volcanic hills of Shaiban and Witr, in the district
of Ar-Raha and trends east-north-eastward towards tho Syrian Hajj route, eventually
draining into Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. -al-Khuthr. Prom a clitt in the valley-head there flows do J a
stream of warm brackish water which, where stagnant lower down, is grown about with
canes The stream soon disappears in the sand. The Arabs use tho water for their
camels but not for themselves.— {Doughty.)
RUQA'AH (Ar)—
A hamlet on Bahrain Island [q. v.).
RUQAIQAH (A r)—
A large camping ground in the Hasa oasis {q. v.) of eastern Arabia.
RUQQ—
o,trrXr:s ,i,,g 8roun< '' with watcr ' in Biy5d " - «■» H-
euqubah (ar)— *
A tract of high desert between Qaslm and Mecca, thc centre of it beina about 150 or
100 miles north-east from tho latter place. It is an open plain, rising to portaps 5 000
feet andthecaravanerasaythatitis "the highest in all the way wherfthtealwl™
meets them a cold air." Ar-Ruqubah is dotted here and there with Sa b^htTnd
cactus and possesses some water pits, notably those of Mahadithah. Sheep flocks of
Ataibah are generally to be found grazing here.— {Doughty.)
RUSAN—
One of the main sections of the Barqah division of fliR + -u , > ^
also appears to be the name of a clan o ?thesec«o^ EuS5,1
r C s A n miqatah—
Arabia. 0 ^ th0 Miqatah ClanS 0f th? :Bar9ah dirision of the ' AtoibaI > W"® (3- »■) of antral
RUSHAID (A l)—
A section of the 'Ajman tribe (q. v.), of eastern Arabia.
RUSSUT-AL-KHURUS—
i ' 11 is Wereed ^
miles from Suwaiq. aistance of 4 miles, the pass being entered 20

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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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