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'Gazetteer of Arabia Vol. II' [‎1589] (668/688)

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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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RUtS-AL-JIBAL
Name,
Position.
Hair .,
Harf .
Hanah
Humsi
Jadi ..
On the hills above
Ras Shaikh Mas'ud.
Nature.
of 7 to 8 fathoms
and is completely
landlocked to sea
ward. It might be
useful for naval
purposes of second
ary importance.
Village of a dozen
houses.
miles south of Ras
Shaikh Mas'ud
on its east side.
In Khor-ash-Sham
on the south side,
about a mile east
wards of Nadhifi.
On the west coast, 2
miles north-north
east of Gabtah,
Jirri .
On west coast, 3J
miles north-east of
Bakhah.
Cove and village of
15 houses.
Village of 6 houses,
Village of 150 houses
Village of 45 mud
and stone houses,
standing on a beach
which extends from
here to Bakhah.
R emakks,
at Dibah, They have
5 fishing boats.
See Khabbah.
People are Shihuh
of the Bani Hadiyah
section. They have
4_small boats kept at
Idah cove, miles
south-west of Rgs
Shaikh Mas'ud,
where there is a well
of good water 10 feet
deep.
Inhabitants are Shi
huh of the Bani
Hadiyah section. They
have some dates, and
there is a well of good
water 300 yards from
beach. There are
or 4 fishing boats.
Inhabited by Shihu
of the Bani Hadiyah
section, owning, 2
fishing boats.
People are Shihuh
of the Bani Hadiyah
section. There are
some dates and wells
of good water near
the beach. Four sea
going boats running
to Batinah and
Makran ports and to
Masqat Town are
owned here; also 5
or 6 fishing boats.
People are Shihuh
of the Bani Hadiyah
section : they live by
date-growing and
fishing. There are
5 fishing boats.

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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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