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'Gazetteer of Arabia Vol. II' [‎1596] (675/688)

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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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1596
RUW—RUW
Name.
Position.
Nature.
Remarks.
Tibat
On the west coast,
nearly 5 miles
south-south-west of
Bakhah.
Village of 15 houses
on a sandy beach
with some date
trees.
Sharjah jurisdiction
begins 2J miles south-
south-west of this
village at Ras-ash-
Shaam: Tibat is the
last village of Ruus-
al-Jibal in this direc
tion. The people live
by fishing and are
Shihuh of the Bani
Hadiyah section.
There are 4 fishing
boats here.
. In the foregoing table a few unimportant and uninhabited islands are omitted, of
which the native names have not been ascertained with certainty.
Administration. —Ruus-al-Jibal is a district in the Sultanate of 'Oman. The Sultan
is represented by a Wali who has his seat at Khasab, in the article on which his position
is described. The district brings in no revenue to the Masqat exchequer and it prob
ably does not even pay for its own administration— if the slight political supervision
exercised by the Wali may be called by such a name. The amount annually collected
by the Wali as Zakat is about $600, and the present Sultan of 'Oman (Saiyid Faisal)
has in addition, out of his own private property, assigned him at Khasab a date planta
tion and land of the value of §1,000 annually.
RUWA—
Some wells in Hushum {q.v.), in the Hasa district of eastern Arabia.
RUW AD (Ar)—
A village in Hadhramaut, southern Arabia, situated in Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Uthrib at a distance of
about 10 miles from its mouth. One mile south of Ar-Ruwad is Hisn Bu 'Ali, with a
well of good water, some cultivation, and four small towers, alongside of small tamarisk
jungle.— {Bury, 1899).
RUWAHAH (BANI)—
Singular Ruwahi or Ruwaihi. This important tribe of Hajar In the Sultanate of
' 'Oman are said to be of Nizari descent, but they are now attached to the Hinawi
political faction ; in religion they are Ibadhis. Their principal seat is the upper part
'of the Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Samail, called Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Bani Ruwahah, which they entirely monopolise, and
where they have about 900 houses ; but they also inhabit the lower villages of 'Adhdah
50 houses), Rissah (II) (20 houses), Rufai'ah (80 houses), Qarwashiva'h (50 houses),
Naghzah (50 houses), Suharah (100 houses), Hijrat Wilad Sa'ad (50 houses), Jammar
(75 houses), Hijrat-al-Bakriyin (100 houses), Ibrahimiyah (40 houses). Bait Walad-al-
Khalili (100 houses), Dighal (100 huses), Subarah (50 houses), Daqdaqain (20 houses) and
Tasawir (25 houses). In Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Boshar they are found at Falaj-ash-Sham (15 houses),
in Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Dima at Hajir (100 houses), and in 'Oman Proper at Izki, Khadhra Bin
Daffa' (60 houses), Nizwa (4 houses) and Saddi (10 houses). In Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Mistal, on the
northern side of the Western Hajar hills, they occur at Ghubrat Bani Ruwahah (40
houses) and Hail (40 houses). The greater part of Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. 'Andam belongs to them
and the whole of Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Mahram. Their total number is perhaps 18,500 souls.
The Bani Ruwahah are a troublesome tribe ; they were consistently adversaries of the
Sultan of Oman during the reign of Turki (1871-88) and are supposed to be still very
hostile to the ruling power ; but they can be subsidised when necessarv, and in 1905 the
Sultan made use of them Against the Bani Riyam of Izki and Birkat-al-Moz. They are

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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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