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'Gazetteer of Arabia Vol. I' [87] (102/1050)
The record is made up of 1 volume (523 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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ADEN
87
The Khulakis are not Himyaritic in origin. They migrated to the Yafa' eountrv
from Khuzaka near Jabal Tayala, beyond San'a.
.. 12 -J he section of Ar-Rawi Uve in the town of Raw, with 3,000 inhabitants, and in
the villages of—
(1) Al-Husn Al-Hujail
(2) Mir Bada.
(3) Dal-Akhdad.
(4) Kariat-Ahl-Amir.
(3) Kariat-Ahl-Khudair.
(6) Karaiat-Ahl-Ahmad.
13. The Ad-Dabiani are a very large section who are almost independent. They are
chiefly a nomadic people and many of them live only in temporary shelter.
Their sub-sections are—
(1) Ahl-Nasir. (3) Ahl-Jibil.
(2) Ahl- Abdalla. (4) Ahl-Sa'id, nomadic people.
(5) Ahl-Naib.
The villages of the Ahl 'Abdalla are
\l\ ( 6 ) Dar-ul-Jibil. (11) Dar Khaba.
^ AljHaswar. (7) Dar-'Ali-Kudldam. (12) Al-Maktua.
1?! ^^ r -^asa. (8) Kolat-Na^ima. (13) Nubat-Hanin,
(4) Das-ud-Dhagwal. (9) Al-Azafi. (14) Na'ail.
(5) Dar-Akdad. (10) Dar-ul-Hamra. (15) Rakhia on Jabal
i ^ mu • - Harham.
14 " Tj 16 sec tion of Ratuan-ush-Shiwahi live in AI-Had in a village of that name near
the border of the Ahl Humaikani, a tribe under the rule of 'Amm-Rasas.
15. The section of NaVa live in that town which lies to the north of Rub'atain. The
population of Na'wa is about 4,000 souls, and they are said to muster 500 fighting men
Ar-Razaim is a village under Na'wa.
16. The section of Jubani live in the town of and district of Juban with 4 000 inha
bitants.
Their sections are :—
(1) Waisl. (5) Yahari.
(2) Ishaki. (6) Ma'athi.
(3) Darhani. (7) Hanjari.
(4) Qadhi. (8) Thuwairi.
The district of Juban is divided equally amongst the Shaikhs of the two families or
houses. Those of the houses of Ishak own half and those of the house of 'Abdur Rub
the other half.
II.
The second clan of the Upper Yafa'i in importance and numbers is the Dhubi. Their
territory is the southern portion and they are bounded on the south the Lower Yafa'i
on the east by the country of Umm Rasas, on the west by "the Bo'si clan, and on the
north by the Mausata and the DabianL
The total fighting strength of the Bhubi is about 5,000 men, The Shaikh of the
Dhubi lives in the town of Dhi Surah and his authority extends over the whole clan, with
the exception of the Hadhrami, who are practically independent. It is divided into
seven principal sections :—
(!) Sum. (4) As-Su'aidi.
(2) Sharafl. ^ (5) At-Taffi.
(3) As-Salahi. (6) As-Saili.
(7) Al-Hadhrami.
The last section, as is evidenced by their name, have migrated to this country, from
the
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Hadhramaut.
1. The section of As-Surri live in the town of Dhi Surah.
They are 4,000 in number.
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Volume I of III of the Gazetteer of Arabia. The Gazetteer is alphabetically-arranged and this volume contains entries A through to J.
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 (523 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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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:iv-v, 1:312, 312a:312d, 313:456, 456a:456f, 457:460, 460a:460f, 461:572, 572a:572f, 573:586, 586a:586f, 587:634, 634a:634f, 635:662, 662a:662f, 663:858, 858a:858f, 859:910, 910a:910f, 911:974, v-r:viii-v, back-i
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