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'Gazetteer of Arabia Vol. I' [‎111] (126/1050)

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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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ADH—ADH
111
ADHARA'—
Some wells in the Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Sirhan, in north-western Arabia, and lying some 20 miles
west from the oasis of Jauf-al-'Umr. They constitute a well-known halting place for
caravans journeying between Syria and Jauf-al-' Qmr. {Huher, 1883).
ADHARA' (J abal)—
A well-marked ridge, lying close to, and to the westward of, Jauf-al- Umr, in the
Syrian desert in northern Arabia, The ridge runs roughly west-north-west and east-
south-east, and including Jabal Jaraimah which is geologically a portion of it, has a
length of about 35 miles. The eastern slopes of Jabal Adhara' approach to within
about 10 or 12 miles of Jauf-al-'Umr, the detached fragment known as Jabal Abt occur
ring about half-way between these hills and the oasis. {Huber, 1883 ; Butler and
Aylmer, 1908.)
'ADHARAT—
One of the tribes inhabiting the Kufah Nahiyah of the Najaf Qadha [q. v.).
' ADH ARIY AT—
A series of dry watercourses entering the Bltin {q. v.).
'ADHBAH—
A Bedouin camping ground, with wells, in the interior of Qatar {q. v.).
'ADHBAH—
A tract in the Rahabah Nahiyah of the Najaf Qadha {q. v.).
'ADHBAH (A l)—
A sub-section of the Al Shablb section of the Al Morrah tribe {q. v.).
'ADHBAH (M ishash-al)—
A group of wells in Jafarah {q. v.) in eastern Arabia.
ADHBA'IYAH—
A small bay in the coast of the Kuwait Principality {q. v.), four miles or so northward
of Ras -al-Qalai'ah.
ADHBULAH (Bii)—
Some wells in Hushiim {q. v.).
.ADHD AH—
A village in Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Samail {q. v.) in 'Oman.
'ADHFATN—
A village in Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Bani Khllid {q. t?.) in the Sultanate of 'Oxn^n.
ADHKAN ( Ghariyat)—
A cape on the west side of Qatar {q. v.).
'ADHRA—
A tribe descended from the Qahtan who resorted to 'Oman at a very early date.—-
{Palgrave.)
'ADHUM (A bu)—
A pearl bank lying to the north of the extremity of Ras Tanurah {q. v.) in Qatlf Bay,
eastern Arabia.
ADHYAIBAT—
A sub-division of the 'Awazim Bedouins of Kuwait ; see 'Awazim.

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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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