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'Gazetteer of Arabia Vol. I' [‎134] (149/1050)

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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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134
AJA-AJA
Name.
Sangar
Dirrah
Mufraz-ad-
Ba'ajji.
Position.
On the south shore
of the island.
On the south shore
of the island, one
mile from its
lower extremity
to
the
the
and opposite
Sabiliyat on
right bank of
Shatt-al-'Arab.
The tip of the
island furthest
from Basrah; it
is called Mufraz
on account of the
reunion here of
the Salhiyah
channel with the
main stream of the
river.
Inhabitants
and
houses.
Do.
130 souls of 'Atub,
dwellers in huts.
Remarks.
Do., except that the date
palm are only half as
numerous.
As at Sangar above.
180 souls of 'Atub.
The habitations
are huts.
Date palms number about
2,000 and wheat,
barley and other fruits
are grown. Livestock
are 50 cattle, 50 sheep
and goats, and 8 horses,
(The word Mvfraz means
separation, not reunion.
C. C. R. M.)
Some date plantations on the island are owned by nephews of the present Shaikh
0f ItwHrbe seen that the total population of 'Ajairawiyah is about 1,500 souls, and that '
they belong chiefly to the 'Idan and 'Atub tribes. The present total number of date
trees seems to be about 30,500.
AJAISHIAT (T el)- . ^ orv -i . ^
A small in mound Mesopotamia situated rather less than 20 miles eastwards from
Musaiyib.
'AJAJ (Abu)—
'AJAJ (Qal'at-al)— , ,. , t ^
Sometimes pronounced' Ayay. This is the only name by which the Portuguese fort
on Bahrain Island is known among the surrounding villages ; but the townspeople of
Manamah, especially the Persians among them, generally call it Qal'at-al-Farang.
The Bents, their book entitled Southern Arabia, state that the natives now call this
fortress Gibliyah, just as they do one of the fortresses at Masqat. The fort, a regular
bastioned Portuguese construction of the 16th century, is now an untenanted ruin. It
is situated on the north coast of Bahrain Island, 3J miles west of the Manamah fort
stands about 150 yards from the beach, and covers nearly two acres of ground. The
top of the highest portion still standing is 80 feet above sea level; and there is a deep
well in the centre, lined with excellent masonry, but now dry.
'AJAJ (Umm-al)—
The name of a reach on the Tigris {q.v.) not far below Bghailah. It is also the name
of a tract on the right bank where there are several small canals and usually some Arab
encampments.
'AJAJ ( Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. )—
A small watercourse, in the western Ha jar district of the Sultanate of 'Oman, form
ing part of the valley-system known as Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Ma'awal (</. v.),
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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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