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'Gazetteer of Arabia Vol. I' [146] (161/1050)
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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146
AKR—ALA
akrab—
A halting-place on the northern route between Mecca and Taif, at a distance of about
three hours* journey from, and to the northward of, the latter town.—(J. L. Burckhardt
iSU).
AKRAIL A J AID AH—
A hill in Mesopotamia near the Abu Ghuraib canal and about 4 miles north-north-east
from Khan Maqdam on the Euphrates.
'AKRISH (A bul)—
A group of wells in Jafurah {q.v.), in eastern Arabia.
'ALABAR KASHAR—
A hamlet in Mesopotamia, between the Tigris and the Shatt-al-Hai, and about 20
miles westwards from 'Ali-ash-Sharqi.
'ALA b IYAH (Tribe)—
See 'Ataibah (Tribe); Miqatah section of the Barqah division.
ALAF—
A stream in Yemen which rises from a spring inside the town of Sana'a, and flows
out under the northern wall. It then trends north-east round the Nukun mountains and
flows into the broad valley of Kharld. This brook is diverted into alternative channels for
irrigation and along its course the best local crops occur. The Alaf is a perennial stream
and on its supply, backed up by well-irrigation, the husbandry of Sana'a chiefly
depends. The country along its banks consists of tamarisk plantations, where pigeon and
snipe are to be found.
'alah—
A Bedouin camping-ground with wells in the division of Biyadh {q.v.) that lies inland
of Barr-al-'Oqair.
ALAIBAH—
A hill in the Kuwait principality, in north-eastern Arabia, and situated near the west
ern edge of the Batin depression at a point roughly half-way between Basrah and the
Hafar wells.
"ALAIDAH (T ribe)—
See 'Anizah (Tribe).
'ALAIM-AN-NAFUD—
See Nafud.
'ALAlM-AS-SAlD—
See Nafud.
'ALAIMlYAH—
A group of wells in Hab] {q»v,).
ALAIWAT—
A prominent family of the Baharinah tribe (q.v.). The 'Alaiwat are found at 'Anik
in the Qatif oasis.
ALAIWAT (F ariq-al)—
One of the quarters of the hamlet of 'Anik, in the Qatif oasis {q.v.).
'ALAIWI—
A pearl bank 20 miles to the west-south-west of Dibai Town (q.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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- 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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