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'Gazetteer of Arabia Vol. I' [159] (174/1050)
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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AMA—AMA
159
AMADA (W adi)—
A small watercourse in the Shimlyah district of north-eastern Arabia, which leads
into the
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
-al-Bardan and bacomes lost in the desert to the south of Ramadi. [Butler
and Aylmer : January, 1908.)
'AMAIR—
A section of the Bani Khalid tribe {q. v.) of the Hasa district of Eastern Arabia.
'AMAIR—
A settlement in
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Sabai' {q. v.).
'AMAIR (Jazirat-al)—
An alternative ijame for the island of Jinnah {q. v.) off the coast of the Hasa district in
eastern Arabia.
'AMAIR (Jazirat-al)—
An alternative name for the island of Musallamiyah {q. v.); some 6 miles to the north
west of Jinnah.
? AM AIR AH (A ulad)—
A section of the Bani Kalban tribe {q. v.) of the Sultanate of 'Orfian.
AMAISHIYAH—
An agricultural tract in tha Karbala Qalha (7. v.).
'AMAMARAH—
Singular 'Ammari A comparatively poor, seafaring tribe of Bahrain and Qatar bv
some supposed to belong to the 'Ammar division of the Dawasir of Najd. In Bahrain
the Atn imarah have 40 houses at Muharraq Town and 100 at Budaiva' • in Qatar tW
have 20 atDohah and 20 at Wakrah Their total number may be 7 about 900 souS
They are IVIaliki Sunnis by religion and live by pearl diving and bv navigation in nil
M I ' t3 ( lt ) .-,l the ,I PerS!a!1 I?" 1 '" T ! 1 % a r cloSely cc " lneot3 d with the Al Bi Kuwarah and
Ma adhid and originally came to Bahrain from Qatar along with the 'Utub. At present
they have feuds with the AI Bin- 'AU and with the Al Bahaih section of t ,e Al Morrah
'AMAMAEAH—
Afarlq or quarter of Muharraq Town (/j.
'AMAMARAH (Fariq-al).—
See Budaiya'.
'AMAQ—
A halting-place on the Persian Hajj route between Hail and Mecaa. ; The well
of Amaq, which is situated in a level plain nearly half-way to Mecca from Hail k
reported to contain sweet water at 7 fathoms. '
'AMAR—
A well in Bahrain island {q. v.),
'AMAR—
A village in the
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
-al-Hoqain section of the
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Bani Ghafir (q. v.).
'AMAR—
See Aflaj.
AMARAH—
A division of the Bani Rabl'ah tribe {-q, v.) in 'Iraq.
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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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