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'Gazetteer of Arabia Vol. I' [‎166] (181/1050)

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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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166
AMQ—AMR
'AMQ—
A village in Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Sahan [q. v.) in the 'Oman Sultanate.
AMQAIN (W adi)—
See Maifa'a ( Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. ).
'AMQAT—
A village in Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Samail {q. v.) in 'Oman.
'AMR (B ani)—
A section of the Hamidah family, the chief of whom was Shaikh Fahd, a noted ruffian
also a divisin of Harb Mosrah {q. v.) ; and of Harb Bani Salim.— [Doughty.)
* AMR (Bani)—
One of the three sub-divisions of the Masruh division of the Harb (g. v,) tribe.
'AMR (Bani)—
One of the divisions of the Sabai tribe (g. v.) of Najd.
'AMR (Bani)—
A family of the Bani Hasan, one of the rural tribes of 'Iraq {q. v.).
AMR-BIN-MUHAMMAD (Bait)—
A section of the Al Kathir tribe [q. v.) of Dhufar proper in southern Arabia.
'AMR {Dm) (Tribe)—
See 'Ataibah (Tribe); Shiyabinah section of the Bargah division.
AMRADHA—
A small settlement in southern Yemen constituting a halting-place on the easterly
route between Sana'a and Qa'tabah, and situated probably about 15 miles north- west
of Dhamar.
'AMRAH (D hi ) (T ribe)—
See 'Ataibah (Tribe); Riisan section of the Bargah division.
AMRAIKHAN.
See (Walad)'Ali.
'AMR AN—
The capital of an important district of the same name; it is situated about 28 miles
north-west from Sana'a and about the same distance south of Khamir. It is a halting
place on the northerly route between Lahlyah and Sana'a, and is nominally under
Turkish influence. The town is garrisoned and is reported to possess an abundant
water supply. 'Amran was visited by Edward Glaser during the years 1883-4.
Ottoman sway holds good to 'Amran; north of that town the Imam is supreme,
AMRAN—
A village in 'Iraq, situated about 3 miles below Kifl on the Shatt-al-Hindlyah {q. v.).
It consists of a few Arab huts together with a walled and fortified enclosure.
AMRAN (I mam)—
A shrine on the left bank of the Euphrates some 12 or 14 miles above the town of
Diwamyah.
AMRANlYAH—
A small village, with date gardens and other cultivation, in 'Iraq. It lies some 6 or
7 miles off the Baqubah-Khanaqin road {via Qizil Rubat) to the south-east, at a distanca
of about 18 miles from Baqbuata

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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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