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'Gazetteer of Arabia Vol. I' [186] (201/1050)
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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186
AQA—AQA
'AQAL—
A small littoral district, in Trucial 'Oman, at the base of the Qatar peninsula
upon the east side; it is bounded by Khor-al-'Odaid on the north-west and by
Dohat-an-Nakhalah on the south-east, the distance between which in a direct line
is nearly 35 miles. Inland the depth of the district is on the average about 20 miles.
On the landward side 'Aqal is enclosed by Mijan on the east, by the Jafurah desert
on the south and south-west, and by Qatar on the north-west.
The coast of 'Aqal is embayed by a great opening, Khor-adh-Dhuwaihin, which is 20
miles deep and, being about 16 miles wide at its entrance, occupies nearly a half of the
whole sea frontage of 'Aqal; this mlet is rather nearer to the Khor-al-'Odaid end of the
district than to the other. The depth of the bay varies over the greater part of its
extent from 4 to 10 fathoms, bat in different parts of it there are shoals.
The soil of 'Aqal in the proximity of the sea is fairly firm, and the land rises in steps
to a height of several feet; behind the ridges thus formed, which are of a reddish colour,
lies a tract of heavy dark sand with hillocks of light-coloured sand occurring at intervals.
The principal camping grounds in the district are the following :—
Name.
•
Position.
4
•
Remarks.
Phuwaihin
About 10 miles inland
south-westwards from
the foot of Dohat-adh-
Dhuwaihin.
The principal camping place in the
district. There is 1 well about 2 fathoms
deep, surronded by 10 smaller one each
a fathom deep: the water of all is good.
Nakhalah ('Aqalat-
an)
5 to 10 miles inland,
south south-westwards,
from the foot of Dohat-
an-Nakhalah. The spot
lies among sand hills.
Good water occurs near the surface
over a considerable area. The place is
frequented by the Manasir and AI
Morrah.
Nathll (Saudah) ..
20 to 25 miles inland, west
wards, from the foot of
Khor-al-'Odaid.
Wells yield good water at 1 fathom.
'Odaid ..
On the south shore of
Khor-al-' Odaid, at a little
way from the entrance.
See article Khor-al-'Odaid.
Rims ('Aqalat-ar)
5 to 10'miles inland, west
wards, from the foot of
Khor-al-'Odaid.
Water is good, in wells 1 fathom deep.
The Bedouins do not regard 'Aqal as geographically included in Oman, which in their
view is terminated on the west by the Sabakhat Matti; but the district has been recog
nised by the British Government as forming part of the territories of the Shaikh of Abu
Dhabi and it must therefore be considered to belong, in the political sense, to Trucial
■'Oman.
' AQAL A—
A well in Bahrain Island {q.v.).
r AQALAH
A Bedouin camping place with a well, in the interior of Qatar {q.vj.
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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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