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'Gazetteer of Arabia Vol. I' [‎198] (213/1050)

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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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198
'ARAB
Name.
Muhaijaran ..
Bait Na'amah
Yusifan
Hamdan
Fajat-al-'Arab
Nature
and
Position.*
A village, 2 miles up
a creek similarly
named which
leaves the river
mile below Mahau-
lat-az-Zuhair.
A settlement on the
river bank, *
a mile below the
mouth of the
Muhaijaran creek.
A settlement on the
river bank, about
600 yards below
the mansion of Bait
Na'amah.
A town, about 2|
miles up a creek
of the same name
of which the en
trance is miles
by river below the
house that was the
British Consulate
at Basrah, and
opposite to Yamin
which is about the
middle oa 'Ajaira
wiyah island.
A village, on the
left bank of the
Hamdon creek at
i a mile within
the entrance.
Inhabitants
and
houses.
1,500 souls of the
'Idan and other
tribes, occupying
huts. There are
several brick
houses.
250 souls, chiefly of
the 'Idan tribe.
The
building
palatial
with a
of about
erected
late Hajj
principal
is a
mansion
frontage
400 feet
by the
Ahmad-
an-Na'amah; it was
used during the
great war as a
hospital
120 souls, chiefly
'Idan. There are
3 well-built houses,
one of which be
longs to a member
of the Na'amah fa
mily ; the rest are
huts.
450 souls of various
tribes. Many
huts are in ruins
and the remainder
are scattered and
straggling.
Remarks.
The dates grown here
have a high reputation,
and the area under
cultivation is steadily
increasing. The esti
mate of resources is
180,000 palms, 500
cattle, 1,000 sheep and
goats and 20 horses.
The date palms, which
number about 15,000
belong to the family
of Na'amah. Live
stock are estimated at
20 cattle, 50 sheep and
goats, 20 horses and 5
camels, those of the
next place (Yusifan)
being included.
The resources of this
place are included in the
foregoing entry.
See article Hamdan.
Resources are estimated
at 1,000 date trees, 60
cattle, 100 sheep and
goats and 2 horses.
' -
•The terms right and left bank ate used ol creeks as it the latter were streams flowing into the river.

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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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