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'Gazetteer of Arabia Vol. I' [202] (217/1050)
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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2(Q AKAB
order in which they occur from Basrah down to the end of Arab territory on this side
a distance about 16J miles.
Name.
Nature
and
position.
Inhabitants
and
houses.
'
. . ^
Kut-al-Ju*
A village, 300
yards up small
creek which enters
the river 3-J miles
below the Tanu-
mah hospital at
Basrah and about
1J miles below the
upper end of' Ajaira-
wlyah island.
1,700 souls of the
'Idan, inhabiting
huts. The village
is a crowded one.
■ - ■ 1 P
The date palms number
about 20,000, and there
is fair pasturage for live
stock which amount
some 140 cattle, 140 sheep
and goats, 4 horses and
50 donkeys.
Kiit-as-Saiyid
(1).
A village, 500
yards up a creek
which opens into
the river f of
a mile below the
Kut-al-Ju' creek.
250 souls of 'Idan
whose dwellings
are huts.
Resources are estimated
at 10,000 date palms, 20
cattle, 40 sheep and goats
and 2 horses,
r
Kut Bin-Mina
(spelling un
certain).
A village 500, yards
up a creek of
which the mouth
is 600 yards below
is that of the Kut
as-Saiyid creek.
250 souls of 'Idan,
whose dwellings are
huts.
This village is surrounded
by a wall built mud wall
10-feet high and 2 feet
thick. There are about
20 cattle, 30 sheep and
goats and 8,000 palms.
Majma*
A village 200 yards
up a small creek
which is J a mile
below that of
Kut Bin-Mina.
160 souls of 'Idan,
inhabiting huts.
Resources are estimated
at 6,000 date palms, 10
cattle and 20 sheep and
goats. The village be
longs to M. Afsar, who
has bought the whole of
it.
Kut az-Za'ir
A village 200 yards
up a creek of
which the entrance
is J a mile below
that of the Maj-
ma' creek.
130 souls of 'Idan,
dwellers in huts.
The inhabitants own ^
about 5,000 date palms
about 8 cattle and 10
sheep and goats.
Gawam (Kut-
al)
A village, J a mile up
a creek of the same
name which takes
out of the river at a
point 6 miles be
low the Tanumah
Hospital at Basrah.
250 souls of 'Idan,
occupying huts.
The village is called.
There are about 10,000
palms, 20 cattle and 30
sheep and goats,
r ^
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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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