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'Gazetteer of Arabia Vol. I' [‎227] (242/1050)

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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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AHA—AEtT
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A&SAU (Rls)—
A sandy point on the western'shore of the Gulf of 'Aqabah, and sitated about 10 miles
to the northward of Dhahab. Ras Arsar extends from the coast in a north-easterly
direction, and affords a good anchorage under its lee.—{Bed Sea and Gulf of Aden Pilot
1909).
ARTAH (Bu)—
A group of wells in Khatam (j.v.) in eastern Arabia.
ARTAH (J al U mm)—
A range of escarpments or bluffs, in Hejaz, lying close to the route between Qal'at-al-
Mu'adhdlam and Taima. The range runs from north-west to south-east, and is about
30 miles in extent, but it contains no heights of any importance,
ARTAH (U mm)—
One of the dependent hamlets of Zilfi (g.v.).
ARTAWlYAH—
A valley which is crossed by the Kuwait-Zilfi route at a point some 50 miles from the
latter town.
ART A WIY AH—
A village about 6 miles south Of Zilfi {q.v). The position of the village must not be
confused with that of the valley of the same name.
ARTAZ—
A village situated to the south of Sana'a and distant from it about 11 miles along the
Aden road. It is situated near a stream and is the point of bifurcation of the alterna
tive routes between Sana'a and Qa'tabah.
ARTHAMA (U mm)—
According to native information obtained by Doughty, this place is the fourth stage
on the route from Hail to Kuwait by which Ibn Rashld used to send his horses for the
Indian market. It is apparently situated in the Dahanah desert, in north-eastern Kajd
and may be 45 or 50 miles eastward of Khadhra, near the Darh Zubaidah, At Umm
Arthama there is a well of 32 fathoms.— [Doughty).
'ARUDDA (A l)~
A summer station and watering-place of the Fuqarah, lying about 25 or 30 miles north :
north-east of Madain Salih,in Hejaz. It consists of a hamlet, with many small water
pits, about 6 feet deep, sunk in low, sandy ground, and well lined with dry masonry.
They certain a perennial supply of water which is flat to [the taste. Near by, is a long
line of acacia trees which constitute the landmark of Al-'Arudda. There is also a
cemetery with a few wild palms.— [Doughty).
ARUJ (A bit)—
A village in 'Iraq, situated on the Diyalah river at the point where it is crossed by the
routes from Baghdad to Mandali and Baladruz. At Abu Aruj there is a boat ferry.
'ARUKAH—
A tract in the Samawah Qadha [q.v.) of 'Iraq.
'ARUQ (Umm-al)—
A Bedouin camping-ground, with water, in Biyadh {q.v.)*
'ARUQIBAH (T ribe)—
See Mutair (Tribe),
'ARUS—
A group of wells in Khatam [q.v.) in eastern Arabia,
'ARUSIYEH—
/See 'Abbadan*
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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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