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'Gazetteer of Arabia Vol. I' [‎228] (243/1050)

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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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228
ARY—ASA
*ARYADH (A hl-al)—
See Muhaisin.
'ARYAN—
A sestiDn of tli© Ni'Iii triba (j-v.). ^
ARZAM (J abal)—
A hill on the southern edge of the great Nafud, situated immediately north of
Jabal Irnan. It lies to the north of the direct route between Taima and Hail.
ARZANAH—
An island off the coast of the Abu Dhabi Principality in Trucial 'Oman, 72 miles east by
north of the entrance of Khor-al-'Odaid and belonging to the Shaikh of Abu Dhabi. It
is If miles long by I mile broad ; the northern part is hilly, one point having an elevation
of 200 feet above the sea j the southern part is a plain. There is an anchorage, ill 4 or 5
fathoms, to the east of the southern tip of the island: no fresh water is obtainable.
Some pearl banks exist in the vicinity of Arzanah, of which we may here mention Sutuh
Arzanah, a large group extending eastwards towards Zirko Island; Batm Arzanah, 16
miles to the east-south-east; and Maiyanah, 4 miles to the south.
ARZILAH (Bcr)—-
A group of wells in Jafurah {q.v.) in eastern Arabia.
'ASABILI—
A halting-place on the Yemen Hajj route, situated in the Shumrau district of 'Asir,
at a distance of rather more than 50 miles south-west from the town of BTshah.
ASAD (B ani)—
One of the rural tribes of 'Iraq {q.v.}.
ASAD (FAKK-AIi)—
A strait between Musandam Island and the Ruus-al-Jibal, in 'Oman Proper. It is
about 3 cables wide, and is quite clear of obstructions, with a depth of 24 fathoms. The
point on the western side, Ras-al-Bab, is about 3 miles north-north-west from Ras Qabr
Hindi, with a bay between ; it is perpendicular cliff about 200 feet high. This point
and all the islets about the southern end of the Musandam Peninsula are undermined
m some places for yards, by the action of the tides and sea on the limestone rock of
which they are composed. This channel is frequently used by steam vessels but not bv
sailing boats. Fakk-al-Asad* is usually called the " Hole in the Wall "- {Persian
Gulf Pilot, 1908). v
ASAD (J abal)—
A range of high mountainsln southern Hadhramaut running parallel to the coast at
a short distance inland. Through this range the Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Shakawi finds its way to the sea
Jabal Asad lies to the west of Saihut, and the route from the latter place to Mukalla runs
between it and the sea.
ASAD (W adi)—
A small watercourse in north-eastern Arabia, which is a right-bank tributary of Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Hauran, which latter runs into the Euphrates above the town of Hit.—( Bu'ler and
Aylmer: January 1908),
'ASAFIR (A bu)—
The name of a tract on the right bank of the Tigris not far below Q..ra;„h.
ASAF ('A in ) (or simply A l-' A in )—
A camping ground, with a well near the right bank of the Euphrates opposite to
Al-Khidr. Near this well which takes its name from the owner, one Ibn Asaf) •Ajami
was encamped with his following for some time in 1916.
♦This expression apparently means The Lion's Jaw.—C, C» R. M,

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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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