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'Gazetteer of Arabia Vol. I' [‎244] (259/1050)

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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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Clans :
' Hi!
A1 Sulaiman.
Udhaidat.
Bani Rafi.
Al-ash-Shaikh.
Ahl Jabal-al-Mutla.
Mukhasir Ibn Muhammad
'Abd Ibn Tulha.
Bhulaim Ibn Bakhaikh.
Saiyid Ibn Rahma,
Dalir Ibn Muhammad,
ASMAR (B ul)—
T t hc ®" 1 l As ™ ar are a , Pt y orl g tribe ' reported to number some 9,000 men, and situated due
east o f Muhail from which they are divided by the Ar-Raish. The adjoining tribes are
the Bam Shihr on the north, the Shahran on the east, the Bul Ahmar on the south, and
j Ar - E aish on the west. They are said to be descended from the Rijal-al-Haiar
and are of the same stock as the Bani Shihr. They dwell on the fertile slopes of the
hills and up to the long proclivity known as the 'Aqabah Sajain to the top of the main
* im-u , v, r0 aceor dingly as the people of the mountains and the people
of the Tihamah. Much coffee is grown on the hill terraces, and wheat and other cereals
round the villages,
Jabal Had ah is the chief centre of the tribe and the most productive. The Abha-Taif
road runs through their territory for about seven miles between Madfa'a and Tanumah.
The paramount Shaikh of the whole tribe is ' Ali Ibn Muhammad, a man of 50, tall and
powerful, with a scar over the right eyebrow. He lives at Al-Madfa'a and is a firm
adherent of the Idrissi, as are the rest of the tribe. The Idrissi takes taxes from them.
In former days Turkish influence reached them, but since the Idrissi's rise to power thev
have been left alone. r J
The Bul Asmar are friendly with the Bul Ahmar and the Bani Shihr ; with the Ar-
Raish and Shamran they are at enmity. Their reputation for hospitality and their
prowess in war is good.
'All Ibn Raih is the Mufti of the tribe, a dark-skinned man of about 55 with a lonff
flowing beard. He is said to have Turkish leanings, and is on bad terms with 'Ali Ibn
^ Muhammad, but he is sound in his judgments and generous, and is liked by the tribe.
Paramount Shaikh : 'Ali Ibn Muhammad of Madfa'a. 9,000 men.
{a) Ahl-al-Jibdl. 4,000 men.
Chief villages are :—
Sadwan
Hudhwa
Al-Ikrain
Al-Madfa'a
La aban
(h) Ahl-at-Tihamah. 5,000 men.
Chief villages are :—
Ahl Jabal Hadah
Am Zaribah
Khamis- al-Makhada
Am Hajju
Ahl Suq-al-Ithnain
Al-Hadar
'Ali Ibn Hasan.
Yahya Ibn 'Alama.
Muhammad Ibn Sadiq.
'Ali Ibn Muhammad.
'Ali Ibn Sa'id.
'Abdur Rahman.
Muhammad Ibn SaKm.
Zaban Abur Sudr.
Ghurmalla
'Ali Ibn Shihab.
Barakat Ibn Husain.
BAHR IBN SUKAINA—
1 T ! le f M h ,! ^ Su ^! na 1 Jf ve ., alo, }« the Muhail-Birk road from about nine miles south
west of Muhailto within IS* miles of Birk, a distance of approximately 29 miles. They are
fconnded on the north by the AlMusa.on the east first by the Bani Thuwwa and then by
the Rijal-al-Ma , on the south by the Rijal-al-Ma' and on the west by the Bani Hilal.
They number 1,000 men of whom 600 are settled and the rest, the Latim and the
Makhluta, nomad. They share with the Bani Hilal the reputation of being one of the
most unregenerate and irresponsible tribes of 'Asir, and the nomads are still Moslen 8

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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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