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'Gazetteer of Arabia Vol. I' [‎260] (275/1050)

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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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and those of the Yam tribes, and where are to be found succulent grasses on which to
fatten their herds. Their country abounds in gum, which they collect and sell in
Khamis 'Ab'dah.
In war they fight on camels or horses, and carry rifles, lances, and long curved
Janabih. For a long time the A1 Has Rishaid and A1 Ghamar of the Shahran used to
pay them money in order to escape being raided, but Shaikh 'Abdul 'Aziz Ibn Mushait
refused to countenance this.
They are always at odds with the northern nomads of the Shahran, and sometimes
cut across and raid the BIshah-Abha road round Bir Abu Sarar.
The 'Abidah do not seem to have inherited the bad qualities of the northern Qahtan.
The whole tribe has a reputation for hospitality, and the nomads, though wild and
rough, are not reckoned treacherous.
Paramount Shaikh: Sa'ad Ibn Sulaim,
(а) Settled. 6,000 men. Clans are
A1 Ajraish Nasir Ibn Kidim,
A1 Bassam Sha'ail.
Al-as-Sadr 'Abdul 'Az'z Ibn Jalat
A1 Um 'Ammil* Said Ibn-al-Ghamas.
Al-az-Zihair Muhammad Abu LughucL
Bani Talaq Sa'ad Abu Hadia.
Al-Wahaba Alii Raqaba.
A1 Fardan Muhammad Ibn Sihman.
Al-Aabis 'Aidh Ibn Khamza.
Turib Mubarak Ibn Muhammad.
Al-'Arin Muhammad Ibn Rashid.
(б) Nomads. 7,000 men. Clans are :—
A1 Hamdan Ibn Mujit.
A1 Hurjan Said Ibn Dhib.
A1 Fahar Al-Wutaid.
A1 Kara'an Mubarak Silih.
A1 Jarabih Sa'ad Abu Hakam.
A1 Jahatain Muhammad Ibn Khazma.
As Sfala Muhammad Abu Hakam.
t Bishr (Bani)—
The Bani Bishr stretch from the down country of the central plateau to the maun-
tainous slopes leading down to the district of Mikhlaf-al-Yemen, their nearest point to
Sabya being about 30 miles away. Their country is barren in the east, but productive
and well forested near the sea, The adjoining tribes are 'Ab T dah on the north. Yam,
Sharaif, and Sanhan-ftl-Hibab on the east, Bani Juma'ah On the south, and the Naj'u
and Rufaidhat-al-Yemen on the west. The tribe numbers about 1,000 settled men
and 3,000 nomads. 'Abdul-Hadi is the chief Shaikh, but his influence over the nomads
is only nominal. He deserted the Turks some years ago, and all the tribes pay taxes
to the Idrissi now. The settled portion is hospitable and prosperous, the nomads wild
and intractable, almost without religion and with no marriage laws. They roam chiefly
about the Tihamah and are rich in a breed of large black sheep. The tribe is friendly
with the 'Abidah and Rufaidhat-al-Yfemen and generally at odds with the Naj'u, San-
han, and Yami
Chief Shaikh i ^bdul-Hadi. 4,000 men.
(a) Settled* 1,000 men. Chief villages are :—
Al-Usran Muhammad Ibn 'Abd.
Ash-Shaqb Maidh.
A1-'Abidah Salman.
A1 Um 'Aidh Shai Ibn Muhammad.
Al-Mufurrij Muhammad Ibn Hadi.
A1 Farhat Sa'ad Ibn Hasan.

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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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