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'Gazetteer of Arabia Vol. I' [266] (281/1050)
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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J ASIR
(c) Rtjfaidhat-ash-Sham.
Chief Shaikh : 'Abdullah Ibn Muz
Chief villages are : —
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Tabab.
A1 Um Jaish.
Al-al-Basha.
A1 Mahmud.
Al-al-JemaL
A1 Um Hadan.
A1 Biyad.
A1 Shadad.
Sharama.
A1 Um Jaluli.
A1 Bundar.
A1 Um Ghal.
At-Talha.
{d) Al Hahith. 1,000 men.
Chief Shaikh : Muhammad ibn Shahir.
(i) Settled. Chief villages are : —
Am Jiza.
Am Zahraah.
Am Muqza 'a.
A 'fara.
Lasafa.
(u) Nomad. Chief clans are : —
Al-adh-Bhib.
Al Nahya.
Al Agaba.
rqa, 4,600 men.
Sa'id Ibn Sultan.
Sha'r Ibn Muzarqa.
Zahair.
Sa 'id Ibn Muhammad.
Mahshi.
Ibn Sulaim.
Ibn 'Abut.
Yahya Ibn Sultan.
Muhammad Ibn Hasan.
Yahya Ibn 'Audah.
Simm Ibn Sa'il.
Ahmad Ibn Sa'il.
Muhammad Ibn Awad,
'Amr Ibn Jalfa'a.
'Ali Ibn Shahir.
Lahiq-az-Zaida'ni.
Ahmad Ibn Dhafir.
Hidha 'a.
Mughra 'a.
EABrAT-AT-TAHAHIN—
The Rab 'at-at-Tahahin hold the country on either side of the Sikkat-al-Halawylah
(Muhail-Qunfudah road) between the villages of Ma'mal Al Ikhlaif and Markh, a
distance of about 30 miles.
They are bounded on the west by the Bui 'Air, on the north by the Rabl'ah Muqatrah
and Humaidah, on the east by the Al Jabali and Al-ad-Duraib, and on the south by the
Bani Hilll and the Hali tribes. Their country is mountaneous and well wooded, and
they are rich in camels, goats, and cattle. About 2,000 in number of fighting men, they
are entirely nomad, despise all forms of husbandry, and are a terror to travellers on the
road. They are allied with the Rabl'ah Muqatrah and Al-ad-Duraib and generally on
fair terms with the Hali tribes. With the Bmi Hilal, Bui 'Air, Hamaidah, and Al
Jabali, they keep up incessant feuds. The Turks have never been able to do anything
with them, but the Idrissi is able to tax them to a certain extent, and what outside sym
pathies they have are for him.
RABl' AT-AL-YEMEN—
The Rabi'at-al-Yemen are a nomadic tribe keeping chiefly to
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Dhula and
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Shala, and sometimes going down to Shuqaiq or up to the Bani Mughaid country. The
adjoining tribes are the Bani Mughaid on the north and north-east, the Shahran on
the south-east, the Bani Shi'ba and other nomads of Mikhlaf-al-Yemen on the south,
and the Rijal-al-Ma, on the west. They are rich in camels, donkeys, and flocks, and
make a good living by selling samn in Abha. They are well armed with the type of
French rifle which they call " Abu Bukra ", and carry shields, as well as long curved
knives (Jenabih). They are noted for their bravery and deem it a distgrace to die in their
beds.
Though wild and rough and with such a contempt for marriage that as a rule they have
to be known by the names of their mothers, they are nevertheless hospitable, and clean
in their fighting, and have the reputation of never going back on their word once given.
In perSOna they are very tall and fairer than most Arabs, with blue eyes. They say they
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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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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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