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'Gazetteer of Arabia Vol. I' [‎293] (308/1050)

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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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ATR—ATU
293
atraf—
A landmark, consisting of some broken mounds, in Jahrah (q, v.) in the Kuwait prin
cipality.
'ATSHAN—
The channel by which the bulk of the waters issuing from the Bahr-an-Najaf is
carried to the Euphrates ; its course is extremely winding and measures about 60 miles.
At about 2 miles below its exit from the Bahr-an-Najaf stands the village of Shinafiyah on
both banks, and here there is a boat bridge of 12 pontoons. Five or six miles above Sama-
wah the 'Atshan joins the channel of the Euphrates and gives back to it, so far as is not
expended or absorbed, the water taken out by the Hindiyah canal above Hillah.
'ATTlB—
A hamlet with a score of wells in Dhafrah {q. v.) in Trucial 'Oman.
'ATTAR—
A village in Sadair {q. v.).
ATTARA—
A settlement on the Hodaidah-Sana'a road, in Yemen. It is situated roughly half-way
between Hajallah and Manakhah. Attara was once the dominant stronghold of those
parts but now consists of a cluster of towers occupied by a few husbandmen and their
families.
ATTHAR (A l)—
A village said to be situated in the Hautah district of Najd, and to be also known by
the name of Sbeya.— {Doughty.)
'ATUB (Range)—
A small range of hills lying to the north of Qamar Bay, in southern Arabia, and not far
inland. These hills rise to a height of 3,800 feet, and form part of the Jabal Qamar.
They are situated in eastern Hadhramaut and lie to the north-west of the port of
Damqut.— [Hunter's map of Arabia.)
'ATUB (Tribe)—
An Arab tribe of 'Iraq, who have their headquarters upon the Shatt-al-'Arab
between Basrah Town and Muhammareh Town ; in religion they are ShI'ahs, and like
all their neighbours they are addicted to robbery. Nearly all the villages upon Ajaira-
wiyah island towards its lower end are inhabited by 'Atub, as are also the large villages of
Sangar and Sabiliyat upon the right bank of the Shatt-al- 'Arab opposite ; and the
'Atub are (with the Idan and the Qatarnah) the principal element of the population in the
mixed villages generally of the right bank. " They are also found at Sulaimaniyah on
the left bank of the river below the Da'aiji creek. Outlying colonies of 'Atub are found
at Kataiban and one or two other villages on the left bank of the river above Basrah
Town; also at Dorah which is a short distance above Fao. Some 'Atub also occur
on the Haffar reach of the Kariin who probably belong to this tribe.
'ATUN—
One of the minor valleys descending from Jabal 'A ja from its eastern side, and toward
the northern end of the range.
'ATUN (Tribe)—
See Shammar (Southern); one of the Ja'far families of the 'Abdah.
»ATUR—
One of the Bani 'Amr families of the Masruh division of the Harb (q. v.) tribe.
'ATt^WI (A l B u ) (T ribe)—
See Bawiyeh (Tribe).

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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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