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'Gazetteer of Arabia Vol. I' [‎334] (353/1050)

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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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BAHRAIN
Name.
Position.
Anas (Halat Bin-)
On a point at a very-
short distance due
east of Manamah
Town.
'Aqur
'Askar
Bada'ah
Baham (Abu)
On the east coast,
opposite the centre
of Sitrah Island.
On the east coast, 4J
miles east-north
east of Jabal ad-
Dukhan.
On the north coast
between Sanabis
and Karbabad.
2J miles west-south
west of Manamah.
fort.
Baijawiyah
2 miles west-south
west of Manamah.
Houses
and
population.
85 huts of Sunnis,
some Malikis, '"some
Shafi'is; they are
pearl divers and
fishermen. Most of
the people are non-
tribal Arabs, but
there are about 10
houses of Huwalah
and 20 of free
negroes. Donkeys
number 7.
30 reed huts of
Baharinah, cultiva
tors, fruit and
grass-sellers, fisher
men and pearl
divers.
75 stone houses and
reed huts of A1 Bu
'Ainain pearl divers.
30 huts of Baha
rinah, date growers
and cultivators.
20 huts of Baharinah,
date growers.
R emarks.
There are 9 pearl
boats at this place
of which 6 are
Mashuwahs.
Situated on very
low-lying ground.
There are 8 donkeys
and 5 cattle here ;
also 6 pearl boats of
which 3 are Shu'aia
or Sambuks.
1 Batil, 1
and 17 Mashuwahs
or jolly boats are
owned here, of
which 16 are pearl
boats; and there
are 6 donkeys and
16 cattle. Date palm
are estimated at
1,500.
A favourite hot
weather resort of
townspeople who
erect date-stick huts
for themselves here.
The village is sur
rounded by planta
tions irrigated by a
fine stream of water
from the 'Adari
spring; the stream
flows through the
village. There are 7
donkeys and 2 cattle.
There are here 9 don
keys and 1 head of
cattle. Date trees
number about 750,

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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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English in Latin script
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