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'Gazetteer of Arabia Vol. I' [‎335] (354/1050)

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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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BAHEAIN
335
Name.
Position.
Houses
and
population.
R emabks.
Baqaishi (Qal'at-al-)
On the west coast, 4
miles west-north
west of Jabal-ad-
Dukhan.
....
A ruined fort.
Barbar .. ..
^ mile south-east of
Sharabah.
60 mean reed huts
occupied by Baha-
rinah, weavers, cul-
tivators and fisher^
mem
A village with date
groves adjoining.
Several Shu'ais or
Sambuks, employ
ed in pearling, are
owned here. Don
keys number 19 and
cattle 8. There are
about 2,400 date
palms, besides some
peaches and pome
granates and a few
tamarinds and mul
berries.
Barburah
Bilad-al-Qadim ..
2 miles north-east
of Kifa'ashsharqi.
• • » t
20 small stone huts of
Baharinah, agricuU
turists.
« • » •
A fine spring to the
north of the village
irrigates the culti
vation. Donkeys
number 15 and there
are 2 cattle. Date
palms are estimated
at 1,760.
See article Bilad-al-
Qadim.
Budaiya'
....
....
See article Budaiya'.
Buquwwah
4 miles westh-south-
west of Manamah
fort.
20 huts of Baharinah
who live by selling
firewood.
Donkeys are 55 and
cattle 5 and dates
about 5,500.
Buri
7 miles south-west
of Manamah fort.
A few stone houses
and 150 huts of
Baharinah, all
growers of dates.
The village is sur
rounded by date
plantations and is
at the south-western
extremity of the
great date belt.
Donkeys number 17
and cattle 13, dates
are estimated at
10,500.
Diraz . • ««
1 mile east-north
east of Budaiya 5
and f of a mile from
sea.
Several well built
houses and about 150
huts of Baharinah,
cultivators, weav
ers and pearl divers.
The dwellings are
scattered amongst
various adjacent
date clumps. The
weaving industry is

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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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