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'Gazetteer of Arabia Vol. I' [‎337] (356/1050)

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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
337
Name.
Halaitan
Hamalah
Harbadlyah
Huj air ..
Hurah ..
Iswar (Halat Bin-).
Jabailat
Jabalah..
Jamrah (Bani)
Position.
J of a mile from the
west coast 5 miles
below Budaiya
On the north coast J
a mile west of
Qal'at-al-'Ajaj.
41 miles north of
Eifa '-ash-Sharqi and
| a mile south of the
Kabb creek.
Between Manamah
town and Halat
Bin-Anas, close to
the Christian ceme
tery.
On the coast between
Ras-ar-Rumman
and Hal-at Bin-
Anas.
4| miles north of Rifa'
-ash-Sharqi and J
a mile south of the
Kabb creek.
On the north coast 1
mile west of Mana
mah fort.
| of a mile east of
Budaiya',
Houses
and
population.
40 huts of Bahari-
nah, cultivators and
fishermen.
20 huts inhabited by
Baharinah who are
cultivators and fish
ermen.
15 huts of Bahari
nah, date growers.
50 reed huts of Baba-
rinah who are
stone-cutters, lime-
burners, black
smiths and pearl
divers.
40 huts of Baharinah
who are pearl divers,
fishermen, rope-
makers, carpenters
and donkey men.
15 huts of Baharinah,
date growers.
20 reed huts of Baha
rinah, date growers,
pearl divers and
boat-builders.
50 huts of Baharinah
who are date grow
ers and weave cloth
of which 'Abas are
made.
Remarks.
See Jazair below.
There are 8 donkeys
and 1 head of cattle.
C52(w)GSB
Situated on the west
ern fringe of the date
groves between Ka-
warah and Tubli.
Donkeys number 18
and cattle 2. Date
palms are estimated
at 4,000.
There are 8 donkeys
here and 2 cattle,
but only about 300
palms.
Livestock are 3
donkeys and 4 cattle
and there are 16
pearl boats, of which
3 are Mashuwahs or
jolly-boats.
There are large date
plantations, and
most of the fruits
acclimatised in
Bahrain are grown
here.
Date plantations ad
join. Animals are
4 donkeys and 1
head of cattle.
Near by is the well
from which is pro
cured some of the
drinking water used
in Budaiya'. Se
veral Shu'ais or
Sambuks, employed
2x
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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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