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'Gazetteer of Arabia Vol. I' [380] (399/1050)
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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BAQ-BAE
BAQARAH ( J abal)—
A hill in south-western Najd about 42 miles south by west of Sija, on the Riyadh-HaJ
route. It affords a landmark to caravans travelling along the Riyadh-Hajj route which
passes about 15 miles on the north west side of it.
BAQARRAH—
See Riyadh.
BAQASH—
See Jafurah.
BAQQAH—
See Riyadh.
baqqali—
The singular form of Raqaqalah (q. v.)*
BAQRlYAH.
A depression or hollow in Qasim [q. v.) situated anout 10 miles or so to the west of
Quwarah ; it is said to contain tamarisk and tall grass and to hold water throughout th®
year.
BA'QUBAH—
A town in 'Iraq ; it lies north-sorth-east of Baghdad and 31 miles from that city along
the road to Khanaqm. The town is built on both banks of the ,Diyalah river and is
surrounded by date plantations and other cultivation. There is a small bazaar and fuel^
fodder, and local supplies are fairly abundant. At Ba'qubah the Diyalah is crossed by
a swinging bridge consisting of 11 boats, with two spare ones for increasing the span
when the river rises. It is a rickety structure, serviceable for pack transport but unfit
for any wheeled vehicles except very light ones. The roadway is 12 feet wide. The
approaches to the bridge are soft and likely to be slippery after rain. In the autumn
of 1915 this bridge was removed. The river is about 60 yards broad with prependicular
banks, the right being 15 feet and the left 30 feet above the level of the water. There are
telegraph and post offices in the town. The drinking water is obtained from the Diyalah
river. There are no camels, but about 20 transport animals of sorts could be collected
daily. Ba'qubah was formerly the chef-lieu of the Khurasan qadha. It has a popula
tion of 4,000 souls.
BAR ( J abal)—
Some mounds in the Shamiyah desert of North-eastern Arabia and situated some 18
or 20 miles almost due south of the town of Samawah, on the Euphrates. Near Jabal
Bar are extensive rock salt deposits.
BARA'AMAH (T ribe)—
See Qara.
BARA'ASAH (T ribe)—
See Mutair.
BARABAKH—
A sandbank off the island of Abu 'Ali {q. v.),
BARABAKH (R as)—
See 'Ali (Abu).
barabar—
See Hasa (Al) (Oasis),
BARABAH—
See SamSwah (Qadha),
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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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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:iv-v, 1:312, 312a:312d, 313:456, 456a:456f, 457:460, 460a:460f, 461:572, 572a:572f, 573:586, 586a:586f, 587:634, 634a:634f, 635:662, 662a:662f, 663:858, 858a:858f, 859:910, 910a:910f, 911:974, v-r:viii-v, back-i
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