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'Gazetteer of Arabia Vol. I' [383] (402/1050)
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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BAEAIMI
383
Name.
Position.
Nature.
Remarks.
Ma'ataradh
3 miles south*west of
Baraimi Village.
A village of 200
houses of Dhawahir
of the Daramikah
section.
Water is from Jabal
Hafit by Falaj.
There are said to be
here 4,000 date
palms, 40 camels, 20
donkeys, 20 cattle
and 70 sheep and
goats, but no horses.
Mas'udi
*
2 J miles north-north-
west of Baraimi
Village.
An encampment of
Bani Yas, lately
started by Khalifah,
the eldest son of
the Shaikh of Abu
Dhabi.
The lands are water
ed by a Falaj which
first passes Muraijib.
As yet there are no
resources except a
few recently planted
date trees.
Muraijib
2h miles west-north
west of Baraimi
Village.
An old abandoned
fort, adjoining the
Falaj which goes to
Mas'udi.
The fort was built
and used by the
grandfather of the
present Shaikh of
Abu Dhabi.
Qatarah
1J miles north-west
by north of Barai
mi Village.
A village of 120 hou
ses of Dhawahir of
the Daramikah sec
tion.
The lands are irrigat
ed by a Falaj com
ing from the hills on
the north-east. Re
sources are estimat
ed at 5,000 date
palms, 60 camels,
30 donkeys, 40 cattle
and 100 sheep and
goats ; there are no
horses.
Su'arah
1 mile east by south
of Baraimi Village.
A village of 100 hou
ses of Na'im of the
Qara'tisah section.
The Falaj by which
the date groves are
irrigated comes from
the north-east.
There are said to
be 10,000 date trees
here; also 100
camels, 50 donkeys,
50 cattle and 500
sheep and goats.
The villages are unwaUed and consist of houses, built of mud and date branches
which are scattered and concealed among the plantations. Besides those occupied there
are many empty and dilapidated habitations.
AgrkuUure.—J\ie general aspect of the oasis is verdant and fruitful. The soil
though tiim is fertile, and streams of running water abound on every side; these are
brought by Fala] from the hills, sometimes several miles distant, and supply the defi
ciency of the slight rainfall Each village has its separate belt of date groves ; within
e village the sub-division of arable land among owners is minute, and individual
holdings are on the average extremely small
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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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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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