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'Gazetteer of Arabia Vol. I' [398] (417/1050)
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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398
BAS—BAT
BASRAH—'
A hamlet lying to- the north-east of, and about thirteen miles inland from, the town
of Makalla which is the port of the Hadhramawt. It is a halting-place on the road
from Makalla to A1 Qatan, Shibham, and Saiwun; and possesses a few houses, water
and some cultivation.— {Bent, 1894,)
BASRAH (W ilayat)—
The limits of the Basrah Wilayat are as follows —
From the southern limits of the Fao and Zubair districts, the boundary runs along
the southern edge of the Euphrates valley to a point 21J miles (crowfly) up stream of
Nasirlyah; thence northward to a point on the Shatt-al-Gharaf 3J miles due south
of iCut-al-Amarah, thence eastward to a point 5J miles (crow fly) due south of Shaikh
Sa'ad on the Tigris, crossing that river at Lugblyah. Thence in a direct line north-
north-east to the Persian frontier which is then followed down to the mouth of the
Shatt-al-'Arab.
BAT—
See Sharsah (
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
).
BATAIKHAH (U mm)—
A few huts in the Euphrates valley, situated 1J hours' journey southward from Umm-
ar-Roi (between Samawah and Al-Khidhr),
BATAIKHI—
See Dabaisi.
BATAIN—
The whole, or part, of that section of the south-eastern coast of 'Oman {q.v.) which
extends from Ras Jibsh to Ras Mishayu.
BATAIN—
A desert tract, in Qasim {q. v,) of which Jabal Sarah forma possibly the scrap on the
south-west.
BATAINIYAT—
See 'Aridh.
BATAIR (T ribe)—
See Dawasir (Tribe).
BATAIYIN—
A village, in the 'Oman Sultanate, situated on the route between
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Tayin and
Sharqiyah near the village of Munjarid. The precise position of Bataiyin is not known
and no details are available regarding the village itself.
BAT-HA (A l)—
See Hawairi (
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
).
BAT-HAH.—
See Mijan.
BATHAH—
A few huts on the Euphrates between Nasiriyah and Durraji.
BAT-HAH SUWAIQ—
The alternative name for Bat-hah Yal Sa'ad {q. v.).
BAT-HAH YAL SA'AD—
See Batinah.
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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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