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'Gazetteer of Arabia Vol. I' [428] (447/1050)
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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BID-BIL
BIDUWAT (Trtbe)—
See 'Oman (Sultanate).
BIDYA' (R as-al).—
See 'Ali (Abu).
BIDYA' (Ras-al)—
See Audhan (Zor-al.)
BIDYAH—
A coast village of the Shamailiyah tract in Trucial 'Oman, subject to Sharjah and
situated 5 or 6 miles north of Khor Fakkan. A small island, also called Bidyah, lies off
the coast a little to the southward: it is 200 feet high. Bidyah consists of about 300
houses of Sharqiyin who are fishermen and cultivators Of dates, wheat and maize. There
are 3 shops, but no Indian traders. Some 10 sea-going boats running to Sib and Masqat
are owned here and 8 fishing boats. Livestock are estimated at 15 camels, 30 donkeys,
200 cattle and 100 sheep and goats, and date palms number about 3,500. There is a
suburb or dependent hamlet called Haqil.
BIHDHAH—
The name of a locality on the right bank of the Tigris almost opposite Qal'at Salih'
B1KAIRAH—
See Kerbela Qadha.
BILAD (or Balad-al-Qadimah ?, oe Balaid)—
See Bhufar (Proper.)
BILAD—
A village in Daghmar {q. v.), in the T Oman Sultanate,
BILAD—
One of the quarters of the town of Manah (q, v.) in the 'Oman Sultanate^
BILAD—
The main portion of the town of Dhrumah (q.v.) in the ' Aridh district of Central Arabia#
BILAD AL DHUWAIYAN—
See (Widyan) Dawasir.
BILAD AL MUHAMMAD—
See (Widyan) Dawasnv
BILAD-AL-QADiM—
A large scattered village on Bahrain Island, about I| miles south-west of Manamah
fort. It consists of about 350 mud and reed huts, along with the ruins of many well
built houses. There is a south-western suburb called Bilad-ar-RafI', and the ground on
the north-west side of the village, called Suq-al-Khamis, is the scene of a largely attended
market which is held every Thursday throughout the year. About J a mile west of the
existing habitations are the ruins of the Madrasah Abu Zaidan mosque, with two slender
and not inelegant minarets, 70 feet high, still standing: in combination with Jabal-ad-
Dukhan these minarets form the leading mark for vessels entering Manamah harbour.
In the midst of the ruined part of the village is the Abu Zaidan spring, over which is built
a modern Shi'ah mosque ; its beautifully clear waters fill a tank to which all the notabi
lities of Bahrain resort for bathing in the hot weather. The people of Bilad-al-Qadlm
are Baharinah who gain a livelihood as pearl merchants, cultivators and tailors. Live-
f s ^ oc ^ include 21 donkeys and 7 cattle. Date palms are estimated at 11,500 trees, and
there are also some figs, almonds and pomegranates. The rose and jessamine grow.
BILAD-AR-RAFI—
A suburb of Bilad-al-Qadim {q. v,).
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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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