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'Gazetteer of Arabia Vol. I' [437] (456/1050)
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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biy I dh
487
Name.
Position.
Nature.
Remarks.
Batinah (Jazlrat-
al-).
1
South of Abu 'Ali
island from which
it is divided by
the unnavigable
channel Maqta'-ar-
Riyafah, 2 miles
broad.
1
The seaward end of
the promontory
which juts out from
the mainland to
wards Abu 'Ali is
land ; at high tide
it is cut off from the
remainder by a
small arm of the
sea, called Maqta'-
al-Batinah, and be
comes an island ; it
is described as being
about the same size
as the island of
Umm Na'asan in
Bahrain.
The so-called island is
rocky and rises in
two or three peaks.
It has no named
capes.
Dafi (Dohat-ad-) ..
6 miles south of
the west end of Abu
'Ali island and
about 20 miles
south-east of Musal-
lamiyah bay.
A small bay
From the foot of
Dohat-ad-Dafi the
boundary between
Huzum and Biyadh
runs inland due
westwards.
Bah (Ras-ad - ) • •
On the coast appa
rently in the corner
between the east
ern end of Maqta'-
al-Batinah and the
coast of the main
land running south
from it.
A small cape
Dhalaifain (Jabal)
On the coast, 12
miles south-east-of
Jubail al-Bahri.
A hill
Ja'ailiyah (Ras-al-)
On the coast, 16
miles north-west of
Ras Tanurah.
A small cape
Sometimes pronounc
ed Lij'ailiyah. A
pearl bank, simi
larly named, ad
joins this cape.
Tanurah (ESs) ,,
About 10 miles
north-east of Qatif
Town.
• •
See article R&3
Tanurah.
/
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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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