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'Gazetteer of Arabia Vol. I' [439] (458/1050)
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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BIYiDH
439
II. The only features of interest in the division of Biyadh immediately south of the
Sabakhat-as-Summ are two hills named Mubarakiyah and Qarain respectively; of these
Qarain is about 28 miles west of La jam in the Qatlf Oasis, while the Mubarakiyah ia
about 9 miles to^the north of Qarain and appears to be situated between the Sabakhat-
as-Summ and the Sabakhat Salaliyat at or near their inland extremities.
The camping grounds with water in this division are the following :—
Name.
Pesition*
'ArdhumTyah
'Arlsh (Umm)
'Arqubah .. .,
Birdi (Umm-al-) ..
8 miles north-west of Safwa in the Qatlf
Oasis.
14 miles west by north of Safwa in the Qatlf
Oasis.
19 miles west by north of Safwa in the Qatif
Oasis.
On the south side of the Sabakhat-as-Summ,
8 miles east of the Qarain hill.
Baraidi
6 miles west of Safwa in the Qatif Oasis.
Dasmah
Dhumain ('Aqalat)
2 miles east-south-east of the Mubarakiyah
hill.
5 miles west of the Qarain hill.
Ghumailah
14 miles west of La jam in the Qatlf Oasis.
Hail (Abul) .. .. ».
3 miles west of Lajam in the Qatif Oasis.
Ja'aimah ..
J6 'an .. ,, ,. ,.
Ma 'an (Abu)
Rahimah ., .,
8 miles north-east of Safwa in the Qatif
Oasis, and about 1 mile from the sea and
the same from the north shore of Qatif
bay.
6 miles north-north-west of Safwa in the Qatif
Oasis.
10 miles west by north of Safwa in the Qatif
Oasis.
On the coast between Ras Tanurah and
Ras-al-Ja'ailfyah, 11 miles from the former
and 5 miles from the latter.
Sa 'alul ..
Salaliyat
5 miles north-north-west of Lajam in the Qatif
Oasis.
9 miles east of the Qarain hill.
Shab
8 miles north by west of Safwa in the Qatif
Oasis and 3 miles from the sea.
Shaham (Kawakib)
10 miles west-north-west of Safwa in the
Qatif Oasis.
Shaqm ..
Shumailah (Bu) ,. ,,
Subaghawlyah
3 miles north-north-west of Safwa in the
Qatif Oasis.
6 miles north-west of Safwa in the Qatlf
Oasis.
10 miles west of Lajam in the Qatif Oasis.
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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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