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'Gazetteer of Arabia Vol. I' [442] (461/1050)
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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442
BIYlDH
VI. The only considerable feature of the division of Biyadh that lieslnland of Barr-al-
'Oqair is a nitrous marshy depression, known as Sabakhat Shatar, which is close to the
eastern border of the Hasa Oasis and has its centre about 30 miles south-west of
'Oqair Port. The length of this depression from north to south is probably 20 mites,
and its breadth where it is crossed by the route between 'Oqair and Hofuf is 4 miles ;
it is fairly clear of sand and the surface is covered with saltpetre.
The principal Bedouin camping grounds with wells in this division are :—
Name.
'Alah
Athlah (Umm)
Baraiman'
Vernacular
equivalent.
Bisaitm
Bannan
DhaiT( Umm-adh-)
Position.
About 16 miles inland
south-westwards from
a point on the coast
opposite Zakhnuniyah
island.
18 miles west by north
of 'Oqair Port.
14 miles south-west by
south of 'Oqair Port.
3 miles north-east by
north of Baraiman,
22 miles north-west of
'Oqair Port and 7
miles inland from
Dohat Bhalum.
1 mile north-north-east
of Bisaitin.
R emarks.
These wells are situated
in a tract of the same
name which is several
miles in extent and
adjoins the southern
boundary of Biyadh.
The first halting place
on the ordinary route
from 'Oqair Port to
Hofuf when the
journey is performed
in 4 stages. There
are 3 wells, but the
water is brackish.
Grass and camel graz
ing are available, but
no fuel. Remains
exist of a Qasr, simi
lar to that at Khu-
wainij below, but
older.
There is some
here, and by
sweet water is
able.
grazing
digging
obtain-
Near by is a group of
mounds where in 1902
A1 Morrah tribesmen
lay in wait for a Tur
kish military detach
ment, afterwards sur
prising and cutting it
up at Qofdiyah. In
1906 the whole inci
dent was repeated.
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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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