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'Gazetteer of Arabia Vol. I' [450] (469/1050)
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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450
BUD—BUL
BUDDI—
See Qatif (AI) (Oasis).
BUG (
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
-al)—
A watercourse lying in the eastern part of Harrat-al-'Awairidh, in Hejaz. It passes
within 10 to 15 miles westward of Madain Salih, and contains springs and some ruins.
—{Doughty).
BUGSHI (R as-al)—
See Bahrain (Island).
BUHAH (or BUHAN)—
A village in Yemen 42 miles from Hodaidah on the route to Sana'a. It is a poor
settlement containing about 500 inhabitants and two or three zaribas enclosing cara
vanserais for travellers. There are good wells and considerable cultivation of cereals
and other crops.
BUHAIEAH—
See Jiddah.
BUHAISHI—
A tribe in Hadhramaut y southern Arabia, whose territory extends along the coast
from Has Rahmah to Fuwwah, in the bay of Mukalla, a distance of about 29 miles,
with a vast district inland. The tribe, under one Sultan who resides at Burum y is sub
divided into four lesser tribes, each having its own name and chief.— {Red Sea and
Gulf of Aden Pilot, 1909.)
BUHRIZ—
An important halting place on the Baghdad-Mandali road; it is situated some 30
miles north-north-east from Baghdad, and consists of a considerable village with a good
water-supply. The Khorasan canal is reported to pass through Buhriz. The popula
tion of the village, with that of Shufta which is near by, is about 700 or 800 souls.
BUHtR (or UBHCR)—
An inlet about 9 miles in length, 17 miles northward of Jiddah. The entrance is
narrow, being only f to 2J cables, but it widens out into some beautiful bays. At ths
head of the harbour a marsh extends several miles inland. The anchorage, which ie
about 5 cables within the entrance, is on the northern bank, and is not recommended
for sailing vessels, as it is difficult to quit with a light wind.— {Red Sea and Gulf of Aden
Pilot, 1909.)
BUK'A—
A small coastal settlement in 'Yemen, south of Has Mutainah, between Hodaidah
and Mokha. There is anchorage inside the reef for about 8 dhcws. Buk'a belongs to
the Dobalah and the Saiyids.
BUKAIRIYAH (A l)—
See Qaslm.
Doughty says that some of the Agail iq.v.) come from here.
BUL KHUWAWIS—
See Khatam.
Probably identical with Maghail Balqahais, in Khatam (s'.v.).
BUL 'AYAD (or BUL HAWlDH)—
See Khatam.
BULGHAH—
Aden Protectorate).
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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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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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