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'Gazetteer of Arabia Vol. I' [474] (505/1050)
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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474
DAL—DAL
DALAIQIYAH (Q asr-ad)—
See Hasa (A1-) (Oasis).
DALAIYIM (T el)— 1
Or Dilaihim; some small mounds in Mesopotamia situated about 35 miles almost
due east of Dlwamyah.
DALALIL—
See Matrah.
DALALlL (T ribe)—
See 'Oman (Sultanate); Ghafiri Tribes.
DALAMIK ( T ribe)—
See Hataim.
BALBAH—
A small Village on the right bank of the Hillah branch of the Euphrates situated about
10 miles by river from Hillah.
DALHAMIYAH—
A village, referred to by Palgrave as Delhemee'eh, and stated by that authority to be
situated in the neighbourhood of Mogah (Muqaq) in western Jabal Shammar, Central
Arabia.
D ALH AMI Y AH—
One of the wards or quarters of the town of M Jauf-al-'Umr (#.v.), in northern Central
Arabia.
BALLALIN—
See Masqat (Bay and Town),
DALMAH—
An island off the coast of Abu Dhabi territory in Trucial 'Oman, a little to the south
of an imaginary line connecting Abu Dhabi town with the entrance of Khor-al-'Odaid
and rather more than twice the distance from the former that it is from the latter.
Dalmah is elliptical in shape, with its longer axis running north and south, and it has
a narrow projection at its southern end. Its length is 5 and its breadth 2| miles, and
the surface, except for a very low, narrow plain at the south end, is hilly, the highest
point being 244 feet above sea leveL Plenty of brackish water is obtainable from wells,
and there are deposits of red oxide of iron which are not at present considered worth
removal. A small settlement of about 15 families of the Qubaisat section of the Bani
Yas tribe exists on the west side of the southern plain ; the inhabitants wade for pearls
in winter, besides diving for them in summer, and are keepers of goats. Dalmah is
a place of some importance at the end of the pearl season, when a temporary bazaar of
some 10 shops springs up, and a number of persons engaged in the pearl trade meet there
to settle their accounts. Among these are the majority of the Indian traders on the
coast of Trucial 'Oman, who come here to recover debts and make purchases of pearls.
Several pearl banks exist in the vicinity, among which are ;—Umm-as-Sulsul and Man-
yokh, 8 and 5 miles respectively to the north ; Hawad Bin-Musammih, 9 miles to the
south-east; Abu Dastur 4 miles to the south-west; and, besides several others which
are nearer, Halat Dalmah 27 miles to the north-west. Dalmah belongs to the Shaikh
of Abu Dhabi.— {Gazetteer of the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
.)
The
soundings
Measurements of the depth of a body of water.
are irregular in the vicinity. Anchorage may be found on the south
eastern side in 10 fathoms, about 1 mile off the low, sandy plain, affording good shelter
in a shantdl. Native boats lie on the western side, off the village, where they are sheltered
from a shamal by the south-western point of the island, and are safe if a nashi comes
on.— {
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
Pilot, 2914.)
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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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