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'Gazetteer of Arabia Vol. I' [483] (514/1050)
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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DAE—-DAS
483
Majali, Makhadir, Maraziqah, Muhammad (Hal), Mutawihah, Nafafi ('Ayal), Salim
('Ayal), Shamatah, Sultan ('Ayal), Thuwail, and Zuwaiyah. Their Tamimah is Saif-
bin-Hamad of the Hal Muhammad section,— {Gazetteer of the Persian Gvlf.)
DARU' (Tribe).—
See Hasan (Bani Bu),
DARUBI—
A fendy of the Salaib, or Saluba {q.v.).—{Doughty),
DARUSH—
See Al-Qatif Oasis ; springs.
DARWlZAH—
A barrier, in the
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Samail in "Oman, consisting of a wall with towers, through
a gate in which the highway passes ; its object is to close the route up the valley.
Darwazah is permanently held by some of the Bani Ruwahah. See
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
SamaiJ,
DARWlSH (Al Btf) (Tribe)—
See Sultan (Al Bu),
DARWISH (Bin) (Tribe)—
See Mutair,
and situated -afc
DARWISH (B ir-ad)—
A well on the Millaf route between Mecca and Al-Madinah
a distance of about 12 hours' journey from the latter city.
DAS (Island)—
An island in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
, lying off the coast of Qatar at a distance of 73 sea
miles eastwards from D5hah, and about 90 sea miles west-north-west of Abu Dhabi
town. It is 1^ miles long north and south, nearly a mile broad, with hills 312 feet
high, and of regular outline, in the northern half. The southern portion is low.
There is very little fringe reef, but within three miles south-eastward and south-west
ward from the island, there are patches of 4 fathoms and less. There is no fresh water
in the island. The following pearl-banks are situated in the vicinity of Das :—Riqqat
Das, 2 miles to the south-east; Riqqat Mam', 9 miles to the south-east; Umm-al-
Bunduq, 6 miles to the south-west; and Abul Qamaqim, Kharaiyis, and Abui
Hanainun, at 7 and 5 miles, and a very short distance respectively, to the north
west.
Das Island is considered to belong to the Shaikh of Abu Dhabi, and therefore to be
included in Trucial 'Oman. Anchorage can be obtained about | a mile eastward of
the south-eastern low, sandy point, in from 5 to 8 fathoms, but much swell would
porbably be felt in a shamdl as the island affords but little shelter. The best landing
is on the western side of the south-eastern point.— {
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
Gazetteer: Persian
Gulf Pilot, 1914,)
DAS (Riqqat)—
A pearl-bank in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
lying 2 miles south-east from the island of Das
{q.v.),
DASHT—
See 'Adan.
DASHT—
A deserted site on Failakah Island {q.v.).
DASIM (T el-ad)—
A small hill in Mesopotamia situated about 5 miles from the Shatt-a!-Kar at
a distance of 14 or 15 miles below where it is joined by the Shatt-al-Afaj,
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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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