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'Gazetteer of Arabia Vol. I' [485] (516/1050)
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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DAW—DAW
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DAWAIKAT (or Dawaijat) (Tribe)—
Bee, Zubaid.
DAWA'IRAH (Tribe)—
Bee Harb; Bani 'Ali sub-division of the Masruh.
DAWAIRIJ—
A division of the Amarah Sanjaq of the Basrah Wilayat in 'Iraq.
Position and Boundaries. —The Dawainj Qadha comprises a good part of the plains
to the north-east of 'Amarah town between that place and the Persian hills. DawairiJ
is understood to be bounded by the 'Amarah Qadha on the west and by the Persian
frontier on the north and east; on the south it is adjoined by the Qadha of Zubair.
Topography and inhabitants. —There are no fixed villages in Dawairij : Tafrah, the
administrative headquarters, is merely a mud fort; it is reported to be situated about 30
miles to the east and somewhat to the north of Amarah town. The district is traversed
by a brackish stream of the same name (Dawairij) which comes down from the
Persian hills and contributes to form the marshes between 'Amarah and Hawizeh.
Dawairij is the headquarters of the Bani Lam tribe and their principal Shaikh has his
residence in the district.
Population. —The entire fixed population is estimated at 50,000 souls who, with the
exception of a few Sunni officials, are all Shi'ah Arabs.
Resources. —Under Turkish rule, the Dairat-as-Saniyah acquired some of the best land
in the district and there are now flourishing date plantations at Tafrah which owe their
existence to that department; the arable land under its management is generally leased
to tribesmen of the neighbourhood for cultivation. Rice, maize and wheat are grown ;
camels, cattle and sheep are abundant; and there are some buffaloes. The excellent
grazing in the neighbourhood was in the past a cause of dispute not only between
different sections of the Bani Lam, but also between the Turkish and Persian
Governments.
DAWAKAH (Tribe)—
Bee Hirth.
DAWAKAH (Tribe)—
See Oman (Sultanate); Hinawi Tribes.
DAWALIM—
A sub-division of the Hilalat section of the Muhaisin Arabs. Some of the Dawalim
are found at Farsiyeh, in 'Abbadan Island.
DAWALIM—
A hamlet on the left bank of the Euphrates, 6 or 7 miles below the village of
Rumaithah and nearly 14 miles,, as the crow flies, north of the town of Samawah. The
branch of the Euphrates on which Dawalim stands is drying up.
DAWAR (Tribe)—
Bee Shammar Toqah.
DAWAR (Tribe)—
See Zubaid.
dAwar—
A reach of the Tigris river [q.v.); it is situated between that of Lajj, which is immediate
ly above it, and Suwairah. The riverain tract of Dawar lies along the left bank and is
divided into Dawar-al-Gharbi, up-stream, and Dawar-ash-Sharqi, down-stream.
DAWARABAH—
See Manamah.
dAwar-al-gharbi—
Bee 'Aziziyah (Qadha).
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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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