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'Gazetteer of Arabia Vol. I' [‎499] (530/1050)

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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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Small vessels of 12 feet and less draught anchor in the channel between the reef and
the shore, in about 2^ fathoms water, with the fort bearinng 174° true, cables off
shore; this anchorage is quite sheltered by the reef.
Tides. —It is high water, full and change, at Abu Dhabi, at about Xllh., springs riser
<5 feet to 8 feet,
DirectioTis* —For Abu Dhabi from the northward make Sir Abu Nu air; bring and keep
its peak bearing 356° true, and continue to steer 176° true after losing sight of th«
island. The soundings Measurements of the depth of a body of water. are irregular, varying from about 16 to 7 fathoms, and there are
great overfalls; the tidal streams which set, probably about one knot, north-east and
south-east, must be considered. Keep a good lookout from aloft, as the fort is only
visible from a distance of about 8 miles from deck, or when in 8 fathoms water, which
depth is also found close to the reefs. The reefs north-eastward of Abu Dhabi must
lye especially guarded against. Having made Abu Dhabi fort, bring it to bear 122°
true and anchor as above directed.
For the inner anchorage, to enter which the afternoon is the best time, approach with
the fort (Latitude 24° 29 / N., Longitude •54'° 22' E,) bearing 122° true, and pass close
Westward of the reef, which shows well; then turn eastward and northward close round
the reef, and anchor as above directed.
In approaching Abu Dhabi from the north-eastward, give a wide berth to Hadd at
tThalei
There is a passage northward from the anchorage which appears to have a depth of
2 fathoms • it is available for a sailing vessel leaving the anchorage with a westerly
wind the vessel being conned from a loft by sight. This passage is used by native craft.
Caution. —Attention must be paid to the lead when approaching the southern shore
of the gulf, as the streams are strong and uncertain, the land very low with few or no
distinctive features, and the survey is very incomplete.
Supplies. —Cattle might possibly be obtained at Abu jphabi. The water here is very
brackish, all good water being brought from Dibai,
Pilots. —The best pilots for the coast between Dibai and A1 Bida can be obtained at
Abu DhabL
The Khor. —About 3 miles south-westward of Abu Thabi fort is the mouth of a chan
nel leading into a large backwater, 3| miles wide in the entrance, and extending pos
sibly 20 miles inland. The greater part is shallow, but there are many deep channels and
several islands; it has not been sounded. By its connection with Khor Laffan, to the
northward, the land on which Abu Dhabi town stands becomes an island; there is
however, one place fordabie at low water,
DHABI (H aza'-adh)—
See Haza'-adh-Dhabi,
BHABIK ( Island)-—
See Parasan (Island and Bank); islands,
DHABYAN—
See 'Umr-aL-Gharbi ( Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Bani),
DHABYANI-AL-KUBLI (B ani)—
An independent nomad tribe inhabiting mountainous and rugged country, without
cultivation, watered by a stream draining to Jauf Murad. They number 500 fighting
men, and own flocks of sheep and goats. There is only one settled village, Ar-Ra'ad.—
{M, E. on the Aden Protectorate, 2914.)
DHADNAH—
See Shamailiyah.
DHAF—
A village in southern Yemen, lying five or six miles west by south from Khadar,
which latter is on the main route between Sana'a and Aden, and situated at a distance
of 28 miles by road from Sana'a. From Khadar a track runs down to Bait-al-Faqih,
and the village of Dhaf is situated about 5 miles along this track.
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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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