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'Gazetteer of Arabia Vol. I' [506] (537/1050)
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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506
DHAFRAH
Name.
Position.
Nature.
Remarks.
Hafif ..
About 12 miles
east-north-east of
Khannur. In
Liwah.
A permanent vilage
of 50 huts of Bani
Yas, of the Mazari'
section.
The date groves are
extensive and there
are about 30 wells 3
fathoms deep. The
place is under Faris-
bin-'Ali of Khannur
and Mariyah.
Halib ..
25 or 30 miles north
east of Qa'aisah.
On the border of
Khatam.
A well ..
The depth is about 2 1
fathoms.
Hamaim
Between 85 and 90
miles east of Shah.
The easternmost
village in Liwah.
A summer village of
30 huts of Manasir
of the A1 Taraif
sub-section.
There are 5 wells,
about 1 fathoms
deep, and a good
many date trees.
The present head
man in Suwid-bin-
Ghadaiyar, under
whom also is
Qa'aisah.
Hamrah (Bada'-al-)
15 to 20 miles north
of 'Attab. Prob
ably in Dhafrah
proper.
A well ..
One fathom deep.
Hawaya
About 15 miles
north-east of Bada'-
al-Hamrah.
Do. ..
The water is at less
than 1 fathom.
Huwailah
In the extreme
west of Liwah.
A permanent village
of 40 huts of Bani
Yas of the Mazari'
section.
The depth of the wells
is 2J fathoms.
Idd ..
About 12 miles west
of Khannur. In-
Liwah.
A summer village of
50 huts of Manasir
of the A1 Bu Mind-
hir section.
There are some 60
wells with an aver
age depth of 2
fathoms. The date
plantations are fair
ly extensive. The
place is under bar
shid-bin-Mani' who
generally lives at
Sarait and is over
that place and Thar-
waniyah also.
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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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- 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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