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'Gazetteer of Arabia Vol. I' [‎520] (551/1050)

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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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DHA—DHA
150 miles north of Sana'a, near the head of one of the affluents to Waii Najran, and
possesses water.
BHAHRAN (B arr-adh-)—
A littoral tract in the Hasa Sanjaq; though included within the boundaries of the
larger tract known as Biyadh it is distinguished therefrom by its natural characteristics
and by the possession of a separate name. Bahrain Island lies off the coast of Barr-adh-
Bhahran at 15 to 25 miles distance.
Boundaries. —Upon the coast Barr-adh-Dhahran extends from Dammam on the north-
that is from the southernmost outpost of the Qatif Oasis—to the entrance of D5hat
Ruhum on the south ; its length is thus rather less than 30 miles. Its depth inland is
indeterminate, but does not exceed a few miles.
Physical features. —The only striking accident of surface in Barr-adh-Dhahran is
Jabal-adh-Dhahran, from which, it is said, the name of the entire tract is derived. This
is a range running parallel to the shore between Dammam and Qal'at-al-Husain, which
are 12 miles apart, at a distance of only 2 or 3 miles from the sea. The principal summit,
flat-topped and 500 feet high, is situated 5 miles inland from the coast and 17 miles ap
proximately south-south-east of Qatif town. About 3 miles nearer to Qatif town and
6 miles south of Dammam is a conical peak, belonging to the same range, which is 446
feet in height and bears the name of Jabal Mudrah. On the south side of Jabal-adh
Dhahran is an area called Madarah containing many wells. The land on the eastern side
of Jabal Dhahran, which slopes down to the sea, is actually higher upon the average than
that on the western side. Barr-adh-Dhahran contains numerous small clumps of date
trees scattered about in all directions.
Wells and other named places. —The following are the objects having names which are
of most importance in Barr-adh-Dhahran ;—
Name.
Position.
Nature.
Remarks.
'Aqdan (Bin)
5 miles inland west-
north-west wards
from the foot of
D5hat-as-Saih.
A well
Shaikh Salman-bin-
Di'aij, a near rela
tion of the Shaikh of
Bahrain, was mur
dered here with a
large party in 1900
by a gang of A1
Morrah Bedouins of
the A1 Bahaih sec
tion.
Buraiqat (Ras) ..
The entrance point
on the north side of
Ddhat Ruhum.
A cape .»
To this headland, in
the present Charts,
the name of " Kure-
ya" has been er
roneously given. See
article Dohat Ru
hum.
Dhahran (Maqta'-
adh-).
One mile inland from
the northern shore
of Dohat Ruhum.
A well,
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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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