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'Gazetteer of Arabia Vol. I' [529] (560/1050)
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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DHA—DHA
529
BHANNAH (J abal)—
See Dhafrah.
DHAEABIN—
See Batin.
DHARAF (J abal)—
A small outlying feature of Jabal Shammar, situated about 75 miles southward
from Hail, and 16 or 20 miles south-eastward from Mustajiddah, on the Persian Haii
route. J,
DHARAI—
. 0 , n . e o£ the ward3 or quarters of the town of Jauf-al-'Umr in northern Central
Arabia.
DHARA'IN (T rtbe)—
See Ataibah ; Nafa'a section of the Barqah. division.
DHARAS—
See Qasim.
DHARBAT-AL-ABTAR^-
A small hamlet in Western Arabia, believed to be situated between 65 and 70 mile
acta ts&s. " *"" wi " r 01 "» •-u
DHARBAT 'ALI (Ras}—
A cape m Dhufar, Southern Arabia. It is a small roeky point about 200 feet above
the level of the sea, having over it a bluff on the high range 3,950 feet high, which is verv
conspicuous from tho south-westward ; from the south-eastward it is not so dist nS
Sr -r - -»■—«•« -»•««&
BHARF-AD-DARAWlSH—
A deep and usually dry torrent-bed in North-western Arabia. Its head is near the
Syrian Hajj route at a point some twelve miles south from Wndi-il.TToa; ^
eaird 6 ! T 4 !! n 0m ?f tr f na ^ 011 the He j a2 Railway. This watercourse, which jfoften
called Jauf-ad-Darwish, trends eastward towards the Baghdad
DHARI—
A place, with a salt deposit, near Shiqqah, in Qasim (q.v.).
DHARI'A (J abal)—
An isolated hill in Najd, rather more than 20 miles north-east from Jabal-an-Nir. It
stands near the left bank of the Sha ib Ghathath, and there is a cistern-well on the south
side oUt. Jabal Dhari'a forms a landmark on the Hajj routes from Qasim and 'Aridh.
•—{Hucer.)
DHARIBAH—
A camping ground in Hejaz, on the Persian Hajj route, which, according to the Gazet
teerof the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
, lies about 80 miles from Me oca, and is situated in a narrow
valley between high hills with thick jungle. Water is obtained by digging 2 feet in the
watercourse. Sunnis assume the Ihram here. Burton refers to a place caUed Az
Zaribah, the ninth halting place on the route from Al-Madinah to Mecca, which is about
north of the latter, and distant from it 47 miles by road. He describes it as an un
dulatmg plain amongst high granite hills, in many parts faintly green, water beins
close to the surface, and ram standing upon the ground. He further states that Az*
Zanbah is the m^a/, or appointed place for assuming the Ihmm, In these circum
stances it would seem that the two places are identical.
C52(w)GSB 3y
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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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- 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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