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'Gazetteer of Arabia Vol. I' [531] (562/1050)
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—DHI
531
DhawaLim—
8ee Samawah (Qadha),'
DHAWrUN—
A section of the Mutair tribe (q.v.) said to be found in the Hasa district of Eastern
Arabia.
DHAYAH—
See Rams.
DHAYAN (Bani) (Tribe)—
See 'Anizah.
DHI BIN—
A village in the Hashid district oi Yemen, South-western Arabia. It is situated on
the
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Shawabah and lies at a distance of nearly 50 miles northward from Sana'a,—
{Hunter's map of Arabia.)
DHI DHAHAYA (Island)—
vSeeJFarasan (Islands and Bank) bank western side.
DHIB (Khashm-adh)—
See Hariq.
DHIB (Qarn-adtj)—
A well-known landmark on the Yashbum-Nisab road in western Hadhramaut. It is
situated about mid-way between Saina and Nisab, a mile to the west of the track, and
consists of an isolated rock which holds water after rain,
DHIB (Shaqiq-adh)—
See Sirhan (
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
),
DHIB A'A (Abu)—
A village in Hejaz situated on the Furayi route between Mecca and Al-Madinah at
a distance of 20 hours' journey from Rabigh. Abu Dhiba'a (sometimes called Umm-adh-
Dhiba^a) is a small village of bricks and mud containing plenty of water from 8 streams
and some wells. There are date and lemon trees, and some cultivation of bananas,
dukhn, barley, dhurrah, and cucumbers. The inhabitants are of bad character and are
largely robbers,
DHIBlB—
See Hajar (Eastern).
DHIBAGH (Umm-adh)—
Probably more correctly Abu Dhiba' ; a halting-place on the most westerly route
from Mecca to Al-Madinah, in Western Arabia. It is situated rather more than 40
miles in a direct line north-north-east from Rabigh.
DHIBAH—
A village on the eastern edge of the Yemen highlands. South-western Arabia. It is
situated about 10 miles to the west of the route between Sana"a and
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Najran, and
seems to be one of the settlements of the tribal district known as Barat.
DHIBAH (Tribe)—
See 'Ataibah; Roqah division,
DHIBI—
A well in Jafurah, a great desert in Eastern Arabia. The exact position of Dhibi has
not been ascertained, but it is said to be inland of * Aqal, and perhaps in the neighbour
hood of Qalaib or 'Aqalat Rakan.
DHIDAH—
See Qasim,
3Y3
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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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