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'Gazetteer of Arabia Vol. I' [534] (565/1050)
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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534
DHU--DHU
Name.
Position.^
Houses
and
inhabitants.
Remarks
Mizahmiyah
See above
100 houses, viz., 40
of Bani Tamim, 40
of inferior tribes,
and the remainder
'Anizah and Dawa-
sir.
There are 6,000 date
palms a few fruit
trees and the usual
cereals and lucerne.
The water level is
the same as at
Dhrumah, or not
quite so deep.
Rodhah
Do.
1
45 houses , viz.; 30
of 2 Anizah and 16
of inferior tribes.
Resembles Mizahml
yah, except that
date palms are es
timated at 4,000
and that Water is at
10 fathoms.
This seems tlie most conveninet place in which to refer to the torrent bed of Abalji-
lat which, though not directly connected with Dhrumah, adjoins it on the southward,
being situated (apparently) in the hills of Jabal Tuwaiq between Dhrumah and the
Hariq district. It is said to rise in the same neighbourhood as the Nisah tributary of
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Hanifah; but its direction must be different, for, after passing a village
called Jau-as-Saibani, it runs southwards to Khashm-adh-Dhib in the Hariq
district, where it ends. Only in times of exceptional flood does its water reach to
Khashm-adh-Dhib.
The village of Jau-as-Saibani is a poor and scattered one ; it ordinarily consists of 40
houses of slaves only. Bani Tamim, however, from Dhrumah and Mizahmlyah, come
here to cultivate in the cold weather. There are no date trees and no lucerne, but wheat,
barely, millet and melons are grown. Water is at 4 fathoms from the ground level.—
{Gazetteer of the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
.)
DHU ? AMIR—
A small settlement in Yemen, South-western Arabia. It is situated about 10 miles
south-east from Sa'dhah, and constitutes one of the halting places on the route between
that settlement and Rajj.
DHU BIYAT—
See Aden (Protectorate).
DHU DAFR (I sland)—
See Farasan (Islands and Bank); bank, western side.
DHU HAMAIDAN—
A village in Yemen, South-western Arabia. It is situated a few miles west of the
Sana t a-Riyadh route and some 10 miles south of
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Najran.—( Hunter's map of Arabia.
DHU JIBLAH—
See Jiblah.
DHU RAJI (Island)—
See Shukar (Abu) (Island and Bank).
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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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