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'Gazetteer of Arabia Vol. I' [539] (570/1050)
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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DHUFAR
539
Name.
Kori (Khor)
Position.
At the eastern ex
tremity of Dhufar
Proper.
Sadah
On the coast east
of Murbat,
apparently 20 miles
or more from that
place by land.
and is divided from
the plain of Dhufar
Proper by^ some
hundred yards
of low sea cliff.
The promontory is
200 feet high and 1
mile broad at its
base ; it is covered
with traces of human
occupation, includ
ing a cemetery, 3
acres in extent.
A remarkable lake or
inlet of the sea run
ning a mile or more
inland ; it is the es
tuary of
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Dirbat from Jabal
Samhan.
A small village on the
sea at the mouth of
a wddi of the same
name. There are 1 or
2 houses and about
20 caves, on both
sides of the valley,
inhabited by Qaras
of the Ahl 'Umr
section.
R emarks.
son, between March
and September, the
number of shops in
creases to 40 or 50.
A guard of 10 or 15
'askaris is always
posted here. A tor
rent bed reaches the
bay through a small
lagoon ; 1J miles up
this ravine is a fresh
water spring. Boats
from Sur and Mas
qat town call here,
but none belong to
the place. There
are 300 cattle and
200 sheep and goats.
The inlet is divided
from the sea by a
sand bar over which
the water flows at
high tide. A pen
insula, once fortified,
adjoins the east side
of the entrance.
Remains of ancient
buildings surround
the lake. There is a
fortified rock at the
entrance to the inlet,
which is called Kha-
tiyah. This harbour
is the ancient Mos-
cha, or Abyss Apolis.
The Wali of Dhufar
formerly maintained
a post of 15 'Askaris
here, but it has been
abolished; there are
a few store-houses.
The place depends
on the frankincense
trade. Thre are no
boats except from
other places.
Cattle number 600
and goats and sheep
1,000.
r
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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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