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'Gazetteer of Arabia Vol. I' [544] (575/1050)
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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Mi
DHU—LHU
Name.
Position,
Nature.
R emarks.
cultivators of the
late Wali's gardens,
who are A1 Kathir.
Rubat ..
Two miles north-east
of Salalah and
one and-a-half miles
from the sea.
A deserted site with
standing columns,
etc. The remains
cover many acres,
but are not appa
rently very ancient.
There was a small vil
lage here as lately as
1844, but it has since
been abandoned on
account of the de
predations of the hill
Qaras.
Salalah ..
See article Salalah.
Taqa
The easternmost vil
lage in the Dhufar
Proper two miles
west of Khor Rori
and 20 miles west
of Murbat.
A village of about 20
mud huts and
one stone building,
chiefly inhabited by
Ma'ashani Qaras.
There are three or
four families of
Sharifs and a few
of Mashaikh ; these
latter classes act as
mediators and go-
betweens to the Be
douins, among
whom their persons
are sacred, and they
take charge of the
flocks and herds of
Bedouins while in
the plains.
The mountains here
come down close to
the sea and make a
pleasing background.
There are many an
cient remains, stand
ing columns, stone
sarcophagi, etc.
There was formerly
a good harbour here,
but it has now be
come silted up. This,
with a little outlay,
could be re-opened.
—{Bent, page 240.)
DHUHAH—
A small village in southern Yemen. It is situated on the Mokha-Ta'iz road at a dis
tance of 34: miles from the former place, and consists of a cluster of huts and two or three
wells.
DHUHEAH—
See Aden (Protectorate).
DHUHUR (W adi-adh)—
A watercourse in Hadhramaut, southern Arabia, draining northward into
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Rashah {q.v.), immediately to the west of the village of Sahwah.
DHUHYAN—
^ halting-place in Yemen, south-western Arabia, on the Yemen Hajj route. It is
Situated at a distance of 16 miles by road north-north-westward from Sa'dhah.
DHULA'—
. A vil ! a ge in Hadhramaut, southern Arabia. It is situated in the
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Raidat-ad-Dln
t 11 ? 1 ? ° where villages and watch-towers are numerous and close together.
18 thQ se at of a petty Sultan.—(wn Wrede.)
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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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