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'Gazetteer of Arabia Vol. I' [550] (581/1050)
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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550
DIB—DIJ
DIBNI—
An anchorage on the northern coast of Soqotra island, to the west of Has Dhammari
which protects it from easterly winds. A small vessel may anchor in from 3 to 3J
fathoms, but the place does not appear to be adapted for lame vessels.—( Red Sea and
Gulf of Aden Pilot, 1909.)
DiDAMAR—
The Shihuh name for Little Quoin island, in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
.
DIDU—
See Ja'alan.
BIFA'—
See Ghafir (
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Bani).
DIFTAH—
See Ham (
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
),
DIGHAIBIYAH—
A group of wells in south-western Najd, constituting a halting-place on the I)arb-
as-Sultani section of the Hajj route from Qasim. These wells, which are 20 in number,
contain sweet water at about 9 feet, and lie in the midst of a harrah. They are situated
63 miles by road north-eastward from 'Ashairah. — (Gaskin,)
DIGHAIL (H isn-bin)—
The principal town of
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Hajar (q.v.). It is, however^ a small place of only 40
houses, and contains at the most 200 inhabitants.—(Von Wrede.)
DIGHAIM (T ribe)—
See Shammar (Southern); Division IL
DIGHAIMlYAH —
See Tigris.
DIGHAIRAT (T ribe) —
See Shammar (Southern); Division III.
DIGHAL (or H ijrat D ighal)—
A village in
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Samail (q.v.),
DIGISHUB —
A village in the Sana'a district of Yemen, south-western Arabia. It is situated about
d miles south of Dhamar and a short distance to the east of the Dhamar-Qa'tabah route.
On the route just below the village are a few rough stone huts, near which is a series of
small tanks, supplied with water from a spring.— (Harris,)
DIHAlL (T ribe) —
See Shammar (Southern); Division II,
DIHAS'—
See Ghafir (
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Bani).
DIHAURA (W adi) —
A val % i n western Hadhramaut situated between the Kaur-al-Audilla range and the
town of Sauma ah,
DIJLAH —
See Tigris.
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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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