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'Gazetteer of Arabia Vol. I' [‎559] (590/1050)

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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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DO'AN
559
Name.
Position.
Bank.
Remarks.
Bilad Arsimah
At junction of Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Arsi
mah.
L.
A palm village.
Laghar ..
Half an hour below Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Arsimah.
L.
A village surrounded by
plantations of palms and
dom trees.
Husn-al-Ma 'alah ..
At the junction of Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Zebli.
R.
An Amudi village with
palm plantations.
Balad Sala
About halfway between
Laghar and Hajarain.
L.
A small settlement by a
projecting cliff on which
are two fairly large
forts.
Hajarain
About 2 or 3 miles below
Sala, built on a lofty rock
in the middle of the
wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. .
L.
A Kalaiti town of 1,500
souls ; streets very dirty
and badly kept. A small
commercial centre in
a well cultivated district.
Governed by a vice-
Sultan.
Munaidarah
Situated some good
distance up the slope of
the hill called Munaisar,
R.
A village.
Mashhad 'Ali
Situated along the slope of
the mountain known as
Jabal Haqq Mashhad ^Ali
R.
A town of mud houses and
mosques. Here is the
shrine of Sayyid 'Ali-
bin-Hassan after whom
the place is named.
Close by are some exten
sive ruins in the Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Ghaibun.
Balad Gabdain
About 4 miles below Mash
had 'Ali.
L.
Extensive plantations.
Adib
Almost opposite Balad
Gabdain.
R.
Twenty, five wretched
houses with a small
mosque.
Baudhah . r
Junction of Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Jamali
and Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. -al- 'Ain,
R.
A small number of houses
and a mosque in the
midst of fairly large
plantations.
Sadbah # ,
i
About 1 mile from Kaudhah
R.
A village situated on the
slope of the hills and
surrounded by large plan
tations which are pro
tected by a fort.
C

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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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