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'Gazetteer of Arabia Vol. I' [‎561] (592/1050)

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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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EO'AN 561
Name.
Position.
Bank
Remarks.
Hanain
On the right bank of Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Do 'an.
L.
A small village.
Safujah
On the left bank of Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. -al-
'Ain.
L,
A small village.
Al-Kuwair
On the left bank of Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. -
al- 'Ain, at the junction of
Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Minchor.
R.
A fort belonging to a
Nehdi Shaikh.
Minchor ..
• • • a
On Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Minchor close to
its junction with Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. -al-
'Ain.
R.
A small village consist
ing of a number of
houses built of twigs
and dried grass. Sheep,
goats and chicken can
be procured.
Bir-ash-Shaikh
Left bank of the Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. -al-
'Ain.
K
A well surrounded by a few
houses.
Midhur
At the junction of Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Minwab (2).
L.
A village with a fort and
palm plantations.
Batinah ..
About 3 miles from Midhur,
and built in the middle of
the wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. .
1
A village consisting of a
mosque, 50 houses, and a
fort, surrounded by palm
plantations.
Tab'an
About 3 miles from Bati
nah.
R.
A small village of a few
houses surrounded by ex
tensive palm plantations
that stretch along the hill
side.
Kut Ahmad Amir ..
On the slope of the hills
close to Tab'an.
R.
A large fort.
Farudh, or Al-Fard ..
Rather more than a mile
from Tab'ah.
,
R.
A small settlement belong
ing to the Bin Yard tribe.
Al-IIautah
About 20 miles from Haura
R.
A town consisting of mud
built houses and about
1,500 inhabitants, sur
rounded by a mud wall and
protected by a fort.
Khibbah .,
Situated at the foot of
JabaJ Khibbah.
R.
A village and fort surrounded
by palm plantations and
considered to belong to Al-
Hautah.
Zoa' .. _
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About \ mile from Al-
Hautah.
L.
A small settlement possess
ing numerous palms and
t(?am fields.
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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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