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'Gazetteer of Arabia Vol. I' [563] (594/1050)
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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DOHAH
563
Town site and quarters. —The south-eastern point of the bay is quite low ; but the land
on the western side is stony desert 40 or 50 feet above the level of the sea. The town
is built up the slope of some rising ground between these two extremes and consists of 9
Fariqs or quarters, which are given below in their order from the east to the west and
north : the total frontage of the place upon the sea is nearly 2 miles.
Name of quarter.
Position.
Remarks.
AlBin-'Ali
On Ras-an Nisa'ah, a small
promontory at the ex
treme east end of the town.
Inhabited chiefly by Al Bin- 'Ali,
whence the name.
Sulutah
Ditto
Named after the Sujutah, who
are the principal occupants.
There are also some Baqaqalah
here.
Mur qab- ash- Shar qi
Adjoins and is continuous
with Fariq-as-Sulutah.
The people are mostly Ma'adhld,
Manana'ah and Sulutah.
Dohah
Follows Murqab-ash-Sharqi
without an interval.
Founded later than Bida' by
Al Bu 'Amain who afterwards
removed to Wakrah, The present
inhabitants are Huwalah,
Ma'adhid and Persians ; there are
also Al Bin- 'Ali, Arabs from Najd,
Baharinah and Dawasir. In this
quarter is the main bazaar of
about 50 shops; also a hereditary
mansion of the Al Thani, the most
important Arab family in Qatar.
Duwaihah
Separated from Dohah by a
slight interval in which is
a cemetery.
Inhabited by Baharinah, Huwalah
and other tribes. This quarter
was formerly known as D6hat-as-
Saghirah.
Qal'at-al-'Askar
Stands inland of Duwailah,
of which quarter it was
originally part, upon some
what higher ground.
Here is the fort of Dohah, by
the Turks called Qasr Kunarah,
which accommodates the Trukish
military garrison and some Turkish
officials. It was built originally
about 1850 by Al M^sallam
whom the Shaikh of Bahrain
brought in to counterbalance the
Sudan of Bida', The accom
modation of the troops is wretched.
Murqab-al-Gharbi ..
Extends along the shore,
forming a gap about 600
yards long in the town
front.
At present deeerted.
4c^
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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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