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'Gazetteer of Arabia Vol. I' [589] (632/1050)
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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FAH-FAI
589
all round except at the south-west corner where the only landing place is. Fahal is one-
third of a mile in length from north to south, is light-coloured, and has deep water all
round. It was known to the Portuguese as " the Isle of Victory " on account of a naval
success which they gained near it over the Turks.—(#a?e«eer of the Persian Qvlf,)
FAHAL—
See Qatar; west side of.
ft
FAHD (B ani ) (T ribe)—
See Jabir (Bani).
FAHDAH—
See Tlwi (
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
).
FAHJAT (Tribe)—-
A small and poor tribe of the Hejaz who, like the Badouna, are kindred of the Hataim
They are gate Arabs, that is to say, they belong to those nomad families whose tents are
to be seen Pitched round the Hajj qaPahs, and notably that at Madain Salih their
headquarters. They are clients of the Fukara, and like the Suaifli at Al-Akhdh^r sell
their camel-loads of coarse knot-grass to the Hajj caravans. They claim to be the
descendants of 'AntDoughty.) y m 0 0e thQ
FAHLAIN.—
See Sir.
FAHM (Bani) (Tribe)-
See Kuraish (Bani).
FAHUD (Tribe)—
See 'Ali (Bani Bu)—
FAHUD (Umm-al)—
See Batin.
FAI (
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
)—
A small valley reported to be near the Mahadhah plain {q, v.) in the 'Oman promontorv'
Its actual position is uncertain. piumontory,
FAID—
A large and scattered village in JabalShammar proper about 45 miles south-east bv
I ^ r ? f ^ W 0 " l he ! 0Ute ^ Bl,rai l dah - 14 stands M high ground to the west of a
called Abal Krush ; two miles to the south-west of the place is Jahal Qafail, a hill 200
feet high. The sod is sand, 15 to 30 feet deep, with a stratum of 6 feet'of very hard black
basalt beneath. The quarters of Faid and their date groves are spread over a space
2 to 3 miles m extent; the quarters are, besides that specifieally called Faid wWh
contams 40 houses ; 'Ain, Ghazaiziyah, Hamrah, MariQm NaiTb Hal • k
Shajarah (Abu), and Sinaiyan The population, who may nuSr S s^'are
partly Bam Tamim and partly Shammar. Cereals, vegetables and melons are grown
Water is at 6 to 9 fathoms, and the best well is in Marjum. In ancient times Faid was
a large and famous place and a station on the pilgrim route from Kufah to Mecca TWa
7ae7e^an Zu.) ^ ^ CalledKhar5sh ' 600 ^ ^thof
the A mh lenturJ alSraVe ' ^ ^ ^ anCient VillaSe • and iS referred to b y Hariri in
FAID ( Tribe)—
See Shammar (southern); Aslam Division.
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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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