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'Gazetteer of Arabia Vol. I' [‎603] (646/1050)

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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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FAE—FAR 603
FAHA'—
See Ham ( Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. )
FAR'A (A l)—
See Far'a ( Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. ).
FARA' ( Islands)—
See Farasan (Islands and Bank); eastern side.
FARA' ( Jabal)—
See Aja (Jabal).
FARA' (N ajd-al)—
See Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Fara'.
FARA'- (W adi)—
Also called Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Rustaq, an important valley in the Sultanate of Oman which has its
head on the north side of the Najd al-Fara' in the Western Hajar hills, some fifteen miles
to the north of Hamrat-al-'Abriyin in 'Oman Proper and a few miles east of Jabal Sham,
the highest peak of Jabal Akhdhar: from the Najd Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Fara' runs in a general north-
north-east direction, finally reaching the sea on the west side of Masna'ah on the Batinah
coast, at a point about 45 miles distant in a straight line from its origin. The valley
contains an intermittent stream which appears above ground at Rustaq, Ghashab,
Wushail and Jammah.
The villages of Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Fara' in descending order are as follows :—
Village.
Position.
On
which
bank..
Houses
and
inhabitants.
<
Remarks.
1
Fara' ..
Half an hour
below the
Najd.
Right
70 houses of
Bani 'Auf.
The people grow
wheat, barley and
millet and are
carriers. They
have 6 camels,
30 donkeys, 70
cattle and 700
sheep and goats.
There are 2,000
date palms.
Hail «. # ,
Two hours
below Fara',
Left
100 houses of
Mishaqisah.
The people are car
riers, grow wheat,
barley and millet,
and possess 10
horses, 10 don
keys and 20
cattle. Date
palms number
about 1,000.
Naziyah
Adjoins Hail
>
Do.
30 houses of
Bani' Auf.
Cultivation and
occupations as at
Hail. Livestock
are 10 cattle and
50 sheep and
goats. 1,000 date
trees.
4h2
T
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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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