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'Gazetteer of Arabia Vol. I' [‎626] (669/1050)

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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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626
FAT—FAY
it all yah—
A settlement in the Yemen Tihamah, South-western Arabia. It is situated at a dis
tance of 2 miles east of a point on the Jiddah-Lahlyah route which is 13 miles from
the latter town. Water is obtainable from wells.
itatlyah (al)—
A settlement in eastern Yemen, South-western Arabia, in the little-known country to
th3 north-east of the town of Sana'a. It is situated near the left bank of the
Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Shibwan at a distance of about 15 miles north by east from Marib, and close by are
the rains of an ancient tower. At a distance of one day's march down the ' Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. towards
the north-eastward is a mine of rock salt in a desert plain, and worked by the Arabs
who carry on a consider'able trade in this product with Sana' a and the Hadhramaut,
—{Halevy, 1869.)
fATK—
A tribal district in Southern Arabia, situated between the Mahrah coast and Dhufar#
FATLAH—
See Shamiyah (Qidba),
FATLAH—
See Hindfyah (Qadha).
^atlah (al
One of the rural tribes of 7 Iraq
FATUKAH—
See Shamiyah (Qidha).
J^ATURAH (S HATI)—•
See Shamiyah (Qadha).
^AUR (A D) ( T RIBE)—
See Ashraf (Tribe).
fawaris—
A small plain, diversified by hillocks, in the locality of Kabd {q.v.) near Kuwait;.
j'AWARlS (T RIBE)—
See Jannabah.
fawars—
Or Al Faris ; Angular Farisi. A general term used in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. to describe
Arabs of the Persian littoral from Kangun to Bandar 'Abbas who do not belong to any
well known Arab tribe; such, for instance, are the Abu Dastur who are found on Sirri
"^The name is in use in the Sultanate of 'Oman also, but there it is applied to Arabicised
Persian immigrants and their descendants; in the dominions of the Sultan the Fawaria
are Sunms and number about 5,000 souls, being found at Sawaiharah, Sohar Town
and Sallan in the Sohar sub-Vilayat of BStinah and at Sharu and Fanjah in Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Samail.— [Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .)
fawwar—
See Abul Fadhal.
fayAdh—
A hamlet in Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Haithadh, one of the two valleys which by their junction form
Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Mijlas {q.v.), in the Masqat district of the 'Oman Sultanate. The inhabitants are
Bani Wahaib who cultivate grain. Fayadh contains about 20 houses^

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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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