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'Gazetteer of Arabia Vol. I' [‎630] (673/1050)

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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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630
FOU—FUL
FOUQA—
A place reported to be in Jauf Murad (q.v.).
FUALAH—
A village in Syria, 17 J miles south-west of Ma'an on the route between it and Qal'at-
al-Aqabah. There is a small spring here.— {Military Report on Syria, 1911.)
A watering-place on the edge of Jabal Shammar, Central Arabia, a day's journey
eastward from Samirah, and not far from the left bank of the Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. -ar-Rummah. At
Fuara are wells and a spring and corn plots besides the solitary qasr of an adventuring
villager from Mustajiddah who settled there on account of the running water. A water-
tax was formerly levied here upon the Bani 'Ali by Ibn Rashid.— {Doughty.)
FUDAH—
See Jauf.
FUDAIYIN—
See Tigris.
FUDHAH (H arat-al)—
See Baraimi (Village).
FUDHUL—
See Al-Hasa (Oasis).
FUEYHY ( Tribe)—
See Billi.
FUHUMlYAH—
See Huzum.
FUJA1RAH—
A village of the Shamailiyah tract in Trucial 'Oman 15 miles south of Khor Fakkan
and 27 miles north-north-east of Shinas ; it is situated near the place where Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Ham
reaches the coast and is about two miles from the sea. The landing place opposite
Fujairah is called Gharaifah; but its port is Ghallah, a little to the southward, from
which it is distant four miles by land and whence goods are brought on camels. Fujai
rah possesses date plantations containing some 3,000 palms, amid which stands the
village adjoined by a small but strong fort upon a hill. The village is completely sur
rounded by a strong wall, 9 feetjiigh, to which have been added on the south and west
sides an exterior ditch and breast-work. There is plenty of fresh water in wells
4 fathoms deep. The houses, in number about 150, are mostly of mud and stone, but
a few are of gypsum cement. During the date harvest, when peace reigns, the inhabi
tants are accustomed to camp in mat huts among their plantations outside the village
walls. The people of Fujairah, who are Sharqiyin, mostly of the Hafaitat section, live
by the cultivation of dates and by pearl diving; some tobacco, wheat and jowari are
raised also. There are no manufactures and no shops. Fujairah is the stronghold of
the Sharqi leader, Hamad-bin-'Abdullah, who since 1901 has been endeavouring to
assert the independence of a part of the Shamailiyah tract against the Shaikh of Sharjah.
The following places in Shamiliyah are reported to be now in the possession of Hamad
and accordingly to look to Fujairah as their capital: Bithnah, Gharaifah, Marbah,
Qaraiyah, Qidfa' and Saqamqam. This tract in revolt under Hamad enjoys the coun
tenance of the Shaikh of Abu Dhabi.— {Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .)
FULIWAN—
See 'Arab (Shatt-al).
FULUS (A btjl)—
See 'Arab (Shatt-al); right bank from Basrah to Muhammarah.
FUARA—

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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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