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'Gazetteer of Arabia Vol. I' [637] (686/1050)
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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GHA-GHA
637
GHABBAH—
One of the hamlets of the Tana'am oasis, in Dhahirah {q. v.), 'Oman Sultanate.
GHABBI—
See Badiyah.
GHABBI—
See Sanaisal (
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
).
GHABRA (W adi-al)—
One of the northern tributaries of the
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Hadhramaut, flowing into the main valley
in the immediate vicinity of Tarlm.— {Hunter's Map of Arabia, 1908).
GHADAF—
One of the valleys in the Wadyan tract {q. v.), in central northern Arabia.
GHADAI (W adi)—
In northern Hejaz, a tributary of the
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
-al-Akhdhar {q. v.), flowing into it from
the south.— {Hunter's Map of Arabia.)
ghaidaiyar-al-lAl—
See Mijan.
GHADANAH (B ani ) (T ribe)—-
See Jabir (Bani).
GHADHAIFAH—•
See 'Ahin (
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
).
GHADHARIYAH—
Another name for Karbala.
ghadhban (al ) (T ribe)—
See Morrah (Al).
ghadhbln (kut)—
See 'Arab (Shatt-al); left bank from Basrah to the Persian Frontier.
GHADHFAN—
See Sohar (Vilayet.)
GHADHWlR-
Som^ cultivation n3ar Mustajiilah, in Jabal Shammar {q. v.).
GHADlR—
See Aden Protectorate.
GHABlR ( Al)—
A halting place on the eastern route between Mecca and Al-MadTnah, situated about
38 miles south-west from Sufainah, and nearly 100 miles north of Mecca. Al-Ghadir
is an extensive plain which probably presents the appearance of a lake after heavy rains,
and hence its name. It is overgrown in parts with desert vegetation, but lacks a regu
lar supply of water. On the east it is bounded by a wall of rock, at whose base are three
wells, said to have been dug by Harun-ar-Rashld. They are guarded by a tower which
is in ruins. This place must not be confused with another of the same name which is
near the outskirts of Al-Madinah.— {Burton, September, 1853.)
GHADIR (A l)—
A well-known depression on the northern outskirts of Al-MadTnah. Close by is Bir
Rashid, and the small whitewashed dome of the tomb of 'Ali-al-Urais, which is still
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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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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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