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'Gazetteer of Arabia Vol. I' [‎638] (687/1050)

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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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638
GHA-GHA
a place of visitation. Here pilgrims leaving Al-Madlnah are wont to halt and take a last
loot at the holy city.—(Bitrtow, 31st Augus
GHADIR (H aji ) (T ribe)—
8cq Ka ab ; Asakireh sub-division of the Dris division.
GHADIR (R as-al)—
A cape five sea miles north-eastward from Hodeidah. It should be given a wide berth,
there being extensive shoals all round it,—{B
GHADIR (U mm)—
See Aden Protectorate.
GHAF—
See Qaslm ; it should be noted that there are two distinct villages of this name in
Qasim.
GHAF (H ail-al-)—
See Hail-al-Ghaf.
GHAFAH—
See Quryat.
GHAFAILAH (H al B u ) (T ribe)—
See Wahibah (Al); first group. [
GHAFAILAT (T ribe)—•
See 'Oman (Saltanate); Hinawi tribes.
GHAFALAH—
1 Smg ular (^afaili. a nomadic Arab tribe inhabitiag the plain country inland of Ras-
al-Khaimah and Umm-al- Qaiwam but not extending into the hills. The Jiri plain and its
immediate neighbourhood are their favourite habitat. They are a small tribe and prob
ably do not number more than 500 souls. In politics they are Ghafiriyah and thev are
generally well disposed to the Shaikh of Abu Dhabi; whom they have frequently assist
ed m warfare, but at the present time their closest relations appear to be with Umm fl-
Qarwam; in religion they are Hanbali Sunnis. They own camels and live by^eUing
firewood and charcoal m the coast towns. They are credited with the nossession of
700 camels, 40 donkeys, 100 cattle, and 1,000 sheep and goats P^essum of
GHAFALAH (T ribe)—-
See 'Oman (Sultanate); Ghafiri tribes.
GHAFAT—
See 'Oman (Proper).
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GHAFAT—
See Qatar ; interior of.

GHAFIR (W adi B ani)—
it rises is called Naid-al-Haval bpincr A- I t 1 paSS m Ha i ar at which
Kabir of Dhahirah. Its priLiml fHK adjac ? n ^ t . 0 3 tl Jf Vllla ge of Hayal in the Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. -al-
bank near the village of Tabaqah. U ^ 13 Sahtan which joins it on the right

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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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