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'Gazetteer of Arabia Vol. I' [654] (703/1050)
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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654
GHA-GHA
GHASHOM (T ribe)—
See 'Anizah; HilbSn sub-division of the 'Amarat.
GHASlB (A bul)—
A common pronunciation oiTAbul Khasib
GHASlBAH—
mj
See Lailah.
GHASlBAH—
One of the quarters of Dara'iyah {q,v.) on the left bank of the Waii Hanifah.
GHASN ( T ribe)—
See Shammar (Southern); Sinjarah division.
OHASSAH—
See Ruus-al-Jibal.
OHASSAH—
A Masharifah village in the 'Oman Sultanate ; it lies in the foot-hills of Jabal Khamis,
to the east Or north-east of the junction of the
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Fisao and
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Falaij. It contains
about 60 houses and is distinguished by a tower. It is said to possess a few camels,
donkeys, and cattle, 600 sheep and goats and 800 palms.
OHASSANI ('A in-al)—-
See Fuwwah.
GHAT—
A village in Sadair, Central Arabia. It is situated under a white cliff in a gorge of Jabal
Tuwaiq on the northern route between Buraidah and Riyadh. The houses and gardens
are placed in shelving rows against the mountain side. Ghat possesses a mosque, and in
the vicinity are many forest trees. The water-supply is abundant from wells, and
their overflow fills a large reservoir from which irrigation channels are cut. There is con
siderable cultivation of fodder and cereals, and figs, melons, pomegrantes, and dates are
grown.— {Palgrave.)
See also Sadair.
GHAT—
A straggling village in Qasim, Central Arabia, lying on the route between Hail and
j Buraidah at a distance of a few hours from the latter, and scattered over some three
miles of fields, gardens, and plantations which are irrigated from about a dozen
copious wells. On the adjoining hills are watch-towers.— {Palgrave.)
GHAT (W adi)
See Sadair.
GHATAIRAH—
See Tigris.
GHATHATH (S ha'ib)—
_ A sma11 watercourse in south-western Najd, Central Arabia, forming a tributary of
Tl d \ itself a tributar y of
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
-ar-Rummah. Sha'ib Ghathath rises between
Jabal Sha ar and Jabal Kabushat, and after a course of 60 or 70 miles joins
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Risha.
The general direction of Sha'ib Ghathath is east throughout the upper half of its course^
after which it is north-east the northing gradually increasing.— {Huher,
GHATHMAH—
A group of wells in the Hazam-ar-Raji tract of south-western Najd, Central Arabia.
It is a well-known halting place on the Darb-as-Sultdni, and is situated in 'Ataibah
brackish water " south " south - west from Buraidah. It consists of ten wells of
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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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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:iv-v, 1:312, 312a:312d, 313:456, 456a:456f, 457:460, 460a:460f, 461:572, 572a:572f, 573:586, 586a:586f, 587:634, 634a:634f, 635:662, 662a:662f, 663:858, 858a:858f, 859:910, 910a:910f, 911:974, v-r:viii-v, back-i
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