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'Gazetteer of Arabia Vol. I' [659] (708/1050)
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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GHU—GHTJ
659
GHUM (Tribe)—
See Jahainah.
GHUNAH—
See Shamailiyah.
gh C naiyah—
See Hillah (Qadha).
GHUNAN—
See Biyadh ; part V.
GHUNDUQ—
A stream upon which a part of the town of Nizwa {q.v. ), in 'Oman, depends for its
water-supply.
ghurab (h isn-al)—
A village in Hadhramaut, Southern Arabia, about 10 miles north-north-east of the
town of Balhaf. At Hisn-al-Ghurab there are some Himyaritic inscriptions on the
rocks. These were visited in 1834 by some officers of the Indian Navy from the
Palinurus,
ghurab (r as-al)—
A rocky point, with low sandhills in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
, on the coast of Trucial 'Oman.
It is situated 11 sea miles north-eastward of Abu Dhabi, and 9 J sea miles south-westward
of Ras Hanyurah. The reef extends 3 miles off-shore. There is a Ichor at Ras-al-
Ghurab, said to be extensive, with deep water inside, and with more water in the
entrance than in any other hhor on the coast.— {
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
Pilot, 1914.)
ghurabah—
See Mansah (
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
).
ghuraib (abu)—
A station of the Dairat-as-Saniyah in the Qadha of Kadhimain in 'Iraq: it is
situated on the route from Baghdad City to Fallujah, on the Euphrates, at about 28 miles
from the former by road and 15 miles from the latter. There are two large walled Jchdns
and two smaller ones, which together would accommodate 200 horses and 400 men;
these stand on a high, dry and gravelly side. The surrounding country is cultivated and
cut up by small canals, and in parts it is even marshy; the main source of irrigation is the
Abu Ghuraib canal which is described in the article on the Euphrates. Large quantities
of grain are sometimes stored in this place.
ghuraib (a bu)—
See Euphrates, under Canals.
ghuraifah—
See Bahrain (Island); towns, villages, etc.
ghurban (a bu)—
See Shamiyah (Qadha).
ghurban (j isr-al)—
A bridge over the' Ashar Creek some 3 miles from the Shatt-al-'Arab and on the western
edge of Basrah town {q.v.),
ghurbeh ( Al b u) (Teibe)—
See Saleh (Bani).
ghurbidah—
See Hillah (Qadha).
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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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