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'Gazetteer of Arabia Vol. I' [‎660] (709/1050)

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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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660
GHU-GHU
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GHUR0R (WA DI)—
One of four valleys which unite and form Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Hanifah {q.v.), in southern Najd.
GH0TAH (J ABAL)—
A hill immediately to the south of the ordinary caravan route between Jauf-al-'Umr
and Hail. It is a few miles east-south-east of Jubbah, and forms the western boundary
of that most difficult portion of the Nafiid which lies between it and Qa-na.— '{Hu,her t
1883.)
GHUTI—
A small walled hamlet of a dozen houses with a tower at each corner lying a few
hundred yards to the east-south-east of the Khadhmah quarter of the town of Jauf-
al-'Umr {q.v.), in northern Central Arabia.
GHUWAIFAH (U mm)—
One of the springs in Bahrain Island {q.v.).
GHUWAIFAT—
See Mijan.
GHUWAIJ—
See (Al) Hasa (Oasis).
GHUWlJIYAH—
Or Ghuwaij {q.v.).
GHU W AIL AT—
See Biyadh ; Part III.
GHUWAINAM (A L ) (T RIBE)—
See Manasir.
GHUWAINIM (A L B U ) (T RIBE)—
See Ka'ab ; Hazbeh division.
GHU W AIR—
A hamlet in Al-Hasa, Eastern Arabia, consisting of a collection of hovels situatedat
the foot of the pass, called Thaniyat Ghar, by means of which the direct route from
Hofuf to Riyadh crosses the low hills lying between the Hasa oasis and Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Faruq.—
{Palgrave, 1863.)
Note.—^o such hamlet as Ghuwair exists at the present day. It is just possible that Palgrave may havb
confused the na.ne o£ the district, Ghuwar (g.v.) with that of some temporary settlement.
GHUWAIR—
See Qatar ; interior of*
GHUWAIR (H ISN-AL)—
See Dahmah.
GHUWAIRAT—
A small range of hills inHejaz, north-western Arabia, lying immediately to the north
of Qal'at-al-Mu'adhdham, a station on the Hejaz Railway, 548 miles from
Damascus.— {Hunter's Map of Arabia, 1908.)
GHUWAIRIYAH—
See Qatar; interior of.
GHUWAISAH—
Saham (Sub-Wil5yat).

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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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