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'Gazetteer of Arabia Vol. I' [‎666] (721/1050)

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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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666
HAB—HAB
Name.
Position.
R emarks.
Himarah
Mughar
8 miles south-east of Jabal
Qadam.
13 miles north of Jabal Qadam
close to the edge of Jau Sha-
min.
This is one of the two wells
situated in the depression
called Khor. The water is
barely drinkable.
Musallakh
At the north end of Habl at the
eastern foot of Jabal Labtalah.
••
Qah (Khor Umm-al-)
In a line between Habaiyh and
Himarah and 8 miles from
each of them.
A well in the Khor tract yielding
water which is almost undrink-
able.
Rad-ha ..
Just within Habl at its north
end, being situated 5 miles
south of the Hajrah wells
where the Habl, Sanfan-al-
Hanna, Radaif and Jau Shamm
district all meet.
The water of this well is said to
be good.
Rubatah ('Aqalat)
On the eastern border of Habl in
a line between Haba-i and
Habaiyah and 6 miles from
either.
• •
Shafiyah
12 miles west by south of J Ariq
Tulah ..
2 miles west of Jabal Dam
This well is 12J fathoms deep ;
its water is the best in Habl.
Inhabitants. —Habl north of the Habaiyah well belongs to the Bani Khalid; the
southern half is in the country of the 'Ajman. When, however, as at present, the two
tribes are on good terms, they wander without let or hindrance each in the domains of
the other.^—((raze^eer of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .)
HABRAN (J abal)—
A striking outcrop of precipitous sandstone rocks lying on the southern edge of the
Nafud to the north-east of Jabal Misma' and some 30 miles northward of the Taima-
Hail route from which it is visible for a considerable distance. Its position was fixed by
Huber in 1884. Between the Habran rocks lies a large khabrah which in good years
does not dry up until the late spring. {Miss G. L. Bell, February 1914.)
HABSHAH (AKHWAT)—
One of the divisions of the Bani Lam tribe {q.v.) on the 'Iraq side.
HABSHI ( J abal)—
See Shammar (Jabal).
HABSHI ( J abalat)—
See Bahrain (Island) ; towns, villages, etc.
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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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