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'Gazetteer of Arabia Vol. I' [718] (773/1050)
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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718 HAM
The following are in alphabetical order, the principal villages in
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Ham or con
nected with it;—
Name.
Position.
Houses and inhabit
ants.
R emarks.
Adhan ,.
Outside
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Ham
at its head, 14 miles
north-east by north
of Dhaid village. In
the Ras-al-Khaimah
District.
Although reckoned
the uppermost settle
ment of
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Ham
this village is situat
ed in the Jiri plain,
in the article on
which it is described.
'Asimah
In
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Ham, about
6 miles below
Adhan. In the
Ras-al-Khaimah
District.
50 houses of Mazari
and Shahairah.
There are 20 camels,
40 donkeys, 40 cat
tle, 400 sheep and
goats and 4,500 date-
palms.
Bilaidah
In
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Ham, about
3 miles above Bith
nah. In the Sha-
maillyah District.
4 houses of Sharqi-
yin.
This is the uppermost
village of Shamai-
11 yah in
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Ham.
Bithnah
In
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Ham, about
6 miles from the
coast. In the Sha^-
mailiyah District.
50 houses of Shar-
qiyin.
The place is walled
and fortified and
commands the route
up
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Ham: at
present it is held by
the Shaikh of
Fujairah against
his overlord, the
Shaikh of Sharjah.
The estimated re
sources of Bithnah
are 15 camels, 30
donkeys, 20 cattle,
600 sheep and goats
and about 4,000
date trees.
Diftah . ♦
In or near
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Ham between Bith
nah and Masafi, but
nearer to the former.
10 houses of Naqbi-
yin.
Here there are about
20 donkeys, 30
cattle, 150 sheep and
goats and 1,000
palms.
Fara'
In
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Ham, about
half way between
Adhan and 'Asimah.
In the Ras-al-Khai-
mah District.
20 houses of Mazari'
Resources are 10
camels, 40 donkeys,
20 cattle, 250 sheep
and goats and 1,500
date trees.
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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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