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'Gazetteer of Arabia Vol. I' [725] (780/1050)
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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HAM—HAM
725
hamlr—
Some low ridges in the Batih tract {q.v.) of the Kuwait Principality. The Hamar
ridges are so called from their slightly reddish tinge and are said to curve southwards
between Batih and the sea, ending somewhere near Madairah. The drainage never
theless, of the country towards Khor-as-Sablyah is apparently not intercepted by
ridges. It is from the highest part of Hamar crossed by the road that Safwan is first
described by the traveller from Kuwait.
hamar (a btj)—
See Qatar; interior of.
HAMAR (B ait-al)—
A Bedouin section of the Al Kathir tribe {q.v.) y of Dhufar Proper.
HAMAR (I sland)—
See Farasan (Island and Bank); bank, eastern side.
hamar (r as-al)—
See Masqat (District.)
hamar ridges—
See Batih.
HAMAR (W adi)—
centolArlbl™ 11673 * ^ ^ dePreS3ed ^ kQ0Wn 33 Wad y 5n ™ northern
HAMAR-AN-NAFOR—
An islet about 3 miles off the east coast of the 'Oman Sultanate and midway between
Masirah Island and Ras Madralsah. It is a perpendicular limestone mass 320 feet
high, and 2i cables m diameter; its summit is flat and split in all directions. Myriads
of sea birds frequent it, and the accumulation of guano is useful to the Arabs fof aeri
cultural purposes. The channel between the island and the mainland is free from
Ad^Putm?) 0mS ' ^ a Clay bottom -(M Gulf of
HAMAR-AS-SA'ID—
A halting place, at an altitude of 2,210 feet, in the south of the Great Nafiid nnrl
20 miles north of Jubbah.— {Huber, 1883 ; H
HAMARAH—
A
caravanserai
A roadside inn providing accommodation for caravans (groups of travellers).
in Yemen, 91 mfles from Hodaidah, on the Hodaidah-Ta'iz route —
(J\eiounr, 17 oo.)
HAMARAH (W adi -AL)—
A largo salt field, near {q.v.), Rahabah in the Najaf Qadha formed by the evanora-
tion of floods. This salt field, together with others in the neighbourhood, forraerlv
produced considerable quantities of salt which was, however, of such poor auaiitv that
the workings were abandoned.
HAMASAH—
A ward or quarter of Baraimi village {q.v.) on the west of the Qasr.
HAMATlYAH—
. A locality in the east of Nafud Desert, through which the most westerly route connect
ing Najaf and Hail passes. Water is sometimes found in the cavities of the limestone
rock.— (
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
Gazetteer, 1908.)
HAMDAH—
See 'Oman (Trucial.)
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MV -V ^ .
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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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