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'Gazetteer of Arabia Vol. I' [‎727] (782/1050)

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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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HAM-HAM
727
tanks where it is collected in large volume this is impossible. In the irrigating channels
the beds of which have been hardened by the incrustation of sulphur it is nnnh cooler.
When hot, the water of Hami is very nasty to drink, but it becomes more pslatable when
cooled. This sulphurous stream makes the crops, such as jowari, Indian corn, and other
cereals, grow well. Hami possesses a good many date and cocoanut palms. The chief
local industry is the manufacture of fish oil.— {Bent, 1894.)
HAMlD—
One of the many sections of Bani Hakim (Hachaim); see rural tribes of 'Iraq.
HAMID—
A Section of the Ashraf tribe {q. v.) some of whom are to be found at Saih, in Aflaj.
HAMID (A l)—
One of the Wida'in families of the Dawasir tribe {q.v,),
HAMID (B ani ) (T bibe)—
See 'Oman (Trucial).
HAMID (B ilad A l)—
See Dawasir (Widyan).
HAMID AH—
A tribe settled in the Ras-ar-Rumman suburb of Manamah town in Bahrain also
known for this reason as Fariq-al-Hamidah—where they have 120 houses. They are
an offshoot of the Manana'ah but have been converted to Shi'ism, and thev are classed
at the present day as Baharinah. Their occupations are sea-fishing and pearl-diving
{Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .)
HAMID AH (T ribe)—
See 'Ataibah; Miqatah sub-section of the Barqah.
HAMID AH (F ariq A l)—
A suburb of the town of Manamah {q. v.) and once a separate village.
HAMIDlYAH—
See Kut-al-Amarah (Qadha).
HAMlDlYAH—
The administrative headquarters of the Shamlyah Qadha, in the Baghdad Wilayat •
see Umm-al-Ba'rur, '
HAMlDIYAH—
The name by which the village of Suwairah {q. v.) in 'Iraq, is occasionally known.
HAMIL—
A hamlet within a walled grove in the 'Aqdah {q. v.) amphitheatre in Jabal Aja.
HAMIL (Tribe)—
See Southern Shammar; 'Abdah division.
HAMlM—
See Samail ( Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. )
HAMIM (Bani) (Tribe)—
See 'Oman (Sultanate); Hinawi tribes.
HAMlM ( Bani) (Tribe)—
See Ruwahah (Bani).

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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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