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'Gazetteer of Arabia Vol. I' [742] (797/1050)
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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742
HAN—HAN
Name.
Position.
Masani'.
On the felt bank of
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Hanifah 3
miles below Man-
fuhah.
Hair
On the right bank
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
of Han fah
12 miles below
Masani' and one
day by caravan
north-west-w a r d s
from the Saha-
bah tract.
Houses
and
inhabitants.
100 houses, viz., 30 of
Sabai', 30 of Bani
Tamim and 40 of
inferior tribes.
200 houses, viz., 100
of Sabai' and 100
of inferior tribes.
In the hot weather
the population is
largely increased by
an influx of Bedouin
Sabai' who own
date palms here.
Remarks,
distance from the
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
. The Wah-
habi ruler keeps
some 30 horses at
this place. To the
village belong some
30 camels, 50 don
keys and 150 cattle.
The village lands lie
on both sides of the
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
. Water is
near the surface.
There are the ordi
nary fruit trees and
cereals and perhaps
10,000 date palms.
The groves of Ma-
, sani' are conti
nuous with those of
Manfahah.
The date plantations
are on both sides of
the
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
and are
estimated to con
tain 10,000 palms.
There are a few fruit
trees, and cereals,
lucerne and vege
tables are grown,
but the cultivation
is poor. The water
level is only 2 or 3
fathoms below the
surface of the
ground.
It will be observed that Leachman's description of
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Hanifah differs slightly from that contained in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
Gazetteer.— {C.C.R.M.)
HANISH (Island)—
See Farasan (Islands and Bank); bank, western side. This island was occupied by
the British on June 10th, 1915.
HANISHAH—
See Harb (Maimun sub-division of the Bani Salim).
HAKNA—
See Sanfan-al-Hanna.
HANNAH (Umm-al)—
A tract in the Kut-al-Amarah Qadha {q. 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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