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'Gazetteer of Arabia Vol. I' [‎757] (812/1050)

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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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HARIZ (1l B u ) (T ribe)—
See Turuf (Bani).
HARKAT—
An anchorage in 'Aslr, about 87 miles, as the crow flies, south-south-west of Jiddah,
Its position may be recognized from the sea by a conspicuous tomb on a hill. The an
chorage is in 15-16 fathoms, and is given a limited amount of shelter from westerly winds
by some shoals immediately to the north of it.— {Bed Sea and Gulf of Aden Pilot, 1909,)
HARMAH—
A village in the Sadair district of Najd. It lies to the north of Majma', the date
gardens of the two places adjoining. Harmah contains about 500 inhabitants. The
principal produce is dates, but there is also some cultivation of cereals and lucerne in
the date plantations, the whole being irrigated from wells containing good and fairly
abundant water,— {Shakespear, 1912.) See also Sadair.
HARMAL (Falaj)—
A village in Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Sarrami {q. v.), in the 'Oman Sultanate.
HARMAL (S aih-al)—
A large open space in the Masqat district of 'Oman; it extends from Bait-al-Falaj
to Ruwi and is surrounded by hills except on the Matrah side. Saih-al-Harmal, which
may be described as the opening out of Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Bait-al-Falaj, is a fairly level plain and is
covered with stones and intersected by shallow waterways.
HARMAL (Wilad) (Tribe)—
See Ruwahah (Bani),
HARMALI—
See Hawasinah ( Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. -al).
HARMUL—
See Liwa (Sub-Vilayet).
HARQA—
An agricultural tract in the Hindiyah Qadha and also a small administrative
sub-division of that qadha,
HARQAH—
See Aden Protectorate.
HAQALAH—
A small village in the vicinity of Dhaid {q. v.), in the 'Oman Promontory.
HAQALAH (Jabal)—
A hill overlooking Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Haqalah, near Dhaid {q. v.), and also Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Safuni.
HAQALAH ( Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. )—
A valley near the village of the same name in Dhaid; it contains the source of the
stream that irrigates Dhaid {q. v.) village.
HARQAN (Tribe)—•
See 'Anizah.
HARQAN (Qasr)—
See 'Aridh (District).
HARQUS—
A mere sandbank in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , situated about 30 miles west and slightly south
of Farsi island; it is about 200 yards in length and is hardly above the level of high water.

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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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