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'Gazetteer of Arabia Vol. I' [‎792] (847/1050)

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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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792
HAT-HAU
Name.
Position.
On which
bank.
Houses
and
inhabitants.
R emarks.
Mushabbah..
J an hour below
Tamait.
»
10 houses of
Mashahat.
Nil.
'AjTb
1 hour below Mush
abbah.
Left . •
70 houses of
Mashahat.
This village com
mands a fine view
of the Batinah.
The hills end a short
distance below it
and 4 hours from
it is Shinas Town.
Of the entire population of about 1,400 souls, only some 500 appear to be subject to
the Sultan of 'Oman; the rest belong rather to Independent 'Oman.
These villages are poor in animals ; altogether they are said to contain only 50
camels, 100 donkeys, 50 cattle and 200 sheep and goats.
Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Hatta carries the drainage of Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Qahfi and its tributary Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. -al-Hayul,
which comes from the neighbourhood of Mahadhah.
HATTAB (DiRAT)—
One of the wards, or quarters, of the town of Jauf-al- 'Umr {q.v.), in the Jabal Shammar
dominions.
HATTAN (J abal)—
A mountain in Yemen lying about 45 miles east-north-east of Lahiyah.— {Hunter's
Map of Arabia, 1908.)
HlTUH—
See Badiyah.
HAUDH BIN ZIYAD—
A halting-place on the Yemen Hajj route and situated in the northern Yemen high
lands at a distance from Mecca estimated at 419 miles. Apparently it lies about midway
between the villages of Khamis-al Mashriq and Sa'dhah.— {Hunter's Map of Arabia,)
hauf—
A coastal village in western Dhufar, Southern Arabia, situated about 12 miles east of
Damqut. It is the residence of *a shaikh, and possesses a tower.— {Red Sea and
Gulf of Aden Pilot,)
HAURA—
A small fishing village 42 miles west-south-westward of Balhaf, Hadhramaut. It
has two square towers, each about 50 feet high.— {Red Sea and Gulf of Aden Pilot, 1909.)
haurah—
A town in Southern Arabia, Situated in the Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Qasr about 3 miles above the upper
end of the Hadhramaut valley. It is supposed to occupy the site of an ancient Himya-
ritic settlement. The most noteworthy feature of the town is the huge castle belonging
to the A1 Ka'aiti family. It is seven storeys high, and covers an acre of ground beneath
a beetling cliff; with battlements, towers, and machicouli galleries, somewhat resemb
ling Holyrood palace, only built of mud except the first storey. It dominates a humble
village surrounded by palm groves. Haurah is entirely under Makalla.
hauran—
See Aden Protectorate.
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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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