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'Gazetteer of Arabia Vol. I' [802] (857/1050)
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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S02
HA2—HAZ
Name.
Position.
Character.
R emarks.
Qa'amah
Close to the seashore,
a couple of miles to
the south of 'Aqrabi.
Wells
The water, at 2
fathoms, is of in
different quality.
Rafa'iyah _ ..
About 10 miles west-
south-west of the
mouth of the
Maqta' stream.
Do •o • •
Fairly good water fet
2 fathoms.
Kahaiyah -.
i -xv-
5 miles west of
Wafrah.
A small hill •.
At the north-eastern
foot of this hill is a
thamllah which usu
ally contains a littls
sweet water.
Ilughwah
Some miles north or
north-east of Rafa
'iyah.
Wells
Water bitter, at 1
fathom.
Rughwan
Adjoining Rughwah
Do.
Ditto.
Sa'ud * •
West and slightly
north of Taiyibat-
al-Ism.
Do.
Good water at 2J
fathoms.
Shadhaf •.
9 miles south-south
east of Wafrah and
7 miles west of
Maraghah.
Dc. !
Depth 2 fathoms J
water brackish.
Taiyibat-al-Ism ..
A short distance
inland from Qa'a
mah.
Do.
Indifferent water at 2
fathoms.
Thamamiyah
(Khabrat-ath).
67 miles by road
south by east from
Kuwait.
A depression
Holds up bitter water.
Wafrah •.
About 55 miles
south of Kuwait
Town.
Numerous wells ♦,
About 55 miles yield
water of passable
quality.
Those who make Umm Janaib a small separate district to the west of Hazaim assign
to it the hill of Rahaiyah and the wells of Shadhaf and Wafrah described above.
HAZAIM-AS-SAID—
A group of wells on the eastern Hajj route from Qaslm, and situated at a distance
from Mecca estimated at 221 miles. The wells, which are located in a grove of accacia
trees, contain drinkable but unwholesome water at 8 or 9 feet. There are ponds near
by for watering cattle.— {Doughty.)
HAZAIMA—
One of the Shaqiq wells {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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