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'Gazetteer of Arabia Vol. I' [‎816] (871/1050)

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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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816
HEL—H1B
14.—T haqif (B eni).
A tribe, descended from Himyar, in the highlands to the south of Taif. They are
bounded on the north by the northern section of the Juhadlah, on the south by the Beni
Nasr. east by the Shalawa, and west by the Beni Faham. They are almost entirely
settled and agricultural and grow cereals, grapes, and other fruits for the Ta'if market.
For water they depend partly on the summer rains, but chiefly on well-water. Nasir
Ibn Ghawal is their chief Sheikh, a firm adherent of the Emir of Mecca. He commands
about 2,000 fighting men. In times of crisis they combir^ with the Beni Malek, Beni
Saad, and Beni Nasri. They are always at feud with the Beni Faham, and are not
cordial to the Juhadlah. They possess very few camels. A certain proportion of the
tribe lives permanently in Ta'if. The chief sub-tribes are Sufian, Moadher, and Rahiah,
15.—M alek (B eni).
The Beni Malek of the Hejaz {see " Asir Handbook " for the Asiri tribe of the name)
are a small tribe numbering not more than 2,000 men who live in the mountains inland
of Lith. The adjoining tribes are the Beni Saad on the north, the Shalawah nomads on
the east, the Zahran on the south, and the Juhadlah on the west. The Beni Malek are
not a fighting tribe, but they are hospitable and industrious and cultivate figs and grapes
in the wadis as well as wheat, barley, and dura. During the pilgrimage season most of
them go to Mecca and Jiddah and act as porters. They thus come more into contact
with the outside world than most tribes, and are more civilized. They are devoted
to the Emir of Mecca and pay him taxes.
Nasir Ibn Rawwaf is their chief Shaikh.
They live at peace with their neighbours, except the Shalawah, who occasionally raid
them. Most of their villages are culstered in Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Luz and Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Ruma'an.
16.—N asri (B eni).
A tribe, descended from Himyar, in the country to the south of the Beni Thaqif in
southern Hejaz ; bounded on the north by the Beni Thaqif, south by the Beni Saad,
east by the Shalawah, and west by the Beni Faham.
They are entirely agricultural and settled, and raise cereals and fruits, utilizing the
water from wells in addition to the yearly rains. Bakhit Ibn Surur is their chief Sheikh,
a faituful adherent of the Emir of Mecca, as are all the tribe.
They dislike the Beni Faham and are suspicious of the southern Juhadlah, and when
real fighting is to be done, combine with the Beni Thaqif, Beni Malek, and Beni Saad.
HELWlN ( D hul'a)—
Referred to by Doughty as Thulla Helwan ;♦ the second stage from Tayma on the
little-used desert route to Jauf-al-'Umr. The site of this halting-place is marked by
a small but fairly conspicuous hill, close to which water is obtainable. The nomads
reckon six nights out to Jauf, the stages being as follows :—Ubbsyt, a principal summer
station of the Shararat, where there is a ruined site, water rising where the sand is dug
with the hands; Thulla Helwan (to be distinguished from Jabal Helwan which is one
day eastward from Tayma ; Areyj, in the Nafud ; Towll; 'Afan or El-Jeyn. The desert
ways either between Tayma and Jauf or Tayma and Ma'an are seldom trodden.—
{Doughty.)
HIBAR (J azirat)—
8ee Farasan (Islands and Bank); bank, eastern side.
HIBAT—
See 'Andam ( Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. ).
HlBI or H ibi—
A village in the Western Hajar district of the 'Oman Sultanate, one day's journey
inland from Saham town, at the head of Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Sarrami. The place consists of 80
houses of Bani 'Isa, Hawasinah, of the Hawamid section and Bani 'Umr; and the
local resources include about 20 camels, 10 donkeys, 40 cattle, 300 sheep and goats and
•This place is marked on Hunter's Map as Tawal-al-Hilwan.

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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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