'Gazetteer of Arabia Vol. I' [818] (873/1050)
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. .
Transcription
This transcription is created automatically. It may contain errors.
818
HIJ-HIL
HIJARIYAH—
See Shamiyah (Qadha).
HIJIRI—
One of tha minor valleys which cbsoend from Jabal Aja (q. v.), on its east side.
HIJJI—
One of the Wida'In families of the Dawasir tribe (q.v.),
HIJJI—
One of the sections of the Mutair tribe ; see the Sahabah families of the Umwahah sub -
division.
HURAH—
8ee Quryat.
HIJRAT-AL-BAKRIYIX—
HIJRAT DIGHlL—
HIJRAT W1LAD SA'AD—
Villages in
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Samail (q.v.),
HIJRI—
See Hijrlyah.
HIJRAT-AD-BABAH—
HIJRAT-AS-SUFA—•
Villages in
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Samail (q. v.)
HIJRIS (Tribe)—
See Dawasir (Tribe).
HIJRI YAH (or Hum)—
A halting place in Hejaz on the inland route between AI-Madinah and Mecca, and 71
miles south by east from the former place. It lies on a stony plain, near
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
-al-
Khunak and water can be obtained from some wells called Bir Harun, a little further
up that watercourse.— (Burton, 1853.)
hikman—
Singular is Hikmani. A tribe found on the south-eastern coast of 'Oman, where
the Barr-al-Hikman or mainland between Masirah island and Ghubbat HashTsh is
named after them, especially at Mahot: they also occur along the coast for 40 miles
to the south-west of Ghubbat Hashish. Sixty years ago they were an independent
tribe, Ghafiri in politics and Sunni in religion, regarded as cognate with the Janna-
bah; but since that time they have partially lost their separate existence, those of
Barr-al-Hikman having attached themselves to the Bani Bu 'Ali, while others have
become Hinawis under the protection of Shaikh Zaida-bin-Khalifah of Abu Dhabi to
whom they pay annual visits and from whom they receive presents. Mahot is
their principal settlement. Their number may be 800 souls. Some Hikman are
found also at Murbat in Dhufar and at Barkah and
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Manumah in Batinah.
One authority gives the name of this tribe as 'Ukman.
HIKMAN (B akr-al-)—
See 'Oman (south-eastern coast of).
HlL—
See Jabir (
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Bani) (II).
About this item
- Content
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.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (523 folios)
- Physical characteristics
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.
- Written in
- English in Latin script View the complete information for this record
Use and share this item
- Share this item
'Gazetteer of Arabia Vol. I' [818] (873/1050), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/MIL/17/16/2/1, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100023909215.0x00004a> [accessed 8 May 2024]
https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100023909215.0x00004a
Copy and paste the code below into your web page where you would like to embed the image.
<meta charset="utf-8"><a href="https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100023909215.0x00004a">'Gazetteer of Arabia Vol. I' [‎818] (873/1050)</a> <a href="https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100023909215.0x00004a"> <img src="https://iiif.qdl.qa/iiif/images/81055/vdc_100023486087.0x000001/IOR_L_MIL_17_16_2_1_0873.jp2/full/!280,240/0/default.jpg" alt="" /> </a>
This record has a IIIF manifest available as follows. If you have a compatible viewer you can drag the icon to load it.https://www.qdl.qa/en/iiif/81055/vdc_100023486087.0x000001/manifestOpen in Universal viewerOpen in Mirador viewerMore options for embedding images
Copyright: How to use this content
- Reference
- IOR/L/MIL/17/16/2/1
- Title
- 'Gazetteer of Arabia Vol. I'
- Pages
- 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
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence