'Gazetteer of Arabia Vol. I' [826] (881/1050)
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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826
HIL-HIL
HILLAT BANI SUHAIL—
, Wards, or quarters, of the towa of Saham iq.v.), in the 'O^nan Sultanate.
HILLAWIYlN—
A locality on the right bank ot the Tigris {'(.v.), just below Qararah. The Diyalah
river flows into the Tigris on the opposite bank just below the Hillawiyin reach.
HILTI (N ajd-al)—
See
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
-al-HiltL
HILTI (W adi-al)—
A valley in the Western Hajar district of the Oman Sultanate; it descends to Bitinah
and reaches the sea by vacuus branches near Sawaiharah and 'Awaiuat. It rises on the
north side of a pass between Batinah and Dhahirah called Najd-al-Hilti and passes in
succession the following villages:—
Name.
Position.
Houses
and
inhabitants.
R emarks.
Halahil •.
6 hours below the
Najd, on the right
bank.
90 houses of Bani
Ghaith.
Here are 15 camels,
15 donkeys, 40 cattle
and 700 sheep and
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Muta'arishah
2 hours below Hala
hil, on the right
bank.
60 houses of Maqabil
of the Bani Khail
section.
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Livestock are 8
camels, 10 donkeys,
12 cattle and 500
sheep and goats.
Hail
1 hour below Muta'a
rishah on the right
bank.
40 houses of Maqabil
Animals are 3 camels,
7 donkeys, 5 cattle
and 300 sheep and
goats. Some date
plantations and
arable land here,
worth $300 a year,
belong to the pre
sent Sultan of 'Oman
(Saiyid Faisal) in
his private capacity.
Lithaibat • •
1 hour below Hail,
on the left bank.
50 houses of Maqabil
and Jahawar.
The people possess 8
camels, 10 donkeys,
10 cattle and 500
sheep and goats.
Aqair • •
Haiyadh
1 hour below Lithai-
bat on the left bank.
Slightly below 'Aqair,
on the right bank.
40 houses of Maqabil
and Jahawar.
• • • •
There are 8 camels,
10 donkeys, 6 cattle
and 400 sheep and
goats.
See article Haiyadh.
Khabt
2 hours below
Haiyadh, on the
right bank.
30 houses of Jahawar
and Bani 'Isa.
Livestock are 3
camels, 6 donkeys,
4 cattle and 100
sheep and goats.
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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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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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