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'Gazetteer of Arabia Vol. I' [831] (886/1050)
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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HINDIYAH 831
Name.
Position.
Nature.
Remarks.
,
lands irrigated by it
and the progressive
enlargement of the
mouth which is un
scientifically con
structed are account
able for a gradual in
crease in the damage
done by this canal.
The protective works
which have been
necessitated are re
ferred to in the arti
cle on Karbala
Town.
Sulaimamyah Vil
lage.
About 5 miles west
of a point on the
Hindlyah 8 miles
below the barrage.
A village of about 40
mud huts, standing
on a mound. The
people own some
buffaloes, sheep and
donkeys, and some
work as boatmen
when the country in
the neighbourhood
is flooded. The
donkeys are hired
out to pilgrims to
Karbala.
The route between
Karbala Town and
Tawairij passes the
south side of this
village at 6 miles
from the former and
7 from the latter
place. The Hor-al-
Husainiyah extends
away to the south
west of the village;
and there are other
swamps adjoining.
pawaihiyah Canal
Takes off from the
right bank about 2
miles below the
Mashorab canal.
A canal about 25
yards wide with
banks 7 or 8 feet
high : in winter the
water in it runs 3 or
4 feet deep. This
canal goes to the
south-west. The
Dawaihlyah has a
branch known as
the Abul Khasawi
which communi
cates with the
swamps adjoining
Sulaimamyah vil
lage.
Similar to the Masho
rab canal above.
Near this canal is a
village, called Bani
Salah with culti
vation of wheat and
barley : the people,
probably of the tribe
so named, are
about 200 souls. A
little south of the
canal is Umm Jamal
a village of 400
inhabitants who
grow cereals, dates
and melons. Also
near the Dawaihi-
yah, but to the
north of the Kar-
bala-Tawairlj road
are the villages of
Saiyid Jodah and
Bani 'Aufi ; the
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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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- 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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