!['Gazetteer of Arabia Vol. I' [‎834] (889/1050)](https://iiif.qdl.qa/iiif/images/81055/vdc_100023486087.0x000001/IOR_L_MIL_17_16_2_1_0889.jp2/full/!1200,1200/0/default.jpg "'Gazetteer of Arabia Vol. I' [‎834] (889/1050)")
'Gazetteer of Arabia Vol. I' [834] (889/1050)
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.
834
HINDIYAH
Name.
Kifl ..
Kufah ,.
Abu Sikhair
Position.
On the left bank , 12
miles below Tall
Nimrud.
On the right bank,
about 14 miles
below Kifl.
On the right bank,
about 12 miles
below Kufah.
Nature.
See article Kifl .,
m
See article Kufah ..
R emarks.
The stream is 200
yards wide here, and
there is much culti
vation especially
upon the right bank.
About 3 miles below
Kifl, near the right
bank, is the village
of 'Amran consisting
of a few Arab huts
and 1 walled and
fortified enclosure.
The Abu Shurah
canal, which waters
the Hor-ad-Dukhn
tract and is noticed
in the article on the
Qadha of Najaf,
takes off from the
left bank in the same
vicinity. About 4
miles below 'Amran
again is a place
where the Hindiyah
narrows down to
about 80 yards;
here the banks rise
100 feet above the
water.
At Kufah, where
there is a boat
bridge of 16 pon
toons, the Hindiyah
is about 150 yards
wide and flows in
winter with a maxi
mum depth of about
6 feet; but a quar
ter of a mile above
the bridge the
breadth of the
stream is nearly
twice as great. .
The headquarters of
a rich tract of coun
try, known as Mush-
khab, which be
longs to the Dairat-
as-Saniyah. This
place is situated in
The Dairat-as-Saniyah
have an important
station in a fort at
this place. The head
of the Hamidiyah
canal, running to
Najaf town, is im-
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' [834] (889/1050), 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_100023909215.0x00005a> [accessed 18 April 2024]
https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100023909215.0x00005a
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_100023909215.0x00005a">'Gazetteer of Arabia Vol. I' [‎834] (889/1050)</a> <a href="https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100023909215.0x00005a"> <img src="https://iiif.qdl.qa/iiif/images/81055/vdc_100023486087.0x000001/IOR_L_MIL_17_16_2_1_0889.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