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'Gazetteer of Arabia Vol. I' [841] (896/1050)
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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HIE—HIS
811
hirwa—
, f village in the Hujarlyah {q. v.) district of the Aden Protectorate, and situated about
eight miles, as the crow flies, northward of Mufalis. Hirwa is two or three miles to the
north of Naqil Hamra, which latter is near the village of Hifein.—iWauhope, 1915),
HIRZAH (Tribe)—
See Hishm (Bani).
HISAI (J ABAL- al)—
See Bhrain (Island).
HISAISAH (RAS)—
A rocky point, about 30 miles south-west of Mukalla, Hadhramaut. It is the
termination of a rugged range of hills extending from some distance inlaad. The cape
forms a small bay on its north.—(i2ei Sea and Gulf of Aden Pilot, 1909.)
HISAN—
A settlement in the Wahidi district of the Hadhramaut; it is situated alongside the
route between BaJhaf and Yashbum near the junction of an important left-bank tributary
oi brhail Habban and the main stream, and perhaps a couple of hours' march above
Naqab-al-Hajar.— (Hunter's Map of Arabia.)
HISAN—
A locality on the left bank of the Tigris {q. v.) between Qal'at Salih and Ezra 's Tomb
and opposite the village of Abu Rubah.
HlSHAH (U MM)—
See Biyadh ; Part VI.
HISHASHIMAH (T ribe)—
See Hishm (Bani).
HISHM or HASHIM (BANI)—
Singular Hashimi. A tribe of the Ja'alanand the Eastren Hajar districts in the 'Oman
ThMhT^H y i ar | Nlz . ari descent. Ghafiri by political faction, in religion partly
Ibadhi and partly Sunm. Their principal place is Kamil (200 houses) in Ja'alan, but
they also occupy the Ja alan villages of DIdu (50 houses), Humaidha (15 houses) and
Buwairid (55 houses) and the village of Tahwa (60 houses) near Jabal Khadhar. In the
lower course of
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Bam Khalid, where their numerical strength lies, they have Zilaft
(50 houses), Adhfam (200 houses). Halfah (93 houses), Badh'ah (150 houses), Siq (180
houses) and Sibt (160 houses); and a few are found at Khabbah in
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Khabbah. In
Buad-as-Sur at Sur they have perhaps 80 houses. There are also about 1,500 Bedouins
belonging to the tribe who own some 500 camels, 250 donkeys, 700 cattle and 8 000
sheep and goats.
following^— n ^ SUI>p0Sed t0 number S' 000 persons and their sub-divisions are the
Section.
Fighting strength.*
Habitat.
Remarks.
Hirzah .,
150
Kamil
Sunnia.
Hishashimah
200
Bo.
Do.
Kuwashim ., |
200
Humaidha
Bo.
C52(w)GSB
"The numbers in this column appear to be exaggerated.
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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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- 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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