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'Gazetteer of Arabia Vol. I' [849] (904/1050)
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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HUL—HUM
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HUL (D ohat U mm-al)—
See Qatar, ^
HULAH—
A town in the 'Aridh district of central Arabia. It is described as a large and busy
locality in an open plain and as possessing towered walls built of sun-dried bricks, with
little stone and that unhewn. Halah was said to be one of the most flourishing towns
in the district, perhaps owing to its proximity to Shaqrah and the Washam route. The
inhabitants are active traders and agriculturists and the country round is planted and
tilled to a notable distance. Palgrave says that Hulah is in Sadair, and lies between
Thadiq and Haraimlah. In this gazetteer, however, both these villages are treated as
being in the 'Aridh district.— {Palgrave, 1862.)
HULUB { J abal)—
A hill in the east of Jabal Shammar, and immediately to the south of the Buraidah-
Hail route. It is about 55 miles north-west of Buraidah,— {Hunters Map of Arabia 1908.)
HULUBAN—
A hill in Najd about 30 miles east-north of Jabal-an-Nir. It was roughly fixed by Hub-
er in 1884, but has not yet been accurately placed.— {Hunter's Map of Arabia, 1908.)
HULUMAH (H akrat-al)—
A lava field in south-western Najd, throrgh which the Hajj routes from Buraidah and
Riyadh pass.— {Hunter's Map of Arabia, 1908.)
HUMAID (al) (T ribe)—
See Khalid (Bani),
HUMAIDAT—
The villagers of Tabuk ; they number about 40 households and are only defended from
the Bedouins by the Tabuk qaVah to which they act as servants. They call themselves
' Aarab - al- Ka' - abani, —( Doughty, 1876.)
HUMAIBHA—
See Ja'alan.
HUMAINAH—
A locality on the left bank of the Tigris {q.v.) not far below 'Azlzlyah.
HUMAIYAN—
See Tigris. About this point, namely a few miles below Ezra's Tomb,
cease to affect the level of the Tigris.
HUMAM—
A unexplored district in the west of Hadhramaut, lying to the north-east of Nisab.—
{Hunter's Map of Arabia, 1908.)
humaniyah—
A site on the right bank of the Tigris {q.v.), between Suwairah and 'Aziziyah.
HUMAR ( ras-al)—
A tongue of land in Asir, extending in a southerly direction, and about 50 miles north-
wnrrl from OunMah. It is the northern boundary of a considerable bay, which is bord
ered throughout by reef.— {Red Sea and Gulf of Adde Pilot., 1909.)
humayun—
A locality on the left bank of the Tigris {q.v.), between Ezra's Tomb and Qurnah,
and immediately below the Rotah Creek. This reach is not to bo confused with that of
Humaiyan which begins some 7 or 8 miles above it.
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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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