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'Gazetteer of Arabia Vol. I' [‎854] (909/1050)

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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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854
HUT—HUW
HUTH—•
A halting place on the Yemen Hajj route 68 miles northward of Sana*a. {Hunter's
Map of Arabia, 1908.)
HUTHABA (AL).
The name of one of the high ruddy precipices enclosing the plain of Madain Salih
(g. v.), in the Hejaz, to the southward, and forming one side of the defile known as
Bughaz-aPAli,— [Doughty,)
HUTQM (Tribe)—
See Na'im.
HUWAI—
A locality on the right bank of the Tigris (7. v.) between Kut-al-Amarah and Shaikh
Sa'ad.
HUWAIDH (Jabal Umm)—
See Qarah (Barr-al).
HUWAIDH (R as)—
See Qarah (Barr-al).
HUWAIL (Bul)—
See Dhabi (Abu) (Principality).
HUWAIL-AL-'Arab—
A village (?) in Hadhramaut. It is one of a group of villages about midway along the
route between Balhaf and Yashbam.—-(//^iter's Map of Arabia, 1908.)
HUWAILAH—
In English at one time known as " Owhale A deserted town on the east coast of
Qatar about midway between Dhakhirah and the extremity of the peninsula. There
are numerous wells in the vicinity, 2 miles inland from the sea, but the water is of
indifferent quality. Before Zubarah 18th-century town located 105 km from Doha. and D5hah rose to importance, Huwailah was the
chief town of Qatar. It is believed that the inhabitants were originally Al Musallam,
who were expelled by the Shaikhs of Bahrain, and that thereafter they were Al Bin 'Ali
up to about 1850.
HUWAILAH—
See Dhafrah.
HUWAILAH—
A locality on the left bank of the Tigris (<7. v.) a short distance above 'Azlzlyah.
HUWAILAN—
See Qasim.
HUWAIQlL (Dohat)—
See Qarah (Barr»al).
HUWAIRAH ( or H xjwairat)—
See Hasa (Al) (Oasis).
HUWAISH—
A section of the Al Bu Jaiyash, one of the rural tribes of 'Iraq {q. v.)*
HUWAISH—
A looaUty on the right bank of the Tigris {q between Qararah and Suwairah.
HUWAISH-AS-SAIYID—
(See Hillah (Qadha); a village in the Nahr Shah Nahiyah.

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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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