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'Gazetteer of Arabia Vol. I' [884] (945/1050)
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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884
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Tribe.
Location.
Shammar (North
ern).
Shammar Toqah ..
Shibil (Al)
Shiti ••
Shushtari
Sindan • •
Sultan (Al Bu)
Not actually resident in
'Iraq, but some of their
Bedouins frequent the
Najaf Qadha.
On the left bank of the
Tigris from Baghdad
City to a point opposite
Bghailah.
In the Qadhas of
Shamiyah, Karbala and
Najaf.
In the Qadha of Kadhi-
main about Abu
Ghuraib.
Chiefly in the Qadha of
Kufah.
In the Qadha of Diwanl-
yah upon the Dagharah.
In the Hillah and Najaf
Qadhas generally.
B emakks.
See article Northern Shammar.
See article Shammar Toqah.
The Al Shibil are divided into
.many sections: one of these, the
Al Khuzaim or Khazaiyim occupy
nearly all the Ghamas sub-division
of the ShamTyah Qadha ; other two,
the Ahl-ad-Dawab and the Al
Lajam are found at Ja'arah in the
same district. The Al Ibrahim
above should perhaps be regarded as
a section of the Al Shibil. Other sub
divisions are the Al Bd Dahaidi',
Dahaiyim, Khalid, Lahaibat, Musagh
and Zaiyad. The Al Shibil in the
Qadha of Karbala winter around
Shifathah and move in summer into
the neighbourhood of Karbala Town.
The Al Shibil of the Karbala and
Najaf Qadhas and some of the others,
in all about J of the tribe, are noma
dic ; those visiting the Karbala
Qadha are about 500 persons^ The
tribe are supposed to number about
7,000 souls and to possess about
1,000 horses. They live in tents
and huts, cultivate rice and other
grains, and breed cattle; some are
robbers. In religion Al Shibil are
Shl'ahs, and in politics they are
friendly with the Khaza'il and hositle
to the 'Anizah and Shammar.
The Shiti have no Shaikh of their
own and are subject to the Shaikh
of the ZSba*.
Under this name are known about
600 immigrants from Shushtar
and others parts of Southern
Persia.
They are Shi'ahs and belong to the
Aqra' group (see above). They
cultivate and keep cattle.
See article Al Bu Sultan.
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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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