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'Gazetteer of Arabia Vol. I' [908] (969/1050)
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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908
IST^IZK
ISTABAL ANTAR—
A station on the Hejaz Railway, TSJ miles from Al-Madinah.
ISTAL—
A place in the Dhafrah district of Trucial 'Oman, and either in, or just to the north
of, the tract known as Liwah. Istal is said to be a stage on the desert route between
Bandar Radaim on the coast and Shah, in Liwah.
ISTAL—
See (
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Bani) Kharus.
ISWAIS (K hashm)—
A spur or outlier of Jabal Tuwaiq (q. v.).
ISWAR (H alat B in)—
See Bahrain (Island); towns, villages, etc.
'ITBAN (F ariq-al)—
See Mubarraz.
ithailat—
The name of a locality on the left bank of the Tigris (q, v.) between Ezra's Tomb
and Qurnah.
ITHAMNEH (B ait ) (T ribe)—
See Ka'ab; 'Asakireh sub-division of the Drls.
ITHL (
WAdi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
)—
A station on the Hejaz Railway nearly 18 miles south of Tabuk and situated on a small
valley of the same name which drains towards the north. The station itself consists
of a single building of the defensible type. There is no natural water-supply here.
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Ithl is a narrow valley of basaltic blocks and pinnacles.— {Mctunsell; Carruthers.)
ITHRAH—
A village in
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Sirhan (q. v.) in North-western Arabia.
'IYADAH (T ribe)—
See Shammar (Southern); Aslam division.
'lYANIYAH—
A tract in the Samawah Qadha (q. v.); it is inhabited by Al Bu Hassan.
IZKI or ZIKI—•
An importanttown of'Oman Proper in the Sultanate of 'Oman; it is situated on both
sides of
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Halfain about 12 miles below its head and at an elevation of 2,150 feet
above the sea. The quarter situated on the right bank is walled and contains a compact
and massive fort with walls 5 feet thick, standing upon a cliff 200 feet high above the
Wddi bed ; this quarter is called Yaman, has about 350 houses and is inhabited by the
Bani Ruwahah, Daramikah and Manadharah tribes. The quarter on the left bank
stands on low ground and is occupied by Bani Riyam : it is called Nizar and has about
450 houses. These opposite quarters are constantly at feud, the one being Hinawi and
the other Ghafiri in politics. The entire population of Izki proper may be about 4,000
souls : the people are cultivators and carriers. The bed of
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Halfain at Izki is broad
and contains extensive palm-groves and other cultivation, especially on the left bank
which is low and fertile; the general aspect of the town is highly picturesque. Crops
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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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