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'Gazetteer of Arabia Vol. I' [946] (1013/1050)
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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946
JAU-JAU
Place or feature.
Position.
Nature.
R emarks.
Shiklah (Khatmat-
ash -)- -iJ.j
A mile north of Khat-
mat-as-Suwwad.
The southern extre
mity of a ridge
which runs from
south to north.
The Baraimi-Sohar
route passes between
this place and Khat-
mat-as-Suwwd. A
short distance to the
east of Khatmat-
ash-Shiklah is alow
red*hill of compact
nummulitic limes
tone.
Suwwad (Khatmat-
as-).
12 miles east-south
east of Baraimi
village.
The northern end of
a ridge which goes
off to southwards.
See Khatmat-ash-
Shiklah above.
JAU—
See Bahrain Island ; Towns, Villages, etc.
JAU—
One of the minor valleys descending from Jabal 'Aja {q. on the east side.
JAU UMM SAIBAH—
4 sma11 valle y at the south end of the Sudhah tract of the Kuwait Principalitv.
It lies two miles to the south of Tel-al-Khula and about 34 miles to the north of Anta'a!
JAUF—
A tract m the Hasa Sanjaq, beginning about 8 miles north of the oasis of that name
it is divided from the latter by a small strip of the Biyadh tract which intervenes. On the
west side of Jauf a line connecting Jabal Gharaimil with Jabal Dam divides it from the
tract of Badd-al-Asis ; and, at its north-western corner, only the interposition of Jabal
Dam prevents its meeting the Habl tract. On the remaining sides it is enclosed by
Biyadh. The length of Jauf from north-west to south-east is rather over 30 miles • and
its average breadth, taken at right angles to its length, is about half as much.
Jauf is a sandy depression and its surface is composed of mounds and hollows all of
sand. The general colour of the track is darker than that of Biyadh. The hollows contain
trees of Markh and bushes of Ghadha, and in the grazing are included the shrubs called
'Arfaj, and Rimth and the grasses known as Nasi, Subat, and Thamam. In most respects
Jauf resembles Habl, which it adjoins, but it is better provided with water.
Wells are numerous in Jauf and the average depth is about 12 feet. The following
are among the better known :— B
Name.
Position.
Asaifirat
Bar (' Ain) ..
In the centre of the northern part of Jauf, 8 milaa east of
Jabal Dam and 8 miles north of Jabal Gharaimil.
Near the northern end of Jabal Gharaimil, 7 miles south
of Asaifirat.
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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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