'Gazetteer of Arabia Vol. I' [955] (1022/1050)
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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Tribe.
AlBu Jamil ..
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Al Bu Wais
A1 Bu Kulaib and Al Bu 'Ajil
Al Bu Salih
1,16 Qadhasot Jai
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EM? 8 *
Al Bu Na'aim
Al Bu Kh adhair ..
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scattered. '
Al Bu Amir
Dawar ..
Shubaishah
Ikhwat Salimah ..
'Asim ..
Dilaim al-Ghubaishat
Saiyah ..
A1 Bu Sultan ..
Zubaid Shaikhs and their followers
Total
Number
of
rifles.
The total tribal population is 14,900, including men and women, estimated at the rato
of five per house. The length of the Qadha is 26| hours on horseback.
The Qadha was governed by a Qaimmaqam with a Mudir for the Nahiyah of Hami-
diyah. The estates are all mm. The inhabitants of the village of the Han idiyah are of
mixed origin and the richest and most intelligent man is Saiyid' Alawi ibu Saiyid Salih
Bahiyah, a native of Hillah.
Position and boundaries. —The Qadha of Jazirah lies entirely on the right bank of
the Tigris at a short distance belo v Baghdad City ; it is bounded on the north-east by
the Tigris, which divides it on that side from the Qadha of 'AzizTyah. On the south
east Jazirah meets the Qadha of Kut-al-Amarah; on the south-west that of Hillah in
the Sanjaq of Dlwanlyah; and on the north-west that of Kadhimain.
Topography and tribes. —The only places worthy of mention in the Qadha ara
Suwairah, the administrative headquarters, and Bghailah ; both of these are der cribed
in articles under their own names. It should be noted that the ordinary civil officials
have little or no power in Bghailah and the Sanlyah properties attached to it, whioh
may therefore be regarded as virtually excluded from the Qadha.
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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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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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