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'Gazetteer of Arabia Vol. I' [‎972] (1039/1050)

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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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972
JUM—JUR
JUMAIL—
See Qatar; west side.
JUMAILAH—
See Ja'alan; also 'Oman (south-eastern coast of).
JUMAIMAH (B irkat)—
A reservoir on the Darb Zubaidah about 157 miles from Najaf and 227 miles from
Hail; it is thus roughly two-fifths of the way from the Euphrates valley to the
Shammar capital. Birkat Jumaimah is about 90 feet square, with a depth of 20 feet ;
there are steps leading down into the water and troughs round for the watering of
animals. It is constructed in a depression, the water draining into it from all sides,
and is the only one of the reservoirs on the Darb Zubaidah which remains in good
t condition.
In February 1910, there was sufficient water here for 12,000 men for several days.—
(Leachman),
JUMAIRAH—
See Dibai Principality.
JUMAL (A l)—
See Qahtan.
JUN—
According to Palgrave, a small village of 20—30 houses, the most westerly appendage
of Jauf-al- 'Umr. in northern Central Arabia. It is said to be situated on green slopes
under Jabal-al-Jauf and to possess scanty cultivation.— [Palgrave, 1862.)
JUN (J azirat)—
See Daimaniyat.
JUNAIDAT—
Singular Junaidi; a tribe, said to be of 'Omani extraction but not traceable in 'Oman,
of whom a few families are settled at Darin on Tarut Island. They live by fishing and
pearl diving and are Hanbali Sunnis by religion.
JUNAIZ (RI s-al)—
See 'Oman (south-eastern coast of).
JURAB (I sland)—
See Farasan (Islands and Bank); bank, western side.
JURAIBlYAH (A l)—
A group of wells in North-eastern Arabia; they lie roughly mid-way between Suq-ash-
Shuyukh and the Lmah wells, amongst those watercourses which are known collectively
as Falaij-ash-ShamalTyah. The Juraibiyah wells are 40 in number; the supply is
plentiful in winter but ceases altogether in summer.— (Leachman, March, 1910.)
JURAKH—
See Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Mahram.
JURDAB—
See Bahrain Island ; towns, villages, etc.
JURDI (J az I rat)—
See Muharraq Island.
JURI (U mm)—•
Ona of the numerous tracts in the Samawah Qadha {q. v.) in 'Iraq.

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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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