"دليل الجزيرة العربية المجلد I" [‎٣‎٠‎٧] (١٠٥٠/٣٢٢)

AZI-AZI
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'AZlZ ('A yal)—
A section of the Na'im tribe (g.v.)*
'AZIZ (B ir)—
A group of wells in Jafurah {q.v.) in eastern Arabia.
'AZiZ-AL-MA—
Some wells in Hushum (g.v.).
•AZlZlYAH ( Qadha)—
A division of the Sanjaq of Baghdad, which is a part of the Wilayat of the same name
in 'Iraq; it was constituted in 1884, at the time of separation of the Basrah
Wilayat from that of Baghdad, out of territory formerly included in the Qadha of
Kut-al-Amarah.
Position and boundaries. —The ' Azizlyah Qadha is situated on the left bank of the Tigris
some distance below Baghdad City, and is enclosed by the Qadhas of Baghdad and
Khurasan on the north-west, by that of Badrah on the north-east, by that of Kut-al-
Amarah on the south-east, and by that of Jazirah on the south-west. 'Aziziyah appa
rently reaches up the Tigris to the junction with the river of the Diyalah.
Topography and tribes. —The Qadha contains only two villages of any importance:
of these one is 'Aziziyah, described elsewhere under its own name ; the other is Salman
Pak which is mentioned in the article on the Tigris.
The following is an alphabetical table of the principal Muqata'ahs or tracts in 'Azizi
yah and of the tribes occupying them:—
Tract.
Tribe.
Tract.
Tribe.
1. Badi
Dilaim ..
10. QutnTyat-ash-
Sharqiyah.
Shammar Toqah of
the Hadail section.
2. Dabuni
(The private pro
perty of an Ar
menian family).
Shammar, T5qah of
the 'Atbah, Kha-
walid and Qara-
gh5l sections.
1L Safi ..
Shammar of Toqah of
the Manahlr section
3. Dair ..
Shammar Toqah of
the Banwah sec
tion.
12. Samrah
(On the large bend
of the Tigris at
Ctesiphon.)
Zubaid of the Bani
'Ajil and Battah
sections.
4. Dawar-al-Gharbi
Shammar Toqah of
the Qufaifan sec
tion.
13. Shadhif ,,
Shammar Toqah of
the Dawud and
Majli section.
6. Dfiwar-ash-
Sharqi,
\
Shammar T5qah of
the Mardan and
Zakaitat sections.
14. Shadi
Shammar Toqah of
the Sud'an section
and Da'ajah.»
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