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'Gazetteer of Arabia Vol. II' [‎1019] (56/688)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (341 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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KHA—KHA 1019
KHADHAR ( J abax H
An important peak in Jabal Akhadhar {q.v.}, in the 'Oman Sultanate. This peak
must not be confounded with the Jabal Khadhar range of the eastern Hajar mountains
which are also situated in the 'Oman Sultanate.
KHADHIR (B ani)—
A comprehensive term used in southern Najd to describe the body of inferior tribes
by whom chiefly, in a number of the districts, cultivation is carried on on behalf of the
Arab masters of the soil. The Bani Khadhlr seldom own land themselves ; but tho
Qasim at Saih in Aflaj, who are Bani Khadhir, constitute an exception to this rule.
Distribution. —Bani Khadhir are found in the south-western part of Najd at Quwai-
'iyah ; in Aflaj at 'Amar, Badi', Haddar, Haradhah, Kharfah, Lailah, Rajaijiyah, Rau-
dhah, Saih, Shutbah, Starah, Wasit and Wusailah ; and in 'Aridh at Haraimlah, Jarinah,
Malham, Rghabah, Salbukh, Sidus, and Thadiq in the Mahmal division of the district,
as well as at Jabailah, Malqa,'Ammarlyah,'lib, 'Audah, Dara'iyah, 'Arjah, Batin-ash-
Shuyukh, Riyadh, Manfuhah, Masani' and Hair on Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Hanifah, and at Dhrumah
proper, Mizahmiyah and R5dhah in Dhrumah. In Hariq they oocur at Harlcj town and
Mufaijir; in Hautah at Hautah town, Hilwah, Quwai' and Wusaitah ; in Kharj at
'Adhar, Dilam, Na'ajan and Sulaimiyah ; and in Sadair at 'Ashairah, 'Attar, Audah,
Dakhilah, Ghat, Harmah, Hasun, Hautah, Jalajil, Janublyah, Khatamah, Khis, Majma',
Raudhah, Ruwaidhah, Tamair, Tuwaim and Zilfi.
Divisions. —The following are a few of the sections, or rather tribes, which go to form
the general body of the Bani Khadhir, together with the names of some of the places at
which they are found:—
'Atij {Bani) at Zilfi. Mizai'al at Thadiq.
Had-hud at Malham. Muharib at Malham.
Hamadat at Malham. Nataqah at ZilfL
Jamai'ah at Thadiq, Qasim at Csaih.
Jida'ah at Thadiq. and
Marshud at Malham. Rabaiya' at Thadiq.
KHADHIR AT—
One of the rural tribes of 'Iraq {q.v,),
KHADHMAH—
One of the quarters of the town of Jauf-al-'Umr {q.v.), in northern Central^Arabia.
KHADHRA—
A group of wells in Central Arabia ; they are situated on the Darh Zubaidah at a point
which is roughly one-third of the way from Hail to Karbala. The Khadhra wells, which
are 14 in number, are rudely cut in the rock; they are 6 or 7 feet wide at the top and
contain rather bitter water at about 50 feet. There is nothing to mark their position
from a distance.
KHADHRA—
A smill town in the BStinah district {q.v.), of the 'Oman Sultanate.
KHADHRA—
A hamlet in Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Bani Battash {q.v.), in the Masqat district of the 'Oman Sultanate.
KHADHRA—
A village in Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Sahtan {q.v.), in the western Hajar district of the 'Oman Sultanate.
KHADHRA—
A small village in Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Sarrami {q.v.), in the 'Oman Sultanate.
KHADHRA ('Ain-AL)—
A fresh water spring on Nabi Salih {q.v.), an island of the Bahrain group.
khadhra ( J abal)—
See Najd,, north-eastern district.
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Volume II of III of the Gazetteer of Arabia. The Gazetteer is alphabetically-arranged and this volume contains entries K through to R.

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 (341 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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