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'Gazetteer of Arabia Vol. II' [‎1166] (215/688)

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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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11G6
MAN—MAN
MANQAL—
A pass at tho head of WMi Sarain, a hranch of Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Mijlas [q. v.), in Trucial 'Oman
MANQAL 'ASIN—
A hamlet in Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Samail {q. v.), in the Sultanate of 'Oman.
MANQUS—
A creek in the Fao {q. v.) district.
MANSAH (W adi)—
AA7^ V Q lley - i ? th v. S u lt ! tiat r 0f ' 0m5 " constifcutin g an important right bank tributary of
Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Samail. which it enters immediately below Qurta' : its source is at .Wd Wasit
where there is a village, Wasit, in a bleak situation with a scanty water-supply • S
village consists of 35 houses of the Rahbiyln and is the seat of the principal Rahbi Sha kh
In the same vicinity are two other Rahbiyln villages, Manaithirah and Rahbah of 35
and 20 houses respectively : the former I s said to have 40 camels, 200 donkeys and 2 000
sheep and goats, the latter to have 60 camels, 200 donkeys and 6,000 sheep and gcT
. but these figures appear exaggerated. A frequented route leads up Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Mansah and
over Najd Was.t .nto Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Tayin. Tho upp er part of Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Ma P Jah foms a b^d
highway, the acclivity being slight and the bed smooth and sandy ; the lower course of
st rtW "l ' rln f d . w ! th da ^ « ro ™- .from th" had of the Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. is the villa™ of
Sharabat, 12 miles below which it receives, on its left hank, a tributary called Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Rak
sheTp and^goats ^ 0f Rahbi y m who P ossess 10 camels, 30 donkeys andj 500
Up Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Rak lie the following villages :—
Name.
Position.
On
which
bank.
Houses
and
inhabitants.
Mizra' Halilah
1 mile above junction
with Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Mansah.
Right
10 houses of
Rahbiyln.
Mizra' Sidr ..
J of a mile above Mizra
'Halilah.
Left
30 do.
Jardaman
I of a mile above Mizra
Sidr.
Do.
15 do.
Mizra'-al-Ghaf
1 mile above Jardaman
and 1 mile from the
Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. .
Right
1
40 do.
Remarks.
There are; 5 camels, 10
donkeys and 300 sheep
and goats.
Animals are: 5 camels,
25 donkeys and 500
sheep and goats.
Livestock are : 5 camels,
10 donkeys and 100
sheep and goats.
There are ; 10 camels, 25
donkeys and 600 sheep
and goats.
Name.
Position.
On
which
bank.
Houses
and
inhabitants.
Musibt ,.
1 mile below the mouth
of Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Rak.
Right
50 houses of
Rahbiyln.
Remarks.
There are 10 camels, 30
donkeys, 15 cattle and
1,500 sheep and goats.

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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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