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'Gazetteer of Arabia Vol. II' [1096] (139/688)
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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1093
LAI L AH
Name.
Marair
Mishrafah
Mubarraz
Naqaiyah
Rumahi
Taraiyij
Position.
Perhaps a mile north
west of Ghasibah.
Beyond the limits of
of Lailah proper
on the side
towards Wusailah.
About J a
south-west
Ghasibah.
mile
of
To the east of
Ghasibah.
Central ..
In the middle of
Ghasibah.
Nature.
Remarks.
A quarter consisting 1 The people are Bani
of 30 houses. Khadhir.
Arable lands and an
enclosure occupied
in the season ot
agriculture by about
20 cultivators from
Lailah.
An inhabited quarter,
but less important
than formerly.
A deserted quarter.
A quarter now ail but
deserted.
A fort
The owners are
Dawasir of the
Jadhalln section
who rent it to the
actual cultivators.
Mubarraz succeeded
Naqaiyah as the
principal quarter of
Lailah and so
remained until its
destruction by
' A b d u 11 a h-b i n-
Faisal, the Wahhabi
Amir. Some of the
inhabitants then
removed permanent
ly to Ghasibah, but
others returned to
Mubarraz after a
time. The name of
Mubarraz appears
to refer to the
" exodus " from
Naqaiyah to which
its foundation was
due.
This was once the
principal quarter
but was abandoned
in favour of Mubar
raz on account of
an epidemic.
The few remaining
inhabitants are
Bani Khadhir.
The Ghasibah quarter
sprang up round
Taraiyij, which
forms a3 it were ita
core.
WusaUah, which is described in the topographical table attached to the article on
Aflaj, is attached to Lailah for administrative purposes ; but it is a distinct village and
lies about 5 miles to northward. °
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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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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:ii-v, 975:1092, 1092a:1092f, 1093:1110, 1110a:1110f, 1111:1328, 1328a:1328f, 1329:1386, 1386a:1386f, 1387:1446, 1446a:1446f, 1447:1448, 1448a:1448f, 1449:1542, 1542a:1542f, 1543:1600, iii-r:vi-v, back-i
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