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'Gazetteer of Arabia Vol. II' [‎1141] (190/688)

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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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MAIFA'A
1141
Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Haifa'a and its component valley contain in
places:—•
descending order, the following
Name.
Position.
Remarks.
Yashbum ..
See article Yashbum.
Habban
Lahyah
(R) 10 miles below Yashbum
(L) 7 or 8 miles below Habban
Reported to be a large settle
ment built of sun-dried bricks
and with a good water sup.
piy-
A small hamlet with good water.
Kidur
(R) Some distance to the
south-east of Lahyah.
Same as Lahyah.
Radahah ..
(L) 1J hours below Lahyah.
Same as Lahyah.
Naqab-al-Hajar
Agil (Jol) ..
On a hill in the middle of the
valley.
(L) Not far below the hill of
Naqab-al-Hajar.
See article Naqab-al-Hajar.
One of the largest hamlets of
the group.
Said
(L) 2 miles below Jol Agil ..
Hamlet of the usual type ; wells.
Raidah
(R) Between Xaqab-al-Hajar
and Mansurah.
No details ; built of sun-dried
bricks ; water from wells.
Mansu rah ..
(L) 5 miles below Xaqab-al-
Hajar.
A hamlet much like Mansurah.
Shaikh (Jol)
(R) About 3 miles below Man
surah.
A hamlet; no details.
Gharigah ..
(R) About 3 miles below Jol
Shaikh.
A hamlet: no details.
Sahun (01 Sakhun) ..
(R) Some distance from the
bank.
A hamlet; no details.
Maifa'a
(R) 5 miles below Gharigah..
A hamlet; no details.
Ghafaizah
Radum
(Rn
1 Some distance from the
I bank ; 3J and 6 miles res
(R) J pectively from Maifa'a.
( A hamlet; no details,
v. A hamlet; no details.
Masinah (Jabal)
In the valley
A small sandstone hill.
Huwail-al-'Arab
(R) 4 or 5 miles from Sahun
A hamlet; no details.
Sahail
(L) Some distance from the
left bank.
A hamlet; no details.
■In or near the valleys of' Amqain and Salman are the hamlets of Randa (or Raudhah ?)
Hautah, and Hisan.

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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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