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'Gazetteer of Arabia Vol. II' [1197] (246/688)
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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MASQAT 1197
Position
On the sea, a little
to the east of Mat-
rah ; it is separated
from Dikkah by a
rocky mound.
Midway between
Masqat town and
matrah, at the foot
of the easternmost
cove in Matrah bay.
On the west side of
the promontory
that divides the
bays of Riyam and
Kalbub.
J of a mile north
west of the nearest
part of Masqat
Town.
Nature.
90 houses of Balu-
chis and mixed
tribes.
40 houses of Arabs of
mixed tribes and
slaves.
Village consisting of
a few huts of A1
Kathir from Dhu-
far.
Village consisting of
about 15 stone
houses and 20 or 30
huts of slaves, Ba-
luchis and Arabs of
Batinah tribes.
Remaeks.
The village is in 2
parts divided from
one another by rocks.
The inhabitants
are fishermen and
pearl divers and own
a few small boats.
Animals are: 5 don
keys, 3 cattle and
40 sheep and goats.
About 50 'Askaris
are quartered at
night in a blockhouse
belonging to Matai-
rah for the protec
tion of Matrah.
The ordinary land-
route between Mas
qat Town and Mat
rah passes through
Riyam. There are
3 donkeys, 3 cattle,
30 sheep and goats
15 fishing boats.
Above it is a tower.
There are 2 cattle
and 20 sheep and
Stands on the sandy
beach of a small bay
between the bays of
Masqat and Matrah.
The Dohah tower is
on the western point
of this bay ; and tho
eastern point, which
divides it from Mas
qat Bay, also carries
a tower, called the
Kalbuh tower. Here
there are 5 donkeys,
3 cattle and 40 sheep
goats, also 7 fishing
boats.
•See Admiralty Plan, No. 2372-2869.
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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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- 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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