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'Gazetteer of Arabia Vol. II' [1432] (493/688)
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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1432
'OMlN
night as mucli as possible. The rainfall is scanty and is believed to average about 5 inches
a year. Most of the rain is received in midwinter, but there are also occasional showers
in spring.
Population and tribe*. —The people of Trucial 'Oman belong to numerous distinct
tribes ; indeed, the country is tribally one of the most composite and perplexing in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
. The comprehensive " Joasmee " tribe, assumed by some writers, has no
real existence. Only the members of the family of the Shaikh of Sharjah, numbering
at the present day about 20 adult males, are
Qawasim
One of the ruling families of the United Arab Emirates; also used to refer to a confederation of seafaring Arabs led by the Qāsimī tribe from Ras al Khaima.
(Jaw asim) by blood ; and the use
of the name to denote all subjects of the Shariah Shaikh, though partially sanctioned
by local practice, is really incorrect.
The following is a synopsis of the principal tribes of Trucial 'Oman:—
Tribe.
Singular.
Settled
in
Trucial
'Oman
(souls).
Bedouins
in
Trucial
'Oman
(souls).
Location.
Remarks.
'Abadilah ..
'Abduli
1,150
See article 'Abadilah.
'All (Al) ..
'Aliyi ..
6,750
••
••
See article Al 'Ali.
'Amim (Al
Bu).
'Amimi
120
Abu Dhabi
Town.
Originally, it is said,
Bani Tamim; but
now practically merg
ed in the Bani Yas.
* Aw amir ..
'Amiri ..
Uncertain
and fluc
tuating.
None in particu
lar.
See article 'Awamir.
Some of the tribe
come as far west as
Sharjah Town in
spring for the sake of
the grazing.
'Awanat ..
'Awani..
50
Khatt in the Jiri
plain Dibah
and Jazirat-al-
Hamra.
This tribe is now prac
tically extinct; and
according to some,
those who remain
are not genuine
'Awanat. Some say
that the 'Awanat
were slaves of the
Qawasim
One of the ruling families of the United Arab Emirates; also used to refer to a confederation of seafaring Arabs led by the Qāsimī tribe from Ras al Khaima.
; others
that they were con
nected with the
Maqabil.
Baharinah..
Bahrani
600
••
Abu Dhabi and
Dibai Towns.
See article Bahari
nah.
Dahailat ..
Ad-haili
200
Abu Dhabi
Town.
By some regarded aa
a section of the Al
Bu Mahair.
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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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