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'Gazetteer of Arabia Vol. II' [1445] (506/688)
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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ORA—OYA
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the fort; if better water is required it is fetched from the wells of Sauwad in Biyadh
(VI). In 1913, there was a spring of good water about half a mile west of the port;
no water had issued from this spring for some years previous to that date.
Residing in the Khan are some agents of Merchants in the Hasa oasis and other
places. The surrounding Arabs are Bedouins of the Al-Morrah, 'Ajman, and Bani
Hajir tribes. In the small tower referred to above there have been since May 1913,
a few levies of Ibn Sa'ud.
'Ojair is the port of the Hasa Oasis and indirecly. to a considerable extent, of Southm
Najd as well; the imports are chiefly rice, piece goods, coffee, sugar and hardware.
The volume of trade is considerable and it has been esimated that on the average 700
camels come from Hasa about every eight days returning the following day. The
beach is, however, generally littered with bales of merchandise awaiting despatch.
The customs are formed by an agent appointed by Ibn Sa'ud.
'ORAH—
The name of a riverside locality, and also of a canal, on the right bank of the Tigris.
The month of the 'Orah canal is 34 miles by river from Kut-al-Amarah. The lower
end of the locality is two hours' march above Shaikh Sa'ad. The tract contains some
ruins which are situated 6^ miles north-west of Shaikh Sa'ad.
'OTHMANIY AH—
A canal in the Mamduhiyah Nahiyah of the Hillah Qadha {q.v.) of 'Iraq.
'OTHMANIYAH (Q arat-al).—
An isolated hill in the Hasa district {q.v.) of eastern Arabia.
'OWAIN—
The name of a locality on the left bank of the Tigris {q.v.) the centre of which is some
34 or 35 miles by river below Ctesiphon and about 16 miles by river above Suwairah.
'OYAN (B at I n-al).—
A tract of sandhills in the Mahadhah plain {q.v.) of the 'Oman Promontory.
1446
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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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