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'Gazetteer of Arabia Vol. II' [1523] (596/688)
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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QATIF
1523
Imgalion. As in tlie Hasa Oasis, the land in Qatlf is irrigated clitefly, if not entirely,
by flowing streams which have their origin in springs : the following is a list of the princi
pal among these springs :—•
Kame.
'Aq'aq
A'raf ..
'Atiqah
Buddi
Dabaibiyah
Darush
Hashaish
J adidah
J auhariyah
Ka'abah
Majalis (Umm-al)
Position.
1J miles north-west by north of
'Awamiyah village.
miles west-north-west of
'Awamiyah village.
1^ miles west-north-west of
Qudaih village.
About | a mile south of the vil
lage of Jishsh.
In a line between the villages of
'Awamiyah and Qudaih,
about I a mile from either.
R emarks.
About J a mile east of Lajam
village.
2 miles north-west by west of
'Awamiyah village.
1 mile south of Safwa village ..
J a mile south-west of Lajam
village.
Closely adjoining the village of
the same name.
About J of a mile south of Safwa
village.
One of 2 springs which irrigate
the cultivation of Lajam.
Apparantly irrigates the plan
tations of 'Awamiyah next on
the south to those watered by
Hashaish.
One of two springs on which the
cultivation of Safwa depends.
One of 2 springs from which the
cultivation of Lajam is irrigated.
The lands of Dabaibiyah village
are watered by this spring.
Daiush is the finest spring in the
whole oasis: with 'Atiqah it
waters the entire lands of Safwa
village and is not exhausted. The
surplus waters reach the sea to
wards the top of Qatif bay by
3 separate channels, the only
case in Qatif in which water is
partially wasted in this fashion.
Hashaish apparently waters the
northernmost part of the plan
tations of 'Awamiyah.
Assists to irrigate the southern
part of the cultivation of 'Awami
yah.
The water of this spring apparently
goes to the lands of Qudaih
village.
The cultivation both of Jishsh
and of Saihat benefits by this
spring.
The irrigation of Qudaih depends
partly on this spring.
8i2
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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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