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'Gazetteer of Arabia Vol. II' [1537] (610/688)
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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QURYAH—
A hamlet in Jazirah, Xabi Salih Island {q-v.), of the Bahrain Archipelago-
QURYAH ( al)—
An hamlet on Sitrah Island iq.v.), of the Bahrain Archipelago.
QURYAT—
A town on the coast of the Eastern Hajar district of the Oman Sultanate, on the south
side of a creek formed by
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Mijlas at its mouth ; Quryat is situated 31 miles south
east of Masqat Town and 4 miles to the north-west of Daghmar. Quryat consists of 12
hamlets of which 3 stand upon the sea-shore and the remainder upon a plain, about 2 miles
wide, between the coast and the hills of Eastern Hajar. This plain is traversed by
two Wadis from the hills, one being
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Mijlas at the northern end, and the other
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Bani Battash at the southern.
The hamlets or detached quarters composing Quryat are ;—
Name.
'Afa
'Aqibah
'Ainaiu
Ghafah
Hajir
Hi j rah
Janain
Jazairah
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Position.
2 miles inland near
the left bank of
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Bani Batlash.
1 mile north-west of
'Afa.
I a mile south of
'Aqibah.
The south-eastern
most of the coast
villages, near the
left bank of
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Bani Battash.
Inland
Do.
Inland, a short dis
tance south-west of
Ghafah.
The north-western
most of the coast
villages, on the
right bank of Waii
Mijlas.
Houses
and
inhabitants.
70 houses of Bani
Battash and other
tribes.
10 huses of
Wahaib.
Bani
15 houses
Battash.
of Bani
20 houses of
tribes.
mixed
25 houses of Bani
Wahaib.
10 houses
'Adi.
of Bani
120 houses of Balu-
chis.
100 houses of Bani
Sinan.
Remarks.
The people keep
camels and burn
lime for export to
Masqat Town. There
are 60 camels, 20
donkeys, 30 cattle
and 200 sheep and
goats ; some grain
is cultivated.
The people are culti
vators.
Ditto.
The people are boat
men owning 8 Badans
and 10 small boats.
The inhabitants are
carriers.
The people are traders.
The people are fisher
men and own 15 small
boats.
Fishermen owning 3
Badans and some
small boats.
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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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