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'Gazetteer of Arabia Vol. II' [1564] (643/688)
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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1564
RAUDHAH
RAUDHAH—
A considerable village with several dependencies in the Aflaj district of Najd, where
it lies about 3 miles south of Kharfah and 10 miles north by west of Badi'. Raudhah haa
about 1,200 inhabitants belonging to these tribes :—
Tribe
Section.
Houses.
'Anizah
Ijdaimat
10
Dawasir
Huqban ..
50
Do. .. .. ....
Mubarak ('Ammar)
100
Fadhul
Mughairah ..
20
Khadhir (Bani)
••
50
The date palms number about 5,000, and there are citrons and the other fruits usual
in Najd except peaches. Lucerne and melons are produced and the ordinary livestock
are found, but not horses. The water in wells is at about 7 fathoms. The present
Amir or headman of the Raudhah is Ghusan-bin-Mashan.
The table below shows the principal quarters of Raudhah and other points of
interest connected with it:—
Nam®.
Position.
Nature.
R emarks.
Bakhait
To the south-west of
Sughu.
An outlying Qasr,
but forms part of
Raudhah proper.
The inhabitants are a
few Bani Khadhir.
Jahaishah
To the north-east of
Raudhah proper.
A tract of cultivated
land with a Qasr.
The Qasr is inhabited
by cultivators from
Saih, but only in the
seasons of agriculture.
Water is at 5 fathoms
and there are no dates.
Mafaraji
A short distance to
the west of Sughu.
An outlying Qasr ..
The only inhabitants
are a few caretakers.
Mahaqaniyah
(spelling uncer
tain).
In the direction of
Kharfah, i. e., north.
Do.
Sometimes reckoned to
Kharfah.
Mazyadi
Not far to the south
west of Sughu.
Do.
The occupants are
Ijdaimat 'Anizah.
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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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