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'Gazetteer of Arabia Vol. I' [390] (409/1050)
The record is made up of 1 volume (523 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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390
BAR—BAS
BARRCD-AS-SIRR—
Also known simply as Barrud or Borrud.
See Sirr (
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
-as).
BARSHAH (R as-al)—
See Bubiyan Island.
BARTUFI (F asht)—
See Bahrain (Island).
barud—
A halting place about 20 miles north-east of Mecca, at an altitude of 2,150 feet. It
lies in a broad valley, with wells and fig trees.
B ARtJD-AS-SIY AH—
See Qasim.
BlRtiDAH—
Set Tigris.
BARtJMI (A l)—
See Bawlyeh.
BA'RtR (U mm-al)—
A village, formerly chef-lieu of the Qadha of ShSmiyah in Turkish 'Iraq ; it is situated
17 or 18 miles east by south of the town of Najaf in the marshes which compose the Sha-
miyah district. The population of Umm-al-Ba'rur is now very small, and the majority
of the inhabitants, though the place was till lately the administrative headquarters of
a Qadha, merely inhabit reed huts. Umm-al-Ba'rur is regarded as unhealthy and was
abandoned by the administration for this reason. Its place has been taken by Hami-
dlyah, a town which has sprung up on the left bank of the Abu Kufuf canal about 2
miles above Umm-al-Ba'rur. Hamidlyah is said to contain 800 houses, 150 shops, 3
mosques, 3 khans and 10 granaries, also a Government Sarai and barracks.
BARZAN—
One of the quarters of the town of Hail {q. v.) in northern central Arabia.
BASAN (Bir)—
A tank constructed of stone, with a small chapel adjoining, situated in the 'Arafat
plain at a distance of four or five hours' journey eastwards from Mecca.—(7. L, Burck-
hardt; August 1814,)
BASATINAH—
See Tigris.
BASHARAH—
One of the tribes of Yemen (q. v.) whose Shaikh is (1915) Salim bin Yahiya, Jumai.
BASHIN (R as)—
A headland on the east side of Ruus-al-Jibal, in 'Oman Proper. It forms the northern
entrance point of Ghubbat Shabus, (see Ruus-al-Jibal).— {
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
Pilot, 1909,)
BASHlYAH—
A hamlet in Mesopotamia ; it lies about 16 miles east-south-east from Hillah town and
nearly 4 miles from the left bank of the Euphrates.
BASHUBAR (K hor-al)—
One of the numerous channels in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
, leading between the islets and reefs
off the coast of Trucial 'Oman. It is situated between the islet of Halat al-Mubarraz
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Volume I of III of the Gazetteer of Arabia. The Gazetteer is alphabetically-arranged and this volume contains entries A through to J.
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 (523 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:iv-v, 1:312, 312a:312d, 313:456, 456a:456f, 457:460, 460a:460f, 461:572, 572a:572f, 573:586, 586a:586f, 587:634, 634a:634f, 635:662, 662a:662f, 663:858, 858a:858f, 859:910, 910a:910f, 911:974, v-r:viii-v, back-i
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