'Gazetteer of Arabia Vol. I' [‎491] (522/1050)

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DAWWAH—
See Khalid ( Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Bani).
DA WWAS—
A section of the Wida'in division of tlio Dawasir {q.r*) tribe found at Mathnah, in
SalaiyiL
DAWWAYAH—
See Tigris ; a looality on the left bank, a little above the half-way point between
Shaikh Sa'ad and 'Ali-al-Gharbi.
BEMAN (A hl)—
One of the tribes of the Kaur-al-And ilia range in western Hadhramaut. The route
between Dakhlah and Nisab crosses the Kaur by the Tulh pass, and within striking
distance of this pass, and about 8 miles to the west on the crest of the Kaur, is the
triple fighting tower of Deman, the headquarters of the Ahl Deman and one of the
strongholds of the Kaur.
DERA'A—
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A junction on the Hejaz Railway 76'4 miles from Damascus. It has a large two-
storeyed stone station building, covered goods station, with a platform 50 yards long
for loading trucks, and a small yard leading on the Haifa-Dera'a road. Approaches
easy, with good metalled road to village, which is situated on the far side of a deepish
ravine, one mile to the south-west, and contains 400 houses. The station also contains
4 miles of siding and 2 dead ends, about 1,800 yards in all, two water tanks each with
a capacity of 5,600 gallons, supplied from a good well by means of a steam pump, engine
sheds and repairing shops. Also a coal loading platform with a small reserve of 20 tons
of coal. Part of the corn trade of Hauran comes through this place, and it also boasts
of a good stone restaurant near the station, kept by a Qre^k.^MaunseU: Murphy.
1911.)
DEVIL'S ELBOW—
The name by which the sharp bend in the Tigris at Mantaris, between Qal'at Salib
and Ezra's Tomb, is known to Europeans. It is about 7 or Sjmiles above Ezra's Tomb.
BHA'AIKAH— y
A patch of desert in south-western Najd, in the neighbourhood of Jabal Sija, near
which the Hajj routes from Qasim and 'Aridh join. Doughty describes Adh-Dha'aikah
as a circuit of desert in the way between Al Qasim and Mecca, plain without bergs, of
mixed earth, and good pasture, with an altitude of 4,100 feet. Like the adjacent desert
called Shiffa, it is considered by some to form part of the larger tract of Hazam-ar-Raji.
Huber says that when he crossed Adh-Dha'aikah in June, 1884, it was covered in dhum-
rdn and nasi grass,
DHA'AIN—
A village on the eastern coast of Qatar about 20 miles north of D5hah. It is closely
connected with the village of Sumaismah, which is distant from it only about 1 mile
westwards. Dha'ain consists of about ISO houses, mostly of Al Bu Kuwarah with some
of Hamaidat and a few of Madhahakah. ~ About 70 pearl boats belong to the place,
besides 10 trading vessels and 10 fishing boats. Transport animals are 10 horses and
60 camels. Drinking water is from 'Awainat Bin-Husain, 6 miles inland.--(
of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .)
DHA'AN (U mm)—
See Qatar; Interior of. See also Abu Dhaluf.
DHABA—
A coastal village in Hejaz about 30 miles southward from Muwailah, with which it is
connected by a very fair road. Near the latter town, however, there is a defile so narrow
that two camels cannot pass through abreast. Dhaba is on the southern side of Sharm
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