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KHABBAT SOT—
A place in Ruus-al-Jibal (g. v.).
KHABBAIN—
A village in the Mahadhah {q. v.) plain of the 'Oman Promontory.
KHABI (F alat A bu)—
One of the hamlets comprising Aflaj Bani Qitab, in Dhahirah (q. 'Oman Sultanate.
KHABRAH—
A town of the Qasim province in Najd, normally subject to Buraidah and distant
about 35 miles south-westwards from that place. The site of Khabrah, which is near the
left bank of Wadi-ar-Rummah, has no natural amenity, and the place conisists of long,
dreary streets of half-ruinous clay cottages. The town is surrounded by a mud wall and
has a public square about an acre in extent, in the middle of which rises the watch-tower,
commanding a view of the surrounding country. The population of Khabrah is about
3,000 souls and, though tradition represents it as originally a settlement of the Qahtan,
the present inhabitants are described as of 'Anizah extraction : they are dull, ungracious
and inhospitable. The majority live by agriculture, but many are camel-men. Dates,
fruit and the ordinary cereals and vegetables of Qasim are grown on the town lands by
irrigation from wells 8 fathoms deep ; the water of the town is sweet. The arable lands
are in the bed of Wadi-ar-Rummah below those of Rass. A weekly market is held on
Fridays. There are said to be 300 camels, a few donkeys and about 60 cattle, but no
horses at this place. Agail come from here.
KHABT-
A village in Waii-al-Hilti {q. v.), in the 'Oman Sultanate.
KHABT—
A village in Wadi Sarrami {q. v.), in the 'Oman Sultanate.
KHABURAH—
A town on the Batinah coast in the Sultanate of 'Oman, almost midway between its two
extremities being situated 19 miles south-east of Sxham Town and 22 miles north-west of
Suwaiq. Wadi-al-Hawasinah reaches the coast here, passing by the eastern side of the
Khaburah bazaar. The town consists entirely of huts ; but it is now larger than Sohar
Town and the inhabitants may numb3r 8,030 souls, of whom 6,000 are Hawasinah be
longing, in part at least, to the Hawamid and Sawalim sections. There are also a few
Qatait. About 25 families of KhSjahs are settled here. Kliaburah is the port of Wadi-al-
Hawasinah and its tributaries and partially of Wadi ' Ahin; and 5 sea-going boats are
owned which run to Masqat with dates and to the ports of Trucial 'Oman. There are also
30 Shashahs and 15 small boats. Wheat is cultivated by irrigation from wells and there
are 8,000 date trees : sheep and cattle are few and the only transport animals belong to
visitors. The Saltan of 'Oman has a Wali at Khaburah supported by a detachment of 10
'Askaris. The revenue is only about $2,000 a year, collected as Zakat, and of this the
whole is expended on the local administration.
KHABUT—
A line of villages in Qasim, Central Arabia, stretching along the south side of the main
route from Jabal Shammar from a point about 4 miles west of Buraidah.— {Leachman,
1912.)
KHADAL—
A village in Wadi-al-Jailah, one of the tributaries of Wadi Dhank (q. v.), in the Sultan
ate of 'Oman.
KHADAMAH ('A in-al)—
A group of hiswcihs in Wadi Laikah," western Hadhramaut, Southern Arabia. They
lie on the route between Maciatin and Yashbum at a distance of 45 or 50 miles by road
from the coast.
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