"دليل الجزيرة العربية المجلد II" [‎١‎٠‎٢‎٥] (٦٨٨/٦٢)

KHAIMAH
1025
Name.
Position.
Nature.
Remarks.
Shariyah
In the hills north
west of Dibah, in a
valley called Hajll
which is said to
drain towards Ras-
al-Khaimah Town.
10 houses of Sharqi
yin.
The place is under
Ras-a 1 - K h a i m a h
Town : its resources
are estimated at 10
donkeys, 20 cattle,
600 sheep and goats
and 2,000 date
palms.
Wamm ..
In the hills some
what to the north
of the Dibah-Ras-al
Khaimah route
at a point a few
miles to the west of
Dibah.
:
30 houses of Sharqi
yin.
Wamm is under
Dibah. Donkeys
number about 50,
cattle 50, sheep and
goats 400 and date
palms 1,500.
Population. —-The settled inhabitants of the district number about 16,000 souh as
below:—•
Sir 2,503
Jiri i' 000
Jazirat-al-Hamra .. • • • • • • • • 2,500
Remainder of the district (including Tunb island) .. 10,000
Among the fixed population the Za'ab with about 2,500 persons are numerically the
most important tribe; after them come the Ahl Ras-al-Khaimah, Shihuh and Tanaij
with about 2,000 souls each. The Maharah (1,250) and the Bani Shamaili (1,000) are
also considerable tribes; and cultivators of mixed tribes, includ d under the general
and merely descriptive term of Bayadlr, are numerous. The remainder of the settled
population are 'Awanat, Al 'Ali , A1 Bu Mahair, Mazarl, Naqbiyin, Sharqiyin, and
a very few Baluchis.
The nomads of the district, chiefly in Jiri, are either Na'Tm of the Khawatir section
or Ghafalah.
Agriculture and trade..—Tha agricultural resources of the district may be learned from
the village and topographical tables in the articles upon the divisions of which it is
composed.
The trade of the district is concentrated at Ras-al-Khaimah Town, to the article on
which reference may be made.
Communications. —The subject of routes is dealt with in the general article on Trucial
'Oman.
Administration.—The Ras-al -Khaimah district is at present governed by Khalid-bin-
Saqar, the eldest and only surviving son of the Shaikh of Sharjah, as his father s
deputy; it brings in no surplus revenue, but the receipts which are said to amount to
Rs. 6,300 from the pearling interest alone, cover the expenses of the administration.
The only military force is a body of armed retainers maintained by the Deputy-Gover
nor at Ras-al -Khaimah Town, which is his headquarters. The town of Dibah and vil
lage of Wamm, it should be noted, are at present exempt from the Deputy-Governor a
jurisdiction and are held in fief by Rashid-bm-Majid, a first cousin of the Shaikh of
Sharjah ; the feudatorv personally resides at the place and is styled \\ al of Dibah.
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