"دليل الجزيرة العربية المجلد II" [‎١‎٠‎٨‎٧] (٦٨٨/١٢٤)

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KUWAIT PRINCIPALITY
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Name.
Banayah
Bard-halq (Ras)
Khafji (Ras-al-)
Position.
Kharais (D6hat-al)
Khor (Ardh-al-) .
Nature.
In Ardh-al-Khor,
about 2 miles inland
from the sea at a
point about 7
miles south ol Ras-
az-Zor. Khor-al-
'Ami is to the north
and Khor-al-Mufat-
tah to the south of
it. (See Ardh-al-
Khor below.)
22 miles north-north-
west of Hadd-al-
Misha'ab.
15 miles north-
north-west of
Hadd-al-Misha'ab
at the north end
of the Sudah Dis
trict.
From Ras-as-Safani-
yah to Ras-at-Tana-
jib. It is in the
Sudah District.
On the coast, begin
ning 2 or 3 miles
south of Ras-az-
Zor and reaching
southwards for a
few miles.
A dark coloured saddle
hill, about 80 feet
high, with salt de- i
posits called Mam- ,
lakah in the neigh- :
bourhood.
A low, white, sandy
point.
A sandy joint
Bay.
A tract
Remaeks.
nity is a pearl
bank known as
Mukalaf. Balbul ia
adojoined on the
south by another bay
called Dohat Ba-
laibil.
Properly called Ban-
yat-al-Khor to dis
tinguish it from
Banlyat-az-Zor. and
Baniyat-ad-Dasht on
the coast further to
northward. Chart
No. 2374-2837-B
contains a view of it.
Off the cape is a pearl
bank bearing the
same name.
Off the point is a pearl
bank bearing the
same name. The
mouth of the Maqta'
stream is immediate
ly to the north of
this point.
In this tract, several
miles south of Ras-
az-Zor, are two
creeks ; one to the
north is called Khor-
al-'Ami and vessels
cannot enter it, but
the other to the
south, known as
Khor-al-Mufattah, ia
open and is frequent
ed by fishing boats.
Banayah (q. v.)
stands between them
in Ardh-al-Khor.