"دليل الجزيرة العربية المجلد II" [‎١‎٣‎٩‎٢] (٦٨٨/٤٥٣)

1392
'OMAN PROPER
Town
or
village.
Position.
Houses
and
inhabitants.
Remarks.
Khurmah
Half an hour from
the preceding,
apparentl}' in the
\\kdi Qant tri
butary of Wadi
'Andam.
60 houses of Awa-
mir.
There are i donkeys, 6
cattle and 15 sheep and
goats. Grain is grown
and there are 1,000 date
palms.
Mahyul
About 3 miles
from Manah, east
of the road from
that place to Izki.
50 houses of Al
'Umair and Al Bu
Sa'id.
Ordinary cultivation and
1 000 date trees. Ani
mals are 2 donkeys and
70 sheep and goats.
Manah ..
• •
••
See article Manah.
Muhairah
Between Tanuf and
'Ibri, and 20
miles from the
latter.
70 to 80 houses ..
Surrounded with plantations
and orchards of mangoes,
limes and plantains ; culti
vation of wheat, millet, lu
cerne, pulse, and sugar
cane. Water is plentiful
from a stream.
Muqazzih
Some miles west of
Izki.
150 houses of Bani
Jabirofthe Bani
Hadhrami section.
Muti .. • •
On the right bank
of Wadi Halfain,
4 miles above
Izki.
300 houses of Bani
Riyam.
Elevation above the sea
2,300 feet. Here there
are 10 camels, 40 don
keys, 50 cattle and 2,000
sheep and goats, also
10,000 date palms.
Moz (Birka-tal-)
Kakhilah (Abu)
Nizwa ..
• •
1 hour from Ma
nah.
• •
• •
Belongs to the Al
Bu Sa'id.
See article Birkat-al-Moz.
Now deserted. There are
50 palms.
See article Nizwa.
Qariyatain *.
Adjoins Hamaidah
and is possibly
also in Wadi Qant.
80 houses of 'Awa-
mir.
One of the same group as
Qal'at-al-Awamir above.
There are 30
donkeys, 40 cattle and
100 sheep and goats,
also 6,000 dates. The
place seems to be called
also QaraitL
Qarut
On the left bank
Wadi Halfain, 4
miles above Izki.
20 houses of 'Awa-
mir.
There is a date-grove of
3,000 trees. Animals are
8 donkeys, 40 cattle and
200 sheep and goats.