"دليل الجزيرة العربية المجلد II" [‎١‎٣‎٩‎٤] (٦٨٨/٤٥٥)

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'OMAN
Town
or
village.
Position.
Houses
and
inhabitants.
R emarks.
Taimsa
About 12 miles
south-west by
west of Nizwa.
40 houses of Bani
Harras.
The village with its large
date-grove is pictuie-
squely situated under a
hill. One hour from
Taimsa on the road to
Bahlah in a mystic pool
called Khamaili which is
famed in 'Oman as a
source of magical en
chantments. Livestock
are 12 camels, 10 don
keys, 4 cattle and 60"
sheep and goats : there are
2,000 date palrus.
Tanuf
6 miles north
west of Nizwa at
the exitofWadi
Tanuf from Jabal
Akhdhar.
40 houses of Banr
Riyam.
The site of the village, un
derneath cliffs, is cramp
ed ; but a good date-
grove stretches west
ward up the Wadi by
which the Tarlq-ash-
Shass route over Jabal
Akhdhar to 'Awabi
leaves Tanuf. Elevation is
1,950 feet above sea-level.
There is considerable"
cultivation. Transport
is scarce and difficult to
procure. There are 3,000
dates, 10 camels, 20 don
keys, 4 cattle, and 450 sheep
and goats.
Tulhat
10 or 12 miles
eastward of Man-
ah.
A walled town; the date
groves are very extensive
and a large stream flows'
through them. There are
tv\ o small forts on the sum
mit of a hill overlooking
the town.
Zikait
1 mile south-east
of Izki, further
downWadi Hal-
fain.
15 houses of Bani
Riyam.
There are 10 camels, 6
donkeys, 4 cattle and
100 sheep and goats,
also 400 date palms.
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'OMAN (S ahil)—
A name sometimes applied to Trucial 'Oman {q. v .).