"دليل الجزيرة العربية المجلد II" [‎١‎٤‎٤‎٠] (٦٨٨/٥٠١)

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Position.
8 miles north
east of 'Aiyoh.
by
10 to 11 miles south
of Uhaid village.
17 miles south of
'Aiyoh (The ex -
act position is 24'
42 / 18" north by
55° 49' 26" east.)
Its centre is about
40 miles south
east of Sharjah
Town.
to 11 miles south
of Dhaid village.
Character.
A well similar to that
of Hamdah.
A single well about
40 feet deep and
timber-lined at the
top.
A well wooded strip
of plain, 1| or 2
miles in breadth,
between Jabal Sa-
maini and the right
bank of Wadi Sa-
A wooded plain seve
ral miles in diameter
and containing vari
ous wells among
them those of
'Aivoh, Musaifi and
Yidaiyah.
A stony plateau
without water or
grazing, about 20
feet higher than the
country immediate
ly to the north of it
and 550 to 600 feet
above sea level. It
runs west and east
and is 3 miles broac 1
from north to south.
Remarks.
This well is on the
ordinary route via
Wadi Hatta from
Dibai to Shinas
Town.
See article Gharif.
It is on the north
bank of a hollow
which forms the
southern border of
Qallah Mahafidh.
The name means " The
Gazelle's Bound."
The place is also
called Khasaib.
The plain is enclosed
by the south end of
Jabal Faiyah on the
north, by Jal al
Rodhah on the north
east, and by the
northern part of
Jabal Samaini on the
east: on the west it
is divided by Wadi
Yidaiyah from a tract
of sandhills. Madam
is a camping ground
of nomadic Na'im
connected with the
Baraimi Oasis.
This plain slopes down
gently from the base
of Jabal Faiyah on
the west to the foot
of the main range of
the 'Oman Promon
tory on the east,
and it also declines
gradually from north
to south. The soil is
sound and hard, con
sisting of black sand
and shingle ; near to
Jabal Faiyah the
sand is course and
boulders take the
place of shingle.