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DHAIL—
See Samawah (Qadha).
BHAIN—
See Dawasir (Widyan); Wadi Dawasir sub-district.
DHA'IN (A l)—
A very smaU tribe of non-Bedouin Arabs in Bahrain, said to be descended from an
individual named Dha'in, who was a servant of the Al Bin-'Ali. They have 10 houses
in Muharraq, and one of the quarters of that town is named after them. They are pearl-
fishers by occupation and Maliki Sunnis by leVgion.—{Gazetteer of the Persian Guy.)
DHA'IN (A l)—
A farlq, or quarter, of the town of Muharraq (g.v.), in Bahrain.
DHA'IN (Al) (Tribe)—
See 'Ajman (Tribe).
DHAIQAH (Win)—
One of the names of a section of Wadi Tayin (q. in the 'Oman Sultanate.
DHA'IYAH-
A tract in the north of the Hamad Desert lying between the Qa'ra Desert and the large
tract known as Shamiyah. It is bounded on the west by the Wadi Hauran, and was
traversed by the old postal route between Damascus and Baghdad. The Wadi-al-
Maisar has its origin in this tract.
BHAKAR (A bu)—
See Tigris; Bghailah-Kut-al-Amarah section.
BHAKAR (B ani ) T ribe)—
See Battash (Bani).
BHAKHAR—
See 'Oman (Trucial).
BHAKHIRAH—
A village on the east coast of Qatar, situated on a Khor or inlet of the same name about
oO miles north of Bohah, and consisting of about 100 houses of theMahandah tribe. The
people are all pearl-divers, following no other occupation except fishing and owning no
flocks or herds. Fifteen pearl boats and two other sea-going boats of the Mashuwah
type and five fishing boats are owned at Dhakhirah. Transport animals are 10 camels.
Gulf ) 1 18 Lub^aWah, 2 miles to the north-west—{Gazetteer
DHAKRABAIT—
. A ™ lla g e lyng in the Mahrah district of Hadhramaut, southern Arabia. It is situated
at a d'stanee of 1| mdes from the beach at Khaisaib (7. v.), and on the eastern side of a
uT f T 06 ? lfc f ld the villa g e of Kadifut. Each of these villages con-
tarns about 300 mhabita,nts, besides several wells of good water by the help of which the
adjacent lands are to a limited extent cultivated. There are two small salt-water lakes
0/ Aden PUot,'190^) natlVea ^
DHAL HAJJI—
DHALAB—
settI ® raent T f 1 . Ye men apparently constituting one of the halting-places on the
Yemen-Hajj route. It is said to be nearly 90 miles north by west from Sana 'a.