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DHANNAH
Hajar is by a precipitous gorge just above the town of Dhank. On the upper side of the
gorge the valley is half a mile broad, with banks 100 feet high and a fine stream of water
in the middle, flowing above ground ; at this spot was fought the battle of Dhank in 1870
between Saiyid 'Azzan and Saiyid Turki, of which the ultimate result was the ruin of
'Azzan's cause and the accession of Turki to the Sultanate.
The chief places in Wadi Dhank from above downwards are :—
Name.
Position.
Houses and inhabit
ants.
'
R emarks.
Wuqbah
On the right bank, 3
hours below Najd-al-
Wuqbah.
150 houses of Bani
'AH.
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There are 4 horses, 50
camels, 60 donkeys,
100 cattle, 400 sheep
and goats and 15,000
date palms.
Yanqul ..
On the left bank, 5
hours below Wuq
bah.
200 houses of Bani
'AIL
Yanqul was one of the
chief places of the
Nabahinah during
their predominance
in 'Oman about 1600
A. D. There are 20
horses, 200 camels,
50 donkeys, 150
cattle and 600 sheep
and goats; palms
number 2,000.
Fida
On the right bank, 2
miles below Yanqul.
200 houses of Bani
Zid.
The date plantations
of Fida form a long
but narrow fringe in
the valley and con
tain 2,500 palms.
There are 100 cam
els, 100 donkeys, 200
cattle and 300 sheep
and goats.
But
On the right bank, 2
miles below Fida.
100 houses of Bidah
and Sa'idah.
There are date plan
tations containing
1,000 palms.
Dhank Town
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See article Dhank
Town.
A mile or two below Dhank town, Wadi Dhank is joined on its right bank by Wadi
Abu Kurbah, which has a sandy bed and banks thickly clad with tamarisk. It also
receives from the east, at some point below Dhank town, a wddi called Wadi-al-Jailah,
in the upper course of which is situated a village Khadal composed of 100 houses of
Jarawinah (Bani Kalban). Wadi Dhank then continues on its way towards the Ruba'-
al-Khali in which it is lost.
_^^he^total population of Wadi Dhank and its affluents is about 7,300 souls.— (Gazetteer
of the Persian Gulf).
DHANNAH (D ohat)—
See article on Dhafrah, under the heading of Jabal Dhannah.