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section is on the Tigris, immediately south-west of Ezra's Tomb. The principal sections
are:—
'Asafrah, al .. .. .. ., Muhi.
'Attas, al ., .. .. .. Rukn ibn Musa. '
Mukallaf ibn Shukhaiyir.
Briish, al bu .. .. ,. ., Kumaiyish ibn Ghailan.
^badi, al Ju'aidhir.
Iran, al .. .. .. ,, Hatim ibn Ruwaihi.
Burhan bin Muhammad.
Hamid ibn al 'Aiwis.
Nahibah, Bait Abu ,, ,. ,, Duhaiwil.
Ras, al bu .. ., .. ,. Watban al Daghir.
Fans ibn Tahir.
Sa'udi, al .. .. .. .. Suhaiyid ibn Sanad.
Suwailmat, al. .. .. .. .. 'Athur ibn Musahttat.
Mani ibn Dhamin.
Ziyarah, al bu. .. .. .. ,. Lazim ibn Jaulan.
Sultan ibn Mizban.
The 'Asafrah, Birish, 'Ibadi, Ras and Sumailmat are known collectively as Al Hatrah
and are controlled by Faris ibn Tahir, the most important of the Fartus Shaikhs. The
'Attas and the Ziyarah are under the control of Rukn ibn Musa and Mukallaf ibn Shu
khaiyir.
It has been arranged with the Azairij and Majid that the Fartus should occupy Ja'far
al Saghir, a small island on the eastern fringe of the marsh opposite Ja'far al Kabir,
and for grazing purposes should go south-west of Saighal in the Chabaish direction.
They have recognised settlements in Majid' territory at 'Adl and 'Aqal. Faris is mostly
on Ja'far al Saghir in Majid's territory and Majid is responsible also for Mukallaf.
They number probably 2,500 men (rifles) but are not united.
MUHAMMAD (Bada')—
A halting place, presumably with water, on the desert route between Bandar Mirfah
and Liwah, in Dhafrah {q. v.), Trucial 'Oman.
MUHAMMAD (B il.ad A l)—•
A large village in Widyan Dawasir {q. v.), in south-western Najd.
MUHAMMAD (H al)—
A section of the Daru' tribe {q. v.) of the 'Oman Sultanate.
MUHAMMAD (R as)—
The southern extremity of the Sinai peninsula; it is situated in Lat. 27° 43' N.,"
Long. 34° 15' E., and is an abrupt broken cliff with a flat top 90 feet high, but decreasing
to a low plain of gravel and decayed coral a little northward of the cape.
Sharm Shaikh and Sharm-al-Moiya. {Obs. spot, Lat. 27° 51' 5" N., Long. 34° 16' 50"
E-).—About 8 miles northward from Ras Muhammad are the two small harbours Sharm
Shaikh and Sharm-al-Moiya, separated from each other by a rocky tongue of land, from 50
to 70 feet in height. The western harbour, Sharm Shaikh, derives its name from the
tomb of a Shaikh at its eastern extreme ; it is more capacious and has a wider entrance
than the other. It affords good anchorage abreast of the tomb, about 1J cables from the
shore, in about 14 fathoms, sand, but care must be exercised in taking up a berth as the
bank drops abruptly into deep water.
The entrance to the completely sheltered harbour of Sharm-al-Moiya is 11 cables
wide, but so obstructed by coral banks that a vessel drawing more than 10 feet can only
make its way between these obstacles with great caution, and there is no anchorage
outside them. It has a depth of about 6 fathoms within the outer reef, shoaling towards
its head.
There are wells in Sharm-al-Moiya containing but little water, and that brackish ;
they are on the western side of the Bay, about 150 yards from the shore.
From this place, Mount Sinai may be reached, in 2| days, by a comparatively good
road.
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