'Gazetteer of Arabia Vol. II' [‎1486] (559/688)

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QASlM
Name.
Wahlan
Wahtan
Watat
WathSl
Wudhakh
Zaid (Qasr)
Zarqah
Ziyabah (Umm-
ahat-az).
Position.
3 miles south-west
of 'Anaizah not far
from the right bank
of Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. -ar-Rum-
mah.
A little south-east of
Buraidah.
About 4 miles north
of Tarfiyah.
1 mile east of Nafi ..
2 miles east of Bu-
raidah.
Immediately north
of Quwai'ah.
About 20 miles west
of Buraidah.
Houses
and
inhabitants.
A number of small
enclosures stand
here among date
plantations and
fields ; they are only
occupied at certain
seasons.
90 houses of Qahtan,
Dawasir and Mu-
tair.
30 houses of mixed
Arabs chiefly 'Ani-
zah.
10 houses of Atai-
bah.
A Qasr of about 8
houses of Mutair,
A hamlet of 5 houses
Some 30 houses and
towers, said to be
of Harb and Mutair.
R emarks.
Irrigation is from wells
6 to 7 fathoms deep.
The country surround
ing the place is flat
and sandy. Wahlan
is the rendezvous
of travellers proceed
ing by caravan from
'Anaizah to Makkah.
There are huge date
groves but little other
cultivation. The wells,
8 fathoms deep, are
brackish and drinking
water is brought from
subakh, one mile to the
westwards. Under
Buraidah.
The village is walled.
Wheat, barley and mil
let are grown and
there are few dates.
The wells which are
brackish, are 5 fathoms
deep.
See article WathSl.
There are no dates.
The place is under
Buraidah.
An ordinary Qasim
village in all res
pects.
Water is good at 5
fathoms. There are
some dates.
Water and ordinary cul
tivation, but no dates.
QASIM—
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