'Gazetteer of Arabia Vol. II' [‎1582] (661/688)

1582
RUM-RUM
RUMM (J abal)—
A mountain in Hejaz; with'Jabal-al-Huthabah and Jabal Muatadil it forms part of tf.ft
of low mou,ltains whicb closes the I)lain o£ Ma<li ' n Sa, ' h ^
RUMM (K iiurbat-ar)—
Some ruins in the Hisma plateau of north-western Arabia, situated a little to the .onlh
of midway between Ma'an and 'Aqabah. There is a great spring of water here and good
wilderness soil. There are also some fallen columns.— (Doughty.)
RUMMAH ( W ADI-AR->-
The longest valley in all Arabia, it begins in the Harrat Khaibar towards the western
side of the peninsula and sweeps north-eastward ; after bisecting the district of Qaaim
and traversing the Dahanah it ends near Jabal Sanam in the neighbourhood of the Shatt*
nnrT/vf u ^ succes fstages of its course this great Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. bears different names,
th ^ ho ^ h r eally_one valley it does not form, at the present time, a continuous waterway •
the floods of the upper portion never, it is said, succeed in passing the Dahanah, and the
lower end is Wind and seoms to lose itself in the gravelly plains to the noth of Kuwait.
The Arabs say that Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. -ar-Rummah goes from " Al-Madinah to Zubair."
Its pkce of origin, which is at the eastern foot of Jabal Abyadh, * a peak of Harrat
Khaibar, lies about 35 miles west-south-west of Hiyat and has an elevation of some 5 000
feet or more: Jabal Abyadh has itself an altitude of B.OOOf feet above the sea, and is
iVpn't r™ O - g p? Wn po I nt in Na J d - From its commencement to the point where
m*n(*raU H a + dlst f nce of about 20 0 miles in a direct line, the Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. is
generally called Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Risha + and has an almost due easterly direction ; here it runs
through an uninhabited country, the banks are often of clav and gravel, and the bod i«
sometimes 3 miles across from cliff to cliff. On its downward way it receives several
firSt ^ eing W5di MakhIt ' Which Oomcs ^ bank from
wLTnI ^ n8 + ^ \ rre, 5 a " 1 m< ? notonous desert of Zarb in the Harrah, and the next
The tlWrd t h t m ?l^.f and « Thurghud, also on the left and from the Harrah.
lilLrn tnb " tar y' Mubhil, is likewise on the left, and between it and the last lies the
wilderness of Kalankuwah. Then follow Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Rakub on the rieht; Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Sha'abah
rharSlih t - 1 ! I K a,abah district of Jabal Shammar and having the villages of
S Mivih n w-l US ? a3 ^ n0t fr0m lts left bank ; Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Jadak on the right; Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. -
a S c.T r \ f a11 the tributari ^' coming in from tie right at
the rnnnfrv • T .T ; Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Thalabut from the left, the outlet of the drainage of
hnWAK y Tw y •' fina,1 y Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Garib on the right, after the twin
hills of Abanat, between which the mam valley passes, have been leff behind.
s Jnlv ^AI 13 in Qasim, the true Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. -ar-Rummah, often called
a diction Jhth if it T Wbere , 1 1 t enterS Qasim ' ^ ^"rse turns to the north-east,
nf 7h! w-?r L \ ? therea.fteT steadily pursues. In the sandy plain of Qasim the bed
and Khabrih 3 and T" Vi y an ll "P ractised e y e ? it first passes the towns of Rass
^ At and T 'i Q as ^ capitals of 'Anaizah and Buraidah on
its right and its left respectively. The arable lands of Rass lie in the Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. bod • its
Schh^e for? mil 011 d he h Tu S ' Bel0W the fields of R5ss are those of Khabrah
. stretching for 5 miles down the hollow of the valley. According to the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
attainWk breldtll ^ naizah , and B " ra i da h, Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. -ar-Rummah is full of palm groves
surface but^t^Thra t h ^ ^ ^ ; the Water here is onl y 5 to 10 ^ below ' the
Thesfo^thHnt ^ an + d . fever 19 Prevalent among the negroes who tend the planta-
the Lt tl ^ffprln fT 8 ^ 10h bel0n? to 'Anaizah, are ancient; but they are
Leachman however whn + war an d old trees are consequently seldom found among them.
101° states thaf W" r^ 6 » m nra ^ ab to Riyadh in November and December
track c^s?t l nnlv ^'r± m ^ h 'u at the P oint where the Kuraidah-Mudhnih
called Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. is fort hp r. f 0 " f f - a bioad, and has no palm trees. A village here,
In the centre of tho hod H ei nP 0 r a ry, and is at its full size only in the date harvest.
the centre of the bed there is said to be good loam but it cannot be tilled on account
rest, are from Doughty^ 8 thi8 para 8 ra Ph are from Huber, who has not given the Arabic equivalents of all; the
Bhamraar. bJ r ieut€nant r - Fraser Hunter from Huber's obsen'ations (see foot-note to article Jabal
{ According to Huber. the Wftdi Risha is a tributary 0 ( Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. -ar-Rummah.