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Name.
Hili
Jahali
Jimi
Ma'ataradh
Mas'udi
Muraijib
Qatarah
Su'arah
Position.
2 miles north-north
east of Baraimi Vil
lage.
4 miles south-west of
Baraimi Village.
Situated, according
to careful observa
tions by circum-
mcridional alti
tudes of the sun, in
latitude 24° 16' 10"
north and longi
tude 55° 42' 30"
east, Madras ob
servatory being 80°
14' 51" east of
Greenwich. It is
nearly in the centre
of the oasis.
3 miles south-west of
Baraimi Village.
2 t miles north-north
west of
Village.
Baraimi
west of
Village.
Baraimi
1^ miles north-west
by north of Barai
mi Village.
Nature.
A village of 80 houses
of Dhawahir of the
Daramikah section,
A date plantation
with a few huts of
care-takers.
A village of 200
houses of Dha
wahir of the Bani
Sa'ad section.
Remarks.
Irrigation is by a Falaj coming from
the hills to the north-east. Re
sources are 2,000 date palms, 40
camels, 20 donkeys, 20 cattle and
60 sheep and goats: there are no
horses.
The place belonged originally to the
Dhanahir, but it is now owned by
the Shaikh of Abu Dhabi who
reclaimed it about ten years ago.
The water supply is from the east.
Date trees are estimated at 6,000
and livestock at 6 horses, 60
camels, 40 donkeys, 40 cattle and
100 sheep and goats.
1 mile east by south
of Baraimi Village.
A village of 200
houses of Dha
wahir of the Dara
mikah section.
An encampment of
Bani Yas, lately
started by Kahli-
fah, the eldest son
of the Shaikh of
Abu Dhabi.
An old abandoned
fort, adjoining the
Falaj which goes
to Mas'udi.
A village of 120
houses of Dha
wahir of the Dara
mikah section.
A village of 100
houses of Na'im
of the Qaratisah
section.
Water is from Jabal Hafit by Falaj.
There are said to be here 4,000
date palms, 40 camels, 20 donkeys,
20 cattle and 70 sheep and goats,
but no horses.
The lands are watered by a Falaj
which first passes Muraijib. As
yet there are no resources except
a few recently planted date trees.
The fort was built and used by the
grandfather of the present Shaikh
of Abu Dhabi.
The lands are irrigated by a Falaj
coming from the hills on the
north-east. Resources are esti
mated at 5,000 date palms, 60
camels, 30 donkeys, 40 cattle and
100 sheep and goats; there are
no horses.
The Falaj by which the date groves
are irrigated comes from the
north-east. There are said to be
10,000 date trees here; also 100
camels, 50 donkeys, 50 cattle and
500 sheep and goats.
The villages are unwalled and consist of houses, built of mud and date branches,
which are scattered and concealed among the plantations. Besides those occupie
there are many empty and dilapidated habitations. i r i
Agriculture—The general aspect of the oasis is verdant and fruitful, the
soil though thin is fertile, and streams of running water abound on every si e,
these are brought by Falaj from the hills, sometimes several miles distant, and
supply the deficiency of the slight rainfall. Each village has its separate belt of
date groves; within the village the subdivision of arable land among
minute, and individual holdings are on the average extremely sr " a "- , t .
Attention has been devoted with success to the culture of dates and other
fruits; of cereals and vegetables the quantity and quality are at c
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