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Physical characteristics and topography of the home division. —This part of the
principality apparently consists altogether of undulating sandy desert with scanty
grazing and a poor water-supply.
The following are the inhabited places and other points in it of which the
names are most frequently heard:—
Name.
Batin
Batin (Khor-al-)*
Dhabi (Abu)
Town.
Ghanadhah
(Khor-al-)
Huwail (Bui)
Iblis (Suq)
Juhar
Maqta'
Position.
On the northern
shore of Khor-al-
Batin, about
miles within the
entrance.
The north side of the
entrance is about
miles south
west of the nearest
part of Abu Dhabi
Town.
42 miles south-west
of Dibai Town and
36 miles north-east
of Abu Dhabi
Town.
35 to 40 miles west
by north of the
Baraimi Oasis.
About 25 miles by
road from Abu
Dhabi Town on
the way to the
Baraimi Oasis.
12 miles west of the
Baraimi Oasis.
10 miles inland of
Abu Dhabi Town,
on the route to the
Baraimi Oasis.
Nature.
Remarks.
A village of 130 date branch
huts, of which 100 belong
to the A1 Bu Mahair and
the remainder to the
Sudan tribe.
A creek of which the extent
is probably great, but has
not been ascertained; at
high tide it is a large
lagoon, at low tide it is
full of uncovered sand
banks; the 3 fathom line
does not appear to reach
its interior. Khor-al-
Batin communicates by
way of Khor-al-Maqta'
with the sea 2 or 3 miles
north of Abu Dhabi Town
An inlet of the sea.
Well.
An outcrop of light coloured
sandstone, fantastically
shaped, rising from the
sand.
Wells containing good
water.
A ford on a creek which
connects the interior of
Khor-al-Batin with the
sea at a point 2 or 3 miles
beyond Abu Dhabi Town.
There are some date planta
tions in which are situated
the wells that yield the
drinking water of the place
The inhabitants own 50
pearl boats, but no sea
going vessels.
Batin village is on the north
side of this Khor at 1|
miles inside the entrance;
immediately in front of the
village is a narrow channel
which is 3 feet deep at low
water. One of the islands
in the lagoon carries a
mound called Jabal Fatai-
sah which is 44 miles
south-south-west of Batin
village: on the north
western end of the same
island, 1 mile from the
mound is a hut. Another
island lying 3 or 4 miles to
the west of the last is
known as Jazirat-al-Bah-
rani.
See article Abu Dhabi Town.
It marks the boundary be
tween the Shaikhdoms of
Dibai and Abu Dhabi, the
north bank belonging to
the former and the south
bank to the latter.
One route between Abu
Dhabi Town and the
Baraimi Oasis passes this
way.
There is no water here, but
the projection Any method by which the earth’s curved surface may be transposed (or projected) on to a flat surface. serves as a
landmark for caravans.
The name means " The
Devil's Market
There is some acacia jungle
near. The country be
longs to the Dhawahir.
The name is generally
pronounced Yahar.
Men on foot can cross only at
low tide, A fort built on a
sand bank in the middle of
the creek commands the
passage to the mainland.
South of this ford the creek
is called Khor-al-Maqta',
and north of it Khor-as-
Sa'aidiyat.
1906.
* For a representation of part of this inlet see Commander G. Sinclair's Part of Khor-al -Batin,