'Extracts from Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf, Oman and Central Arabia by J G Lorimer CIE, Indian Civil Service' [‎83r] (170/180)

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Name.
Position.
Character.
Remarks.
Musaifi (Yahfar)
On the northern edge
of the Madam plain,
2 miles west of Jabal
Rodhah.
A well.
There is only a single
boring. At the top it
is lined with timber.
Rodhah (Jabal)
About 4 miles north-east
of the middle of the
Madam plain.
A detached hill about
1,500 feet high.
It forms a fine bluff peak.
Samaini (Jabal)
On the west side of the
tract under considera
tion, from the Madam
plain in the north to
the southern extremity.
A hogbacked range run
ning north and south
for a distance of about
20 miles, and attaining
in one place an altitude
of about 2,000 feet.
This range is parallel to,
but appears to be
separated by an interval
from, the main range of
the 'Oman Promontory,
which is to the east of it.
Samaini ( Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. )
In the southern part of
the tract now in
question.
A broad drainage hollow,
enclosing the plain of
Haza'-adh-Dhabi be
tween itself and Jabal
Samaini, and contain
ing further down the
water holes of Badu'.
Ft emerges from a V-shaped
gap near the south end
of Jabal Samaini and
runs first 4 miles west
wards, then 7 miles
northwards, and then
westwards again to the
desert.
Sanaibil
(Bat-hah)
Forms the southern
boundary of the tract
under consideration.
An ordinary drainage
hollow or water scour.
It comes from the neigh
bourhood of Jabal
Khadhra (which is con
nected with Mahadhah)
on the east and goes
westwards to the desert.
The well of Dhakhar is
on its right bank.
Yidaiyah ( Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. )
Along the western border
of the Madam plain.
A fine Bat-hah or Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
which descends, in this
part of its course, from
south to north.
On its right bank is the
well of Yidaiyah, lined
with wood like that of
Masaifi.
Communications. —The principal routes of Trucial 'Oman may be divided into
three groups, viz., (1) those which lead across the 'Oman Promontory from the
Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. to the Gulf of 'Oman, (2) those which connect the western coast of
the 'Oman Promontory with the Baraimi Oasis, and (3) those which run westwards
through Dhafrah, providing access from the eastern parts of Trucial 'Oman and
from the Baraimi Oasis to Qatar and the Hasa Sanjaq. We proceed to deal with
them in the above order. _
1 {a). Route from Ras-al-Khaimah Town to Dibah* —The places first passed
are Falaiyah, Hail and Khatt in Sir, which are reached at 6, 7 and 14 miles,
respectively, from Ra-al -Khaimah Town. About li miles beyond Khatt the hills
of the 'Oman Promontory are entered; and from this point the way lies up Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. -
al -Qaliddi to a pass near Muhtarqah village; the chief points passed between
Khatt and Muhtarqah are given as Labanah, Saram, and Tuwiyain, which are
watering places, and the village of Ya'akal. From the pass near Muhtarqah,
which is about half way from Khatt to Dibah and has good water, the route
descends towards Dibah; and at five miles short of that place it emerges from the
hills, continuing for the rest of the way over a plain grown with brushwood. The
journey was performed (in the reverse direction to that described) by Colonel
Disbrowe and Captain Powell in 1865, apparently in eight stages, but most of
these were extremely short. The direct distance between the termini seems to be
less than 25 miles, but the actual distance is probably about 40: the general
direction is, roughly, from west-north-west to east-south-east.
1 {h). Route from 'Umm-al-Qaiwain Town to Fujairah.] —This route runs
across the desert by the wells of Muwaih, Ghara, and Umm-an-Naghul to the
* Authorities. —Partly Major P. Z. Cox from native information. Colonel H. Disbrowe, Political
Agent, and Captain W. Powell, I .N., travelled this way in 1865; a sketch of the route by the latter
is extant, but the report, if any existed, is now lost. u ^ u • i
t From native information obtained by Major P. Z. Cox and Lieutenant C. H. Gabnei.
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