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EHAIRAN—
A small and unimportant tribe in Yemen to the east of Bani Aslam, in Hajur. They
are half Zaidi and are allied to the Aflah.
KHAIRAN (B andae)—
An anchorage and village in the Masqat district {((.v.).
KHAIS-BIN-'UMR (W adi)—
A small valley in Southern Arabia having its origin in Jabal Samhan, in Dhufar, and
reaching the coast between Risut and Rakhyut, or Raikhut. The valley contains
a few lime and tamarind trees.
KHAISAIB—
A village on the Mahrah coast of Southern Arabia and situated about 2 miles westward
of Ras Fartak. Khaisaib, which has a population of perhaps 150 souls, is the port of the
large Mahrah village of Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. (q.v.), and owns a few fishing boats and other small coasting
crafts
. khaisat-ash-shaikh—
A hamlet in the Masqat district {q.v.h
KHAISAT-BIN 'UTHMAN—-
A deep raving in Southern Arabia, which rises in Jabal Qamar, in Dhufar, and reaches
the coast at Safqot.
KHAIWAN—
A camping ground on the Yemen Hajj route and said to be between 500 and 550
miles from Mecca.
KHAIYARiN—
A sub -section of the Bani Hajir {q.v.) tribe of Eastern Arabia, belonging to the
Makhadhdhabah section.
KHAIYIN (N ahe)—
See Shatt-al'Arab ; left bank from Basrah to the Persian frontier. This word is also
spelt Khaiyain.
KHAL (Jabal)—
A solitary, conical, flat-topped hill of black basalt in south-western Na|d, in 'Ataibah
country. It stands on the south side of the Darh as-Sultdni and overlooks the wells of
Muwafrid Shurmah on the south-east and the Dafinah wells on the west. Jabal Khal is
held to mark the half-way point between l Anaizah and Mecca.
khala—
A village in a Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Mahram {q.v.) in the 'Oman Sultanate.
KHALAIBIYAH— . , -
A hamlet in Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Ham {q.v,) in Trucial Oman A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. .
khalaif A t—
Singular Khalaifi. An Arab tribe of Qatar and Bahrain who calim to be an offshoot
of the" Bani 'Abidah of Yaman. Those of Qatar have 170 houses at Wakrah and those
of Bahrain 40 houses at Halat -al-Khalaifat, but the latter village is not continuously
occupied. In religion the Khalaifat are Maliki Sunnis, and they live by pearl diving
and pearl dealing and partly also by pastoral pursuits. In the cold weather most of
them camp in the interior of Qatar with their cattle : in the hot weather they work on
the pearl banks, leaving their flocks and herds in charge of Bedouiua.
khalaif A t ( Halat-al)—
A hamlet on Muharraq Island {q.v.), of the Bahrain group.
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