'Gazetteer of Arabia Vol. II' [‎1046] (83/688)

,1:
A mile or two or per
haps more to the
west of Yamamah.
Sulaimiyah or Sala
miyah.
About 8 miles east
by north of Dilam.
Nature.
A village of 25 houses
nearly all of inferior
tribes but one or
two of Bani Tamim.
A place with a few
houses occupied by
servants of Ibn
Sa 'ud. About 50
horses of the Wah-
habi Amir are kept
here on account of
the lucerne which is
good.
A village of about 100
houses, viz., 30 of
'Aid, 20 of Bani
Tamim, 10 of
Dawasir, 10 of
Sahul, and 40 of
inferior tribes.
Yamamah
1 or 2 miles north (or,
according to another
account, south) of
Sulaimiyah.
A village of about 130
houses, viz., 30 of
'Aid, 20 of Sabai,'
15 of Dawasir, 15
of Sahul, and 50 of
inferior tribes.
Remarks.
The usual crops of
the district are
grown and there are
the ordinary live
stock.
There are no dates,
but some ordinary
cultivation is carried
on. Water is said
to be derived from
the Farzan stream.
According to one
account the place is
now dried up and
forsaken.
There is the usual
cultivation, fairly
extensive here, of
both dates and
cereals. Livestock
are estimated at
200 camels, 50
donkeys, and 300
cattle, besides sheep
and goats, but no
horses. This village
benefits to some ex
tent by the Farzan
stream and its own
wells are only 6
fathoms deep. The
chief Shaikh is of
the 'Aid tribe.
There are large date
pantations, and the
usual fruits, cereals,
melons and lucerne
are grown. Live
stock are said to
amount to 300
camels, 80 donkeys
and 200 cattle, ex
clusive of sheep and
goats, but there are
no horses. The vil
lage is partially
irrigated from the
Farzan stream and
for the rest depends