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KHUNIYlN—
See 'Ataibah; Miqatah section of the Barqah.
KHURAIBAH or KHARIBA—
A small hamlet near the head of the Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Do'an. It may be identical with the town
of Do'an mentioned by Hamiani, the Thabani of Ptolemy, which Pliny calls Toani.
KHURAIYlN—
A hamlet of Bahrain Island {q. v.).
KHURASAN—
A qadha, of which Ba'qubah was the chef-lieu, in the Sanjaq of Baghdad. It was of
the 1st class and was estimated to contain some 40,000 souls.
KHURJAIN (Umm)—
A saddle-backed ridge in the Salu' (q. v.) district of the Kuwait Principality.
KHURJlN (U mm)—
One of the Riqa'i {q. v.) wells .n the Batin depression of north-eastern Arabia.
KHURMAH—
A large village in Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Turabah, in south-western Najd; see Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. S^bai'.
KHURMAH—
One of the villages of 'Oman Proper {q. v.).
khursAniyah—
Some wells in the Huzum district {q. v.) of Hasa, eastern Arabia.
khurus—
A well, or water-hole, in Jau {q. v.), in 'Oman.
KHU S AIM AH—
A muqdta'ah or agricultural tract in the Jazirah Qadha (q. v.) of the Baghdad
Wilayat.
KHUSHARKISH—
A camping gro md by the Syrian Hajj route, a few miles to the south-east of Dir-al-
Hamra.—( Doughty.)
KHUSHAM (A bu)—
Or Abu Khusain; a dry patch in the marshes west of Jala', on the Tigris, 6 miles
above Qurnah.
KHUTMAH—
A suburb of the town of Masqat {q. v.).
KHUWAILDlYAH—
A village in the Qatif Oasis {q. v.), in eastern Arabia.
KHUWAINAH—
nr f° me 7 elIs in Kharmah {q. «.), in the Hasa district of eastern Arabia. These wells
are sometimes used as a stage on the first part of the route from Hofuf to Jabrin.
KHUWAINIJ—
Aratia amping ^ WellS, ^ Biy5dh {q - V " Part VI ^ the Hasa district of eastern
KHUWAIR—
A hamlet on coast of the Masqat district {q. v.).