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KOTAIBI—
A 8ma il tribe who live about 50 miles north of Aden and whose headquarters are at
Blii Haiarah. The Sultan of the Amiri, who rules immediately to the north, claims
suzerainty over them but he cannot enforce it nor do they admit the claim.
Tho Kotaibi rebelled in 1903 and a British expedition was sent against them. Their
Shaikh endeavoured to remain neutral when the Turks advanced in 1915 and as late as
November in that year ho wrote to the Resident, Aden, saying that the Turks were
exercisin" pressure on him and that he was afraid of invasion. Since then, and pro
bably as a result of the reinstatement of the Amiri Sultan by the Turks, the Kotaibi
have been brought into line and were recently reported to be marching with them
against the Fadli Sultan.
KOTAMA {Island)^
/See Farasan (Islands and Bank); bank, western side.
KRAITIYAH—
A place about 8 miles south-west of the town of Zubair, in 'Iraq.
KRUSH (A bal)—
A valley to tho east of the village of Faid {q.v.) in Jabal Shammar proper.
KU'AH—
Also called 'Aiyal Kuwai', or Aulad Kuwai'; one of the two main sections of the
Awazim Bedouins of Kuwait; see 'Awazim.
KXJ'AL FIR'AUN—
The name of two rocky islets rising nearly 300 feet above the sea 13 miles north-north
east of the western end of 'Abd-al-Kauri. Birds flock to them in great numbers;
in consequence they are completely covered with guano, which gives them a snow-
white appearance. The Brothers (often called by the older navigators The Sisters)
lie between 'Abd-al-Kauri and Soqotrah. Samhah is 6| miles long and 3 miles broad.
It has rocky shores and rises in a table-shaped mountain to 2,440 feet. As in 'Abd-al-
Kauri ambergris is found on its shores and turtles abound. There is running water
there all the year. It is a fishing ground of the Soqotri, Darsah, or Darzi, lies
9 miles east by south of Samhah, and is 3i miles long by 1 mile broad, and rises almost
perpendicularly from the sea to 1,500 feet. The top is flat. The coral banks which
surround Soqotrah and The Brothers are united and are not more than 30 fathoms
below sea level; a valley some 100 fathoms deep divides them from the bank around
'Abd-al-Kauri, while between 'Abd-al-Kauri and Cape Guardafui are depths of over
600 fathoms.
KUBAISAH— See Kabwaisah,
KUBARAH—
A village in Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. -al-'Ain {q. v.), in the 'Oman Sultanate.
KUBARI (A bul)—
A mound near Hofuf, in the Hasa Oasis (g.v.),
KUBBAH (J abal)—
The main peak of a range of low hills in Yemen, situated about 3 miles to the east of
Beha, that is to say, nearly half-way between Bajil and Hajailah on the road from
Hodeida to Sana'a. At Kubbah there is an old shrine 1,000 yards to the north of the
road.—(/. D. Cairo, 1913.)
KUBBAR [Island)—
A low, white, sandy islet, overgrown with brushwood, in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , situated
in latitude 29° 4' north, and longitude 48° 30' east. It lies 15| nautical miles from
Ras-al-Qaliyah on the Kuwait coast, the nearest point on the mainland. It is about a
quarter of a mile in diameter, and is about 8 or 10 feet above the sea level. There is no