'Gazetteer of Arabia Vol. II' [‎1104] (147/688)

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LIF—LIT
LIFIYAH (Bir)—
Sbtne wells in northern Arabia, situated to the west of the Darh Zuhaidah in the plain
of Al-Majamir batween Jal-al-Batn and Sha'ib Hisib. Bir LifTyah is perhaps a day's
journey northward of the Hazil wells. Water is plentiful.— {Leachman, February 1910.)
lihb An—
A village in Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Bani 'Umr {q.v.) in the western Hajar district of the 'Oman Sulta-
nate.
LIJJAH—
A pearl bank in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , 6 miles to the north-west of Sir Bu Na'air island
(j.v.) to the west of Abu Dhabi and Dibai.
LIKAM (B ir B a)—
A well in western Hadhramaut, southern Arabia; it is situated on the route between
Maqatin and Yashbum, and is about 14 miles by road south of the latter town. Bir
Ba Likam is in Lower Aulaki country and is close to WMi Mari'a.— {Bury, 1899.)
LIKANlX—
A section of the A1 Wahibah tribe {q.v.) of the Sharqiyah and Ja'alan districts of the
Oman Sultanate.
LlMAH—
A village in Ruus-al-Jibal {q.v.) in the 'Oman Promontory.
LIMAIL (H as)—
A cape on the coast of Barr-al-Qarah {q.v.) in the Hasa district of eastern Arabia.
LINAH—
A celebrated group of wells in north-eastern Arabia, situated nearly 50 miles south bv
east from Jumaimah, on the Darb Zubaiduh. These wells, which number son e hundred
he in a valley about 10 miles broad on the ed^e of thn ie niindrecls,
over an area of 5 or 0 mi,e s . They are "maoy oKem
r 7 difficult to understand how they were originally
B weet The Dhafelav tlai 0 ?)," 0 " t StendS f ^ 40 teet ' not what ^
their tribe In sori^ therj r f ^ L!nah wollld sufflce fOT the "h" 1 " "f
They lie in the dirak of the Shamir™ nd^Tth^T 6 11° W f l9 ',i b ^ u Winter n0ne,
to bo found. These wells have so far only been vSd^vtn F ar ® a ! wa ?
man, March 1910 November 1912.) Vl sited by one European.—(LeacA-
Some miles to the east ofLinahis another group of wells callod TKrla' wVi- u n *■ •
good water at four fathoms.—(PemVm Gulf Gazetteer.) B ^a , which contain
LISAN—
^ An alternative name for Salhiyab, the quarantine station of Ba a rah, ■AJairawi.
LISHA—
also Z^S. Cami>ing 8^0UnC, in the interior of ^ (?•"■) in eastern Arabia. See
LlTH—
A small town in southern Heiaz iVww m -i • , , .
houses are of mud, and the town posseses a blookhnn i" ? m the an chorage. The
is obtainable as well as a few sheen anrl in i r rt ' rrac k s > and a mosque ; water
sandy, and fronted by sf 6 ^ ^ ^bourhood is low,
inland and to the northward. The an^Vin •• • me Pf 1 ^ bush, but mountains rise
which extends nearly | mile off the r f we ^ protected by the reef,
entrance i, apparently tha tWO reefa of it; the best
eastwaid of the mosque reef, where the depths are