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NAKHRAIR (R as)—
A headland on the south coast of Arabia in Lat, 19° 57' North, Long. 57° 48' E.
and 5 sea miles north of Ras Sidarah. It is a bold bluff point rising 465 feet above the
sea ; for two miles southward of it the coast is of the same bold nature, being a perpen
dicular cliff down to the water's edge—(i?, S. c& G. of A. Pilot.)
NAKHSH (J abal-an)—
A hill on the west side of Qatar {q. v.), in Eastern Arabia.
NAKHSHAH—
A hamlet in Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Shafan {q. v.) in the 'Oman Sultanate.
NALIYAT—
A settlement in 'Iraq, 371 miles by road westward of Bghailah on the Tigris.
NA'MAH—
A hamlet in the tikdrmh of Yemen, about 3 miles east of Lahiyah on the road to Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Mur.
NA'MAN ( Island)—
An island in the Red Sea, situated 77 miles north-west from the port of Al-Wajj at a
distance of one and a half sea miles from the mainland.
Na'man Island (also spelt Noman and Nu'mSn), the northern end of which is in Lat.
27° 8' N, Long. 35° 44' E. is 4 miles long in a south-south-east direction, and one
mile wide; on its eastern side is a small harbour described below. The island is low
and sandy at its northern end rising gradually to the southern end where it attains a
height of about 400 feet in abrupt red limestone cliffs and hills. These hills are skirted
by a few bushes, but are otherwise destitute of vegetation.
From the northern end of the island a reef extends in a north-north-westerly direction
for nearly 4J miles and is steep too. Between Na'man and Ras Abu Masahrib on the
Hejaz coast, there is a navigable channel which, however, contains rocky patches.
The anchorage, known as Sharm-an-Na'man, is roughly midway along the east side
of the island ; it is in from 5 to 8 fathoms, with coral bottom, and is IJ cables wide. It
affords shelter in all winds as the shores, from 80 to 100 feet high, drop almost perpen
dicularly to the sea. In the winter Arabs from the mainland settle here, bringing then-
camels and sheep of pasture.—(i?. S. tfc G. of A. Pilot.)
NAMAIR—
A village in Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Kesr {q. v.), in Hadramaut.
NAMAL (U mm-an)—
An island near Ras 'Ashairij {q. v.), in Kuwait Bay, Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .
NAMLAH— v x,
A summer camping ground, with wells in Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Sabai' (q.v.) the south-westernmost
district of Najd.
NAQAB-AL-AHMAR— ^ , „ .
One of the peaks of Jabal Qura {q. v.), in South-Eastem Hejaz.
^ A< ^Some celebrated ruins in Hadhramaut, Southern Arabia, situated 60 miles by road
from Balhaf on the way to Yashbum. . ^ ,, ,
The hill upon which they are situated, stands out in the centre of the valley, and
divides a stream which passes during floods on either side of it. It is nearly eight
hundred yards in length, and about three hundred and fifty yards at its extreme breadth.
The direction of its greatest length is from east to west. Crossing diagonally, there is a
shallow valley, dividing it into two nearly equal portions, which swell into an oval form.
About a third of the height from its base, a massive wall, averaging in those places where
it remains entire, from thirty to forty feet in height, is carried completely round the
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