'Gazetteer of Arabia Vol. II' [‎1384] (439/688)

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Indigo is grown at Nizwa, also some sugar and cotton ; ordinary crops are wheat,
barley, millet, maize, peas, beans, sesame and luoeme. Livestock are estimated at
7 horses, 600 camels, 60 donkeys, 150 cattle and 7,000 sheep and goats. There is some
indigo-dyeing, and vessels and utensils of copper and brass are manufactured.
Nizwa is now in the possession of the Sultan of 'Oman, who has a Wali here, and
a garrison of 30 men, commanded by an ' Aqid, in the fort. About $3,000 is collected annu
ally as 7akat, but no balance is remitted to Masqat. The present Sultan (Saiyid
Taimur) owns some date groves here as his private property ; these have an annual value
of S2,000 and are at present assigned to the Wali as a contribution towards the public
expenditure.— { Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. OnzeUe c r.)
NOF (F asht A rdh-an)—
A coral reef prolonging Ras-an-NoI to seaward.
NOF (Ras-an)—
A cape on the east side of Qatar {q. v.), in Eastern Arabia.
NOMAH (R as)—
A cape in Bahrain Island (q. v.).
NUBlN—
Nubians ; see Glossary of terms.
NUFAIKH—
The name of a locality on the right bank of the Tigris {q. v.) between Qal'at Salih and
Ezra's Tomb.
NUFAISHIYAH—
The name of a locality on the right bank of the Tigris (?. f.) between Bghailah and Kut-
al-Amarah.
NUKHAILAH—
A village of the Barmanah Nahiyah of the Hillah Qadha {q. v.) of the Baghdad Wilavat
! in 'Irttq.
NUKHAILAH (K han)—
A halting-place, in Iraq, on the road between Karbala and Najaf and distant some 10
miles south-east by south from the former town. There are three khans here, one large
and two small. The large one is 100 yards square, with walls 19 feet high on the outside ;
it would accommodate 300 men and 400 horses. There are the usual open cubicles for
s eeping in round the courtyard and the usual back galleries of stables. Water is from
a well, a quarter of a mile distant. Each of the two snaller would hold 20 men
t > horses. With the exception of a little chopped straw no supplies are available.
Round these khans is flat featureless desert, while to the west is a veritable ocean of
golden sand.
NUKUM (•! abal)—
. \ Yemen overlooking the town of Sana'a from the east. It is said
to be 7,300 feet high.
NU'MAN—
Bgh£ilah! me 0f a l0Cality 0n the ri 8 ht bank of the Tigris {q. v.) immediately above
NU'MAN ( Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. )—
Oahwlt^ Ar a a fa7 C T 9e * b y the Mecca-Taif road at a distance o! 1*hours from
^ o r b :. ro ^' are 3ome weUs and few pian -