'Gazetteer of Arabia Vol. II' [‎1439] (500/688)

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al-Hamra and Sha'am, though they have no large vessels, possess some coasters of a
useful size. , . , • „ ^ j •
Internal trade and wamf/oriwes.—-Inland traffic is petty and is chiefly with the Bedouin
tribes; but Sharjah, Dibai and Abu Dhabi divide with Sohar Town in the 'Oman Sul-
tanate the trade, such as it is, of the Braimi Oasis.
Local manufactures are few and none of them are exported. Fine sheep wool 'Abas
are made at Sharjah Town, and daggers at Ras -al-Khaimah. A certain number of sail
ing vessels are built, chiefly at Umm -al-Qaiwain ; the average numbers launched annually
are about 20 at that place, 10 at Dibai and 5 at Sharjah Town.
Topography.— toporgaphy of nearly the whole of Trucial 'Oman is explained in
the articles on the five principalities of which it consists, and in the various subsidiary
articles to which clues are given in the articles on the principalities. Some additional
facts may be learned from the paragraph on communications which follows below.
It only remains to deal in this place with the topography of a small land-locked which
does not apparently belong to any one of the principalities in particular, and which has
no general name ; the centre of this tract is approximately the Madam plain which lies
about 40 miles inland, south-eastwards, from Sharjah Town. The principal points of
the tract in question are as follows ;—
Name.
'Aiyoh ..
'Anaij (Ramlat) .
Badu' ..
Dbakhar
Faiyah (Jabal)
Position.
In the centre of the
Madam plain.
20 miles south
'Aiyoh.
of
11 miles south by
west of 'Aiyoh.
Between Ramlat
'Anaij and Bat-
hah Sanaibil, on
the right bank of
the latter.
1 to 2 miles west of
the ordinary route
between Ras-al-
Khaimah Town
and the Baraimi
'Oasis, from Qallah
Mahafidh on the
north to the
Madam plain on
the south.
Character.
A single well, lined at
the top with timber.
A narrow strip of
rolling sand hills.
A group
holes.
A well
of water
A range of hills,
reaching a height of
about 1,000 feet; it
runs north and
south with a length
of about 12 miles,
and is roughly
parallel to the main
range of the 'Oman
Promontory about
20 miles to the east-
word of it.
Remarks.
The site is surrounded
by acacias.
This tract lies east
and west across the
Route from Ras-al-
Khaimah Town to
the Barimi Oasis.
The site is a blind re
entrant among sand
hills forming a
branch of Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Sa
lt is situated a little
to the west of ordinary
route between Ras-
al Khaimah Town
and the Baraimi
Oasis.
At the northern ex
tremity of Jabal
Faiyah are two fan
tastic rocks forming
landmarks. They
are known as Zibb-al-
'Azab, and Khadkat-
al-Jariyah, names
of which the mean
ings are apparently
obscene.